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QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 09:04 PM) well, people say PODS has to improve his power as well. Im cool with OBP myself. I am too, but Owens OBP is pretty much AVG heavy. He's not going to hit .330 in the majors, so he better start to walk more or hit more doubles and homers.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 07:24 PM) Guys and gals relax...were in the World Series...lets celebrate!!!! In the words of our great ChiSox announcer, John Rooney: "And celebrate, White Sox fans, CELEBRATE!"

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 07:28 PM) this is why I think next year is his last year with us. Then Owens should be ready, and we can get decent value for PODS. Owens has got to show either more power or better plate discipline (though his 52 BBs in 520+ ABs certainly isn't awful) for him to be our up-and-coming leadoff hitter. I think John Sickels wrote it best...... OTOH, I'm still quite happy that we have another average-to-above-average prospect, for just Alex Escobar.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 07:04 PM) Exactly! I am just thrilled to say the opportunity was there and I tried. Ditto. There's probably thousands of others b****ing about how they didn't land tickets, so what's the use in me complaining? Sorry, but for the first time in my life, a team that I've followed for the whole season, for the whole preseason, for the whole offseason, has made it to the championship game/series. There's not a whole lot to be mad about...

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 05:36 PM) I gave up on my one search that was still running. I put in a request for 2 tickets to game 2, got in line shortly after noon, and now the server has been telling me I have a 2 minute wait for about half an hour. I have the same problem, except one ticket to game six...

QUOTE(3E8 @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 05:34 PM) I got multiple searches going now.. I thought that they could track if you had multiple searches up...? I think my "Less than one minute" page has frozen. Should I reload it? :banghead

My page has been loading for the past ten minutes; and, it says "Less than one minute". Talk about a kick in the balls once the inevitable "Can't complete your request" comes up...

Anyone else still in the section? I am, and I'm awaiting the painful message that there were no tickets avaialble...

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 04:23 PM) All of the ones I'm working seem to be getting through rather quickly. And, are you being put on hold now, or are you just getting the same message I'm getting, "Press 1 for White Sox", "Press 1 for White Sox WS Tix", "Press 1 for Game 1", yada yada yada?

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 09:14 PM) Hooray, less tickets for us to get. Just what I was thinking. It's a smart business plan, though. I can't really fault them, I'm just pissed that I probably won't get to attend a World Series game for this team. That's pretty dissappointing, but if I get the chance to stay home from school tomorrow, I'll have at least three phones working, one computer working, and my brother working another phone and computer down at his apartment.

QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 04:36 AM) Not WGN, but who else saw KW get livid at the Comcast reporter for asking about resigning PK? Mercy, if looks could killed, there would have been a massacre. The Comcast reporters are f***ing morons. Everyone except -- s***, the guy who usually covers the Bulls and the Blackhawks, can't think of his name.

Greasy, sorry to be a lazy-ass, but can you post it? I want to post the blurb elsewhere...

Ditto...? I need to know, I'm picking up my brother near the Northside. My friend told me 4:00 AM, but can someone confirm that?

Tango Tiger conducted, for the second year in a row, a "Defensive Scouting Report: By the Fans". I'm sure me or Cheat or 3E8 posted it somewhere here, but I don't feel like finding the thread about it. Anyways, 114 people gave their thoughts about Manny Ramirez, which can be seen here. This is how they voted (a score of 50 is average, BTW, and obviously, they took the average of the 114 people who voted): Overall -- 32 Instincts -- 17 First Step -- 22 Speed -- 28 Hands -- 23 Release (throwing) -- 47 Strength -- 55 Accuracy -- 67 So, you're right, redandwhite, he does have a decent arm, but w/r/t range and getting to the ball, it looks like he's well below average -- or, at least, according to 114 people.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 06:41 PM) Idonno thats not 2 hard to believe that Boston offered that... Arroyo is just that average and Shoppach is nothing special and Youkilis will already be like 27 next season.... only reason he is a known player is thanks to money ball. Uhh, being average isn't bad, especially when you're making the league minimum. Shoppach is still a decent prospect -- .847 OPS last year at Pawtucket. And Youkilis will probably start for Boston next year. He had a .451 OBP for Pawtucket last year, and has had an OBP above .400 for most of his minor league career. Point being, it's hard to see them give up all this for a guy who probably would have pitched 20 or less innings for Boston down the stretch. But, thanks for your "insight".

