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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 10:11 AM) Which is the exact reason I actually hope they stay away from Youkilis. Hmm...you may be right, but I just feel like last year showed us a few things about Youk. Boston fans painted him as hopelessly done, but it is always interesting to me when I see a statistical spike FOLLOWING something that could've been a source of motivation. Motivation is talked about endlessly in the abstract, but if a player responds after a career-testing event...it gives you some evidence he may have a fair amount left. And in this, I consider his injuries in BOS, not just Valentine.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 10:04 AM) You guys might flame me for this, but I wouldn't mind Jack Hannahan at all. He's a lefty, and a Hannahan/Morel platoon would be drastically better than Morel alone. Both players play solid defense (Hannahan is better) and can get hot, especially when always hitting with the platoon advantage. Don't get me wrong, it needs to be a fallback option, but it's emerged as a really solid one, I think. And, I'll also point out that if this happens, I'd expect them to make an upgrade elsewhere with the cost/trade chip savings. I will say this-- I'd rather spend a million on someone like JH and platoon if I'm not totally confident in paying one of these other options. Much like when we signed Orlando Hudson....the deal was so low risk that it simply acted as a placeholder til something better (Youk) made itself available to us. Were we to overpay for something very mediocre right now, I'd be sadder. The thing is...there may be some level of concern that Morel's back makes him a question mark even for platooning. It sounds like a total wildcard regarding how much they can even count on him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 4, 2012 -> 07:40 PM) That works both ways... Good and bad. I suppose. Career years from CF, RF, C spots. Sort of a career year from LF, and an aging 1B. We absolutely have to see 3B as a place to make some hey for whatever dropoffs are expected in those slots. Really I just see SS as the place to get some bounce back from '12-- but not a ton.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 4, 2012 -> 07:26 PM) The Sox were still doing OK with a worthless Morel and then Hudson in 2011. Hannahan/Morel would be depressing, without a doubt but still an upgrade over the first half of 2011, But the biggest mistake people make is assume they can expect repeat years from year to year.......from anyone. Thus, we need to upgrade wherever possible, because the drop off in production we'll get from--whoever, De Aza, Rios, catcher spot-- has to be offset at least SOME.

AJ pitch blocking really has taken a turn for the worst

ptatc, maybe you can respond in whatever non-baseball thread we have here......but what things do you keep in mind when evaluating an ACL-tear player returning to NFL (Adrian Peterson) vs. returning to NBA (Derrick Rose) takes longer in basketball due to hardfloor vs. grass/turf? more jumping for longer continuous periods of time?

It has to be said, this franchise has actually been really really lucky extending older players like Paulie and AJ, and not getting burned by their mid-30s seasons. But you can only play with fire so long on that one. It is Flowers time.

Flowers should want to play. It's a good thing. What's sad (really in the whole sports world) is the amount of talented young guys that come in without any desire to ..play

if adam dunn tried to behead abu nazir he'd swing n' miss. abu nazir is very elusive

We should have one thread about Mark Reynolds being good, one thread about Mark Reynolds being bad...and another entirely about whether or not he's signed yet. do i run message boards good?

schlereth's dad is one of my all-time least favorite people

I wonder how empty and directionless a human has to be to have created a fake Jack Hannahan twitter account

The sox faithful are so lucky We get teams built to win now, we dont really come out in droves I love where we're at. Every fanbase should have rich crazy people running their teams...i wish that upon everyone I cant lie and there's no green involved here

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 22, 2012 -> 06:39 PM) should play him a lot when he's hot, but once that streak ends, bench him and rarely play him. The quintessential message board baseball comment

TRUTHERS FOR DANKS!!! No, I would only see that side of that if we can confirm Danks is going to be a better fielder as Wise enters year 35 of his life. But as far as every other aspect, bring on DW. Even has established comfortability with pinch hitting. He won me over last year, and really there's no worry here since (unlike the quick bringing back of Kotsay) he will not be pressured to do much. Were Wise to falter, Jared Mitchell may even step into the 4th OF picture over Danks at this point.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 11:15 AM) I understand that AJ would probably cost less than Youkilis to re-sign, Really? Anyone else thinking this?

and maybe heckle you some

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 1, 2012 -> 03:52 PM) I wish I saved the posts that thought that I was way off base when I said my sources told me Jake was going to come back. If it makes you feel better, I will call you 'off-base' right now.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 09:06 AM) I officially want to apologize for all the nasty things I said about him after he rejected the first deal to come here. Ah, good call bringing this up. This whole place was a hate-fest for Jake when he turned down that first trade..it wasn't just you.

Wonder who put out the Aj-on-roids leak, and also have to think -- who stands to benefit? If the Sox know they're out of the running unless they can get other teams scared to bid, then maybe they saw that as their only shot.

That 2013 White Sox team was such a disappointment. Glad that's over.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 11:30 AM) And f*** fake Chicagoans. You better live within the city limits...

Detroit is a team we happen to play, and when we're trying to have success, I want them to lose. Why do I have to hate them outside of that? There's no preaching here, it's just basically some people are secure, some people need this whole thing as an outlet Check this out: http://youtu.be/0-kCQMDpSVE

My team didn't win the World Series, so any joy taken anywhere else is pretty pathetic. Are we really going to lower ourselves to a performance like last Tuesday, where Cubs fans rejoiced all day like it was their super bowl?

I have nothing against Ozzie, and hold nothing personal against him. I do think that a good manager can be good even when personnel is not a perfect fit. During his time here, there was quite a bit of personnel that he buddied with, and quite a bit that he feuded with. There is circumstantial evidence that Rios, Dunn & Peavy were better because Ozzie was out. We cannot prove causality on that, but the bad environment had to go, and the Sox did well to clean up the bad environment. Maybe less Ozzie and more Hahn is kind of a two part solution for the long term, but we'll see. Most people here have less of a problem with Kenny's contributions to the bad atmosphere because a GM necessarily can and should get to the background and not be a factor personality-wise. We're way past the days when Kenny would bust up a table in the lockerroom, etc.