Harry Chappas

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2010 -> 12:57 PM) That a boy, keep up the great work. It amazes me how much people overvalue our players on here. Next thing you know, people will say we can get Adrian Gonzalez for Morel and Viciedo! What type of free agent will he be? If he is a Type A or B that is the caliber of prospect you start with then you determine his value to the other team as well. He has his shortcomings but he is still a solid catcher that has a world series on his resume. I do not know how he works with pitchers but they seem to be fine with him. He should get something decent in return, what that is I do not know but I hope it more than when KW has given away guys in the past. I paid big money for my season tickets if they f***ed up the revenue stream too bad I want to get my money's worth and pure salary dumps are BS. Either get a discussion worhty return or let him play it out and then walk. Same thing with Konerko.

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 17, 2010 -> 12:20 PM) If the Sox trade AJ before his 5-and-10 rights kick in, they'll recoup at least $4M. Even if they don't get much in return, saving that money makes a lot of sense from a business perspective. Especially when gate revenue is declining. I'm not necessarily advocating that the Sox do this (because I don't think that they're completely out of it... yet), but the "AJ isn't making that much money" line is a bad argument. If Kenny does later decide that the season is lost, paying AJ $6.75M is a horrible business decision. Not if he declines arbitration and leaves via free agency and nets the Sox a pick or two. He hit over .300 last year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 17, 2010 -> 09:36 AM) Reds win 2 out of 3 vs. STL, and are now in 1st place in the NL Central. I guess its the first time since July that the Cards weren't in first. I know its only mid-May, but the Reds have been popular sleeper picks the last couple years, maybe this is the year they can hang in there until September. They could be a good White Sox trade partner

QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ May 12, 2010 -> 08:53 AM) I have a question maybe you Chicagoans can answer...why does it seem like there are hardly any games on WGN anymore? The Sox seem to be once every 2 weeks and the Cubs are on maybe twice a week CW or whatever network they think they are.

Here goes my two cents... I agree with SS2K in that you need to see where we go from here. The confusing part to me is ok MIB is dead that is why they show us the Jack/Kate/Locke scene from season one but then how is his knowledge passed on to build the wheel and what not. I wish we would have gotten a deeper sense of this. I did like the black/white - science/faith storyline shoved in our face. The Claudia group (they were speaking Latin and Claudia is a Roman name) were not the first people to come to the island as the "mother" gave us the old "it always ends the same" line. I think she could take the form of smokie thus her killing and pillaging the "Others" from this episode. The mother is egyptian as the game she gave MIB was egyptian and I think the weaving was egyptian thus the hieroglypics, statue, etc. were already on the island before last night's episode. My problem with this was, how did she get her role. One thing I forgot was smokie and Ben had hte run in last season at the temple. I wonder why smokie did not kill him there..........

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 12, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) I'm talking about his season overall. He's got one good pitch. And it's hardly a dominant one. To be a closer or good reliever, the main thing to do is throw strikes, which is what most if not all Twins pitchers are good at.

Hitters 5-7 were 0-11 and the White Sox had 7 baserunners....all you need to know. If the offensive philisophy is not addressed this team will continue to be an absolute drag to watch. Other teams do not seem to roll over and die like the Sox do during games where 8-10-12 men are retired in a row?

This team really is destined to sit around 5 games below .500 for the season as the offense just can not get anything going consistently. Kotsay should never play due to a match up as match ups are irrelevant with him. He also should never bat 5th but ozeroo keeps slotting him there. As bad as Quentin is going, There was no reason to play kotsay over him for matchup purposes which was the origianl intent.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 12, 2010 -> 01:34 PM) AJ is a terrible #2 hitter. Actually he's just a terrible hitter, period. He should bat 7th and as bad as Teahen has been I still think he should bat 2nd...no real reason why. With the bullpen being fresh, Danks should not be in this game if he does not have it as it appears by this thread that he does not.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 12, 2010 -> 01:27 PM) And about weak grounders finding exactly the right spots. They put the bat on the ball as oppossed to overswinging and popping up.

