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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 01:45 PM) Corey Hart signs a 3 year extension through 2013. Pretty good deal for Milwaukee. Even if Hart isn't this good over the next three years, having him at around $9 million per is pretty damn good.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 02:02 PM) Big surprise that ESPN's new power rankings still have Boston ahead of us. It's because they're Boston.

Just looked over our schedule. I think 18-10 or 19-9 are possible for what we can achieve for the rest of the month. That'd make us either 77-55 or 78-54 by September. If that were the case, we'd be in pretty damn good shape. With this schedule, we just have to do what we've been doing. Beat up on the bad teams (Baltimore, KC, Cleveland), compete with the good ones (Minnesota, New York, Detroit). With the Twins' schedule, I'm thinking they'll go somewhere around 14-13. So that'd make them 73-59, making them 4-5 games back by September. I can dream right?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 12:01 PM) Reading comments is not wise. It's like reading YouTube comments, they make you lose faith in humanity sometimes. All the big site comments are impossible to read without getting annoyed.

QUOTE (Soxman72 @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 12:00 PM) I agree with you 100% The show is even using a ton of stock footage. Many views of the park show a ton of old blue seats. They are also repeating numerous interesting clips from previous shows. There is a lot of filler in each episode and very little behind the scenes. I still think it is fun to watch and I am enjoying them, but I expected more. I really wanted them to get into the Zambrano stuff and the Ozzie point of view, but it didn't happen. The draft episode was the best so far and I am looking forward to the trade deadline episode. I just do not want to sit through a "we love Jackson and we always wanted to keep him" episode. Some of them were from the 2005 WS DVD, lol.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) Plus Tim Dierkes has some history with Rosenthal...I think Tim interned or something for him. The Dodgers are falling fast though...they are 6.5 out of the WC behind 3 teams...and they are indeed bleeding money. They are paying deferred money to Andruw Jones still...ugh... They have a 4% shot of making the playoffs. I really didn't see the point of them buying at the deadline.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 11:01 AM) And slightly off topic but anyone else notice that Linebrink's last 8 or 9 starts have been pretty damn good? Could you imagine if he had one of those elite half seasons the rest of the way? He's just not as fatigued since he's not getting used much. Since June 11th... 9.2 Innings, 9 hits, 2 ER, 4 BB, 8 K, 2 HR, 1.86 ERA. Because of the home runs, he does have a 5.47 FIP.

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 11:00 AM) Many people are not aware of the huge impact that Scott Linebrink had on Floyd getting his act together. Both have a very strong "faith-based" approach to life. Scott shared his thoughts, etc., with Gavin at a critical time in Floyd's development. And it has played a critical role in Floyd's new found self-confidence and success. At least Linebrink has something to contribute to this team, which is good to know.

We need the Rays to help us as much as possible.

A lot of those new BlackHawks fans will be pissed I imagine.

QUOTE (Pumpkin Escobar @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 11:32 PM) K. Pavano is having his 2nd good season of his career. Hardly one of the "best talents". I still cannot believe I am reading that. More then once, no less. It's like you'll say anything to try and pretend your point is more valid then it is. And you failed to accept that US, the White Sox, being a first place team, have minimal chance of seeing that "kind of talent" through waivers. Even if we used your cheap evidence of a whole 4 names in the history of the waiver deadline, out of the hundreds of talented ballplayers in baseball today, only Wagner made it through almost both leagues when claimed. Of the four guys you used. Rios, since you missed it, lasted 4 or 5 teams. Didn't see the top AL teams and didnt make it to the NL. Meaning, if it was this season when a guy like Rios was being claimed, a team like Detroit, would be in the place to get him and theyre much better then we were last season at the point of claiming Rios. Dunn, same deal, last 5 teams in the NL in 2008. Didn't see the frontrunner's of the NL and certainly not the other league. Sure Zona was in the race but the whole division was under .500 or at .500 at the time of the claim and most of the NL Central and NL East didn't get to see Dunn because they had better records then the lowly NL West. Fairly certain I can't make this any easier to comprehend. There is no certainty, since that is how this debate started, that a "impact bat" will be there for us in the roll we covet. That role, being a DH, preferably LH power bat. Maybe someone does get out there and i'll jump for joy but the point is that it is not as often as you're pretending it is, nor on the level of which we need. I hope someone is there and if so, thats great but rarely, rarely do you see the most vital need for a team, their biggest weakness, just sitting out there for a first place team to claim without someone stepping in and blocking it. That or the player isn't out there and they settle for a decent player - which we may do, but hardly the likes of Dunn or whoever you're insinuating is/will be out there. I'm sure we could find a minor bat but not "some of the games best talent". Doesn't work that way. Pavano actually had a pretty good season last year peripheral wise. It was a great pickup for the Twins at the time. His FIP and xFIP were a whole run lower than his ERA. That horrible Cleveland infield killed him.

