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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 07:51 AM) The couraging thing about Mitchell is that by his senior year his K/BB rate had gotten to almost one. The kid seems to be learning the strike zone. *encouraging. Unless you think he's a brave motherf***er!

Nice writeups, guys. Morgado seems like a throwaway pick.

Congrats Becks!

To be fair. He got booed to start the season as a sign to Ozzie/Kenny we were unhappy he was our starting CF and leading off. All the fans knew he sucked, yet our organization does not. We award grit and feistiness more than talent. However, then he proceeded to go like 0 for his first 20 in the leadoff spot. It was just so stupid to put a career minor leaguer out there who was awful in Spring Training and then throw him to the top of the lineup because of a handful of good games in 08. It's not his fault his manager believes in him, but that's the only way we can vocally say we don't want him out there.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 08:40 AM) so, a player with absolutely NO experience above college is comparable to a player who spent 8 years in the bandbox stadiums of the Japanese leagues? Boras needs his head examined. He doesn't believe what he says, just so you know.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:19 AM) I'm sorry, but I don't know how even CQ could magically turn this team around. Also, by all accounts, it looks like CQ isn't really close to returning. And no one cares if we're 4.5 out, this is just a bad team, that is playing in a bad division. I hope KW realizes this team isn't a playoff contender. Show me the last time KW realized we weren't a contender? Hell, he didn't even sell in that awful 2007 season.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Two months. He needs to sit until his foot is healed. If he rushes it, we'll see what we saw last time... a hit, a pop, a DL stint.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:31 AM) Its all about his velocity. If he can work back into the low 90's he can be effective at the major league level. If he stays in the mid 80's, there is no chance. Hasn't he been in the mid 80s since 2006? It's not coming back.

Please burn this thread. We're 4.5 out in June and we've been without our best player.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:08 AM) Well it is on a channel everyone gets though. You'd be surprised how many homes do not have VS. And MLB Network is penetrating markets left and right. Plus, its on the Web, and almost every household has the internet.

QUOTE (greasywheels121 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 07:07 AM) Yessssssssss. I was laughing so hard at this.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:54 AM) Is there a draft out there that gets less coverage than the MLB draft?? The NHL Draft.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:44 AM) Reports, please! Only been to Chicago once to sign his contract... likes AJ a lot and got to know some of the boys in spring training, confident in his stuff, yee haw. He sounds like he believes he's ready.

This is awesome. I bet their coverage is awesome.

Poreda on ESPN 1000 right now.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:37 AM) Because? Arizona isn't exactly setting the world on fire at the moment. They're last in the AL West... I'm having a hard time even finding them in the AL West standings. They must be way down there.

I presume the rotation will involve this list of characters: Buehrle, Floyd, Danks, Contreras, Poreda.

Now sign him to a one-day contract and let him retire with the franchise he belongs with... take a cue from the Blackhawks and repair that relationship.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 08:59 PM) High horse or reality? High horse.

f*** off, Josh Fields. You stated you thought about quitting baseball like 3 years ago or some s***. Go grab a Bible and enjoy the construction work. If you didn't want Beckham up here, you should have gotten a few more hits.

This is getting so stupid it's funny. Heads should roll for the f***up that is the 2009 White Sox. They have no plan whatsoever. I was happy with a "non-rebuild rebuild"... but it's becoming more and more apparent that Kenny has no plan. He just tried to swap our best pitching prospect for an overpriced turd from San Diego (made us look foolish in the process), he's signing guys we gave up on years ago to patch things together. He calls up Beckham but lets Ozzie Guillen sit him in both games of a double header because of a slow-start. If there's a God damned text book on how not to do things, that's how the 2009 White Sox look. Christ, you want to make sure your can't miss prospect misses, make him play 3 different positions in 2 weeks in the minors, call him up and watch him struggle through ten at bats (not 30-40, but f***ing 10) and then bench his ass and play that f***tard Josh Fields or Jayson f***ing Nix. This is getting real old really fast. I don't mind losing if there's a God damned person in charge who can orchestrate a rebuild properly, but Kenny Williams seems incapable of such a thing, and the whole franchise looks second-rate because of it.

We call up the best prospect we've had in a decade and a half and let him ride the pine after a difficult start?

Remember last week when we started thinking this team didn't suck?

QUOTE (Nixon @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 03:02 PM) Zelda is an adult game now? I guess because T R U likes that one it's acceptable.