southsider2k5

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) I bet you unions wish they had half the political clout you guys give them credit for. I bet you wish that banks had half of the clout that Carl Levin has given them credit for.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) IIRC we now require a VISA or green card in addition to the passport. Basically a passport does not expire and Mexican Nationals can only stay 90 days as visitors. We allow Canadians 180 days. I wonder why? Canada hasn't invaded us with 10 million ish people?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 03:57 PM) I wonder if that has ever happened. A bunt double. I know there have been infield doubles, in fact I believe Guillen hit one back in the day, in Minny. Guillen was the master of showing bunt and slapping over the head of the 3B. Pierre about hit one of those doubles last week with a hard bunt that ended up over the head of the 3B.

The thing to keep in the back of our minds is that with Konerko coming off of the books for $12 mil this year, and Buehrle only another year after that at $14 mil, we aren't that far away from being able to afford the money for a big time deal. It could be sooner if we could dump Jenks for anything.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 03:41 PM) And was then traded in part for refusing to work with himanyone. Even more accurately...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 11:11 AM) aka the Greg Walker effect Uribe had the best year of his career, by far, his first year in Chicago, under Greg Walker.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) I love Rios and Teahen in the top 5 but MUST Vizquel hit second? That's just silliness. I absolutely hate having 2 guys at the top who are in no way a threat to go for extra bases let alone reach base. If we are going to have someone bunting in the two hole, why not have it be someone who can't hit anyway?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 03:24 PM) The Bears went 7-9 last season. They get back a healthy Tinoisamoa and Urlacher, added Julius Peppers, Chester Taylor and Chris Harris, and should get improved play from WR with a full season of Aromashodu and added experience from Knox and Bennett. 9 wins seems impossible. That's kinda what I was thinking. If nothing else then relative health, you added to great free agents essentially... Then you add in the guys they actually did sign? That's a nice haul. Plus you give the offense another year of working together.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) Greg Walker sucks at his job. He does a terrible job of helping hitters adjust after the league adjusts to them. Beckham's swing, as well as his use of his legs in the swing, is terrible right now. He fouls off so many good pitches to hit to the right side. It's not just that his batting average is low, he's not hitting anything with authority. And if Gordo was hitting this year, it would be because Beckham was a great hitter, and nothing to do with Walker. Please.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 02:07 PM) I just remember a lot of idle speculation at the beginning of the offseason that K-Rod was talking numbers like $50-100 million. He didn't, in the end, come close to sniffing those numbers, and rightfully so. There's a lot of wear and tear on that arm/shoulder, and he does have a pretty violent delivery that screams DL in the 2nd half of his career. You're right about buying FA closers. The closest we've been to doing that was acquiring Koch, and KW definitely learned a "MONEYBALL" lesson with that move...although Cotts turned out to be a very valuable piece, he was far from the centerpiece, that was getting the "fireballing" closer we've never had to replace the crafty Foulke, who got by with guile, moxie and guts against all but the very best teams. It was also in the worst economy for any year of baseball that involved free agency... well, ever.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 02:19 PM) Buehrle + Jenks is probably the ideal package in terms of need for the Brewers. I just think that the ages and contracts of both players might turn the Brewers off. If they had that kind of money to spend, they would just resign Fielder.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 11:04 AM) The difference a guy like that could make goes beyond just the offensive upgrade at his position. We have an offense that is terrible right now, but its also obvious that this many guys aren't going to continue hitting that far below their norms. Adding in another bat can, indirectly, help wake up the beast. Good point. It could very well relax some of the more uptight guys on this team... San Quentin, I am looking at you.

QUOTE (SI1020 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:54 AM) Has reading and thinking become that much of a chore?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 10:25 AM) Miller Lite Home Draft sux. Which is no surprise because Miller Lite Sux.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:58 AM) Well, there are some big markets that are going to be looking for first basemen in the next few years. Mainly, the Cubs and Mets, besides the Red Sox. The Cubs are not going to have $20-$30 million to spend on any one player with the messes that they have.

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:10 AM) Do I sense a note of sarcasm? A wee bit.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 08:25 AM) The same Scott Podsednik who came up to the plate with the tying run on base in the 9th inning yesterday, and hit into a double play? Yeah, clutch. Riddle me this as well, fellow caped crusaders...last 5 games: Player 1: 4/21, 1 BB, 3 K's, 1 SBs Player 2: 4/21, 0 BB, 0 K's. 3 SBs Does that "Huge" difference in production look so huge lately? I love small sample sizes, you know, the same sample sizes that are making people line up to Pod's defense. Wow, that is amazing.

Maybe its just me, but Pierre is Pods + baseball IQ. There really isn't any difference in their games or abilities, except Pods is baseball dumb, and Pierre understands what is going on around him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 07:26 AM) So bizarre to me - why Corley and Burdie, who are borderline prospects at best, over Bellamy and Remenowsky? Probably because they are organization guys and it doesn't matter if they are comfortable or not.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 01:14 AM) Decision on VDN to take 'few' days. Um, what? You basically fired the guy earlier in the season, then didn't because you didn't have a "suitable" replacement. Then you hang him out to dry on a few occasions on top of that? This front office is f***ed. This could be the one thing that keeps the Bulls from getting a big name FA. I bet they are trying to avoid the mess involved with the last hiring where they kept missing out on guys publicly. They want his replacement lined up when they fire him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 02:29 PM) Except for the big boys with the big lobbyists, who are more than happy with the current system, because they wrote the rules to their advantage. As opposed to Barack Obama who has the incentive to keep having massive expansions of government, even if they don't really do anything effectively, because he is giving eternal jobs to the same unions who bought him off? At the end of the day we all know the reason that a Democrat will never find "waste" in government is because the same groups that are doing the wasting, are the same ones underwriting his campaign. If you want to use money as an excuse, that works both ways.

QUOTE (scotty22hotty @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 12:12 AM) lmao I love how some of the mods and even the admins are always butthurt over pods success Instead we have Pierre who is arguably our worst hitter (and player w/ -0.6 WAR) for around 9M/2 The Sox could have had Pods for 2M-3M instead of acquiring a player that no one in the league wanted early in the winter... If only he waited. Great strategy. Sit around, wait, and hope.

If the Sox are making a playoff run, they aren't trading Danks or Floyd. I could see Danks in a deal if the Sox were out of it, but then they would have to have an extention in hand for Fielder.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) Who is Dan Cooper? Didn't he jump from a plane on the west coast in the 70's?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) Because SouthSider, as much as I hate to admit it, he was right sometimes. You can't draw any conclusions 3 weeks into the season about Frank Francisco OR Dayan Viciedo, Pods versus Pierre, etc. In football terms, we're 1-1 to start the year and still have 14 games to make up ground on the 2-0 team in Minnesota. I fought with that guy as much as anyone on the Internet, but that's the one quote I always remember...and I should reference back to it from time to time, it would prevent me from being a Dark Cloud and starting numerous threads micro-analyzing the Sox after every loss and still finding things to be concerned about after even some wins. Except he did it all of the time and was completely in-your-face about it. Need I mention Colon?