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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 2, 2008 -> 08:03 AM) I'm sure George Stephanopolous will ask Hillary about this on Sunday during the 1 hour free coverage of her town hall meeting on ABC. How do I add green to text again? I'll be somewhere in Death Valley, but please, someone check to see how many flag pins there are on people during that event for me.

QUOTE (southsidehawkeye @ May 1, 2008 -> 06:42 PM) Sent in mine. I found this one kinda difficult, I couldn't really compare a great player from one sport to a great player in another and come out really decided on who was better. It is amazing when you sit down and think about it how many greats have passed through our city... my list could have easily gone much much longer but had to stop myself at 20. Well, #1 pretty much ought to be unanimous. The thing I had a problem with was just being too young. I can go by guys I've seen perform in the last 15-20 years or so that I can vaguely remember, but if you start talking early 80's and before, I had nothing to go by but the stats. Kind of made it hard in some places, like how do I deal with guys like Aparicio, how do I weigh him against someone more recent if I didn't see him to compare.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ May 1, 2008 -> 07:24 PM) Then the baseball gods spoke, and fixed everything, by having both teams bullpens blow up. I love this game.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2008 -> 05:38 PM) If the Sox dealt Fields and Crede left, why is it out of the question that KW could pick up a 3rd baseman through a trade or some other way? Why would he be stuck with what is already in the organization? Presumably he wouldn't want to be stuck that way. But here's the issue in response...after KW's rebuilding efforts this year, how many bullets does KW have left that he could fire off in a trade for a 3rd baseman? In terms of players people want who he could move this offseason, you basically have Poreda. Broadway, McCullough, Owens, Haeger, etc., aren't really likely to net us a starting MLB 3rd baseman, are they? And frankly, after Joe, the pickings are pretty slim at 3rd base this offseason in the FA market. (Stole this from another site, probably some errors on it but it's the best I found on the Google) Casey Blake, CLE Russ Branyan, STL Jeff Cirillo, ARI Joe Crede, CWS Morgan Ensberg, SD Pedro Feliz, SF Nomar Garciaparra, LAD Shea Hillenbrand, LAD Corey Koskie, MIL Greg Norton, TB Abraham Nunez, PHI Options: *Scott Spiezio, STL *Wes Helms, PHI *Chipper Jones, ATL *Hank Blalock, TEX The only guys on that list who even have more than 50 at bats this year, let alone performance (and hence isn't just a bench guy) are Casey Blake and Pedro Feliz, and so far their OPS's are under 680. If there's others missing then I hope someone fills in who else is out there. But basically, the option if we trade fields becomes trading Poreda (or some other A-ball player who steps up this year) or picking someone off of that list.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 1, 2008 -> 03:38 PM) Absolutely. The question becomes do you use Fields as trade bait to acquire a 2b that can leadoff.... Until Joe Crede is resigned...absolutely not. Not with the Boras factor. With Boras involved, it's always possible the Sox could make him a dynamite offer, more money than Konerko got, etc., and then Joe would muddle around for a few days until some other team came in and offered him Torii Hunter money and suddenly we'd be left with, I dunno, Bourgeois or Ozuna as our #1 3b next year.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 1, 2008 -> 03:33 PM) I don't have a problem with Wasserman and since I can't see his games pitched I don't know how hard he gets hit, gives up duck snortters and all those other things so if you say he is pitching with bad luck on his side I have to defer. But, it is 637 PM CDT now and I stil don't see a roster move so I am believing this whole thread may be a moot point?! They pretty much have til game time tomorrow right?

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 1, 2008 -> 02:45 PM) The only problem with that being that Richar has little trade value right now. I have no problem with keeping Fields, but I'd be very happy to listen if we could deal him for a top 2b or ss prospect. Only problem there is, those seem to be few and far between right now... Then let's let Richar and Ramirez develop and find out what we have this year and next.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2008 -> 11:05 AM) That was 3 years ago. It doesn't happen too often. The starting rotation has had a lot more 3 IP or less starts than that in the 3 years. That doesn't happen often because we don't put ourselves in a position where it's possible. It's certainly not out of the question to have 2 different infielders hurt or ejected on the same day.

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 1, 2008 -> 01:49 PM) That's a pretty bold statement, given that he never played there in the minors and his only meaningful experience in LF was in 21 games last season. Let him get some experience there in the minors and/or in winter ball before throwing the possibility out the window. Right now we have 5 OF's under contract that people are writing articles (wise or not) asking them for playing time. 3 of them are hitting .300 in the big leagues, 1 has an OBP over .400 but has struggled a bit (but is also under contract), the last is hitting something like .300 down at Charlotte. Josh Fields is not going to break in to this OF unless a lot of people start getting hurt.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2008 -> 10:27 AM) There's greater odds they will need to use another pitcher than there are they will run out of bench players. Unless they call up Owens to PR. Am I the only one who remembers Dye's brief stint at Shortstop in 2005 when we had 1 person get hurt and Crede got ejected?

"Step 2: Bench Manny Ramirez for Coco Crisp."

