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I do not agree with the base of this thread and period. This is all over the Angels getting Haren? Lets not act as if they didn't take on a good size contract and a pitcher who is having one of his worse seasons in a long time and gave up some decent talent. The White Sox should not have been acquiring Haren anyway, adding another large pitching contract would really put the Sox in a s***ty position for the future.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 06:52 PM) This is a lot better than I could ever say it. This organization is far too comfortable resting on its laurels hoping that problems work themselves out. This team didn’t have to be put in the situation where losing one piece of the pitching puzzle virtually eliminates them from the trading market. A market that they vowed to search when their doomed to failure DH experiment, inevitably failed. If we lose this division, it’s a because of problems of our own choosing. Let me tell you, the Angels wouldn't look near as good if they haven't had to play in an even s***tier division the last 6 to 7 years. The NL West has been bad for a good chunk of the last 7 years. The NL Central has had some really weak years, even the NL East has as well. Quite frankly, outside of the East there hasn't been a division that is continuously stacked with teams and the AL Central has at least had 2 headed races most years.

I just watched the first episode and as a fan of the WHite Sox this show was phenomenal. Just really enjoyable. Interested in seeing the next episode. I definitely better understand why we have suhc a loose clubhouse.

Just saw it tonight and it was exceptional.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 02:25 PM) Prior to today, kotsay was 1 for his last 19 with 1 BB. That's the hot hand? I'd hate to see the cold hand. I was referring to Vizquel playing over Viciedo.

HRRRRR CASTRO and its evened back up!!! !

Viciedo will be back in the lineup tomorrow. They've just been goign with the hot hand for a bit. I'm not concerned about Viciedo. Kotsay gets a hit as I type this!!!

Alright offense, battle back and help Freddy out here!!! I smell a comeback for our White Stockings!!!

Just remember Omar has been a f***ing stud defensively all season.

Sweet, the hide my ip thing worked. Thanks Hi8is!

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) The sox are on the LA FOX feed??? No, I'm sure it will end up being the Dodgers. But the national game is being done from Oakland. Unfortunately the OC market will get the Dodgers game.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 12:59 PM) Anyway you can point your IP to show its in Europe? Pretty sure being across the ocean blackouts don't apply.. I have no idea how to do that. Can anyone give me some instructions on where I can go and what I need to do to watch this game? I want to watch it while i study.

Or are they really f***ing with me because right now the Sox are showing but that has to be a tease ca use I'm in the Dodger market.

Stinking eh....Mets vs Dodgers, ugggh.

How could I create a work around to watch this game using mlb.tv? Anyone know what kind of proxy would work?

I'm not interested in Oswalt. I think we'd be best suited going for a secondary player that isn't as sexy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 01:00 PM) Let's all band together and hope that we got something better than an elite setup guy with that draft pick. Well he could be an elite closer too. I don't know if he has the ability to be an elite starter, but he definitely has good stuff and I will be curious to see how he progresses.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 12:14 PM) We have a couple big Viciedo fans among the voters, myself included. It's really hard to argue Flowers ahead of Viciedo right now. Lets be honest, both are purely offensive prospects, what you get out of them defensively is pure butter. Sure, Flowers plays a more difficult position to fill with a premium bat, but at the same time, Flowers offensive tools are below that of Viciedo in every area but patience. Power wise I think they both have similar upside, however, Viciedo has a far better swing, better bat speed (elite bat speed) and does a superior job hitting the ball to all fields. Viciedo is also younger and his production at the same level was superior to that of Flowers (albeit, it is a smaller sample size). Bottom line, I don't think it is really all that debateable as to who is the better prospect. A better debate, quite frankly, would be between Hudson and Viciedo because I think a case could be made that Viciedo is the better prospect due to his upside, but there are other things to factor into and pitching is still king and Huddy is pretty legit. The more interesting names in our system are the guys new or not playing right now: Trayce Thompson Jared Mitchell David Holmberg Chris Sale etc Some of these guys have pretty elite upside, but also relatively high bust rates (and no, HOlmberg doesn't have elite upside, but the rest of those guys on that list do). Sale could be an elite set-up guy.

Uggh....been stressed lately at work (super busy), plus studying for an exam I have....and low and behold...canker sore....man do I hate those things...uggh.

I have my own theory, that this is Ozzie trying to motivate Bobby and tell him to stop dicking around and start slinging it. I expect Bobbyback in a save situation very quickly and he'll probably end up keeping the job. Quite frankly, that would be a best possible scenario (Ozzie getting through to Bobby and us getting results). The guy has pitches, he just needs to stop f***ing around and get back to the basics of having 1 to 2 really really good pitches. That is my hope at least as a fan of the Sox because they need to get production out of there highly paid reliever who will clearly be long gone at the end of the season.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 07:13 AM) Did the Sox pay him $10 million up front or is that the total for the contract, I thought it was a $4 million upfront bonus, but I'm not sure. KW will trade anyone if it helps us win. 10M total, 6M in terms of a 4 year deal with a 4M signing bonus.

Very interesting news. I assume he'd be relegated to DH, but since it is his left labrum, would it be possible for him to still actually play in the field? Also, where did you hear the news?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 07:06 AM) Anyone catch Mike and Mike this morning and yesterday as they spoke with the reps of the players union and owners about the NFL agreement? Pretty hilarious to listen to them justify their sides. Neither care about the fans or the game, they just care about getting more money. I thought it was telling that the owners rep listed off about 5 goals that the commissioner wants to achieve and basically none of them had to do with the fans. Which is really sad. NFL fans are so screwed. The average fan is getting pushed out so that the players and owners can make more money. The more I listened to them, the more I got angry. Players want the owners to spend 200 million on pensions and salaries (cut from the rookie pay scale both sides appear to want). f***ing pensions? What does a millionaire need a pension for? Why not cut ticket prices or concession prices so people can afford to go to more than one game a year? Seriously? The pension is the most important thing in football. We watch these guys kick the living crap out of each other and the pension helps take care of these guys when they are using wheel chairs and having surgery after surgery at early ages . Not to mention that average NFL career is only like 2.6 years or something like that so lets not pretend like every NFL player or even the average NFL player is a gagillionaire.

Bautista isn't a good hitter.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) Every Hawkeye site had him going to Iowa. I know for a fact we led for him a week ago, I don't know what changed. He's pretty much a point forward. Kid is rail thin. Oh I just meant another kid that left Iowa instead of going to Iowa or ISU. I didn't actually expect him. Iowa is in deep s*** right now and it won't change until Fran proves that he can win and make strides. The new training facility should help as well.