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QUOTE(Winning Ugly @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 04:41 PM) Triple-A Charlotte's Tim Redding threw a shutout and struck out 12 Wednesday in a win over Toledo. Redding has allowed just one run and fanned 32 in his last 25 innings of work. It might not earn him a callup after the Knights' season is at an end, but he'll be a lot more popular as a minor league free agent. His performance might even earn him a major league deal this winter. Umm...that's solid. This guy might have gotten his stuff together in time for KW to make an easier decision on next season's rotation. No, I don't think he will start for us next year, but it's good to know if he continues like this, he's a backup plan if Javy is shown the door. I f***ing give up

QUOTE(WCSox @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 04:27 PM) Sorry, I meant to put the "very good" label on the '03 staff (although I'll argue that Sirotka and Foulke were definitely "very good" in 2000). They were certainly a solid staff overall, with the bullpen being the strong point. You could've taken three of those starters into the playoffs and had some success. But let's get this "Manuel didn't have any pitching to work with" crap out of the way. Manuel's staff in 2003 was strong... Loaiza: 2.90 ERA Colon: 3.87 ERA Buehrle: 4.14 ERA Marte: 1.58 ERA Wunsch: 2.75 ERA Gordon: 3.16 ERA Combine that staff with a healthy and productive Frank, Maggs, Carlos, Paulie, and Valentin and you have a team that was arguably better than this year's squad. Yet, those guys only managed to win 86 games. This team has already won 80 and will likely finish with 90-95 wins. Ozzie has definitely gotten more out of this year's squad than Manuel did out of the '03 team. Jon Garland, much mediocrity. Porzio's Whorzio's, much suckitude. Bullpen past Marte, Gordon, and LOOGY, much suckitude. This year's pitching staff is ridiculously better than 2003's. There is no comparison. This year's staff is deeper and better.

I think he talked with Dock Ellis before the game But that's just speculation on my part

QUOTE(WCSox @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 03:58 PM) Manuel had a very good staff in 2000 (Sirotka, Baldwin, Eldred, Parque, Foulke, Wunch) LOL One starter with an ERA under 4 is a very good staff? One? C'mon Also, if you are going to start mentioning relievers, why not mention Foulke, Howry, Simas, Barcelo, Buehrle, and hell, even Sean Lowe pitched pretty well down the stretch. Lack of a 5th starter didn't help. Dan Wright, Josh Stewart, Neal Cotts, and Mike Porzio? Manuel had good pitching; Manuel never had pitching as good as Ozzie has.

QUOTE(Bonderman38 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 03:49 PM) Hello. I've been here. Thank you. LOL...if you thought I was calling Tigers fans b****es, I wasn't. Kenny Williams, in the 2001 or 2002 season, flipped a buffet table and yelled "B****ES!" That's what I was referencing.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 01:40 PM) I don't know about the poll, but I have notice that the Tigers fans have disappeared quicker than a buffet table at the Williams household since their slump began. B****ES

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 01:33 PM) I like the idea of Brian and his near .300 BA the last 2 months, along with Cintron and his solid play, rolling the lineup over better than Pods, who's OBP is like .255 the last 8 weeks. I love Cintron in the 9 spot. Mediocre defense, mediocre with the stick, but he has had a knack for the clutch this year, and gets on base more often than Uribe. If this team didn't have enough power, than Uribe would be the better choice of the two. As is, I'll let Uribe and his .261 OBP stay on the bench.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 01:32 PM) Jerry didn't trust his staters nearly as much as Ozzie does, so that's several more wins off the bat. Personally, it's hard for me to say. Jerry fuggin hated Garland it seemed, so I'm not sure he'd ever get his confidence built up to where it is now. However, if we were to throw that aside, I think you are looking at a team in first place by probably two games. For how completely horrible Jerry Manuel was, he actually knows how to manage a bullpen.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 01:32 PM) I like pods lower down in the lineup for now...maybe he can help roll the lineup over. At the cost of defense? I am not very high on that at all. You have an OF for the rest of the year of Sweeney-Anderson-Dye, and you will have to hit the hell out of a ball for it to land in that OF.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 01:30 PM) Is that supposed to be like a definitive statement or something? You know this for sure? hammer, hypothetical here. Pretend JM's managing the Sox this year. What's our record?

QUOTE(gosox41 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 09:39 PM) First, let me say that one of KW's strengths is picking up young minor leaguers that have been overlooked by other teams. As for what Scheuler has produced, here's some major league players that were drafted (or signed as free agents) by the Sox and made the majors: 1. Crede 2. Buehre 3. Lee 4. Ordonez 5. Cameron 6. Sirotka 7. Baldwin 8. Durham That's a few off the top of my head. Obviously there have been a lot of busts, but every GM has had their share of those. I think most of those guys were drafted in the mid 90's on, which should be about 6-7 drafts since Schu left in 2000. KW has had the same, but of course it takes time for players to develop. I realize that. Bob I understand what you're saying and where you're coming from...but while Schu may have been better in player development, KW is one of the best at managing who he keeps, who he trades, and who he trades for. It's the main reason the White Sox won a World Series last year.

