Harry Chappas

Here is another reason why Lovie Smith is a bad coach. A real team accepts that penalty for illegal formation moves the team to the 30 makes stops on 2nd and 16 and 3rd and 16 and force a longer field goal. The Bears decline the penalty and then proceeed to give up a 12 yard gain. Packers were robbed on the TD. and the Cutler Int Fun bad.

Teams are gearing up to play the Hawks and the Hawks need to adjust

That Lovie calling the defense............how is that working. That and the inability to run on 3rd and 2. Looks like this is going to be ugly. Wow Bullocks should never see the field again. and the false start on the O-line all this and only 4 minutes in.

Notice Linebrink was not mentioned by KW. I think he is being moved for another bad contract (Bradley, Pierre) and KW is getting the ducks in a row for this based on the non-tender guys. If Jenks is non-tendered this team has serious issues.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 11, 2009 -> 08:29 AM) Do you think that they cared about the Central Michigan players' feelings when Kelly left CMU to coach Cincy? I would think the pissed part is leaving your team while the season is still going on and playing for an undeated season in the Sugar Bowl.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 11, 2009 -> 08:11 AM) This. He hasn't hurt himself in the field. He has hurt himself on freak things. Taking him out of the field wouldn't change that. Freaky injurires happen to injury prone players. 1 or 2 injuries I can see but when it is 4 and 5 you become a Jim McMahon type of guy.

So Nolan Ryan wants a 4 man rotation and his guys to go deep into games.........Ya, Harden fits this mold really well.

Tiger Woods is somehow involved.

I'll take Coco's iffy shoulders over prancers iffy hamstrings.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Dec 9, 2009 -> 10:40 AM) Yeah well it would be a hell of a lot better than Wrigley. And WINNING would go a long way to make the Cell more comfortable - and I hope that we win. Milton probably feels like he has something to prove and would love to be a big contributor to the White Sox while spending the Cubs money. Baseballwise Milton Bradley did exactly what he always does on the field last year, get on base. The cubs paid and sold him to the minion as an RBI machine and right fielder and then the press ran with this and it was all Milt's fault when he did not do what the cubs told their fans he would do. The cubs should not have signed him and they should not have promoted him as being something he is not. He was behind, Soto, Fonzi, Zambrano and Dempster in the underperforming department yet he was the guy getting boo'd the most and in my mind was a nice scapegoat. Remeber when he was going to bring the fire, passion and winnign attitude with him........huh, he has never won yet the minion bought the winner tag. His personality is a risk but he is much better lead-off option than Swisher ever was. I am not advocating Bradley at $10M a year but if the lead-off options are all meh, then I think this option needs to be looked at more than just saying no. Some times riskier players need to be investigated and I think the due diligence needs to be done here.

Milt hates the cubs, I hate the cubs......... Milt has issues but it has never involved anything illegal as far as I recall. He seems to have a demeanor away from the park that differs greatly from his baseball persona although I could be wrong. His OBP is as sexy as it gets and he can not drive in runs. Bat him leadoff and play a little left here or there. Players seem to like it on the southside and while we hear that it is great to play at Wrigley I am not inclined to believe that is true unless the price is right. Send AJ, Guillen, Reinsdorf and Williams to meet with him and go from there. Give them Carlos Torres. As was pointed out earlier, Jurassic had milder issues but he seemd to adapt to the Cell quite well.

In a macro sense the White Sox are adding old players. In a micro sense they are adding guys that have good MLB history and should be able to handle the type of pitchers that hurt the Sox, s*** righties. Who can hit s*** righties, good left handed hitters (Matsui, Teahan, Vizquel, and Kotsay). Thease are the guys that should bode well against the Twins, Indians and Royals rotations. Are these moves sexy....no but the AL Central is terrible and off of the top of my head there is not a good leftie in the divison.....Laffey maybe? The White Sox really do not need to make big expensive moves to win this division all they need to do is stay healthy and do their job. The rotation can win the world series if they get to the playoffs and that is how this team is being constructed.

Terrible trade for the D'Backs

Halladay will net two first round picks next offseason hence Toronto should be asking for two first round caliber players at least. A part of me thinks that Toronto should ask for more from Boston and New York just becasue I hate them both...irrational thinking, yes.

I do not think it would be Quentin and Crawford straight up. The injury thing lingers over Quentin heavily. I think Jenks is involved and some Tampa pitching.

Also drinking a nice vendor serverd 16 oz plastic cup beer.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 12:35 AM) Danks is decent: Career: 31-33 - 4.06 ERA - .258 AVG - 1.33 WHIP That is 3rd or 4th starter material on an average MLB staff. Compare that to other 24 year old pitchers and let's see how he was ranked. Anyone with a BP subscription pull out the comparabe player listing and that should tells us what we need to know. His VORP was 25th in all of baseball not bad but again he is 24.

