Rowand44

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 10:39 PM) Anyone else watch that abortion of a basketball game between KU and Zona? Easily one of the worst basketball games I have ever seen. Might as well have been watching the And 1 tour without the tricks and dunks. That game was disgusting. I don't think I can explain it any better then that.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 01:45 PM) Chaminade vs. #4 (at the moment) Michigan State - 2:30 (eastern) ESPN2, Ugly game, unless cramps play a factor again. But I don't expect this game to be within 30 points. #9 Gonzaga vs. #24 Maryland - 4:30 ESPN2, Maryland will take this game. Without Turiaf, the Zags don't have much inside. MD has more depth and better talent overall. Unless the Zags go nuts from outside, MD should win by 10+. #14 West Virginia vs. #2 Texas - 7:00 ESPN2, should be an ugly game. Pittsnogle can't handle Aldridge down low, nobody can stop Gibson on the WV roster. Pittsnogle will get his points from outside, but the game shouldn't be close. #20 Iowa vs. #8 Kentucky - 9:00 ESPN2, I like UK here, even without Morris. Rondo and Alleyne will do a great job defensively on Horner and Brunner respectively. Joe Crawford will outgun Adam Haluska. I do think this will be the best game of the day, along with Kansas and Arizona. #10 Arizona vs. Kansas - 9:00 ESPN, Arizona lost alot inside when Frye left, and lost alot outside when Stoudemire left. I see Kansas with the early upset here. You will see some real nice freshmen going at it, Marcus Williams at Arizona, though less heralded than the KU frosh, will be a very good one. Arkansas vs. #3 Connecticut - 11:30 ESPN2, yuck, thats all you can say about this one, yuck. Arkansas might stay with them early, but UConn's talent will outclass them by the 2nd half. I declare these predictions horrible.

QUOTE(THEWOOD @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 09:40 PM) I know this...but is it "official"? Has anyone else actually heard this stated anywhere? I think Brooks knows what he is talking about.

QUOTE(JimH @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 09:05 PM) Keith I never said they had a pesky offense last year. I said a pesky offense is a winning formula, when combined with other elements. Their offense frequently struggled last year, it was well documented on this site. And since idiot White Sox management determined the hitting coach won't be fired it must have been the talent level. Guillen believes their offense will be better with more speed at the top of the lineup and by dropping Iguchi down lower in the order. I'm simply commenting on what I believe they may do based on Guillen's comments. Agreed. Also, right now I'm pretty much go along with everything they do this offseason and not complain about anything. Let Kenny and Ozzie put their type of team together, it seemed to work last year.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 03:42 PM) I dunno im probably overthinking this situation. ^

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 03:37 PM) Yes, that is correct. Of course we are talking about when Juggs said JP in right field, which would mean you would compare JP's arm and assists with that of Jermaine Dye. Your comparison was good and all, just didnt fit the argument, thanks. My fault, I didnt think anyone would argue Juan in rf. I apologize.

QUOTE(Felix @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 03:25 PM) Your realize that speed means nothing if you can't get good jumps, right? Can I ask you how many times you've watched Juan play cf? Do you know for a fact he doesnt get good jumps?

QUOTE(3E8 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 03:28 PM) I'm sorry but this really means nothing unless we know how many chances each of them had to record an outfield assist. I really dont think assists mean all that much but rock seems to like that stat so I threw it out there.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 02:53 PM) Juggs, arm strength means ALOT no matter what ballpark you are in. Do NOT make me bring up the OF assits numbers again from last year. Not only that, but Dye keeping the runner from advancing to 3rd has saved us many runs in the process. That OF would be the least productive offensively and the weakest throwing in the business, no thanks. For the record Pierre had 7 assists last year and Aaron had 3.

Poor Chaminade, they're just so bad.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 02:46 PM) Michigan State looks freaking horrible. They are winning but Chaminade is not a good team, just like Hawaii is not a good team. Hawaii isn't horrible but I mean cmon.......CHAMINADE???? They're freaking division 2.

Chaminade hanging in there. Down 6 at half.

QUOTE(Felix @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 10:01 AM) Like steals? Rowand is a more successful stealer, does that count? Also, tell me what a good offensive player does, since you obviously don't think having a higher slugging + on base percentage makes up a good one. Pierre is a better leadoff hitter, but is not the better offensive player. OPS isnt the end all, be all stat.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 09:15 AM) That's what I thought. Farmio has some crazy ideas. Last trade deadline he said Peavy and Oswalt were very available. Don't forget...last year I believe, Frank had to earn his spot on the team in spring training.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 08:57 AM) Unless the Sox released him, I do not believe Gload is a free agent. He's not.

QUOTE(rowandschick33 @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 08:54 AM) wtf r all of u smoking? kw is trying to build this team on pitching and DEFENSE so if we get rid of aaron in my opinion then that just messes evrything up..he is without a doubt a better defensive player than f***in pierre..and u guys r wasting ur time going to chicagotribune.com and evrything else the only real way to find s*** out is actually going to whitesox.com...ppl on chicago tribune dont know s*** and thats just there views on evrything..ok i think im done Someone a little attatched to Aaron?

