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QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 07:40 PM) Well the purpose of this thread was to generate ideas for this off season, and I think it has worked so far. Having good, quality discussions on potential players. Thank you. My idea behind CarGo is that he's still young at 28. There's 3 years left on that deal with a good amount of money on it. I look back on it, and maybe it is an overpayment, but if the Rockies chipped in some money, you still know they are going to ask for those types of players, hell probably even Anderson. He had one bad year last year, he hasn't had a year with an OPS under 850 before last year and his rookie year. Yes, he is injury prone, but that is the risk you take to get a quality left handed bat still in his prime. Sorry Joshua that we don't agree, but CarGo is a fit for the White Sox. Especially if the Rockies chipped in money. People are also worried about Cargo cause his home/road splits are pretty one sided.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 06:12 PM) First of all, welcome to modern day MLB. You're literally not moving on from high strikeout guys, they're all over the place. Secondly, he had a down year, with some major fielding issues and injury issues, both of which went to the plate with him. He's 27, at that age its entirely possible he could pull things together next year. Hell, he could probably be even better if he stays healthy and is put in the right setting. He's not the greatest hitter in human history, but he shouldn't have a very high price, he would fill a need on our team, and he'd be less of a long term money commitment than most of the other DH options. He ought to at least be on the list. Yup, all of this. I'm not giving up Semien and Beck for him but if you can get him on the cheap, he's the perfect fit for this team as he hits righties extremely well.

If we plan on competing next season then he breaks camp with the team if it was my decision.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 15, 2014 -> 02:26 PM) Anyone else see the amazing Tosh/Lane Kiffin sketch last night? One of the best things he's ever done. I love when he deals with sports issues. Good stuff.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 04:49 PM) Not a fan of the Richard Kind casting in Gotham. Only complaint. I didn't love Monday's episode. Certainly not bad, just not as good as the first 3.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 06:30 PM) Mike Rosenbaum , MLB Prospects Lead Writer Sep 24, 2014 top 100 prospects. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2209149...rankings/page/8 20. Carlos Rodon, LHP, Chicago White Sox 38. Tim Anderson, SS, Chicago White Sox 76. Micah Johnson, 2B, Chicago White Sox Maybe I'm just late to the party but I wasn't expecting Anderson to be that high on any list. Obviously means nothing but fun to see.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 15, 2014 -> 01:04 PM) without looking that had to be 04, Maggs went down the year before his contract was up and walked away as a FA to detroit replaced by Dye, Thomas had the foot issue that kept him out until June. IIRC 2003 was the year that Konerko and the offense got off to a terrible start. Ya, I'm pretty sure that was 04. Anyways that 03 team after they traded for Robbie and Carl was so damn talented and nothing. The offense was loaded, we had 3 of the best starting pitchers in the league and Damaso/Flash were absolutely unhittable aaaaand nothing. If it wasn't for 05 I'd still be super, super pissed about 03.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 15, 2014 -> 09:12 AM) Remember when the Sox swept Cleveland to end 05 and went in to the playoffs ready to roll? I dont think it is farfetched to believe that at all That wasn't the Sox that swept the Indians to end 05 that was the Charlotte Knights.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 15, 2014 -> 10:35 AM) Remember when Jerry Manuel started Neal Cotts instead of Buehrle on short rest in Yankee Stadium and Cotts got his ass kicked? Good times. I think we lost the game Buehrle started the next day anyhow. I remember the reasoning being that we had already won 2-3 against NY so we were going to save Mark for the next series. So dumb.

Laughs out loud.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 05:19 PM) Reading up on Smithpeters on the Saluki message board, and it is known that there are no police charges forthcoming, he violated the student code, and it is non academic. But, it could result in a 2 year ban. What the hell did he do? No idea and that board is really annoying me with how the people in the know refuse to say anything.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 09:47 AM) You can speculate on who was clean but there's no type to identify. Ryan Braun and Roger Clemens cheated. So did Alex Sanchez and Guillermo Mota. The 2005 Sox probably had some users; I bet every team still does. Trying to worry too much about it will just drive you crazy. I can guarantee you the 05 Sox had multiple users. I couldn't tell you who but there's no chance they were clean because no team was.

I must read up on the Civil War story in Marvel, sounds very cool.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) I think there is more of a tendency for this to happen when you don't live where the team you cheer for plays. I'm still a huge Bears fan, but since moving away, I notice not being constantly in the Bears incubator of water cooler talk, sports radio, local news, etc., sort of allows you to have more diverse interests. That makes sense. I know for me that there are some teams I care so much about(Bulls, Sox, SIU basketball) that there's just no way I could actually root for another team in that sport.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 10:29 PM) Sup ham face. Made me a legend around that apartment.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 07:33 AM) I thought Raw was great last week outside the last 30 minutes. Really enjoyed the matches. Orton-Ziggler was awesome and Rollins-Swagger was damn good too.

Well SIU fans just when things are looking up for the program it appears that Smithpeters did something really, really bad. Fantastic.

Really stupid, just protect Cena as much as possible. Oh well at least the end result is Ambrose and Rollins in the cell.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 8, 2014 -> 08:38 AM) Are you from Maine South? Nah, Stevenson. I might be off a year.

Brian are you going to quit covering HS sports when Stevenson wins state in football and basketball this year?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 02:51 PM) I'm not sure he's that much better than Abreu at 1B right now. He might have been better in his prime, but his fielding numbers have been below average the past few years. Abreu was a DH for 35 games last year and didn't hit that much worse than when he played 1B. I don't think he's one of those guys that only hits when he plays the field. You can have LaRoche as the primary 1B and form some kind of platoon to give Abreu reps there as well. Fair on LaRoche, I really didn't look into his defensive statistics this season so that's an oversight on my part. With Abreu it's more that I don't think the Sox want to make him a primary dh at this stage whether he hits fine from that spot or not.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 02:30 PM) I wouldn't want him for more than 2 years. He wouldn't be a bad option if it's 2 years and $16-$20 million. I like the idea, the only thing that worries me a bit is he's clearly a better 1b than Jose but you're not going to dh Abreu at the moment.

I was in the Soulard/downtown St. Louis area all day and night on Saturday and didn't see any protests or anything crazy going on, so there's that.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 12:05 PM) I heard this from people that were at the Podsednik walk off in the world series. People flip out when crazy things happen, im sure there are many fans that feel their stadium was the loudest ever when [insert amazing feat] happened. It could be where I was sitting or the fact that I was just so damn happy when Pods hit the walk off but I'll always remember USCF being louder for Iguchi's homer in game 2 of the ALDS than it was for Scott's walk off. I always tell people that the 2 loudest moments at a stadium/ballpark/whatever for me were Iguchi's homer and CM Punk in 2011, seriously...

I found both WSI and this board in 2003 but when I first started posting I was mostly on WSI. But between the Mods just being complete assholes there, the minor league coverage here and just the people in general, I switched over here and completely stopped posting there within the year.