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cowley tweeted that ozzie said why he hates cj wilson, i wonder what he said and why he was mentioned

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) The Alexi pic cracks me up and Freddy looks like he started a punk band in the offseason. wow,freddy looks great, doesnt look fat at all

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) The White Sox won the world series because of incredible pitching which included a ridiculous 2.55 ERA in the postseason. They Sox then hit 236 homers in '06. 36 more than when they won it all. They must have won it all again right? They didn't? What was different? Oh yeah, their pitching SUCKED! i have to agree with you. although the teams hit for a lot of power, pitching was still number one. pitching 1, hrs 2

i saw again on mlb rumors, that damon most likely will go to the braves or tigers. so my question is: why did the tigers trade granderson? he wasnt making that much money,esp considering how good he was and how he was a leader. so they trade him and sign valverde and might get damon? i thought the whole point was to lower the payroll

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) Some great quotes so far: - Kenny says no Soxfest surprise - Kenny says he wanted to bring in an ace so that Floyd/Danks can see what one does and how they go about the game - Mark Gonzalez tweets that Jenks is in great shape and any negative feelings are past him yea, this was his quote, KW on Peavy - "Everyone has to do their part. ... I wanted young guys like John Danks and Gavin to see what a No. 1 looks like." thought it was interesting, him basically saying buehrle isnt a number 1. great reading that jenks lost 25 pounds

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 03:55 PM) well, the new ball park will take care of that for a few years, well past when Thome will be retired why is that? last yr, which was the final yr in the dome, they were in the race till the last game of the season, and they still only drew 2.3mil. i know people will want to see the new stadium this yr but the weather does get bad there and if they arent good, people wont go. even when theyre good, its still hard for them to draw fans

QUOTE (b-Rye @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 03:06 PM) Star Tribune says "Twins interest is Real" http://www.startribune.com/blogs/82410307....=KArksDyycyUUUU It looks likely they'll sign him for part time DH/Pinch Hitter, he's a helluva teammate/mentor, and will put fans in the seats. One of my favorite players, too bad the Sox "Don't need him". mauer and morneau cant even do that, i doubt thome will lol

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 12:39 PM) Jim Thome to the Twins? gonzalez supposably isnt even available at the moment so what does that mean?(signing thome if they dont land agon)

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 07:44 PM) No way, Go Cubs Go is just a brutal song. id much rather have that as our song(go sox, go) than lets go go white sox, the music is brutal, it sounds like music theyd play through an ice cream truck and the lyrics are worse. im just trying to be honest and not biased lol both suck but ill give the edge to the go song

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 07:35 PM) Don't let your friends be cubs fans: thought it was a... pretty funny video Clever made from the kids sad/funny thing is, the lets go white sox song is more lame than the cubs one lol

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 06:16 PM) http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-t...p&type=lgns Tigers slugger Cabrera treated for alcoholism yup,hes never going to touch alcohol again

well theres no point in complaining about it anymore,thats just how its going to be i guess. we should atleast see how it works. we cant just asume its not going to. if it doesnt, then we'll just trade for gonzalez. jp lol

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 16, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) Just like he did before his ROY season. He's a joke. um...well since he lost all that weight, or came off of peds, etc, does this mean hes going to suck or be good because he lost weight? i cant believe how he looks in this pic...doesnt even look like him soto

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 03:20 PM) This price seems kind of high for a backup catcher no? Granted we are hoping he goes up to his career avgs. Man weve had bad luck with offensive catchers going to us as backups and becoming the worst offensive players in the history of the game. sigh...i just cant stand all these reasonable deals going out to players that would completely upgrade a huge offensive hole for us and we cry poor. yea, matsui or vlad would look great in our lineup..too bad. at the same time, the sox(ozzie) must really not want a dh because i seriously doubt theyd have a problem adding 3-7 mil for a dh. if they wanted one, theyd have one by now

i saw on mlb rumors that eric byrnes might get released. anyone interested?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 03:11 PM) As do I. Minor league deals never hurt. Coop could find something wrong with him mechanically in ST, and have him work on it (sox have wanted him for years) and could have a good year in AAA, furthering our depth with Garcia/Hudson. I'll be keeping an eye on Daniel alot. coop isnt that good lol hes never figured it out and probly never will. coop couldnt fix mac, sisco or aardsma

