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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 09:40 AM) Yes, now onto reality, since this is likely to happen. He's exactly what we've missed since jettisoning Brent Sopel, but Montador is actually a better player. There is no doubt that we were missing the role players last year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 23, 2011 -> 02:37 PM) Doesnt mean that it wouldn't be a possible benefit. And here is why the idea of speculation with the Strategic Reserves is a bad idea. It is easy to neutralize its effect. http://news.yahoo.com/oil-rebound-weakens-...-172341994.html

Besides, we would have to figure out new competitions for them.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 09:13 AM) Well we have some good talent down there. It's just always the question of are they ready. Morin, Lalonde and Beach should be getting close. If we can get guys like that to start carrying the 3rd and 4th lines, this team will explode.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 09:08 AM) That is true, but I don't think the Hawks can add another max player and still have some semblance of depth. This is where the farm system has to start looking like a Bowman farm team and start paying off big time.

Z games might be more interesting.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:53 AM) I don't think he's anywhere near as moderate as Clinton. That said, Texas certainly has some nice housing regulations perhaps other states could learn from. I don't think he was going for moderate... more like spineless and poll obsessed.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:57 AM) I don't even want to get my hopes up about that. And in the NHL, it's really hard to structure deals like that (actually impossible). In the NFL, you can do poison pills, unbalanced structuring of the deal, but in the NHL it's straight average value over the life of the contract for the cap hit. Stamkos is incredible, but Tampa has tons of cap room. He ain't going anywhere. The thing is that Tampa doesn't have nearly the cash base that the Hawks have. There is a chance at outspending them.

X Games LONDON

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:18 AM) No doubt, I wasn't questioning whether or not to give up the picks, just wondering how many it would cost. Although, it does sound like the Flyers will be all over him if he doesn't stay in Tampa. Any team with cap space will try to get him.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:14 AM) Hell I'm fine with 3 first. You don't find franchise talents like him very often. This isn't Phil Kessel. The only question is whether the Hawks can figure out a way to structure the deal so that Tampa can't keep him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:24 AM) If we think about it, we can probably come up with other names though. Whoever is coaching in San Fran, Tampa, LAA, maybe Oakland and Seattle (although it's hard to figure out the park effects there), Texas...there's a number of pitching coaches who have regularly had staffs that step up big time, in surprising ways, in the last few years. Mike Maddux is on that list now for sure.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:13 AM) I'm assuming he doesn't remember that era all that well. I've listened to enough stories to be confident about that. Some nights I think that is all he remembers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:15 AM) Compliments to Sergio and to AJ on the pitch calling for Sergio. The slider's working that well? Why not make every pitch a slider. Big props to Buehrle, pitching over some weak defense (partly of his own making) and holding that team to 2 runs when we tried to gift them more. Props somehow to Bruney, for getting a shot right at Beckham when we needed a double play. And to the Captain for being the offense. I don't think AJ has been calling pitches all year. It has been Joey sending in the signals. I haven't figured out who is calling them though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:10 AM) Again...worth adding is the comparison to the rest of the league. I'm harping on this a lot lately...but offense is way, way, way down everywhere. In 2005, the White Sox staff put up a 3.61 ERA, and that was tied with Cleveland for the best in the AL, Houston and St. Louis were better, and the best ERA in the league was 3.49. In 2011, the White Sox staff has put up a 3.84 ERA, and that's good for 14th best in baseball (strangely, 13th best is Cleveland, 0.01 runs better than us). The best ERA in the league is 2.98. The average ERA this year is 3.83, in 2005 it was 4.28. Offense is down. A lot. Hawk was noting last night I think that he's never seen so many 2-1 and 1-0 games. For once, he's right, we haven't seen this level of offensive performance since baseball got "Big". Hawk played during the 60's right? Um, yeah, about that...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 08:01 AM) Morel is doing at this level what he's done at other levels. He started real bad at the plate, has been improving since with the average, and then adds a little power later. If you want him to develop, then let him keep developing. If you didn't want to wait, and wanted a guy who hit .280 off the bat with power, and with Morel's defense, well... how many of those do you think there are waiting around the minor leagues? Have some patience, he's getting better, which can't be said of some others on this team. Not to mention Brent is one of the few guys on the team who adjusts his game to fit the situation. If he needs to cut down on the swing he does, if he needs to go the other way he does...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 07:54 AM) Isn't Stamkos a RFA? Wouldn't that cost 2 first round draft picks? Not that he's not worth it, but just figuring how realistic that is. I really doubt Tampa lets him go, especially if he's not unrestricted. two first round picks for Stamkos? I am fine with that. We will be talking about the last pick in the first rounds' anyway.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 07:52 AM) Ugh... leadoff "issue" again? There is no such thing. If you select players to fit profiles of certain hitting slots, you are artificially reducing your potential field of talent for no good reason. You find the best players available for each position, then you make the lineup after that. And Alexei can leadoff just fine. It is easy to say it is artificial, but we have seen what happens to some players mentally when they get put into a role they don't know. Look no further than Adam Dunn and Nick Swisher.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:37 PM) It would definitely seem that way,or the John Scott news was all crap. Based on how we ended the season last year, the Hawks may be content with Keith/Leddy, Seabrook/Hjalmarrson, Campoli/Montador. We all knew that when it was said.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 12:00 AM) Take this with a gigantic, humungous grain of salt, but Ekland said: "Then I was told Chicago...who has been very quiet after freeing up money with the Campbell trade, was suddenly part of not only the Parise rumor, but possibly was putting an offer sheet together for Stamkos." Either of these would be absolutely insane. It would take a month to get the stain out of my pants if we got Stamkos.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:29 PM) Due to female complications, I once again missed another game. Can't dissect at all. But I'll take the win. But at some point, we need to go on a 12 wins in 14 games streak. Hovering around .500 is making me ill. that time of the month again?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 07:19 AM) Yeah, if we were swinging the bats even decently there's no way he sends him there. But with Rios and Beckham the next two up even I was hoping they sent him. Kinda sad when you realize the fly ball shouldn't score him but that it's infinitely better of a chance than the guys you have coming up. Either way, a win's a win and it was important after the loss the night before. Now let's take today's game - winning series on the road is always a positive. I just said that to someone about 10 minutes ago. The play of the team totally dictated that play.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:23 PM) Jeff Cox with a call that fails 90%+ of the time but broke our way. We were due for a break with the way things have been going, especially in extra innings or late in ballgames. Two games were nearly mirror images of each other. Rockies SHOULD have won tonight, by all rights. They've also used Street two games in a row. Santos scared the bejesus out of Spilborghs. That pitch was one of the nastiest he's thrown all season. Now 16/18 in SV/SVO. And at that point, what do you have to lose? This team has been awful in the clutch, they don't string together bunches of hits, and Rios hadn't done anything and seems like he is back into the funk. Even if TCQ gets thrown out, we are pretty much in the same place we would have been anyway.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 07:24 AM) As long as the pitching holds up. Out of the starters, the only one how has really overachieved is Phil. Even looking up and down the team, who is due for a regression? Konerko I could see, just because he has been insane. AJ maybe? Very few guys have played anywhere near their best ball.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:14 PM) I can't see a situation where we have more of our players flat out suck for 81 games during the 2nd half of the year than we've seen already. 5 of our 9 core players have been beyond bad, and we're only 4 games out. Like my buddy jphat said, it's crazy. and even more than that, who do we have who should regress? Humber? Maybe Konerko?