southsider2k5

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?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) "Look at the back of his baseball card, stats don't lie..." Ozzie Guillen, March 2010 "Premature evaluation." ncorgbl, chisox.com every year in 2000-2004 Why does that even matter?

8 votes for Pods? Really?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 04:06 PM) He's a catcher in the same way Vizquel or Pierre are a threat to go yard (boo-yah!) in any given at-bat. Great arm...the mental/strategic side of the game, preparation, working with pitchers, calling pitches and setting up opposing hitters....TOTAL FAIL. And it's sad, he has some great physical tools, speed for a catcher, etc. Well except neither of them are supposed to be home run hitters, Olivo is supposed to be a catcher.

Get well for sure!

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 03:51 PM) According to Cowley, Coop didn't make the trip to Texas. What might this be about? Reifort reported this Scott Reifert #WhiteSox pitching coach Don Cooper will miss the team's series in Texas attending to a family matter. Juan Nieves serves as interim.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 10:21 PM) Please note the highlighted words. If this actually happens, they won't be concerned about this trophy, but the Department of Child and Family Services will be on high-alert after all of the bets that Cubs fans have in which they are all willing to sell their first-born. On the bright side, we won't have to worry about global warming anymore, because Hell will indeed have frozen over.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 10:55 PM) The time to get rid of Jenks was during the offseason when we could have used those funds elsewhere. Now that he's here and we can't spread that money around anymore, it's retarded to think about further weakening our baseball team. If anything, we need to *add* to the bullpen. We have to be counting on an occasionally painful learning curve for Santos, overall ineffectiveness from Williams, a garbage Linebrink in the 2nd half, and DL time here and there for Jenks and Putz. We should be in shopping mode right now. No one wanted Jenks

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 01:17 PM) Minnie got Crede for pennies and didn't lose anything by having him there til his back told him he truly was finished. Garland has still been a serviceable pitcher. He started Opening Day this year. And I guess if Dye wasn't going to sign for cheap, it was OK to let him go, but if he was willing to stay for cheap, yes I'd have kept him too. He has repeated turned down contracts in the three to four million dollar range from various teams.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 02:52 PM) 12 walks in 9.1 IP is inexcusable whoever you are pitching to. Five of those are vs. LHB too, including the great 4- pitch bases loaded debacle vs. Adam Lind. That's my #1 problem with him. Plus I feel like he has benefited by people cleaning up his messes, all though I don't have the numbers to back that up. Williams just strikes me as DJ Carrasco... Fine with no pressure, melts when he gets in a tough situation.

Thome would have been the only one so far I could see.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 02:07 PM) I think you have your Blackhawks forwards whose last names start with a 'B' mixed up. Oh wow. I have no idea what is going on in my head:bang

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 02:55 PM) Bickell and Troy Brouwer are essentially the same player. But Brouwer had that bad hiccup (turnover that lead to a goal) in game 1 and never really overcame it. Brouwer essentially admitted to such by saying that his confidence was shaken. Hence the emergence of Bickell who is a little quicker, but hasn't found the same scoring touch. Plus I am not convinced that Brouwer's back is healthy.