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QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 28, 2007 -> 04:32 AM) Someone at SouthsideSox made the comment "Maybe Bourgeois can be our Theriot..." Before September, somebody needs to teach me how to properly say his name. I've been calling him "Berj-wah-zee", almost like the French class of people. I don't think that's correct.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 28, 2007 -> 02:12 AM) What the hell kind of question is that (boldened)? He's been in the NL before and we've seen what he's done. Yeah, he was there for one season (not counting the Montreal stufff). I know you're not a DIPS guy but I would contend that Vazquez was pretty unlucky in Arizona -- his K/BB ratio was better than 4-to-1. Also, I thought I remember seeing a stat that Vazquez HR/FB ratio was significantly higher than the average.

QUOTE(29andPoplar @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 11:05 PM) The part about Walker ... you don't think it's his fault the offense is so bad yet you think it's insane he still has a job. So it's not his fault but he should be fired? I know what fathom is saying and actually agree with it. I don't blame Walker for the offensive woes this season -- that should be expected when you're fielding three well-below average hitters (Erstad, Podsednik, Uribe) along with some older players who, while still good, may be prone to injury and/or slumps. That being said -- this team hasn't hit the ball well going back more than a year now. In 2006 the offense "quit" (I don't mean they stopped trying, I just mean they collectively sucked) after July. And if Greg Walker's "techniques" aren't producing results, how can the Sox justify keeping him on board? We've seen teams like the Mets fire their hitting coach despite the fact that they've performed significantly better than the Sox. I'm usually not one who advocates change just for changes sake, but you have to go back a full calender year to the last time the Sox offense was actually resectable.

QUOTE(Jeremy @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 08:10 PM) You'd essentially be able to have Young and use that money to sign a pitcher who's not much worse than Javy. Really? Now I think you're stretching things a bit. Even after Vazquez' last start, he still ranks 22nd in baseball in Pitcher VORP. What pitcher could you get for ~$10 million a season that would be a top 25 pitcher in all of baseball? I'd even take that further and argue Vazquez is better than several of the pitchers ahead of him -- what would Javier Vazquez be doing if he was pitching in the PETCO? Or even just in the NL? If Vazquez happens to pitch like he has this year over the life of the contract, there's only a handful of pitchers who I'd rather have over him.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Aug 20, 2007 -> 03:02 PM) Overwork? Half the pitches he throws are changeups. And it isn't about the record, it is about getting the complete game, finishing what you've started. I didn't just read that, did I? Can reading certain things actually make you dumber? If so...

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) The White Sox have not been this far below .500 since 1989. Well, on the bright side, if you're going to suck, you might as well suck so bad to grab a top five pick as opposed to floating around .500. I think I saw yesterday that the Sox are now second to last in all of baseball and are officially within striking distance of Tampa Bay.

The topic of Young vs Vazquez is always quite interesting. Vazquez is more valuable in that it's harder to find starting pitcher's of his quality for his price (I'll qualify this saying if he gives the Sox 600 innings of a ~4.00 ERA over the life of his three year deal), but Young, in my mind, projects to be more valuable in the 'on-field' value sense -- he's a CFer who gives you plus defense, plus baserunning and a league average bat, all for the league minimum. I didn't RTFA, but it seems to me like Rogers is missing the point. Having Young instead of Vazquez would make the Sox marginally better over the next couple years, even if the Sox had that extra $30 million. The trade itself isn't the problem. The problem is that there haven't been more Chris Young's or Josh Fields' in the system to replace CY himself. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough, but has anyone in the media called out just how awful Sox player (minor league) development has been or how poorly they've (seemingly) drafed? I'm not talking about the Marrioti "the Sox are cheap scumbags!" hogwash either -- has anybody gone beyond the Scott Podsednik's and Darin Erstad's of the world? I'm going off on another tangent here, but damn do the beat writers for the Sox suck. I would trade every writer in this town for Joe Posnanski in KC...