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 10:58 PM) I vacationed in Florida over Christmas-New Years Eve, and my phone, complete with a web browser bookmarked ESPN and MLB.com broke down about 2 weeks ago. I haven't gotten much time to check in with Sox news since then, but a few days ago I had a gut feeling that Pods signed with either the Tigers or Royals. Today I log on and lo and behold. For that money, and after that season, the price was right for Podsednik. The Sox need a DH, and it pains me to know that they're going to dumpster dive to get one. I wish they had made that (DH) spot a priority and *then* weighed their options for the leadoff spot. This offense, until it proves otherwise, is smelly s*** on the bottom of my shoe. When you field a pitching staff as good as the Sox seemingly have, and as risky as it is to bank it all on that staff, (injury, slumps, insert whatever factor you can imagine cause its all legit) and take away a year off their contracts should it not work out, why not fill a friggin DH spot in a bandbox of a ballpark instead of assuming the current trio of lol, wtf, and Jones will produce? I am a fan of the Jones signing. Probably, he won't produce as he has in his prime, but Uribe-esque numbers are certainly not out of his reach. That said, Uribe was a SS/3B/2B. We had a pair of guys whose last names began in TH (and a crazy EV) during Profundo's tenure. Lose a Dye, and who is going to hit HR's? It could be Beckham, Rios, Konerko, Ramirez, and even Teahen or AJ, but I think the liklihood of the afore-mentioned jacking the pearl on a consistent basis is just as likely as not. At this point, bring back one of our past "TH" sluggers, bring back Dye, or, *fills out mega millions card* get Dunn! Don't put a bat in Andruw's hands, kiss him on the forehead, and expect to see anything but the end of September. I hope the "splash" the White Sox make this season isn't banking on The Twins sucking on grass, The Tigers losing Granderson, The Royals being the Royals, or The Indians just sucking in general. well,when we had this lineup (something like that) ,im pretty sure we thought the same thing. our pitching is real good and if they do what they can do, our current lineup is enough. 1) Pods 2) Iguchi 3) JD 4) Konerko 5) Everett 6) Rowand 7) Pierzynski 8) Crede 9) Uribe

QUOTE (SockMe @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 07:48 PM) I hate that he went to the Royals. I have a bad feeling he will kill us everytime we play them. were talking about going deep into the playoffs with this awesome staff yet were going to be worried about pods killing us? thats bad lol

QUOTE (G&T @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 04:42 PM) Ugh. The very fact that the White Sox would be another option for his services automatically raises Pods' value. And in any event, Pierre is better and healthier than Pods. I don't see how having Pods would suddenly make them better than "one of the worst offenses in the majors." exactly. and kw isnt the one that lost here. pods is. he could be on the sox,where he enjoyed it and people liked him and be on a potentially first place team. and i bet he would of made atleast 2mil here. have fun in kc lol

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 04:38 PM) Of course not. KW didn't wait and he ended up losing and now we have one of the worst offenses in the majors and Andrew Jones as our DH. and pods would have made us that much better? i guess u enjoyed watching pods run the bases and catching* the ball