QUOTE(Felix @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 08:21 AM) Although slight, Aaron has a better stolen base percentage than Pierre (I would still take Pierre's ~40 more stolen bases, but still, he gets caught a hell of a lot as well). As for the runs, thats purely team dependant, and as you said, its kind of ridiculous to compare a player who hits in front of the meat of the lineup (Pierre) than one who hits at the bottom of the lineup (Rowand). And OPS shows how good the offensive player is. It doesn't show how good the player fits into the system, which is what you are saying. Rowand is a better offensive player according to the numbers. Is he a better leadoff hitter? No. Is he a better #2 guy? No. But is he a better overall offensive producer? Yes. Pierre has almost 2000 more AB's than Rowand, yet only has 14 more extra base hits than Rowand does. In fact, if Rowand had the same amount of AB's as Pierre, his overall numbers would trump Pierre's. We already have Juan Pierre on this team, his name is Scott Podsednik. I love Pods, and I love what he's done for this team, but we don't need two of him. The only way, I would ever trade for Pierre for this team would be if we also acquired Delgado from the Marlins, but past that, no thanks. This is how I'll put it: if Juan was here he'd make a better number 2 hitter then Aaron, correct?? Then if that was the case you move gooch down and he'd be a better run producer then Aaron imo. Overall offensively I think Juan is a better player, having 2 guys at the top of the order who can run like crazy and cause chaos would be terrific and like Ozzie said it takes some pressure off of Scott. EDIT: Actually to make this a fair comparison I should have stated Juan vs. Tad in the 2 hole. As good as Gooch was there I think Juan could be a bit better cause he can control the bat even better then the Gooch, and he doesn't strike out as much.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 08:03 AM) How long are the Marlins going to rely on potential with these pitchers though? Before the 2003 World Series, the Marlins rotation wasnt Dontrelle and a bunch of youngins, it was just a bunch of youngins. They waited for Burnett to get over the hump and pitch the way he could, and he could never do it with any sort of consistency. Beckett was a world beater in 03, but now 2 years later his career is still spotty and inconsistent. Brad Penny had arm problems and was shipped out for a quality catcher. I think that the Marlins just got to the point with the rotation where they had to cut bait(pun intended), and start over. That's fine and a fair point, they're just not going to win this year if that happens, that's what I'm saying. Now, if they don't expect to win this year and want to rebuild for the future then to be honest I have no problem with this deal if they land Diamond or Danks.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 07:55 AM) as far as all the fielding stats being thrown around, comparing Pierre and Arow, most are useless. Andruw Jones was 10th in range factor and 16th in zone rating, far behind guys who are known to be very inferior to Jones. Sometimes scouts and professional coaching staffs have a more accurate gauge on a player's defensive abilities. This time I'll wait on what the sox do with this situation. I'm not a fan of defensive statistics to be honest, there's just to much other things factor into those stats. I personally like to watch guys play before I make a judgement on them defensively, stats just don't do the justice, imo.

QUOTE(Felix @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 07:33 AM) OPS, which shows how productive a player is by merely adding their slugging percentage and on-base percentage. Pierre has, IIRC, a career .730, while Rowand's crap year last year was .736. No offense but it's kind of ridiculous to compare ops of a hitter who hits down in the order and was counted on for some power to comparing it to a leadoff hitter. Leadoff hitters aren't going to hit for power, it's not there job. Juan has a better career obp, steals more bases, and scores more runs. You really can't compare hard numbers with Juan and Aaron because they're in different roles for their respective teams. IMO Juan is a more valuable offensive player then Aaron but Aaron is a better defender...how much better I'm not really sure. Like I've said, I want to see Juan play some D as I really don't recall him playing CF that much even though I've seen him play a bunch of times.

Fresno State is done. Great effort though.

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 12:18 AM) Start thinking of changing your name to Pierre 44, thats funny. You can use Brian Anderson also, just a thought. I'm not attatched at all to Aaron, I've been advocating trading AR if necessary to bring in a big bat. However, thinking he's not a great defender is ridiculous.

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 12:01 AM) Cameron has 3 gold gloves Aaron has 0 , the comparison ends there. Hunter, Cameron, Wells, Damon, A. Jones, Sizemore , Logan even Rookie W. Taverz had 10 assist to Rowands 3? Not exactlly in that order , thats for defense. LOL at the gold glove comments. Logan, Taveras, and Damon aren't even close to Aaron.

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Nov 19, 2005 -> 11:40 PM) Im sorry but Aaron is no where close to Cameron, Adruw Jones is much better than hima nd Ill take Wells 13 assists and no errors above Aaron. Name 6 better defensive cf's then Aaron? And Cameron and Rowand are very similar in the OF.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 19, 2005 -> 11:44 PM) Game isn't over yet, Fresno won't go away, I'll guarantee you that. Can I take that back?