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QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 09:24 AM) So if Quentin, Owens and or Swisher are just as successful if not more than the names you mentioned, remember you said Brian Anderson screwed up the White Sox. And if they all perform great, maybe you change your mind and say Brian Anderson fixed the White Sox. You probably also blame him for the economy, 9/11 and so on. You talk out of both sides of your mouth because you think KW does no wrong. You say Kenny goes out and replaces parts that need fixing, so the Sox had to resort to Darin Erstad. Appears he replaced a part that needed fixing with another part that was beyond fixing. What screwed up the Sox was trying to fix holes with guys who were worse. See the bullpen. KW could have kept the prospects if he wanted to shell out more money, but once again, he misread the market. His market correction never occurred/ To be honest, if Anderson has his head out of his ass, I have said for two years now that he is our best option in CF. But I can also understand that Brian Anderson's meltdown has put this team behind the eight ball. I don't see how that is mutally exclusive, or means that Kenny Williams can do no wrong, but OK, have fun with the hyperbole. I am not quite sure how Williams is supposed to handle his players failing. Does he not do anything because he picked them up in the first place? Besides, if Anderson was the answer all along, why should Williams have gone out and paid a lot of money for another CF in free agency. That is talking out of both sides of your mouth. Then again, so would be critisizing Williams for the Linebrink signing when you called him cheap for not dipping into FA to fix our problems. Obviously Erstad wasn't the answer, so that means Williams screwed that up. He also screwed up by thinking Anderson was ready to be a major league CF. I guess that makes me a guy who thinks KW can do no wrong

I know it is only two starts, but at this point, you almost have to give Crawford a spot on this team next year. He has looked really good versus two of the best teams in the NHL.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 08:35 AM) He could replace MMac, he was not mentioned. Ah, good catch. I wonder if Mike really is in danger of going to Charlotte to start the season?

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 08:32 AM) Because Anderson wasn't the problem in 2006 and CF wasn't the reason the team lost 90 games last year. Erstad blows, but he did not screw up the White Sox, he didn't cost much and certainly didn't cost them 20 games. Willie Mays in his prime could have been patrolling CF at USCF last year and the team would have been horrible. Erstad just performed and got injured like everyone except Ozzie and KW knew he would but they insisted they need a "grinder". If the Sox win 90 games, and Anderson still preforms like a egotistical amatuer, he still gets replaced in 2007. The Sox record has nothing to do with that. Kenny goes out and replaces parts that need fixing. Anderson couldn't handle CF like a major leaguer in 2006, so the Sox had to resort to Darin Erstad in 2007. The failure of Erstad on top of the failure of Anderson led to the Sox flushing their minor leagues for Quinten and Swisher. The one constant in that trend is that if Brian Anderson could have stepped to the plate, none of the next steps would have happened. That is the first domino in that line. I would call requiring the Sox to aquire all of those OFs screwing up the Sox. I would much rather have Anderson playing at his earlier potential, along with Chris Carter, Gio Gonzalez, Faustino De Los Santos, and Ryan Sweeney still in our system.

If a game last night doesn't tell you that the Bulls have been dogging it for 90% of this season, I don't know what will. They should all be embarassed by how pathetic they have played this year, compared to how they could have been playing. They don't deserve to make the playoffs.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 09:55 PM) Pure fiction. The first half of the year, he wasn't hitting, but the White Sox were in first place. In July and August combined he hit over .300 with an OPS of .800 when the team was fading. What did the 2006 White Sox in was the pitching. Vazquez was bad, Buerhle was bad, Politte and Cotts were horrible, Jenks spent the winter of 05/06 at Krispy Kreme and wasn't ready when the bell rung. Contreras hurt his back and went south. It wasn't Anderson. The manager said in spring training he didn't care what Anderson hit, he was concerned about his defense. He provided defense. Unfortunately he couldn't position himself in the bleachers. How is it "pure fiction"? None of Vazquez, Buerhle, Politte, Cotts, Contreras, or Jenks play CF, so what do they have to do with bringing in Erstad? If Anderson preforms, Darrin Erstad isn't brought to the Sox in 2007. The pitching problems are the reasons guys like MacDougal, Sisco, and company were brought to the team.

There is no way he can be serious... That would leave off both Massett and Wasserman, right? Ozzie has already said the starters are set in MB, JV, JC, GF, and JD, so that means he would go the pen. There must be some miscommunication somewhere.