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 10:09 PM) and even more shocked by the love for Richar. ?

Adam Dunn is clutch.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 24, 2007 -> 02:46 AM) They said Edgar Martinez' bat speed was declining for about 10 years. They also said Rowand's bat speed was pathetic in spring training. When Thome goes into a slump you can throw BP fastballs by him. Its nothing new. He's starting to see the ball a little better now. He's nowhere near done yet. Just to clarify, I wasn't saying Thome is washed up or finished. I was just surprised to hear that other teams don't have interest in him. He's still a better hitter than 80% of the league, and he should still be an asset in 2008. I wouldn't go any further than his current contract, though.

I caught a bit of Keith Law on ESPN Radio. He was talking about Jim Thome and Carlos Delgado, and Law commented that because his bat speed has fallen off so significantly, Thome is pretty much an unmoveable entity. He basically made it sound like Thome has no trade value because scouts wouldn't advocate trading for a guy who appears to be falling off a cliff (bat speed-wise).

Happy Birthday. Signed, Joe Borchard Jersey... ... which, BTW, is MIA. Have no idea where that thing is.

Phew -- tornado warning for cook county as been cancelled.

f*** me, tornado warnings in Oak Forest. Eek.

Cubs have traded a PTBNL for Craig Monroe.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 23, 2007 -> 03:13 AM) I doubt we'll outbid anyone anywhere... Well, they wouldn't have to bid a whole lot of teams if they tried to do something clever like go and start and acadamy in Canada, Australia, (someplace other than Central or South America). I'm not saying it's something the Sox will do, BTW -- rather it's something I'd like to see them do.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 23, 2007 -> 02:42 AM) I don't doubt that there are damn good athletes down there and there's got to be at least one Australian in Austrlaia who could be an impact player but there's no way I'd significantly invest in Australia over, say, Latin America and unfortunately Why the heck not? I'd love to see the Sox take the initiative and go to a country where baseball isn't exactly a popular sport. The way I see it, the less competition, the better -- if the Sox were to build an academy in a place like the Netherlands, any and all athletes who chose to give baseball a try would basically be controlled by the Sox. If what DBAHO says is true, I think that's some very innovative thinking by those four organizations to go out to Australia.

Floyd's looking a heckuva lot better in relief. I'd like to see that fastball a tick or two faster, but he's showing some good movement in. He's not hanging as many pitches as when he was starting.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 22, 2007 -> 08:33 PM) But, on the bright side, at least he has experience at first base now. Damn you -- I was gonna make the first-base quip.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 22, 2007 -> 08:25 PM) Anxiously awaiting Pratt's post in 3....2....1..... Not Floyd's fault Toby Hall can't throw. It doesn't help that Floyd is slow to the plate, but I don't think Hall could throw out Konerko at this point.

QUOTE(michelangelosmonkey @ Aug 22, 2007 -> 07:10 PM) I wouldn't trade Danks for anyone of them. ....... Thanks for giving me my biggest chuckle of the day -- Deadspin and WithLeather are going to have a tough time topping that statement.

Great video there, Santo. Much appreciated.

Prince Fielder just hit a 450 foot (at least) foul ball to right-field. It made the upper deck right down the line in Arizona. Amazing -- I hope B'HAMBARONS is at this game.

QUOTE(dasox24 @ Aug 22, 2007 -> 01:30 AM) Well, I start classes tomorrow with an awfully long day. Start at 12:20 and go till 4:25 nonstop. Then, I have a class from 5:45-8:35. That's 7 hours of class in one day... Ugh. Damn man, get that schedule changed. My worst days this semester are Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday I go 9:00-12:00 with a 45 minute break and then 2:25-3:40, and Thursday I go 11:00-12:00, 2:00-3:00 and 5:30-7:00. Monday, Tuesday and Friday it's two classes a day.

Jim Thome is the reason the White Sox are in last place. All Jim Thome does is clog the bases.