Teams are not going to give the cubs the value they desire. When his options run out then they will essentially have to give him away.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 12:54 PM) Of course Kenny is gonna deny it, No comment does not equal denial if anything it is an agreement.

Greg Williams is as good a DC as there is hence he can fit players into a system rather easily. Lovie likes to look at the scoreboard. The Bears seem to do no in game coaching.....except for Pep he seems to be talking about something although it does nto help. Have you ever seen a coach talking to players on the Bears sideline? This team looks woefully unpreapred every game. The latest straw being Adams not reporting eligible. Shouldn't a coach be screaming this from the sideline???????

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Dec 1, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) Hawks debuting the new 3rd sweater tonight. Basically its the "Winter Classic" uni without the Wrigleyish patch and with a more retro-looking criss-crossed tomahawks over the "C" on the shoulders. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id...vid=DL|CHI|home Of course, I won't be able to watch the game thanks to the continued DirecTv/Comcast pissing match overs Versus. A blacked-out home game, talk about "retro." The NHL has to really rethink their network package if the best television provider is not carrying their games.

Time to get Jarron Gilbert some playing time. Also when does Gaines Adams report to the Bears?

Sergio Santos making best pitch to stick with Chicago White Sox Converted shortstop made rapid progress through system By Mark Gonzales Tribune reporter November 27, 2009 E-mail Print Text Size Sergio Santos had brief doubts last summer about a transformation that took him back to where he started his professional career seven years ago. "I was lying in bed as I thought about being back in Class A," Santos said. "I asked myself what I was doing, playing with guys just out of high school and college. But at the end of the day, I asked myself where I can be most successful while providing for a wife and two kids." That meant being a pitcher after spending most of his baseball career as a power-hitting shortstop. He hadn't pitched regularly since his freshman year at Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, Calif. With the aid of a fastball clocked as high as 98 mph and a willingness to learn quickly, Santos displayed enough talent and promise for the White Sox to protect him on their 40-man roster last Friday. Although Santos, 26, is out of options and must make the Sox's Opening Day roster or be exposed to waivers, his quick ascent is one of the more remarkable achievements in the organization. A veteran scout for an American League team said he would have recommended his team pay $50,000 to select the 6-foot-3, 225-pound Santos in the Rule 5 draft on Dec. 10 if he had been left unprotected. The scout said he was more impressed with Santos' fastball and hard slider that produced 20 strikeouts in 14 2/3 innings than his 6.14 ERA for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League, the final test that determined Santos' placement on the 40-man roster. It also validated Santos' decision to convert to the mound after failing to reach the majors as a shortstop with three organizations, even though the Diamondbacks had made him a first-round draft selection in 2002. "I went through every avenue," Santos said. "A higher power was telling me this was not the direction to go toward." Santos credits the Sox, particularly farm director Buddy Bell, for the support that enabled him to make a position change. Santos was one of the first cuts of spring training in March but threw a bullpen session in front of several team officials before Bell asked him his preference. Santos wanted to give the infield one more try, so he was dealt to the Giants for future considerations before encountering a position logjam that resulted in him returning to the Sox to embark on a pitching career. "To this day, I'm thankful for Buddy Bell," Santos said. "He's the best guy I've run across in baseball." Santos' full-time pitching journey started last May at Kannapolis before he advanced to Winston-Salem and finished the final six weeks at Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte. He had a combined 8.16 ERA with 20 walks but struck out 30 in 28 2/3 innings. The Sox have been interested more with Santos learning the nuances of pitching than with his results. "They look more for improvement, like throwing four sliders and making sure at least two of them are strikes," Santos said. "I'm now able to throw first-pitch sliders for strikes and on 3-2 counts, and changeups on 2-0 counts. "It's a daunting challenge, but I've learned in four months what other pitchers have done in their entire careers." Santos, a lifetime .248 minor league batter who hit 20 home runs for Toronto's Double-A and Triple-A affiliates in 2007, said he learned quickly to trust his instincts and not think like a hitter while on the mound. He also plans to pitch later this winter for Hermosillo of the Mexican Pacific League so he will be ready to compete for a spot in the Sox's bullpen. "It was funny to be in the Fall League and see a lot of scouts who watched me in high school," Santossaid. "They were excited and happy for me."

Valentine's Day was good for getting some action in college. Now I just get in trouble for forgeting it.

You hire Martz and then you give Lovie one more shot. If Martz succeeds but the defense fails, he is either the HC or OC under a defensive minded coach that you hire, or you gut both. I like Angelo and just feel that the player development is horses***.