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QUOTE(SEALgep @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 06:32 AM) Did Ozzie continuously run this team out of innings? Did he put his players in position to get hurt? Did he continuously mishandle the pitching staff? No - when the teams performance is hindered by strategy, and not injuries and poor execution, then I think its fair to blame Ozzie. He's ran us out of innings before in his own way by giving up unnecessary outs, sure. Toby Hall comes to mind. Yes imo though you seem to see it a different way.

QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 02:34 AM) rowand44=big jew. the end. How was your date with Ian tonight?

QUOTE(beautox @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 12:03 AM) i posted this over at SSS thought id repost here. I see our only competition for Alvarez as Baltimore; and here is why: Tampa Bay has Evan Longoria looking to break into the hot corner out of ST next year, with Akinori Iwamura moving to an MI spot, possibly SS hes got an amazing glove and above average arm at 3B, he could be average to slightly above at SS. Florida still has Miguel and if they ever get a new stadium they'll lock him up long term to play 3B so long as he doesn't eat him self out of it, he should be a fixture there for the foreseeable future. If not they just drafted Matt Dominguez incase they can't keep Miguel or he needs to be moved to 1B/LF. Pittsburgh has Neil Walker who since being moved from behind the dish has gotten better and has been able to focus more on his bat and should be ready for the pirates in the next year and a half. That brings us to Baltimore they've got Bill Rowell who is still a bit away but has alot of promise, in the interm they've got mora and huff at 3B, so they strike me as the only team that would pick him ahead of us seeing how their FO is horrible. They've taken two catchers over the past three years in Brandon Snyder & Matt Wieters. None of that matters. Best available player in the MLB draft, that's all that matters.

Ankiel is slugging .765? LOLZ

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 05:39 PM) Marmol to closer? It's not the slam dunk everybody thinks when you consider that before today, Dempster had saved 14 in a row, plus how are we sure Marmol will handle the move well? I've seen young guys with great stuff in relief move to closer and have issues many a time before, not everybody can be Bobby Jenks. Movie not move. Ankiel.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 05:01 PM) AFC West 1. Denver 2. San Diego* 3. Kansas City 4. Oakland North 1. Baltimore 2. Cincinnati* 3. Pittsburgh 4. Cleveland South 1. Indianapolis 2. Jacksonville 3. Houston 4. Tennessee East 1. New England 2. Buffalo 3. New York 4. Miami Playoffs Wild card Denver over Cincinnati San Diego over Baltimore Divisional New England over San Diego Indianapolis over Denver AFC Championship Game New England over Indianapolis NFC West 1. San Francisco 2. Seattle 3. St. Louis 4. Arizona North 1. Chicago 2. Minnesota 3. Green Bay 4. Detroit South 1. Carolina 2. New Orleans* 3. Tampa Bay 4. Atlanta East 1. Philadelphia 2. Dallas* 3. New York 4. Washington Playoffs Wild Card Carolina over Dallas New Orleans over San Francisco Divisional Chicago over New Orleans Philadelphia over Carolina NFC Championship Game Chicago over Philadelphia Super Bowl XL2 New England over Chicago Awards AFC: SD Denver * KC Oakland Cinci Pitt Balti Cleveland Indy Jax Houston Tenn Pats Bills* Dolphins Jets Wildcard: Denver over Cinci Indy over Bills Divisional: SD over Denver Pats over Colts Championship: Pats over SD NFC: Seattle San Fran Arizona St. Louis Bears Packers Vikings Lions Saints Panthers* Falcons Bucs Dallas Eagles* Giants Skins Wildcard: Panthers over Seattle Cowboys over Eagles Divisional: Saints over Cowboys Bears over Panthers Championship: Bears over Saints Superbowl: Pats over Bears

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 05:18 PM) Oh if you were asking me to guess where he's going, I would tell you SIU while Taylor is going to Illinois. I'm just saying it's basically dead even right now, and the visit to Champaign might decide it. Oh, and dont ask me when I have friends and family in Sterling effin Illinois, but I do, so there ya go on Bertrand. I'd agree with you there. Whatever though, I'm just going to wait and see. Playing with the big boys recruiting wise is both fun and exhausting so I'm just going to let everything play out here.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 05:15 PM) You guys that want 'em to lose have a lot in common with Cubs fans right now. You want the Sox to lose. Congrats. Ha, that doesn't make sense at all.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 05:12 PM) Yeah whoever gave you the Bertrand info, while I believe is a trusted source, had bad info on Bertrand. It's been an even battle between SIU and Illinois for several months now, and probably will remain that way until signing day. Unless of course, Bertrand is lying to my face when I talk to him about it. So yeah, in this case, I REALLY trust my source. Well fair enough but I've heard other things and I still think SIU has a lead here. Not what it was before hand but we'll see. JB is visiting Champaign with Diamond Taylor this weekend so we'll see what happens. I like Bruce more than most Illinois fans but I'll still take my chances with Lowery here in a battle between him and Bruce. Should be interesting, we'll see what happens.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 04:55 PM) Rick Ankiel Today: 3 for 4 with a walk, 3 run home run, 2 run home run, 2 run double, 4 runs scored, and 7 RBI. And it's in the 6th and 14-3 btw. Fun stuff.

