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QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 05:20 PM) White Sox call up Lillibridge in case Ramirez goes on the DL July 30, 2009, 3:55 PM By: Bruce Levine The Chicago White Sox have called up Brent Lillibridge from Triple-A Charlotte to wait and see if Alexei Ramirez has responded from treatment or must go on the disabled list. Ramirez injured his left ankle in Wednesday's game against the Minnesota Twins. He had an MRI today. Results are unknown at this time. As of 3:50, Ramirez walked into the clubhouse and was being checked out by the Sox training staff. That doesn't make things very clear... Has Lillibridge been recalled, or just flew up to Chicago just in case Ramirez goes on the DL?

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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 04:29 PM) Leave that unicorn alone! Its not a unicorn, it is a horse with a sword on its head.

Re-reading this... I didn't realize PIe was only 24.

Mark Buehrle day should have been December 21st.

QUOTE (Special K @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 03:21 PM) I never said it would pay for him, I said it would help us pursue Hudson, there is a difference. If it isn't enough money to get him, what help is that???

Sox vs. NYY: Kotsay 8, Beckham 5, JD 9, Thome dh, PK 3, AJ 2, Q 7, Getz 4, Nix 6. Floyd pitching.

They could have had Bacon...

Dumb question. Does a kill switch on a power strip have the same effect as unplugging said strip?

QUOTE (Special K @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 01:38 PM) I realize it was a low risk move, but it was an obvious low reward move... They should have known he was going to be awful by simply looking at what kind of shape he was in and the velocity on his fastball. Instead of trying to fill the rotation internally, it took them a waste of $1m to consider putting the younger, and in much better shape Clayton Richard. Now they've sunk even more money into Freddy Garcia who will not pitch for the Sox this year either. This amount of $ starts to add up, and whether it is $1.5 or $2 million, it is a lot, even though those of us who don't manage a payroll think it isn't. Maybe an extra $2 million would have been better used pursuing other players like Orlando Hudson at the beginning of the year, and we wouldn't have had to deal with this lead-off garbage to begin with. Two million dollars doesn't get us Hudson, heck it probably doesn't even pay for a half of the season.... http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2009/02...act-detail.html

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 01:12 PM) Fields for Pie also sounds like a trade of tasty desserts. I'll trade you my Strawberry Fields Forever for a piece of that Pie!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) So here's a sort of random thought... a name we aren't hearing much about is Logan Johnson. He was converted from OF to C for this year, he's at W-S now. He's got an .858 OPS. If his defense is half-decent at C, that's a pretty good offensive performance for a catcher. He's also 25 at High A so he is by no means a great prospect, but, if he could put up similar offensive numbers in AA later this year or next year, and be a good defensive C, I think he might be someone to keep an eye on as a potential backup to Flowers in a year or two. Anyone have any info on how is transition to C is going? QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 04:16 PM) I'll see what I can find out. Logan got back to me, sorry it took me so long to get it up.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 12:05 PM) You managed to be both impossible psychic (overexaggerated his injury) and offensive (vaginitis?) in one post. Good job. Also, have you ever had a severly sprained ankle? Because I can tell you it hurts like hell. Hurts worse than when I have broken bones before. Thank you.

QUOTE (Pumpkin Escobar @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 11:42 AM) The thing with our club though that is different from other teams who firesale is we have a good core of players we arent going to trade. Dealing a Dye or a Jenks and a dotel/thome is only going to improve our club/farm. Because we have the money to spend unlike most teams who have firesales. So losing Dye could potentially net us 2 good guys who can contribute in 1-3 years but that money can improve something else. Or those prospects we get can enable us to deal them/or our other prospects for other talented players. When you firesale - it doesnt have to be for 5 years from now. We can move these guys and be favorites next season by spending their money wisely to fill holes and then have a loaded farm incase we need to add from there. But people aren't going to look at it that way. They didn't look at the 98 trades that way either. They are going to look at it as the Sox quitting again on a season where they were right there. It would be a PR disaster and would lead to a fall in attendence, which would lead to a slash in payroll.

