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QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Apr 16, 2012 -> 11:12 PM) Losses against Baltimore should count twice. Wow I knew this team was not very good but c'mon... Most of Reinsdorf's teasers usually make to the first week of Bears training camp - not this one. You won't know this team by then. The only thing that will cut short this upcoming decade of mediocrity to come is the Mayans.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:08 PM) Talent deficient? Seriously...this has to be a joke right? No, I'm not joking. Morel is not major league ballplayer. Name me one contending team where he's starts...just one You silly geese on this site need to watch other teams play. Reinsdorf has just deluded your senses as to what constitutes quality baseball. Give him you hard-earned money because you appreciate the game....what a load

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) Do you call Ranger a lot? No. Kenny, I don't,

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:04 PM) In 3 days, people will be saying "How about we try Morel again?" I'll ask for Ventura to play out there before Morel

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:00 PM) No one's going to like hearing me say it, but I'd give Morel at least 2 more weeks. If things continue the way they are, Dunn will be dropping in the order along with Morel, and Viciedo will be moving up, and then there will be a De Aza/AJ/Konerko/Viciedo top of the lineup, but then that's pretty aggressively moving Viciedo up. Anyway...I still say this season is about developing guys, so I'd keep Morel there for a while longer. A few more YEARS at third is not going to make a talent-deficient ballplayer any better than what he is now. The experience is over, next rabbit out of Kenny's hat please.....

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 03:39 PM) When does the Lillibridge needs to start at third thread start? And add Escobar at second to that thread as well. I love Beckman but Kenny and Ozzie destroyed him with all those needless mind games and position shifts. He'll never be any good to the Sox and it"s a real tragedy.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 09:54 PM) Say what you want, that's the way to hit. Fuko needs to play, folks. If this team has to rely on that, they have no chance. None of those guys that started for the Sox could replace anyone in the Texas lineup tonight. Good grief this is going to be a long season and maybe a long decade unless we get rescued by a billionaire Sox fan. Imagine talking about Caberra and Fielder in our lineup rather than Flowers and Morel.

QUOTE (K-Rock @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 09:45 PM) Dunn looks damn good so far Imagine that Cepedes guy sandwiched between him and Konerko Sox management really blew that one. Now he's playing to crowds of 16k in Oakland.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 09:11 PM) Gross. Hopefully it's closer by committee. But you're right, it's looking more and more like Santiago. The Sox will use at least 4 pitchers in this game. Another Sox manager overusing a bullpen - the more things change......

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 11:42 AM) I'll never understand the hatred Cowley generates on Soxtalk. Me either. Sox fans just have a hard time dealing with certain realities. They are content to having a second rate organization in no worse than the third largest baseball market in the known universe. I'm not. And I don't want to hear about 2005. A bunch of marginal players had career years and they won. They have one hall of fame candidate from that team - and he didn't even play in the series. They haven't come anywhere to being that good since. Where I come from that's one-hit wonder. So between Michael Jordan whom he inherited (and b****ed about paying) and 2005, Reinsdorf is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 09:51 AM) I disagree with his conclusion that they won't be contending with the Tigers in September, but there's no denying that Williams is on the spot. Only an employee of Reinsdorf could possibly believe this slop will be in contention in September.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 03:33 PM) Ditto Expect a lot that this year....bad clubs have bad karma

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 01:28 PM) Pop out to third and every infielder will have a pop up. 3 infield pop ups, 2 K's and a caught stealing.... White Sox Baseball 2012 - it's all my unborn son's fault, isn"t Jerry?

The only way to get to the playoffs in the central is to win the division. These wildcards will never come from the central. The Sox will not win their division and they have zero hope for a playoff spot because there are at least 5 teams in the AL better than them. This is the new reality we'll have to deal with for a long, long time. Reinsdorf will never out spend the Detroit owner, period. Detroit will however have to slug their way to most of their victories because their defense will be atrocious. Their pitching outside of Velander is nothing to write home about either. But unfortunately, they are still head and shoulders above their rivals in the central. Andi it could stay that way because they have a sportsman for an owner who doesn't have to rely on the team for his own economic survival. It will take a cataclysmic breakdown in Detroit for the Sox to ever see the playoffs in the foreseeable future. I use to love Opening Day!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 28, 2012 -> 12:45 PM) Also wanted to add... I really don't seen any good teams in this division outside Detroit. I look at Cleveland and Minnesota, and in my view, this Sox team is clearly better going into Opening Day. Kansas City is a mystery, it all depends on their pitching, but I think I give the Sox the nod over them too. To me, the Sox look like the 2nd best team going in. Though I will say that Detroit has a BIG edge.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 27, 2012 -> 06:40 PM) I loathe Hawk. He's an embarrassing clown of a hack. I can't wait for the day he's gone. John Rooney and Steve Stone - a pairing made in broadcast heaven

