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QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 06:09 PM) You are proving my point buddy. Teams who sign these "big boppers" and neglect the pitching staff don't win squat. Newsflash - the 2005 Sox won on the back of 200 home runs, among the league leaders in that category.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 04:28 PM) I am willing to accept this if you are ok with me punching you in the face if you park there an hour after I shovel the spot out. Why don't you try that, and see what happens. Fortunately, its been years since I had to park on residential streets more than on rare occasion. Living somewhere with street parking only is annoying.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 03:59 PM) why is that? last yr, which was the final yr in the dome, they were in the race till the last game of the season, and they still only drew 2.3mil. i know people will want to see the new stadium this yr but the weather does get bad there and if they arent good, people wont go. even when theyre good, its still hard for them to draw fans Its a new stadium, that pretty much guarantees a year or two of bigger than usual crowds.

I don't acknowledge the whole chair/cone thing with parking spaces cleared of snow. Its a public street, I'm taking the spot if its there.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 02:33 PM) JR, KW and Ozzie said no to Thome, and it makes me happy. Sorry Jim, probably time to retire. None of them have done that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 01:38 PM) The whole intent of the "public option" was to destroy private insurance and move everyone on to the government roles. Only for a few. More Republicans were talking about it, creating that straw man, than even liberals.

Buster Olney saying, today, that Thome is talking to a few different teams. Didn't say anything imminent. Its on Insider.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 01:33 PM) Don't forget Sergio Santos and his lack of option years. True, I should have included him with Nunez/Hudson/Santeliz for the 7th spot competition.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 01:24 PM) Kotsay @ 34>>>>>>>>>Thome @ 39/40 and its not even close in my opinion If beard quality is your determining factor, yes. Or possibly speed. In every other way, this is a bizarre statement not founded in any sort of fact.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 01:22 PM) Juanny Damon You are like a broken record on him, and why do you keep calling him "Juanny"?

Well, we've got 5 definites in there: Jenks Thornton Linebrink Pena Putz Then two other slots, one of which inevitably will be a LOOGY, and a small chance the other spot may not exist: Williams/Threets Nunez/Hudson/Santeliz Williams has the leg up on the LOOGY slot. I personally think a 6 man pen makes more sense, so I'd go with: Jenks (CL) Putz/Thornton (SU) Linebrink/Pena (MR, occasional SU) Williams (LOOGY) And I'd work on Linebrink and Pena during ST to see which can handle going 2-3 innings, since none of those guys are long relievers. But what will probably happen is the above, plus Nunez for the 7th spot.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) Thome might be close to signing with the Twins per The Score 670. "might be close to signing"? Seems a bit weak. But if true, depending on the money he gets, I think I'm going to be pissed as well.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 11:04 AM) Bryan Smith has been doing a series of articles on Fangraphs, looking for RH sinkerballers who have been undervalued in the minors due to depending on poor defenses. One of our guys made his list. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/s...lers-final-part He may not be on BA's Top 30, but heis been on mine, and SoxTalk/FutureSox's, for a while now.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 10:56 AM) You think he'd get the Fed Chair job back? Directly and literally that job? Maybe not. In terms of actual influence on policy? Yes, and they may find a Bernanke replacement that is in line with Volcker's mindset. Jobs are not the same, policy areas not the same, but very related.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 09:27 AM) You guys could be right, but if Morel has a strong season at Birmingham this season then I think he's in the Majors at some point in 2011. Teahen runs through 2012. I think Morel is getting traded anyway though. I guess my point was that the Teahen move wasn't just about Viciedo, and it was a lot more about Teahen himself than is being suggested. You don't commit 3 years to a stopgap when there's no reason to unless you really like what you're getting. I think you see this far too narrowly. Yes, Teahen fills a gap. But he also improves the infield NOW, which is key. And he's also a bet that KW is willing to make, that he MIGHT turn into the player his potential seemed to dictate. If he does, then you have a good problem. If not, Morel and maybe Viciedo are behind him. Basically, KW did what he always seems to do - gave himself options.

The internet is noisy. People want to be heard over the din, so they yell louder. And louder, and louder. This combined with the unwillingness to dig into details, gives you the now pandemic need for people to exaggerate things to get a point across. This causes more polarity in people's words (both media and just plain people), and this is reflected in our politicians as well. Thus, the era of over reaction is really more accurately, the era of exaggeration to make a point. Its kind of sad, really.

The Rise of Volcker has been underway for a while now.

Teahen does absolutely nothing to effect Morel, who has probably 2 more years in the minors before he is ready anyway. Teahen was needed because the Sox felt he'd be an upgrade over Getz - that is effectively the switch that occurred. And they could get Teahen for a couple years, while guys like Viciedo and Morel shake out - then we can see where things stand. Its not about a hard-on, its about improving the team in the short run, which KW did pretty well in this case.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 07:53 AM) Is that still true after yesterday? Yes, I believe it is. The ruling was not a complete washout of all corporate restrictions for donations - only a partial one.

Rock on.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 09:38 PM) id much rather have that as our song(go sox, go) than lets go go white sox, the music is brutal, it sounds like music theyd play through an ice cream truck and the lyrics are worse. im just trying to be honest and not biased lol both suck but ill give the edge to the go song Go Go White Sox was written in 1959, Go Cubs Go was written in (I believe) 1984.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 05:48 PM) And what is going to make it worse is that unemployment extensions are going to dry up and these people are going to just mysteriously disappear in the %'s and claims numbers. They will disappear in SOME numbers. But that's not even what makes it worse - what makes it worse is those people having no money, and become drains on the economy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 05:36 PM) Actually it could easily be related to seasonality, because the seasonality is a complicated average based on economic conditions. The issue is...it's hard to actually gauge the economic conditions in any particular year based on any model, because every year is a unique event, so there's always bound to be a little bit of slop. Take a look at the raw graph: IF nothing else..the corrections are a factor of 2 larger than the actual number you're looking at. Which means if your correction is off by 5%, then you have a major miss. (Edit; frankly though, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this is the first blip of another acceleration of job losses. Between another energy price spike, the dying-down of the stimulus, housing resuming its fall towards the bottom, continually increasing health care costs, etc., I can't see any real good reason for job losses to stop other than the remaining stimulus dollars). re: the bolded, they chose to use the stimulus funds to spend on non-sustainable stuff. Huge mistake. Fortunately, lots of the temp money is still to be spent this year, but that's only good news if we have strength in the economy otherwise by the end of this year - and I don't see that happening. So stupid.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 05:36 PM) Actually it could easily be related to seasonality, because the seasonality is a complicated average based on economic conditions. The issue is...it's hard to actually gauge the economic conditions in any particular year based on any model, because every year is a unique event, so there's always bound to be a little bit of slop. Take a look at the raw graph: IF nothing else..the corrections are a factor of 2 larger than the actual number you're looking at. Which means if your correction is off by 5%, then you have a major miss. Those are blips, and they go the wrong direction for what you are saying anyway. The economy will ride on how jobs do the next few months, and that will tell us what the year will be like. These reports are not about seasonality, they are about the fact that the economy's slow recovery is stalled at the moment. Where it goes from here, remains to be seen.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 05:26 PM) After tomorrow, I don't care, at least I hope not to. Seriously, though, this is exactly what some of us were talking about. The "holiday bump" is gone... even after "seasonality adjustments" there's still seasonality, if that makes sense. This is not about seasonality, regardless of your outlook being good or bad. The adjustments are always there, and if anything, they probably adjusted too much, not too little. This is more purely a lack of momentum in the economy. Companies haven't seen enough fundamental strength to start hiring more, yet.