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Whole lot of young talent on display tonight: Jon Lester (BOS) vs Rich Harden (OAK) - right now Matt Garza (TB) vs Daniel Cabrera (BAL) - 6:05 ct Tim Redding (WAS) vs Cole Hamels (PHI) - 6:05 ct Dan Haren (ARI) vs Bronson Arroyo (CIN) - 6:10 ct Oliver Perez (NYM) vs Andrew Miller (FLA) - 6:10 ct Joe Saunders (LAA) vs Nick Blackburn (MIN) - 7:10 ct Tim Lincecum (SF) vs Chad Billingsley (LAD) - 9:10 ct - Game of the night

QUOTE(JorgeFabregas @ Apr 2, 2008 -> 02:10 PM) Scott Reifert's blog has been updated and says Lineup: Swisher, CF; Cabrera, SS; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Dye, RF; AJ, C; Ramirez, CF; Crede, 3B; Uribe, 2B. Vazquez pitching. Yes, it has both Swisher and Ramirez playing CF. Swisher is in LF. We're getting the same lineup today as we got on Opening Day (except AJ and Ramirez are flipped). Should be fun watching Uribe flail at high fastballs and Ramirez swinging at pitches that are already in the catcher's glove once again.

QUOTE(soxfn4life @ Apr 2, 2008 -> 01:48 PM) Todays Lineup Ozuna, 2B; Cabrera, SS; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Swisher, LF; Dye, RF; AJ, C; Crede, 3B; Ramirez, CF. Javy pitching. Got it from an MLB blog, dont know how accurate. That's the lineup from March 26th not today.

Javier Vazquez ('07: 15-8, 3.74 ERA) vs Fausto Carmona ('07: 19-8, 3.06 ERA) Vazquez vs CLE (2007): 3 GS, 2-1, 3.06 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 22:5 K:BB Carmona vs CHW (2007): 3 GS, 1-1, 6.23 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 11:11 K:BB Vazquez vs CLE (career): 11 GS, 5-3, 3.84 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 75:25 K:BB Carmona vs CHW (career): 7 G, 1-3, 6.04 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 22:17 K:BB Sox vs Carmona in 2007: Dye: 4-9, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 K Thome: 2-8, RBI, 2 BB, K AJ: 2-8, 2B, RBI, K Uribe: 2-6, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, BB Swisher: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K Konerko: 1-3, BB Crede: 2-2 Indians vs Vazquez in 2007: Sizemore: 1-6, 2B, 3 BB, 4 K Garko: 3-9, 2 K Blake: 4-6, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K Cabrera: 2-5, 2B, K Gutierrez: 3-6, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 K Hafner: 0-5, 2 RBI, BB, K Peralta: 2-5, BB, K Shoppach: 1-6, 2 K Dellucci: 1-3 Marte: 1-2, RBI Martinez: 0-2, BB

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QUOTE(Felix @ Mar 31, 2008 -> 07:55 AM) We're supposed to get 5-9 inches of snow between today and tonight. Yeah, it feels like baseball season. Should be fun when the Twins open up the new stadium, you know the one with no roof that's being built right on the waterfront.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Mar 30, 2008 -> 11:24 PM) check michael youngs age. 31 but he's signed to a HUGE $$$ deal ($16M a year) through age 36. That contract makes him completely untradeable. (seeing as how he's not all that good) Though this thread is pretty much moot seeing as how the Sox have NOTHING to offer the Rangers for Andrus.

Wild/Bold Predictions

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 30, 2008 -> 01:40 PM) Made on a Mac? Nope, PC using Photoshop CS3.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 02:56 PM) I'm pretty sure that the reason the Sox haven't even made an offer yet is that about a year ago they went to Mr. Boras and tried to see if he'd even consider listening to an offer and were rebuffed. Crede said KW never made an offer to HIM personally. KW came back and said he doesn't make offers to players he makes offers to agents. He called Boras with the intention of negotiating a long term deal but Boras turned him down on the spot. It's actually stated in the CBA that a GM can not go around an agent and negotiate a contract with a player.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 03:57 PM) Kalapse had us at $115 before the deductions. That is pretty high for what everyone is projecting this team to do. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aiot...n&type=lgns Add the salaries of the league minimum players (which I didn't include) to the $115M and it's right around $118M-$119M. Whenever news services like the Sporting News put together their lists of the top payrolls they never include cash considerations. The Sox are actually somewhere around $109M-$110M right now.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 09:57 AM) do some research and look up what the Rangers got for Urbina a few years ago. 30 and 100 while playing half his games at Petco. And Urbina was also a rent-a-player, he hit free agency 3 months after the trade.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 08:36 PM) Who wants to set the over/under on the number of at-bats BA will get before Owens returns from the DL? 6.5

Opening Day: Ozuna - LF Cabrera - SS Swisher - CF Konerko - 1B Thome - DH Dye - RF Pierzynski - C Crede - 3B Uribe - 2B I'd imagine that's what we'll see.

