Jordan4life_2007

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 02:44 PM) I'm watching that amazing Duke comeback on ESPNClassic right now. Just watching Jay Williams a bit got me wondering -- how was he in his one season with the Bulls? Did it look like he was on his way to becoming a pretty good player in the league? I guess that question leads up to this -- if Jay Williams hadn't have gotten hurt, I'm probably correct in saying the Bulls wouldn't have drafted Kirk Hinrich? And one more question -- who would the Bulls have drafted/wanted the Bulls to have drafted? Jay had a pretty good rookie season (9.5 ppg, 4.7 apg). I'd say his season highlight was the triple double he recorded against New Jersey while being matched up with Jason Kidd most of the game. I never thought he would be a star (obviously will never know), but I thought he had a chance to be a very good player. And you're right, with he and Jamal Crawford in the PG mix, there would've been no point in drafting Hinrich, another PG. Who would we have drafted instead of Hinrich? I remember us being interested in Jarvis Hayes and Michael Pietrus. Either would've fit in quite nicely at SF -- the position we were lacking at the most at the time, especially Pietrus.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 01:48 PM) Yup, cheering for an individual over the White Sox, w000000000000000000t. I'll never understand it, and trust me, there are plenty more who don't, it doesn't make any sense. Well, this is a very special case. And like I said earlier, I don't want it to be a HR that beats us. But if we're either up or down, let's say, 5 runs, and Frank comes to the plate and smashes #500, I'm certainly not going to be upset. In fact, I'm going to cheer my ass off.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 01:08 AM) Which is why I said believe. And you know damn well Liriano will return and dominate. Maybe in 2009 or 10.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 12:48 AM) Personally, I don't object to either trading Garcia or McCarthy -- I just wish the packages we received would have been better. If Floyd were replaced by Fabio Castro and Massett/Rasner for Hurley I would have been estatic. With said players, we would have had in our possession two more top of the rotation options available to compete in forthcoming seasons. Even if one suggests obtaining Castro wasn't feasible (which I doubt), McCarthy shouldn't have been delt unless our return package. I just don't like the idea of Danks being considered a lateral move by many around here. This trade, whether people are willing to admit it, may ultimately bury Williams in the forthcoming seasons if the results heavily favor Texas. Considering how trading McCarthy wasn't necessary, and Williams relied upon his scouts and personal observations to select a package of Danks/Massett/Rasner, the success of this trade should be vital in determining his future with this organization. That's about the definition of a franchise changing move. You have to ask yourself this, as well -- if we're not intent on persuing FA pitchers, does a future rotation of Danks/Gonzalez/Broadway/Haegar/Floyd/Sisco/whomever compete with those within our division? How will a future 1-2 punch of Danks/Gonzalez match up against Sabathia/miller, Miller/Verlander or Liriano/Garza? As of now, I don't believe very well. Because those 3 guys I put in bold are so proven. And Liriano might never be the same again.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 03:51 AM) What on Earth is wrong with the site's time right now? Is it just me? It has all sorts of crazy times and says all of today's posts were made yesterday. It's not you. As of right now it's 3:51 AM.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 06:59 PM) LOL@you Why LOL@me? I'm not sitting here acting like I watch a whole lot of hockey games (I think the sport stinks), but I've seen enough and know enough to come to the conclusion that the overall atmosphere of a hockey game doesn't compare, or even come close, to that of a college basketball game. Especially an NCAA tourney game. I think football and baseball home crowds easily trump that of hockey, too.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 03:24 AM) I don't know if he can turn anyone in the White Sox bullpen around anymore. Last year he hit two dings off Garland, and you may recall that the Sox coaches were absolutely livid with Jon and Widger over how they pitched to him. Then one off Vazquez (6th inn) and, finally, Contreras during his September funk. Frank is still a great mistake hitter but if the pitch is hard and over the plate I think you can get him every time. Detroit pitched him this way in the ALCS and made him look bad. He did hit a couple off that Santana guy last playoffs.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 03:12 AM) KW was supposedly into McCarthy's sister or girlfriend, and McCarthy was pissed about it. That's why he was traded. It's completely preposterous, and thank you Ginger for taking a shot at such a stupid rumor. I completely forgot about that.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 02:23 AM) Kenny Williams has zero interest in Floyd's sister Um, like, what the hell does that mean?

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 06:46 PM) College Basketball. And it's not even close to me. LOL@hockey.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 04:17 AM) Depends on how much you trust me. Personally I don't like doing that because then I always become the bad guy no matter what I do. If that's what people want I can live with it though... Should we vote? I'm in favor of you allowing or disallowing trades.

