Leonard Zelig

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 01:33 PM) The point of the article was that Guillen's kid was ranked as 4th round talent while KW's kid barley cracked a top ten on two teams but was taken in the 5th round. KW's kid was a college kid who had no options and got $175K Guillen's kid it sounds like was offered $50K Sounds like other org's passed on Guillen's kid due to his signability and the relationship with the Sox and the Sox passed on him because of their tenuous relationship with his father. Personally it sounds to me like Guillen's kid got screwed. If he was ranked as 4th round talent why didn't anybody else draft him earlier?

Why the LaRussa talk? I haven't heard anything about him leaving St. Louis.

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:54 AM) Well, maybe I was exaggerating, but there were 150 posts following Strasburg's debut, and some of our game threads were less than that. My point was that many of us are losing interest. Well, that is definitely true!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 05:37 AM) Ok, just finished. Great book, especially with Father's Day around the corner. Nothing mind-blowing, but a truly hilarious book about a father bonding with his son. Is there more to it than whats already online?

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 06:40 AM) Is it a bad thing when the thread following Strasburg's debut has more posts than many game threads? No, because it is not true anyway.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 01:27 AM) Our manager is a rich former player with a huge ego. The Sox knew that when they hired him. It's not like he needs the job. The fire Oz rants really are as boring as my save Ozzie rants. We know you hate him. People tell me to stop beating the dead horse. What about the Ozzie haters. Yes, we know, you feel he sucks in all regards. Hopefully you guys will get your wish. The next manager will never say anything controversial (most don't) and it'll be back to the dull coachspeak many of you apparently so desire. Ozzie is rich, but not by baseball standards. Konerko & Buehrle both have made more money over the past 2 years than Oz made his entire career as a player.

Got to be honest, I have not been following the workouts to a T. I am trying to lose some extra belly fat so I have been doing running intervals instead of plyo/yoga/kenpo. I lost 15 lbs. before I started P90X and the weight loss seemed to stop when I started the program. I have changed it up a little, but I am still happy with the progress.

QUOTE (jamesdiego @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 02:30 PM) Peavy seem untradeble. And on wikipedia it says that if Buehrle gets traded he gets a $19 million player option. Is that true? If yes, that was crazy for KW to agree to that. The Cards won't even trade for him for nothing. No, it is not true.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 12:30 PM) 6pm central on MLB Network. Preview show at 5. Cool, thanks!

When does the draft start?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2010 -> 01:15 PM) If we were 1 player away from winning the division this year, and that player was someone like a closer or a starting OF, whatever, then dealing Santos to bring that guy in would make sense. Anyone think we're 1 player away? If that player is Bill Brasky.

Can anybody explain to me how the Cardinals are in a position to add $15M to their payroll for 2011 & 2012?

Did the Sox get new caps?

Does anybody know exactly when AJ's 10/5 rights kick in?

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ May 30, 2010 -> 08:08 AM) No, man, like hey, man. Wow. I was watching this object man, li-like the satellite that we saw the other night, right? And, like, it was going right across the sky, man, and then... I mean it just suddenly, uh, it just changed direction and went whizzin right off, man. It flashed... It was the Venutians beaming back at you.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 28, 2010 -> 09:06 AM) There's such a thing as the "World Umpires Association"? Just another case of international law screwing over the U.S. Yes, Joe West is the President.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2010 -> 04:40 PM) The thing is, if you have someone like Swisher absolutely ripping Ozzie with his Yankees teammates, what's to stop them from voting that they wouldn't want to play for Ozzie? The poll isn't what concerns me, it's the fact that a Sox beat reporter who never creates controversy is reporting that there's a handful of players that feel this way, and one or more is still on the team. It did not say that player is still on the team, it said that player's agent has players on the team.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 27, 2010 -> 04:26 PM) Perception is reality. Whether we like it or not, that is the case and eventually having a manager that polarizes people in the lockerroom you will get in trouble. Just look at Byron Scott. The guy rubbed so many people the wrong way and because of it he has gotten fired at two different places as a head coach. Do you think Ozzie is the only manager that some players don't care for?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2010 -> 04:10 PM) Seriously, I don't care if it was about Phil Jackson coaching the Bulls...if you have an article saying players don't want to play for you, including current members, then that's awful! Mark Gonzales is definitely not the type of person to start a story like this in order to create controversy. For one thing nobody knows how seriously the players take these polls. For another, I would bet that most managers have players who do not want to play for them, I seriously doubt Ozzie is the only one. Thome and Dye both wanted to come back. And haven't other players said they would like to play for OG? It's like anything else in life, some personalities get along well with each other and others don't. In my opinion this is not an issue.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:15 PM) Why the hell isn't this game being televised, extra innings? On WGN here.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:02 PM) http://wscr.cbslocal.com/matt-abbatacola/ Producer and part-time host on 670 The Score (White Sox flagship station). I don't know why Hawk uses his name for broken bats. Thanks for the info, I wonder what the story is.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ May 26, 2010 -> 12:50 PM) i bet they give the win to pena now I don't think that is subjective.

All right, what the hell does, "Madabatacola" or whatever it is that Hawk says mean?

YCPIOTB,YES!!!!

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ May 26, 2010 -> 12:30 PM) So what happened to Buehrle to be out this early?? Ejected