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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 29, 2012 -> 04:25 PM) You mean he becomes qualified for it, right? Because there is no way in hell he has a chance against Mike Trout. Yes, that is what I meant. I certainly wasn't predicting a ROY win for him, more just pointing it out because he's then no longer a "prospect" by that standard, and I was surprised he already reached that many innings. That's all.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2012 -> 02:33 PM) Both from the eye test and the long performance slump, I think Mitchell is still a long stretch of development away from being big league ready. I'd agree that he's unlikely to make it in 2013. I think the 2012 Sox outfield, barring a surprise trade or ijnjury, will also be the 2013 Sox outfield, and very possibly 2014 as well. Sometime in 2014, some one or multiple of Mitchell, Thompson, Walker or others (perhaps even Hawkins, but probably not) will be knocking at the door. QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Jun 29, 2012 -> 03:13 PM) Would have said the same thing about JorDanks not long ago And you would have been right. Also, Danks played AAA three seasons, so the comparison isn't really useful here.

If Q pitches 6.2 innings or more tonight, he passes the ROY threshold.

Well, he's on the DL right now, for I believe, elbow tendonitis. Keep in mind also that this is a converted position player, still learning how to go from throwing to pitching. I'd be patient. Let's see how he does when he comes back, and not just for core results - look for improvement in control, K rate, etc.

Quetzlcoatl's ERA won't stay sub-2 all season. But I keep hoping it won't correct itself THIS game.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 29, 2012 -> 08:37 AM) Any word on why Jared Mitchell and Carlos Sanchez left their respective games early? So did Mark Haddow. I was wondering about Mitchell too, hadn't noticed Sanchez until you pointed it out.

My AAP Linza seems to be doing pretty well as a starter in GF. Nice comeback by Castro! QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 09:13 PM) ERA of 297.00 Its becoming fun tracking him. He has now faced 14 batters, with the results being: 9 BB 3 HBP 1 hit 1 ground-out He also has 5 wild pitches

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 04:00 PM) Johnson is more deserving of an opportunity than Axelrod. He should replace Hudson at least. lol wut? And deserving has nothing to do with it. I do agree though that, once Youk is around a week or two and seems healthy, they should just send Hudson away or demote him. And Johnson would be fine for that role. Or Conor Jackson.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 04:30 PM) If Robin got creative when he called him out of the pen, he could do a thumbs up/thumbs down motion like the emperor did in Gladiator. Similar to what Guillen did for Jenks way back when. Which they did wrong in the movie, BTW, if anyone cares. It was the opposite of how they used it.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 02:07 PM) Sox announce Aaron Rowand to fill in as radio analyst for final two games of NY series. I will def be tuning into the radio to here him. One of my fav Sox players during that 05 run. Gave it his all every single play. Could be interesting. Who is he filling in for?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 12:14 PM) I think this could fire up some of the far right wing that was tepid on Romney. This... QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 01:39 PM) By voting for the guy who created the prototype? Politically speaking, this decision hurts Romney's campaign because his only means of justifying Romneycare while being against Obamacare, despite them being essentially the same program, was that Romneycare was constitutional under MA constitutional law. With SCOTUS declaring Obamacare constitutional, there is basically nothing different between Romneycare and Obamacare. mrnn The voters on the far right are voting against Obama, not for Romney, and this won't help that cause since it just reinforces one of Romney's own policies.

Brandon Brennan, RHP Born 7/26/1991 in San Juan Capistrano, CA 6’4”, 220 Throws: R Bats: R OVERVIEW Brandon Brennan was the Sox 4th round pick of the 2012 draft. The 20 year old has only one year of college under his belt, pitching well for Orange Coast College. He's a fairly big kid with a strong frame, who throws from a 3/4 arm slot that is sometimes inconsistent. His fastball ranges from 90 to 95, and the variance may be related to the inconsistent delivery. He also throws a slider and a change-up. Prior to the draft, he was ranked in the Top 250 draft prospects by both Baseball America and Perfect Game. Here is a PERSONAL/PRE-COLLEGE NOTES Capistrano Valley High School, Mission Viejo, CA COLLEGE Originally on the team at University of Oregon, but did not play. Then went to Orange Coast College, as a starter in spring of 2012: 108.1 IP, 1.25 ERA, 72 K, 23 BB, 76 H. Led conference in ERA, second in wins, third in strikeouts. SIGN/DRAFT Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round (141st overall) of the 2012 Amateur Draft. Signed for $320,800 (slot). Previously drafted by Colorado in the 40th round in 2010, did not sign. MINORS Brandon has been assigned to Great Falls (Rk) of the Pioneer League, and as of this writing has not yet pitched in a game. Given he is already over 100 innings this spring, they may limit him a bit this year. OTHER PROFESSIONAL n/a REFERENCE Baseball Cube page MiLB page FS Draft Tracker blurb (scroll down) 2012 college stats

