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I hate you both

QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 3, 2006 -> 09:01 PM) To all the people calling frank washed up. KISS MY ASS! What a BOMB! With all due respect to Frank, that was not a bomb. Thome's was a bomb.

QUOTE(wilmot825 @ Apr 3, 2006 -> 12:18 PM) I love Frank to death but he never lead a White Sox team. 2000

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Apr 3, 2006 -> 04:11 PM) I agree with the whole article. Well done piece. Agreed completely. Very objective analysis of the Indians and White Sox.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 2, 2006 -> 01:23 AM) Damnit, I knew his stock was gonna rise too much. This is when I said PWN3R3D

If you're a White Sox fan, and you still hate this guy, I feel for you. There is just like no possible way to not love this guy.

I think my second or third proudest moment as a White Sox fan is seeing Buehrle's first career victory, though I can't recall if it was his first career start or not. It was against Minnesota in Minnesota, July 19, 2000. Fordyce homered. My proudest moment as far as actually being in attendance would be seeing the Sox clinch the division. I remember that game well too...seeing Sean Lowe pitch 6 innings of 1 hit ball, and then seeing like the friggin birth of the Twins as we know them, coming back from a 5-0 deficit to win 6-5 in extras on a Matt Lawton walk-off homer, hit off of the legendary Kevin Beirne.

Nice Philadelphia Eagles select Ernie Sims, OLB, Florida State

Why is it whenever I jump on a bandwagon, it breaks?

Sox are gonna lose 18-4 HEY IF I EXPECT BAD THINGS I WONT BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN IT HAPPENS No idea what's gonna happen...hope they win. Buehrle's gotta be on, and I'm sure he will be.

YES BILLS ARE GONNA GET BUSH I JUST KNOW IT

Cleveland selects Marcus Vick, complete jackass, Virginia Tech University Please, it's better than nothing

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Apr 1, 2006 -> 11:37 AM) The Total package if any one should be labeled is the kid from Seattle. No, he is a god. A prodigy. Whatever you want to call him. He is beyond the total package. When you have an array of pitches like that, have control of them like he does, and have that type of composure on the mound, you are something incredibly special. QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Apr 1, 2006 -> 11:38 AM) Funny how Pedro Martinez was labeled the same way.. Pretty damn good pitcher, yea hes hurt.. but look at Prior who has a better build than Mccarthy.. injury can happen to anyone. Prior was throwing 120+ pitches very early on in his career. You can undoubtedly thank a lot of his injury concerns to Dusty Baker. Pedro has not been hurt for extended periods of time because he has pretty much been babied his entire career. That's what a team has to do to keep him healthy. QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Apr 1, 2006 -> 11:46 AM) Dont want to start a Rowand thread like last year.. look what it got him.. a Philly uniform.. anyone can get dealt. Part of a business, you need to look at it that way. Its about winning now, not later... Rowand was replaceable by someone within the organization, was making a decent amount of money, is 28 years old(29 in August), and was coming off a rather mediocre season offensively. That's why Rowand could be dealt. McCarthy is replaceable, sure, but he is cheaper than hell, he is very young, and he was coming off a season where he was friggin absolutely brilliant for stretches of time. If he can do anything near that consistently over an entire season, he is a 20 game winner. I will say that this signing confused the hell out of me initially, as I thought the plan was to just let Contreras go at the end of the season and allow his to get like a 4-year, $48 mill deal or something around that territory, and then let McCarthy slip into the rotation. Apparently, I was quite wrong. I do think what this does give the organization is some leeway to do a number of things...play out the season with the 5 starters, and then see if a situation arises where one could be traded to get McCarthy into the rotation...or if not, allow McCarthy to remain in the bullpen(though I do not see that scenario playing out whatsoever...I hope nothing pans out that way) Gonna be interesting to see

He be done. The one thing Baggs does have on Thomas is actually playing in a World Series. Kind of funny how Thomas has the ring, yet has never had an AB in it.

Sky is blue, grass is green, drugs are bad(mmmkay), Kid-K and Jesus are winning the simulated World Series...pretty much happens every year.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 05:14 PM) It's a little bothersome that the Diamondbacks' leftovers (Mike Koplove) would actually help our bullpen. understatement of the year

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 09:24 PM) I'm still kind of pissed when he choose the Royals over the Sox in 2004 because they were going to win the divison.. We all know how that plan worked for him... Yeah, or not even close. He wanted to start, the Sox weren't giving it to him, and Royals were. That's why he left.

