Jake

I didn't think I'd ever say this, but in the last 5 periods they've looked like they're better than us

We're f***ed.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Jun 17, 2013 -> 07:41 PM) I know the Sox system is bad, but it's hard for me to get behind a RH SP that sits in the high 80's as their #1 prospect. 1. Courtney Hawkins 2. Trayce Thompson - He's made real strides this season with a career high BB% and career low K%. Though it appears the Barons park is sapping his power. 3. Erik Johnson 4. Tim Anderson 5. Carlos Sanchez - I'm surprised how many people are putting Micah Johnson ahead of him. 22 year old's in Low-A should be putting up monster numbers. Sanchez is the youngest player in the international league, so it's somewhat to be expected that he struggles. What makes you think this? Almost everything I've read has Johnson sitting at 92-93, with the capability to run it up higher than that on occasion.

Crawford = god

God damn it Shaw, we don't want a power play!

Getting murdered on faceoffs, 13-2

They're lucky there's no such thing as a shot clock, jesus

I'm in near mental breakdown mode. I hope we score first or you may have seen your last of Jake the Soxtalker

Hossa not on the ice, Ben Smith in.

I prefer Stalberg over Bollig, but this is a lot of fuss over the last guy on the roster. This is like debating Casper Wells vs Tyler Greene. If it comes down to that guy, something went wrong. Just like in Game 2, the fact that it came down to Bollig was just the end result of giving up the game in the first period and getting outplayed down the stretch. I hope Stalberg kicks some ass and we can think about the bigger picture.

Last year in AA: .800 OPS, 10 HR, 12 3B, 13 2B, .240 AVG/.370 OBP There was some hope there. BA a little low, but at 23 he still had time to sharpen that up. He was looking at least like a serviceable MLB backup with his speed and defense. This year...there's no explaining that. Some have said he is a release candidate, but at age 24 and with a little bit of track record I'm going to try to find a level/batting approach/position/something where he can succeed and hope something clicks back into gear.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 17, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) I dunno. Even tho Dunn has 18 bombs, I personally think he's been lousy. Paulie is finished, I think everybody agrees with that. But I would not "stick it out" with Dunn. The idea is that nobody is going to give you anything for Dunn. Given the other moves we're going to make, plus the imminent losses of PK, Floyd, Thornton, Crain to free agency, we really don't even stand to gain much by saving the money if someone DID take him for nothing. In this case, you keep him in your lineup. Home runs are fun and bring fans to the ballpark and if you're not contending NEXT year and he's still looking like a 40 HR hitter, someone probably will give you something significant for him because he won't cost so much $ in the final year of his contract. In the worst case, you're paying him money that we were unlikely to spend anyway so us as fans aren't hurt by it anyway.

iOS 7 game controller adapter spotted This seems pretty cool.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 17, 2013 -> 01:05 PM) "Toy guns are just a gateway to using real guns." http://gawker.com/elementary-school-launch...ogram-512276709 Oops: I'm pretty sure every person quoted in that article is a complete idiot. I think children can be taught that the way we play with toy guns isn't the way we play with real guns nor the way we treat people that aren't playing games with us. Likewise, the gun rights group pretending that there are many more people using guns in defensive ways than in crimes is stupid. That is only true if I pretend that my dad's gun cabinet is stopping a home invasion every few days just by being there. They could have just said what I said about toy guns and not turn it into some pro-gun mythmaking session. People like to be dumb.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 17, 2013 -> 12:01 PM) Why? Are you saying the amount of overhead you noted is the remaining pool (assuming Freudenberg is slot) TOTAL underneath the pool limit? Yes

There is a 100K per pick limit in rounds 11-40. No pool for those picks. If you go over 100k on any pick 11-40, even if you went 1K on others, the overage is taken out of your 1-10 pool. 100K or less on any of those picks doesn't affect your allowed expenditures.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 17, 2013 -> 11:22 AM) It would be such a huge lift for this organization if he can turn into a steady contributor. Would really vindicate the player development staff as Trayce was as raw as anyone.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 17, 2013 -> 09:54 AM) He wants to be a point guard, not a forward. I think that's mostly what it comes down to. I think he finds a guy posting up to be fairly easy to scheme against, defensively. He can do it here and there, but after one game of it against Indy they totally squashed it.

Mitchell's season was a little disappointing last year, but good god has this season been bad. I can't imagine what the problem is. It's Dunn-like. I feel bad for the guy, honestly.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 17, 2013 -> 11:01 AM) I'd go 1. E. Johnson 2. C. Hawkins 3. T. Anderson 4. T. Thompson 5. C. Sanchez 6. C. Beck 7. J. Phegley 8. M. Johnson 9. T. Danish 10. T. Michalczewski Although at this point it could be a bunch of different players. I'm fairly fond of this group and order, though I feel like Phegley is one of the hardest ones to pin down. At one point in time, a season like this at any level could have had at or near the top for us. Now he's playing out of his mind in AAA, isn't too old for the level, but nobody is quite ready to crown him yet. I am just as conflicted. The main weakness to this list, IMO, is that none of these players (short of Phegley) appear to be close to the MLB. Johnson might be able to cut it now and should be ready by next season is all goes well, but after that it isn't looking so good. We would have Sanchez would be ready to arrive by next season, but that is in doubt. Maybe Trayce could be a year a way, but that seems optimistic as well.

It didn't sound right, but I assumed IK probably had a friend that was sick of dicking with his computer. People can be like that sometimes. I've been given stuff like that just because the original owner didn't want to continue stressing about it.

This game is fun.

Coach Pop > me

Manu starting tonight. Interesting move, as they've been winning in spite of him for quite a while. He makes the Wade/Bosh struggles look like nothing

It's just adding an insult to injury. I have a feeling that he is motivated and doesn't like striking out while traveling all around the Carolinas. I'm sure he has plenty of motivation to become a White Sox and not strike out every other trip to the plate. Give him some time, the fact that he did well in a few games in Kannapolis tells me that he didn't work with that coach at all and probably doesn't have a rapport with any of the team's coaches and probably has spent more time with a roving instructor ala what Jeff Manto was doing before he became our hitting coach.