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Hey Contreras, now I know why your wife dumped you, she went to find a real man.

I hate Masset. He only made the roster so KW could save face. KW put his ego before the team.

rain in the forcast. I hate opening day rainouts.

QUOTE(JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 11:52 PM) Nope, just tried again and I got the same thing. Couple things: My name has numbers in it. My password has a number in it. My name has an ' in it. Those are the only things I can think of. Any of those reasons why? SHould work now. Thanks for the heads up.

Fixed the predicted standings so they are more accurate.

QUOTE(Vance Law @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 05:18 PM) I'm confused by the "Avg Win" and "Avg Loss"numbers. They don't seem to correlate to a 162 game season. The avg wins for the best teams is, like 52 or 53. I have to revise my formula so it doesn't include people that haven't filled it out yet, or have 0 (zero) wins.

QUOTE(JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 01:23 AM) I get this every time I try to register... The website cannot display the page HTTP 500 Most likely causes: The website is under maintenance. The website has a programming error. What you can try: Refresh the page. Go back to the previous page. More information This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying. For more information about HTTP errors, see Help. Did you have any unusual characters in any of your fields? Thanks for the heads up.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 12:55 AM) There is also a script running that my browser rejected. Not uncommon, but something to be aware of. Was this on the prediction page? That's the only place I use javascript.

QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 12:28 AM) I really dislike places where you have to register before you see any content. At least give people a taste of what the place is like in some demo pages. I know I need to spiff up the front page a little. Add some prediction content. You can actually click on the MLB link and then the p link next to standings to see predicted standings that have been posted, without being signed in.

Another reason I wanted to track this accuracy is because I got sick of everyone picking the Yankees to win it all every year. Now I'll be able to show how wrong they always are.

I've always loved reading those pre-season magazines, blogs and forum posts. I thought it would be cool to track year over year everyone's accuracy at their predictions. Right now you can predict team records, NL champ, AL champ and WS champ. I will be adding: player's predictions, mvp predictions, cy young predictions, and game predictions too. I've been hammering away at it for only about a week so there may be bugs. Check it out and let me know what you think. striker ps. I got the admins permission to post this so don't call me out for spamming

not a huge fan of this but it spreads the power around. Better swish than owens

Danks is money with that cutter. Though he could benefit from being in the 5 hole

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 03:44 PM) Because he understands like any other smart person that Danny Richar sucks? Seriously, I hate "trade ideas" that have no backing, but Danny Richar is not legitimate. What backing do you want? You want me to clear this idea with Kenny Williams first? I'm a Sox fan. This is a Sox forum. I wanted to know the opinion of Sox fans. If you don't like the post then don't reply to it. It's like tv, if you don't like the show then don't watch it.

I know it's too early to judge, but if Owens were to outperform Quentin in the spring then you would have to assume he'd get the starting job in cf, making Quentin expendable. We can possibly only keep one of Masset and Floyd (because both are out of options), unless they both beat out Wasserman. Baltimore could net 3 decent prospects. 2B Roberts SS Cabrera DH Thome 1B Kornerko LF Swisher RF Dye CA Pierzynski 3B Fields CF Owens

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Mar 2, 2008 -> 06:36 PM) You don't think he could win a job with a great spring? No. Where does he fit in the lineup? Putting him in CF means Swisher is probably the leadoff man. And that doesn't make much sense since he's a run producer. Plus I think everyone is sick of his mouth. I know I am.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Mar 2, 2008 -> 04:50 PM) Id kill for BA to actually develop into a .270+ hitter with 20 homers, 10-20 sbs...with his defense he'd be killer just by being an average hitter. Lets see him do it in the minors first.

Fields, Richar and Floyd/Masset would get it done, IMO

I'm sure this has been posted before, but I wanted to bring it up again. http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkegr01.shtml Doesn't make any sense. His highest batting average was .294. His highest obp was .346. He shouldn't be instructing.

I forgot to mention that I'm in CO, so I need somewhere online.

mlb.com has stuff but it's for 3mos or older. Any other ideas?