Just so he can walk out again in all likelyhood. Maybe he'll actually stay fit enough to be able to coach a year. I am going to guess not.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 09:25 PM) Uh....Please explain, I'd love to hear this. They lost Joe Mays. Duh. DUH.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 12:11 PM) I would sure hope he is in contention. I mean, he probably would have a spot here. I couldn't live with myself if I knew the dbacks pen was deepr than ours. I think it's safe to say the DBacks pen was deeper than the Sox a hell of a long time ago. The Sox 1-2-3 punch is better, but depth wise, the Sox are gasping.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 10:08 PM) So Cleveland will "regress" by one game to 92 wins. They won 93 last year. I really disagree with your whole post--the things your prodicted are extremely rare, and by your own admission, a team that won 93 last year, is in for a serious regression. You didn't say "serious", but that is how infer your comments to mean. And yet you have them winning 92 games logically. I'm going to go out on a limb here--no team in the AL will win 100 games. And, no division will produce three 90 games winners--not even the central. These things are rare, and no team in the central looks capable of more than 95 wins right now, let alone 100. The Sox played brilliant baseball last year and still "only" won 99. If you see that happening again + some, fine, I won't waste me time saying while not--only I urge us to come back in October and see whose prediction was closer to the real outcome. I was being a bit sarcastic with my starting pitching comments...Elarton is a nothing loss and will be replaced by Jason Johnson very easily...atleast in the first half. I was also pointing out that Millwood only won 9 games, with Cleveland only winning 15 games he started...considering he led the league in ERA, that's not a lot; Santana won 16 starts on a team with 12 fewer wins. Paul Byrd will easily be able to replace the production Millwood put up...perhaps not peripherally, but health wise, saving the bullpen, and likely winning more games as well. I actually don't see Cleveland regressing much at all...I figured that my second paragraph had covered that. They made a lot of unsexy moves, as we like to call them around here, but have a very similar team on the field this year as they did last year. I could see them easily improving and winning the division. However, the Sox depth in talent along with my Sox bias thinks it won't happen that way. 90 wins probably won't happen...the last time it happened was 2002 in the AL West. Only 6 teams finished above .500 in the AL, 5 teams lost 90 or more games, and 3 of those teams lost 100 or more. Texas did actually win 72 games, so it's possible for the two cellar dwellers to be below-average, yet not 100+ loss teams for it to occur...that being said, parity is crazy in the AL, so 90 is a bit of a stretch, though all 3 teams do have the talent to win 90. Hopefully that sounds better and I'm not backtracking too much. I also do see the Sox as a 100 win team, and I have no problem saying so. The biggest question mark to me, right now, aside from the bullpen, is the health and production of Podsednik. His shoulder has been bugging him, and his groin has just recently flared up again too...those are not good signs for a guy so important to the offense. Case in point, Jerry Owens better be ready for an emergency call up, because he may be needed this year. The middle of the lineup will produce, and guys like AJP and Uribe should improve off of last year's numbers. I also think Crede has fixed his swing for good, and while the playoff push Crede won't last all year, I could easily see him hitting .270-.280 with 30 homers or so, putting up an .800 OPS and proving to be a very good all-around player. The addition of Thome will be very big too, because, assuming he stays healthy enough to produce enough, he could most likely help improve the teams win total 3-4 games all by himself due to his ability to hit tough righties. I also view having a 1-5 deep rotation, all very durable pitchers, as a key too...the addition of a true 5th starter will be a large asset to the Sox all year, and could lead to some very lengthy winning streaks, and hopefully keeps the losing streaks to a minimum.

Go UND! My sister goes there, and I still might, though I think I'm going to USD...albeit, it's still a local school, so I figure I have to cheer for them.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 06:19 PM) Only one person, Neyer, picked the Twins to win the Central. 8 of 13 have the Sox winning the Central, 9 of 13 have us going to the playoffs. But I must say, I don't get the Indians love. Every indication, to me, says they will likely be worse this year instead of better. Their offseason was not good. And I am very surprised that only Rogers has the Sox even making the WS, even though it seems in nearly every way, the Sox are a better team this year than last year. I can very easily see the Indians receding this year...losing a very solid outfielder in Crisp, losing the ERA king of last year(who, BTW, didn't win double digit games) in Millwood, losing their "stud" of a 5th starter in Scott Elarton, losing two good relievers in Howry and Rhodes, and replacing them with lesser talent. I can see it happening. I don't think it will happen. I think 3 teams in the AL Central are going to win 90+ games next year, and one will win triple digits. As it stands right now, I have Minnesota coming in 3rd with somewhere around a 91-71 record, which would be ridiculous if I'm actually right. If the Sox pen holds up well enough and repeats enough success from last year, and they stay healthy enough, they're a 100 win team with no doubt at all in my mind. Cleveland falls somewhere between 90-97 wins, depending upon health and if they forget about Jason Johnson at about the ASB or not.

I can't tell if Soxabration is the dumbest word ever or the greatest word ever. Someone help

QUOTE(Felix @ Mar 26, 2006 -> 08:38 PM) Hell, I'd take Marte's '05 season from Thornton, because right now, he looks much worse than that. Was just going to say that. Of course, Marte's s*** season, coupled of course with his previous good seasons, netted the Sox arguably the best utility player in the game. So all things considered, ya I'd take that from Thornton.