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I think Betemit will be the bizarro Juan Uribe. We'll love his bat, and hate his glove.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 05:13 PM) I was a Lillibridge fan when we got this kid. I'm done with him now. I'm with you.

When are the cuts coming? I know they cut four guys last week, but they still have 28 more cuts to come.

Yeah, I really don't like Viciedo's approach. He needs a full year of minor league ball.

Egbert has a legitimate chance to make the team.

Hey padres announcers, the Sox traded Baines to Texas, not Baltimore.

Owens misplays a ball. He's so going to get released.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 03:21 PM) "This kid, what's his name, Gavin Floyd, he's got pretty good stuff up there" - Padre announcer. HAHA. I heard that. Um, yeah, that guy that won 17 games for a division winner last year.

Owens making outs is a very good thing.

QUOTE (forrestg @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 10:59 AM) Gordon is our best option at 2b but when I asked Ozzie yesterday Ozzie said"no, he'll be starting the season at Birmingham" 3 weeks to change his mind. I really don't think they can make the wrong decision with Beckham. I certainly couldn't blame them for sending him down for a month or two. On the other hand, I think this kid is ready now, and could be a great spark plug for this team from day 1. My fear is that Getz plays really well, and than they start scrambling to find Beckham a different postion, like LF or CF. That would definitely be a bad move. That's why I kinda hope he makes 2B from day 1, just to lock him in to the job and not cause confusion within the organization.

QUOTE (forrestg @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 08:59 AM) No matter how well he plays this spring Beckham will start at Birmingham. He is a great ball player but I think that Sox management want him to let him go through the system. If that is so I would make tell everybody to make plans to go to Birmingham to see him play. If they're telling Beckham he has a chance to make the team, then I think he'll make the team. He's a better baseball player than Getz, Lillibridge, and Nix, and I fully expect he'll outplay them to be the opening day 2B.

Sizemore

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 04:21 PM) Dayan's birthday is tomorrow. Looking forward to many media members continuing to call him the 19-year-old Cuban.

Who is this ViciADO they speak of?

Game is on 670 also....first four innings, then they take calls. Others pitching today: Randy Williams, Ehren Wassermann, Mike MacDougal, and Jon Van Benschoten. The Indians are salivating upon this announcement.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 01:58 PM) Can you be more specific? No link there I can find. Around 3:00, go to whitesox.com. It should say WATCH LIVE on the front page picture. Click on it, and enjoy.

Danks on the mound. Owens, Pierzynski, Quentin, Dye, Konerko, Betemit, Viciedo DH, Getz, Lillibridge B Game vs Dodgers...according to Merkin, Beckham had a single and ground out RBI.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 11:54 AM) Both of them? I think so, yes. That was the target date they were talking about a week or so ago.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 11:50 AM) When are they scheduled to pitch? Saturday

Colon and Contreras as the 4 and 5, look probable at this point. Cowley update: http://twitter.com/cst_sox

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 06:27 PM) There is a certain time period. You need to be up for a large enough fraction of the year for it to count. The date IIRC is usually sometime around June 1. Re: Becks starting this season at 2b: am I the only one who noticed that he was hitting .231 coming in to today? Yes, he had a day today, but come on. Yes, but he's looking a lot better than the average. The ball jumps off his bat. Plus he's just a very confident player. The major league game will not be too fast for him.

QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 06:10 PM) Can somebody please explain the whole arbitration clock thing? Players are arbitration eligible after three years of service time. If they hold off on bringing up a player until later in the season, they essentially will have him for four years before he becomes arb eligible.

K OGER does it again.

I knew this was going to happen if they invited Beckham to camp. He's going to play his way on to this team out of spring training.