GoodAsGould

QUOTE(fathom @ May 16, 2007 -> 05:16 PM) If we call someone up, it should be Haeger. Maybe he can get lucky on a windy day at the park and have some success. I don't want to see our AAAA pitchers, Floyd and Broadway, anywhere near the rivalry game. Why is Broadway a AAAA pitcher? He doesn't have the wicked stuff but he has done nothing but succeed in the minors and was a 1st round pick. I don't see the justification for the AAAA crap? Also maybe i'm missing something, but why wouldn't Danks make this start. He just pitched against the Yankees.... thats way more pressure on someone than facing the Cubs.

QUOTE(danman31 @ May 16, 2007 -> 04:36 PM) Before this season Getz was barely a prospect because he sucked in AA. To be honest, we barely put him on the list. It's our fault for releasing it late, but you simply can't make the argument that Getz was a top 20 prospect in this system before his success at Birmingham. I still think his upside is as a better than average utility infielder. Well maybe im biased because Ive always been a Getz fan even through his struggles last season. And you guys obviously put more time into it than I would. Just saying so far out of the 25-16 ive seen so far I think my personal list would be different.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ May 14, 2007 -> 03:55 PM) So, when the station fills his tanks up with gas that he would normally sell for $2.50 a gallon, raises it to $2.75 the next day, because the price of his NEXT batch went up, that's not making a little 'extra' profit? When gas goes up overnite by .25 per gallon, every gallon in his tank at that moment nets the owner and extra .25 net. I'm all for profit, being a business owner myself, but that always seemed like a bit of greed to me. However, you are right, big oil would be the guys you would want to hurt, or even better, the speculators that drive the cost per barrel up because Imadinnerjacket, or whatever his name is, looked crosseyed at Condi Rice, or mentioned that he hates Jews. I know this was on the first page but this is completely utterly wrong. The individual owner of the gas station doesnt recieve anymore money from when the gas goes up from 2.50 to 2.75. If anything the high gas prices are hurting the individual owners more. The way the system works is the station owner receives maybe 15 cents per gallon. If the price goes up the owner is still only getting his cut of 15 cents per gallon if not less.

nice win by Danks, even though he should of only given up 1 run if not screwed by the ump

Any chance him and Francisco Hernandez get promoted this year or do you think the organization takes it slow with both of them.

QUOTE(Beltin @ May 16, 2007 -> 03:31 PM) Obviously these numbers do not look impressive, but does Melky look comfortable in the OF this year? How about his presence at the plate? He looked like he was a real keeper last year but I have not tracked his progress since the Sox and Yanks last hooked up. Any thoughts? I think he can play every OF position pretty well, and obviously as shown earlier in this game he is very comfortable in LF. He has some things to work with at the plate but he is a young guy playing part-time so cant blame him. I think he is a helluva player and should be starting next year if not for yanks somewhere else.

I think the next open spot in the rotation goes to Broadway or Floyd anyways. Unless Gio gets promoted and just destroys AAA we prob wont see him on the opening day roster till 2009

QUOTE(Beltin @ May 16, 2007 -> 03:28 PM) I think if you offered Jerry and the Score a hometown discount, they might just show Eddie the door and pair you with Singleton. lol whitesoxfan101 annoys me sometimes on this messageboard i cant imagine how it would be on radio. Of course he probably would be an upgrade over Farmer anyways..

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ May 16, 2007 -> 03:27 PM) So who is pitching tonight? Count vs who? Wang

Yeah, not a huge fan of the list but I like reading them and seeing it anyways so nice job.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 16, 2007 -> 12:09 PM) Did Magglio's contract go down, even AFTER half of baseball thought might not be able to come close to returning to form? Torii Hunter's HR numbers in seasons when he has 500+ AB's... 27, 29, 26, 23, 31 RBI numbers... 92, 94, 102, 81, 98 This year, he's projecting to well over 30 homers and 100 RBI's, something of a season like Jermaine Dye had last year. GMJ had 19 homers and 79 RBI's last year. You can't put a one year wonder and a proven veteran player in the same conversation, let alone argue that Matthews deserves or will make more money than Hunter. And the reputations of Hunter and Andruw Jones defensively add another $2-3 million onto their contracts. Matthews had that one great play for the Rangers, and he's a very good CFer, but he's never won a Gold Glove. Plus, he's nowhere close to the same type of leader, clubhouse presence and "franchise-identifiable" star that Hunter has been with the Twins...he just doesn't have that charisma that makes someone want to go out and buy tickets to see Gary Matthews, Jr. play baseball. I dont think people go to the ballpark to pay and see Hunter either. And yes I conceded that Hunter will hit more HR's but despite that in terms of overall offensive season he has never had the year as good as Mathews was last season. Also their career avg. are pretty similar to one another too neither that good. I dont see how a team could offer him more than 10 million a season and i think it will be similar to 9.5. I guess I could be wrong with how crazy contracts seem to get nowadays but we will find out for sure this off-season so no point in continuing arguing it.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 16, 2007 -> 03:00 PM) We are, it's 5-2....lol How does that make sense, i said 2 more runs as in 7-2. Im happy with 5-2 but im also worried because the yankees lineup is powerfull and scary.

