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QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Dec 22, 2012 -> 10:34 AM) Also, just because the Sox let AJ go doesn't mean they have $7.5 million to spend on someone else. "Jake Peavy".

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 04:40 PM) I want my team to win WHEN it can. I don't worry about 3-5 years from now; I'd trade every prospect we have if it would get me a Championship in 2013. Then with the Tigers doing exactly that and temporarily willing to lose money, this seems like a terrible time to try and win by losing money ourselves.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 03:43 PM) But what about Papa Grande and Rey Olmedo (Actually, small bench upgrades and not having a lazy bum like Olmedo will probably be worth a win or two also).

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 03:20 PM) Some people have said that not everyone. I've stated repeatedly that guns at home should be locked up. I agree with you...but you and I agreeing on this does nothing. Just pointing out how far we have to go when people disagree with that sentiment.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 03:12 PM) They sucked because of 2005? ....kinda....

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 03:07 PM) Let me take a different approach...let's suppose that last season, the Tigers had a 100% healthy Victor Martinez and the Sox hada 100% healthy John Danks. Do you think the Sox or the Tigers would have won the division? Why? The Tigers, because the difference between the 2 players is not > 3 games.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 03:03 PM) http://www.suntimes.com/sports/17143099-41...nce-injury.html DERRICK ROSE IS PRACTICING SWEET BABY JESUS Now I want to hug you.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 02:58 PM) I thought they were good Yay I got noticed! (hug)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 02:30 PM) So I am still waiting on the comps for Veal. No one noticed Mine

There was an armed guard at Columbine.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 02:03 PM) I've given you plenty of examples. I am waiting for anything from you that isn't conjecture at this point. Either that or some comps for Donnie Veal's trade value. Javier Lopez might be a good comp as a lefty specialist. The Chisox picked him up as a minor league free agent in 2006 as a 28 year old, he was traded for David Riske a few months later. The Pirates signed him as a free agent for just over a million a couple years later, then dealt him to San Francisco who could use a LOOGY for a pennant race. He was traded for 2 guys named John Bowker and Joe Martinez.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 01:58 PM) Signing Jackson might just be a roundabout way to acquire prospects at the deadline. That's just not happening. Teams in competition aren't going to be looking to take on 3.5 years of a contract.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 12:35 PM) So unless there's a full ban on a type of gun there are no restrictions on guns in this country? I note how you couldn't come up with a single example of an important restriction remaining.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 12:01 PM) Remember those are the far extreme views. Not everyone who owns guns thinks that way. That is just a very vocal minority. The NRA does some very good things with creating and sponsoring gun safety courses. If everyone who owned a gun was required to take these courses, people like the mother of Lanza, would probably have had her guns secured better. Again...people in this very thread have explained why it is vitally important to them to have their guns at home unlocked, loaded, and easily accessible. And in this case, it was a 20 year old. If his mother had secured her weapons better, he could have walked into Walmart and bought the same guns, unless he's been committed to a mental institution.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:44 AM) Only players who stay on the White Sox are due for regression. Victor Martinez is guaranteed to come back at 100%, while John Danks cannot be counted on.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:40 AM) Yep, because currently on the books there are no restrictions on guns. None, whatsoever. Outside of the 1930 era prohibition on buying fully automatic weapons, seriously, what's left that hasn't been dismantled? Every state now has been forced to allow concealed carry. Military grade assault rifles are readily available for whatever type of massacre you'd like to commit. You have to get a permit in most places to carry a hidden gun on the street or into a business, and for some reason the government doesn't want you bringing guns into their buildings even though every other building has to put up with it. For crying out loud, we have more than a couple states now that allow them in schools and campuses, over the objection of basically everyone there. There hasn't been any new restriction on them since the AWB. The only 2 laws the President signed related to guns in his first term were bills allowing guns into National Parks (nuts) and onto Amtrak Trains (nuts). Aside from me being able to go out and purchase an M-60 and walk into the supreme court chambers with it, what's left?

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:36 AM) I would have no problem with the Sox doing this, but I wonder if the Sox thought there might be issues with AJ's ego if he took a back seat to Flowers. Almost guaranteed. If AJ was on the Sox, he's catching 120 games unless he gets hurt. If you want to give the young catcher a shot, that's a bad thing. No one in Texas cares about developing HGovannyH or seeing what he can do for the long term.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:34 AM) Sorta like how 90% of republicans are fine with gun restrictions, it's only that small minority that want no restrictions Except for the fact that the small minority is the group making every policy in this country. It'd be like finding some guy who legitimately wants Mexico to reconquer the SouthWest U.S., and having that guy decide immigration policy.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:31 AM) Did I miss something? What opportunity? Removal of one "AJ Pierzynski" from the White Sox roster.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:33 AM) I wonder if Texas is planning to use him as their everyday catcher. Sending him out there in that heat every day is going to be tough. He's got a decent RH backup in HGeovannyH. If he needs extra time off compared to last year, that's a good setup.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:26 AM) That is the left wings policy on immigration and drugs right now. Marijuana, maybe true. Immigration, hardly, but then again we don't expect you to pay attention to reality. There are people out there who responded to last Friday by saying this changes nothing and our goal is still to remove all legal restrictions to gun ownership (paraphrased from the head of a group in TN). There's virtually no one out there who wants to remove all restrictions to immigration other than in the fantasy caricature that a right-wing mind constructs of his opponent.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:24 AM) IF Flowers plays up to his potential, and IF the pitching holds up, and IF Keppinger can be a servicable (or better) every day 3B, the Sox cannot compete with Detroit, and may not be as good as KC. Why not? If the pitching slightly improves on last year, when it was the biggest weakness on the team, why can that not be worth a couple of wins? If Keppinger is serviceable then the Sox have the same 3b setup they had last year, and if Flowers is adequate behind the plate last year, then they lose a slight bit of offense from the #4 offense in the league (which they might well make up for with defense).

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:23 AM) Well, it's not like he was GREAT at that...just better than pathetic I'm not saying he was great at anything back there...but I'm defending him against people who say he doesn't even belong at catcher any more. He's not Buster Posey back there, but compared to having HGeovannyH Soto as your starting catcher...come on.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:22 AM) I'm not going to say Flowers is a suitable replacement for AJ, but you can't overstate how terrible he was defensively last year. Why do you think a catcher who put up an .827 OPS last year could only get a 1 year deal? Because he's in his late 30's, has a negative reputation around the league, and put up an average .730 OPS/89 OPS+ over the 8 years prior to that .827 OPS.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:18 AM) How do they rate catcher's? Anybody who's being honest with themselves and watched the Sox a lot last year can see that AJ was brutal behind the plate. AJ was worse than usual at stopping the ball, but better than usual throwing runners out. Throwing a runner out takes a runner out of scoring position and gets an out, so that's a big impact.