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QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 02:21 AM) So it looks like they're sticking with Humber for April 6th. Probably better off facing KC than the Rays. How about five starts for Humber, and Peavy debuts May 2 vs Baltimore? I could live with that. Sounds good - bring it. 5 starts - 3 and 2 record in those starts... Peavy back on May 2nd... let's go!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 01:31 AM) Humber was a top prospect, had surgery and now has a new pitch. While I don't think he'll contend for the Cy Young, I think as a fifth starter for a month, he should do OK. If the Sox are .500 in his starts, they are ahead of the game. Totally agreed. Marquez thou - I'm not sure I'd totally write him off yet. I personally haven't seen enough of him yet.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 12:19 AM) LMAO at the Cubs fans waving the W flags and going nuts after the win I don't care if we lose all spring training games against the cubs for the rest of baseball history... So long as we continue to whip the crap out of them come regular season!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 12:43 AM) I realize that Dunn has nothing to prove, and shouldn't risk injury, but I really feel like he was going on 40% on each of his 2 groundouts today, and both of them he almost beat out because the shift had the defense so deep. No need for him to be busting his hump on grounders in spring training. I'd rather him pull up at 40% all Spring and have healthy legs for the entire year. How horrid would it be if he pulled a tendon or something before April!

Even though today wasn't anything special - you gotta keep giving Humber more innings.

There we go - give me 6 more innings of that and call it a fifth starter.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 10:16 PM) My TV is widescreen on crack and is cutting off the right side of the screen. Can anyone tell me what velocity Humber is hitting on his heat? Same situation here pal. =P

Let's see if he can get it together. We know what's not to like about Humber - hopefully he can show us the other side of the coin too.

Anyone have an extra case of pepto bizmol that they can send to arizona?

BRING IT ON BABY!

Evanescence... Why dear Jesus - Why??? At least play something good man!

BRING IT!!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 06:09 AM) Next Sox/Twins game I go to, I need to bring a "Well Played Sale" sign in the off-chance that Sale faces Mauer late in the game, and K's him.

Looks like by early next week - we'll have a much clearer idea about things...

This guy sure looks happy about the state of our team...

Regarding the tendinitis and the possible effects on this season...

More fuel to the side of Peavy not being a ________( insert derogatory here )_________.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 02:49 AM) Pretty sure his nickname has already been decided. Philip Humper. There really is no hope for a cool nickname when the origin must coincide with Humber. I think that the only option may be simply: "HUMB!" ( pronounced HUMP of course. )

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 12:58 AM) If we drop down to AAA AJ, Sale, Dunn, Buerhle (winaa), Quentin, Peavy, and maybe a coiuple others, we'd have the best farm system in baseball! f*** Yeah! Good call Tex. It would also curtail the naysayers who say that all is wrong with the ChiSox. I'm not sure where all this nonsense comes from. It's 2011 and our team going into the year looks a TON better than 2010. Let's go SOX! IT'S ALMOST TIME BABY!!

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 02:52 AM) GLENDALE, Ariz. -- "So it's the same soreness you generally have during this time of Spring Training that all the guys have. He's working through it. But his recovery time, because of the injury, let's say it's at seven days instead of four days. Now, the more he works through it, it will go down to six days of recovery. It will go down to five days, and then four. "Depending upon what kind of plan we put into play, and how long that will be, we can't shut him down from what I've been told. He's got to work through some things," Williams said. Now that's what I like to see. Yeah baby - that's rationality right there boys.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 01:47 AM) Back on the mound even in a B-game by Sunday would be solid. To me it really seems like it all hinges on arm strength right now. He's structurally solid according to the medical department. His tendinitis is not something completely isolated to anything other than inactivity. Therefore - it's really a matter of just getting his strength back to 100%. We have no idea what the timetable for that is. He could go out - throw 80 pitches - and report no soreness or tendinitis. At that point, we're only out a week. The wait and see game continues... It'll be nice when it's over and Jake is back to being himself again.... or, he tanks and will never be back - at least we could then call a spade a spade. For now - I'm gonna continue supporting and giving my energy to the side of belief in a positive outcome.

Peavy: "I have told these guys everything I feel in my body and let the guys that are more educated on the subject make the decisions," Peavy said. "That's what happened and every decision that has been made has been a consolidation of all of us put together." In that sense, Peavy appeared vindicated that not only is his current setback not deemed serious but that it was actually expected by doctors. "We've been treating it and getting some good meds in," Peavy said about the anti-inflammatory medication he has been taking. "Hopefully we can calm this thing down and I can get on a mound by the weekend and be without any discomfort and be able to climb. Where this takes us I don't know but that's kind of the game plan now."

More from Kenny... KW: "This is basically a guy who has worked his tail off to get back to a point to where he can start the season with us," Williams said. "Obviously, that's in jeopardy right now. To a large degree, we're going to listen to Jake and the doctors structurally have said there is no problem, no worry about the lat being detached again." KW: "Again, it was anticipated," Williams said about Peavy's current situation. "So in that anticipation, I'm still very encouraged that we're ahead of the curve. We are ahead of where we thought we would be. ... I'm a little disappointed in the play that it's gotten because I've tried to warn everybody from the outset we were looking at a blip that was going to come at some point in time. So in my mind, we never stopped planning for that."

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 12:13 AM) I'm intrested to see how effective Peavy will be without that wicked moving drop down 92-94 mph 2 seamer that starts 3 inches off the plate and tails to the outside corner. It has been said that he can't drop down nearly as much anymore because of the lat injury. When we traded for him I watched his highlight videos on mlb.com, as a Padre, he used to get quite a few strikeouts with that pitch. There are many questions that remain with regard to his effectiveness once he returns... It's all just a matter of having to wait it out. I can understand fans being impatient but he's too close to starting games and showing us what he can do. It's going to go one of two ways: he'll be able to come back and return to form - or he won't return and will be an oft-injured waste of salary. There is no use in acting like he's destined to be in that second category when there is nothing to base that judgement on. Just like when this tendinitis came up - people where already saying he wouldn't be back until the second half... There is no merit to those types of statements except idle speculation. All we can do is hope for the best and see what happens. I'm totally prepared to write Peacy off and call it a horrible trade - but I won't do so until that situation is apparent in reality. Right now - it's the wait and see game and we all have a choice as to who's corner we're with. I sure as hell know that I'm in the ring in Peavy's corner - ready to tough it out. Lets just get this bull ready for the ding of that bell and hope that he goes at it like Tyson in his heyday.

Peavy gets healthy... Peavy comes in and kicks major ass. White Sox get into the playoffs... Soxtalk loves peavy and doesn't get to talk more s*** until 2012. Oh wait - who am I kidding - there will be s*** talking here even if we win back to back titles.