Rowand44

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 04:40 PM) He could always have a rookie do it. Said rookie better not miss otherwise he'll never pitch for the Sox again.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 04:20 PM) I'm amazed that anyone here still thinks Rios has a place in this lineup. I'd throw anyone out there in his place, including one of our pitchers. Buehrle leads the Sox in ops... And this will be the 2nd year in the last 3 that he has done so. Think we found our dh.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) That's the problem, I'd have to see that thing in person 15-20 times a year. Ha, ya I know you're a NU fan, that's what I said that. If SIU did something like that, I'd be pretty pissed off, for NU though, I love it!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 01:06 PM) I agree with 2k5 here. Even if I can just drink 15 beers and hit on hot latinas, that's enough for me. Not a cheap day at the ballpark apparently.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) Ozzie is all talk. He's an absolute coward on the field. Examples are not benching players when they don't hustle to not retaliating when his players get hit. For all the talk about how "crazy" he is, he's a pretty damn conservative manager. Ding, ding and might I add ding.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 01:54 PM) The all-purple one is painful. Haha, as long as it's not for my team, I love stuff like that, it's so ridiculous that it makes it interesting for me.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 04:30 PM) Everything...I have no idea why any player would ever want to play for this organization if they have to worry that anything that happens behind the scenes could be fair game to be exposed to the media by the manager's kid. As much as I love the White Sox(and I will until the day I die) it's becoming increasingly hard to root for this management group and this group of players. I never thought being a Sox fan would be this f***in hard.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) Mark Teahen tweet: Interesting... Hahahahahaha awesome.

Our organization is in deep, deep trouble boys and girls.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 09:22 PM) Considering that I'm snipped, I don't have much to stand on since this is my only offspring. Marko may have all the leverage. Wow, terrible negotiating ploy by you right there. Never let that stuff out in the media.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) Don't worry, Joe Cowardly will report it on Sunday. That guy literally brings 0 new info to the table.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 04:03 PM) Sidebar negotiations about a possible arranged marriage between my son and Marko's daughter. The deal fell apart due to "philosophical" reasons on Marko's part. I think that covers it in a nutshell. He can always throw in a child to be named later.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 03:18 PM) It's awesome how on edge everyone is and how any random tweet can generate excitement. The trade deadline is the f***ing best, no matter what. I have a love/hate relationship with the trade deadline. It's driving me nuts but it's awesome at the same time.

Oh boy.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 03:04 PM) If the Sox get a couple of the Braves pitching prospects, some of which are knocking on the door, it could clear the way for the Sox to move Danks now. That is if they feel the value they could get from the Yankees at the deadline will be greater than what they can get during the off-season. That'd be one way to replenish the farm system in the blink of an eye.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 03:59 PM) If we became buyers. I wonder who Kenny will go after Dayan Viciedo.

What the hell just happened in this thread?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 02:54 PM) I'm not that interested in Minor. His big trait is "pitchability" and while that can work out, I like guys with dazzling stuff, especially if Quentin is as in demand as is being hinted at. Minor is a lot like Buehrle from a stuff perspective. I don't know whether Minor will have the ridiculous ability to locate and keep guys off balance, like Buehrle has. Ya, please no.

Rowand44 laughs out loud.

QUOTE (Special K @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 12:09 PM) How'd he do in that trade for Nick Swisher or Javy Vasquez? Very non comparable situations. Not that I have faith in Kenny to pull this off correctly but if he's trading Carlos, he better be getting a Kings Ransom back in return.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) Hypothetically, the Sox could have moved Jackson/Thornton/+ for Rasmus, then turned around and dealt Quentin for Dominic Brown? Umm, Brown/Rasmus/Viciedo in the outfield for a decade............. Why must you do that?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 01:04 PM) I wouldn't mind being the beneficiary of that type of behavior, one team driving up the price to hurt the ohter. That'd be a nice change of pace, wouldn't it?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 11:53 AM) People dismissing the rumor or being surprised that this is the kind of package we should get in return for him. That's a ton for any player. Quentin has been a great player this year but he's not an upper echelon superstar where you completely destroy your farm. 2 of those players I can see but all 3? That seems a little too outrageous to me. Hope I'm wrong.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) In his major league career, Carlos has BB/HBP in 12.3% of his PA. In the minors/majors combines, Dayan has BB/HBP in 5.7% of his PA. It takes an awfully good AVG/SLG to make up for that kind of difference long term, especially on a team that already has too many guys in Dayan's category of plate discipline and not enough in Carlos'. I'm not saying that you don't make the trade if the return is good enough, but all those free bases will be missed, and opposing starters will be throwing 10+ fewer pitches the first two times through the lineup. Dayan's plate discipline has improved by about a million times this year so using his career stats for that is insanely misleading.