QUOTE (StatManDu @ Dec 25, 2009 -> 04:25 PM) I have posted this on Christmas before ... This is the best day to do this! The White Sox make a brief appearance in the "Christmas Story" movie when the dad indicates that the team had traded "Bullfrog" while reading the paper. "Bullfrog" was Sox pitcher Bill Dietrich, a stalwart of the 1940s, who was never traded by the club. "Christmas Story" author Jean Shepherd was a huge Sox fan so he probably knew this White Sox "Christmas Story" ... The only player in Major League history with the last name Christmas played 12 of his 24 big league games with the 1986 White Sox. Catcher Steve Christmas hit .364 with a double, a clutch home run and four RBIs in his time with the White Sox. The Sox "Christmas Story" began on Nov. 21, 1983 when the left-handed hitter was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for infield prospect Fran Mullins. Christmas, who hit .059 in nine games with 1983 Reds, was a non-roster invitee to spring training in Sarasota, Fla., but began 1984 at the White Sox Triple-A affiliate at Denver where his teammates included Jerry Manuel, Ron Karkovice, Tim Hulett, Daryl Boston, Joel Skinner and Larry Rothschild. Christmas' first stint with the Sox came from June 12 to June 22. The native of Orlando, Fla., was brought to Chicago when Carlton Fisk went on the disabled list. Christmas didn't see any time behind the plate as the Sox went with the highly-touted Skinner in Fisk's absence. Christmas' first action with the Sox finally came on June 14 when he grounded out as a pinch-hitter for Jerry Dybzinski. Two days later, Christmas delivered a pinch-RBI single in the ninth inning of a 6-4 loss at Oakland. Christmas was hitting for Scott Fletcher and got his hit off of Oakland closer Bill Caudill. In his next appearance, Christmas came through again, this time notching a one-out pinch-double off future Sox "gas can" Mike Stanton in the ninth inning of an 8-2 loss at Seattle June 19. Christmas was returned to Denver after the White Sox 8-6 win over the Twins June 22 in Minnesota. Christmas finished the season at Denver where he helped the Bears earn a spot in the American Association playoffs. Denver upset the Cubs' Iowa affiliate in five games in the semifinal round before bowing to Louisville in five games in the championship series. Christmas, who shared time behind the plate with Skinner, Karkovice and Jamie Quirk, hit .278 with four homers and 29 RBIs during the regular season for Denver. He returned to the White Sox for the rest of the season in early September. Christmas made his Comiskey Park debut in a 5-4 loss to Oakland on Sept. 5, 1984 when he was retired for the second out pinch-hitting for Vance Law in the ninth. After another unsuccessful pinch-hitting appearance Sept. 8, 1984 against the Angels at Comiskey Park, Christmas made his lone defensive appearance with the Sox. On Sept. 16, 1984 in Anaheim, Christmas entered the game in the eighth inning at catcher. He played one inning in the 4-2 setback, catching Richard Dotson and could not throw out Gary Pettis trying to steal. The next time Christmas took the field he made things merry for the Sox. On Sept. 19, 1984, Christmas, pinch-hitting for Marc "The Booter" Hill, launched a three-run pinch-homer in the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie in a 7-3 win at Minnesota. The blast, which victimized the team that drafted and signed Christmas, came off Mike Smithson with Greg Walker and Dybzinski on base as the defending American League West champs barely stayed alive in the division race (nine games back with 11 to play). The next day, Christmas posted what turned out to be his final hit with the Sox. He led off the 13th with a single off Ron Davis batting for Hill and was then lifted for pinch-runner Rudy Law. The Sox couldn't parlay Christmas' last gift to the Sox into a run and wound up losing 5-4 to the Twins in the next inning. That hit peaked Christmas' average and on-base percentage at a whopping .571 and placed his slugging percentage at a more-than-robust 1.143. From there, Christmas went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts to close out his Sox career. Christmas first time ended for the Sox on Dec. 10 when they released him. A little more than a month later, it was Christmastime again for the Sox as they signed him with a free agent. Christmas received another non-roster invitee to spring training but he did not make the club nor did he appear with the Sox during the 1985 season. Christmas spent 1985 at the Sox Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo where he manned third base and appeared some at designated hitter. Playing for John Boles, who would later manage the Flordia Marlins, Christmas finished fourth in the American Association with a .298 average while finishing second on the Bisons to Joe DeSa (17) with 16 home runs. Following the season, Christmas was granted free agency and signed with the Cubs thus closing the book on the Sox "Christmas Story." the word/name "christmas" is in this story like 500 times lol merry christmas to everyone

QUOTE (Ranger @ Dec 21, 2009 -> 01:43 PM) Well let's go ahead and get to the "bringin' it" you speak of: First, I'll just start by saying that your real-world scenario already doesn't work when you admit that one of your options couldn't possibly be available to the Sox anyway. I don't understand how you think that signing Nick Johnson and then plugging the rest of the holes with league-minimum salaried players, makes this team better. Rick Ankiel? No. The backups they currently have didn't cost them all that much at all. You're acting like they've spent $20 million on it. The Sox current bench is better than yours and your bullpen is not as good as the one they've got now. . How would you even set that lineup? It's almost like you're just throwing out cheap names to fill spots. I'm sorry, but that team you have listed is just simply not better. couldnt agree more. and if that currently was our roster,like u said: people would be complaining about all the no names

lol thought it was a funny pic from 670 the score, "Look who Santa is TAKING OUT OF TOWN!"

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Dec 17, 2009 -> 08:58 PM) Can we change the thread title because I am tired of this being bumped with zero White Sox News...thanks.... especially since agon isnt coming here for various reasons..

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 17, 2009 -> 06:46 PM) $5.5 million is a ton for a guy who can't stay healthy. yea,although i would have liked him on the team, it is too much for him. i rather have matsui at a mil more. and i rather have the sox get more of a power bat