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I'm HOPING for Ozuna/BA/Dye in the OF... yet I'm almost certain that if Oz cant put his boy Prancer out there, there is no way in hell he isn't gonna have grindErstad out there.

Excellent info as always SMD!!

I think I may start something like that for the 2007 season. Seeing as I'm the one thats pretty anal about how the Gamethreads are archived, etc, I think it would be a fun thing....lets see how this sounds to folks: Gamethread starters: 7 game 'suspension' on starting the thread if we lose when you start. The train keeps a rollin' if we win when you start. It'll keep things fun, and I'll be the one that keeps up with it so no strain on anyone else. Thoughts?

GD it Steve, I was gonna wait a bit more before I started the official thread. Now the onus is on you!! If we lose tomorrow, you get a 7 day "No starting gamethreads" hiatus!!

Pods all of a sudden has some lingering issues with that groin, eh Oz.. Just put Erstad in LF, BA in CF with the exception of vs. lefties already... That quote makes me laugh....like there is any contest as to who should be in left against C.C.....good grief Ozzie...

I wouldnt want it any other way...no point in putting Prancer out there to look silly against C.C. Now, about CF and grindErstad/Ba....

Its hard to just 'ditch' a changeup. If learned properly, a changeup is a devastating pitch. Just ask Keith Foulke circa 2000.

Only question is why this isn't done already.....we have NO ONE in our system that is going to produce as an everyday MLB second baseman, don't even say Valido.... Tad is one of the underappreciated guys on this team. Get it done KW.

Good idea Buehrle...he punished the last pitch there foul, so lets give it right back to him!

I'm beginning to think the decisions for this team are made by that team of chimps that was in the Career Builder Super Bowl commercials...oblivious to the conclusions that factual evidence present. "Hey guys, sales aren't up...they're down."

Heh, subconscious slip there Beck? won't even say what part...

Tex you bastard, stealing my job as Official B-day poster upper /rude! And Happy Birthday kap!! I think your birthday post is making our board run slow though, can you check into that?

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Mar 29, 2007 -> 02:23 AM) Well, I think everyone can agree that you are the most/best pessimist on this board. Well as long as no one tries to take my Title of "Biggest Pods critic ever", I'll be content and sleep ok at night!

What a load of s***....yes, because Aardsma and Sisco both deserve spots over Logan "You have to earn your spot on the team in Spring Training." My ass.

QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 03:17 AM) Wow. 250k. I wish my dad had been a mediocre shortstop. I'm not afriad to admit that made me LOL literally...

QUOTE(bad at best @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 03:38 AM) BA had a better OBP and slugging percentage than Erstad this spring by quite a bit. He is a decade younger, not injury prone, and better on defense (from my eyes). The choice was clear here. BA should be starting in CF. Erstad in LF. Pods should be nowhere near a starting position. The organizations loyalty to pods is only beaten by its shafting of BA this spring. Holy s***!! I you man!! Someone that sees things exactly the way I do....

Hell, give me my grindErstad/BA/Dye OF, and I'll be the happiest Sox fan around(for at least 1 day). However, since we've had Pods penciled in as the starter the day KW and Oz knew he could walk straight again, theres no hope of such.

I'm just sold on the fact that Erstad in LF, BA in CF is our best OF option. Now, and before anyone even says it, yes I know that gives us zero options at leadoff, I'm just saying thats my best OF.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 07:40 AM) "I've definitely brought this upon myself, so I deserve to have to do what I'm doing," Anderson said. "I shouldn't have had anything handed to me." I give credit for Brian understanding what is going on. When a guy has two veterans ahead of him--[and most importantly for the Sox, two top of the order guys; if the sox only needed a number 8 hitter, Brian would be fine in CF]--and is coming off a horrible year when he was given a lot of time to develop--more than most teams who expect to make the playoffs--he's got to battle day in and day out. One good spring by a 25 yr old 2nd yr player isn't going to outdo 1 year, 3 months of proven production by Pods. The right call is having Pods and Erstad as starters to start the year. Anderson will be given the next shot if one of the two get hurt or suck. I remember reading a few days ago quotes from Ozzie saying he thought BA would be a superstar in this league. That kind of talk goes against the prevailing thought that Ozzie has it "out" for Anderson. Fixed that for you there.

I read this thread on my Tandy, in monochrome!!

QUOTE(BFirebird @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 03:34 PM) This is a very good assessment of the White Sox current money situation. Kenny even admitted himself earlier either before ST or during that a lot of teams put themselves out of contention for next year's crop of FA because of the ridiculous deals they gave this past summer for inferior players. (I.E. the Cubs, Angels and Giants) Some of the potential FA's for this upcoming offseason is pretty staggering: NL: Carlos Zambrano Andruw Jones John Smoltz Doug Davis Randy Wolf Tom Glavine Barry Bonds Marcus Giles Kaz Matsui Pedro Feliz Rod Barajas Javy Lopez Craig Wilson AL: Mariano Rivera Ichiro Suzuki Bobby Abreu Curt Schilling Carlos Guillen Torii Hunter Jermaine Dye Andy Pettitte Jake Westbrook Shea Hillenbrand Joe Borowski Octavio Dotel Jose Guillen Mike Piazza Jeff Weaver Mike Lowell Bartolo Colon Scott Podsednik Huh?...OHHHHH!! I get it, its like "Pick which named doesn't belong with the others!!"

5 bullpen guys won't happen. I'm more concerned now about finding a guy who can catch, hit over .180, not be a complete defensive liability, and throw >20% of runners out.

Making the team, and making the team in the right role are still way different. And the fact remains that Mr. Hypocrite said: a ) the guy that goes out and performs the best will win the CF job b ) we won't keep BA up here if he isn't playing regularly, 'it isn't fair to him'. So like Kalapse said, how is this right really?

Its an ongoing Kalapseathon!! Let it go on for 40 days and nights!! The masses shall celebrate daily!! Or we could just bury it under links of silly TV shows

So we've got Floyd, Aardsma, Sisco for the last spot(assuming Masset and Logan are in). Its like the best of the worst to me...I'd go for Sisco, let Floyd go work in the bandbox, Knights Stadium.