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QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Dec 24, 2006 -> 12:56 AM) You got 360? If so, BOOO. HopeHop on Rainbow 6: Las Vegas and then we're talkin'... Thats all I have been playing lately. I just got Staff Sergeant rank last night. I am warming up to the idea of having Danks and all. But still upset they had to burn bmac to get it. One thing though, after loading up on all of this pitching talent. I cant wait to see how our minor league system ranks this year.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 07:42 PM) Man with that crystal ball seeing into the future, can you tell me the address of where I should look for my new apartment? Well my only question is who now is our 5th starter.

QUOTE(Craig Grebeck @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:54 PM) You can suck and still win games. I care a hell of a lot more about the quality of their innings pitched than how many games they won. I completely understand what you're getting at Balta, it's just frustrating as hell to read these chicken littles compare some of the best prospects in baseball to Felix Diaz, Dan Wright, Arnie Munoz, Jason Grilli, etc. thanks for the insult Merry Christmas to you too. You should read the comments. I was not comparing Danks to Diaz/Wright et al. Danks is a good prospect. We just traded our best prospect for theirs. Ours is ready for this year, theirs not so much. We just gave ourself a hit for the 07 season. My comment on the Horror show of the 5th starter was in the comment that you made about how it really doesnt matter about that spot because of some ERA+ numbers from El Duque. QUOTE(Jimbo @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 07:10 PM) Give me Eric Bedard or Carl Crawford and im happy.. Eric Bedard is fantasy island time. If we could of turned any of our prospects into Bedard. I would be thrilled.

QUOTE(Craig Grebeck @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:40 PM) Fifth starter woes? Anyone remember 2005? El Duque gave us 130 downright bad innings. ERA+ of 87. McCarthy was slightly better, but it's not like we had five guys light the world on fire. Granted, the other four peaked considerably that year, we only had 3 guys in the entire lineup that were above average offensively (using OPS+, I'll check their eqa later). Run the numbers on the Danny Wright/Felix Diaz/Arnie Munz/Jason Grilli hall of horrors. I bet their ERA+ would break your calculator.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:33 PM) Come on, are you sure Brandon would make it? He had as mixed a bag as any of the others. Yes, he showed some good stuff, but he also sucked sometimes too. Bmac could be a big bust. Or, he could not. Well to turn the comment back on you. Are you sure that Danks and et al are going to be as good as Bmac. Bmac has shown some flashes of brilliance at the major league level, dominating Boston in Fenway, and dominating Texas at the launchpad. That so far is more that Danks/Floyd et al have shown at all.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:29 PM) But we have like seven people that could take that spot. Or there could be another trade. Or a FA? 7 people that you are sure that give the whitesox a good chance and still competing in the best division in baseball over Bmac. What FAs are still out there, that arent either silly money or just bad.

QUOTE(Wealz @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:22 PM) Why not? It's probable that the "window of opportunity" for that staff to win it all was the 2005 season and the 2005 season alone. You dont trade for Thome if you believe that 2005 was a one shot in the dark. You trade for a Thome because you think you can win it all again. QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:28 PM) As it stands now, aren't we only down one starter vs. last year? Why is this such a big deal (short term)? In 2004 we were also down one starter also. That cost us the division, mind you in a bad AL Central.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) So, given that at least to my eyes, this is the first deal that we've done that does not have any hope of making us better in 2007, but instead is almost certain to weaken the White Sox in 2007, does anyone think Kenny may now be slightly more willing to weaken the Sox in 07 by dealing some of the other guys who hit FA next offseason? You bring up a very good point. We have Dye who if he has a similar season will get paid well, especially in the AL. So what praytell are they doing there. Buerhle is going to make good bank for a long time.

QUOTE(Craig Grebeck @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:12 PM) Last season, we had mediocre pitching and some horrible hitters in the lineup(Pods, Uribe, Anderson, AJ for half the year) and still could have won the division. If this is your reaction now, I can't wait until we trade/let walk the rest of the starters in the next few years. I dont mind getting rid of our guys who will be expensive and hard to nut up for a contract. Send them away, and get us good guys. I was very much for the Garland for Hirsch and et al prospects a few weeks back. I am however, against trading our young cheap guys who are ready to plug into the rotation. This goes against everything that we are supposedly doing. And the horrible hitters last year, dont get me started on that. This is not the first year, nor probably the last year of the softball offense. This is more of an approach by our team as a whole, and due to the falling in love with the dong and the homer park factor. Homers happen at our park, you dont need to change your approach to make them happen. I dont care whatever guy you bring here, they will try and hit dongs. Its just the way we do things here. If our guys last year tried to hit a single with a man on 2nd and 1 out instead of trying to hit the dramatic dong we would of probably plated a few more runs in the 2nd half.

