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QUOTE(Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2007 -> 08:18 AM) That said, I'm willing to give him another chance...because if he can turn around his place struggles -- we'd have a winner on our hands with BA. i agree. personally the ONLY reason he belongs in AAA this year is IF we were to get Rowand back, but since that's not likely he deserves to be on this roster.

so guys, at the end of the day - The Show or 2k7?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 14, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) Everything I've seen from Rowand since 2004 suggests his game is going downhill. Why is that suddenly going to change? Anderson is a good young player who really can't get worse than he was, and he has looked better this spring. Meanwhile, Anderson had about a .700 OPS in the second half last year, and after having worked a bit on his swing during the winter and just recently in ST, he is absolutely tearing the cover off of the ball in Spring Ball (to no avail too because Ozzie won't give him his shot in CF which is an absolute joke) - .348/.385/.565/.950 - opposed to Rowand's OPS not even equaling Anderson's average - .129/.152/.161/.313. And beyond that, it's merely hunch. its amazing how one moment spring training numbers mean nothing and the next minute BAM! they're the most important stat in the world. lol

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 14, 2007 -> 12:52 PM) That's merely projections. You're basing your entire argument off of something that they think might happen if everything in their scenario goes right. It's obviously an educated guess, but my educated guess says Anderson will have a better year than Rowand if he plays full time. Neither of us are right or wrong, and neither are more right or more wrong. So, no, I don't buy your argument at all. ok... but its a statistical fact that there is always a regression to the mean so for instance with Rowand, 42 VORP and 8.8 VORP cancel each other out and what your left with is a pretty decent VORP in the 14-19 range. how can you not buy that? and by the way - what numbers do you have to back up your educated guess? just wondering. EDIT: and by the way, the whole point of my post was to dispel this 4th OF bull. based on purely numbers from the last 3 seasons alone he's better than a replacement player by far.

QUOTE(spiderman @ Mar 14, 2007 -> 12:29 PM) I think, ideally, he'd be a 4th OF, but I think with the uncertainity in LF/CF for the White Sox, I wouldn't be shocked if he became the regular CF as Anderson doesn't seem to be that high on their list, and I'm not sure what we're going to get from Erstad/Pods. Of the four outfielders, including Rowand if he is traded to the Sox, he would seem the most likely to me to become the regular CF unless Anderson really comes on. here's where i dont get the 4th OF thing: VORP (Value Over Replacement Player) for the last 3 years. 2004 42.0 2005 14.7 2006 8.8 now, last year was very low because of health issues and - possibly - not liking where he's playing. yes that's a big assumtion but who knows. 2004 is so high because it was a random breakout year that he's not likely to duplicate again. so that leaves us with 14.7 which is actually a pretty respectable number and actually, BP is projecting an 18 VORP for 2007. for Anderson they're projecting a 9.1 VORP (significantly better than last year's -11.3) for Erstad they're projecting a -8.6... ick for Podsednik it's a -3.2 ok so my point is, if Rowand is a 4th OF than the other three need to be sent to the minors or sumthin cuz DAMN. In the end, if he came cheap, Rowand would help this team better than any of our other options. EDIT: oh and by the way, VORP does NOT take defense into account so he's actually even MORE useful then.

i love how they're STILL b****ing about Bartman. good lord.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Mar 14, 2007 -> 11:48 AM) Meh. Whiners. If you don't want to read a thread, don't click on it. Wow...that's hard. now that's just nonsense!

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 06:29 PM) I don't. And I can't prove you wrong. I'm glad you got my point. Though that was an awfully strange extreme to use. Floyd/Danks vs. Garcia is just as extreme my friend

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 06:18 PM) That doesn't tell me how you KNOW that Freddy will outperform them. You told me why you THINK Freddy will outperform them. so... you think Danks or Floyd will log 200+ innings? really?

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 06:11 PM) How do you know that either Danks or Floyd won't outperform Garcia this year. You are speaking in a lot of absolutes considering nobody has thrown a pitch this season. because Garcia has been one of the most consistent pitchers of the last 5 years and... well... i just dont think either Danks or Floyd will match that. Either of them logging 200+ innings = impossible

I'm fine with Arow coming back - w/ Anderson we don't really know what we're gonna get and he's nowhere NEAR the clubhouse presence that Rowand is. You know how excited Joe and AJ would be if he came back? Three stooges reunited. I'm just saying that it would help this clubhouse out quite a bit. Get the rookie no one likes outta there (or at least a smaller role) and bring back the guy everyone loves and who's a spark plug. why not?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Mar 9, 2007 -> 07:20 PM) New sig a little.. um... big... doncha think?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 04:13 PM) Rogowski now PH for Konerko. Anyone else find it interesting that Rogo is getting so much work in ST? Trade bait perhaps? for sure

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 03:51 PM) But it didn't win us the game. The Pods homer did. technicalities...

we really only got one run off 4 walks... jesus christ

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 03:24 PM) Crede's double in that game was beyond awesome. That whole inning in fact - AJ going to 1st on the K, Ozuna stealing 2nd, and Crede's double - best inning ever. yeah that was the playoff game i went to and it was just the greatest moment ever. when Crede was coming up i was LITERALLY sitting there praying to the rally crede. Didnt realize it wasnt a homer till i was leaving the park

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 03:16 PM) Bottom 3RD B:0 S:0 O:2 Matt Holliday reaches on fielding error by third baseman Joe Crede. Garrett Atkins scores. Joe Koshansky to 2nd. damnit Joe thats your second of the spring. come on now

mother f***er...

so i'm starting to get the idea that the hacked gameday is even slower than borch... good grief

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 03:09 PM) Joe Boarchard Tool Update! Tool #1 - Slower than Live Boxscore Tool #2 - Slower and dumber than hacked Gameday Tool #3 - Lover of poetry Tool #4 - Homerun, strikeout, strikeout, strikeout, strikeout, stirkeout, strikeout, homerun, strikeout, strikeout, strikeout, strikeout, homerun, strikeout... Tool #5 - ? his nickname is Borch which rhymes with torch which is what pitchers do to him.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 03:04 PM) And I was there. ...well... i was there for the biggest strikeout in whitesox history so does that count? ...

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 03:03 PM) Biggest HR in team history. everytime i think about it i get giddy, then i pop in the WS05 DVD and watching it again is just insane. every time

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 02:58 PM) That damn credepopsup rearing his ugly head again. Him and his .500 average really irk me. guys come on now stop missing the 'it'! someone's anal...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 02:56 PM) credepopsup you do mean 'credepopsitup' right?

Pauly has just been great so far