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QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 4, 2010 -> 11:55 AM) He looked REAAAAAAAALLY bad there in spring training. Not relevant necessarily, but I think that's where the perception comes from. He was really bad there last year too. Maybe if he went back and played everyday at AAA it would be one thing, but what I have seen him do over there is ugly.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 5, 2010 -> 01:47 AM) I wanna ask qwerty or kalapse (or whomever) this. Say we keep Konerko for the season, what numbers would he have to put up to be a Type A or Type B or what numbers would he have to put up to not qualify for it? (assuming barring a melt down he's got it) Only reason I ask this, is I don't think the return for him (if he's traded, and hypothetically speaking, he would be agreeing on the deal cause of the 10/5 rights) would be as good at all, and I personally don't think it's very smart to resign a soon to be 35 year old 1B to an extension but thats just me. I don't think it matters, because I can't see us offering arbitration and risking another large contract, unless it looks like he is going to make an assload this offseason, which I don't see happening.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ May 5, 2010 -> 08:55 AM) I feel slightly bad for the guy whose thread was cancelled. Pointless? Yes. But you're told "we expect more meaningful threads around here," and yet the Justin Bieber thread currently sits at Page 3 on palehose talk. All in lieu of wins i guess. You did notice that it was the same person... And in terms of context, it wasn't nearly as pointless as some of the other crap he has posted in the last week.

One more thing, that could still leave the Sun/Jin kid as the name on the dial.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:09 PM) My biggest problem: their child is now an orphan. You'd think that would cross one of their minds before they decided to die together. The wife and I both said the same thing, that any real mother or father would have told the other one to go and take care of their kid, and they would have gone and done it. Any parent knows what I am talking about.

These posts lately have been a waste of time. I have no problem with people taking an intelligent argument on something negative. This thread, and some of your previous ones serve no purpose here. We want to see better than this stuff here.

RIP Ernie!

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 4, 2010 -> 10:04 PM) Calipari already has a huge salary at KU. IF he comes to Chicago, it's because he thinks he can bring Lebron, Wade, or Bosh over with him. FWIW, its UK.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 4, 2010 -> 08:43 PM) Unless Calipari can recruit (ie pay players to come to his team and leave before the sanctions hit), I really dont see his value. I gotta say, I want a guy who can recruit and sell a team. There might be none better.

Ernie Harwell passed away today at 92. RIP.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 4, 2010 -> 08:00 PM) You know what's sad? That no one in the national media is paying much attention to this Middle Tennessee/Nashville flooding. Billions of dollars of damage have occurred to the city of Nashville and tens of thousands are homeless. But no, let's not act like this is a big deal. It was the lead story all day while I was on the air.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) That was crazy.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ May 3, 2010 -> 10:42 PM) Im glad were being reasonable. I actually said this years ago. If you want to really solve the problem, take away the incentive to come here illegally. If it were my ball of wax, I would institute massive fines to employers who were caught with illegals on their payroll. Call it like $50,000 per instance. Then make sure that there is a level of enforcement, unlike most governmental regulators in this country. There will be no more talk about rounding everyone up and sending them back. The problem will solve itself to a large degree.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 4, 2010 -> 03:13 PM) At this point I'd much rather have Rios hit behind Jones in Konerko (who are getting on base) than Teahen and Ramirez one of whom's OBP has dropped nearly .070 points over the past week and the other is sporting an OBP right around .240. The 5th guy in the lineup will typically get the most opportunities to hit with men on base since your #3 and #4 hitters are typically 2 of your best (that's definitely true of the Sox's lineup right now) and I want Rios hitting with an opportunity to drive men in. That's how I see it. You need Rios to drive in runs right now.

There is no question in my mind that the Sox had to sign Konerko to anything that wasn't a crazy contract after winning the WS. For a five year deal, they really haven't done too bad to this point.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 4, 2010 -> 11:12 AM) Interesting Idea: Audit the Fed Open the books. And there goes the "independence" of the FED...

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 4, 2010 -> 06:24 AM) There is something different in his motion this year. I can't quite figure it out yet. I think the decreased innings in spring wasn't about resting him for the season. I think it was about lingering shoulder issues from last year. Judging by his velocity fall, I wouldn't be surprised.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 4, 2010 -> 12:54 AM) Let's just say they'll be A LOT better than the '09 Royals. I hope there is plenty of room out on that limb!

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:49 AM) All we have to do is have good at-bats, and work his pitch count up. If we knock him out after 5 or 6, that gives us a couple innings to pound on that bullpen bridge that leads to Soria. We have seemed to have done a better job at getting deep into counts lately. That is one way we can help ourselves out a lot.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ May 4, 2010 -> 08:43 AM) He's played 16 MLB games there. It's kind of early for that considering he shows some nice defensive tools. He shows things at second base. At third he was a disaster.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:31 AM) I sure hope so but lets not get too carried away. He beat a crap team. I want to wait to see him have a couple good starts before I consider him back to form. Heck even Jon Garland threw 8 shutout innings the other night. So how about the last five innings against Texas's offense?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 4, 2010 -> 12:11 AM) Joe Borchard hit for the cycle last night. I know he's a bust of epic proportion. But I still kinda like him. I can't believe he is still playing. What does a guy usually make at AAA?

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ May 3, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) Well, I'm willing to extend such a discussion to say 'how much better of a ballplayer is Mark Teahen than a guy like....Jayson Nix'? Seriously! What does Teahen do that Nix can't do? He's not better defensively than Nix is at third. As bad as we might think Nix is at third, hey - is Teahen really better? I haven't seen any evidence that would convince me that he is. Teahen's defensive stats at third base to date in his career have been rather abysmal. Meanwhile, offsensively, I would submit to you that over a 150+ games season (the number of seasons that Teahen has had the priviledge of playing with the Royals over the past five years), I think Nix would hit more than 20 homers and 70 RBIs in those seasons, while stealing upwards of 20-25 bases. Teahen has yet to meet those accomplishments. Yes, Nix would still strike out way more than we'd like, but I think his production would still be more productive than anything Teahen has accomplished over his past five years. I remind you: Teahen has yet to eclipse 20+ homers and/or 70+ RBIs in a season in his five full seasons in the big leagues. I think this is an issue where I'm only suggesting that Jayson Nix is a better player than the guy we've apparently we've handed third base over to for the next three years. Nix is not better defensively. Nix is a nightmare at 3B

I don't care about the X's and O'x right now. The Bulls need to go out and hire the best damned recruiter on the planet to be their next head coach. If they don't get one of the big names, it won't matter.