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Brewer and Watson were very good tonight. And it's still early, but looks to me Derrick has regressed a bit defensively in all areas. Hopefully Thibs can get on him a bit on that.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 09:26 AM) And while I think Frasor will be solid for us next year, if he rejected arbitration he could have been replaced fairly easily in free agency. Picking up that option never made sense to me. He's a Chicago boy, so obviously we were looking out for him.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 07:33 AM) Really though, you could still be right. He could be traded in the 2013 offseason, KW has done crazier things I think it was obvious he meant 2012, but that is a hell of a miscalculation on the year. He damn well can be right next season.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 01:16 AM) If any of you recall, it was me (and maybe J4L?) who were the ONLY two people who welcomed and thought he would be a decent pitcher for us, and I STILL am not that optimistic about Humber. It was Heads I believe. (although me and I believe shack or 2k5 were optimistic about him. Liked him as a prospect several years ago pre TJ.)

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 04:33 AM) You lucky motherf***er. Thornton was most definitely the better pitcher this year, but he only beat Soria in 2 of those 5. Haha, I was looking for his post for the same thing. That is crazy. Oh and I was right about Pierre having a down year defensively, and of course I was way off about my wacky prediction of Quentin being healthy and the pennant.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 27, 2011 -> 07:52 PM) What do you expect from a Loser? ^^^ This.

They've always had the most trouble against GS. In fact.. it was that team that gave Rose the most fits last year. (I believe he had 9 turnovers in a game, by far his worst) There is always one team in the NBA a contender just can't figure out. (whether that is scheme, athleticism/youth, etc.. it happens)

Stalberg is playing like a man possessed out there. Doing all of this with only 10-11 minutes of ice time a game.

QUOTE (Felix @ Dec 26, 2011 -> 10:44 PM) Stephen Curry has 15 points, 6 assists, 6 steals and 3 rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting in the first half. That's really, really, really, REALLY good. His stat line was ridiculous tonight. Although I will admit I've always had a man crush on him and his potential. Brought him up several times last year. (Ellis is/was holding him back on touches, or controlling the point last season, looks much better under Jackson in letting Curry go in the half court while still getting his)

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Dec 25, 2011 -> 10:48 PM) The last 5 NBA champs (Spurs, Lakers 2, BOS, DAL) had all this elite athleticism where? Kobe and.....Lamar? Or Big Fundamentals and....Tony Parker? Garnett and....Pierce? Tyson Chandler and....Jason Terry? I am sorry, I don't see much elite athleticism outside of 1 guy. Thank you. While I agree with J4L that the athleticism on this team besides Rose and Noah/Brewer to an extent is sub par, there is more to the game (and what it takes to win) than just freak athletes. Oh and Pierce isn't that athletic, and KG lost alot of hops. I would say Rondo is by far on that team.

:notworthy

Rondo was amazing that game. If he keeps doing that, he'll put himself on the map as a top 3 PG. And Lamar Odom is trying to do too much to impress obviously.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 14, 2011 -> 08:34 PM) Thanks, Tex. Those early 90's teams will always be my favorite. Ditto. I feel blessed to have grown up watching those sox teams play when I was little. Very entertaining.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) SEND IT IN, JEROME! Immediately thought of that as well.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 07:15 AM) *you're Gimme a break. Just worked a 10 hour shift.. Tired... then again.. that is my style of posting. This brings me back to the old days of the late night soxtalk crew. Crazy times. Annnnnd going to bed.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 06:53 AM) Only member online! No your not.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 09:10 AM) Sorry Rock, but apparently The Sanchise has snagged Kate Upton. For being such a bad QB, he sure has taken advantage of his status. He sure loves younger women..

QUOTE (Real @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 06:11 AM) He'll be 27 in april.. not exactly a spring chicken, but maybe your definition of a young athlete is different than mine That is plenty young in baseball terms (just entering the beginning of prime years), not boxing. And I feel insulted you consider 27 "old" sir.

I am beyond happy to hear this. Danks is a friggin stud. Yes I'm probably his biggest fan on the board, but I still firmly believe he has alot of untapped potential. He is also still very young to build around for this team.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 11:54 PM) He does. But his range and reads are not very good. He by no means is considered a good defender. Sox wasted a year (some would argue two) of development time defensively on him. Still bitter that they waited as long as they did.

Pretty much why he's one of the best GMs in the game already. (and why J4L has a hard on for him)

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 18, 2011 -> 09:23 PM) Kim Jong Il. Random fact: His favorite basketball team was the Chicago Bulls.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Dec 18, 2011 -> 11:36 PM) It's difficult to believe because this could have been a historical season. Does going undefeated in the regular season mean that they were going to lose in the playoffs? Ask the Patriots? The Patriots faced a nightmare matchup in the Giants ( a team that had a dominant front 4) and still had the lead with only a few minutes left on the clock. Do you think if the Patriots would have lost in the regular season that they would have won the superbowl? I guess I don't understand the logic. I don't think you realize the insane amount of pressure teams/players have to endure when the media/fans/other teams/etc. bring up an undefeated season. Rodgers said it best after the post game that he'd rather win the super bowl anyways and he's right. Noone ever talks about a team undefeated regardless of historical circumstance unless they win the whole thing. Hell I still remember Patriot fans crowing that undefeated team as locks for the Lombardi and for a while they looked right as they were winning alot of blowout and close games (they nearly lost to I believe Oakland in one of the later weeks of that season to only rally and beat them) and looked like they had found out ways to win in every sense to prepare them. Neither you nor I knows if losing in the regular season would of had any difference on that team anyways (as you said they were still winning that game, and the ball just happened to bounce the Giants way [or helmet] one way or another). I'll just go by the players who actually play the game at that level when they talk about their mind set/psyche of not having that build up.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Dec 18, 2011 -> 10:59 PM) So you're a packers fan and you don't mind a loss that ruined what could have easily been an undefeated regular season? I find that somewhat difficult to believe. Why is that difficult to believe? (I won't go into detail, but I'm sure someone will say "Ask the Patriots") And ya.. he's a Packer fan.. that just saw his team win the damn super bowl last season.