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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 11:07 AM) I don't know where else to post this, but I find it to be a disturbing indictment of our current culture... So, there is this huge wildfire burning in Arizona. Its a monster fire, burned like 400,000 acres so far, and keeps going. Approaching some towns now. CNN interviews a resident of one of the towns and his family, who are packing up a couple pickup trucks with everything they can fit to leave. Not everything fits of course. Their choices? --X-Box makes the cut, same with the dog --What doesn't make the cut and stays to burn: family photos, and the cat So... the X-box, easily replaceable, can go... but the irreplaceable family photos, and the LIVING THING, are left to burn? Seriously? WTF is wrong with people? Article after my wife and kids were out, the next thing I would grab would be my picture CDs and portable hard drive with all of that stuff on it.

Wait Kyyle is a little Asian girl? Damn, I was wrong on that one.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:55 AM) Yeah, I saw that. My question was at what point can he finally be dismissed? Dude was drafted in '04. Humber was drafted in 2004 as well... Anyways, I don't think he is on anyone's radar at this point for Chicago. But this is the minor league board, so his name is going to come up here.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 11:00 AM) I think that's part of it, but he's also a headcase. When Carlos is right, he's a top 10 hitter in the game. Sadly, it's very rare that he's both healthy and in a good place mentally. He can be a headcase, all though it seems to happen when he is hurt and unable to hit like he is capable of doing.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 11:03 AM) I doubt that is true. If he were told that then the Sox would have drafted Ozney. I wonder if that went from "I bet we draft you" to "We're going to draft you"?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 11:02 AM) That is TOTAL BS!!!!! /hawkeroo YOU GOTTA BE BLEEPIN ME!

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:53 AM) I think the difference is last season he started off slow, got really hot, then got hurt and was mediocre the rest of the season. This season(so far) he started off really hot, cooled off a little bit, and now is starting to get back to where he was at the beginning of the season. If he stays healthy this year I think we are going to have another 08 type season out of CQ Health is always the "if" with Carlos.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:48 AM) I wasn't even an alcoholic when this guy was drafted. That's how long it's been. At what point can he be dismissed as AAAA fodder? He's still brought up around these parts fairly regularly. He is being assigned to AAA.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:13 AM) More like Jamal Crawford. Where he's just standing there and acting like he's playing d, but really isn't going to move at all. That works too. The point is the whole taking plays off thing. I hate that.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:09 AM) Actually they fired him because he violated his contract (the board did this) because of the material found during their investigation including thousands of emails and hundreds of thousands of phone calls analyzed. Obviously they should have fired him soon, but you missed the entire point by splicing out one line of my post. Their internal investigation is the only thing that found his lies. A half-assed one would have missed it, ignored it, or even lied about it. Until they had to turnover said evidence to the NCAA's eventual investigation, at which time they would have gotten into much, more more trouble, ala USC. This wasn't benevolent OSU, this was covering its ass OSU.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:05 AM) Yes, by freeing up more money to spend on other free agents, and not because Pods was actually better than Carlos Lee. Pods was the lionshare of scoring first in 50whatever games to start that year. He was a huge shot in the arm to get that season rolling early. I remember seeing our deviations for runs scored that year and was amazed at how small they were. We were much more consistent in scoring that year, and I think that really helps the pitching staff. Now we haven't seen that kind of a year from a leadoff hitter again (while Pods was healthy) but I get the idea of what that is supposed to do for an offense.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 09:48 AM) Well I'd rather have neither of them. My point was that we used to have power in LF, but Guillen needed to insert a slappy leadoff hitter into the lineup, so we are now forgoing any power whatsoever at a traditional power position. It would be fair to point out at this point that the Carlos Lee trade went a long way towards winning us our World Series title.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 09:53 AM) More venom has been spewed towards Adam Dunn the last six weeks or so. Here and at the games. And look at what has happened to Dunn

