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QUOTE(BaseballNick @ Mar 31, 2008 -> 09:49 AM) Yeah, wake me up when he wins a World Series. What an awful GM. Brian Sabean was 6 outs away from putting together a team that won a World Series. They were managed by Dusty Baker. Do you really need a good GM and/or manager to win a World Series? No, you need a good team and a hell of a lot of luck. Even Sabean put together a good team; most GMs in the game today can put together a good team at some point in their tenure if they are given enough spending power to do so. It's the maintenance of success that separates mediocre GMs from good GMs from great GMs; right now, it appears as though KW falls into the former right now.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Mar 31, 2008 -> 10:26 AM) Just happens to be the busiest day of your life... check. but i did get off work this afternoon to watch. can't wait. I thought you were going to make a joke about how you are actually not ready but rather you are Reddy I like words that sound the same

QUOTE(BearSox @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 04:10 PM) If Javy gets some help from the bullpen, and a little run support, I can see him making a run for the Cy Young. Give him 5 more wins last year (he got ripped off of at least 7 or 8 W's last year due to the pen and lack of run support), and I think he would have been in the top 3 of voting, if not the out-right winner. Uh, no. Not when Buehrle had a better ERA than Vazquez, and 15 other pitchers in the AL had better ERAs than him too. Vazquez was not a Cy Young candiate last year, and it would take a slight alignment of the stars to have him get in the top 10 this season.

Swisher Sweets are about what as good a cigar as you can get when you pay $2.75 for 5 blunts.

I always thought the consensus was that Joe Crede was a silver-glove caliber defensive player; very good, with pretty soft hands and good range, but that Brandon Inge and even Nick Punto were better than him. Both are worse offensively - definitely in Punto's case and probably in Inge's case - but that was never the argument. Add to it that his defense is questionable right now and his bat is nowhere near the level it was from September 2005 through August 2006, and it's just all-in-all questionable that he's starting at 3B.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) wow, the Tigers win only 79? With possibly the best offense in baseball, and a pitching staff which ain't all that bad, they only muster up 79 wins? But we get 90... wow. I'd take it, but I am being kind when I say HIGHLY unlikely. I really think the Tigers are the most overrated team in baseball right now, and I see them completely as a boom or bust team. Either the offense stays generally healthy, tears the baseball world apart, they win 100+ games and run away with the division, or they'll struggle due to age/injuries and be right around .500. And their offense is what it depends on too, because I don't see their pitching staff putting up an ERA below 4.50...and I generally think their pitching staff is a bit underrated by most. I have just never liked Robertson, I don't like Rogers, and it's impossible to know what you can expect out of Dontrelle at this point. Verlander and Bonderman are pretty studly though.

Would it really be impossible to have a longman as the 26th man and just use creative roster management to get said player on the roster? I mean burn through the pen one day if have to, send down Wasserman/MacDougal, and then call up Broadway/Haeger/Carrasco/Ohka/Russell/Sisco/whoever the Sox have in AAA? You don't have to use them if the opportunity doesn't present itself, but you have the option just in case it does. I mean, say Floyd gets torched for 8 runs in 3 innings. You use Wasserman for 2, Thornton for 2, MacDougal for 1, and Logan/Linebrink for 1. Then after the game, you send Wasserman down, call up said s***ty AAA pitcher, and hope that Buehrle/Vazquez/whoever is next goes 7-8 innings and you can just use Dotel and/or Jenks the next day. If they don't and they get torched, bring in said s***ty pitcher. When everyone in the bullpen is rested enough, send said s***ty pitcher down again. You probably wouldn't want to make that a habit, but it's not to say it's an impossible scenario.

Major League 1 and 2 are the greatest baseball movies of all time, the White Sox being the bad guys in 2 bedamned.