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 10:50 PM) I was catching up on my post-holidays Chicago newspaper reading and spotted a Phil Rogers column on Dayan Viciedo. Rogers wrote ... "A National League scout called him 'a poor man's Pablo Sandoval,' and he didn't mean that as a compliment. "Not big on him,'' he said. "He's no outfielder, that's for sure. Has arm strength. Poor at judging fly balls. … Could start for a second-division team.'' That's exactly what he's likely to do." Now earlier in the Rogers column, it was written "One International League manager compared him to Vladimir Guerrero, saying he's a proven 'bad-ball hitter.' Another said 'the ball just jumps off his bat,' which was what seemed to be the case in 2010 when Ozzie Guillen nicknamed him "The Tank.'' And yet another called him the best pure hitter in the International League. 'Hits for power, hits for average,' he said, citing his aggressiveness as a double-edged sword. 'You have to make sure he gets himself out, set him up. He's a bad-pitch hitter.' So do you guys think Tank is a star in making, or a stiff in making? I always liked the guy during his limited at bats. I hope he's a hard worker. Some of these guys I would hope are starting to pick up a bat and do some running leading up to spring training. He will be starting for a second division team...that assessment is spot-on

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 5, 2012 -> 11:12 AM) Which, honestly, I'm fine with. A couple people around here have pointed out that this "rebuild" doesn't look like it needs to last more than a couple seasons because our big-money commitments will expire. I will gladly watch the kids lose 80-90 for a couple years to set this thing onto the right course. You have absolutely no guarantees this rebuilding is going to somehow turn the Sox around for the better. You only have to look to Madison Avenue and recall this owner's last attempt at rebuilding. Took over a decade for the Bulls to be viable again - and that was with near capacity crowds every game. He won't be getting that at the Cell. But Sox fans are comfortable with prolonged periods of mediocrity - to the delight of this owner.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) Brent Lillibridge/Alex Rios. I have no issues with this roster now. We actually need a backup IF more than anything, that might be Escobar. Wow, you have no issues with a roster that's probably closer to last place in their division than first. It's this acceptance of mediocrity and blind loyalty to this ownership that will keep this Sox mired in the dumps for decades. Reinsdorf's act would have played out a long time ago anywhere else except Chicago. Michael Jordan not Frank Thomas is the reason why Reinsdorf has remained viable this long. Sox fans would have a cardiac if someone like Arte Moreno took over. Imagine having an owner committed to winning rather than one who constantly whines about the cost of winning. All we do is talk about accounting issues. It's Reinsdorf's responsibility to put people in the seats - not ours. Let him find something else to do if he can't deal with the economic realities of what it takes to be an elite organization. 120 million dollars - that's chump change - he needs to spend at least half that much on improving the sorry state of his minor league organization. And mark my words, you will never see him pay a luxury tax to get the Bulls and their long-suffering and loyal fans a championship. Chicago needs sportsmen to run their franchises - instead of these ma and pa run organizations that eat off the team's profits to survive. This town deserves way better than what we have. I'll now await the expected barrage of criticism from the Reinsdorf lemmings.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Nov 14, 2011 -> 07:40 PM) MDGonzales Mark Gonzales KW sounded less than lukewarm on the prospects of Buehrle returning. 7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply ESPNChiSox Doug Padilla KW tried his best to sound optimistic on Buehrle. Didn't sound good though. 4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply CST_soxvan Daryl Van Schouwen Williams on Buehrle had pessimistic, realistic feel: "There’s a time for everyone to come. There’s a time for everyone to go.'' 3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply it certainly was time for Williams to go....

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 11:15 AM) If someone is going to overpay MB so be it, I do not want it to be the Sox. And that's exactly what the marlins did Funny how he always said he wanted to end his career playing for the Cardinals. I guess his home time team didn't share his sentiments

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 09:55 PM) I am so tired of Sox fans bashing Jerry Reinsdorf.. The Sox has been in the top 10 in payroll many times but the fans continue not to show up to the ballpark. I been to the ballpark many times while we were contending first place, on a warm sunny night and the stadium was still half full.. Signed Jerry Reinsdorf

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) People who only just show up when the team is doing great, is not a real fan IMO.. I am proud to be a Sox fan if we win or lose 100 games.. Be careful you might get your wish with the crap that will be on the field

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 6, 2011 -> 06:02 PM) This is where you tell us that it's Jerry Reinsdorf's fault... I don't have to, you just did...thanks.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 6, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) I am amazed (but not really) at the stupidity of this fan base. We have an inability to think logically about something. Instead, we overreact with the first thought that comes to our head. What's the LAST thing a rebuilding team needs? A closer. What's the first thing a rebuilding team needs? Pitching prospects. I feel sorry for KW because it is impossible to win with these fans. He guys and buys, and we b**** about not having a system. He sells and builds the system, and we b**** about moving our MLB pieces. PICK ONE! Williams and his boss are the reasons why we're in this mess in the first place. Is Reinsdorf lowering the prices to watch this crap in Echo Chamber? What a ghost town the ballpark is going to be.