QUOTE(Craig Grebeck @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 06:01 PM) Yeah, as opposed to this year when our entire staff was complete garbage. Settle down people, I like the depth of the pitching a hell of a lot more than when we had five veterans with unimpressive stuff. We have plenty of "stuff" and innings guys in the system now, and we can either deal the veterans for more young players or flip the prospects in the package for a hitter. Yeah, we really need to deal for a hitter and run out medicore pitching. Because the 01-04 Whitesox won many a division crown. Stuff guys, outside of Danks and Gio now. Who are these stuff guys.

So let me get this straight, we have people talking about how Bmac isnt proven, or isnt Cy Young. Yet we are so f***ing sure that the return is going to be, come on now. I just threw up in my mouth when I heard this. We keep getting rid of players, yet Ozzie stays. Holy f***ing s***. Pods in left, sure that makes sense. Having our startering 9 play about 30% of the time, sure. Now we are trading people just because the Ozziero has conflict.

Considering that I just got a check for the side work I did for a bank, Christmas is awesome and paid for.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 10:56 AM) Wolfe has done very little the 2nd half of the season. I know Iowa shut his ass down and it seems like quite a few other teams have. If this guy was so special he'd find a way, even with teams stacking the boxes. My brother in law in a NIU alum, and I have been to a lot of NIU games over the last 3 years as he has season tickets. Wolfe is not a between the tackles runner. The only time he gets good rushes, is if either he gets a pitch or a runs a sweep and breaks around the end. Or if within the spread offense, the opposition blitzes a lot and Wolfe attacks the gaps with his speed. What happeened this year, is that the linebackers are spreading out and taking away the sweep. Forcing him to run between the tackles, and that my is his weakness. He will have a problem in the NFL as the linebackers can run as fast as he can. The funniest thing I saw this year and has anyone attended a NIU game. They have ripped off the Sox intro theme songs and video idea. They play the exact same sequence of songs that the sox open up to, including Thunderstruck at the end. And the video looks similiar, playing highlights from the NIU history.

QUOTE(soxwon @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 05:19 PM) Kenny Williams has announced that the U.S. military has contacted him inquiring about purchasing the SOX loaded Guns the Floyd-Gonzalez-Aardsma-Sisco misiles. Reportedly they heard, they fly UNDER THE RADAR WHITE SOX WMD'S AIMING AT A BALLPARK NEAR YOU.... Brooks, that sounds like a better marketing campagin than your others.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 02:40 PM) That doesnt ring a bell with me at all. I am with you, that is the result of a google search and finding a chicago tribune "are you a chicagoan" quiz. I knew it had something to do with carpets, but I dont remember that name.

Boushelle Carpet Cleaners

I wonder how many times this kid will get the living crap kicked out of him by other students due to this. IMO not enough times is the answer. What a douche.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 10:47 AM) A man who installed major pieces of my childood has left...RIP Let us remember his great creations: Thank God for the boomerang channel so we can introduce these cartoons to our children. Kids today are missing out on Saturday morning cartoons, and some of these wonderful shows. I have taken time to introduce my son to some of the cartoons that I grew up with. Its funny to look at how old these cartoons are. Hanna and Barbara had an affect on us all as children. Its sad to see this, because its an end to a generation of cartoons.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 07:19 AM) And it will be the best six seconds of his life What is he going to do it twice.

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Dec 18, 2006 -> 01:17 PM) I love JoshPR. He's my Puerto Rican LoveMachine. Doug keeps forgetting the chat rules, what happens in chat, stays in chat. Good to see you around Josh, try not to be such a stranger.

Toby Hall probably would of been more of a backup unless he went with Philly. Who subs their players and gets bench players more ABs than OG. He will get plenty of ABs here and more than say the Yanks who have ironman Posada playing just about everyday. This is great freakin news.

Well our pen is dirt cheap, and has a lot of live arms.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 16, 2006 -> 11:09 AM) I love Ross as much as anyone but the problem is Ozzie just doesn't play him and probably never would. Our bullpen must have the best pure stuff in all of baseball with Sisco added to it. I like this trade a lot, though I'm going to miss Ross and I hope to god he gets his shot in KC, he deserves it. Sisco has a good arm, and fits our mold. I am just still disgusted that Pods will be patrolling or kicking balls around in LF this year. This trade, and a platoon of Mack and Ozuna in LF would make me happy. Just venting.

QUOTE(Ozzie @ Dec 16, 2006 -> 11:05 AM) Just heard it on the radio. Sisco has the arm, but I dont know about this trade. Our best line drive hitter is gone, yet Pods is still on this team. Ozzie's insistence on midget speed guys who cant hit is amazing.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Dec 15, 2006 -> 12:14 AM) Didn't Channel 7 also have adult pay tv after 2 AM in the early 80s? Who here remembers that channel 32 used to go off the air about 1 or 2am and then have ads and some music. It was called Night Owl, the ads would be like the local cable TV channel is today and would rotate with some radio station. I remember falling asleep to the Betty Davis Eyes song and I always feel like someone is watching me song was playing like every night. Specterman was great, but my favorite was the show Battle of the Planets that had G-Force. Then of course the mother of all TV shows. Robotech.