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this franchise clearly is playing for 2011....why is everyone excited about this trade? Gooden is younger and better than brad miller, and was an expiring contract (though I realize its possible Drew won't play the rest of the year). Maybe Miller is a better defender with a bigger body, but not by much. John salmons is an average player on a horrible team which has caused his PPG to skyrocket...players like salmons are a dime a dozen, IMO he's barely an upgrade over nocioni...Part of me is angry because the NBA is clearly a superstar league and instead of landing the superstars over the years we end up with guys Brad Miller. On the other hand I think this sends a message that we will be real players in the 2010 FA class as we cleared up Noc's deal for that year

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 18, 2009 -> 12:01 PM) No. Poreda to AAA unless every outing in ST is a no hitter for him. I want him starting. Richard looks like an ideal bullpen guy based on his splits in outings last year. what if we need richard in the rotation? Even with all the recent talk, I dont expect Jose to be ready for at least a couple weeks, and who knows with Colon. We might need Richard as a starter, and then we need a second lefty in the pen. I like the idea of Poreda developing his offspeed pitches as a starter in the minors, but lots of guys have had success in their first year in the majors as relievers and then made the shift to starter

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 17, 2009 -> 02:13 PM) Add Blake Griffin to that. not necessarily, sacramento and washington both have worse records right now....

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Feb 17, 2009 -> 02:47 PM) This deal sounds more like a bulls move: NYK Tyrus Hughes Bulls Malik Allen David Lee Jared Jeffries This was reported on ESPN.com print your finals tickets now. um...and by reported do you mean it was suggested by a columnist as a trade that he thinks should be made, but has absolutely no substance or rumor of it even being talked? http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/stor...eOptions-090217

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 08:45 PM) Yeah, so if the Suns want those 3 guys from Memphis, how would they get that in equal value from Chicago? expiring contracts, cap relief....

posnanski writes one of the best blogs on the internet...and im not talking only baseball or sports blogs, but just one of the best blogs period and that is a cool post

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 11:14 PM) BP projects Owens at a -27 VORP. you must be missing a decimal... negative twenty seven? I've never heard of a VORP that low.....hell even wise is projected at "only" -0.5....or is that actually correct?

i know some of you watch top chef, even if you won't admit it.... leah went home tonight, and frankly, she was clearly the 5th best chef of the ones left, but it seemed to me like Stefan made the worst dish this week and probably should have gone home for that, even though I do think he's the best of the 5...

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QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 06:53 PM) I hate you rock. Anyway you're looking to sell any of those at all? I'm desperate and would be willing to pay now. i got ones for cubs sox and opening day ...both of which I am looking to sell...though i'm not going to lie, I plan on trying to sell them for a profit on ebay or stubhub, and I know its against soxtalk rules to sell for profit on here, so can't really help ya out

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 07:49 PM) The more I think about it, the more I kinda want the Bears to draft a LB to replace Urlacher i said a while ago i think cushing would be perfect to play strong side right now, and potentially move inside in a couple years when urlacher is done

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 04:40 PM) The lawsuit would be public record. They just made it more accessible. yeah, i thought it probably was public anyways, but either way i personally find the distribution of it pretty disturbing

something doesn't really seem right...they had unprotected sex from 2002-2006 and she didn't contract HIV? either way this whole story is rather disturbing and unfortunate....alot of this is private stuff, especially the fact that he was raped, and really shouldn't be made public. the smokinggun is a cool website sometimes, but sometimes they really should respect the private lives of people

Just heard on sports center that Dunn will sign with the Nats...2 year deal, no other details

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 10:33 AM) He signed with the Angels for a little more than $5 million + incentives. look at how much the economy has changed just over the course of this offseason...Raul Ibanez who is a year older than Abreu got 3 years 30 mil....and now abreu signed for 1 year 5...wow

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 12:21 AM) What a comeback by the Bulls. great game....this team has really played well lately...noah and thomas have finally bought into running the floor and making things happen around the basket...both have looked very good lately

