Harry Chappas

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 28, 2010 -> 11:44 AM) Dodgers are paying for half of Pierre's contract FYI. 2 years at $4M each after Dodger money which is why they had to give up Ely. That is the MO that I most dislike about KW. He gives up prospects in exchaange for cash he did this in the Thome deal and all of those 04/05 Everett and Alomar deals. Also Ritchie was a Schueler deal I believe....I know KW was the GM but I thought Schuler pushed it through. I love how the Sox GM never gets credit for a win but certainly gets blasted for a loss.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 28, 2010 -> 10:39 AM) KW, IMO, rushed into things. Instead of waiting to see how the market played out with Pods, he goes and makes a trade for Pierre. However, if he waited a little longer, the Royals would have emerged as the only contender for Pods, and it would have been an easy sign. Maybe a little more expensive than the 2 million he is making this year, but certainly a lot cheaper than the 10 million we owe Pierre for the next year and a half. or KW could have waited lost both Pierre and Pods and have Beckham lead off.

My thought is Williams is letting Guillen do his thing as he is moving on to an executive role like PAxson and Hahn as been told that he will get he GM job at such a point. I also think guillen will be given a year to work with Hahn and see how they go.

The Sharks top two lines were coming in on a much higher level than the Flyers in my opinion. I still do not think the Flyers have played nearly the competition that the Haks have in the playoffs and while the Flyers have been on the brink of elimination I think the HAwks are more playoff tested at this point. The fact that the Toews line can play against the Flyers number three line is huge.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 27, 2010 -> 11:18 PM) That's a shame. What is a shame? The thing about Bradley is you know he has emotional issues but the thing is there are a lot of worse things that people do in baseball...steroids....he seems like he really wants to be a good guy but just can not get through his issues. I actually like the guy.

Sox should have looked a little harder at Blalock for third instead of going with Teahen.

I think Guillen is a guy you either love or hate. In his tenure more players have signed extensions to play for him than left for greener pastures. The Sox have also signed a decent number of bargain free agents that seem to like Ozzie. Think Putz and Peavy would have agreed to come to the Sox if Linebrink and Thorton said Guillen was terrible to play for. Thome seemed open to come back to the Sox.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2010 -> 03:58 PM) Cubs in great position to catch up to the Cardinals in the standings after this weekend, as the Cardinals offense is really slowing down. Cards have Wainwright and Carpenter going.

If the Hawks did not choke the game away in Philly, the Flyers may not have even made the playoffs. I found that point interesting.

I am getting the feeling that the Paper Tiger (CQ) is having injury issues.

The season is looking like this if the Sox play well this weekend, we are done withthe best team in baseball. If they win 2 great. I look a the Red Sox last week of the season. If the Red Sox are out of it they will rest guys on the road and that 4 game series could be nice. If they are battlting the Yanks....ouch. Split would be nice.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 26, 2010 -> 02:32 PM) Were? How did the divorce go? Hawk fired them after they hugged Joe West in 1982

Did you know Ribbie and Rhubarb were married.

While I did not see the game, Jenks did get two decent hitters to end the game. he really needs to not be in non-save situations. Also Beckham and Quentin are going as bad as Jenks right now and Peavy is right there with them. The hitting is getting some things going. Survive this weeknd without losing ground and the Sox could be looking ok. I think they are done with Tampa. I also hope Buehrle gets the nod over Peavy on Sunday or they push Garcia back.

So I had some work to do and went away from my desk from the top of fifth until now. Rolling right along reading the good stuff and then poof I hit about the 1:30 mark and was just scrolling through the posts expecting that the game was tied or the Sox lost and I am rolling that mouse frantically and the blood pressure is rising and then I get to page 26 and all is well in the world. SOX WIN Peavy is still the biggest bust on this team.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 26, 2010 -> 12:29 PM) It was a streak of quality starts. it was also part of a four game road sweep. when was the last time the Sox have won four in a row anywhere.

Pena 20 pitches in 2 innings. Gotta like that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2010 -> 12:25 PM) Jason Donald is rapidly becoming a Sox-killer. White Sox advanced scouting at its best.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 26, 2010 -> 12:23 PM) Would you rather Beckham, Ramirez or Teahen/Nix be the 2 hitter? Nix oughta be playing second there is nothing Beckham is doing right now that Nix can not. Sending him down would be the best thing they could do as he may need to get away from Walker.

as bad as the Sox lineup is, the Indians is worse

at some point they need to look at doing something with he and Quentin what it is I do not know....

just checked in. This ejection seems as bad as the one agaisnt the orioles. If the Sox win today and mark faces the Rays it is a win-win.

Sad that Mark will miss the Rays. 100% right on Peavy as he is the biggest disappointment based on the money they are paying him.

I saw nothing of this game but the fact that the Indians line up scored 7 runs against Peavy leads me believe Peavy is not going to be anything special any time soon maybe it is a fluky thing or the direction this team is headed appears to really suck.

How is Russell doing?