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Son of a b****. I am a jinx. Tonight Carter pitched 5 1/3 innings, gave up 7 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, 5 K's. His ERA is up to 2.77 now. Of COURSE this would happen. Ugh.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 30, 2008 -> 04:05 PM) That's actually a pretty positive little blurb - makes him sound pretty projectable, with good movement and location. Velocity may be a concern (who knows), but, its not everything in any case. I think the most encouraging thing is his awesome control. 61 K's and just 8 walks. Thats remarkable. As we saw with MacDougal, you can have electric stuff, but if you can't locate it, it dosen't matter. I love that this kid is throughing through a teacup. I am really excited about him just from what we have read and seen through his stats. Does anyone here have an MiLB account? You can watch all the Kannapolis games if you do. It's like $7 a month for the subscription. If anyone has it, it would be nice to hear how he looks.

A poster over at SSS brought him to my attention. He is a 22 year old righthanded starting pitcher at Kanny. Here are his stats for this season thus far... 5-1, 1.92 ERA, 56 1/3 IP, 38 H, 3 HR, 9 BB, 61 K's, 0.83 WHIP That ERA, BB/K ratio, and WHIP are tremendous. I hope he makes AA before the season is over, and then AAA by 2009 season, and maybe make a bid at the rotation by 2010. I am getting a little ahead of myself, but his numbers are nasty right now. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...&pid=457580

I would not hit her, but I would just grab her arms and hold them at her side like i do when any girl tries to come after me.

very nice. Got my new wallpaper for this month.

I am going to say 2B is a good spot for an upgrade. Phillips - too good Roberts - Too high of price (see Cubs offer) Durham - Too old Sanchez - Do-able Hudson - Last year of contract, expressed interest in leaving ARI Ellis - Do-able Basically I see the most likely suited as Freddy Sanchez, Orlando Hudson, and Mark Ellis. Lets take a quick look at them. 2008 stats Hudson (30) - .307/.380/.491, 4 HR, 26 RBI, 12 2B, 3 3B, 2 SB Sanchez(30) - .238/.267/.310, 1 HR, 21 RBI, 12 2B, 0 3B, 0 SB MarkEllis(30)- .235/.323/.380, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 8 2B, 2 3B, 5 SB I like Hudson the most. He is having a good year this season, and provides above average defense at 2B. It also helps that Arizona has been a very good trade partner with us. Would they go for Lance Broadway or Kyle McCulough? Also, if possible, I would also like to see us make a move at getting Ryan Freel. I really like his style.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ May 24, 2008 -> 08:35 PM) problem is, we're faced with the choice of wanting someone who is good at being a #2 hitter, versus just putting someone there who can do...well...anything. not too many choices right now for who fills slots 1-4 now that Swisher is starting to get some walks again, i wouldnt mind having him at the top again. the sad truth is we dont have a #1 or a #2, so we have to make do. I mean, Cabrera really needs to bunt better. do all better. Put AJ at leadoff. Afterall, he did have a GREAT bunt down the 3rd base line Friday night.. But seriously. I want Swish hitting 2nd. Put him in a spot where he doesnt have to swing for the fences (3-6), dosen't feel like a jackass (7-9), and dosent have to sit and watch 4-5 pitches (leadoff). Try a lineup of... OCab Swish Q Dye Thome Konerko AJ Crede Ramirez Then it still pleases Ozzie with the handedness because its potentially R-L-R-R-L-R-L-R-R, which gives a decent variance.

