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QUOTE (ChesterCopperpot @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) Chicago 1 0 1.000 Cleveland 0 1 .000 Detroit 0 1 .000 Kansas City 0 1 .000 Minnesota 0 1 .000 DIVISION CHAMPS BABY Wire to wire!!!

Wise at leadoff is a sparkplug..........an oil-fouled sparkplug that bogs down the engine.

Great game by Josh Fields--I was really impressed by his performance today. He looks like a different player. Octavio Dotel was awesome and Clayton Richard did a great job. Buehrle struggled badly but kept us in it. Thome came through big time in the clutch!!! Poor performance by Dewayne Wise. FIRST PLACE!

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 06:30 PM) It's pretty early to be starting an appreciation thread, but i have to raise a toast to Jose Contreras. He could've easily followed the prescribed rehab and returned mid-season, but instead he sacrificed, worked his ass off, dropped thirty pounds, all in effort to help our Chicago White Sox. Regardless of the results he has this season, I have an even greater appreciation for him as an athlete; my hat is off to you, El Titan de Bronze. I'm with you and I'll drink to that!

QUOTE (Reddy @ Mar 31, 2009 -> 05:28 PM) my favorite part of today? Anderson raising his spring line to .297 .361 .484 too bad Wise outplayed him. Sometimes you just have to wonder.....

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:13 PM) I think Lillibridge will be holding the spot for Nix until after the quad heals. Nix showed too much bat to let him walk because of an ouchy. Agreed.

79. Poor defense, slow plodding lineup, no viable major league centerfielder, and Ozzie's insistance on batting their worst hitter at the top of the lineup = 79 wins tops. Now, if Ozzie decides to bat Getz and Ramirez at the top, they could break .500. If KW can bring in a real major league CFer, they may be a legit contender.

QUOTE (thedoctor @ Feb 1, 2009 -> 07:05 PM) i don't know why you'd put alexei second when he's one of our better guys with runners in scoring position. That's why I said I hate putting him there. But as the lineup currently stands, there is no one to put second unlessyou want to put AJ there again following the left handed Getz at leadoff. Ideally, I'd bat Ramirez sixth, maybe seventh.

Getz 2b Ramirez ss Quentin lf Dye rf Thome dh Konerko 1b Pierzynski c Fields 3b Anderson cf Betemit Lillibridge Wise/Owens Viciedo Stewart Buehrle Floyd Danks Colon Marquez/Contreras Jenks Linebrink Thornton Dotel Carrasco Poreda/Richard Of course it's too early yet, but as it stands now this is roughly what they could/should put together. I don't like Ramirez batting second but what are ya gonna do.

QUOTE (VenomSox @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) Heard on the score that Danks declined the wbc. Good.

Well I for one am happy to see Colon back with the Sox especially for the contract they gave him. If he stays healthy for a good portion of the season it's a steal. If not, they don't lose much. And he was always an "anti-Javy" type pitcher throughout his career which is definitely what the Sox need.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jan 15, 2009 -> 09:11 PM) Out of these guys and Contreras we'll cobble together some pitching. I am fine with Richard out of the bullpen, I think he strengthens us there, had some good postseason experiences. Like Buehrle in '00 out of the pen. I agree. The Colon signing was a good one for the deal they gave him and signing Garcia to a similar deal would also be a good move.

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 09:59 PM) What happened with Stewart? What I remember about him was that his catch-release to 2nd base was absolutely lights out. He didn't really have a cannon of an arm, but getting rid of the ball was one one of the quickest I saw in a while. The problem was that he couldn't hit worth a dink. Is that still the same scenario with him? If we signed him again after letting him go before, then they must see something in this guy. Any clues??? Unless something bad happened with him since the Sox traded him a couple of years ago, he should be their backup catcher this year. I thought he should have been AJ's backup a couple of years ago.

What's the deal with Scott Procter?