If Teahen, Kotsay and AJ can not hit Carl Pavano they have no business being the team. Same thing with Beckham, Quentin and when he plays Nix against the likes of Dana Eveland. The bullpen should be used today to its fullest extent with the day off tomorrow.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) Really? That would be an odd scenario. Could see it happening, just surprising and odd. Lee is a free agent who may end up similar to Dye if he does not turn it around offensively although he can still play defense.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ May 11, 2010 -> 04:00 PM) You guys are living saints I tell you. When you do it right it's supposed to take longer than a heartbeat though. Why? Anything after that leads to an increased potential for cardiac arrest...ain't no lady worth that time and effort.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 11, 2010 -> 02:37 PM) Any rookie will have those days. (hell we saw that before with Beckham last year) Beckham was playing a position he was not accoustomed to and did fairly well. Castro is thought of as a raw SS..I think he will replace Ramirez who will move to first to replace Lee after this season or Soriano will replace Lee.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ May 11, 2010 -> 01:02 PM) Wow you must have the looks of a young patrick swayze to have such picky taste in supermodel/celebrity women. I know for a fact i would do any of those 100 women listed in a heartbeat! I would do the hottest 100,000 women in America in a heartbeat and I must tell you I get my fair share of the honies.

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ May 11, 2010 -> 12:25 PM) Reports are that Salo plays tonight His replacement was a callup that had not played in the NHL all season

QUOTE (The Critic @ May 11, 2010 -> 10:46 AM) I think they've been burnt by so many "can't miss" prospects that whenever a kid starts to fail, they immediately think "oh, great...ANOTHER one...." But doesn't the booing kind of fly in the face of the "nobody's paying attention to the game" stereotype? Castro's call up was a headline grabbing move for the marketing deaprtment. The success of the marketing of the cubs and hawks has lead to a fan base that is paying huge dollar amounts to come watch the game. The price with that is an environment of fans that are there because of the marketing of the product not the actual product. The hawks will get worse over time due to the limited number of games and tickets. On the radio yesterday they were talking about the Hawks crowd not being that loud going into game 5 becuaue everyone expected them to win...

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 10, 2010 -> 12:01 PM) it's a popular board game. a crime has occurred on the bus, and you need to sift through all the evidence and find out whom did it. it's really great. Is that like those dinner mysterty murder train rides?

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ May 10, 2010 -> 11:23 AM) Any word on D. Sedin's injury? He came back into the game did he not?

In NL Jenks would be elite.

s***ty day in sports all around in chicago...all we need is a comeback.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2010 -> 08:25 PM) I can't believe that Joe Morgan said that Frank Robinson is most underrated superstar of all time. I was sure he was going to say it was a white player. Jimmee Foxx no further discussion to be had.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 7, 2010 -> 12:55 PM) It wasnt meant to be a real senario. Just a thought experiment: What if you committed a large sum of money to facilities then they just walk away 1 year later. I bet you'd be pissed. I am sure it would cost them a ton on money to "walk away" from Glendale. This is shortsited grand standing

QUOTE (fathom @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) BTW, Ozzie hopes to get Omar Vizquel more ABs. Says he's doing a fantastic job. Guillen really thinks the flippy hit thing is important to manufacturing runs than taking pitches and making pitchers work. I really want to punch the grindy originator in the head. per the trib "His job is not to hit .350, his job is to do what he's doing right now — play third base, play second base, play shortstop a little bit. Omar has been great. He is what he is, and it's not easy. Especially early, maybe a little later he'll play some more. He has been very professional, and I'm very excited about having him." .... So young guys who do not know the MLB just yet are expected to handle this but for Omar it is not "easy........

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:11 PM) Yawn. He didn't give up the lead. It was a bold move to give Mark some confidence. He needs confidence????????? it was 3-2 then 3-3 the Sox did not lead anymore.....