QUOTE (Pumpkin Escobar @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 12:49 AM) Not sure if you've been told or asked yet but if you have comcast and not mlbnetwork you can still watch the show I think. I have MLB so no issues but my buddy doesnt. I was looking literally today at the ONDEMAND, Local section, went to sports or chicago sports, then go to white sox and it should be in there. It may just be in the chicago sports part too, cant quite remember it all. Anyways, you'll see the MLBNetwork thing under the White Sox and go into the shows - it says on mine they're complimentary. I'd assume you can see them then. I don't have Comcast On Demand or MLB Network, unfortunately.

lol you don't want to see Ozzie when he's pissed. He yelled at the reporter who had the mic too close to him after the Jenks implosion in Minnesota.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 08:57 PM) I didn't say it's going to be simple, but it's going to happen. And I'll be bumping everyone thread about them crying about the trade deadline when it's the unofficial trade deadline. More and more teams will fallout of contention in the next 30 days. Impact bats like Luke Scott, etc, will be available. Cry after August 30th if we don't do anything. You're making it sound like it's simple because you're so confident. We were all confident that Kenny wasn't going to leave the deadline without a bat and look what happened.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) Those episodes tonight were awful. Best part was KW's "hell no" response when asked if he thought the turnaround would be so sudden. It wasn't anything we didn't know.

Next week's episode will have talk about the trade deadline and Jackson for Hudson etc. Should be interesting.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 08:00 PM) Hold your failure comments until after August 30th please. Why can't people understand this? They're going to get a bat, they have 1 month to do so. Relax people. You need to stop acting like picking up a impact bat on waivers is easy. As of this moment, the White Sox are the 5th best team in the AL. That would mean they would be 25th in the waiver order for somebody like Manny. It's not going to be that easy.

I'm desperately trying to find a stream of this... There is one on Myp2p, but it's only after games. Edit: it started working after a while. I'll be watching the last 15 minutes of the show.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 06:58 PM) Viciedo's had an option used as well. I still think Lillibridge will end up going down since Viciedo gets a lot more playing time.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 06:55 PM) Torres up. Viciedo down. Torres down. Teahen activated. It would probably be Lillibridge that goes down since his option has already been used.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 03:48 PM) Admit it, self-appointed nickname guy, the Stealth Elf is exponentially better than The Bridge... Or Hot Fire.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) I was being serious, so yeah, I know. I was just extending on your point there.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 03:10 PM) I know the inevitable "how do YOU know how much Arizona wanted?" response will come to this point, but it's just a shame we gave up Hudson for Edwin Jackson. I find it almost impossible to believe that the price for him was that steep. Then again, I still don't think Huddy would have been anything more than a rotation filler 4th or 5th guy in the AL. Maybe the NL will make him look a lot better like it has so many other pitchers though. I blame Mike Rizzo for driving his price up.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 03:31 PM) Floyd was good, Lillibridge filled in nicely, I love seeing Castro get more PT, and Putz is flat out nasty. Oh, and Gio is good. That is all. Gio had one bad inning, other than that, he dominated us. He's grown a lot since we kicked his ass last year in Oakland. Great homestand. Now go to Detroit and take those Tigers out of the race for good.

As good of a homestand as you can get.