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QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 09:26 PM) I bet PHG is banning left and right at WSI right now. And he's getting a pretty big kick out of doing so..........

QUOTE(bighurt2719 @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 09:25 AM) it seems like people dislike crede generally on this site. why? sure, he's more glove than bat (at least thats what i think), but why all the hate for him? is he that bad? why does everyone want to throw a wrench into the cogs of a machine that is running so well? Crede is nowhere near Gold Glove quality, so defense can be improved at 3rd Base and there are other alternatives out there that could be added to the team via trade such as Cincinnati's Randa.

Hey guys, don't get flustered by this start. With the Sox's superior depth, the team should pull this one out. At game's end, the Sox will still win 15-6 instead of 15-2. All the Cubs are doing is lowering the margin of their defeat.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 10:57 PM) I wouldn't mind him if we just ship them 2 bad prospects. He can split duty with Crede and/or push Crede to get his act together more consistently at the plate. I don't want Randa to be our everyday third baseman in the playoffs and/or series. Do you folks? I do. Randa has been far superior to Crede throughout his MLB career, both offensively and defensively. With Josh Fields coming up in our farm system, Randa at 3rd makes perfect sense.

Miley was a pretty good manager who became the scapegoat for the incompetent Reds GM O'Brien who opted to pick up losers like Eric Milton, Ben Weber & David Weathers instead of trying to rejuvenate the Reds minor league system that has ranked among the worst farm systems for years now.

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 09:30 AM) Should the Sox be thinking about a really bold move as the trade deadline approaches? Obviously we've played outstanding team baseball to this point. If we can continue at this pace until the All-Star break, it is highly likely we'll be in the playoffs, probably with the best record in the AL and possibly in the majors. But that is no guarantee of postseason success. So what should the Sox consider doing to improve the team for October? So far most of the talk has been about replacing Joe Crede at 3B with either Joe Randa or Eric Chavez (or possibly Aubrey Huff). Other ideas have focused on the bullpen. Eddie Guardado? But I wonder if the Sox shouldn't consider something bigger that is likely to gain them more than just a microscopic improvement. What about Ken Griffey Jr.? Now that he's healthy for the first time in years, won't the Reds be willing to trade him for a couple mid-level prospects if someone would take the rest of his contract off their hands? Would the Sox be willing to pay the freight? Should they? I'm not sure that the Sox should, but I just wanted to post this to stimulate ideas that go beyond Joe Randa. What's wrong with Randa? Trading for him would address a real need with this team. Trading for Griffey does nothing for us and is actually harmful since it would burden the team with his huge salary. As of now, Rowand is a lot better than Griffey is.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 05:04 PM) "Gagne likely going back on DL" http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/NASApp/m...xt=.jsp&c_id=la And to think that there were posters here who not too long ago were demanding that the Sox trade everything but the kitchen sink to get this obviously declining pitcher......

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 09:02 PM) I just want to say that Mark Disgrace was absolutely abdominally horriscus tonight during the mlb.tv broadcast. I mean he said that the chisox were tired of being chicagos second team? he then was making fun of Frank and his injury ... then continued to mock shingo by saying that his mr. zero in now mr. long ball... and then ripped the chicago media for trying to make him say things he didn't want to say. I just want to say that Mark Disgrace...YOU SUCK! thank god he was on the CUBS...now we know why you are such a sucker! I mean you really pissed me off! Fitting that your name is "whitesoxmanager" since you mangle the English language every bit as well as Guillen does...............

If the Sox are to have any chance of winning the World Series this year, Everett simply has to be with the team. Trading him will remove a proven clutch hitter and also remove his clubhouse leadership from the team.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jun 9, 2005 -> 08:47 PM) ...for minor leaguers RHP Mike Bumstead and RHP R.D. Spiehs. Anyone got a scouting report for those guys? Is Mike Bumstead any relation to Dagwood?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 6, 2005 -> 01:27 AM) I ask now, will we have to trade more for Billy Wagner (who's in the last year of his deal), or Eddie Guardado (who still has 1 more year on his deal after this season). Why trade for either one of them when we already have proven closers in Hermanson, Marte & Takatsu?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 10:48 PM) Maybe we should trade for Eric Chavez. What do the rest of you think? Trade for Randa instead. He's a much better 3B than either Crede or Chavez.

