SkokieSox

Fine, Steff, you need to cut out this obsession of trying to prove me wrong. I say I think Frank needs to be a leader, and all of a sudden you can't post enough things to try to get everyone to dislike me or something. It's getting kind of ridiculous.

He's out for the season.

There were similar deals offered by teams. The Padres and Yankees were among the teams interested in Takatsu, but he chose the White Sox partly because of our Japanese culture here and his wife attended graduate school in Chicago and liked it.

Oh ya, it's go time. Lol.

Joe will, he showed some real good leather last year, and played 3b overall real well. He will be given days off here and there, but the Jose and Uribe scenerio would work just fine for the amount of rest Joe will require.

You don't consider Ozzie a manager? Why should it matter whether he has managed a game yet or not, he knows baseball well. The team, the entire team, will have to treat him with respect and as the manager, otherwise they have no place on this team. He's going to do a fine job, and finally give some energy to this club.

Besides we know what Maggs is doing. We have had contact with him, and know the reason he wasn't at Sox Fest was because of winter ball. Even though he doesn't want to discuss a contract until after the season, he at least commented that he would like to remain with the Sox. Konerko got married, and KW was well aware what his situation is. Frank, we're not so sure of that just yet. I think he will go into ST and everything will play out okay, but I certainly understand a concern that it won't.

Good one Steff. Lol.

Another low key guy with potential to be a big help this season. This article is a good read. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...4news&fext=.jsp

He was going for a spot on ther rotation, but after injury his shoulder, that's no longer a feasible possibility. http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...ort=MLB&id=9534

Totally, but he'll be there. "Hey Paulie"

Lol, what do I know? No, he has the reputation of being a hard worker on the team. You would certainly expect this, but he was putting in a lot of extra time when his swing was off last year, despite his hip supposedly bothering him. I have confidence in him being ready.

I agree, one more solid year down there, and he should be ready for at least the fifth spot next year. If the organiztion feels he's ready of course. If they feel it's too early because of something they know, then another year by all means, but I expect we will see him next year.

He may not be on honeymoon anymore, but I don't think it's unreasonable to allow him to just show up when he's supposed to in order to spend some time with his new wife. He's going to be gone long enough where he's going to want to spend as much time as he can with her before it's time to report. It would probably be more of a distraction for him if he left for ST early. He'll be just fine, he's a solid worker.

He's Mike Mussina with a little less zip on his fastball, and according to the article, he may even increase the speed to get to his level. Wow. Even if his speed stays the same, it really won't matter. If he maintains control, a 90 fastball followed by a knuckle curve. That will buckle the best of them.

I'm putting a bill on the Sox winning the Central. 10-1 odds.

If I could would I be a Sox fan, lol.

Actually, I made a mistake. He wasn't added to the 40 man roster, he was a non-roster invitee. My mistake, but I can't change the title. He'll be at ST either way though. We may not talk about him past March 31st, but you never know. And even though he may be sent to the minors, he may produce well there, and either make his way up, or be traded. You never know.

Good sign. I have high hopes of Koch producing this year, and I believe he has taken the proper measures to ensure that he will. We'll see how it goes. Here's what he has to say. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...4news&fext=.jsp

Most likely taking Person's spot, here's his scoop. Frank Campos was added to the White Sox roster as a non-roster invitee, bringing the total in camp to 54 and the total of pitchers to 30. Campos was acquired from Milwaukee in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 draft during the Winter Meetings in New Orleans. The 31-year-old, who pitched nine seasons with Triple-A Campeche in the Mexican League, dominated during this past winter ball season in the Mexican Pacific League. Campos topped all hurlers with 10 victories, 68 strikeouts and a 2.19 ERA in 90 innings for Mazatlan.

He's a work horse, did you read what he does in the white sox website a couple weeks ago? Pretty impressive.

Not to make excuses for him, but he got married this offseason-the reason he wasn't at Sox Fest- so that's a reason probably why he isn't there yet. Konerko is known to be a hard worker.

All broke to camp early with the pitchers. They had their physicals and are now conducting their own informal hitting drills. www.whitesox.com

That sounds about right to me, and I would also include that besides excellent defense, he will be moving runners over and making productive outs.

I heard he has recovered, whether it is a 100% or not, I'm not sure. However, he has been invited to ST, so that bolds well concerning his condition. I thought he pitched well, but even if he isn't given a rotation spot, maybe he could long relief. Just guessing, he may very well just pitch in AAA if he doesn't earn the fifth spot. We shall see.