Question for Zoom: Shouldn't trades be determined by the commish? I mean, let's say I'm in second place, and somebody like Kalapse is in first, he looks to make a trade with Jimbo to enhance his chances, even if the trade is fair, I'm gonna vote against it. I don't want him to get better, obviously. That's not really fair. That's just me, though.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 25, 2007 -> 02:43 PM) If he was such the distraction he was made out to be in 2005, with the getting in pitcher's heads that all his apologists claim and all, and he was so dominant, 80 runs is not all that much. The fact that 30 players in the AL alone scored more than him, the fact that he only had 25 rbi when the 9th place hitter and 2nd place hitters both had over 70. He's only guaranteed to be the leadoff hitter once a game, but he is guaranteed to make as many plate appearances as anyone else (assuming he doesn't get replaced during the game). Pods was not nearly as good in 2005 as a lot of people would lead you to believe. Great, you say, and you have to nerve to personally attack me and call me blind and ignorant? Is Pods supposed to drive himself in? PK hit like .225 the first two months. Dye? Remember the same Dye everybody wanted run out of town at the start of 2005? All the lame Jermaine 'Die' or 'Princess' Dye jokes? He did next to nothing for the first two months as well. Our DH/#3 hitter sported a .745 OPS. Pods had an OBP of .350 or better every month except for August. So it's not hard to see why he didn't score as many runs as you would like from your leadoff guy. Of course, it's just hip and cool to blame it all on Pods. Also, nobody has led me to believe s***. I watched just about every game in '05. I saw the difference Pods made. The impact he had, especially the first four months.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 25, 2007 -> 07:43 AM) So if the leadoff hitter gets a hit or steals a base the Sox probably win. Maybe its time for KW to find someone who does it more often. Its amazing that a guy who hardly drives in any runs, and in 2005, when he was supposedly driving pitchers crazy with his basestealing, making them lose all concentration, finished in 31st place in the AL in runs scored, and last year with one of the best offenses in team history, with Dye, Konerko and Thome behind him, finished in a tie for 33rd place in the AL in runs scored. Add to all this his difficulty moving runners over, and you have one of the most overrated players in White Sox history, save for October 24, 2005. Either I'm really hung over, or this post makes no sense. 31st place in the AL? What the hell does that mean? 33rd place? Last I checked there were 30 teams total. Pods was bad last year. Make no mistake about it. But he was great in 2005. To say he's overrated, save for the biggest HR in White Sox history, is to be blind and ignorant. Edit: I realize now you meant out of individual players. The rest of the post still stands. And our offense was flat mediocre in 2005. Dye and Konerko were terrible the first two months. Rowand was nowhere near the hitter he was in 2004. Oh, yeah, we had Carl Everett hitting third. So I wouldn't blame Pods for the amount of runs he scored. He was consistent enough (save August when he was clearly hurting), and got on base at a good enough clip that he should've scored 100+ runs.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 25, 2007 -> 01:20 PM) No you don't. Indeed I do. Don't get me wrong, I don't want him to do it in the 9th inning of a tie game. But I definitely want him to do it in Chicago.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 25, 2007 -> 05:51 AM) Saw this on a FoxSports Team Report; Does he really make THAT much of an impact for this team when he's playing well do you think? Nope. None at all. He's just a waste of space. Not only did he suck last year, he was just along for the ride in 2005. It's a guaranteed lock that he will suck again in 2007 as well.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 24, 2007 -> 03:05 PM) 13 more. I hope he does it against us.

Mike North was done when he said Shaq, not Wade, was the main reason the Heat won the title last year. I hope that bum is gone when his contract is up.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 24, 2007 -> 03:58 PM) I'd be absolutely stunned if a healthy Erstad was worse than a healthy Anderson...STUNNED. Prepare to be stunned. 2000 was a long time ago.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 24, 2007 -> 01:17 AM) Luol Deng>Gasol Ive been saying it since the beginning. The kid is 21 and has the same numbers, give him some years and we'll see a star. It's close. Like you said, the kid is 21. He's gotten better ever year. I'm glad Pax didn't buckle under the pressure of having to add a low-post scorer. It makes no sense to weaken yourself in one area to get better in another. The Bulls seem to play better after the break in recent years. If the 'real' Ben Wallace is indeed back, combined with the return of Nocioni and the fact that the Heat are no longer a factor, I like our chances come playoff time.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 11:25 PM) Honestly, no matter how good I think Deng will be...if Gasol could have been had for Deng + expiring contracts, I would have made the deal, because the difference between Deng and Noc Well, that's one way to look at it. I look at is like this: Would adding Gasol while subtracting Deng have pushed us any closer to a title? I don't think so. Gasol is good. He's not that good.

My team name=Scott Podsednik

I take it we're talking about Santo when he was actually playing? Or are you saying Santo and his fake leg is argubly better than Mack out in CF?

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 01:10 AM) I'm ready to eat it. It's just...I don't think he's our starting CF coming out of spring training this year. Erstad in center, Owens in left, my prediction. Jerry's going to have a big spring. Somebody pass me a vomit bag please! Make that two of them.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 14, 2007 -> 10:42 AM) Next year I am going to work for most drunk poster and the threadkiller of the year award. maybe i should just post more when im blacked out 4x a week. Drunk? You ain't see drunk yet, buddy. I'll definitely be up for that award.