Rowand44

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 06:10 PM) To be honest w/ you i wouldn't be surprised if we get SHO by Greinke, especially after our pathetic performance against Miller on saturday. Both guys are very similar, low 90's heaters, big 12-6 curveballs Good call on that one.

Hawk and DJ are alive.

QUOTE(UofIChiSox @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 05:44 PM) Looking at that lineup, I'm pretty surprised that AJ is still hitting just .245, isn't he a career .300 hitter? I guess I thought that his average would start climbing later in the season but it really hasn't yet. Despite the low average, he has definitely been huge for the team this year though. He's been hitting the ball much better lately, I wouldn't be surprised to see him take off soon.

QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 03:24 PM) Well now, just cause you asked, here it is: Pods Rowand Everett Konerko AJ Dye Crede Harris Uribe And that's a White Sox winner! Tad's getting far to many days off as of late. Whatever go Willie, GO SOX!!!!!!!

QUOTE(Tadahito15 @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 03:17 PM) Isnt Wagner off the market now??? QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 03:18 PM) Wagner is off the block. The White Sox would only trade PK for Thome and that won't be happening, I guarentee. I see no deal, even with the Marlins happening. That's been said but that's because the Phillies want to buy and not sell. If they have a chance at Burnett and Wagner has to be part of the deal they'd definitely think of it.

QUOTE(That funky motion @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 03:13 PM) I dont think you want to take Politte out of his normal role. That's how I feel. If and only if Hermanson's back really is serious and he might miss some serious time then yes this would be a good series to try and get Bobby's feet wet as a closer. Cliff's been to damn good in the setup role to try and make him a closer.

Houston might be the favorite right now to win the NL wild card.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) I thought we crushed LH pitching? We do. PK hasn't though.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 01:40 PM) Question time: Is Damaso Marte better, worse, or the same as Eddie Guardado? As for right now he's worse.

That's why numbers lie with Damaso. They probably look at his stats and think he's been awesome this year, which he hasn't. This whole thing sounds like it's close to being done as of right now but these deals do fall apart all the time. Just a few days ago it looked like Baltimore had the Burnett sweepstakes all wrapped up.

There is a story in a Florida paper that says the Marlins have focused their attention soley on the White Sox for AJB.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 01:41 AM) Buehrle throws 89, Burnett 98. If Buehrle is off his game he will give up runs. Burnett can get away with alot more mistakes, and still not give up any runs. I'm not saying Burnett is better than Buehrle right now, but he definitely can be. Burnett has probably THE best stuff in the league, and is entering his prime with a new elbow. I think this guy w/ the right coaching could be the most dominate pitcher in the league, and I'd love to see him do it w/ us. Buehrle/Garland/Garcia/Burnett in the playoffs = WS. IMO AJ has a dynamite arm, nobody and I mean nobody is going to argue that. There are a lot of pitchers who have the "potential" to be better then Mark but very few are better then him. Why? Because he knows what the hell he's doing out there and just flat out knows how to pitch. You say Burnett can get away with more mistakes then Mark well check out the amount of quality starts between the two just because a guy can do something doesn't necessarily always make it true. As of right now AJ isn't even in Mark's league.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 01:36 AM) How 'bout getting some f***in' sleep, eh? I, myself, would go to sleep, but it turns out that my internal clock doesn't want me to go to sleep until like 4:00. That's what happens in the summer. So my choices are Soxtalk, or Jane Eyre for AP English. Tough choice, huh? I don't go to sleep until around 8. Don't ask me why but for some reason I don't get tired until that time. So what else would I do but sit on soxtalk.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 01:26 AM) Your kidding right?? Marte and McCarthy are both expendable. Cotts can get out lefties, and McCarthy, while impressive in spring training, looks like he is at least a year or 2 away from being a legit ML starter. Burnett on the other hand is a very solid ML pitcher right now, who has WAY better stuff than McCarthy, and has the ability to be a legit #1 starter, something we really need. Yes Buehrle is a nice #1, but not someone that scares you in the playoffs. Burnett can shut down anybody's offense, which is why KW is trying to acquire him. Why isn't Buehrle feared in the playoffs but Burnett is?? Buehrle>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Burnett.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 12:20 AM) Only recently......I made this thread ages before that.....read the date of the 1st post :fyou Thanks dude, I had no idea this thread didn't spring 5 pages in less then like 3 minutes. My point was no need to bump this when it's being talked about already in the sub forum.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 12:08 AM) I wanted to take this opportunity to bump this thread, because Harold Reynolds said on BBTN that Kenny is looking at Omar Vizquel. Hence, a hearty FOCK YOU to all you bastages who called out my analysis. I was the FIRST person to say that Kenny should at least make a call for him. Now, I still believe it is a remote possiblility that Omar comes to the Sox, but at least my analysis was spot on and that Kenny is at least thinking about it. SO AGAIN A HEARTY FOCK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE NO CLUE This has been talked about a lot in the sub forum.