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 09:30 AM) Juan Pierre was playing deep to prevent doubles and was playing there as the coaches directed. He tried to make the catch and just missed it. It's the breaks of the game. It is just too bad that these bad breaks always seem to come back and haunt us. I just don't see the reason for this conversation other than we always look for the scapegoat. Which is exactly what Ozzie said.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 09:47 AM) Sportscenter just showed about 5-6 plays of LBJ completely standing still on offense in the 4th, he needs to at least move around and be a decoy. However, he played some quality defense. The funniest thing was they showed his pregame speech and it sounded so unnatural, basically sounded like somebody gave him some talking points and he just kept repeating them. That has been my biggest complaint about his game. The taking plays off of on the defensive end. He is an elite defender when he wants to be. There are other times where he is Ben Gordon on D.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 06:37 AM) The best baseball writer in the business, Jeff Passan, strikes again. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AtYC...n_mullet_060711 Talks about how baseball needs a villain post Barry Bonds. And Bryce Harper seems like a perfect fit for the part. Can the guy make it to the majors first?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 08:45 AM) It really is pathetic. We went from Carlos Lee in LF to Pods and Pierre under Guillen. I will never truly understand his fascination with slappy leadoff hitters other than remind him of himself. I honestly think that 90% of people that follow baseball somewhat closely would agree that we would be so much better with Viciedo in LF right now. I just can't fathom having a GM and manager who think otherwise. It's just so blatantly obvious. Also, I'm praying that Viciedo has played some LF in AAA or at least has worked out there in practice. If Pierre were to ever get injured, and I had my fingers crossed last night that Morel was going to take care of that for us, then Viciedo should be ready to go in LF. I'm not sure if that's the case. I'm also not sure they'd call up Viciedo if Pierre went down. I could almost see Guillen starting Lillibridge in LF everyday and bringing up De Aza to be the 4th OF. Honestly, I have no faith in Guillen making the right decision. The fact that KW values Ozzie's opinions on player doesn't help matters either. For what Lee is doing and getting paid out there, I'd rather have Pierre.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 08:44 AM) In that case, advocating for a vocational program is advocating for people to be trained for jobs that don't exist, which would be a "Fail" if that were the true reason. I don't believe our school system prepares us very well for either college or the workforce, so I can accept that as true.

This list will be periodically updated as needed when players sign. If people come across signings and details, please put links into this thread so we can update it! Thanks! Names in bold have signed, and include bonus information, if available. Round 1A: Keenyn Walker, OF, 20, 6-3, 190, Central Arizona College (Salt Lake City, Utah) Round 2: Erik Johnson, RHP, 21, 6-4, 230, University of California-Berkeley (Los Altos, Calif.) Round 3: Jeffrey Soptic, RHP, 20, 6-6, 220, Johnson County Community College (Leawood, Kan.) Round 4: Kyle McMillen, RHP, 21, 6-1, 200, Kent State University (North Canton, Ohio) Round 5: Scott Snodgress, LHP, 21, 6-6, 215, Stanford University (Yucaipa, Calif.) Round 6: Marcus Semien, SS, 20, 6-0, 185, University of California-Berkeley (San Francisco, Calif.) Round 7: Kevan Smith, C, 22, 6-4, 240, University of Pittsburgh (Cranberry Township, Pa.) Round 8: Ian Gardeck, RHP, 20, 6-2, 210, Angelina College (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) Round 9: Matthew Lane, LHP, 20, 6-6, 195, Northwest Florida State College (Marietta, Ga.) Round 10: Ben O’Shea, LHP, 19, 6-6, 255, Santa Fe College (Reading, Fla.) Round 11: Blair Walters, LHP, 21, 6-0, 200, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Oak Park, Calif.) Round 12: Andrew Virgili, RHP, 21, 6-2, 205, Lynn University (Tampa, Fla.) Round 13: Chadd Krist, C, 21, 5-11, 190, University of California-Berkeley (Petaluma, Calif.) Round 