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QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 12:08 PM) Right, and we lost the division. What if we had a competent leadoff hitter to start the season? And then we get a hitter who hits awful to correct it. I'd rather just pay a few mill tonot have awful production from a generally great offensive spot in the lineup. A competent leadoff hitter was not what you were arguing. You were talking about Wise, not Podsednik. Wise honestly made very little impact at all last year, he hurt his shoulder very early on, was injured for a month and a half, made "The catch", and was a bench player for the rest of the season. If you want to argue that a competent leadoff hitter cost the Sox the division last year, well I disagree with that too. the bullpen couldnt hold a lead, and the entire team couldnt hit for about a month. If you want to talk about a specific position that truly cost the Sox from the start, I think it was fields at 3B. If Beckham started the season in the majors, I think the hitting slump that killed them in May through late June would have been drastically minimized, and even then I understood why Fields was up and Beckham was in the minors. The Sox had to see if Fields was worth anything This team as a whole is constructed better than the team that started last year IMO. Because of this I think that they can weather any sort of deficiency that the lack of a true DH could bring. And like I said, IMO

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:56 AM) I thought that last year with DeWayne wise. I learned my lesson. He didnt finish the year as the starter. They acquired rios and never looked back. There is a contingency plan in place at all times with KW. With Colon and Wise last year, it was Peavy and Rios. KW isnt stupid, Im pretty sure he understands what he has and where his deficiencies are, he has his reasons why he isnt acting, we just dont know what they are.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:42 AM) yes, how dare we complain about going into the year with a dh combo that is likely to have a Honestly I dont think it will end with those two as the combo, but thats just me. Thats why Im not crying about it.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:38 AM) If we even have any grass to begin with... this is true. according to Soxtalk, there is mud and rocks

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:33 AM) With Jim Thome plugged in for Andruw Jones, the White Sox go from 800 runs scored to 843. Essentially, if Thome is playing everyday, he adds 39 runs to the Twins' line-up and 43 runs to the White Sox line-up. Net shift, 82 to the Twins. I didn't do the numbers swapping out Dye for Pierre, but I bet they'd be pretty close to 900. well then, I guess this estimate has a few problems

QUOTE (chunk23 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:26 AM) Yeah, if we can't completely close the gap, we might as well stand pat and count on bounce back years from half the lineup. Or we could whine about a player that was never going to be more than a part time player. Thats much better. And sure, KW stood pat all offseason, thats exactly what he did. One thing is always for sure on soxtalk, the grass is always greener on the other side.

Im just wondering, if Thome is taken out of the Twins lineup and put in the Sox, do those numbers completely reverse? I mean, if the point is that losing Thome accounts for a 131 run differential....

Well the season is over now. Paper says so

While it stings a little bit that Thome went to the Twins, I dont think Thome is going to be the difference between the Sox and Twins this year. He is considered to be a bench player for them, just as he was to be(in our minds)for the Sox, and I am not going to worry about the eventual homerun he hits vs the Sox(mostly because he has already hit a ton of them vs the Sox), because a bench player does not change a season for many teams. Like many people have said, the onus is on Ozzie this time, he asked for this type of team and he got it. he has his speedy leadoff hitter(even if he is in decline) and he has his versatile bench. If Ozzie is as dumb as many people think he is on this site, it will be a fail, and KW will not do this again. If Ozzie is as smart as few people on this site think he is, the Sox will surprise many and compete from day 1. I am of the belief that Ozzie is much smarter than people believe, but I am not going to argue my opinion with anyone, you have your right to yours as I do to mine.

QUOTE (b-Rye @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 04:21 PM) Sox don't need Fuk. i see what you did there

Congrats JPN!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) Gross. lol, its a sequel to a NES or SNES game.

almagest, thank you so much for convincing me to get Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New Age. I love those games. I got A Boy and His Blob, and The Conduit this weekend too. Im enjoyng all three games

Isnt there an additional 100 pictures at the end of the movie in the unrated version?

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 11:34 AM) He had knees back then too. I think it has always been Kotsays back, not his knees

Ok, JimH has gotten enough of our responses and attention for now(and I shouldnt of participated admittedly). The only way a troll wont bother you is if you dont look under the bridge All Done

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 10:08 PM) I totally popped for Ortons RKO on Sheamus. I did too, and I rarely pop for anything Orton does. Its Tropic Sun vs The Ghost

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 08:56 AM) LOL at the sad snowflake. I nearly spit coffee. please dont spit it on your keyboard. As we all know, we need to hide behind these keyboards from big bad jimmy

JimH gets a sad snowflake from me for his neverending effort to be relevant on the internets...

LOL @ JimH trying to drag people into fights on the chicagonow board. "Im right here, Im not hiding...."

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 07:00 AM) I need to get that. I couldnt remember their name when I was buying music the other day. Thank you Kyle, you are the greatest human being that ever existed. im flattered!

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 23, 2010 -> 04:55 PM) Any sound clips of Stacey King going off after that Rose dunk?

im really enjoying Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

No, Brock/Mir II wasnt close at all. Mir's face looked like hamburger after the fight, he was resembling the elephant man with how lopsided his face was when he started swelling

Mir has been talking a lot of s*** about Brock. Last time he beat Mir, it was to "get the horseshoe out of his ass", this time I think it will be much more personal and Brock is going to try and hurt him.