really good game by offense and hitting, we should be up by 2 more runs if Uribe wasnt robbed =(.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 15, 2007 -> 03:46 PM) Hunter is making $12 million RIGHT NOW, TODAY. He's off to his best ever start...you can pencil him at $13-14 million per season, for 3-5 seasons, minimum. For those doubters, look at Gary Matthews, Jr., coming off ONE pretty good season and how much he got, which is more than some are saying Hunter will receive. For those who keep saying Grudzielanek, the Royals will exercise an option between $4-4.5 million on him for 2008. If he's so bad the Royals don't want to keep him, we might as well retain Iguchi, right? Yes he is making 12 million right now but he got that contract during the prime years of his career. Now he is 31-32 and is on the downside. Also Hunter while having a good offensive season it wont be as good as Gary Mathews jr was last year. Also it was believed the Mathews turned a corner which so far this season has proven right because he has similar numbers to that of Hunter. And Mathews is only making 6,400,000 this season. Idonno overall what he is due but its prob comes to an avg. of around 8-9 which is what Hunter should get. Given that he is going to be the same age of Mathews was as a f/a and the fact they both are really good with the glove and about equal offensivly. Hunter will give you more HR's but once the season is over and done Mathews will have a higher avg. Keep in mind in terms of overall offensively, Hunter has never had a season as good as Mathews was last year in terms of OPS.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:48 AM) PJ Brown was HUGE last night. His defense and offense picked us up a ton. TT makes plays that you dont see very often. It always makes me jump out of my seat. The spurs by far b**** more than any team in the NBA. Maybe so, but I still remember the games we played vs Phoenix this year and they were b****ing nonstop. Even though they werent being called for going over the back the entire game also. Just happened to be the game it was either Bell or Barbosa hit the 3 pointer to win in the last seconds. And the Spurs have earned the right to do what they want, they have won championships with the core of that team.

Idonno why everyone is b****ing about it, it has always been the rule and it has happened in the past and its always the same result. Duncan's thing was a lot different since there was no fight going on and he was still actually close to his bench not running towards the middle of the court where the incident was. It is a bad rule but the Phoenix Suns knew about it so

QUOTE(rangercal @ May 15, 2007 -> 06:14 PM) If the spurs make the finals I wont even watch. At least the spurs image is taking a huge hit with this one. Seems like America hates the spurs. I actually like the Spurs, well more like I dont hate them. I cant stand the Suns and their chronic b****ing. They remind me of the Pistons with how much they seem to whine all the time.

Is Darin Erstad going to be worth 6 million? thats the only thing I'm not exactly sure about. Especially since Ichiro will be taking over as leadoff guy and Tadahito doesn't seem to be successful out of the 2 spot.

QUOTE(Top Notch @ May 15, 2007 -> 10:23 AM) He's on my fantasy team. He's been awful. Period. Why would anyone draft Freddy Garcia or pick him up? You must be in a 20 person league with expanded rosters or something.

Yeah, A-Rod will definitely get a lot of support if he gets the chance to get to that point. Even with how his career has begun I don't think Pujols gets to the point of being able to break it.

yankees, no question asked. Now if the poll was reversed I might change my mind. Because couldnt live with Cubs fans heckling me all year about sweeping us.

Idonno its hard to say for sure what we will/should do this off-season. I just think we should w/out a doubt open up next season with a new starting 2B and a new starting CF.

QUOTE(Brian @ May 15, 2007 -> 08:31 AM) Great "cameo" in Spidey 3 Idonno if I liked him in Spidey 2 more or in Spidey 3.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 15, 2007 -> 08:41 AM) Acquiring Hunter next year would be like another team acquiring Dye as a FA after the 2006 season, only teams would be paying $12-15 million for Dye, not the $17 million the White Sox have paid for three years of his service. It would be a monumental gamble, and he's going to be making closer to $12-13 million, not $8-9. He will slot in after Andruw Jones and Ichiro. There's a high risk of overpaying for someone who looks to be ready to enter a period of declining performance. The guy has played half his career on that ridiculously hard artificial turf. And signing Ichiro or Hunter or even Jones makes the team old and continues our march towards bottoming out, not rebuilding. The Royals have an option on Grudzielanek, so forget that notion. If you deal Contreras and don't re-sign Buehrle, there will be room to sign either Hunter OR Ichiro, but not both. And Crede is a lost cause right now. And signing either Ichiro OR Hunter and LOSING one or two of our best pitchers is going to make us a .500 team, not a playoff contender. Ichiro hasn't been enough to get the M's to the playoffs the last 4-5 years, even with Beltre, Sexson, Ibanez, etc. No way is signing Hunter the cost of what Dye would of got if he was a f/a. Dye had an MVP type season Hunter has never gotten close to that. Andrew Jones is so much better its not even fair to compare those 2. No way does Hunter get a contract over 10 million unless the yanks/redsox are involved with it. And we wouldnt lose 2 of our starters, but 1 of them is w/out doubt going to be gone no matter if we sign Hunter or not.

We all know he made the movie Sky High what it is today