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Jay Zawaski ‏@JayZawaski670 22m22 minutes ago Reports saying Regin will the the guy called up, as we were told yesterday. If not a kid, he's the right guy. Versatile.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 6, 2014 -> 09:30 AM) That can be said for the majority of politicians out there. In my experience, not many get to that level without being fairly smart. Many that are portrayed as dumb, as just being sold that way to try to steal some votes. Joe just ran into a perfect storm of Bayh quitting [if Bayh doesn't quit, Coats doesn't beat him and Coats runs for this seat, and wins easily], and the next Republican Senator in line saying incredibly stupid things right before election day to let him walk into office. Donnelly is much more of an organizer type than a politician. Also it is really strange to actually be talking about Indiana politics here.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 6, 2014 -> 09:28 AM) Bayh is the biggest hack of all of them. You only like him because he criticizes democrats and republicans but he can do that because he believes in nothing but making public appearance money to snipe at people who actually believe in things. Having been on the other side of the table from a then Governor Bayh when he was looking to cut education in Indiana, I can safely say he is as much of a partisan hack as anyone else in the Democratic party.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Nov 6, 2014 -> 07:55 AM) Exactly. If the Sox wait til next years FA then its likely the Sox don't have a protected first rounder and then hind sighters come out saying the Sox shouldn't sign any top free agents because the last player they signed that cost a first round pick was Adam Dunn and we know how the song will go from there. If there's a year when the Sox should fill a few holes through FA, this is it. The more I hear about CarGo and his horrible contract, the more I like the idea of going after Rasmus who would give similar production, one year younger, cheaper and will not cost anyone from the farm teams. Rasmus AND VMart would add some very nice power from the left side and Rasmus is definitely an upgrade over Tank in LF. I would try to give the Yanks some competition with regards to Headley too. If the Sox aren't willing to spend on a few quality free agent bats and a reliever or two then they should stop with the " we think we can contend" bs because there's no friggin way they will without spending the money. Then comes another season of excuses starting with " attendance is down and the whole bleeding heart bag o bs. It isn't excuses, it is reality. Sox fans are bandwagon fans, and that hurts payroll when they aren't winning.

QUOTE (sammy esposito @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 09:18 PM) I liked Nate Jones I thought he showed some great promise and was a cinch to make our bullpen until his back injury. I hope he can regain his form. Odds are pretty good he would have been our closer last year,

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 6, 2014 -> 07:21 AM) Bayh has no chance at making it through a Democratic primary. Not even close to liberal enough. That's what I hate about both parties--excellent moderate candidates are drawing dead before they even start because the parties are controlled by the extremes. I would love to see somebody like Bayh, Bob Casey or Joe Donnelly on a national ticket for the Democrats but that is never happening. Joe Donnelley is an idiot. It is really too bad enough friends to become a US Senator.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 6, 2014 -> 08:12 AM) Well s***, if Incarcerated Bob says so, how can it not be true? Then again Winston hasn't exactly done anything that his reputation should be much better.

It depends on how badly you want this company to have a good opinion of you in the future. If you don't mind a burnt bridge in your past, jump.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 03:15 PM) Vomit sandwich About the same level of consistency...

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 05:31 PM) whew..... that is good news. a month for the injury and 2 to 3 weeks to get in game shape, sounds like xmas. any news on who was called up?? It depends on if they are willing to put on the long term injured list. If they do that, then they save enough cap room to call up someone good. If not, who knows.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) Thanks for the reassurances. Why would they even bother wasting a roster spot? He's fine as a bench player.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 04:26 PM) They don't have to acquire someone better than JB Shuck. They already have like 4 or 5 of them, including Dayan Viciedo. The reason they brought in Shuck is that he is perfectly capable of being a 5th outfielder - that is, he can play all 3 positions and he can play in AAA. He has decent contact skills, but if he's anything more than that, the Sox are in deep trouble. He still has options? Even better.

Sounds like Sharp will be out at least a month.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 03:57 PM) I sure hope that you guys are right. I know it' early, and it's just a gut feeling. As I posted a couple of days ago, Shuck doesn't look like a very good player. The moment the Sox acquire someone better to play the outfield, I'll be relieved. I honestly think it will be something the Sox do pretty early in the winter.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 12:57 PM) What a jerk. A) admit use in exchange for immunity. B) Sue your supplier and deny usage. C) Pay off people who could bury you. I hope MLB bans him for life and that the HOF does as well. He will never be voted into the Hall of Fame. As of today his entire career is under question, plus he has never come clean publicly and asked for forgiveness. It would honestly be easier to argue Barry Bonds for the HOF, as there is a pretty clear line that is almost universally agreed to as to when he started using. For ARod, it is so early in his career, it calls everything into doubt.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 04:10 PM) I haven't been able to find anything on him. Me either, which is why I was hoping someone knew.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 03:46 PM) I would say that the odds of the front office thinking JB Shuck is their plan to be the every day left fielder for the Chicago White Sox in 2015 at this point in time are probably the same odds of them thinking that I'm their plan to be the opening day closer. It's a ridiculous notion. 99.9999%?

QUOTE (Lillian @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 03:35 PM) Not sure how much I like it, but I'm beginning to think that they acquired Shuck to be the regular left fielder. Maybe they intend to platoon him with Danks. Oddly enough, Shuck seems to hit lefties better, even though he's a left handed hitter Danks has been pretty decent vs. RHP, and is still considered the best defensive outfielder in the organization. If that's the plan, I wish they would move Avi to LF, when Danks starts, as he is unquestionably a better defender. Why do you think that? The off season literally just began a couple of days ago. We have a lot money to spend, and plenty of time to do it.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 03:14 PM) This is why I love the offseason. You see a lot of morons, as opposed to meatheads, come out of the wood work. Yes, the White Sox would trade Jose Abreu for Jason f***ing Castro. Hey if we were just talking about regular old Jason Castro that is one thing, but Jason f***ing Castro? Sign me up!

So for comparisons sake, the Angels spent $8 million on Roberto Baldoquin, who also falls under the under 23 year old international rules. Anyone know how he compares to Moncada?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 02:03 PM) There are only 3 governors in the United States, so a 1 in 15 event would only occur every 5 election cycles, you're right. A guy batting .250 got 4 hits in one game. His batting average must be wrong!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 01:43 PM) Wtf? Of course there is. He predicted more than 1 race. See how accurate those predictions were on the whole when weighted based on the probability he gave them. It is simple math really. Something that has a 10% probability should happen in 1 time out of 10. If it didn't, it means your model is wrong. Just because something has a 90% probability doesn't mean it can't be wrong. It just means 9 times out of 10 it happens one way. If something with a one in a million shot actually happens, it doesn't mean the model was wrong either. This is just a completely misunderstanding or misusage of statistics on display here.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/repo...ed-steroid-use/

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 10:00 AM) I am not switching arguments. You made my point. You have to spend money to sign good players. Besides, if the White Sox do improve just a little bit, the cost for signing a free agent will become a 1st round pick if they wait. Again, I wouldn't go 4 guaranteed years for Martinez. 3 with performance based incentives to make it 4, but he is perfect for the White Sox line up. Apparently you were only focusing on the bad signings then? You didn't mention the big one, nor did you mention all of the little things that have worked otu.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 09:41 AM) But they aren't supposed to spend money until they are ready to win. Just ask Keith Law. Signing Abreu was dumb. Nice switch of arguments.