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QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 3, 2010 -> 11:56 PM) Ok, am I missing something? I am now "in a relationship" on Facebook. Come Monday night, that will be "in a relationship with (her name)"

am I on drugs?

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Apr 4, 2010 -> 02:12 AM) If we can squeeze out an 11-7 record that would be good. Hopefully 12-6 and win every series. That´s just askin for too much. No it's not. The Sox have 6 games against the Nationals and Pirates. That should be 5 wins.

Same girl too. I really am crazy about her.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 3, 2010 -> 11:02 AM) They'd put Cuddyer there over Young? Pick your bullet to the head. ---- Target Field is a beautiful park. Looks very big though. Deep CF (I think it's like 410), like 380 to the LF power alley and like 370 to the RF. 339 down the LF line, but there is a short porch in RF. Infield has looked very fast so far from what I have seen. It may be because it's spring still and not summer, but there was a wind blowing in from RF...knocked a ball that Pujols crushed down and kept it in the park (though Rasmus had no problem hitting through it later), and Holliday hit a long, high flyball that went out of the park towards LF, and it didn't look like he hit it well at all.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 3, 2010 -> 01:28 PM) Did you know that Deadspin had a piece on you this week? http://deadspin.com/5506969/dead-wrestler-...ne=true&s=i Apparently, you're dead. BUT THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR NEVER DIES

Did you know that Deadspin had a piece on you this week? http://deadspin.com/5506969/dead-wrestler-...ne=true&s=i Apparently, you're dead.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 2, 2010 -> 01:09 AM) Heartbroken thrice. And they've lost Sabathia and Lee too. Atleast they have LeBron!

It's kind of funny. I assume he signed with the Royals in anticipation that he'd be able to make the team out of Spring, and then they ended up signing Podsednik and Ankiel, who are both relatively meaningless signings, which cost him a job on the opening day roster. This just seems like frustration at this point.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 1, 2010 -> 06:51 AM) I actually enjoyed that class when I took up. Of course that may have been because I was a statistics major. I enjoy the class and my professor is great, I just was getting my ass kicked studying for a test.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Apr 1, 2010 -> 11:28 PM) I caught that at lunch as well. That thing was a no doubter. It was the first time I've seen him in a Twins uni and it didn't feel right. I don't like that feeling... first seeing Crede and now big Jim!? Imagine how Cleveland fans feel.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 2, 2010 -> 12:38 AM) Rosenthal, Gammons, Kurkjian, and Stark are the only baseball writers I actually like, and I know Rosenthal, Gammons, and Stark all like the Sox to some degree. It's hard not to with the best rotation in the AL Central and quite possibly the best rotation in the AL or even the MLB. If this team gets any offense at all, they are going to be very, very dangerous.

There's is some obvious slurpage going on, but it's a fantasy based site and Beckett has still been a pretty damn good fantasy pitcher over the past 4 seasons. He's going to get double digit wins and usually 15+, he strikes people out at a decent clip, doesn't walk people, puts up a respectable ERA, and puts up a good WHIP. He gives up more than his fair share of homers, but overall, he's a great fantasy pitcher. They do believe that Peavy is going to put up an ERA in the 3.50 range this season, and I just don't see that happening. They talk about his struggles on the road, but he pitches in Arizona and Colorado for a few starts each year, and in 2008 when he put up a 4.28 ERA on the road, he pitched at Arizona twice, at Colorado once, at St. Louis (4th best offense in the NL), at Yankee Stadium (not a great offense, but a good one), and at Wrigley (best offense in the NL). Not that is justifies how "poorly" he pitched, but those are 6 games he pitched on the road against good offenses or in hitters parks. And, other than 2008, he really hasn't been a poor pitcher on the road compared to how he pitched at Petco. Peavy's a damn good pitcher, and while I expect his ERA to rise this year due to pitching in the AL and pitching in more of a hitters park, I don' think it's going to rise astronomically. (not that I wouldn't take a 3.50 ERA, I just don't think they are being necessarily fair to Peavy)

Econometrics, you are so very rude to me.