QUOTE(Kenny Hates Prospects @ Feb 10, 2008 -> 07:39 PM) It sounds like Johnson is going to be more of a role player for them. They seem to be very excited about Barton and you can't mess around with Cust after what he did last year. Johnson will probably work at 1B and DH until he's traded. Crosby and Chavez would probably be gone already if the A's could dump them off on someone. I think Beane has also said that Brown and Buck will be everyday starters in the OF, so that probably opens up a Sweeney/Gonzalez battle for a third OF opening. It doesn't seem like Beane wants to just throw these guys into the fire right away and views both Gonzalez and Sweeney as needing more development. Of course anything can happen in ST. Anyway, I just can't see them getting a 3B that is ready now with Chavez still on the books through 2010 ($11mil in '08 and '09, $12mil in 2010 with a team option for 2011). It would be quite a feat if Beane could just dump that on somebody for nothing. Damn, that contract is horrible. Edit: I mentioned the Dodgers possibly taking on Chavez's salary as a means to justify the package for Blanton. That's a package even we could beat easily IMO. Would anyone do something like Chavez + Blanton for Fields, Floyd and Shelby? I'm not a huge Blanton fan and Chavez is just as much of a risk as Crede. Plus getting rid of Fields, Floyd and Shelby would just make us older and more expensive. I still think Fields is a capable .270-.300 avg and 35hr 90rbi player so I don't want to get rid of him. I think Floyd is capable of matching Blanton's production too. So I'd have to pass.

I like our chances. I think Buehrle and Vazquez are both a great #1 and #2 duo. I think Contreras will rebound, won't be as dominant as 05 and half of 06, but will have respectable numbers. I would take Floyd and Danks over Willis/Robertson and Byrd/Lee. Neither CLE or DET have givens for #4 and #5 starters. I like our bullpen over CLE and DET, especially closers. If Dotel can stay healthy, Linebrink stays consistent, and 1 of Thornton and MacDougal rebound then our bullpen could be lights out. I'm so pumped to see Swisher play for us. I'm anxious to see what Richar or Ramirez, Fields and Quentin can do in a full season. I don't expect any more moves until Spring Training. KW and Ozzie will have a better grasp on Contreras/Danks/Floyd/Crede/2B and will make the appropriate move to make the team better. I'd like to see Quentin leadoff, but that depends on his spring. I don't care about speed, I want someone that can get on base. We have alot of questions, but you always do in the preseason. We have 2 starters that have alot of upside (Floyd&Danks) and our veterans have alot to prove after a horrible 2007. CAN'T WAIT!

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jan 22, 2008 -> 05:38 AM) I found this interesting piece from a Pirates blog about the signing and some other stuff; -P- The White Sox have signed Octavio Dotel to a two-year, $11 million deal. Dotel is 34 and he's not nearly as good as he was when he and Billy Wagner were dominating the late innings for the Astros. And more importantly, I have no idea what planet Kenny Williams' head is on. His big moves this offseason have been to deal Jon Garland for Orlando Cabrera, trade his entire farm system for Nick Swisher, and drop $30 million on a pair of aging relievers (Dotel and Scott Linebrink). If the Sox were in the NL Central, Williams' plan to sneak into the playoffs by crapping all over the Sox' future might just work, but they aren't. They're in one of the best divisions in baseball, and the Sox won 72 games last year - signing Alex Rodriguez wouldn't have gotten them into the playoffs. Acquiring Dotel isn't the worst move that's been made this offseason, but it doesn't make any sense, and it's not going to make the Sox better in 2009. UPDATE: It occurs to me that the "crapping all over the Sox' future" might be a little unfair. Christina Kahrl has argued very passionately (subscription only) that acquiring Swisher was a future-oriented move for the Sox, but I don't agree. The Sox gave up a high-upside arm in Faustino de los Santos and another good one in Gio Gonzalez for Swisher. While Swisher is signed to a very favorable contract, I don't see his skill set - lots of strikeouts, lots of walks, low batting average, power - as one that's likely to age all that well, particularly in a few years when Swisher slows down and has to move to first or DH. If he hits .255, he's an asset, but if he dips to .235, he's a problem. And in the meantime, if the Sox don't have anything in their farm system, how are they going to contend against the Indians or White Sox before 2011 or so? I think what alot of people miss from the Swisher trade is that the Sox got a proven young power hitter for three unproven prospects, two of which were pitchers. With Thome, Kornerko and Dye all getting older, KW had to find some one to potentially replace their power. We have some decent pitching depth with Danks, Floyd, Egbert, Broadway, Buehrle and Vazquez all under our control for the next few years, but before this trade Fields was the only young power we had. Plus our team has sucked the past couple years when Thome went down. Swisher's presence cushions the blow.

Can't he still be traded in the next 10 days? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated_for_assignment I'd much rather have DFA's Masset too.