QUOTE(3E8 @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 03:51 PM) I don't trust the validity of that. ^^^^ And I also doubt that Boston offered Arroyo, a cheap, league average starter, Youkilis, who will probably be their 3B next year, and Shoppach, who's still somewhat of a decent prospect, for a reliever.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 11:09 PM) What time is 1st pitch scheduled?? A 6:35 start, so I'd guess around 6:50.

QUOTE(spataro51 @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 09:16 PM) yeah before she died she said that astros and the white sox would play in the world series. Uhh -- that's not what I heard. The sister said she said "Joe Jackson" three times on the day she passed.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 03:33 AM) So should KW write a book (Billy Beane style) for: You've been listening to too much Joe Morgan. Wite -- I've been really hard on Williams, but when he said pitching and defense, he meant it. I still don't like the offense, and I still don't think Scott Podsednik is all that great, but this team is a top three defensive ballclub (depending on the metric you want to use, but that's nitpicking), and a top two pitching club. Great execution of the plan.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 05:37 AM) Another yes man hired by the organ-i-zation to toe the party line. The last guy the Slackhawks had working for them that had a mind of his own was Mike Kennan and we all saw what happened to him. Its also no co-incidence that it was under his leadership that they came within sniffing distance of the Stanley Cup. GMAB. It's four games into the season. Over and over and over and over. We get the f***ing point.

So, I think we can agree that the payroll will probably be in a range from $85 million to $93 million (or so). He might raise it to $100, but I don't see the need to, unless the plan is to sign someone like Brian Giles as well as trading for a bat like Delgado or Thome. Really, they just need to make the smart investment when the off-season rolls around. At this point, I'm not quite sure who that is -- but I'd lean towards Giles, for our giant need of some real good OBP, along with lots of x-tra basehits (46 doubles and triples combined this year -- I'd say that some of those will turn into homers, but he'd be a 20 HR, 40 2B/3B guy at the Cell). I'm interested as to what they do at thirdbase. I think they should go the route of sacrificing some defense for offense -- so long as there's a big improvement on offense, like Chad Tracy.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 04:29 AM) I'm just going to respond...a win is a win, is a win. I've already heard it from Angel fans and all I can say is that Escobar hung it and Crede bashed it. Its a brand new series. Yup. Ozuna still had to steal second base. And Crede still had to knock him home. We executed after we were given an opportunity. Let's go to Anahiem and kick some ass.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 03:59 AM) No f***ing way. Watch it in slow mo from the front angle. It CLEARLY bounces. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE ARGUING!!!!!! Sheesh. We don't know what was said, but it's absolutely pathetic seeing some people defend this call like they KNOW it was called correctly. We don't know what was said from the umpire. I'm sorry, I just think it's extremely pathetic to see some people act like they know it was the correct call (sorry for sounding like a broken record). I'm not saying they made the right call, or the wrong call, but GMAB...

QUOTE(Randar68 @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 10:23 PM) Ok, stat-geeks, put your calculators away for 10 minutes and take a step back. Look at the bigger picture of "how do you build a team" and "how do you fit pieces together"... Chill out there, tough guy. I wanted a better something to base my defensive comparison on. I'd say they're equal on defense. They're ZR is damn close, Furcal getting the edge by eight percentage points. Ok, how I build a baseball team and put pieces together -- well, I know that it's not going to start with giving an average hitter $10 million bucks, regardless of his defensive contributions. And, when I have a guy who is just as good defensively there already, for what will be $6 million (and change) less, then I'll look to improve elsewhere. Uribe isn't just defense. I certainly don't expect Uribe to be as good as he was this September, but I also don't expect the lows that we saw from him for most of the season before it. He hit 16 homers this year, and 26 x-tra basehits that weren't homers. Granted, Furcal had more -- he is a better hitter than Uribe is. I just think there's better things to do with that $10 million -- such as, giving that money to Brian Giles for two years. Fair enough. Putting it all together, I think that: a.) For the time being, Uribe is a capable everyday SS; and at a good price. b.) I think the $10 million can be better spent elsewhere, like third-base, or 1B/RF, depending upon the Konerko situation.

Uhh, Furcal had a 100 OPS+ this past season, while Uribe's (who only since September added the leg kick) had an 85 OPS+. Defensively, Juan Uribe had 9.3 defensive win shares to Furcal's 8.1. Furcal probably is the better player, but all things considered -- equal defense, edge to Furcal offensively -- the offensive edge isn't worth the $10 million that we'd have to pay him.