QUOTE(JohnCangelosi @ Mar 18, 2008 -> 08:57 AM) From the WhiteSox.com website: Ramirez started in center field Monday, indicating he could be in mind for a utility role. Factoring in 12 pitchers, Ozuna and Toby Hall as reserve locks, Uribe at second and Jerry Owens as the starting center fielder, two roster spots exist between Brian Anderson, Ramirez and Carlos Quentin. Should I read into this? This is from the official website itself...I don't believe it's just a coincidence nor is it just one writers opinion??? What am I missing here? Link Your link is broken. What story is this from?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 18, 2008 -> 11:13 AM) 1. My Eyes. 2. Statistical info (Cube, ESPN, whatever) 3. Other peoples eyes When it comes to the Sox, or most baseball in general, 98% of media coverage is a waste for me. Not to come off smug, but I know more about this organization than any sports talk host talking about it on air, and 95% of the callers that call in. The writers that cover the beat provide good info that wouldn't be available to us otherwise, but when Joe Cowley compares Jerry Owens and Kenny Lofton in his prime, I'm going to put down the paper... However, when it comes to sports I don't follow as closely, the NBA for example, I listen to people I trust. There are people here that follow the NBA pretty close, and over time I think B&B on the Score,(Bernstein mostly) have a pretty good grasp on the Association, so I gather info from there as well. I know this sounds elitist but I definitely feel the same way. If for whatever silly reason I venture over to 670 or 1000 and they're talking Sox or just baseball in general that spells the end of my sports radio experience for the day. Listening to Silvy and Waddle discuss the 3rd base situation is not going to enlighten me or teach me anything new I'm just going to get annoyed. Just hearing the 30 second best-of's from the other shows on the Score during the 2:00-6:00 commercial breaks confirms my suspicions that sports radio as a whole is just plain garbage. (though to be fair Mully and Hanley are pretty good when discussing the teams they cover)

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Mar 15, 2008 -> 07:26 AM) Henry Burris vs Crack is a showdown of epic proportions. Im not sure how pudding got a 1 seed, I think it is because Bernstein hates it Jason Goff thinks pudding is disgusting and unnecessary for whatever reason. The competitors in the 4 regions were selected by the person each region is named for.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 10:13 AM) Wow, this makes sense. Almost too much sense. Something may be wrong. What's wrong is that it's only March 13th (18 days away from Opening Day) there's still plenty of time for Owens to get healthy.

at CLE: JV at CLE: MB at CLE: GF at DET: JC at DET: JD at DET: JV vs MIN: MB (Home Opener) vs MIN: GF vs MIN: JC Buehrle starts the home opener and Danks moves to 5th in the rotation (something Ozzie wants) but will not pitch back to back with Buehrle.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 01:15 PM) Well, that means that the last remnants of the Neal Cotts trade are gone. Does that also finish off everything we got from the Foulke deal? I think so. Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich are still around from the Aardsma deal.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 05:32 PM) Let's hear which games he blew. This should be fun. I remember Crede's gloving blowing a game back in 2005 when he dropped a foul pop up and the next pitch was crushed over the fence in the 9th inning. You never give Manny a second chance, he'll kill you every time. I was at that game. I believe Vizcaino was on the mound, he worked his way out of a jam in the 9th or 10th inning and forced Manny to pop one up in foul territory near third. The eight other players start jogging toward the dugout and Joe just drops it. There was nothing tricky about it, just a simple pop up and he muffed it.

Sounds good to me

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Mar 9, 2008 -> 02:09 PM) They have kept him locked down pretty well so far. I havent seen anything yet. Im wondering how long the movie is going to be, there seems to be so many things going on in the Dark Knight already, the movie has to be at least 2 hours long already It's starting to feel like a 2 1/2 - 3 hour movie at this point isn't it? Of course BB packed in a ton of storyline at just under 2.5 hours so we'll see.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 11:34 AM) Quentin's had like one major injury in his career, and it was his shoulder. That's really all I was trying to say. I don't think he's been injured on a hit by pitch, but I may be wrong. He tweaked his hamstring rounding first base last season. Perhaps that was brought on by a HBP.

Weekdays: The later the draft time the more likely I'll be able to make it. Weekends: The earlier the draft time the more likely I'll be able to make it. Sundays work the best for me.