Did anyone who went tonight see my Quention "Q-uperman" sign? I was on the big screen 3 different times.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ May 23, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) Just bring a hoodie, you should be good with that. Yep. Im going to be wearing jeans and my winter jacket (Easier to smuggle in peanuts and pop). Also... I am going to be sporting a poster sized image that "Thecip" so cleverly made. I am going to be sitting 12 rows behind the visitors dugout, so there is a good chance you will see me with my sign. Will simply feature the picture with the words "Q-Man" underneath it. I am taking suggestions for other titles such as "Super-Q" or "Q-uperman" Incase you haven't seen.... Brilliant.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ May 23, 2008 -> 11:13 AM) Thanks, hopefully I'm not a jinx for the winning streak. You can all blame me if we lose. Me too. I will be in attendance as well. Won't bother me much if it rains, I have passes for the stadium club, so I will be dry.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 22, 2008 -> 05:40 PM) We did this last year or the year before, but, now we have new players. And I think some players changed theirs. Anyone know what Quentin, Swisher or Ramirez have as their intros now? Can anyone recall the existing ones? For the love of me I can't remember, but Swisher has a rap song. Quentin has some latino pop song. Not sure on Ramirez.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 22, 2008 -> 04:05 PM) for those of you who know much more about this than I do, the soonest we can expect to see him in Chicago? 2010. I imagine he starts in AAA next year, with some short september call up, then getting a look at an actual roster spot in 2010.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ May 22, 2008 -> 03:31 PM) Background: If the Sox win 10 games in a row, CTL's Dave Kaplan (and Nick Swisher) apparently will dye their hair pink. It started as an offhanded comment around the time of the pink bats and chia chins. But now it's snowballing and apparently they are making preparations to really do it and have a charity tie in. That said, when asked yesterday if he was rooting against the Sox for one of these next games, he pretty much yelled, "YES!" Which leads me to believe he's a Cub fan (if not another team).... and thus it will be pretty hilarious to (hopefully) watch him do one episode of CTL with pink hair. Did you ever consider the fact that he just dosen't want to dye his hair pink?

Alexei has been improving, that's for sure. At least with him in the lineup, there is SOME speed. He also has a pretty good cannon at 2B. Not Uribe status, but he surely has a nice arm. His average is actually right in line with all the other slumpers.

Cmon people SWISHER. He is already on the June calendar that the White Sox gave out, and he NEEDS a slumpbuster.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 17, 2008 -> 06:51 PM) SS Orlando Cabrera 3B Pablo Ozuna LF Carlos Quentin RF Jermaine Dye 1B Paul Konerko CF Nick Swisher 2B Alexei Ramirez C Toby Hall P Buehrle I think thats what Rongey just said. Feel free to correct if I am wrong noooo. AJ is hot right now. Let him play while he is hot, and certainly against a crowd that will fire him up. After making those comments about the fans booing yesterday being "weak", he will really hear it tonight.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 17, 2008 -> 06:31 PM) I agree. Also agree. Just put Swish at 1B, and put Anderson in CF. Or even Alexei in CF because of his speed and have Ozuna at 2B, Swish at 1B. There is entirely too much space out there in CF for Swish to cover.

Rookie question, but what does GO/AO mean? I figured GO was groundout, but what is AO, Airout? If so, why wouldn't it be GO/FO?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 16, 2008 -> 12:06 PM) Broadway has a sub 2 ERA now. He threw 107 pitches 67 for strikes and walked 4 bringing his total to 16 in 54 innings with 29 k's. He's also featuring a GO/AO ratio of 1.83 Rookie question, but what does GO/AO mean? I figured GO was groundout, but what is AO, Airout? If so, why wouldn't it be GO/FO?

He hasn't had a glove problem, it's an arm problem. It my knowledge, I would say 5 or 6 of those 8 errors have been on his throws.

I stated before the season even started I wanted Thome in the 5th spot. Of course, I didn't have Q in that spot. I had Swish 3rd.

QUOTE (scenario @ May 15, 2008 -> 11:16 AM) Someone buy that man a new glove... one without holes in it. I heard he dosen't quite understand baseball much, and he uses this glove...

Damnit. If Kenny was at all looking to trade Crede, he might be holding off now. I still think we need to trade Crede somewhere. I cant imagine his value being any higher than it is now. The longer we wait, the closer to a FA he becomes and less interest.

I would, but unfortunately im only 17 years old.

Game 7 of the World Series. You are winning 1-0, bases loaded, 3-2 count. What pitch do you throw?