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2008 -> 07:48 AM) It would probably be for only 4 games. With Masset unavailable, they may need a long man the first 2 or 3 games of the series. With an off day today that rests the bullpen, it makes very little sense to bring up another pitcher just to serve as a long man for 1-2 games. Especially with Buehrle going in game 1.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 1, 2008 -> 07:50 AM) not to mention it is getting ripped apart by economists and op-ed pieces. And it also happens to be stupid policy...which coming from a person who's strength is supposed to be her policy smarts, is sort of contradictory.

Man, the Celtics/Hawks game is just turning into a technical foul disaster at the end here.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 04:59 PM) Who would you call up to replace Lexi for that series in TOR? I think Bourgeois ought to replace Alexei until Danny is ready, not just for the Toronto series. If JB struggles with the bat, at least Alexei will be getting playing time every day.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 04:30 PM) From the Trib: The Sox were 12-11 in April 2007 en route to a 90-loss season. But the pitchers and hitters are maintaining their confidence that better days are ahead. “Once everything clicks, it’s going to be even more dangerous because we’re in every game,” catcher Toby Hall said. So, what you're telling me is that the worst thing that could have happened to the Sox was to have a winning record in April?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 05:30 PM) Bourgeois or Owens would make more sense for a Ramirez replacement than Fields. Now that Anderson is actually honest to god hitting the ball...I really want to see no part of Jerry Owens in the big leagues right now. Nothing against Owens, I think he could still be a valuable part if we opened up a slot for him next year, I just don't want Anderson to finally start stringing together some decent hits and decent at bats and then suddenly vanish back to the 25th man role.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 05:44 PM) Per Time's Mark Halperin Obama picked up 3 today and Clinton picked up 2. "The day" wasn't over yet. The good news is...they're at least starting to endorse. There's been a trickle of what seems like a couple a day since PA. They don't need to go overwhelmingly for Obama to end this, they just need to get off the sidelines by the end of May. If all that happens is he splits those, but they just get off the sidelines, the race ends then.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 04:48 PM) I would love to see Fields on this team on the bench if he could play LF, RF, and 1B too...you could get him 4-5 games a week if that were the case. You envision him playing against every lefty at DH, so that's about 1-2 games a week and then you have him play a game or two a week at 3B. If he knew LF, RF, and 1B, you could substitute him variably throughout the course of the season and he'd be getting pretty solid playing time The problem, of course, is that he can't play LF, RF, and 1B, so this post is pretty much pointless. And, on top of that...right now, our backup OF, who happens to have one Hell of a glove in CF, pushed his average up to .300 today. OPS is still lacking, but that may well simply relate to a lack of at bats and associated lack of chances to turn things in to doubles/home runs.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 04:28 PM) It is silly to replace a guy who can't hit major league pitching very well with a guy who showed he can? If the only thing you care about is the quality of the 4 ab's or so that guy would get...then yes. But if you also care about getting regular at bats for people, then yes, it's silly to call up Fields to replace Ramirez, because Josh will sit on the bench except for a couple pinch hit chances per week.

Obama picked up 2 Superdelegates today, including one I've campaigned for in the past. Clinton picked up 1.

For some photo-op flubbing fun, Hillary struggles to figure out how the buttons work on the Cappuccino machine at a gas station.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 12:03 PM) ... to tell them good job for letting him go. He's the last guy I'd want. On paper he's a solid coach, he can probably coach a defense well, but his offenses have run as slow as any team in the league in the time he's been at dallas, IIRC.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 06:58 AM) They more or less understand, they are pretty pissed at Rev. Wright for backing him into a corner like that for basically no reason except to get Wright's face in the media and for generally acting like a tool. Now, defending himself and his life's work is one thing, but why he felt the need to make sure everyone knows he thinks the gov't created AIDS after the talk about it started to die down I will never know. Based on the various things I've read, I'm wondering if part of his motivation isn't personal. There's been reports that the last time he spoke to Mr. Obama was a couple months back and the results weren't pleasant. The Obama campaign has had to distance itself from him, he's been made to look like the bad guy, and I'll bet he doesn't like it. If he really wanted Sen. Obama to win the White House, he wouldn't be doing what he's doing right now. So I really am curious about whether or not there's some personal animosity driving his behavior right now.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 08:03 AM) Ok, i did some thinking here. I needed soem time to flush this out in my head. I understand the argument that this is a poll tax. in a way, you can argue it is. BUT, one of the biggest complaints about the current election system is voter fraud. We joke in Chicgao, "vote early and vote often". With a Non-ID system, i can just walk in, vote on behalf of my sick father and walk out. Maybe he wanted to vote for Clinton? Too bad. i voted Obama for him. Then go to my polling location and vote as myself. ID helps cut down on voter fraud. i think that is the base argument here. First of all, the evidence out there shows this happens far less often. Secondly, it's far more common that these things happen with absentee ballots, something that an ID check does not avoid (and hence, why, if you really care about preventing voter fraud, your first step is to eliminate the absentee ballot). And third, if you're caught doing this, it's still against the law.