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QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 09:04 PM) You realize that the season ends in a month and a half. We don't have a lot of time to leapfrog two teams. So yes you have to win as many as humanly possible due to the hole we put ourselves in. 500 or around baseball gets us tee times the first week of October. Yup. I know people like to talk about our record since May 7th or whatever. Problem is the season didn't begin on May 7th.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) Jim Callis jimcallisBA Jim Callis In signing deadline era (2007-11), bonus spending ranges from $52.1m (#Pirates) to $18.3m (#WhiteSox). Avg team has spent $31.8m. #mlbdraft 2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply 18.3 million? That's pathetic.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 11:06 PM) Wow, Nats sign Purke! It makes me sad tonight to see all these teams spending money on these tough signs. QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 11:30 PM) Wow, hell of a night for Pirates in signing Josh Bell I had no idea either of these guys had signed. Wow indeed. I love what the Pirates are doing. And the Nats? Jesus. The potential (let me emphasize the word 'potential' so Balta and Shack can't accuse me of overrating every single non-White Sox prospect) of that team being a powerhouse in a few years is immense.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 06:34 PM) I agree with this. In the beginning of summer people would at least TRY to pretend to avoid blaming management for believing that one of the most consistent power hitters in baseball over the past decade would continue to be consistent, or failing to see a sudden, historic collapse. But after a while people started getting lazy and just throwing it in there when ranting about how bad of a GM KW is. Has anyone really blamed KW for Dunn? At least on this forum? Seems to me most people blame Dunn and only Dunn for his supernatural-like failure.

Hibbard, greg, elrockin, anybody else I'm forgetting about, I salute you guys. If you can look at this mediocre bunch and remain positive, and even think they can not only win the division but do something against Boston/NY, you're better fans than I am.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 07:12 AM) He really is doing fine. Right in the middle of the pack in WAR and OPS and hitting just about 300. There's a lot worse we could have out of the catcher position right now I know he is (at least offensively). It's just the way greg illustrates certain things. "He has a bunch of multi-hit games." I love it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:10 AM) Is Flowers this good that we need him playing every day over AJ? I know AJ's defense sucks, but AJ has had a ton of multi hit games this year. He's doing OK. I agree DeAza should play over Rios. Lilly probably should be the DH over Dunn. He has a better chance of tagging a home run than Dunn. A 40 ounce: $1.94 A dub sack: $20 A lap dance: $50 A greg post: priceless

Damn, TRU got smart all of a sudden.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 10:05 PM) He oversaw the #1 farm system in baseball at the time. You should love him. QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 10:07 PM) You of all people should know better. He was Director of Player Development for what was widely hailed as one of the top 3 systems in all of baseball. If you would have held the beliefs then that you do now, you would have been screaming from every mountaintop on Earth that he was the best candidate for the job. I was actually stickin' up for KW in this case. lol, I don't want a 'proven' GM. I want innovation.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:59 PM) And I don't get this fascination with Hahn..what the heck has he ever done? Is sounds like the same foolishness with Paxson. Neither of these guys are qualified to run a sports organization. What had KW ever done before he was hired? I don't like Paxson at all. He still gets a free ride because of the 3 in '93. But some guys you have to give a chance to prove themselves.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 03:12 PM) Short of a World Series title I'm with you on this one. Hell even if they DID win the WS we know what the chances of a repeat are so let's finally clean house. Whoaaaa. Wait a minute. Hold up? A WS title? I think that would have to at least be passable reasoning for bringing them back.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 14, 2011 -> 12:56 PM) Oh, lame. They are putting a lot of stock in Derek Lowe's performance down the stretch last year, trusting he'll get it together instead of bringing up Minor or Teheran to replace him. Teheran is freaking 12-1 down in Gwinnett. But you hate prospects, remember? Oh, the best pitching prospect in baseball goes by the name of Matt Moore.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:26 PM) A KW and Ozzie mistake and I said it when the Sox went withe no real DH and had let Thome walk. Wish they would have kept him on the team. That was the beginning of the end as far as I'm concerned for those two neanderthals.

One of the all-time prolific sluggers in the game's history. I'll even admit that I didn't fully appreciate him while he was with us. Congrats!

My goodness. I feel like a fat pregnant girl. I just ordered a 20-ounce porterhouse, the bloomin' onion and some pasta from Outback. I feel like Carl Winslow. I feel like Cecil Fielder. No, I feel like Nate Newton. I feel like John Candy from the Great Outdoors when he ate that big ass steak and vomited later when he saw maggots.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 12:37 PM) I know people have kinda joked that Marty is actually Cowley, but is this actually true? Doubtful. If anything it's hard to believe he signed up in 2004. This site was still pretty underground at that time.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 08:44 PM) Sick play by Escobar. He's a hell of a fielder. That's all he does. He can't hit for s***.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 07:49 PM) Have you seen this horses*** lineup we have out there tonight? That's every night. Still, I expect some offensive output.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 07:45 PM) I'm sure many were saying that about Bruce Chen all this year too. Chen is a gimmick pitcher. We've always struggled with those types. No reason not to serve Hochevar this night.

Luke Hochevar sucks. If we don't touch him up for at least 5 runs I will be very angry.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 07:27 PM) Death in the family. Condolences to the Dunn family. Damn. Tough ass year for that man.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 07:24 PM) In a rookie? It's possible, but highly unlikely that you get league-average production out of him, and you don't build your lineup expecting that, and you absolutely don't sit around complaining when the rookie takes time do develop. The Sox didn't build a lineup which relied on Morel. In other words, expect the absolute worst with White Sox farmhands and hope for the best? If that works for you, have at it. I learned my lesson with BA. In all honestly, I'm not that worried about Morel. I never thought he was that good. Beckham is the one that should concern everybody.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 07:11 PM) If each of their OPS's rose by 150 points, wouldn't that be where they're supposed to be? Hey, I never threw out a comparison between the two. You did that. Is it too much to ask for league-average or close to league-average production from a 24-year old? What's sad is 3B production is down all around baseball. Yet Morel is nowhere close.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 07:00 PM) So, the other team's prospect gets enough credit to expect an increase in productivity going forwards, but the White Sox one does not. Riiiiiiiiiight. Dude, are we seriously comparing Hosmer/Morel? There is no comparison. Watching Morel, the only hope one could have going forward is that it would be almost impossible to be as bad as he's been this year.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 06:51 PM) DETs staff is s*** with one big exception Not that I really mind, but Scherzer has been a big time disappointment this year.