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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 23, 2009 -> 09:34 PM) NFL draft > SB The SB has become one gigantic freak show. The actual game has become almost secondary. The NFL draft is football purists dream come true. Actually I'll go the exact opposite. They string out the NFL Draft way too long. It needs to be cut down and teams don't need that much time in between picks, imo. I know they've already made some adjustments but as things drag out its pretty ridiculous that the first round takes as long as it does (than again, these franchises are making a big investment on these guys, however, with the months they have to do the homework I would think pretty much every team has lists to the extent that they know for the most part exactly who they are going to draft come draft day (although the ocassional surprise happens). So really the only reason you need time is for trades.

Our gray road uni's are the best jerseys.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 22, 2009 -> 06:31 PM) .316 AVG and .386 OBP for Getz Unfortunately he awakes in a cold sweat every night out of fear of leading the next day's game. I f***ing love Getz.

Come on....its Hard Hitten Mark Whitten, not Hard Hitting Quentin

Thanks for the well wishes everyone!!!! I'm getting old....26...but the good news is that I still can't dunk, lol, but I can still get out on the court a few days a week and put up bricks.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 08:01 PM) Anderson simply cannot hit a major league fastball. His swing is way too big...and he hasn't shown any ability to be short and quick. Ray just threw center cut fastballs with no movement right down the pike and Anderson wasn't even close. As Harrelson says, if you can't hit the fastball, you're not long for the majors. The problem is that Brian isn't a very good offspeed hitter either. He has a "slider speed" bat and until he can tighten up that swing, he'll always be a 4th/5th outfielder no matter how well he can field, run and throw. If all Brian saw was fastballs, he'd be pretty darn good. He's got a long swing but if he saw fastballs he'd belt 40+ hr's with a .250ish average all while playing gold glove defense. He has awful pitch recognition and is always caught in between. Not to mention his long swing prevents him from being able to adjust and put consistent swings on the ball.

Quentin is a potential MVP but I'm glad we don't have to argue. We'll have all of them on the South Side for a while longer!!!

QUOTE (BearSox @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 07:01 PM) Looked like he wasn't the prospect we thought he was.... In all seriousness though, you gotta like the starting pitching talent we got down in Kanny. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I firmly believe that Hudson is the best starting pitching prospect we have. I wouldn't disagree with that. I don't think Omogrosso is a starter long-term, nor is Poreda and I freaking love Hudson. I do think Omo and Poreda are both going to be very good relievers. I also think Link and Matt Long have a chance and I'm very curious as to what this Infante guy has and whether Garret Johsnon has increased his velocity.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 10:28 AM) Betemit's only played out there twice, he isn't an option. If they ditch Owens then we have 3.5 CF (Alexei and Quentin has played the position, hell Jim Callis thinks we should start him there) on the roster and maybe 6 guys that can play the corners in a pinch (Dye, Quentin, Anderson, Lillibridge, Getz, Ramirez). I don't see it as a problem. I'd have no problem with Quentin in CF and finding a way to get a guy like Allen up and playing LF. Our defense already sucks, might as well try to rake.

If you've seen his swing, you'd know that he's capable of hitting AA. I expect him to improve as the season goes and as he gets more comfortable. He might be a year or two away but I wouldn't be shocked to see him knocking at the door by seasons end and getting a job to start next season.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 09:42 PM) That's a great point, especially with his strikeout numbers plummeting. It was those strikeouts that kept him in games, because he constantly had runners in scoring position. A walk is a double and he essentially is giving up about 4 doubles a game via the base on balls and than pretty much any single turns into a double. Its hard to get by for an extended time when you do that and don't have strikeout stuff. I've yet to see a good fork ball out of him either and his fastball and other secondary stuff (plus his command) are nowhere near good enough to be successful in the bigs without that fork. The problem is that despite what people might believe, the Sox really don't have great internal options for there rotation. Floyd/Buehrle/Danks are all rock solid but most scouts would tell you there are a lot of flaws with Poreda as a starter (not many as a reliever though) and Marquez has a long ways to go (I personally am not a fan, he has a long long ways to go) and well Broadway is really our best internal option, imo. Broadway has good movement, numerous pitches, including a very solid curve, and as a whole I actually think with time you could see him having a very solid career as a league average starter. The guys in the Sox system that pitch that I like are all too far away to make the rotation (there are relievers that I like too). Richard is the wild card. The guy can look phenomenal at times and he has pretty good stuff, but his command needs to improve and he needs an additional pitch if he's going to stick in the rotation. However, Kenny better be ready to be agressive and its why I thought the Sox should have looked at bringing back Garland given the price. Note: I'm not about to write Jose off though. The guy was removed from baseball for a while and didn't have a full spring. He deserves 2-3 more starts and I hope he gets better each and every start.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 08:58 PM) And you should see the teams he has to face in his next 5 outings. I give him credit, but he has had very little of anything since his major run. He had some quality starts early last year but even than I wasn't confident in him. HE just has so many issues with command, holding runners, etc, that it means he has to truly dominate to not give up a ton of runs.

