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QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 07:41 PM) Sun-Times is a classless junk paper. I don't want to get into anything political here, but they are as far left as can be and extremely biased. I don't care if they're far left, journalism has no place for blatant biases. It wouldn't make a difference to me if they were far-right. I'm not journalist expert, but for good journalism, you have to show all view points, not just your own. Plus, they have no-goods like Mariotti in their sports section who probably has never swung a bat in his life, writing garbage for publicity. I'm sorry (no I'm not), but the Sun-Times is one paper that I won't be wasting any money on. So, I'm one of the left-leaning homo abortion pot and commie people here, and when I was in the Chicago Area, I always subscribed to the Tribune. Didn't really care about the bias, but it was just a vastly better paper.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 04:41 PM) technically Swish is a backup IF'er as well but I get what you are saying. I just think having Pablo and juan is redundant, and juan adds only defensive value. I agree on that point...Swish is more so a backup 1b than a left side of the infield guy to my eyes, but I think you get the idea. If we're looking to replace Juan with a left handed bat, then I want him to be able to play 3b, 2b, and SS, otherwise, I think the change will lose us more games than it wins us.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 04:15 PM) Kenny Lofton would be a great bench guy for us right now instead of Juan. Frankly though, I am not at all comfortable with Pablo being our only backup option on the infield. Think about it...pick up Lofton, your bench is Ozuna, Lofton, Anderson, Hall. What do you do when you have 2 infielders hurting for a game or two? Considering that in 05 we lost all 3 IF's for a day, losing 2 IF's for a couple days, especially with Crede's back, is something we just have to plan for. Comparatively, right now we actually have 2 backup OF's, since our 2nd baseman can also play CF. So if we were to lose 2 OF's for a day, or an OF and a 1b for a day, we're still not screwed and can still hope to win the game. JD becomes your 2nd backup SS if you lose Uribe.

Right now, there's not a person on our 25 man roster that I want to either trade or replace at the deadline other than Juan Uribe, who still may well be useful before the end.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 03:51 PM) Another good thing Williams seems to take into account is that he gets guys that are pretty good in the clubhouse. He doesn't go after the talented jackholes like Jose Guillen or Milton Bradley. About the most controversial guys he's brought in are AJ and Everett but both those guys are more about hard nosed winning than being utter clowns like JG or MB. Another thing along these lines...by keeping character in mind when hiring people...they've taken an extra step that may well have really insulated the team from being stuck with a highly paid PED guy falling apart a couple years after he comes off the juice.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 02:59 PM) most Americans (right wing and left) consider freedom of speech to be a crucial right. And this is one area where I think everyone on this site will agree...we've got it right. I'd much rather have to put up with freaks like Fred Phelps's clan than I would risk going to jail because the party in power found my thoughts controversial.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 03:39 PM) That debate is kind of old, but suffice it to say I don't give a damn what you think about it. He was under the limit, all he did was speed. You can say all you want about previous acts, patterns -- bull. About 95% of the people I've ever been friends with, including those who've never seen the inside of a jail, have done that or more. It was a nothing offense, and I think Tank got jobbed. Yes it was a nothing offense, but that doesn't mean it was a nothing offense in the eyes of the team. After the Tank situation, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they sat Benson down and said "This is your only warning, you're on probation, we're not cutting you for this, but we don't want to see you doing anything else that could put yourself in jeopardy. You don't have to break the law, we don't want you being caught without a DD somewhere, or being caught out late at night, or anything." I personally wouldn't have cut him had I not told him that, but if you sat him down, told him that you had a zero tolerance policy for anything, and then 2 weeks later he's caught doing exactly what he promised he wouldn't do, then the team would have no choice.

Hehe, I thought getting my arse out of my office and heading to the gym after it became 5-2 might not hurt. Glad it helped. Nicely done folks.

Sign the younger one now. Extend the elder one now. I'm not joking on the latter part.

Come on John, hold em here..

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 11:23 AM) I hope we can get 3 or 4 on him next inning before they take him out. Although, their 'pen is pretty bad. And even more so...it's been worked pretty hard the last few games. That's one big benefit of beating up on their starters the last couple games, they really need innings today. Everyone but Nathan's been used a lot lately.

F***

The last 3 days we were doing something with opportunities like this...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 11:48 AM) One of them is Contreras, I know... but the reason I ask that is because I'm a little surprised there's not been more All-Star buzz about him. It's not like he came otu of nowhere - he was a first round pick, after all. Actually, right now, JD and JC have pretty close to identical ERA's. A scoreless 4th and Danks passes Jose I think.

Toby Hall is hitless in June. DFA him!

Rain's breaking up a bit.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 10:18 AM) Well, i was looking for bets on how long for them to cave in. The Vegas line is 2 months. And if they were to cave in to a silly demand like this, then I'd be suitably outraged. Perhaps the more interesting thing aside from the Europe bashing is that this type of demand is again coming from our great ally in the GWOT, Pakistan.

Nicely done! Free outs are good.

Come on Johnny, let's step it up now...

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 10:04 AM) What, nobody wants to touch this? So you're expecting us to attack Europe without even seeing Europe's response because they're such wussies and you're surprised that we have no reply?

QUOTE (DBAH0 @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 10:00 AM) Paxson really wanted a "defensive" type of coach, hence the interest in Doug Collins. Can't see a huge change in philosophy there. If that's true then why did they even talk to D'Antoni?

If they start this now, it looks like they should expect a rain delay fairly soon, but they'll probably get the game in afterwards. Be careful with Danks here ozzie.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 09:57 AM) So we're looking at a run-and-gun type offense next year then? You'd have to think if you're hiring a guy that came up from the Suns system the last 5 years, that has to be part of the expectation...but it's interesting that he also is a guy who spent a lot of time with the Spurs in the 90's, and that's sort of your definition of the solid defensive team. 2nd head coach to come out of that roster already, with Johnson being the first, and we've all heard him praised for bringing more of a defensive presence to the big D. But honestly, considering he's never coached before, you have to think only he and Pax know what type of style he's going to push.

Hmmm, Suns assistant General Manager. Interesting position to steal a person from. Sort of still "In the family" since he's therefore under Kerr. No idea what role he played under the D'Antoni regime. Long career as a non-dominant role player, best years in the mid 90's with the spurs. I kinda like, was hoping for some fresh blood from the start...we'll see if this is actually, um, reality.

Bumpage. Rassmussen was showing a bump forming for the nominee last week, Gallup today joined them. Interesting that Gallup is doing a 5 day average on these. I didn't notice that before.