QUOTE(almagest @ Mar 31, 2008 -> 12:15 AM) Also, Crede was not that good defensively when he first came up. He improved. Why can't Fields? Because Crede is clutch, duh

As I recall, the Braves have thought about putting Lillibridge in CF and 2B too He won't be cheap, that's for sure

I'm more or less surprised all the Yote fans stayed through the entire game. Normally at sporting events, we go to the first half and then leave during halftime to start drinking some more. It's quite spectacular.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 04:00 PM) Yeah probably... maybe Ollie Perez, but if he has another good season he might command a whole lot as well. Either way, we need to bring in another starter next year. Who knows, maybe Jon Garland.... Whether or not you hate Gavin Floyd, which 50% of the board apparently does, you can't make that statement now. It's just dumb to make that statement when KW could acquire a starter or one of Floyd/Egbert/Broadway/Haeger steps up and claims a spot in the rotation. Or, the team sucks so bad that bringing in high-priced talent is just a terrible idea next year. So yeah, that's a ridiculous statement at this point in time.

agree with Jays in the East That's all I got

oh nos we lost

Thyroid cancer is generally pretty treatable from what I understand though so there's quite a bit hope for recovery. Best of luck to him.

up 26-23 at half if we win tonight, I'm probably going to get belligerent

It's normally something nobody cares about, but the USD women are in it. So it's the biggest game on earth right now AND WERE WINNING, ALKJSDFASFAIOHSKLJ Watch perhaps the slowest game you'll ever see. You know you want to.

I hate you both so much. So, so much

QUOTE(greg775 @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 09:47 PM) He does? I disagree. You seriously don't think Podsednik sucks? Has he been gone that long that you don't remember how bad he really was?

A little NSFW due to language, but this is friggin hilarious. RACK EM

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 09:25 PM) I don't know why people say Jenks. Yes, he's the best listed of the bunch, but closers in general don't let you as much as you think. Look at the past 15 offseasons and I don't think you'll see that much of a coup for each closer. Position players usually net you more, but not the most. What nets teams the most is starting pitching. Even crappy starting pitching, as long as the guy could eat up innings, you'll see those players get the most in the trade. With that said, Javier Vazquez will net you the most IMHO. His peripherals are great (even when he does suck) and compared to the market today, he's signed at a very reasonable contract. Agreed 100%. You want a pitcher at a decent rate, but you don't want to trade for a piece that's signed to a contract for 5 years at $15 mill per, even if it's someone as good as Buehrle. You want a pitcher signed for 3 years or less that's proven to be a good pitcher, because if they suck, you can deal them or just let them go. That, and Vazquez's stuff is still top notch. The fact that Vazquez is not listed is a shame.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 09:51 PM) Based on last year's performances who on this team do you "trust" at the plate?? Dye? Paulie? Uribe? I don't mind criticism of Crede and others, but when you say you don't trust him, who do you trust? Maggs and hit .350 batting average isn't on our team anymore. Our guys were all untrustworthy last year I'd say, after being very trustworthy the year the Sox won it all. How's that Sesame Street song go? One of these things is not like the other...one of these things just doesn't belong.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 02:07 PM) 76. Just remember, that 2003 team won 86 and 2006 won 90. This offense doesn't compare to the 2006 or even 2003 team and the pitching in nowhere near the level of those two squads. I'll disagree that the offense doesn't compare to the 2003 team. That team didn't score 800 runs, and put up a gargantuan .727 OPS in the first half. The addition of Alomar and Everett and a few players heating up helped them to an OPS of .844 in the second half, raising the team OPS to .777. That team still underachieved by a couple games too. I also don't believe it's unrealistic for this team to outpitch the 2006 squad. I strongly doubt they'll have 5 pitchers with ERAs under 5 in the rotation, but I also doubt that they'll have 0 starters with an ERA under 4.25. I also have to imagine the pen will be a bit better too, but that will have to be seen. If Dotel stays healthy, Jenks stays the course, and Linebrink can put up a 4.25 ERA, the pen should be good enough. That being said, 76 is a very reasonable number and I could see that happening quite easily, just as I could see 84-85 wins happening quite easily. I don't see really anything below 72 wins happening and I don't see anything above 90 wins happening without outside factors contributing to either.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 11:11 AM) Even better when you look back at 06 and people clamoring for Jerry Owens to get a shot in CF, now he's the anti-christ When you hear that a particular outfielder in AAA is very fast, you assume he's a CF with decent range. And when your other options are Rob Mackowiak, who had pitiful range, and Brian Anderson, who was pitiful with the bat, any player who could hit .260 with decent range and the potential to steal a few bases would have been nice. Now, when the Sox have arguably 3 better options in CF, Jerry Owens is the anti-christ. It's amazing what 2 years can do. Of course, 2 years ago Jose Contreras was in high demand and people felt Brandon McCarthy was going to be a cog in the rotation for 5 years.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 12:28 PM) Best Case 90-92 Worst Case 70-72 Realistic 81-84 agree, although this year will be a step in the right direction for the future of the franchise