southsider2k5

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 9, 2011 -> 12:41 PM) IF, PK does get to 500 HR...I have to think he compares pretty favorably to guys like Eddie Murray, Orlando Cepda, Tony Perez, etc....although I will admit their are just a ton of big-hitting 1b's coming out of this era that are probably clean.... I didn't see Cepeda or Perez, but looking at Eddie Murray he was an eight time all-star, six times top 5 MVP balloting, including two runner's up, and a Rookie of the Year award. He also had 3 gold gloves and two silver slugger awards. And I will say again, 500 homers in that era means a lot more to me.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 12:18 PM) So you don't buy MLB's contention that being unable to trade picks helps the small market teams because they're forced to actually draft someone? Not without things like salary floors and hard slotting NBA style. You just draft someone cheap instead of the best player on the board.

Why?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 11:47 AM) What on Earth will people complain about if MLB goes to hard slotting and an international draft? Give me that and the right to trade draft picks, and my list of complaints narrows to a real Olympic style drug testing program.

Unlikely

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 9, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) Really? There were analysts predicting us to finish 3rd or 4th that year. Which is still better than what was expected of KC and CLE this year.

Surely you have heard baby's cry from growing pains

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 9, 2011 -> 12:10 PM) Other AL Central opponents early in 2005: I don't care what Chicago is doing, they are not going to be there at the end of the season.. I can't equate the expectations of the 2005 Sox to the expectations of the 2011 Royals and Indians.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 11:46 AM) Wasn't that happening to everyone about this time last year as well? I don't remember ever seeing Danks name get mentioned.

Quit being such a baby.

Now that is acting.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 9, 2011 -> 11:44 AM) Eh, it pretty much is. 222 is not that impressive of a number. It may be like 300 in today's game, but it wasn't a complete deadball era. I really feel like if he played today, he wouldn't have swung for the average the way that he did, and would have looked for more power. That group with Boggs, Gwynn, Mattingly and co really look pride in their batting averages way more than we do.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 9, 2011 -> 11:53 AM) If there was ever a player I would feel comfortable betting a lot of money that never used steriods, PK would be him. I would guess not too, but I remember someone on here swearing differently who would have more inside access than I ever had.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 9, 2011 -> 11:44 AM) So you're saying he would potentially be the first non-steroid guy to reach the 500 HR milestone and not make the HoF? He hasn't even gotten to 400 homers yet. I'm not going to assume he is going to hit 500.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 9, 2011 -> 11:44 AM) So you're saying he would potentially be the first non-steroid guy to reach the 500 HR milestone and not make the HoF? I don't know anything about Konerko off of the field, but there is no way of knowing that, thanks to Bud Selig and company.

QUOTE (SnB @ May 9, 2011 -> 11:09 AM) Wtf are you doing all semester? Thinking up new nicknames?

the new collective bargaining agreement will probably squash those ideas.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 9, 2011 -> 08:52 AM) and that just blew my mind. crawford mauled rose on that shot, and salvatore walked to the scorers table and was EMPHATIC that it was an inadvertant whistle. oh well, i see the bulls putting a beatdown on the bulls in chicago and closing it out in atl Because of the NBA history here, you really have to wonder about the fix being in.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 9, 2011 -> 10:18 AM) Blah blah blah....222 is still 222. Comparing eras, no it isn't.

Maybe he will even the injuries in great detail so we can call the victims wimps!

Knees are being twisted by people jumping off of the bandwagon

He is already getting asked about trades... http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/artic...ws&c_id=cws

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 9, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) Konerko has much better offensive numbers than Mattingly. Mattingly has 222 career home runs. If the question is if PK reaches 500 HR, will he make the HoF, the two players don't seem all that similar to me. The eras were also very different offensively, plus Mattingly's best year blows away anything Konerko has ever done.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 09:28 AM) But if he'd played with the Yankees/Red Sox, he would have been, that's the point of asking "would he be a HOF-er if he'd played with the Yankees". Which without his being in the playoffs every year, he has a career amazingly like Don Mattingly. Some great offensive years, never really the best at his position, and nothing spectacular in his career when compared to his era.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 09:09 AM) Don Mattingly's team wasn't in the playoffs every year. And neither was Konerko.