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QUOTE (DBAHO @ Apr 15, 2010 -> 09:21 AM) Thought he said when he got hired that he didn't want another job in baseball if he got let go from this position. It's almost as if the writing is on the wall if this team doesn't perform this season. I'd be shocked if simply missing the playoffs was enough to get him fired this season. Coming in dead last in baseball might be enough, but other than that, I think it'd take quite an impressive rant for it to happen.

Let's go freddo.

It took 5 years to figure this out?

The crowd in the Bronx was chanting "We want Melky" during Vazquez's start last night.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2010 -> 08:22 AM) Its also a get-away day. I'll bet we see Nix and Lucy in the lineup. I'll bet we won't see Nix.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 15, 2010 -> 09:01 AM) I don't think you would see anyone complain (initially) if cooper were to one day become the sox manager. There's a big difference between being a great pitching coach and a great manager. There's a reason why very few people go that route. Pitching coaching is all about knowing technique, throwing schedules, forms, etc. Managers on the other hand are handling personalities.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 10:48 PM) If we DO win the lottery, and get any of the top 3 picks, we lose our ability to sign a max free agent in the offseason, first and foremost. 2nd, you're forced to pick Wall if you have the top pick and then you have to make it work with him and Rose. Actually, this sorta depends on how low the cap drops. If it's $52 million, you'd be ok with anything other htan the #1 pick cap hold. If it's $50 million, then you're in trouble.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:57 PM) You mean like enforcing the laws we have now and not creating to big to fail banks? Why do we need more laws if we aren't going to enforce the ones we do have? Its a complete diversion, and people are buying this crap hook, line, and sinker. Where is there anything in the law that limits the size of Financial Institutions as long as some amount of competition is maintained? If you have 3 financial institutions each controlling 33% of the market, that's really not a trust/monopoly if there is genuine competition between them, but if they're borrowing money from each other then they can easily be TBTF.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 11:02 PM) Not if there was an accident, but just as a general rule. If Pelosi and Clinton wouldn't fly with Obama to something, yeah there would be s*** said about two planes taking them. In reverse the Dems would be all over the wastefulness and the "greenhouse gases". Both sides try to make s*** out of everything. Here's Fox doing one of their series complaining about how Pelosi is abusing military jets by requesting them. (I believe the uncovered backstory in all these articles is that the military actually prefers the top people fly in private or military jets for security reasons, and Pelosi's an easy target because her home district is San Francisco)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 09:55 PM) Gordo is going to be a good major leaguer, but I can't see him ever hitting .350. Mauer only hit .294 in 2005 and .293 in 2007.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 11:43 PM) I wonder how many non-pitcher $100 million players have been double-switched out of a game that wasn't a blow out? I'd bet both Griffey and Carlos Lee have been.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 08:11 PM) A couple sites have it near confirmation that Joss Whedon is going to direct (and rewrite) The Avengers movie. This might just be the greatest piece of news ever invented by man. It's even made it to CNN, so I think it's confirmed.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) The Cubs and Brewers offenses aren't awful, it's their lack of depth in the starting rotation and bullpen that make them average teams.About 10 posts ago we were talking about how for having a supposed good lineup, the good lineup for the Brewers seems to consist of about 3 really good guys surrounded by meh.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) Truth be told, Gorzelanny looked filthy on Sunday. Hopefully Silva reverts back to form though. You realize in the same breath you wrote about how the pitching in the NL Central isn't that different from what we see in the AL and then talked about how good Gorzelanny and Silva looked in their last outings.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:22 PM) Ultimately if a guy is going to get paid and thinks he can win there, that will win out. Otherwise what non-latin player would ever sign with the whitesox? In MLB...you can outbid people. In the NBA, there is a maximum amount you can offer.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) No kidding, guys like Baker and Blackburn aren't much different than Randy Wells, etc. Our current lineup is too weak to just destroy crappy pitching, like we used to do in 2006. We're not relying on the lineup to destroy crappy pitching, we're relying on the pitchers to make their hitters look crappy. You know this.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) I guess I should say we'd be in the hunt for 3rd place...even 2nd. St Louis is a much better overall team though. I'd take that lineup and our pitching staff over the Cubs or Reds or Pirates or Astros or Brewers without a 2nd thought.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) We'd be lucky to come in 3rd place with our current lineup. ? What, the one the Sox are running out today with Jones/Vizquel/Kotsay all in it? With that pitching staff, I still think that lineup could challenge the Cardinals.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) The problem comes if this makes potential free agents think twice about coming to the Bulls because our GM is nuts. (Raises hand)...isn't one Gar Forman our GM? Wait, I forget. Who's job is it to decide playing time, the coach, the GM, or the 3rd guy? Shouldn't there be a trainer in there? Wait a second. What's Reinsdorf's title again? You may ask yourself, how did I get here

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:14 PM) Do you people buy $300 computers on sale on random websites? I can't believe how many problems people have with their computers. My last computer was a Lenovo that was given to my advisor on an academic grant. The video card was near death within 2 years. Which was really frustrating, because it died about 2 months before my defense date. Right in the middle of a trip to TX for a Job interview.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 05:12 PM) Brewers have spent a lot of money on a terrible bullpen. And the Brewers Bullpen gets to show the Cubs bullpen how its done.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) He's also one of about 2 or 3 actual hitters that we have on the roster. Which is why it'd be nice if he can play 145-150 games and stay reasonably healthy the whole time.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 02:01 PM) lol wut? Most mammals I believe have evolved to have a layer of subcutaneous fat, as either padding or insulation or additional protection, including man. You get that stuff hot enough, it'll burn. Subcutaneous combustion.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 04:56 PM) Poor Nix I was stunned he got an AB last night

QUOTE (dmbjeff @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) There is no reason for PK to be sitting unless he is truly hurt. We need all the offense we can get at this point. I keep giving Ozzie the benefit of the doubt, but my support is weaning. I have zero problem with PK14 sitting once every 9-10 games, especially when he was getting schooled yesterday and we haven't had an offday in over a week.