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QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 03:57 PM) Amazing how fan perceptions change when a guy has a few good (or bad) games. We live in the moment around here

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 03:33 PM) I thought Nix was winning the job in the spring until his quad injury. I'm all for Nix starting for a while to see what he can do. Getz would still be very helpful to the team as the utility guy. That is a good point but I think Nix is the super sub and it should stay that way

Noticed this tidbit and that is the Sox-Tigers game time was changed to accomodate the ESPN Sunday Night Telecast on July 26th. We are the game of the week now

You graduated from LSU. What was your major? Will you work with kids to encourage not only their sports but to attain that higher education? Do you see yourself as a role model for kids?

Lifetime: 4 in Los Angeles in 1977 when the Sox played the California Angels 1 at old Comiskey Park when the Sox played the Brewers 2 in 2005 in Denver (saw the Big Hurt hit a pinch hit homer to dead center, which is my baseball thrill of a lifetime) 2 in Seattle in 2005 Great Falls White Sox minor league games when they play in Billings

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 2, 2009 -> 11:25 AM) Having lived through the rotating 5th starter years, I see a spot for him. You need to be 6 deep, if possible, and a couple of those will be veterans. A few years back we kept bringing guys up to pitch 3 innings and give up 10 runs. Man, those were just brutal outings. six deep! Exactly right. We have seen what happens with issues of inconsistent 5th starters and or injuries. Pitching wins pennants and you never have enough.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 2, 2009 -> 05:13 AM) While I really appreciate what The Count is doing for us, I think an extensions is out of the question, if anything a trade is more likely. KW and Ozzie are working to establish a young pitching core and I don’t think Contreras fits into those plans long-term even as a 5. They would sign him if they really want to win and also develop the younger pitchers. Once again we have a veteran performing and all we talk about is trading him. You make changes in your staff slowly and keep the right mix of veterans and youth to keep team performance high. Clayton Richard and Aaron Poreda (if we ever see him start this year) may be ready to step in the rotation spots, but you never know. Buerhle-Danks-Floyd for sure and Contreras for another year or two is not a bad rotation. Colon was so so since signing, but you wonder if he has a spot when healthy again.

You all are missing the real J Dye. Listen to the baseball commentators and they will tell you also that Dye is a solid defender and has a great throwing arm

QUOTE (RME JICO @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 09:53 PM) Thome Walks - 49 Next two Sox combined - 49 (Fields - 23) Thome HRs - 13 Fields HRs - 6 Point well documented and made

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 09:40 PM) These ''good'' plays you speak of even a mediocore player gets there with ease. Generally when a player has to dive or jab at a ball it was due to a bad jump, read, or overall speed getting to the ball. Very rarely is the ball placed perfectly in which the only way to get there is by doing everything perfect in return to hunt it down, whenever you see andruw jones dive, it was necessary. When dye dives, not so much. Dye fits into the rare group that can read the ball off the bat well, get a good jump, and yet it doesn't matter because he is just that damn slow. This is the worst group to be associated with because there is no turning back. You can learn how to get a better jump, a better read, but you cannot learn how to get faster (technically i suppose you can) at dye's age. For how great dye has been here offensively in his tenure with the sox... he is a large part of the reason why the sox have been awful defensively going on four years now. Knee problems slowd him the last couple years and he appears healthy this year.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 09:52 PM) On opposite day. Qwerty I respectfully and totally disagree. Dye is avery good defensive RF'er and has shown it.