Boohyah. Go get em Eggy.

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 20, 2009 -> 09:26 PM) Elaborate. The company line is that KW and Sox scouts really like him because he has alot of movement on his pitches. That's also what Steve Stone said after watching him during spring training. What are you seeing that we're not hearing? If by lots of movement, you mean he has zero secondary stuff and a straight fastball, than I'd agree. But that is in one minor league game that I saw this spring. I had heard scouts say some nice things about him, but nothing near as nice as i've heard them say about a lot of other guys in the system, including Nate Jones. And I definately didn't hear scouts talking up Marquez.

Danks didn't win as many games as Floyd because Danks didn't go as deep into games as Floyd and thus was more reliant on the pen. I think both are great pitchers and have the ability to be front of the rotation guys but I love Gavin Floyd (Danks too for that matter).

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Apr 19, 2009 -> 09:44 PM) I doubt that because there were supporters of the doll incident. There were guys who loved Swisher on the team. I wouldn't be surprised if Konerko was one of the guys who didn't though. I'd like to know what you heard though through PM if you would be comfortable. You don't have to give up your source. Good stuff JD, and Nite, I'm going to just say one thing, JD has a history of being incredibly accurate on this stuff.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 20, 2009 -> 06:55 AM) Not to sound like a dork but did she tell the teacher that the fat f*** kicked her? That should be the first step because then she should have free reign to kick him in the nuts because the teacher didnt rectify the problem. Completely unrelated.... I have been seeing a floating spot in my right eye for a couple days and its kinda freakin me out. Like you see a spot in your eye all the time?

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 18, 2009 -> 08:46 PM) Unless your NOT GIVEN THE PROPER TOOLS! Disclaimer:Inside joke Lol, if I don't have the necessary supplies to cook a good meal, I'm gonna be pissy.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 19, 2009 -> 09:07 PM) I don't really agree with him that he's one of the top pitcher in the majors since he's the 3rd best pitcher on this staff, but it's hard to deny that Gavin has been pretty good. Hopefully that dreadful start against Detroit was an aberration. He's the best pitcher on this staff.

Oh and my cable company charged me double this month and than when I called them and told them, they said excuse me, I'm the expert. I'm the calmest person in the world but I f***ing snapped on the phone.

Sweet, I'm planning on using Verizon for my internet and phone. I see they have 49.99 for unlimited local and long distance plus dsl. DSL will be a downgrade from my cable, but I'm pretty certain I won't really notice it. I just need to find out if I have Verizon in my area. I know fios isn't an option in my area unfortunately. But if all the installer needs to do is drop a line from the side of my house into the cable setup outside my house which will activate all my lines and than just plug in the boxes inside, than I'd be set.

So I'm fed up with cable and making the switch to direct tv. 200 buck rebate using Amex, and 10 bucks off a month for bundling with verizon, 10 bucks off a month for AAA and am supposed to actually save like 40 bucks a month once the teaser specials stop. Only thing Iwant to make sure is that the installation actually works and that they can use my preexisting cable. It would be badass if it works cause I'll have most all the Sox games in HD.

score?

Good to see De Los Santos back on the mound.

My f***ing extra innings isn't working today. Apparently my cable company has f***ed up and all the sports packages are out in the region. Uggh.....whats the score/inning/situation. Thanks!!!