Taveras playing CF and batting ninth for the Sox works for me. Trouble is, he'd probably be batting leadoff, which is not a good thing. It would only work out if the Sox traded either Dye or Konerko for a legit leadoff hitter. Say if the proposed (on message boards) Konerko for Figgins and Weaver deal actually happened. Figgins would leadoff with Getz batting second and Taveras would bat ninth. Then they'd have a hole at 1B (Flowers? Viciedo? Dye w/Viciedo in RF?). It's all academic anyway.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 7, 2008 -> 10:23 PM) Getz will start and hold the position. The kid can hit. He's a twins-type hitter. Rock, how is Getz on defense? How would you compare his D with that of Iguchi or TCM at 2B? How good is he at turning the DP? Thanks.

QUOTE (tommy @ Dec 7, 2008 -> 09:59 PM) Care to explain? It's a reference to a common blasphemy here.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Dec 7, 2008 -> 09:00 PM) if this turns into the sox signing Adam dunn i will be a happy man.....i think Dunn can put up MVP numbers in the cell I'd only want Dunn as a DH. I would hate watching him "play" OF on the White Sox.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 7, 2008 -> 08:27 PM) My totally inaccurate and spur-of-the-moment Sox starting lineup for 2009 is: 1- Furcal SS 2- Ramirez 2B 3- Quentin LF 4- Thome DH 5- Konerko 1B 6- Abreu RF 7- Fields 3B 8- AJP C 9- Taveras CF I would flip Abreu and Ramirez in that lineup -- and probably AJ and Fields as well. That lineup looks pretty good to me. If the pitching comes through, that lineup is a winner.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 7, 2008 -> 08:24 PM) Even though I'd have to say this is some of the best baseball conversation we've had on this board, everything said in this could be mute if OC doesn't decline within the next 150 minutes. Well, if the Sox get stuck paying OC this year, wouldn't that make it even more likely that this trade (Dye for a cheap young pitcher) goes through? I guess it would make it a little less likely KW tries to fill the OF or LOH slots with an expensive FA though.

QUOTE (almagest @ Nov 19, 2008 -> 11:16 PM) Everett posted an OPS+ of 92 in 2005 -- same as Nick Swisher last year. So if we replace '05 Everett with '08 Swisher, we lose nothing. No. That's why you have to actually watch the games rather than just selectively read the stat sheets to make an accurate judgement.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 07:23 PM) Both defected in Canada this year while with the cuban junior team. Both used to play for the Havana Cowboys. This team is from Havana not from Havana City (capital) where Industriales Lions and Metropolitan Warriors play. Arguelles is a 90 + MPH pitcher with slider and forkball or curve ball. I have to see my videos to see him again. He is tall and has long arms. Iglesias is a SS/2B with excellent hands and a contact hitter. Hey Cubano, I really enjoy and appreciate the insight you bring. Thanks for posting here! I hope we can make a loyal White Sox fan out of you!

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 04:34 PM) If the Sox could get back Martinez, Pelfrey, and Murphy for Jenks and Javy I'd be very happy with that deal. I doubt the Sox could pull that off, but what I meant to suggest on a previous post was they could probably get Pelfrey, Murphy and Heilman for Jenks and Vazquez. (I had a brain cramp and also unintentionally included Dye in my original post.) Many posters on another site even think KW would be getting raped on that deal. I think it would be reasonably balanced although I'm not too keen on trading away Jenks.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 04:41 PM) I'd do Heilman, Murphy, and Pelfrey for Vazquez and Jenks, but not for Dye, Jenks, and Vazquez. NO NO NO Yeah. I don't know why I included Dye in there. I'm posting on two different boards on this topic and I'm also reading the Dye for Edwin Jackson rumors and I'm getting all mixed up.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) On a sidenote, giving up just one of Pelfrey or Martinez for Jenks and Javy would be highway f***ing robbery by the Mets. Theyd' be robbing the Sox blindly. How about Pelfrey, Heilman and Murphy for Vazquez, Jenks and Dye?