QUOTE (ObamaKnowsBest @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 09:30 PM) Comparing those guys to Fields and how poorly he has played doesn't give that stat justice. Those guys were all solid players. I never said Thome isn't valuable, just that I was suprised and think he could step it up a little bit. I love Jim Thome, but remember he was basically a bench player during interleague play and also injured wasn't h

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 07:41 AM) Jim Thome's M.O. for his entire career has been walk, homer, or strike out. 47% of the hits Jim Thome has had in his career have gone for extra bases, and I don't know why that would suddenly change when he's 38. It's not disturbing at all. That's what he gets paid for... drive in runs that is... so accepting singles I reckon is out of the question

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 05:01 PM) Quentin is not much of a defensive upgrade from Dye. And Beckham and Alexei are still learning their positions, they are both likely to get better as the season goes on. Actually Jermaine Dye is a very good defensive outfielder

tell me how folks in the organization see Dayan as a 3Bman in the bigs? I see 19 errors so far and wonder, if aposition switch might be in order? Can he handle 3B defensively?

I want to know about how Allen handles himself. I would also like to know more about Ward and if he still has it or not.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:41 AM) How about we let it play out. I'm sick of predections. I'm with you on that. You never know until the end

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:36 PM) I can accept that some people are more needy than others. Consider it a gift Me thinks you would give George Costanza a run for his money

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 04:50 AM) I almost forgot, this win puts the Sox over .500 That's what I was thinking last night. We are over the hump now. I was listening on XM radio and even being Cleveland announcers it was good to hear the game and the broadcast was very favorable towards the Sox. Some of those home town types can be pretty rude at times.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 08:29 PM) Any way you look at it, this is a FANTASTIC problem to have When was the last time, for any Chicago team, we had this type of a problem? I love it Agreed! This will be a lot of fun over the next year or two or three. What I like is the fact we might have our own home grown talent occupying most of the starting line up. I like that idea a lot!

Go with waht we have. I wouldn't mind seeing Poreda get a start in place of Richard though

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 10:02 PM) Out of the trio of Konerko, Dye and Thome, JD is the one I would most like to keep at this point, he has been unbelieveable for this team and this franchise. Considering the kind of person he is, and the handshake agreements he's made with JR and management in the past, I dont think they unload JD unless its completely a white flag situation. Thome is the most expendable and/or replaceable. But, he is also an integral part of the team and hard to replace in that regards

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 08:42 PM) some of them can make the point we don't have a team good enough to compete with the Yankees or Red Sox, and I'd agree with that. If we want to be World Series contenders, we're gonna have to improve this team some how. If you are playing good ball and winning, even if it's the AL Central, you can beat anyone in a short series, or in a specific time period, which hopefull will be October.

I prefer to be optimistc about our chances. But, every other game or so we still have the naysayers calling for wholesale trades involving Sox veterans and asking for second tier prospects in return just to dump salary. I think they forget all we have to do is finish 1st in OUR division to get into the playoffs.