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 12:45 PM) Things that should never be on a pizza for a thousand, Alex. I'd rather eat NY pizza for the rest of my existence then eat crap like pineapples on a pizza. Chicago and New York are kind of cousins when it comes to pizza. Same idea, different look. California pizza is like the crazy uncle who yells at pigeons. I like this post.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 12:49 PM) Nice. Good info. Our beat writers are still horrible though. My god. Is Septimo 27 years old? What is the back story? Has he been in the minors forever? Sox picked him up mid-last season, to little fanfare. But what is interesting is, look at his walk numbers. They dropped about 30% last year after coming over, went down further still this year, and down more than his current year in his last 10 games. They obviously worked with him on something, and it seems to be working. He always struck out a ton of guys, but now his walks have gone from atrocious to only mildly scary.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 11:47 AM) Anybody buy the theory that the "losing" side in this decision will actually get a boost in November? Not in this case, no.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 10:49 AM) Executive director of the DNC tweets: "It's Constitutional. b****es." And saw on Drudge someone from DNC also tweeted "TAKE THAT MOTHER******S!" Way to be classy, Dems, as always. Classless and stupid. Of course, there is also a zero percent chance you would have called out the Republicans who would have done the same thing at the fringes. Had to know there'd be some stupidity like this after the decision regardless of what it was.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 11:35 AM) Well, that's false Oh go eat your wet cardboard, Yankee scum.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 11:10 AM) You cannot possibly be suggesting that KW Jr be removed from the equation are you. BLASPHEMER ! I'm really not a KW hater, but this situation is really starting to annoy me. KW2 is 26 years old repeating AA, and putting up a .654 OPS even after his recent hot streak. At some point, even Daddy has to realize the guy is just not cutting it.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 09:06 AM) Alittle something I found.. Sounds Tyler Kuhn-ish to me, though Jerschele had two college-level GG's for his 2B defense. 3B is another story, so we'll see.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 27, 2012 -> 03:16 PM) I want Rizzo to fail spectacularly because of all this damn hype. It isn't his fault though, he's not out there saying any of that crap. I feel more this way about a guy like Bryce Harper, who I hope fails spectacularly, because he's such an arrogant prick.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 10:38 AM) Exactly. And it's silly. And IMO, it's not a game of semantics when it comes to this. Otherwise precedent would be set so they can collect taxes in a millions of new, previously unthought of ways, without calling them taxes. It's much easier when you see a line item on everything you buy that says "tax", instead of the silliness that would begin to occur if such a bad precedent was set. It'd be just a few short years before you have no idea where your money is going or why it's going there. IMO, Roberts is the only justice on that panel which I believe is actually fair minded versus basing his decisions strictly on his political viewpoints (see the rest of the supreme court for a good example of this). It's why every semi-partisan law automatically goes 4-4 and he's the deciding factor...always. Or Kennedy.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 10:23 AM) Always a concern when you are battling for a pennant for sure. Maybe they are just so young they don't know they are not supposed to perform well? Reed, Jones and Santiago have all had struggles recently, as should be expected with rookies as the league adjusts to them and they start trying to refine things. I think its important to not demote or remove any of them, at least not just yet. Give them a chance to come out of their first bad stretches, as that is something they absolutely need to do at the major league level. If any one or multiple of them just don't come out of it, then you may have to demote them, but I don't think we're there yet in any of the three cases.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 10:07 AM) Just to add for completeness, I still disagree with the concept that this bill opens the doors to "required purchase of a private product", on the grounds that any tax credit can be described as that based on the standard applied in this law. Tax credits are optional and focused-to-population by nature, and cannot be considered the same way as taxes. If all people must pay in some form, then no tax credit (all people being credited in some form) exists as a parallel. So no, not really.

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 09:28 AM) Rotoworld says he signed a $40 million deal with the Dodgers; doesn't state how many years. Also says Sox and Cubs had serious intrest. At that money I am really, really glad the Sox didn't get him.

My first post in the Buster in months... I've said all along, the nomination of Roberts has never bothered me as much as Alito. I don't agree with all of Roberts' decisions (Citizens United in particular), but Roberts has always been methodical and disciplined in his interperetations (unlike Scalia who is an unabashed partisan, and Alito who has always been a windsock and just takes the Republican view on things). So while this is a surprise, it isn't as big of one for me as it appears to be for others. I was 50/50 on Kennedy and Roberts on this. I still don't agree with the overall wisdom of the law and the way it was engineered - I think there were better ways to handle this and do some good. And I've said all along if this was simply paid for as a tax, it would stand up just fine - as it did. I just wasn't sure the court would see it as a tax, because it sort of is and sort of isn't. That is what made the whole thing a question. I'm glad the parts of PPACA that are positive are upheld, but skeptical of what doors may have been opened for required purchase of a private product. It will be interesting to see if Congress ever tries to push the door open further on that, and how far the court will stretch the limits of what a tax really is, versus required commerce. As for the Presidential election, I think this helps Obama, but only a little. The economy at large is still far and away issue number 1, particularly in the area of jobs (or lack thereof). Obama is in the poll position at this point, but if the economy's growth stops or regresses as the summer and fall go on, I can still see Romney pulling off a victory.