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QUOTE (YASNY @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 01:01 PM) Ozzie didn't exactly have a stellar year in '11. Sort of Rios-esque in my opinion. Yeah. Dunn had a bad year, but he was quiet and respectable about it. Peavy was hurt and was only a little mouthy...towards the end of the season. Rios and Ozzie had bad years and were both assholes. I'd say Ozzie was a little worse.

*bump* I just finished 11/22/63, and I have to say it's one of the best books I've ever read. As far as Stephen King books go, it might be his best, and it's certainly his best since It. And speaking of It, I loved the references to the story within this book.

I would say 2013. That is of course provided the world doesn't end this December.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:42 PM) PREACH! I don't mean to be a crabass about this, but enough is enough. Yes, the Sox lost some key pieces, and on paper they don't look as good as last year. But in my opinion, it can't be as bad as last year. I'm not expecting a playoff run, but it's not out of the realm of possibility. I'm going to follow the team, cheer for them, be happy when they win and pissed off when they lose. But I'm not going to say on February 23 that this team is going to to suck. Because if I really felt that way, I wouldn't watch.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:24 PM) Welcome to the return of irrelevance. This team is going to suck and steal zero headlines. I just hope that everyone on this site who thinks this way just doesn't watch any games this year. I'm already sick of hearing it, and it's not even March 1.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 10:00 AM) It's sad how little White Sox talk interests me, even as spring training is about to begin. I read almost every thread on the site, but now only around half of them in PHT. I don't read any of the "This day in Sox history" threads, stopped reading the Jim Bowden and Cuban ones, and haven't read a word from A Lot For Sox To Overcome, The Team Is Pretty Much Set, nor 5 Burning Questions. I'm not sure if it's the team that is causing this or the complete lack of anything worth talking about due to lack of moves. I didn't even read this post.

I'm saying over. 82-84 wins.

Pretty soon it will time to start the thread predicting each player's performance for the year. A return to career norms for Dunn and Rios could make this an interesting season. Especially if the pitching holds its own.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 11:06 PM) Just started "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane on a friends recommendation. I haven't read that one, but I have read most of his other books. His Kenzie/Gennaro books are top notch, and of course Shutter Island and Mystic River are great. I would recommend all of them.

Pants

Our pug was a bit difficult to housetrain, but once he understood that he can't pee or poop in the house (a firm "NO!' while showing him the mess worked), he has been very good about it. But, the sneaky dog, knowing he gets a treat after going outside to go, will double up by having me let him out and then 20 minutes later waits by the door for my wife or kids to let him out.

Although I can, and have, eaten cold pizza, I prefer it reheated. I'll usually just toss it in the microwave, but I'll admit it's better reheated in the oven.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 10:48 AM) I hope he's just the CEO of the team, so to speak. He can't know anything about handling pitching. I would think he has never has thought much before about hit and running, when to steal bases, etc. I hope he lets Cooper make all the pitching decisions and his bench coach most of the other in-game decisions. The guy has absolutely no experience. That's OK, though. Ozzie was hated so much by fans he's an easy act to follow. You're probably right about the pitching. He'd be wise to let Cooper handle that. Otherwise, it's not like the guy doesn't know the game. A guy with as much playing experience as him will have an idea of when to hit and run, steal, bunt, etc. It'll probably take a bit for him to know his team and what each guy is capable of. Let's just hope he makes the right decisions with the knowledge he has.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 10:45 AM) It's a good grade. The Sox did not try to improve as a team. The team is expected to be way worse than last year. So it's a good grade. I really don't see how they can be "way worse" than last year. Come October, their record may be similar to 2011's, and I would say that would be an okay season. Expectations were so high last year, and the season turned out to be terrible. Expectations are lower this year, and rightfully so. I disagree with the D- grade, but I certainly wouldn't give them anything higher than a C. But, if some of those guys they picked up pan out, hindsight might make some folks re-evaluate this offseason.

1. De Aza - LF 2. Ramirez - SS 3. Rios - CF 4. Konerko - 1B 5. Dunn - DH 6. Viciedo - RF 7. Pierzynski - C 8. Beckham - 2B 9. Morel - 3B Pitching Danks Floyd Sale Peavy Humber

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Feb 20, 2012 -> 11:12 AM) Here is what I hang my hat on as to why I think this team will be fine. Nothing went right last year except Konerko and Humber. Can they repeat, maybe. Guillen became a distraction. My thoughts you get a bump in productivity from everyone from this. The replaced players are replaceable and their replacements could be better. Dunn, Rios and Peavy can become Dunn and Peavy and maybe Rios earns his money. Morel, Flowers, Beckham, DeAza, Lillibridge, Viciado, Reed and Sale become solid MLB players and potentially progress. Last year's team had nothing go right and they were almost .500 I pretty much agree. I'm not in agreement with the doom and gloom I've been reading (here and in the media). I don't necessarily think this is a sure playoff team, and if I were a betting man I wouldn't bet on the Sox taking the division. But, last year was so bad, and it's hard to forget that. If Dunn improves to near career normal and Rios plays okay, the offense looks a lot better. The pitching staff has decent potential, especially if Peavy pitches well. And you're right about Guillen.

I need a little beer...or six.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 11:24 AM) The title of the thread is incredibly misleading. Yeah, I thought it was going to be an article about how the team you see now is the team you'll see on the field and we, as fans, should be scared and angry.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 11:11 PM) And that. Even if they're stomping on your ribcage. I was rough housing with my kids when I suddenly felt a pop and then pain in my right knee. I literally couldn't walk on it for a few minutes, and I seriously considered going to the hospital. But after about 30 minutes and a beer, I felt better...and subsequently began rough housing again. I remember rough housing with my dad and how much it meant to me when I was a little kid. I want to ensure my kids have good memories like that, too. And, I'll want them to rough house with their kids because I'll be too damn old by then.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 07:09 AM) So they spend over $100 million on 3 players who were All-Stars, but that doesn't count as spending money? Didn't you see what he said? The money spent on Rios, Dunn, and Peavy doesn't count. The Sox need to shell out another $80 million or so.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 01:42 PM) A.J. Pierzynski with Buff Bagwell? Adam Dunn with King Kong Bundy?

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 12:28 AM) It's actually feeling a little slow to me. It's lacking some bite, I actually wish Frank would die. I know that he is technically the protagonist, but still. Was Jeremy Allen White told that he would spend all season brooding, smoldering, drinking, smoking, raging and wearing the same clothes the whole time? And what's with those floods he wears? But it did look like in the previews after the last episode that things will change between him and Karen...and him and Ian for that matter.

QUOTE (daggins @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 05:02 PM) The Sox should replace Hawkeroo with Jim Ross And Steve Stone with Jerry Lawler?

So, the thread has gone from discussing Fukudome to talking about jerking off and feeling ashamed to being Catholic. It's like Pale Hose Talk, SLaM, and the 'Buster had an orgy.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 02:26 PM) This will be embarrassing for the Cubs. They will not draw squat in the Cell. I disagree. I think they would draw decent crowds, and the difference would be that there might be a higher ratio of real baseball fans to people just there to be there.