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This feels like the longest half inning in baseball history.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 7, 2012 -> 05:52 PM) I say either get an ace-like starter, or don't get any starter. We can manage a competent fifth starter out of Axelrod/Humber/Castro I am also not eager to dump resources on a Greinke type, so you can see that in most scenarios I advocate staying put. This....if we can get a top pitcher by essentially taking on a hefty contract, do it. If it costs us heavily by means of talent, I'm not interested.

Hell of a game by Gavin. With Thornton coming in now, please tell me Santiago is not going to pitch the 9th if our lead holds.

Yo Gavin, keep the ball in the yard.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 5, 2012 -> 02:20 PM) Yeah I don't know what people expect out of a backup catcher that plays as rare as Flowers does.... he plays good defense and has thrown out baserunners anything more is gravy. I expect the greatness that was Chris Widger.

Huge night for Youk. Sale with the SO if not for the rookie screwing it up. ETA...climactic, not climatic

Where did we get Septimo from? Drafted by us?

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Jun 30, 2012 -> 12:50 PM) How do the Sox usually do in day games, whats their record? I know the Bulls tend to do horrible in them. Maybe its one of those things where we just don't play well during the day Or they had a good time in NYC last night after a dominating win against a great team.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 12:28 PM) But many of them wouldn't support Romney. That could change now. By voting for the guy who created the prototype? Politically speaking, this decision hurts Romney's campaign because his only means of justifying Romneycare while being against Obamacare, despite them being essentially the same program, was that Romneycare was constitutional under MA constitutional law. With SCOTUS declaring Obamacare constitutional, there is basically nothing different between Romneycare and Obamacare. mrnn

My fondest memory of Ohman was the June 8th game against Houston. Every year my family and I make the pilgrimage from Atlanta to the Cell to see a game. After getting to enjoy watching Gavin s*** the bed, Alexei allow the Astros to steal home, and the Sox offense sputter, we were still kind of in the game. Then Ohman came in to face some POS Astro lefty I've never heard of before. He promptly gave up a homer and then allowed a couple more to score before heading to the dugout to throw a tantrum. This is a fond memory of mine because I was so unbelievably pissed off that it marked the first time that I openly heckled a White Sox player. It felt damn good.

Why is it so difficult for these guys to understand that if pain is causing them to underperform, they are doing the team no favor by trying to "play through it". If you're hurt, you're hurt. Sit down and let someone healthier give it a shot for a few days.

DeAza Beckham Dunn Kong AJ Rios Youk Tank Alexei

That was some funny s*** when AJ gave those signs on his chest protector.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 07:48 PM) I played with both of them on the Indiana Bulls. He comes across as a prick just watching his mannerisms on the mound and in the box.

I'd wait until Sale is closer to his arb years just to see how his arm holds up. I'm unclear on Viciedo's contract/arb/FA details but that guy is going to be a stud....he's the one player of the bunch that I wouldn't be at all pissed if KW were to go out on a limb and sign him long-term tomorrow.

That first pitch from Pryor was one of the easiest looking 100MPH I've seen. I had to do a doubletake at the pitch speed on his first pitch.

Dr. Dro!!!

QUOTE (Jake @ May 31, 2012 -> 07:26 PM) At this point, we hardly have a clear need. 3B is the closest to it. There are some things that we can see becoming holes, and I'd imagine that will present itself more clearly as time goes on. I sure wouldn't strike quickly to add a player right now while we're so hot and lacking an absolute need (assuming that we should look more in depth at OH and BM at 3B before deciding what to do there) Exactly. Our weakest link is 3b but we haven't lost a game, and have actually seen some exceptional defense there, since O-Dog took over the hot corner. I suppose we could use a starter but with Quintana showing some real promise we could stash him in Charlotte as a cheap go-to should one of our starters falter badly (Mr. Floyd). I think this is one year where I actually hope KW chooses not to strike early but rather gives this team some time to clearly identify where our holes are at.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 30, 2012 -> 12:23 PM) Best Hawk rant of alltime, which is saying something. He said that foo needs to be suspended and attend ump school again before returning

The Jesus (the guy in my avatar) also has the last name Quintana. And as we know, nobody f***s with The Jesus. Cleveland is doomed.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 07:22 AM) I will say that based on what it took him to leave a horrible SD team, he could be the type of player who would stay somewhere he likes, versus somewhere that offers him a lot of money. There aren't many players you can say that about, but I think Peavy could be one. And that's kind of where I'm coming from.....I think there are only a handful of players in the league who genuinely feel horrible and embarrassed for not living up to expectations and would go so far as to offer some form of retribution for their failure....I think Jake has that type of character. I could obviously be very wrong, but that's my take based on his competitiveness and what he says in the media about letting the franchise and fans down.

I forgot all about that option. Are you allowed to buyout the option and re-sign someone or would that raise the ire of the MLBPA?

I know it's early, but if JFP can keep up some semblance of what's he doing now, say finishes the year with around a 3.00-3.50 ERA, a WHIP in the neighborhood of 1, striking out nearly a batter an inning, do we look to re-sign him? Do you think Jake would give a considerable discount to the Sox considering how little return they've gotten on the trade to obtain him? I just get the impression that Jake feels horrible about how his whole stint here has gone. I think he feels he let the fans and franchise down. He's the kind of guy who could sign a very, very reasonable (7-8M/yr) for 2 years in Chicago to make amends. Do you think this could happen? What if he didn't offer that deep of a discount and was instead looking for 12-13M for 3-4 years, do we make an effort to keep him then?

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 03:03 PM) One point is that KW made a lot of moves because he was in a "win now" mode and Ozzie could/should have done better with most of those teams from 2006 to 2011 than he did. The Sox were in "win now" mode and Ozzie didn't win. This is such an important part of the equation and something I believe played a very large role in JR's dismissal of Ozzie instead of KW. The Sox rosters for nearly every season from 2006-2011 were stacked on paper. These were teams that were clear-cut favorites to win the Central and yet they came up woefully short most every year. A GMs job isn't to get the players to perform, set a solid line-up, make the correct in-game moves to promote victory....his job is to put a roster together capable of winning and I don't think there's any doubt that KW accomplished that each and every year. Ozzie turned out to be a horrible manager and, without question, was sabotaging games last season to prove his own, narcissistic version of the Sox failures would and should be pinned on KW. But just as you'd expect from someone who never finished school and, after 30 years in the US still can't speak English, he never understood that his masterplan would be so damn transparent. Good riddance.

I despise the fact you have to watch an ad before watching an ad. The Sox spot is pretty nice.