He is a lottery ticket, nothing more. There are probably 10 guys ahead of him in the race to get into the Sox pen.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 12:26 AM) I see nothing wrong with that statement... I agree with you. There have been plenty of rumblings about his defense not being very good out there, and even during the winter, talk of his going to Charlotte to start the season. Even Hawk and DJ kept talking about how he hit the fastball, but I didn't hear anything about his hitting a breaking pitch. I get the feeling Ramirez will be the kind of guy to hit .400 in April and then .100 in May, when everyone starts throwing him off speed stuff. If he doesn't play good D, what is the point of having him out there if he is htting like that?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 09:27 PM) Remember that Limbaugh led campaign to get Republican voters to support Hillary so she keeps the race going and keeps battering Obama? A few states ago, i.e. in Wisconsin, Obama was handily winning Republican crossover votes. In Texas and Ohio, it was much closer, only a single digit win. Tonight, according to CNN's exit polling, Republican crossover voters went 77-23 in favor of Hillary. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of a 50 point difference amongst that group between what we saw in the race 3 weeks ago and what we're seeing now. In that part of the country, I get the feeling that race has more to do with that, versus anything Rush Limbaugh told them.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 09:59 PM) If only! I wouldn't be talking on here, that's for sure. I would be off with my 4300 hookers instead! Or running for governor...

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 05:09 PM) Did you bowl a perfect game while you were on the beach? No, but I hit my golf clubs pretty well that trip

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 04:08 PM) I still think their best team is Swisher leading off and playing left and Anderson in center. Neither Quintin or Owens has produced enough in their professional careers to make me believe otherwise. Darin Erstad really f***ed this team up. Brian Anderson screwed this team up by having the season he did in 2006, combined with his superman attitude, which made Williams feel like he had to bring in Erstad.

Item number one that says we pay politicians too much money... Spitzer has dropped $80,000 on call girls according to Fox News 32 tonight...

I'll love Rowand if he can convince San Fran to give up a boatload for Crede!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 06:15 PM) What that would be likely to do is drive U.S. gas demand sharply downwards...so hypothetically, that would drive the price of a barrel of oil downwards...but the problem is, we're up against a monopoly, so they'd simply cut production to make up the difference, thus keeping the price of oil high. Of course, there may be other benefits to that sort of tax (i.e. significant decrease in greenhouse gas emissions ) worth thinking about in the process as well. Like the last two dollars per gallon increases have sharply driven demand down for gasoline? Gasoline doesn't behave like a normal commodity. It has an elasticity of near zero. People buy it, almost no matter what.

What no mention of the 400 point plus day? If the Fed really did bail out banks, buy Citibank, because you will NEVEr see it that cheap again.

They could actually use it towards purchase an American car, and support one of the last remaining industries that provides things like heath insurance and a pension to its workers...

Quote of the Day Saying that Hillary Clinton has White House experience is like saying Yoko Ono was a Beatle.

QUOTE(ChiSox_Sonix @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 02:07 PM) Could it possibly be Mikhail? We dont know that hes actually dead...although i dont think Locke would have to "sit down to hear that" hell the Dude already took a harpoon and was out deepsea diving afterwards, why not a grenade explosion?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 12:13 PM) That's just too easy... (where my picture of low hanging fruit when I need it). Oh wait, I don't have $40K just laying around. Nevermind, you lucky bastard. Hell, for you, I'd do it for $40 and a ticket to Dallas

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 12:06 PM) I think he knew how his act would play on most college campusus. I doubt he lost any sleep over it. Victory rallies are fun, but protests really get people excited. I viewed this more as a one act play. Almost like him agreeing to be in the campus dunk tank. Hell I would show up to be abused for a couple of hours for $40K!

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 12:07 PM) Is Obereis from the dairy family? If so, he was a huge supporter or chess in the area. Nice man IIRC. Yes, it is the same family.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 11:21 AM) Til the Trib endorses McCain, because they always endorse the GOP candidate :-) On a side bar, I could hardly believe my eyes for the endorsements in the special election for Hasterts seat. The ST endorsed Oberweis, and the Trib endorsed Foster.

For a guy who gets paid $40,000 to show up and talk, he isn't very bright thinking he was going to get off scott free...