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this is a projection...and I don't agree with it...74 wins basically assumes that we have an equal probability of winning 68 as we do 80...something I just can't buy...however, as always on any teams message board, I think some posters are a bit too high on the team as constructed....im gonna steal fathoms role briefly and become mr. pessimism, but here are my overly pessimistic concerns and reasons why i dont think we will win the division (for the record I think we will win 80-82) Rotation: Its certainly possible Floyd and Danks continue to take another step forward, but I think its more likely that they take a step back. Not necessarily huge, but ERAs in the mid 4s, which is something buerhle is always capable of as well. Also, I always always always worry about the innings buehrle has accumulated. Clayton Richard pitched well down the stretch, but it seems alot of sox fans have forgotten the 4.1 IP 9 Run vs KC type games that he gave up his first month and a half. This also says nothign about the health of Colon who hasnt started 10 games at league average ERA since we won the WS in 2005. Bullpen: Bullpens are fickle and could always go bad, but this is a fairly solid area IMO. However a serious injury to Jenks (decreased velo, declining K rates, history of injury all red flags concerning his health) and the pen could be in rough shape, especially with Linebrink and Dotel having injury issues themselves. Lineup: Huge hole in CF. We are going to go with either, Wise (who is the very definition of Replacement player in the term VORP), Owens (could post the worst slg % among mlb regulars while not being very adept at reaching base) or Anderson (hasn't shown 1 bit he can hit in the majors). PK, Thome, and Dye all are in years where they have red flags due to health, specifically Dye who will be playing the field. Add in Quentins likely regression a bit and his injury concerns, and we are counting heavily on guys who could be injured half way through the year. I may be the only one not wanting to anoint Alexei yet, but I worry about hitters who only draw 18 walks in 480 AB...same goes for AJ. While those guys look to be solid, their obp detracts from their overall effectiveness. Fields i believe will be actually decent. another big hole at 2b...lillibridge 2008 minor league stats suggest he shouldn't come near this roster, i think Getz and Nix will have alot of growing pains Defense: potentially horrible. Dye and AJ are brutal. Alexei made some flashy plays and is moving to his "natural position" but defensive metrics suggest he was bad at 2b, and moving to SS likely won't help. If Wise is our everyday CF for any extended length of time we will be the worst up the middle defensive team in the bigs (though 2b has a chance to be good with Getz, Nix and lillibridge, the last two are supposed to be excellent defenders). Lets assume Fields has improved, but that puts him to what...average at best? Quentin and Konerko are average defenders. Hopefully Anderson hits and wins out CF, because he is stellar out there. Now i know this entire post takes a "if everything goes to hell" approach, and I could go back and post reasons why I am optimistic on each one of those guys as well (ie Konerko will likely be better), but IMO these concerns are somewhat realistic and must factor into the projection of our team. I wanted KW to rebuild last year, and it looks like he is slowly beginning to rebuild this year, something our team has desperately needed. And i understand that our best chance of actually competing for a title may not come til 2011 or so, so I am ok taking a few lumps this year

QUOTE (MO2005 @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 03:54 PM) OBP 2008 Stats Wise .293 Anderson .290 Owens .250 i love small sample sizes

im pissed...i have some s***ty cable company..Wide open west and they don't have this channel...i will be moving though sometime in summer so im going to make sure my cable company has it

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 12:19 PM) You're blind or naive if you actually think that's the only time he took steroids. Oh, it just so happens that he only took steroids in the timeframe in which he was on the Rangers. He's feeding you bulls*** and you're all eating it up. i agree...he said he had the weight of the world on him...lol what about in new york when he was constantly booed? how about the year after he was booed in the 2006 playoffs for going 1-14...he came out that april and hit .355 and 14 HR....he's not telling the whole truth, but i'm not really sure why he would

the "tyrus thomas has averged 15 pts and 10 rbs over the past week" crap drives me up a wall...amare has averaged better than that for the entire year, and hes having a down year

the cubs will win the world series....they will cake walk through that joke of a division and i think theyll finally break through in the playoffs...that hurts me to say, and believe me, ill take great pleasure if it doesnt happen, but with the money they spend and the way the NL has been lately, its gonna happen sooner than later IMO

AJ, armstrong PK Fields, betemit Ramirez, lillibridge getz Quentin Anderson, Owens Dye Thome Lillibridge being able to play LF or CF will be big...if he can wise is out I think. Buerhle, Danks, Floyd, Colon, Richard/Marquez Jenks, Thornton, Dotel, Linebrink, Carasco, LHP (Richard or Poreda depending on who is starter) It all depends on if we carry 11 or 12 pitchers. With a the question marks in the rotation we could go with 12, meaning Wise and Nix both won't make the team and the last spot will be a battle of russell vs. wasserman vs. jimenez (dont count out broadway either) etc. I think probably we will go with 11, and Nix vs. Wise will battle it out for the last spot...I'd like to see Nix make the team, I think he'll impress more than people think

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 02:50 PM) Great job by ARod being a stand-up person about this. The Bonds/Clemens stuff is going to scare people into being honest, which is good for everyone involved. thats really the intentions of congress and all the feds that are pushing this on bonds and clemens IMO....now you look at it and its like...if you are a great baseball player, why risk it? theres an actual downside now, and thats falling out of favor with public perception. That impacts their entire career and potential HOF stuff. To me that is 1.) incentive to stay clean and 2.) incentive to be honest about past use 10 years ago the risk of getting caught/publicly ostracized for steroid use wasn't real, now hopefully that threat will keep the game a little bit cleaner