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QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 22, 2005 -> 03:54 PM) Good idea. I would take Polanco over Cruddy's and s***caino's worthless hides right about now. Is there a group of fans that hate their players more then sox fans do, I'm going to say no.

Good luck JB, I wish you the best of luck.

QUOTE(rangercal @ May 22, 2005 -> 03:30 PM) Bmac looked good today. It's one game. But if he continues I don't see how that can hurt us. How can you send him down if he is major-league ready right now? That's what Kenny and Ozzie have to decide. I know ozzie absolutely loves Brandon and if he dominates texas like he owned the cubs today it's going to be very hard to send him back down. It's an outstanding problem to have though, there isn't another team out there who has 6 great starters to work with.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 22, 2005 -> 03:29 PM) Prove that I can end my horrible curse of being in attendance at Sox games. I'll be there Tues, Wed, and Thurs You're only a true fan if you go to all 4. Any series where we send Jon and Mark out there I'm pretty sure we'll be in good shape.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 22, 2005 -> 03:20 PM) I know one thing...there is no way KW is going to be able to acquire any big time player unless he's willing to give up Brandon. Teams are just going to say give us Bmac or no deal when it comes to that type of prospect being on our sidelines. KW needs to stick to a policy of don't even call us if you want Brandon. First off even if he's not in the major leagues, he's the best insurance policy this club has. Pitchers get hurt and having him as a plan B this year is freaking fantastic. If he picks up the phone and just hears the name Brandon he should just hang up. As far as a trade I'm still of the opinion we really dont need to make one. If Viz keeps faultering I think we have good in house options instead of making a deal. All I know is Brandon ain't going anywhere.

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 22, 2005 -> 03:07 PM) Our bullpen needs more depth, it really does. It is not as good as every one claims/ has claimed. None of buehrle, hernandez, contreras, garland, or garcia is gonna go into the pen no matter how much anyone thinks so or hopes so. I have no problem with mccarthy starting this year if hernandez is out but once he returns hernandez is one of our starters this year know matter how well mccarthy does in the next start or two. The only logical choice would be for mccarthy to be moved into the bull pen. Next year we could look to move one of hernandez/contreras to fit mccarthy in. I understand what you're saying but I just dont want Brandon in the pen. There's no arguing right now how good the backend of the pen is. Slowly but surely Shingo's starting to get his s*** together and neal is fine for what he does. Right now Viz is sucking, though this game really wasn't his fault, it'd be nice to add another bullpen arm somewhere but once again we might be able to do that in house without giving up our spects. I dont know what the hell ozzie and kenny our going to decide but goddamn where the f*** was Brandon when we've needed a starter the last 3 years.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 22, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) I'll be pissed when it ends up being Willie that gets demoted because the organizatoin has this hard on for Timo. I got a feeling willie is going to be held on to.

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:59 PM) That hurt buehrle and many pitchers that got eased into the rotation. My bad. For the most part it's not a bad idea but with Brandon it is. That's a good way to do it for a pitcher to gain confidence and realize he can pitch in the show. Bmac knows he can pitch here and he needs to be taking the ball every 5 days to improve even more.

This is going to be interesting, all of the sudden we have to much depth, great problem to have just makes for interesting decisions. The obvious one is walker, next I'd have to say Timo, I'm probably the biggest Timo supporter here but Willie and Pablo can do to much for this team, play a ton of positions, lay down bunts, pinch run, etc. After that when Ross is ready to go it's going to be real interesting. If Brandon pitches awesome again against Texas then I really don't know what the hell to do.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:56 PM) Shingo actually looked really good today. Well he looked good on 3 of the batters his face...the 1st two and than the final out. His fastball was zipping and damn did he make Burnitz look like a fool. I kind of think Shingo is getting closer. First time this year I saw him get his frisbee over.

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:54 PM) put mccarthy in the pen. NO

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:47 PM) mentally tough That's what's going to make him so special. It seems like he's got Buehrle's head with a better fastball and a better curve, though obviously Buehrle has more pitches that he can throw for strikes. The only word that comes to my mind about Bmac is special, he's going to be outstanding imo.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:44 PM) We faced their best 3 pitchers in my opinion, and they didn't face our best pitcher, and our best pitcher record wise. This is a good series win. Sure we all wanted the White Sox to sweep them, but we'll get another chance next month. Yup, we got their top 3, they missed our top 2, arguably our top 3, anyways solid series just one mistake. Gotta hope Milwaukee hangs on and lets go kick some halo ass now.

He's special, end of story.

QUOTE(Brian @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:37 PM) Kudos to Brandon on one hell of a debut. Pulled before he should of been. Bmac, great f***in job. I think we all just witnessed the beginning of something special.

Jermaine k's game over. Still took the series, awesome job by Brandon today, go get the Angels tomorrow.

Alright Jermaine, cmon bud.

Pauly goes yard, cmon 1 more boys. I love the next two guys we have up, lets do it.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:30 PM) yes there was. it was his debut. You have a short leash for him. He was looking a little wild that inning. Get him out of there with his confidence still in tact. I'm not going to bash ozzie at all for the move because I understand what he was thinking but I do completely disagree with the decision. Brandon's not your average youngster, he's so mature and he just knows what he's doing, he's obviously doesn't get rattled easily but Ozzie made his choice and it backfired, but it happens.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ May 22, 2005 -> 02:01 PM) I wasn't expecting to win at all, either. And I'm happy that we won the series, but I'm not mad that we might lose this game. It's how this happened. Viz is downright bad this year and he had no right to be in there. When I saw him warming up the last inning, I was wondering why he would come in. Oh, well... First two men on, Dye up. That ball wasn't even hit hard so we can all whine as much as we want about Viz f***in up but that was a routine fly ball that got into the wind and went out.

That ball wasn't even hit hard, unreal.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 22, 2005 -> 11:36 AM) Even though Frank isn't lighting the world on fire I think the more important thing is that he's been able to play everyday. No doubt and it sounds like he's hitting the ball fairly hard too, results just aren't that important yet.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ May 22, 2005 -> 12:02 PM) No, I said that we could win the series. I said this team is not a World Series caliber team. There's a difference. Explain to me how this isn't a world series caliber team.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ May 22, 2005 -> 11:43 AM) I don't care whether this team has more or less weaknesses than other playoff caliber teams. That's not the point. The point is minimizing the weaknesses and making this club the best that it can be going into the playoffs. THAT'S the point. To say that we have no more weaknesses than other clubs and having that as the reason to not add more talent to this club is just stupid. I don't care how we match up with other clubs. If there's an opportunity to eliminate a weakness, you do it. Simple as that. You've changed the whole point of the discussion. If you have a chance to make the team better then yes you do it. However you said that this team is not capable of winning a world series as it is and that's just completely false.

Brandon's going to homer in his first ab.