South Side Fireworks Man

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 10:57 AM) Hey.. look at that. My new avatar is working. Best. Avatar. Ever!

Shingo certainly will receive a ring and he deserves to be presented with his ring personally. If it means Hemond flies to Japan, then that's what should happen. I have nothing but good feelings for Shingo.

QUOTE(Sox1422 @ Apr 17, 2006 -> 09:31 AM) Just said that JR told KW that AJ, Crede, Freddy, and Cotts need to get haircuts. He said JR "doesn't want to be like the Yankees, but he doesn't want to be the Red Sox either". Good.

QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 05:45 PM) I missed the game while I was at the cubs game today, but can someone correct me if I'm wrong saying that our team needs a solid slap in the face to get on track Was that the 2005 White Sox wearing Cubs uniforms playing at Wrigley today?

QUOTE(Brian @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) One thing that bothers me is that there seems to be no, what's the word, chemistry yet. Things just seemed to flow last year and so far thius year, everything is a struggle. It is hard to put into words what I mean, so hope everyong gets my point. That's what Carl Everett said could happen.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 09:19 PM) Cintron is exactly that -- depth. Iguchi is our fourth best hitter after Thome, Konerko, and Dye and should not be losing too many AB's to Cintron. But Tad should still keep his mouth shut if Ozzie does choose to bench him. Tad said "No comment." Cowley is a troublemaker, and Ozzie took the bait.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

This better not be an April Fool's joke. Contreras @ 29M for three years is a STEAL in today's market. Contreras has a shot at the Cy Young award if he continues to pitch as he is able.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Mar 31, 2006 -> 09:48 PM) I miss Jurassic Carl. Carl helped us win a World Series.

I wish Shingo could be there--I'm sure he's getting a ring. It'd be nice to see Carl and Willie there as well.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:15 PM) If Podsednik's groin bothers him this season, he should not even try to steal bases. We already saw it last season. He can still get on base but he's an easy caught stealing with a nagging groin. Agreed. That sure takes the spark out of our offense, however.

My concern with Podsednik is that he hasn't shown the ability to steal bases since his injury last season nor so far this spring after his off-season surgery. I hope he hasn't lost a step permanently.

QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 03:34 PM) We have no EDGE right now. We have 6 days to get it back. Losing guys like Everett and Rowand will do that to a team. Hopefully this years team can get some of that edge back.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Mar 26, 2006 -> 04:59 PM) The Royals announcers made it sound like the double ended up that way because Mackowiak dove and did not come up with it. And the 'almost' homer didn't reach the warning track. Stop trying to confuse the sheep with the facts.

Thornton looked good today.

QUOTE(G&T @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 10:30 PM) I love that Everett and Thomas are making the same argument, yet neither has ever been seen to be a clubhouse leader. I haven't heard Rowand make these comments, not that he has necessarily been asked, but he actually contributed to the chemistry. Carl was seen as a clubhouse leader with the White Sox.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 05:10 PM) I've spent some time a couple different seasons in Charlotte. At the time both Gload and Borchard were there. I should make something real clear but those are about the only two players (along with Dan Wright and Arow) that were really commended for the effort and attitude they brought to the stadium each and every day. I'm not saying Bmac and other guys didn't do this, cause they weren't there long, but both Borch and Gload have spent considerable time there and both were characterized as great individuals and team players. The fact is Gload was stuck in a power position. He should play somewhere in the major leagues, but who knows if that will happen. He, nor Borchard have any sort of attitude problem. As far as Borch goes, he's one of the kindest and nicest humans around. Thank you. It's amazing what unfounded BS gets started on websites and then is taken as the truth and repeated by so many people.

Harry & Jimmy were the best ever--Amen! Jimmy forgot more about baseball than most people know.

QUOTE(bmags @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 09:30 PM) hernias are painful. that is all. That's enough!

QUOTE(fathom @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 09:55 AM) I'd still like to see a righty hitter with some power on the bench. Macias isn't a good player at all, and I agree with you....as long as we have Ozuna on the team, there's no reason to have Macias. I'd rather see the Sox get a guy like Matt Lecroy who can be an emergency catcher and provide some right handed pop off the bench than a guy like Macias. We already have Mackowiak and Ozuna to cover all the spots Macias plays, and they're better at it than him. Borchard is a much better option than Macias.

Looks like the guy from mlbtraderumors.com was one day off on his prediction!

QUOTE(q\/\/3r+y @ Jan 5, 2006 -> 10:30 PM) Broadway is not eligible so it would be quite the trick. Any informant that is not a moron would not pass that on... as they would never get that information either. Although I guess they could just make Broadway a PTBNL, like they did with Gio.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jan 4, 2006 -> 11:13 PM) http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...tesox-headlines "The thing we relied on the most last year was pitching," Williams said. "And one of the reasons why [repeating] next year will be difficult is that we pushed ourselves to the limit [on innings] with pitching last year. "I want the luxury that if we come out of spring training where if we have a guy who's not quite right, we don't have to push him. And I also want to ease McCarthy into the rotation. That will give us some insurance." Kenny Williams is the best GM in baseball. I'm glad he's running the White Sox.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jan 4, 2006 -> 10:44 PM) If we get Tejada and mix it in our lineup it becomes even better. We get something we didnt have at all last year, a proven .300 plus hitter who has power. Just for the record, Tejada's career average is .280.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 4, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) I'll continue to insist on this site no trade scenario makes sense with ANY team, for ANY circumstance, unless a quality bullpen arm (or quality pitching prospect) is included. I realize Tejada's talent--but if the deal proposed within this site were to occur, we'd still have two holes left to occupy in the bullpen. And we'd have no trade chips left to acquire bullpen help.