Princess Dye

The thing with Konerko is the decline we've always been waiting for and never getting......the tale of Jermaine Dye shows how that decline--when it does come--can be painfully immediate when it does set in

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 01:47 PM) In a CLUTCH situation my list would honestly be: Paulie AJ Then Rios Why are things changing in a clutch situation? Because someone has been clutch in big moments in the past? Would you rather have Craig Counsell or Joe Mauer up bottom of the ninth two outs down one with runners on?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 01:20 PM) Flowers grounded into fielder's choice, Viciedo out at 2nd, run scored. lemme rephrase - what were the circumstances of the out? Some said it should've been a DP? Bad call?

Stuck on Gamecast - what happened?

last play was nearly a brutal f*** up

lol@alexei

Denard Span has been traded, effective 24 hours ago That would be great.

AJ loves swinging that bat freely

Have to deal with Matt Thornton not being special anymore.

DA-hell of a little player

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 04:32 PM) That article kinda sucked. How he can say we're getting zero contributions from the farm (Sale, Jones, etc etc) If you go right from Sale down to Jones, then that in and of itself shows how minimally the farm system has been producing. Jones has not done a ton yet. Teams that rely on their own homegrown talent being in their own uniforms eventually do have far better talent than this current White Sox organization, so Cameron's point is valid.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 08:43 AM) Laurence Holmes ‏@LaurenceWHolmes I have no specifics, but I'm told #Whitesox are "a little busy" trying to get some stuff done before trade deadline. don't be surprised. A few weeks ago, Laurence told a long, emotional story on the air, with lots of poignant voice inflection. But at story's end it ended up just being an account of him going into Piece and ordering a pizza to go

All this "mentally weak" stuff about Gavin is such garbage. He's an OK starter, not amazing. I don't see why an interesting narrative has to be created about each particular guy

Hawk needed a good 2-3 seconds to get over that catch

End of every Gavin Floyd start gets the comment "even though Gavin didn't have his __ pitch tonight..."

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 05:40 PM) And we now have yet another rookie on the team, 2B/SS Rey Olmedo. Doubt we'll even see him once, it will be like Heath. Olmedo has major league experience in 5 different seasons

So is the idea we'd trade Floyd for a starting pitcher that becomes a free agent this offseason? Perhaps to a team that has trouble getting free agents to come to them?

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 06:44 AM) Lots happen recently while I have slept/napped. Bears sign Forte and now this. That sounds like a long nap

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 28, 2012 -> 11:57 PM) I know he played well tonight, but I'm amazed at how many supporters Escobar has in this thread. Anyways, I now believe this is the most talented Sox team since the 2006 squad, assuming Sale and ADA are/stay healthy. That means we can go farther back, since the 2006 squad was more talented than the 2005 squad (considering no Frank of course in either)

how would people here feel about a Drew Garcia call up

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jul 28, 2012 -> 11:41 PM) Dempster isn't necessary. Besides, Dempster hates water. Hah!

as hawk might say 'what we have here is a chicken/egg scenario'

Says much about our farm system how someone like Escobar can fly so high up the prospect rankings. This will be great for his career, he'll likely realize that once shock wears off. To hear him be emotional obviously will strike a chord with fans, as too often the evidence is of these guys being all about the $ and not the sentimental stuff. Yet one could argue moments like these are what make them later be all-business/me-first. Thus, chicken/egg

Escobar is a nice player to have, but titles are foremost. If his bat is MLB level, it'll be a surprise. one of those rare late blooming things

Why don't we hit doubles? 29th in MLB