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Terrible job by Lovie...you have to be in the protect coverage there.

Look for Escobar to possibly be moved now, as he's represented by this firm.

I still think he ends up in Boston.

QUOTE (IamPabloOzuna @ Dec 21, 2008 -> 06:29 PM) they will care soon enough...this team is too good not to get noticed a little more. UIC went to play a solid Vanderbilt team and beat them. UIC went to georgia tech and beat them. UIC went to Redbird Arena to play the Illinois State Redbirds...and lost--even when the Redbirds couldn't shoot. 11-0 and no signs of stopping. That Vanderbilt team is terrible, but it was still an impressive win for UIC.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Dec 21, 2008 -> 08:28 PM) So, I take it you have first hand knowledge of Marquez? My brother saw him a few times, and was extremely unimpressed.

QUOTE (False Alarm @ Dec 21, 2008 -> 03:23 AM) marquez's 2007 at AA was nothing special at all. his groundball percentage--at AA--was only 52% (for a guy who's billed as a sinkerballer/groundball machine). his k/9 was bad. it's well established that ERA doesn't predict future performance very well. there's no recent scouting report that indicates his stuff is good again now, and everyone can agree that his 2008 was spectacularly bad. i have no idea why anyone would think he'd be decent at the major-league level in any role whatsoever in 2009. i hope the chisox scouts have, like, inside info or something that's not apparent to us, but with the info we have, it's unrealistic to expect a notable contribution out of him in the bigs this year. This is the best post I've seen in a while.

Crazy ending to ASU/BYU

The first Gusgasm of the season, as A.J. Price with a nasty 3 to tie just a fantastic game.

What was his inherited runners/scored from last season?

There were some major drug issues for Indiana when they were at the Sears Centre for that tourney last November. I can't believe that they bring in a former drug dealer/gang member in J. Ellis, and everything went to hell!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 02:51 AM) I saw that Steve, but Pax doesn't make significant moves, you know that as well as I do. And fathom, GT isn't winning a title with their current head coach. I am still amazed they made a title game with Hewitt, and that is a good trio, but I'm sure there will be others around the country in 2010. That would be next year's trio, and Favors is better than any freshman in the country right now. You know I hate Hewitt more than anyone, but those 3 might be too good for him to undercoach.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 02:48 AM) Lawal isn't going to be there when the Bulls pick. The word is starting to get out on him, and that will only happen more if he continues to perform in ACC play as most of us would expect he will. Lawal's nowhere near as good as his numbers suggest. He's still very mechanical on offense, as he has no idea how to pass or handle double teams. He's also a mediocre post defender. He's a smart player though who's very athletic. Don't get me started on his FT shooting. BTW, the rumor is he's told D. Favors he's staying another year to try and win a championship at GT. With a trio of Shumpert/Lawal/Favors, that would be as good as there is in the country.

When Jenks had his plus plus fastball, he was able to fool a lot more hitters with his curveball. Last year, it seemed a lot of hitters were able to lay off the curve because they weren't as geared up for the fastball. I'll gladly take the Jenks for the 2005 World Series that could throw it by anyone, and would like to see his average fastball rise into the 95-96 mph range again.

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 01:04 AM) Sox are shopping Jenks - Cards need a closer Cards are shopping Ankiel - Sox need a CF And Ankiel is a Boras client heading into his FA year.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 10:38 PM) Why? I love Bobby, but he's not untouchable. He'd made a comment in jest, and i played the advocate. Why can't we discuss this? You don't trade someone like Jenks for prospects. You trade him for Major League ready players.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 10:04 PM) If you can give me a really good Class AA CF for a closer i might consider it. Oh stop

The Giles brothers are a disgrace to baseball. They're two of the more obvious steroid users over the last decade.

More clubtrillion stuff:

Clubtrillion is about to explode, as Bill Simmons is on the bandwagon and made significant mention of it today in his B.S. Report as he interviewed him today.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 17, 2008 -> 04:48 AM) He could be. He has the talent, coming off of ONE bad year is reducing his value a little, but the kid could easily be our starting SS. I do agree that he could be a starter. However, I'd be shocked if Alexei is moved to CF.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 17, 2008 -> 04:27 AM) While i don't think we can discount Anderson leading off it becomes a necessity. I'm in the Lillibridge leading off with BA in the 9 hole camp. Do you get royalties every time you suggest Lillibridge is a starter?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 05:28 AM) Apparently there is still a mystery team for Furcal, over at mlbtraderumors.com. I have no idea if its us, doesnt make sense in a lot of ways, but does at the same time. He would fill the SS/2nb/CF base dilemma and leadoff spot yet KW says Alexei is the SS, and that the payroll is already over budget. Signing Furcal does open a lot of options though, do you keep Alexei at 2nd, or do you move him to CF and put Getz at 2nd, or put Anderson in CF? Lots of options, but I dont see a four year deal for him from us. Mystery team is Braves

QUOTE (chisox2334 @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 04:48 AM) its not a big signing and will get chance compete with the rest of the team. And you know this how?

Haven't found a good video of it, but Syracuse lost to Cleveland State on a 60 footer at the buzzer.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 05:08 AM) I don't know if it's inexcuseable, but I do know that it's not a playoff team. We BARELY made the playoffs last season, and the team has got worse this offseason and I think the division will at least be a little better. If that's the lineup KW plans on having, he might as well trade Dye for any prospects he can find and get rid of guys like Dotel. Like you said, we barely won a down division last season and don't look to have improved at all. However, I'm hopeful that KW is playing us for fools and we'll actually try and compete this season.