southsideirish71

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:06 AM) Coco is a pretty damn good defensive outfielder no matter what his zone rating says. But you will admit, there is a big difference in patrolling LF and patrolling CF. A great defensive LF does not translate to a great CF.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:00 AM) Someone explain to me how this makes him the best defensive Cf'er? The bestest GM in the entire earth has targetted Coco Crisp, thats why.

Democrats and Republicans both adept at ignoring facts

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 06:22 PM) coco crisp was rated the best defensive left fielder in the game last season according to hardball times metrics, and his statistics translated to the centerfield position show just how good this youngster is. not only is he the best player involved in this trade, with the way his offseason training regimen is going, he might be one of the upincoming perennial all-stars in this league at the leadoff position. again though, as i've been saying all along, there is no deal as of right now, and nothing is done until it is done. I know that all things that become RedSox immediately get the golden blessing from all baseball gods, but slow down the perennial all-star predictions.

Dont vote for me in this category. I am honored that I was nominated but I am not in this class of posters for their knowlege of our minor league system. I have learned a lot from reading their posts and look to them for info on our minor league system.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 09:16 PM) Since there will be other Q&A sessions throughout the weekend, I'm going for Thome. From what I understand, he is a tough autograph to begin with. They did the schedule this way for the first day to make sure they spread the initial crowd out to Thome, Konerko, Jenks and the Q & A right off the bat. Looks like I'm heading to Thome and then try for AJ and Crede at 7. Saturday morning go to Pods, then to the Q & A at 1:30 then try for Kong at 3. (Then the Garland session) Sunday, looks like it'll be McCarthy, Anderson and the Widge. I hope that those who are going can post updates here for those who got shutout. Damn popular team. LOL

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 04:49 PM) I fight fire with fire! They questioned your sexuality or gender, where again? I must of missed that.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) so soon we forget that our payroll in 2003 was around 58 million. Now 100 million isnt enough. I want him to provide his best guestimate on what he believes the "real" budget celing to be. Is it 110 mil, a 120 mil.

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 04:41 PM) Your WWSBMID comment was very condescending, Rock! LOL So for that you questioned their sexuality or gender?

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 04:14 PM) Rock...you and your girlfriend Kyle make a sweet couple. I wish you the best. :banghead Must be the 130 IQ that originated this ad hominem quip.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 02:44 PM) Got any historical or otherwise sources for that? I have the annual Forbes reports which have shown year, after year, after year, after year, that whatever profit the Sox make in one year, the payroll goes up by that amount the next year. If they post a loss, the payroll gets cut by that amount. Look it up. If you have a better source than a World reknowned financial magazine who does analysis of the worlds biggest companies, please let me know. I would like him to post what he thinks the budget max range is? He keeps stating that we can spend more. How much is more. Is it unlimited? The Forbes report has been a great resource on looking at how the Sox spend there money. Its pretty much on the spot as far as how the budget flexes. I wish we had unlimited funds, but it isnt the case.

QUOTE(rcpweiner @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) So, does that mean if the deal goes down as proposed, you are going to be calling for Kenny's head? I dont see how you draw the conclusion that I will be calling for his head based on what I posted. I just stated that if we take on funds in certain areas we will have to balance the equation.

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) Operating on a budget means not spending more than you have. The Sox are FAR from spending more than they have or make. So what do you think is a budget that they could get away with. Give us a number.

QUOTE(rcpweiner @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 02:26 PM) Why the hell does everyone here care about the White Sox being on a budget? Is it their money? If the Sox go out and get Abreu, are you going to say "Well, now that they went over their proposed budget, I am pissed off!"?? I don't get it. Who cares if the Sox go over the budget? That shouldn't really be our concern at all. If they can do it, then I say do it. If they can't, then the case is mute anyway. You will care next year when we cant resign Buerhle because we have no money. We are not the yankees. We dont draw 3 million plus a year every year. We dont have unlimited funds. Eventually you have to pay the piper.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 01:58 PM) s***, lets get Palmiero, he won a gold glove too!!!! Its called a budget, look into it. Rock, Its funny that people forget we have a budget, it seems that even though the White Sox like Abreu and have something to trade for it, they are a bit gunshy. Why could this be. Is it the fact that this isnt monopoly money. Could it be that there really is a budget. I like Abreu and all. The only way this deal gets done is if money comes back. The only way money comes back is if we send more talent. Maybe KW does get this done, who knows. But as it sits right now. Money would be a problem in the long run if we aquired Abreau without some relief.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 10:24 PM) Do we have any options besides Anderson? I hope he starts and is great I just wondered who is his backup. It begs the question. is this guy going to be great this year or will he have similar or worse numbers than Jeremy Reed had his first full season in Seattle? Reed didn't hit for average and didn't knock in runs, and never got on base, other than that, he was an all-star. My other question: Do you think Jenks will shine this year or could he be lousy? I dont know why everyone is so wishy washy on Anderson. If he plays good defense he will be fine. We are replacing Rowand who didnt hit all that well last year, but played great defense. His arm is better than Rowands and he should be a bit faster. As long as he makes adjustments during the year he should be okay. With the addition of Thome and Iguchi hitting further down in the order it gives Anderson some time to learn on the job. If Anderson completely bombs out, we have a bargaining chip in Conteras that can get us the talent necessary. I think that Anderson will be fine in the field, and will hit decent this year. We are not replacing an offensive juggernaut in CF remember. The only question with Jenks is will he continue to throw strikes. If he does that he should be fine. I would like to see him throw that curve for a strike more. His 100mph fastball dominated even when people knew it was coming. If he can throw that curve for strikes, his fastball will be more dominating.

