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QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 09:26 AM) Anyone ever suspect that BA went down to get more at bats and develop his new swing better and they brought up Terrero because he is only going to play once a week, and he is the lesser risk as a bench player? They could actually be making a good decision here. The question is why you bring Terrero into a situation where you already have an adequate rh cf, but you have a desperate need for more offensive firepower.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 07:01 AM) Maybe every post on here should be in green, because nobody's going to change their mind about anything. Seriously, I could support Erstad with 1,000 posts a day, and those who preferred Anderson will not admit that he's the better choice, even now. Message boards are for fun, it's not the United Nations Security Council. Mr. Hayes, do you think Ozzie Guillen is a "fair" manager? Simple question...yes or no? To tell you the truth, I'd never even considered the matter until some posters were attacking Ozzie about the treatment of Tracey, McCarthy and Anderson. But the World Series championship, his "man-love" for Sweeney and Erstad and Rowand (not to mention numerous Sox veterans)...that all flies in the face of this "theory." Heck, even Boone Logan has been thrown right back into the fire and has been given every opportunity to earn his spot back in the bullpen, and he might become the primary guy soon with the way Sisco and Thornton have been struggling. This whole "treatment" issue comes down to BA, KW and Ozzie...and there's a lot going on behind the scenes that nobody could possibly know about. It's all just speculation at this point, beyond a few clues and Scott Merkin articles and his 17 AB's in one month of play. Well, here's a thought. What say you limit those Erstad-supporting posts to topics that involve Erstad and those Ozzie-is-not-a-racist posts to topics where someone has actually made the accusation? Or at least where someone might conceivably make the accusation -- unlike, oh, the choice between two Latinos. You hijacked YOUR OWN f***ING THREAD. In the first post. Unbef***inglievable. I don't know why you would think anyone should change his mind just because of your post volume. I don't post much in the relevant threads because I'm tired of seeing the same goddam bits over and over. But it gets really annoying when you start using something like this, something totally unrelated, as a soapbox on which to defend Ozzie and bash Anderson. Want me to answer your questions? Ask them in some relevant thread. On the other hand, I am grateful that you realized that "jackie" can be a guy's name.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 12:11 AM) it's a typo, I meant to say Ozzie's not about to leave Chicago Which, in the context, was about as obvious as it gets.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 12:00 AM) http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines Okay, now we will have two weeks of criticizing Sweeney and/or Terrero for not being BA, lol. If Terrero plays and plays well, it will be because Ozzie likes him and he's Hispanic. If Sweeney doesn't excel, it will be because Ozzie doesn't like "white" players (see Tracey, Borchard, Anderson, McCarthy, Rauch). And everyone forgets we ran Miguel Olivo out of town, he wasn't white, lol. Of course, Ozzie's greatest compliments over the last four years have been directed at Buehrle, Crede, Konerko, Thome and also Ryan Sweeney to a lesser extent...OH, and I forgot Erstad and Rowand. But Ozzie's definitely crazy and a reverse racist, right? You know someone's really obsessed when he rants about charges of racism in a choice between Luis Terrero and Eduardo Perez. Those Perez supporters -- always saying that Ozzie ran whitey out of town. Another great post. Absolutely nothing topical. Exactly the quality I expect from you.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Apr 29, 2007 -> 01:32 AM) The pitching, up until this point, is pretty comparable. 2005: 3.61 ERA (2nd), .707 OPS against, 1.25 WHIP 2007: 3.98 ERA (4th), .674 OPS against , 1.21 WHIP They'll have to keep it up of course, but it's premature to make a judgement one way or another at this point. Saying it's "not even close" is a joke. 0.37 runs doesn't sound like a lot, but it's pretty substantial. And compared to the league as a whole, we aren't dominating the way we did in 2005 (remember, offense is down across the board). Taken together, I think it's pretty fair to say our pitching hasn't been close to 2005.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 10:03 PM) Won't that be nice, Anderson and Sweeney sitting side-by-side on the White Sox' bench? That would be the second player who picked the wrong guy to be friends with.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 04:12 PM) I wouldn't. I want Angelo to have as many mid-round picks as possible. They're the best value in football, and they're especially of value to the Bears because Angelo hits so often on them. There's going to be a very good player available at #31, Quinn or no Quinn. Bottom first & top second are the best value, imo.

Jets pick. This is half of why I love listening to this thing.

s***, that was dumb, wasn't even thinking about the fact that they picked Russell. Hmm...

