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QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2013 -> 03:10 PM) Braves have Uggla, he's making way too much money for them to sit down. I listen to XM radio all day at work and if Braves fans had their way, the Braves would trade for a league average 2B and Uggla would become their new DH.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 3, 2013 -> 07:50 AM) Or took on the name "justBLAZE" Can I change my screen name to justBLAZE or would that be too confusing?

If the White Sox arent going to contend this year (duh) and the Braves are contending, Rik Hon needs to trade Gordon Beckham to the Braves. Braves need a 2B and the Sox need a whole lot of stuff. What would it take from the Braves to make this deal work? Kris Medlen? Mike Minor? Brandon Beachy? All 3?

I think the solution for Gavin Floyd is to scale back on all the fapping and focus on pitching. That should solve a few injury AND performance issues.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 12:55 AM) The guy who fired Tony Larussa. He wrote it on his 1975 typewriter and used whiteout for his mistakes. That guy doesn't need whiteout because that guy doesn't make mistakes.

I recently moved out of market and unless I buy the MLB.tv plan, I cannot watch Whitesox games - so, I've got that going for me. Also...

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 02:27 PM) I remember him doing that a few times in Spring Training and it worked beautifully. Don't know why he hasn't tried it yet in the regular season. Probably because he isn't facing minor league pitchers anymore. *shrug*

How long into the season will the Sox be when Nate Jones is promoted to closer?

As a Dodgers fan that follows that team as closely as I follow the Sox..... none of those 3 are any better than what the Sox already have. I hope the convo goes a little something like this: Hahn: Hey, uh, so as you know one of our guys is down and we might need an extra starter. Colletti: Yea, I heard. That's tough, man. Hahn: Yea, so you wanna give me one of your starting pitchers for free? Seriously, I'm not giving you anything back and you can pay the pitcher's entire contract. Colletti: Well.... Hahn: Dude, seriously none of those three guys have any real surplus value on the trade market. Colletti: But... Hahn: When you signed Harang and Capuano last year, everyone was dumbfounded as to why you'd sign them for more than one year. Colletti: Ok. Take your pick. On a serious not, since I am terrible at rhetoical fake GM trade conversations... Lilly has had trouble staying healthy and there is no sure bet he'd make more than 10-15 starts. Harang isn't very good and since he left the Reds, has benfitted greatly from pitching in the large NL West parks. Capuano is all smoke and mirrors and was pretty bad the second half last year and on the road. Unless the Dodgers are literally giving the Sox a free starting pitcher for nothing in return AND paying their salary, I'ld take my chances with Alexrod or Santiago.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 22, 2013 -> 09:20 AM) Royals have announced their first starters. Looks like the first series will be: Sale vs Shields Peavy vs Santana Floyd vs Guthrie Chen still hasn't been named 5th starter, believe it or not. Looks like a sweep to me.

QUOTE (staxx @ Mar 13, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) Phegely is terrible. Was just thinking the same thing on that "Wild pitch" Ommogrosso has really good stuff. Never noticed last year. I wonder if Crain starts the season on the DL if they would go with him for the bullpen

QUOTE (southside_hitman @ Mar 13, 2013 -> 03:25 PM) Do you have 4G? I always wondered if 4G has enough bandwidth to stream stuff, play on-line vid games, etc. I have a Verizon 4G card for when I travel on the road. It works great, NetFlix, iTunes, MLB.tv - whatever I need to stream. Verizon has insane speeds in larger markets, sometimes 2x faster than hotel wifi.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 01:06 PM) Just wanted to fix the mistakes for you Ha, thanks. I was running into a meeting and didnt proofread before I posted. I copied and pasted the stats and arguments I made straight from my facebook rant on my friend's wall.

I joking said to a friend of mine who is a Brewers fan - that with the latest news to come out - Braun should give his 2011 MVP award to Matt Kemp. This resulted in an epic debate about Braun's percieved guilt - and it got me thinking (and looking up stats)... Braun 2011: .332 / .397 / .597 / .994, 38 2B, 33 HR, 111 RBI, 33 SB ( fangraphs WAR 7.6 | BBref WAR 7.7 ) Kemp 2011: .324 / .399 / .586 / .986, 33 2B, 39 HR, 126 RBI, 40 SB ( fangraphs WAR 8.8 | BBref WAR 8.3 ) Braun's team won 94 games and won their division. Remove Braun's WAR form the team record and they win 89 games and still likely make the playoffs. Kemp's team won 83 games and finished third. Remove Matt Kemp's WAR from the team record and the Dodgers finish 74-88, well below 500. Braun hits in a offense-friendly park 82 times a year. Kemp hits in a pitcher-friendly park 82 times a year. Braun had a 5.2 oWAR guy hitting behind him all season. Kemp had a 1.6 oWAR guy hitting behind him all season. Matt Kemp was CLEARLY more deserving - juice or no juice. Being a knee-jerk reactionary baseball fan... and as a Dodgers fan, I feel the same way about the 2003 MVP voting with Frank Thomas getting the shaft.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) I am also surprised Chris Beck isn't on there. If the stories about his body changing back to where it was are accurate, he could be a Brandon McCarthy type of quick mover through the system. Chris Beck is listed at #8 *shrug*

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 01:29 PM) Now Beckham can afford the wedding I hope Gordo's fiance's parents give him a golden bat as a part of the dowry.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 10:38 AM) I have no idea where you got those numbers. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...=Career&t=b 2012 H: .368/.347/.609/1.046 R .234/.301/.405/.706 career H: .338/.394/.609/1.003 R: .258/.313/.422/.735 Apparently, Yahoo Sports sucks them ballz.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 09:47 AM) Including his home/road splits? Because most people seem shocked at how bad those are. His home/road splits are nearly identical. Home: .263 .302 .445 .747 Road: .263 .313 .426 .739 *shrug*

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 10:31 AM) When I saw this thread title in this forum I assumed it meant someone got hurt. This really isn't worth getting worked up about. C'mon... its not like we have anything else to talk about.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 01:58 AM) Welcome to last week. You mean two weeks ago. And more specifically, last month.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/chw Check the transactions.

Apparently, the Sox released Tracy... since the Royals just signed him to a minor league contract. *shrug*

Mark Lowe and LaTroy Hawkins are both available. I can't imagine either would cost more than 2-3 million on a one year deal. Sox dont need a big name guy, just a 50 IP 6/7th inning guy to bridge the game to Thornton/Jones/Crain/Reed

I'll never forget in 2006 when the Sox scored like 23 runs off of the Cardinals.... every Sox player had at least 2 hits, except Uribe - who dug in the box and waved at 3 straight fastballs over his head.

Man, I love watching Hamilton play baseball... but as a closet Dodgers fan, this sucks. Whatever.