14: Mark Ginther, 3B, 21, 6-3, 200, Oklahoma State University (Tulsa, Okla.) Round 15: David Herbek, SS, 22, 6-2, 182, James Madison University (King George, Va.) Round 16: Chris Bassitt, RHP, 22, 6-5, 205, University of Akron (Curtice, Ohio) Round 17: Collin Kuhn, OF, 22, 6-0, 200, University of Arkansas (Beaver Dam, Wis.) Round 18: Bryan Blough, RHP, 21, 6-2, 200, Kennesaw State University (Newnan, Ga.) Round 19: Kevin Vance, RHP, 20, 6-0, 208, University of Connecticut (Solana Beach, Calif.) Round 20: Martin Medina, 3B, 21, 6-0, 200, Cal State Bakersfield (Ventura, Calif.) Round 21: Joe De Pinto, 2B, 22, 6-1, 190, University of Southern California (Sunland, Calif.) Round 22: Blake Drake, RHP, 22, 6-7, 205, Indiana State University (Louisville, Ky.) Round 23: Mike Marjama C, 21, 6-2, 210, Long Beach State University (Granite Bay, Calif.) Round 24: Mark Haddow, OF, 23, 6-2, 215, University of California-Santa Barbara (San Diego, Calif.) Round 25: Chris Devenski, RHP, 20, 6-3, 200, Cal State Fullerton (Artesia Calif.) Round 26: Grant Buckner, SS, 23, 6-2, 215, West Virginia University (Elkview, W. Va.) Round 27: Jake Cose, RHP, 20, 6-5, 195, San Juaquin Delta Junior College (Stockton, Calif.) Round 28: Kyle Robinson, OF, 22, 6-3, 210, University of Arkansas (Boca Raton, Fla.) Round 29: Dustin Hayes, OF, 19, 6-2, 180, Walnut Grove High School (Langley, B.C.) Round 30: Brandon Parrent, LHP, 20, 6-3, 215, Texas A&M University (Flower Mound, Texas) Round 31: Michael Johnson, SS, 22, 5-9, 175, Samford University (Naples, Fla.) Round 32: Brent Tanner, C, 23, 6-2, 225, University of South Alabama (Lucedale, Miss.) Round 33: Bryce Mosier, C, 18, 6-2, 195, Valhalla High School (El Cajon, Calif.) Round 34: Dakota Freese, RHP, 19, 6-4, 185, Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Round 35: Joseph Dvorsky, RHP, 22, 6-3, 200, Texas State University (Waco, Texas) Round 36: Cody Winiarski, RHP, 21, 6-4, 205, University of Virginia (Franksville, Va.) Round 37: Todd Kibby, LHP, 19, 6-4, 240, St. Petersburg Junior College (New Middleton, Ohio) Round 38: Keegan Linza, RHP, 22, 6-6, 230, Liberty University (Salisbury, N.C.) Round 39: Javier Reynoso, LHP, 18, 6-0, 185, Brooks-DeBartolo High School (Odessa, Fla.) Round 40: Jake Reed, RHP, 18, 6-2, 175, Helix High School (La Mesa, Calif.) Round 41: James Shepherd, RHP, 18, 6-3, 185, Lawrence Co. High School (Louisa, Ky.) Round 42: Aaron Pangilinan, RHP, 18, 6-0, 215, Escalon High School (Escalon, Calif.) Round 43: Joel Effertz, RHP, 20, 6-4, 235, Madison Area Technical College (Madison, Wis.) Round 44: Joseph Pistorese, LHP, 18, 6-2, 170, Flathead High School (Columbia Falls, Mont.) Round 45: Cory Farris, OF, 21, 6-0, 205, Cumberland University (Florence, Ky.) Round 46: Michael Mancuso, RHP, 18, 6-6, 240, Brecksville Broadview High School (Brecksville, Ohio) Round 47: Roberto Llera, C, 17, 6-0, 205, Hialeah Senior High School (Hialeah, Fla.) Round 48: Dontrell Rush, OF, 18, 6-0, 165, Harlan Community Academy High School (Chicago, Ill.) Round 49: Zach Regier, OF, 18, 6-0, 170, Gilbert High School (Gilbert, Ariz.) Round 50: Jack Graham, 2B, 18, 5-9, 175, Seneca Valley Senior High School (Cranberry Township., Pa)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 08:40 AM) Can you give a reason why? I can guess loss of jobs/careers in most of those fields, but it is only a pseudo-educated guess.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 05:12 PM) This statement is non-controversial. It's one of the basic tenants of Christianity. As it is for any of the other religions mentioned in that story.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 08:20 AM) So Tex...I'm not convinced that your statement is true...but if it is true that the U.S. has backed off on vocational programs, why has it happened? I can tell you I know this to be true in Indiana purely from a numbers standpoint. There are a large number less kids in the Voc programs than there used to be.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 05:31 PM) But you can't explain America's slipping educational performance by standard of living or technology-induced laziness, because the countries that out-perform us have the same stuff and are generally ranked higher overall. I would point out that the trend towards "nationalized" education correlates pretty well with our fall from the top of the world in education.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:23 AM) And/or in scouting as well. I'm sure there's a reason. There's no way 30+ rounds with no high schoolers is a coincidence. This is purely my feeling, but I think we are seeing the effects of a $125 million payroll on drafting. I think we really went cheap because of all of the money we are spending at the major league level.