I had a dream that the Sox were playing the Twins in Minnesota early in the season. Sox went up like 2-0 right away, Twins tied it up 2-2, Sox went up 3-2, and then Thome hit a 2-run homer to put the Twins up 4-3. Come top 9, the Sox had 2 outs and Nix was up for whatever reason, and he put one in the center field seats...Span was ready to jump and get it, but it was just far enough to be out of reach. For some reason, I had to leave after that, and looked at the score later and the Sox won 6-5 in 11 innings. Just figured I'd share.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 08:13 PM) He's a 32-year old journeyman reliever with a career ERA/WHIP of 5.31/1.62. 12 spring innings doesn't change the fact that he's not a ML caliber pitcher. I don't feel that bad for him. He can go down to AAA, work his ass off, and if he proves worthy, he can be the 2010 team's Augustin Montero.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) I'm thinking Oakland. Billy Beane needs another book to come out or something. Their pitching and defense is too good. They won't score any runs (without a trade, and I still think they are the sleeper in the Adrian Gonzalez race and adding him would be a huge addition for that offense), but their pitching will keep enough teams off the board that they'll stay afloat and win more than 70 games. KC basically has no offense, no pitching, and no defense. They are going to do a lot of struggling this year, and they have quite a few nasty and stupid contracts - Meche is on the hook for 2/$24 the next 2, Guillen gets $12 this year, Farnsworth is going to get $5 this year with his contract and buyout, Betancourt has $9 mill left on his ($3 this, $4 next, $2 buyout or $6 TO if they're stupid), Cruz is getting $3.75 with his buyout, and Kendall is due 2/$6. That's a lot of money ($38 mill this year) to a boatload of pretty terrible baseball players.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Mar 30, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) Still a lot of "if's" for my liking.... There were like 2 if's in that statement. Beckham improving is not an "if" but a when. If he stagnates or gets worse, I'll be surprised. If Rios finishes this season with any less than a .775 OPS and great defense in CF or RF (wherever he ends up due to anything out of Andruw Jones), I'll be surprised, and I'm expecting an .825 OPS or so out of him. The only real "if" was Quentin being healthy and producing. If that happens, the Sox offense is going to be fine, and if not, there are other ways (and more if's, in that instance). The only other "if" was having everyone else in the lineup putting up average years (give or take, but overall averaging out to their relative norms). That doesn't seem like that big of an "if" to me. There are more if's in that, and I was purposely trying to get in as many as I could. I probably could have gotten more in IF I really wanted to. I actually feel really good about this thing, and IF the Sox get a few breaks here or there, I could easily see them winning 90 or so games. However, I think the Twins team has the potential to be absolutely dominant, so we have to hope their defense, especially in the outfield, is bad enough that it can't get to quite a few balls, and that their infield defense is mediocre. IF that happens, their pitching staff is going to suffer. The loss of Nathan is big, but I think one of Rauch and Guerrier can fill in adequately in the interim.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 30, 2010 -> 09:11 PM) People really don't understand KW's comments. He's simply asking Ozzie to start Andruw Jones instead of Kotsay on Opening Day. Or have Hawk start his pregaming extra early

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 01:55 PM) I got Sox as of now, but people are fooling themselves if they don't think the Twins will make a trade for a closer by (or before) the deadline to improve their team. (Heath Bell?) Then again... I've long said the sox will add a bat before hand as well in other threads (I love the Berkman prediction by Kalapse) so I'll leave it as the sox winning it. KC will be my surprise team. They will finish ahead of the Indians for 4th place. Personally, I think that's crazy. The Indians atleast have an offense. The Royals have one great starting pitcher, one sorta good starting pitcher, one good reliever, and then a handful of crap. And their lineup is terrible. I think KC is going to lose 100+ games and will probably be the worst team in the AL.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 12:11 PM) It's great to know we have major league talent at Charlotte and Birmingham ready to step in if needed. My guess is we will have an opening or three in 2011 to fill with youth. Maybe santos becomes a rookie of the year candidate in 2010? It'd take a minor miracle for that to occur

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) Then they sure to talk about him a TON for someone they don't even value. All I ever hear if Castro, Vitters, and Colvin. I wish we were deep enough that a 23-year-old who hits .300 with 14 jacks, and 7 triples in 84 games in AA is not anyone significant to us. It was his 3rd trip to AA. I'd hope he would be able to hit it on his 3rd go around, and even then, it was only for a half a season.

.716 OPS, as well as a .822 OPS against lefties, is really not that bad for a bench player. If he were better than that, he'd be starting. And maybe after a year of experience, be it playing or just sitting on the bench, he'll be better this year. That really wouldn't surprise me a hell of a lot. Nix is like the 25th man, and he's got some things going for him. His presence on the roster will not make or break the Sox chances this season.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Mar 30, 2010 -> 07:16 PM) Plus you putting your hopes on Beckham improving, Alexei finds his bat again, AJ hitting .300, Teahen struggles, Paulie declining, etc. Teahen struggling and Konerko declining don't sound like good things for the offense, but if all of that went right, the Sox offense would be pretty goddamn good. The Sox don't suddenly need like 7 guys to step up to even have a competent offense. The big things they need are for Quentin to come back to something similar to his 2008 form while maintaining health and for average seasons out of quite a few players. Expecting Beckham to improve is not far fetched at all (and could even be likely), and expecting Alex Rios to put up something closer to .800 than .700 is actually probably a good bet as well.

This projection looks flawed simply because it doesn't appear to treat good pitching teams very kindly. That, or it's giving too much credit to a rotation that's headed by Jake Westbrook and Fausto Carmona.