Princess Dye

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) The helmet Dempster is wearing is huge.but sadly not like

Torres defensively is the anti-Richard

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 11:35 AM) i dont think anybody would want linebrink. plus i dont think bradley would last in the white sox clubhouse. he would take something the wrong way and go on a hissy fit. Even though this is a separate point, I also have this strange feeling that the Sox fanbase respects a Carl Everett (albeit in a bemused way) more than say that quiet, squirrelly Podsednik/Rex Grossman type personality. Hence Guillen's immense popularity which, in part, is due to his being loud and weird. Just as Rasheed Wallace finally felt at home in Detroit, there must be some place where Milton Bradley is a good fit-and it's at least possible that's here. Some guys start closing their mouths around age 30, too.

The only way of getting something decent is taking a bad contract on. Or maybe someone who has worn out his welcome. I'll probably get slammed for this but Milton Bradley has definitely worn out his welcome and is overpaid for 2 yrs All while still producing OBP (which we need) and could DH (we'll also have a need). Guys like Carl Everett can come here and no longer have to produce soundbites b/c Guillen takes up the media's attention etc This plus a Figgins would revamp the team into one that can draw a walk and thus makes our core guys run producers again. We need two new starting position players at least, and this way we'd contend in the present and do so relatively cheaply. Meanwhile the Cubs could do it b/c they can slash 10M in future payroll but keep Zambrano (who would be the most easily dealable guy they have i suppose). I'm sure Ricketts will want some maneuvering room to mold the team how his mgmt would want. From our end I'd suppose we'd have to sweeten w/ a midlevel prospect

Why is there an absolute refusal to even TRY carlos in right field? Yes he's been injured. Dye and Podsednik are permanently injured in the fielding-brain.

It was a great win as far being entertainment (and obviously the pitching) but if it wasnt for two pitches in the 9th, we'd be classifying it as one of the year's worst offensive performances. Especially since it's against a lefty and we're very righthanded.

One thing that irks me about how we've spent money this year -- and i dont dislike Peavy and Rios either.... .....but Reinsdorf last offseason preferred standing with other owners (in what appeared to be an F.U. to the agents) by lowballing (or offering nothing) to free agents.......... instead of just spending to make the team tons better on the cheap (Abreu, Hudson etc) They didnt want to spend then, but were willing to take on already existing contracts midseason. Honestly, if you spend some last offseason, you can hold onto all your prospects and have a nice squad with a nice future as well.

HH wants to close this place out in style

I feel like weve been swinging for the fences in each atbat for 8 games

Gotta love the sit-back-down HR in the last out of a game

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 01:43 PM) out by a f***ing mile - good call, Q With two out, and with the way we hit...yes, you go on that, just pray for the wide throw.

I'm glad for one that CQ didnt kill himself going for Kubel's bloop hit. Season's over, dont f*** anything up for '10

Danny Mac pointed out this morning that seeing Rauch celebrate with his team last night on the field was like seeing Godzilla celebrating with a baseball team

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 01:10 PM) getting to the point where i want to get rid of everyone but beckham Once we rebuild the 3-4-5, several of these other guys are going to be great to have lower in the order

we are sooo bad rios is sooo bad

Given CQ's injury history, I think before this year we shouldve explored his trade value a little more. Couldve gotten Crawford straight up.

QUOTE (RibbieRubarb @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 08:38 AM) Beckham talent aside...I will never root for my team to lose. Sorry. The focus should be a championship. If there's no more to be gained by winning games at this point, I am fine with a loss. I wont put on Twins gear or anything, but I'll watch the game and just chuckle more than I normally would when we give up doubles off the trashbag.

They are disappointing you then

We know what Peavy can do. Lets get Hudson in a low pressure start so he gets all the butterflies out before next year.

I kind of agree with those saying you put up with it another year. We all hated his lazy looking throws..but the offense is going to be a huge plus if we can surround him with some real talented hitters higher in the order.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) I have an off-topic question. you've been posting here for awhile, and I have no idea if you are male and female. I see Princess Dye, and I assume female... or are you just a male trying to be funny? Serious question! If it's a serious question, that use of 'and' is seriously troublesome I'm a man but I will say that my wife has at times gotten on here and posted. So i guess yes you're right i'm male and female.

Seeing how it all shook out ,i wouldve liked to have had Everett on the team in 2006. Just another yr of great quotes/stories perhaps. Joe Cowley has some story about Everett just coming up to him out of the blue and telling him 'ya gotta marry a big woman' and going on about it to like long explanation. It's something to that effect i could be slightly off

What really interests me about all this.... we're ready to move on next year with Pods cheap and no one else brought back. It seems like the kind of memo that's sent around when you dont care a ton about bringing someone back. Willing to go forward into free agency for a corner outfielder........ or with Flowers as a DH as long as they can get a utility player who can catch.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 03:35 PM) Paying that much for that long for Alex Rios is very bad value, even if we have unlimited funds. He is nowhere near the player that contract says he is, and we volunteered to pick him up. I'm just not seeing it with Rios, 11 million a year for several years for a guy with a lot of baggage and isn't hitting isn't an attractive idea to me. I voted for the be patient option in this poll, but that move and the Brandon Allen trade did Kenny no favors this season. With not much ready on the farm, the other options for CF, like it or not are worse. Acquire young cheap guy who has little in the way of a bat? Get another LF/RF and squeeze him into a CF role in exchange for his OBP? I'm fine with paying 11M for a guy who gives you defense and speed, and gives the lower part of the order some XBH potential. If spending is totally finished now, then maybe it's a misuse of funds. But I'm not hating the thought of getting a guy who's 28 with a past record of success and a low BABIP this yr.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 03:31 PM) The Rios move was a TERRIBLE move. Hey, if the White Sox are willing to keep spending, it's a great move. It cost no players. Can't really make this point so bluntly until you know future payroll limitations. If theyre gonna keep adding talent, this will do. Offensive production out of the CF spot can be a whole heck of a lot lower than Alex Rios.