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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.

Oz doesn't seem too concerned, but seperated shoulder + catcher can't be the easiest thing in the world to overcome quickly. Hopefully, we won't be privy to the Wiki experience for too long if Hall has to visit the DL.

Hey, not a bad lil contact hitter. You know how it goes...throw enough crap into a frying pan, and see what works out. Who ever knows with infielders. Least the kid is young still.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Mar 25, 2007 -> 01:18 PM) boy, Floyd and Gio for Freddy just looks worse and worse and worse (shakes head) Again, until I get a better grip on Hideaway this season, I HOPE to god thats sarcasm again. I don't see how anyone can disagree with that deal right now. We got one of our lefties that SoxTalk has been pining and drooling over getting back in Gio, a guy who has the tools to be good but hasn't put it together yet in Floyd, for a veteran righty who has lost the ability to be the power pitcher he once was, posted a stellar 2.42 WHIP this spring(ST or not, thats just bad! 8.2 IP, 15 H, 11 ER, 6 BB, 2 Ks).

Thats pretty spot on from roto, exactly what myself, Kalapse and a few others have been preaching since day 1 of ST camp. Its sad to see how obvious it is to those that don't live and die by every silly Arizona pitch like we at Soxtalk to, yet Oz continues the charade...

I think its really safe to say that Haegar didn't deserve a roster spot in the pen at this point, even if I wanted him there myself. He didn't show alot really, "Arizona thin air" or not. In all reality, we have to look at the pen like this: 2 Spots left, assuming we go with 11 pitchers which is most likely. 1) At this point, Logan seems as close to a lock as there is. 2) Sisco(Best choice IMO), Floyd, Aardsma are all vying for the last spot. Aardsma kinda makes me cringe. Floyd, well I've not seen anything that really says he can get anyone out consistently. Sisco at least has been going after hitters. Giving up hits is one thing as a reliever. Coming in from the 'pen, and walking guys is inexcusable though.

Eh.. Go me for having Kansas against Memphis in the finals!! =/

So much for Russell getting a say in the competition. I want Danks up there just as much as most others, but feel like its still a bit of a rush.

Hah, Pods didn't know wtf to do after getting a BB.

Thats the lineup I'd like to see out there everyday honestly....

QUOTE(JoeBatterz @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 04:00 PM) With as infatuated as KW has been with Griffey, the Reds might be high on that list. Oh god JB, PLEASE don't start that talk again. You are gonna make Soxtalk meltdown with that.

Yep. He struggled mightily offensively as most any rookie thrown into a starting job would do. BUT, what didn't change one bit, was that he was one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball, period. That didn't change one bit. I'm ready to hush about it honestly too, until its confirmed that BA is going to Charlotte and we're going with the Prancer/Grinder 1-2 'punch' that all of Soxtalk will learn to loathe.

Not gonna even comment on the BA venom you enjoy spewing, but tell me again, who is gonna play CF when Captain Courageous, Darrin Erstad needs a day off? Mack was thrown into a CF fire by Oz because of a lack of confidence in BA hitting righties, something he did no worse than hitting lefties. And despite the fact that everyone and their mother knew that Mack shoulda been spelling Prancer in LF instead of BA in CF, Oz kept trotting him out there, because 'thats what was best for the kid'.

No, we just want the better Centerfielder to actually....get a realistic shot at winning the job, something he isn't getting and wont get, because he isn't grinder material apparently. I guess by getting a legitimate jump on flyballs, moving fluidly and efficently out in the field, those aren't grinder type qualities like Pods has. Can't believe after 1 season, a guy can qualify as 'sucks' despite the fact he had the 3rd best RF of ALL MLB OUTFIELDERS in his ROOKIE season. Makes sense to me.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 02:36 AM) My prefered lineup: 1. Erstad LF 2. Iguchi 2B 3. Thome DH 4. Konerko 1B 5. Dye RF 6. Pierzynski C (Hall vs. lefties) 7. Crede 3B 8. Uribe SS 9. Anderson CF Too bad that will NEVER happen. Precisely the lineup I want to see. Too bad it makes too much logistical sense, so we aren't going to see it.

15 errors in 4 full seasons with the BrewCrew. About a 2.60 RF over that time, compared to Pods 2.15 RF and 11 errors over the last 2 seasons with us(BTW BA has a 2.87 RF, and 2 errors last year. Thats an impressive RF, and was only behind Joey Gathright and Corey Patterson in all of MLB).

I'm not sure there are many of us that are writing off '07 already. There are some of us, I think my co-conspirators include Kalapse and fathom, have absolutely no use for Pods. Thats just the simple truth. I've been the biggest Pods basher since hes been here. I think he is a no bunting, getting on base hack with average speed that relies on great reads to steal bases. I think he can't play a lick of defense, can't throw, and only makes most running catches in LF because he plays EVERY SINGLE HITTER on the warning track. As for Erstad, well I don't mind him being here one bit, hell I'm pretty happy with the signing. BUT, he has no business taking 500 ABs in CF away from a true CFer with better range and a helluva lot more fluid approach to fielding. Erstad and Pods should be used to sort out LF, not to take away playing time from the kid that deserves to play CF. Put Erstad in there to spell BA, share some ABs with Prancer, and I'm happy with our lineup. We have IMO a helluva bench. A quality backup catcher, the best superutility guy in Mack, Pablo who will do anything that is asked of him, Cintron is a player off the bench. I LOVE our bench, I just think that Erstad or Pods should be there with those guys. Our starting rotation...not so sure about it right now. If Buehrle bounces back with 15 wins, I'll consider it a successful year for him. Javy, I have a strange feeling will really have a nice year. Contreras, all the guy does is go out there, eat innings, and most of the time, give us a chance to win. Garland has come into his own, despite a pretty s***ty WHIP at times. Danks/Floyd....well, I'll be happy with whoever wins the job if they put us in a position to win, thats about all I can hope for. The pen, if we go with what IMO is the best combination:Jenks, MacDougal, Thornton, Masset, Logan, Haegar. I think that pen has some very hight potential(yes, the most dangerous word in sports). I don't see any crucification here for this team, just genuine concern over our managers hypocritical talk and the backend of the rotation, plus the potential batting order vs. lefties.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 02:13 AM) It just looks ridiculous on paper. LF - Podsednik - L CF - Erstad - L DH - Thome - L 1B - Konerko - R RF - Dye - R C - Pierzynski - L 3B - Crede - R 2B - Iguchi - R SS - Uribe - R How can Ozzie in conscience write out that lineup before every game? It's just looks terrible. And by age: LF - 32 CF - 33 DH - 36 1B - 31 RF - 33 C - 30 3B - 29 2B - 32 SS - 27 AVG OF = 32.67 yo AVG IF = 30.60 yo LINEUP = 31.44 yo But thats ok, because in 2007 we are "Back to the grind!!"

If Clemson keeps rolling, it will be possible for the state of South Carolina to have back to back to back NIT champions!! Now thats an accomplishment few states can claim. Hope you can sense the sarcasm, I'm laying it on pretty thick. Us South Carolina fans want a change, and our AD refuses to think anything is wrong with keeping Dave "Snoozefest Offense" Odom. Marshall has been talked about as our coach for 3+ years, but we don't need him, we have Dave Odom!!!