It makes no sense to add so much payroll and give up our insurance policy pitcher for a guy whose career BA is only 50 points or so higher than Crede. If you really want an upgrade at 3B, you could get Randa ($2 Mil. Salary) for only Crede and one of our lesser relievers, such as Vizcaino.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 11:29 AM) I think we need to have Pods Gooch Arow then Frank in the lineup. Pods/Gooch get on base and hit to all fields. Arow has been great in the 3 hole. He hits the ball with power to the gaps. And will do even better with protection behind him. They would have to pitch to frank in this situation. Men on, and Frank who hits with power to all fields and lives on mistakes would drive in a ton of runs. Wrong. They would continue to walk him, especially if the bases were not loaded. In order to maximize the chances of his being able to get pitches in the strike zone, it would be best to have another high avg hitter in Rowand's place so as to increase the chances of a bases loaded situation when the big guy comes up to the plate.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ May 30, 2005 -> 04:37 PM) Oh shut the f*** up about Ozzie He keeps buehrle in = people give him s*** about hermanson he puts hermy in and if he blew game = people s***ting on him for not keeping buehrle This game was lost by iguchi (np, since he has been great, 1 bad mistake oh well) not by ozzie retards. The point is that he put Marte who regularly has trouble with inherited runners instead of Hermanson who has a 0.00 ERA. Hermanson would not have blown this game.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ May 30, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) time for Damaso No, Marte isn't terribly sharp with inherited runners.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 17, 2005 -> 11:50 AM) At the All-star break last year, I was calling Greg Walker one of the better (if not best) hitting coaches in the league. Last year, Juan Uribe came to the Sox, and his bat absolutely went wild the first half. On top of that, Paul Konerko managed to turn around his terrible 2003 season and was on fire in 2004. Thomas was hitting hard until he got hurt, and so was Ordonez, although I doubt Walker spent much time with them. Carlos Lee had a nearly 30 game hitting streak. Aaron Rowand suddenly found the bat everyone was saying he had. And even guys like Gload were hitting .300 off the bench. Last year I was ready to bow down and worship the job Greg Walker was doing as White Sox hitting coach. When guys turn around their entire career with a new hitting coach, I felt that was saying something. This year, my confidence in Walker is rapidly turning into concern, and I want to hear other opinions on it. This year, we started very hot with some of our key bats. Crede was hitting over .300 for a while. Konerko was on Fire. Everett came back from a terrible 2004 and was driving in runs left and right. Podsednik was improving from his dismal .240 average last year. But that only lasted a few weeks. Now what do we see? We see Jermaine Dye mired in a month and a half long slump that he can't seem to find his way out of, despite receiving help from Walker. We've seen the surge from Konerko completely disappear, and both his and Dye's averages have dropped below .200. We've seen Crede lose about 40 points from his batting average with a slump of his own. We've seen Aaron Rowand start off another season slowly, even though it seems he may be hitting his stride this week. We've seen Uribe have his own difficulties, and his average has dropped below .270. And Podsednik has been both up and down - his average was in the .250's a week ago. Not to say there haven't been successes this year. Tadahito Iguchi is clearly one, although I doubt Walker has much input there given the language barrier. My question then is this; how long does this go on before if nothing else, we start considering whether a new hitting coach might get through to these guys better? In 2003, we dumped our hitting coach after a few months of our hitters playing like they are now. I had a lot of confidence in the job Greg Walker was doing after last year. But this year, I'm really starting to wonder. With guys like Dye and Konerko seemingly unable to pull themselves out of slumps, and quite a few comment-writers here saying they have seen decent flaws in their hitting technique, how long should we let this continue before we start wondering what Walker is doing? Are you present when Walker is coaching or able to keep tabs on him? Do you know what he's trying to teach the players? If not, then you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Hitters will always be in slumps from time to time and as for Dye, he had a severe injury that either takes a long time to get over or perhaps limits what he can do for the rest of his career. None of this has anything to do with just who the hitting coach is. Try to talk about just what you do know about instead of talking about stuff you are not in a position to make judgments of others.

We already have 3 proven closers on the team as it is. There is no need to trade for another one.

QUOTE(knightni @ May 2, 2005 -> 11:46 AM) JR doesn't like signing pitchers to long term deals. He wouldn't with McDowell, Fernandez, Alvarez, Sirotka, Parque..etc. Only recently have the Sox signed a pitcher for more than 2 to 3 years. None of those guys exactly set the world on fire after leaving the Sox. JR did the right thing there.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 22, 2005 -> 07:10 AM) Do you remember the time when Mike north asked Pat Riley (after a painful playoff loss to the bulls in 97) "If God asked you to shave your head and the Heat would win the NBA championship, would you do it? " all the media had to have been laughing when Riley chewed him out for such a stupid question. Wow, you can only come up with something that's 8 years old. Don't you have anything more current than that?

QUOTE(Winnin Ugly @ Apr 21, 2005 -> 05:36 PM) I would never vote for AL Lopez that guy was such an idiot for not voting for Nellie Fox getting into the HOF.. IMO Lopez is the worst mgr ever for screwing your own ballplayer FYI: That's just a story that's gotten around without any proof or substantiation. Lopez himself has denied it.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 21, 2005 -> 06:12 PM) Getting pub from North works against us. Basically the biggest idiot on the radio is a Sox fan, no thanks. And on what basis do you say that North is the "biggest idiot on the radio"? Have you listened to all the radio stations? There are a lot of idiots on the radio if you haven't noticed.

Interesting how Maggs went to Vienna a man and returned to America as a woman....

QUOTE(orangekrush88 @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 12:56 PM) Does anybody else lisen to this garbage, My god, I want to reach into my radio and strangle north to death. And the stpid ass broad with North, what in the hell is she even doing there! The only sane person who keeps me listening is Fred. I just had to bring it up, does anyone else share these feelings? Don't knock it. That's one of the few shows on sports talk radio around here that gives the Sox anything like equal time with the Cubs.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 18, 2005 -> 05:53 AM) Intresting.......We shall see how this plays out, im sure Frank will have something to say........ Doubtful. Big Frank is a team player who in the past has tried to negate/minimize controversy in the past. During the past year or so, both KW & Guillen have tried to make Frank the center of controversy by such hogwash tactics as attacking him for not willing to be a decoy during a series with the Angels. KW seems determined to run Frank off the reservation this year.