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QUOTE (GREEDY @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 11:00 PM) I have posted this take before, and I really don't want to beat a dead horse but... I really do not see the Chicago White Sox acquiring a CF this offseason. Even before Alex Rios proceeded to have a horrible end of the year with the Sox, his claiming was a major gamble; But it was a risk worth taking for KW, because center fielders do not grow on trees. Especially center fielders that will play average or better defense and have major offensive upside for the position. While I love defense more than the next guy... hell, more than any guy: Alex Rios has 3X the value as a CF, that he has as a RF. There will likely be a plethora of inexpensive corner outfielder options, so I cannot imagine the Sox would need to break the proverbial prospect bank to acquire another outfielder. Especially considering KW could acquire a really inexpenssive RH outfielder, platoon him with Teahen or Kotsay and get great production for a fraction of what JD made in '09. I just cannot see Rios playing anywhere but CF for the 2010 Chicago White Sox. The Sox are looking for a person they could put into the lead off spot. I think they realize that with the players they have this person could play any OF position, or either 2B or 3B. If they find this person, they will make the other players fit. If it ends up being a CF, Rios will slide into RF.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 11:12 PM) that was more of a prospect for prospect trade....although McCarthy was certainly at the time seen as more "big league ready" i meant, a package of prospects being traded for a Top 10-20 in the minors type, like Joe Borchard at the peak of his career with us, on Jon Rauch before the labrum injury These are your exact words. Kenny traded our top prospect (IE a Flowers/Hudson/MItchell) for two unproven prospects in both Danks and Massett.

What a great game. This team is just on fire right now. Too bad Detroit is just as hot.

Real men use ketchup on a hot dog.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 09:55 PM) So it never pissed you off when Ozzie would go to Linebrink in a game that we actually had a shot at winning when there were other options in the bullpen? And it really doesn't matter what the other options were since Linebrink in the second half last year was the worst pitcher we had on our team. Even f***ing Randy Williams was better against righties than Linebrink was in the second half, and by quite a bit. What other options? This argument is terrible. We had pretty much no one in the pen who could get outs consistently, except for one, maybe two guys. Since you can't pitch the same two relievers everyday, it makes sense that you try to get the guy you are paying to be your set up man, back on track. You can argue that a garbage guy like Williams would be better, but when you look at this stats, you have to realize that most of his outings were when Ozzie was setting him up in much less stressful situations, and he STILL sucked. Linebrink was going out there in much tougher spots.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 10:17 PM) Less than 4 minutes and we are punting? This stunned me.

Neimi has been just awesome tonight. The Canucks have done an awesome job shutting down the Hawks to this poitn as well.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 08:46 AM) I don't think so (or at least I can't logically see how). If you are setting the significance threshold (alpha) at 0.01, then that means that only 1 percent of the population distribution balls in that rejection area — hence, your chance of getting a statistically significant result merely by chance (Type 1 error) is only 1 in 100. In a one-tailed test, the whole 0.01% of the bell curve is located at one end of the distribution or another. In a two-tailed test, that 1% rejection area has to be split to cover both ends of the distribution. Since there is now only a 1 in 200 chance now of obtaining a significant result by chance, the threshold table P-value has to be less than for a 1-tailed test and not more. The calculated F-value from the means comparison has to be correspondingly greater to achieve an effective alpha of 0.005. None of that is to say I'm not impressed by how quickly you're picking this stuf up, because I am. All in all, I'm with Barbie and SSMike on this. Math is hard — Let's go shopping!

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 02:36 AM) After a heavy night of drinking our mostly mut asses off, (friend's 24th B-Day) I woke up yesterday (officially) with a cat on my crouch and a dog laying next to my face at my friend's crib and others friends in the next room (some also passed out, some weren't. My ass also hurts. Needless to say I was probably raped, then the animals had their way with me. Ace = Used and abused. No wait.... lol, that reminds me of the old joke... If you went camping with someone and you woke up with your ass hurting, would you tell anyone? [person answers no] Wanna go camping?

QUOTE (Ranger @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 08:08 PM) I think one of my favorite classics is the following exchange: caller: "Why did Ozzie bring in _______ to pitch in the 8th." me: "OK. Who would you rather have out there?" caller: "Anybody!" me: "Such as?" caller: "It doesn't matter! ANYBODY!" No real better solution, just "somebody else" should have been used. The old anybody-is-better-than-what-we-have/used argument. You can also replace the first line in that exchange with "They need to send ______'s ass down to Charlotte and bring up somebody else." Those two calls are interchangeable. It's the notion that it can't any worse than it is currently. But what they don't understand is that, yes, it most certainly could always be worse. Thank you. This post needs to be bookmarked and bumped, often. And this is coming from someone who hates it when that happens.

I can't believe the Bears are in this game.

Mean Mr Mustard would never have such thoughts.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 08:25 PM) KW really has never gone for that kind of a move, a Brandon Jennings. As great as his potential might be, KW always errors on the side of finding undervalued/underperforming talent. I can't think of one instance in his history where's overpaid for an unproven prospect, trading away the likes of Flowers/Hudson/Mitchell, etc. and a couple of other pieces to get him. In fact, his track record is just the opposite, trading overvalued prospects for proven talent. Yes, there are always going to be players in hindsight that you would have traded for (like an Evan Longoria), but 80-90% of the time those elite prospects never produce as expected, at least enough to justify their massive price tag in terms of talent surrendered. Brandon McCarthy for John Danks and Nick Massett?

Kick ass.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 03:11 PM) Recently. Its a blurb in a Tampa paper. http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/ra...catcher/1053598 I wonder what Cowley thinks. Depends... do they work with the Trib?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 12:35 PM) A few centrist politicians in each party have far too much power in Congress right now, and this is a perfect example. This problem is made worse by two recent changes - the assinine 60-vote cloture rule changes, and the polarization of the party mainlines. What you are left with in those isntances, instead of similarly-minded blocks of congress people working across the spectrum, is one or two politicians who make all the difference, and can ask for anything they want. Congress is essentially one big bribe fest, even for things that don't matter. It doesn't surprise me at all that they see zero problem with taking advantage of something that Obama has made his centerpiece. They know it HAS to be passed, so it is going to be LOADED with pork.

Now they should be your heroes! Its hip to be a square!

Honestly if you really want to worry about injuries, Toews seems to have the unlucky bug with that stuff so far anyway.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 10:29 AM) According to the Trib, the offer on the table is $1M, same as he got last year. Oops

If we can upgrade the team, why wouldn't we look around?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 09:43 AM) The only question about Kaner is his ability to stay healthy. I don't know about staying healthy, but he plays much stronger this year.

Also they were talking about Sopel possibly to Toronto.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 02:27 AM) I love when they match up versus Vancouver. Seems like every game those two teams play, it gets 3X more exciting to watch. I wonder how some of our guys will respond after that Mitchell hit on Toews. They were doing a lot of talking about it in the Trib this morning. You can bet someone is going to take a run at him.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 09:33 PM) Some people believe the postgame should be purely therapeutic during a loss. I for one prefer when the callers' feet are still held to the fire. At least have a reasoned thought. Problem is people imbibe during the game and then get worked up enough to call in and talk loudly about what players had a particularly bad game. As if the world needed that contribution. The same thing happens here way too often. No Soxtalk is not your personal tampon.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 11:41 AM) She's not going for it so far. Where did I go wrong? Marrying someone with an IQ over 70?