lá breithe shona a Balta! Make sure you tell everyone your wish so we dont have to put up with Hillary in the Whitehouse

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 21, 2006 -> 12:23 PM) but the problem is that not all muslims are "these fanatics". if you actually are a priest then i should hope that you would have the sense not to group all muslims together because of the fanatical ones. and by the way have you visited Ireland? The catholics do some s***ty stuff there dont they? so how many protestants have you killed? I doubt if Kevin is a member of the IRA. So please get off of your soapbox. I have visited Ireland, I was born there, I have family in Ulster, and I am sure I have been there a hell of a lot more than you. I would suggest that you do a bit of research into the problems in Ireland before you cast broad statements based on some news reports you have come across. I would suggest that you ask the Ulster Defense Brigade on how many Catholics they have killed. Both sides are dead wrong on this and both sides have too much blood on their hands. Thank God things look a lot better today. Peace is the only way to solve this issue. BTW Religion is not the original cause of this conflict. It wasnt some Protestant walking down the street getting his head bashed in by a Catholic that started this or vice versa. Remember the colonization of the land you call the United States before 1776. Remember how the English here and the French in Canada took large parts of the land and in the meantime drove off the locals. Well at the same time it was going on here, it was going on in different parts of the world. It was going on in the Ulster part of Ireland. The religion of choice by the invading party was Protestant. Laws were created that a catholic couldnt own land, catholics couldnt do this or that, penal laws were passed. To the victors go the spoils I guess. Well the catholics for some reason didnt like this and fought back. And I am not talking about the morons who blow up a store in England. Those people are criminals and should be treated as such. Now if you were taxed, fined, or had laws passed by a group because of your religious choice, can you see now how a endless circle of hate can ensue. Yes the problems are catholics and protestants. However I would suggest that if the Battle of the Boyne had gone the other way, maybe we wouldnt have the same issues today. I pray for a day that there is no talk of violence in any part of Ireland. It is something that I am saddened by. It would be nice not to worry about marching season, the marking of the neighborhoods, or the violence and hate. I hope to see Ireland united once again, peacefully as one country were protestants and catholics and whomever are a single Ireland. In the end, the people that started this conflict are long since dead, everyone there now is Irish.

QUOTE(G&T @ Jan 21, 2006 -> 03:57 PM) I know a guy who believes in this stuff. Said he was from the true line of Adam and all sorts of crap. Now he's in jail for sexual assault...wonder what God will think of that. Well when that guy gets out of jail he will have a new respect for victims of sexual assault as I am sure that many many inmates "turned that trick out".

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 20, 2006 -> 11:54 PM) Congrats. From this point on NOTHING will ever make you nervous again. Congrats, good luck to you and to the future Mrs. Pa.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 20, 2006 -> 08:53 PM) He crushes balls period. I dont remember who they were playing, but Uribe had a chance to win the game with a grand slam last year(I think it was vs the Indians), and he got a high and tight pitch that was head high or higher, and almost tomahawked it out of the park(he ended up striking out I think, I know he didnt win the game). I knew he was strong, but when I saw him do that I was floored. That was against KRod and the Angels at the cell. KRod had a hard time finding the zone that evening and was getting behind every hitter. Uribe was very impatient and swung at a ball near his melon. How he got that much bat on that pitch was pretty amazing. He Kd on a slider low and away shortly after. Later in the season with the leg kick he was a much more patient hitter. If he can get something that will stop the tasmanian devil spin thing he was doing before I am all for it. When his stance is quiet like it was towards the end of the year, his hands are quiet and he sees the ball real well. When he spins around and swings violently like he did earlier in the season he has not plate presence and swings at everything.

I guess you cant be supportive of the war and be a dem. So much for being inclusive. Conservative Democrats I guess dont fit in.

It looks like Don Vito from Viva la Bam.

QUOTE(G&T @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 09:25 PM) You guys have pointed out plenty of issues in this article, but this last line annoys me. So the resulting teams would include the Yankees and Red Sox and that is somehow a new order? No Thanks. I wouldnt take Neyers opinions too seriously. He picked the sox to win the central last year in the preseason. Then spent the rest of the season pulling every stat out of the SABR handbook to prove why we will fall apart. Then after all of that SABR came up with a new reason that their formulas failed them, it was missing a new variable. LUCK. Yes they actually used luck as a mathmatical formula to explain the variance in how far they were off with their pythagorean projections. BP did an article on the sox being lucky. Neyer in an ESPN chat last year stated he didnt like the sox and one of the reasons was our uniforms and the ballpark. After this a bunch of us jumped on him emailed him and invited him here for friendlydebate. He actually responded in a b****y way to a bunch of posters here and that was the end of it. Rob and Rany are just bent out of shape Royal fans who worship Bill James and think that all things SABR are the only way baseball should be played. SABR is set of math formulas that can be used as a tool. However what winds up happening is that people overutilize this tool, and state that it is the end all and be all of baseball.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 10:00 PM) I have a feeling the power will be shifting to the Dems. It won't happen overnight but the GOP has had full control and judging by approval ratings and all the negativity linked to their party, I think they will fade for the time being. My 2 cents. Odd this is what Democrats said in the last election. MTV/P Diddy/ and several Hollywood actors were sure that they were going to swarm the polls and rock the vote. Then of course the kids didnt come out like they had promised and you lost. Now all the dems are upset and piss and moan whenever they get a chance. I would suggest getting your parties message in line for the next election. A strategy would suffice. Outside of the obvious one of trying to make Liberal Hillary Clinton into a centrist in the next few years. That is already underway. Too bad her voting record and comments have been recorded since she took office.