South Side Fireworks Man

Alexei smokes a hit to LF.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 08:45 PM) Look at his resume. He is an all-time great, Yankee or not. And he sure played like an All-Star tonight.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 07:14 PM) All I got out of your post is that you really dislike Avisail Garcia....I have a feeling that you're going to be disappointed if you're expecting a more talented prospect than Garcia in return for Alexei. I don't dislike him at all. In fact I somewhat like him. I'm just not buying into the hype that he's somehow a sure thing to be a superstar. I think he has a pretty good chance to be a productive player and a chance that he may be star. But I also think there is a chance he becomes a disappointment. But again my point is that you should expect to get more of a return for an All-Star SS who rarely ever gets a day off signed to a reasonable contract than the return we got for an overpaid injury prone pitcher.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 07:17 PM) What better prospect than Avi were we getting for an injury prone starter? But we should get much more of a return for an All-Star SS who almost never misses a game. You make my point.

Great ovation for Alexei as he takes the field!

QUOTE (lord chas @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 06:54 PM) He owes the Sox organization and fans an apology for how he just threw a tantrum and quit He threw a tantrum and whined that he couldn't honor his contract and manage without an extension. JR gave him his extension and then he arranged to manage the Marlins and quit on the Sox during a pennant race. Forget him.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 06:45 PM) I think that would be a pretty excellent return. A top 50 prospect + some high upside lower level guys would be nice. SS is a premium position and Alexei is among the best in the league, is only 32 years old and is under control for two ore sesons at a reasonable salary. The Sox have no one in the organization pushing him, so they have no reason to trade him unless they get an offer they can't refuse. If some contender wants a top level SS like Alexei to put them over this season plus be under team control the next two seasons, they better be willing to cough up more than a flawed prospect like Garcia, an outfielder with poor defense who is big and strong but has never hit for much power and who has great speed but already seems to have lost a half step and is probably going to lose more speed as he gets heavier and older. He may have been rated as a top 50 prospect by somebody, and he may turn out to be a productive player yet, but for Alexei the Sox better get a top 50 prospect that is more of a complete player and has proven more than Garcia has to this point. Plus a few more good prospects.

QUOTE (kevo880 @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 04:05 PM) I would be very happy to get a Peavy like return for Alexei. I would barf. If they trade Alexei, they better do a lot better than Avisail Garcia and some lower tier prospects.

The last season of Ozzie Guillen left a bad taste in my mouth for the entire White Sox organization which I still haven't totally gotten over. The man basically quit on the team during a pennant race and began flirting with the Marlins with a wink and a nod from JR. Also during his final few seasons it seemed as if he would make baseball decisions more to spite KW than for the good of the team's on field performance. Ozzie is full of himself and has always been about Ozzie. He did a great job managing the Sox his first two or three seasons but he did more bad than good after that. I would cringe if JR lets him get away with all the stuff he pulled and lets him back into the organization again.

Who's gonna play SS?

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 05:22 PM) Seriously, did you feel this way when back then when the brawl happened? Did you hate AJ then too? Haters gotta hate. He probably thinks kicking Barrett in the balls like Bobby Hill in his avatar would have been the "manly" thing to do.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 05:17 PM) nice selective memory. barely flinched? he got punched and stumbled or ran away. big man that AJP is, letting Scott Podsednik fight his battle with Barrett. Bulls***. Watch the tape. Barrett sucker punched him with his best shot and couldn't even knock him down. Of course he stumbled a little from being off balance not expecting to be punched but he didn't run away. He looked at Barrett like "what the hell is your problem?" He definitely got the better of Barrett in their confrontation, knocking Barrett on his ass and stunning him with a clean play and then taking Barrett's best with a sucker punch without phasing him.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 02:40 PM) No, a puss move would be AJ fighting back causing a bench clearing brawl that could get his teammates injured. And also resulting in major suspensions during a pennant race. You have to think a little bit before you react. I loved the way he took Barrett's best shot right in the jaw, barely fliinched and looked at him like " WTF is your problem?" AJ already won the battle. Retaliating resulting in major suspensions and or injuries would have been losing the war.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 09:55 AM) actually AJ would walk out, get punched in the face and then run off the field waving to the fans and act as if he just won some fight. That reminds me of the time AJ knocked Barrett on his ass with a clean hit as Barrett was trying to block the plate, then Barrett sucker punched AJ with his best shot to the jaw and it didn't even phase AJ. The funny thing was AJ didn't even retaliate but was suspended by MLB! AJ came out looking great on that one while Barrett and MLB looked like clowns.

White Sox baseball.

Replay sucks.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) Noesi being Noesi Kluber being Kluber.

Abreu is such a good hitter.

Neat-O, Nieto!!

I hate the Red Sox. Don't care much for Ventura as a manager either.

Stupid bunt. Just took the bat out of our best hitter's hands.

Well, Rodon is the guy I wanted all along and I really expected the Sox to avoid drafting him because of Boras, so all in all I'm happy they signed him. I still didn't think it would be for that much over slot but if that's what it took, so be it.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 06:42 AM) They didn't have to. Rodon wasn't going to turn down $6M to go back to college, and if he was going to turn down $6M then he's an idiot and I don't want him. It isn't so much just this signing as the precedent it sets. Now that the Sox have gone over slot once, every first round pick from now on is going to expect it. Setting a bad precedent. They could have gone a little over, but if "over $6.45M" is accurate they caved too much to Boras and it sets a terrible precedent.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 09:32 PM) Last time Sale faced Boston, Robin left Sale in too long and he ended up on DL. Another bad decision.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 09:31 PM) 86 and humid at the start. Stone said on the postgame it was hot and humid. He was there. I think it is a good source. Stone also sounded like he didn't agree with the decision to pull Sale when they did.