I got this off LSU.Net. I also asked a nepherw of mine who lives in Baton Rouge and attended LSU about what he knew about Mitchell. The main think he brings up is the two sport athlete with blazing speed Baseball ROSTER 1997-981998-991999-002000-012001-022002-032003-042004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-12 Courtesy: www.LSUsports.net http://www.LSUsports.net 3 Jared Mitchell POSITION: Outfield BATS/THROWS: L/L HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 192 CLASS: Junior EXPERIENCE: 2L HIGH SCHOOL: Westgate HS HOMETOWN: New Iberia, La. Updated 12/10/2008 MULTIMEDIA Les Miles Comments on Jared Mitchell Jared Mitchell's Game-Ending Catch at Arkansas Jared Mitchell - LSU Football Signee Highlight Video 2008 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team 2008 Second-Team All-Louisiana SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 26, 2007) MLB Draft: 10th Round in 2006 (Minnesota) One of the top-rated baseball prospects in the country who enters his third season as a starting outfielder for the Tigers ... a two-sport athlete as an outfielder on the LSU baseball team and a wide receiver on the Tigers football squad ... caught 13 passes for 143 yards during the 2007 football season as LSU captured the SEC and BCS titles ...caught seven passes for 87 yards during the 2008 football season ... turned down a significant offer from the Minnesota Twins to attend LSU after being selected by the club in the 10th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft ... tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 3 high school athlete for 2006 ... the publication also ranked him the 43rd-best overall high school baseball prospect in the nation for 2006 ... has outstanding speed and defensive tools ... quick bat and can drive the ball to all fields. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2008) Played in 52 games (42 starts), batting .297 (52-for-175) with 10 doubles, one triple, six homers, 29 RBI, 44 runs and 16 steals ... started 24 games in left field, 15 games in center field and three games at DH ... batted .365 (19-for-52) in SEC regular-season games with five doubles, four homers, 13 RBI, 16 runs and four steals ... 2-for-12 at the College World Series with three runs, including the game-winning run in the Tigers’ 6-5 victory over Rice (June 17 ... hit .429 (6-for-14) in Super Regional vs. UC Irvine with 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs ... 4-for-14 in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, earning all-tournament honors as he collected one double, three RBI and three runs ... batted .336 (38-for-113) during LSU’s final 29 games with nine doubles, one triple, five homers, 22 RBI, 31 runs and 11 stolen bases ... scored from second base on a Matt Clark sacrifice fly at Auburn on May 17 ... delivered an inside-the-park home run on March 8 in the first game of a doubleheader versus Stetson -- the homer, a two-run dinger, was the first inside-the-park blast by an LSU player since Cedrick Harris hit one versus Nicholls State on March 17, 1999 in Alex Box Stadium ... 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and three runs versus South Carolina (April 25) ... 4-for-5 with one homer, one double, three RBI and four runs versus Mississippi State (May 9) ... 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs versus Texas Southern in NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (May 30). FRESHMAN SEASON (2007) Started 55 games for LSU in center field, batting .258 (54-for-209) with eight doubles, one triple, three homers, 41 runs, 21 RBI and 18 stolen bases ... rated No. 6 in the SEC in steals ... made a spectacular game-ending catch in center field to preserve LSU's 5-3 win at Arkansas on May 6; he leaped and caught a fly ball at the top of the wall that would have tied the game in the bottom of the ninth inning ... named SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 26 as he hit .462 (6-for-13) in three games with one double, one homer, three RBI and four runs to lead LSU to a series victory over Central Florida . . . including the Tigers' victory over Northwestern State on Feb. 21, Mitchell batted .471 (8-for-17) in four games that week with one double, one homer, five runs and three RBI ... HIGH SCHOOL A prolific outfielder and wide receiver at Westgate High School ... named the Louisiana High School Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after batting .506 with six homers and 31 RBI ... swiped 29 bases in 30 attempts ... named the MVP of the BEST World Championships in Fort Myers, Fla. ... a first-team all-state and all-district selection sophomore through senior years ... voted a 2006 Sony Playstation All-American ... selected to the all-tournament team for the Perfect Game World Wooden Bat Championship in Marietta, Ga. ... invited to the 2005 AFLAC All-American High School Baseball Classic in Aberdeen, Md. ... a five-star athlete in football who was a dual-threat quarterback ... named the 2005 Class 5A Offensive MVP after passing for 1,720 yards and 10 touchdowns and rushing for 834 yards and 12 touchdowns ... maintained a 3.3 GPA. PERSONAL Full name is Jared Christopher Mitchell ... parents are Craig and Debra Mitchell ... has one brother, Derek ... says the most famous person he has met is Atlanta Braves all-star Andruw Jones ... majoring in general studies with concentrations in business administration, communication studies and sociology ... born October 13, 1988. Mitchell’s LSU Career Highs At-Bats: 6 twice; last vs. Alabama (5/24/08) Hits: 4 twice; last vs. Mississippi State (5/9/08) Runs Scored: 4 vs. Mississippi State (5/9/08) Doubles: 2 at Auburn (5/15/08) Triples: 1 twice; last at Tulane (4/22/08) Home Runs: 1 several times; last vs. UC Irvine (6/8/08) RBI: 3 four times; last vs. Texas Southern (5/30/08) Stolen Bases: 2 five times; last vs. Michigan State (3/5/08)