It's in ATH.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 09:20 AM) I know you don't have the advantage of listening to Chicago sports radio, but ESPN's Bruce Levine, the "intelligible" baseball dunce...er...source, is reporting this deal is really picking up and quickly. He thinks this has a very, very good chance of going down. Personally, I think Kenny is trying to hammer out two things: 1) Can he make this happen without having to deal Marte 2) Does he have a puncher's chance of signing Burnett to a long-term deal--something I endorse with PK sent packing after 05' anywho To be honest with number 1 I think it's more like if he can find a replacement for Damaso. I think Ozzie just isn't very impressed by Damaso, unfortunately we haven't seen the same guy from 02 and 03. I think Kenny will part with Marte but he wants to make sure he has a replacement lined up as well.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 06:38 PM) Interesting, this could be a big week for the Cubs, if Wood has to go on DL and they fall further behind in wild card, they may be sellers next weekend They obviously wouldn't sell Lee, Prior, Ramirez and a few others, but I imagine Burnitz, Dempster, Perez, Walker, Blanco would have some value as extra pieces to a contending team It would be interesting to see if they make Maddux available, I know his contract was really back loaded so next years $$ are huge for him, Cubs might want to dump that I can promise you the Cubs won't be selling.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 06:21 PM) I remain unconvinced that SFG is going to deal any major player. The globe reported that they've had scouts tailing the Red Sox since the all-star break but I that's because they have a strong pen & the Red Sox appear desperate. It makes sense if you're out of it but I expect to contend in 2006 to deal from your pen because that's the easiest to upgrade in the off-season. There are always quality arms for the pen available. No stats?

QUOTE(knightni @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 06:17 PM) He still allowed the run to be knocked in. He's been shaky, not dominant like you'd expect from a closer. He allowed one hit and that run meant nothing. Nothing to worry about, to be honest you see most closers get hit a bit before they close it down and that's including Wagner or Lidge or Everday Eddie. Hermy's blown 1 save, he's done an awesome job.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 06:07 PM) Another guy who is available for next to nothing is Soriano of Texas. Of course you wouldn't want him playing secondbase much. But depending on Thomas' status he would make a pretty interesting DH with a lot of power and speed and strikeouts. Plus you could non tender him during the off season. I believe he is arb eligible. Its just a thought, I would prefer a LH bat. I dislike Soriano very much.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 05:57 PM) I'm not going to begin to dissect BA and velocity. BA is as good of a minor league publication as there is. They do an awesome job covering the entire minors. However....Jesse Foppert and his 99 MPH heat or Brian Miller and his easy heat (Former guy in the Sox system that topped out at 88-90). None of these guys were even close. Jenks is the real deal...I've been oogling him since he was in the Angels system. Just do a search and look how crazy I went when I found out the Sox signed him. All I can say is maybe Gio adds velocity, maybe he doesn't. I'm not knocking him on a prospect but a lot of people are over-rating him and really under-rating and to a point just blasting Brandon and quite frankly its uncalled for. He's an upper echelon pitching prospect and is what I'd dub a special pitching prospect. He's no Felix Hernandez (whose sick) but he's in that next category (frankly Felix is in a level all by himself). What about Honel and his mid 90's fastball?? It seems like Kris never had that good of a fastball but I could be wrong.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 05:21 PM) Would you be willing to give BMac + another prospect or BMac + Marte for Vizquel? It wouldn't take that much to land Omar.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 24, 2005 -> 05:20 PM) and caught using steroids. From what I've heard, it wasn't steroids.