QUOTE (Special K @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 11:40 AM) I like how KW complains about salary restraints but has no problem blowing an easy million on Colon... and i don't want to hear it was a relatively cheap risk w/ a high possible return... anybody that saw how much he weighed should know he was an injury waiting to happen, esp. with his past. This front office is having a rough year. A million dollars is two minor leaguers. It is nothing.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,1731743.story

QUOTE (Pumpkin Escobar @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 11:23 AM) I agree. It's a catch 22. But it's not the smart business move either to not try and improve your club if you are out of it. I'd hate to be in our shoes as a GM. Well, I wouldn't mind it all actually because I'd flip things a lot but I am sure I'd be fired. Teams like Cleveland - who's players are much younger and in some cases better then our "veterans" are dealing off guys. They're situation sounds worse then ours as they cant afford their contracts so I am sure we can survive ours. The original White Flag also was dealing who Alvarez? He was 27 I think. Much different then dealing a 12 million dollar a year OF or Dh. Same with Fernandez - he was 33 I think. Danny Darwin or someone was part 3. The deal wasnt horrible either in retrospect and if the Sox can acquire a better package for some of the guys theyd be moving. They should do it. The players exchanged might have been a win for the Sox, but the PR damaged lasts still to this day. For that reason alone the trade was a disaster and will not be repeated unless the Sox are a long way out of first place. Sox fans aren't exactly the type of people that will buy tickets today based on the team maybe being good in 2012. People should keep that in mind with the meltdown comments and ideas.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 11:15 AM) If by "Government", you mean Goldman Sachs, since they're basically the same thing after Goldman bought out the treasury department, pretty much yeah. Ah yes, more great reasons why we should let the government control our lives...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 04:09 PM) Then why wasn't it brought up when they were running their new signees out there for a nice, clean Press Conference? This just reeks... if they knew, then be up front. As a fan who has enjoyed the way things have gone of recent, there have been enough muckups for anyone to question it and be a tad turned off by said events. Blackhawks offseason timeline - Yay! Marian Hossa! We're amazing! - report comes out that players were not offered contracts - Hawks brass immediately refutes it as "no big deal" and say things will be fine - moments later, first contracts are signed for players who should have had cheap contracts - things start sounding worse, big money going to have to be paid if NHLPA files grievence... which happens - burn millions of unneeded dollars for failure to mail contracts - fire dale tallon - tons of reports saying it was in fact Stan Bowman's fault, who was promoted - reports start flying that McDonough has been forcing big contracts - Hossa injured? - Front Office: no big deal - Hossa injured! - Front Office: we knew all along... we piss on 12-year deals - Hossa out 4 months! It's just a clusterf***. I want the team to be honest to me, which they obviously have not been much of lately. How many press confrences have you seen where a team started talking about the results of a physical? Seriously. Its completely obvious what happened here. There has been a power struggle developing ever since Rocky Wirtz took over the team. The guys from the old group are getting pushed out and are pissed about it. That is what all of the dirty rumors are about on both sides. If this kind of stuff bothers you, you probably shouldn't watch professional sports, because this kind of stuff happens all of the time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 11:12 AM) But the people who built that system get really, really rich out of it, and that's really all that matters. I guess it is another case of the government saving us all, huh?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 08:55 AM) This usually applies to people who have nothing to lose, but brokers/traders often have a lot of money and a lot to lose, such as their families, etc. But you're right, more laws won't help if they aren't enforced, which was my earlier point. Taking 5-10 years to enforce these types of laws gives these guys a lot of wiggle room. It's not really that it would stop them from breaking the law, but it'd put a quick end to that person doing it, rather than them getting away with it for a span of years, which affects other peoples lives. The only thing that is going to fix enforcement is a complete overhaul of the way we regulate the entire financial sector. The way we do it now doesn't work, and is a complete waste of money.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 09:18 AM) Aw schucks kyle dont worry about it. My mom is perfectly alive and well and I have a gay brother so its cool. I am a bad person. soo... what did your brother say when you texted him? Yeah, I am a bad person too.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 08:56 PM) I think he just wasn't all the way healthy which is why he's been struggling. FWIW, I bumped this thread after the homer. Today was the first day he didn't look healthy though. Before today he was moving around just fine.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 06:18 PM) Ok, so if the government non-profit option will run all for-profit health plans out of business, why don't these non-profit ones do it already? Not for profit means coming out at zero or more. Government run means coming out at a negative and getting someone else to pay for it.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 05:02 PM) http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1248...ODcyNDg1Wj.html I'm sure this has already been posted -- but it shows the rules in place aren't enough. Clip from the story: "The Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to issue a report next month suggesting speculators played a significant role in driving wild swings in oil prices -- a reversal of an earlier CFTC position that augurs intensifying scrutiny on investors. In a contentious report last year, the main U.S. futures-market regulator pinned oil-price swings primarily on supply and demand. But that analysis was based on "deeply flawed data," Bart Chilton, one of four CFTC commissioners, said in an interview Monday." If someone wants to break the law, how are more laws going to stop them from breaking the law?