Last month I said in here that Bertrand to SIU was a done deal. I'm never going to say anything is a done deal from now on until the LOI is signed. SIU still leads for Bertrand but it looks like we might get a recruting battle between CLo and Bruce.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 11:06 PM) 2008 is likely Miggy's final season in Florida. Hopefully he'll take a million dollars a year to play for the White Sox.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 01:17 AM) You guy's didn't like What Comes Around or My Love or Summer Love? Honestly, his album is a musical masterpiece and this guy is beyond talented. I honestly hated both songs.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 12:11 PM) Correct, but I was also assuming some sort of improvement over his rookie campaign, especially with his increase numbers with each month that he plays. He has increased his HR rate since he was brought up quite steadily. I would say 30 hr is a lock. 40 hr is realistic. A lock is a bit premature, and by a bit I mean a lot. I've really fallen in love with Fields this season but there aren't too many player in major league baseball who are locks to hit 30 hr's, especially someone that's going to be in their first full season.

Kuric down to 4 schools: Michigan, Louisville, SLU and SIU. He was on campus here this past weekend, hopefully he enjoyed himself.

Very cool.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 07:39 PM) Lance Broadway sighting For those of us who can't watch, let us know how awful he looks.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 07:31 PM) you couldn't be more right... he was once in N'Sync, his break, and so people can't get over it. he's putting out music, especially the album Future Sex Love Sounds, that rival the King of Pop but cross more genres. It's straight good. People are entitled to their own opinion, but what he said rings true. Timberlake won't get a fair shake with many on this board bc he is Justin Timberlake. In my opinion, the music is awesome, his performance was awesome... so entertaining... those who love music and the many different things that go into making music should seemingly enjoy watching this performance. If you haven't seen it, turn it on in its HD greatness next time it runs. I don't get it, people like different types of music, just because someone isn't a fan of his music doesn't mean he's not getting a fair shake.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 07:32 PM) I still don't understand how a "fan" would encourage losing because of some crapshoot draft. Success in the MLB draft results a s***LOAD more in scouting and the philosophy of the minor league system over something as silly as a draft position in a 60+round draft. Hell, these days most of the great MLB players aren't even drafted. Cause losing is the best thing for this organization right now. Winning doesn't do crap for this team, it's not that hard to figure it out really. Crapshoot or not, like Kalapse said, if we get the number 1 pick, we get the best player in the draft(at least in our minds). That's the best thing possible for this franchise right now, winning games right now doesn't do us anything.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 05:35 PM) A small part of me wants the White Sox to skip a true number one talent because of Boras. Wouldn't that be hilarious? No.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 04:21 PM) Hell, just in a 4 year span the #1 overall pick produced possibly the greatest offensive 3B the game has ever seen (Jones does have the highest OPS for a 3B , though I'm sure Schmidt would get the majority of the votes) and quite possibly the best player to every play the game. I've honestly never realized just how great Chipper has been until the past few weeks. Obviously he's been a very good player through out his career, I just didn't realize he was this good.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 04:07 PM) I barely watched either game so I didn't really have any feelings either way but I suppose the loss made me feel better than the win since the loss can only help this team in the long run and the win will do absolutely nothing. Having the #1 pick would allow for the Sox to take their guy, they can draft the player who they feel is the absolute best player in the draft. If there's someone that a scout or KW has fallen in love with and they think he's the balls then they can take him, no one can stop them. Picking up an extra meanings 7 wins at the end of a miserable season and pushing the draft pick back to #8 would only limit the White Sox's draft flexibility. Flexibility can only be a good thing IMO. I couldn't care less about past top 3-5 picks, the Sox having the ability to take their guy, someone who people feel is the most talented player in the draft sounds pretty damn good to me. The 1 pick has also produced two of the most talented players ever in recent memory. Not that I'm comparing Alvarez or anyone in this draft to Jr. or Arod but you get a shot at a real special talent with the 1 pick.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 03:17 PM) The tribe gave Wedge and extension during a bad year and he has a worse record than ozzie does. Does that mean they continue to make horrible personnel decisions as well? In fact this is only Wedge's second season over .500 in 5 years. Well you missed the point. Not to mention comparing the Indians at that time to the Sox now is apples and oranges.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 03:13 PM) Yeah, they should probably fire him and hire someone else. this team would have been 100-62 without Ozzie I don't blame this season on Ozzie at all. I do believe he is a horrible manager though. Plus, you always see teams give their manager an extension when they're in a battle for the worst record in baseball.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 03:11 PM) Did I read that right? Yup "White Sox organization continues to make awful decisions."