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 02:00 PM) Good point, yeah forgot bout Carr, yeah they wont take Quinn. I guess I could see my Packers taking him as insurance but as far as I know they still like Rodgers as the backup. And RB/TE is a bigger need. Rodgers getting kind of long-in-the-tooth as a backup. Could they pick up Quinn and swing Rodgers for Moss?

The Mavericks don't even resemble the team of last year. All of a sudden, they're softer than ever before.

He was released after st. So right now he's probably watching the tv and the phone.

The SWA one with the woman who runs into the airport bathroom to fix her contact, only to find out she ran into the men's bathroom. Voice asks, "Wanna get away?" First of all, it's not like anyone in there would care. You apologize, laugh, walk out, and noone even remembers it in an hour. And more important, she's in an AIRPORT. She'll never see any of these people ever again. What the hell would she be getting away from?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 27, 2007 -> 03:23 PM) We just cleared a spot on the 40 man. Im sure a move will be made somehow. Also if we need an additional OF'er Sweeney would probably be the logical choice. So you're suggesting that Sweeney will be called up and an outside bat brought in, rather than Terrero coming up? I'm still thinking that Terrero will be up soon, but we'll see.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 27, 2007 -> 02:19 PM) But Pods got behind him on his hands and knees to help! He was supposed to help, but he took a bad route and never made it.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 27, 2007 -> 02:11 PM) I just want to know how this is Ozzie's fault. See, and I heard Brian Anderson pushed Thome down the stairs. He's got a bad attitude, you know.

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 01:29 PM) if anderson starts putting up 25-30 homers and driving in 80-100 RBI a year (ie. torii hunter) then i could care less about the K's but if hes going to be in the 15-20 hr and 50-70 RBI range (projected over the course of a full season) then he better be making better contact and getting that average up close to .270 at the very least at this point in his career, his numbers are as follows: 416 AB 10 HR 36 RBI .216 batting average im sorry but thats just not getting the job done, i dont care if hes only 25, thats just terrible So you're saying Anderson hasn't hit well so far in the majors? The devil you say!

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 12:10 PM) Was this guy a big prospect for another org about 3-4 years ago... Possibly Tampa Bay? The name sounds familiar You may be thinking of Dewon Brazelton.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 10:04 AM) That would be fine, if Anderson could be counted on for 24-30 homers per season. It doesn't have to be that many. He could well be a 20-25 hr player, which is roughly what Granderson, Cameron, and Hunter are. QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 10:27 AM) I was agreeing with And I was also agreeing that trading him or waiving him right now would be foolish -- it would be selling low. I thought that was what you were saying... I'm just uncomfortable with saying, "sticking him in AAA should at least allow him to recoup some trade value." I'm one of the dwindling few that still hope that BA is our future cf.

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 07:36 AM) anderson has now struck out an astounding 26.2% of his ABs just to give that some perspective, slammin sammy has struck out 26.1% of his ABs in his career this goes back to the point where i honestly do think there is something wrong with Ba's depth pereception or physically something wrong there, unless he develops into some kind of power threat there is no way he should be striking out more than once every four ABs thats pitiful Anderson's not a slap hitter, and other cfs with moderate power have similar strikeout rates. Mike Cameron strikes out 1 in 4 abs, Torii Hunter about 1 in 5. It's not by itself very important.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 03:10 AM) I still like the fact that they brought the tying run to the plate. Too bad Brian was trying to tie it with one swing instead of just trying for solid contact. Still, they played like s*** (which all teams do) and still had a chance to win. Wow, I never would have expected that response from you. It's not at all like you just post the same tired s*** over and over no matter what happens!

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 01:33 AM) You're absolutely right. He's a former 1st round pick who is cheap and under Sox control for years. It may be that he'll never hit, but sticking him in AAA should at least allow him to recoup some trade value. There's no cost to sticking him in AAA and seeing what happens. Not that that's what I said, but anyway...

Again, if this was all Anderson could do, he never would have made it out of A ball. We want to know what Anderson can do when he's right. I'm all in favor of sending Anderson to AAA, where he can get his abs. But dumping him now would be just foolish.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 11:58 PM) Mine to, especially since I traded Sheffield for Peavy about a week before the season. I love myself. It's not nice to rip off your grandmother.

In the thread about the discovery of a remarkably Earth-like planet 20 light-years away, Balance's mind turns to the practical. QUOTE(Balance @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 02:45 PM) No word on whether there's a Starbuck's there yet.... Very snicker-worthy.