Rowand44

QUOTE(spiderman @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 06:56 PM) Nobody is saying that Burehle stinks - did you read that somewhere in this thread ? As I said, he's a good #2 starter, but do you honestly rank him as a true #1 starter ? If Buehrle hasn't been an ace this year...who has??

I'd say we've just been playing like absolute s*** for the last two weeks. We built up the lead so nicely when we were playing well that we still got a nice cushion after playing like complete s*** for the last two weeks. You don't call a team dead when they've been damn good all season minus a few weeks. Is the offense bad right now...hell yeah it is but they'll hit better I'll guarantee that. The thing is every team goes through ups and downs, right now we're playing awful but we'll get out of it and soon.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 03:26 PM) I would hardly call that a blast. He was way out in front of a change up. Stopped. threw his bat at it, got it off the end of the bat. and it went out to the shortest part of the park. Yes, someone please explain to me how that got out. He took an off balance swing at it and got it out.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 10:31 AM) People said that every time he pitched this year. It hasn't worked so far and I'll bet it won't work again. 5 runs, easy. 2 good outings, 3 terrible ones, so it has worked a few times. Big difference now is Bmac got himself righted in aaa, his first two stints with the big club he was struggling down in aaa.

QUOTE(Iguana @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 02:14 PM) Wasnt willie hitting .380 at one point while in AAA a year or 2 ago? Here's the difference, Ross hit well over .300 last year in the major leagues. Ross can hit, he can play a very good first base and he can run a little bit, there honestly is no reason for him not to be with the big club.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 06:01 PM) Isnt AJ a UFA? Can someone find me a link to his status?? With the $$$ thing, like I have said earlier in threads, NO ONE in Sox management knew they were going to have 20+ sellouts this year. Who knows how many games we will for the playoffs(if we get there )and I would have to expect a little increase in ticket sales. Moreover, if the Sox were to get bumped out in the 1st round pretty easy, which could happen very easily, I am truly confident in Ownership and KW that they would try to put us over the top for 2006 after a very dissipointing 2005 season(if we got knocked out 1st round.) Aj is arbitration eligible, so he'll be back next year.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 05:57 PM) How do you figure we're going to have a lot of money? Unless we don't resign PK and trade someone like Contreras, I think you're only going to see minor additions to this team. We have a lot of money to be paid to guys like Garland and AJP. Payroll is going to go up a crap load that's why. Yes, the Konerko situation determines a lot but with the attendance spike and hopefully a nice long playoff run we'll have plenty of money to spend.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 05:51 PM) Excuse my ignorance. But, two things: 1) Does someone wanna tell me where we might get that money. 2) What about Kenny's homeboy Mr. Uribe? We're going to have a s***load of money to spend in the offseason and not a whole bunch of holes to fill. Tony, good point about a 3rd baseman but I do think you'll see the sox in on Furcal because he's become a very good shortstop this year(errors are way down) and he can absolutely fly, fits into the whole ozzieball thing. Just a hunch but I think you see the sox go hard after Furcal in the offseason.

Pitchers duel?

To be honest, I'd be shocked if the sox aren't big time players in the Furcal sweepstakes.

I didn't even know the vma's happened until I read this thread. After reading this thread I still don't care

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) How can you possibly say we got the better of that deal? Koch screwed up our bullpen for two seasons and now he's out of baseball. Foulke saved game 4 of the world series last year. In the long run, we still got one of the worst trades in Sox history. This year we've got the better of the deal because Cotts is way better then Foulke. For the past 2 year it looked like an awful deal.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 04:13 PM) maybe just for sept then, but I knew that he said he wanted 3 Ya, he was talking for september. Get aj some rest, be able to pinch run for aj, etc..

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 04:07 PM) Ozzie wants 3 catchers, and I bet we carry 12 pitchers, but thats a guess. I highly doubt we wouldn't carry 3 catchers all season and then the playoffs come and then we add a catcher?

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:59 PM) I can, he's comfortable playing in Cincinnati and he gets to spend spring training with his family. I'd love for him to come to Chicago, but Griffey Jr. is by no means the enemy in this situation. He's busted his ass for years, and I'll still root for him no matter what happens. Right. I feel weird saying this but I guess there are things more important then baseball . Griff is from cinci and I'm sure he's just really comfortable there. I'd love to have griff as well, I'd love to see Jr. win a world series but he has his priorites and baseball obviously isn't number 1.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:53 PM) Rowand, my heart skipped a beat. I got scared that I got on your bad side... I'm dead serious... LOL, nah, I have a good time debating back and fourth with you on different things.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:48 PM) I believe Mark Bellhorn's .328 OBP would rank higher than everyone else on the team besides Podsednik, Iguchi, and Konerko. Complete bulls*** here, why don't you look your s*** up before you post, unreal. Garland, el duque, and Politte also have better obp's.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:40 PM) Koch for Foulke is still the worst trade of Kenny Williams' career For the last two years that trade sucked, this year it's been absolutely awesome.

Welcome back Scotty, we definitely need ya.

D'angelo f***in Jimenez. I hated that guy so much and yes I mean hate.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:07 PM) Do we have 39 or 40 on the 40-man now? Should be 39.

Baj might not have the best stuff in baseball but the guy can pitch...he knows what he's doing out there. He'll be a solid reliever(not a stud) somewhere in the majors whether it's with the sox or not.

About f***in time. Welcome aboard Jeff

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 11:09 AM) I would think if they are discussing the team and possible personel moves, it would mean a lot that he wasn't mentioned. People shouldn't waste their time listening to Bruce Levine. He is the ONLY person who has this deal anything but dead. Ken Rosenthal was on the Fox pre-game Saturday and he said there was no chance Griffey was going anywhere. His track record has been far better than Levine's. I agree about Bruce and Rosenthal, I'm not listening to Levine about anything, I also don't think anything is going to happen. However just cause Ozzie said publically that him and Kenny didn't talk about Griffey doesn't actually mean they didn't talk about him.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 11:07 AM) Was the Anderson move official yet? Maybe they changed their minds based on Crede not getting healthy? Either that or they will be swapping Bmac for Crede when this move becomes official. Unless Bmac takes Adkins spot and then just stays with the team...who knows, I guess we just have to wait and see.....