Harry Chappas

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Oct 12, 2012 -> 01:36 AM) Well 2 of the teams I was rooting for are out in A's/Reds. If the Nats/Orioles get knocked out I officially do not care about the rest of the playoffs. I agree and going into the playoffs I thought the Sox did not deserve to be there but the A's and O's are not better than the White Sox. I am not certain the Yankees are either. The affect PED's had on baseball is incredible.

I'd take any player at any time to make any team I root for better. I love Brandon Marshall, Zeke and Albert Belle because they made the team I root for better. I could care less what type of people they are. I am not having a dinner party I am watching sports for my team to win. Winning is everything as far as my sports entertainment goes. I want good guys to play 16" softball with and could care less if they are good players, why, because they come to my dinner parties and we get nothing for winning and I want to enjoy my cocktails with good guys not some asshat. Only cubs fans love their team to be lovable losers.

The f'ed up thing about this whole thing is they could have shut him down in the summer or had him stay in spring training. It really was handled poorly. I do think thought that they are set up for a nice run in the future.

I think I follow baseball but maybe not. Why is Zito starting and Lincecum in the bullpen?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 9, 2012 -> 11:47 PM) Sorry, I have too much Justified to watch to think that s*** was funny or entertaining or what the f***. You were not aroused?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 02:15 PM) With having four lefties potentially able to be in the rotation next year (Danks, Sale, Santiago, and Quintana) could Kenny look to sell high on Jose Quintana? We all saw what happened with Phil Humber this year, and guys like Gavin Floyd who never took that next big step. If the Sox could bring back Peavy that would set the Sox up with six men in the rotation (without even talking about someone like Axelrod). If you trade Quintana, it resets the rotation with only three lefties and two righties. Outside of Sale, Quintana might well have the highest trade value of any pitcher on this team because of his age and his contract status. Thinking out loud here, but could a team out there be interested in selling on a young/cheap 3B in a package for Quintana? If so, should Kenny be interested? I don't think Quintana has the "stuff" and pedigree to get the return that would make the risk worth trading.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 12:56 PM) The Cards are usually buying cheap on pitching. After this year, I don't think Peavy fits that description. Will depend on the money peavy wants and where he wants to play.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 11:31 AM) You are welcome Jake. I could see him winning the Cy Young in St Louis next year.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 11:35 AM) Everything involving Gemma has been ridiculously stupid, but Jimmy Smits is awesome. Which is what made the Jax line so good in the last show. My wife is catching up on season 4 it really is bad but this season has started off pretty good.

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 09:55 PM) Ahh. Gotcha. I think Oakland is gonna steamroll the Tigers. They are on fire rigt now. Oakland was hot the last time they played the Tigers and the Tigers handled them, remember when the Sox could not beat the Royals. I think the Tigers win in 4. Billy Beane knows something that nobody else knows I will finally admit that man is amazing.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 10:46 AM) If you're going to take Dan Johnson's performance at the end as the barometer for how he would have performed most of the season, why don't we check out Viciedo's series vs. Cleveland. He's probably in line for the MVP next year. The thing I liked about him is he actually had some plate discipline and made a pitcher work. He may suck but he can work a count something that Dewayne wise, Viciedo and Ramirez are incapable of. This team has too many guys like that.

Johnson is a bat they were missing all season off of the bench.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 10:25 AM) Hawk should be given a nice severance package, and they should get a new PBP guy in there....and not a former player. Isn't it possible that Hawk is part of the problem with attendance? He turns so many people off that they have a hard time attracting new fans. And he also is so down when the team loses, it makes the fans they have so negative, they don't want to watch them in person. I know the attendance issue is very complex, and it's not the main reason why the Sox don't draw. But I don't think Hawk helps the situation...I think he hurts the team in a lot of ways. I think Hawk attracts fans while not a great announcer the casual fans like him.

Would love to see the Yankees eliminated in wildcard game. Bailey would have made it great day. Imagine the AL with only one wild card team.

SAMCRO is making me miss Breaking Bad a little less while Boardwalk Empire is building on the DVR. Jax Teller's slap down of Gemma was f***ing priceless. Can't beat the Elks lodge being converted to a whorehouse. The cat fight while entertaining was out of left field.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 06:43 PM) You're one person...moving to Wrigleyville means losing you and a few others, and adding thousands of random people. The neighborhood is a piece of the puzzle but it is the attraction to the casual fan and out of town folks that draw. Why people love the cubs....who knows just shows how stupid people are as the cubs are not even front runners. You get a good tourist base while the Sox probably have none. You get the casual fans that plan a trip to Wrigley in the summer the Sox do not. As a Sox fan there was still the "scene" up there that drew me in for a game or two until I grew up a little.

If the rationale for losing this year is pitching youth and injuries the same team is essentially brought back except Peavy as you have to assume Danks and Floyd are back with Sale. You need to get a bargain on Youk and Peavy for them to come back. There is no way Liriano comes back. If Youk comes back you rotate Dunn, Konerko and Youk. They need bench help and pitcher. This will be another quite off season for the White Sox which may or may not be good.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 02:42 PM) Look who we faced and put up those runs against, a guy with a 5 something ERA that we saw for the 2nd time and a couple garbage relievers. Before that we faced TB who has a team ERA less than 3 in the 2nd half. Kluber who we saw for the first time( I believe), and Masterson, their best pitcher. Before that we faced E. Santana, D Haren, and Cy Weaver all of which have been good in the 2nd half. Then Chen and Guthrie who forever reason own us. We faced some good pitching down the stretch and with a team dealing with injuries like the sox were it not a recipe for success. Kansas City shut the White Sox down almost every game they played and the Kansas City rotation sucked.

If Dunn is injured why is he still playing?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 09:25 AM) Overall, the Sox took half-measures to address their glaring weaknesses and it cost them postseason baseball. Time to rebuild. No it is not.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 29, 2012 -> 02:50 AM) Brother Rice got ripped pretty good tonight by the Celtics. I tell ya I'm not crazy about the no huddle spread offense on the high school level. BR finally got pick sixed tonight and it cost 'em the game pretty much. This quarterback they got is OK. What's gonna happen when they have a blah quarterback? Rice's defense is sucking, too. I'm thinking this coach is stressing offense more than D cause it takes some precision to run the spread. Of course I'm just speculating on that, but Rice is pretty lousy this year on defense. The fans who ripped Nye for running too much might be begging for him to come back. No they will not. Rice was expected to have one of their worst seasons in the school's history. The fact they beat Rita at Rita is huge. They are starting 5 sophomores. They will be fine.

A good finish by Floyd is what he and this team needs. I have always liked Rios and it is good to finally see him playing good. interesting.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 28, 2012 -> 01:17 PM) The worst thing with this Sox lineup is that the 5-9 hitters don't have a hint of patience. Just loop at the OBPs... Rios - .330 A.J. - .325 Viciedo - .295 Alexei - .290 Beckham - .295 Our 1-4 has the ability to draw a walk and get on base, but the rest of the lineup never does any of that. Rios and AJ are tolerable the next three, not so much.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 27, 2012 -> 12:06 AM) Gemma is the worst character ever. I concur Everyone will want Tig dead in SOA. In a roundabout way Tig is responsible for the death of both Donna and Opie

Detroit is a better team on paper than the Chicago White Sox there is no doubt about that. Sox hung in there but did not have the experience in the dugout or in the rotation to carry it through the season. Losing to the Tigers is not as painful as losing to the Twins as the Tigers have talent where the Twins would hang in there for the Santana starts to inevitably be swept in the first round.