The fact that the Twins have gained like 42 games in 3 weeks probably hasn't hurt anything

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 09:54 AM) I think this move could hurt the Tigers clubhouse. That teams looks very uneasy right now..... Which is the last thing they need heading into a 4 game set with Minny, and the Sox not far behind.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 10:35 AM) Did anyone hear about the guerilla artist who hijacked a shipment of her CD's and replaced the artwork and linear notes with his own work? People must've been surprised to see this in stores. NOT SAFE FOR WORK ahahaha she had a doggie head

QUOTE(rangercal @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 11:15 AM) aside from the first guy you face in over a year is big papi Which makes it even more perfect. WTF happens if Papi hits a homer? Boston's only down by 6 then? Put him in a game where he'll face good hitters with no real consequences at all. Ozzie managed the bullpen well...that's like the 3rd time this year.

QUOTE(T R U @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 01:13 AM) Anti "news Feed" Group If you are looking for the right one to join, its that one without a doubt.. 512,132 members trying desperately to get them to take this thing off.. because man, I do not want people to see I "might be" attending Hootie and the Blowfish I am in that group. YESSSSSSSSSSSS And what's wrong with Hootie and the Blowfish? That's all I've ever listened to.

QUOTE(WinningUgly85 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 11:18 PM) people were saying the same thing about the yankees and angels last year in the playoffs. We played terrible against west coast teams and we played better against the yankees. When the playoffs came around we ended up beating the Angels for the AL Division series. Just because we performed better against the Tigers during the season doesn't mean by any chance were going to succeed in the playoffs. We swept the Tigers twice but our most recent series we didn't do to good. I think its up in the air. When the time comes its going to be the team that on the top of their game that will win. Yeah, uhhhhh, neither of those two had near the pitching staff and great fundamental team that the Twins do. K, I lied a little. All 3 are fundamentally sound teams. Minnesota's pitching staff, if healthy enough, still pwns all.

QUOTE(letsgoarow @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 11:39 PM) you guys are all dumb.... all hail the king barry bonds.... he has never tested postive for any steriod.. and i happen to know one of his good friends from college and hes a great guy just like barry..... u guys all watch to much espn Except that he admitted to using steroids, even if he "thought" it was just "flaxseed oil" And that every sign on the wall points to Bonds and steroid use, or HGH, or hell, possibly both

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 12:18 AM) How insane is it that Alex Rodriguez will likely hit career HR number 500 next season at the ripe old age of 32? Frank Thomas - 480 HR Jim Thome - 469 Manny Ramirez - 469 Alex Rodriguez - 460 Gary Sheffield - 453 Tom Glavine - 287 Wins Randy Johnson - 279 Pedro Martinez - 2986 K Craig Biggio - 2916 H Trevor Hoffman - 473 SV (RECORD: 478 Lee Smith) Craig Biggio - 281 HBP (RECORD: 287 Hughie Jennings) 2007 could be a historic season for career milestones Someone doesn't count records with as-ter-isks!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 11:35 PM) Grady Sizemore is currently the best leadoff hitter in baseball, bar none and well on his way to having an amazing career. That's far too much to be asking of Sweeney. He'd be a better 3 hole hitter.

Elijah Wood is apparently still in High School in Australia

The keyboard you are looking at in front of you is named a qwerty keyboard.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 10:04 PM) In fact, Sweeney's minor league performance was quite unimpressive. Career .294 hitter in the minors while usually being the youngest player at every level isn't something I'd call unimpressive. Maybe not blue chip prospect, future superstar...but considering his mechanics and how young he truly is, I'd say it's pretty impressive.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 09:50 PM) 0-6, 2 k's Please don't be surprised if Sweeney hits about .200 in his cup of coffee this year. That would be about right, consider the kind of season he had in the minors. Sweeney may develop into a good major league player, but he isn't there yet. Frankly, I don't think he's even close. He looks like a .270 hitter to me right now. Not much in the way of OPS...but .270/.330/.400 sure as hell wouldn't surprise me, and that's better than a lot of guys on the team can say. Given, I have as much experience scouting baseball as all my future kids combined, but he looks good.

QUOTE(gosox41 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 07:15 PM) Obviously overall KW is a better GM then Schueler for the simple fact that he won the World Series, but in terms of only the farm system, I think KW is worse then Schu. Bob What did Schu's minor league system produce? KW's has produced Jim Thome, Javier Vazquez, Freddy Garcia, Mike MacDougal and others too. Indirectly, yes, but it has. It's also produced Brandon McCarthy, Brian Anderson, a good looking hitter in Sweeney, and you can make arguments for others too(perhaps Cotts, Jenks, and others he's picked up in trades and waiver claims)