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QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 05:54 PM) Broadcasting Major COM 101 - Concepts of Communications (Mon/Wed/Fri - 10:00-10:50 AM) LIB 100 - Liberal Arts Intro (Tue/Thu - 4:00-5:15 PM) MTH 110 - Algebra (Mon/Wed/F - 12:00-12:50 PM) WRT 150 - Strategies in Writing (Tue/Thu - 12:00-1:50 PM) What the hell is "Liberal Arts Intro?" It's not only a soft schedule, but damn, talk about convenient timing. No classes before 10:00 AM as a freshman is nearly unheard of from my experience. Here's my schedule: Race, Class, and Gender Dimensions of Crime and Justice - CRJ 547 Criminological Theory - CRJ 520

Best Tools are divided by Baseball America into leagues, and in the South Atlantic League -- where DLS pitches -- he ranks as follows: -2nd in strikeouts (with a large discrepancy in innings compared to those pitchers around him) -2nd in WHIP -4th in ERA -1st in BAA Whether opposing team's managers have acknowledged his talent or not, the statistics suggest DLS is fairly good.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 6, 2007 -> 01:22 AM) Number 23 was a very enjoyable movie, just a fun watch. *SLIGHT SPOLIERS* I'll have to disagree with you, here. As a horror enthusiast I was drawn to the intriguing storyline. Reminded me of "The Ninth Gate." I suppose after viewing it I expected a more supernatural twist, similar to the aforementioned Ninth Gate. Aside from the more logical explanation for events surrounding Carrey's life, another dislike was the entire alter ego segments with the detective. Almost as if it were thrown in to appease teenagers. Hell, look at the ending where every....damn..thing....is explained. Twenty three ultimately meant nothing.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 07:22 PM) De Los Santos pitched tonight in relief...nice line. Kannapolis Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA De Los Santos 3.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 2.40 Tomorrow Baseball America is releasing their annual "Best Tools" list for Class A. It'll be interesting to see where DLS ranks among the different categories.

Thankfully, Dye doing his best to ensure Class A compensation for the White Sox.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 03:16 PM) Are Winwood, Nelson, Gil, Crow and Mayer guitar legends?? I'm gonna go with hell no, but I guess they had to sell tix somehow. Well, if you believe Rollling Stone magazine John Mayer is considered one of the new "Guitar Gods." Just for note, whomever was Jeff Beck's bass guitarist (I'm guessing his daughter) was unbelievable. She can't be more than 15 or 16 years old.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 07:18 PM) It's not that Erstad can play the game it's that he can't play the game because he's injred all the time. Now does that mean in 2008 he will be healthy/healthier? Million dollar question. More like a five cent question. What would suggests to you or anyone else that Erstad is capable of contributing to any major leauge ballclub when he's incapable of remaining on the field? Enough of Erstad. Enough of Podsednik. I don't want either on this ballclub next season in any capacity.

QUOTE(Soxfest @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 05:01 PM) Should of traded Garland he has been terrible lately! I was extremely upset after watching Garland's bedwetting in the second inning. I've been persistent for over a month that either him or Vazquez needed to go; moreso for Garland because of his proximity to free agency. This is percisely why you had to trade him. You can't predict what happens tomorrow. No, Garland won't give up 8 runs every start; but neither is it very reasonable to expect he'll come close to matching early season success. What happens entering this offseason if his overall statistics gradually decline? Will the excuse be, "oh, who's going to give up anything of value for one year of Garland." I'm not having any of it. I don't care whether teams overvalue prospects, one and a half years of Garland would have brought us back quite a haul. I'm sure, even without proof, that Williams held out because he was looking for something extroadinary. It may ultimately be another failure of his looking back next season.

QUOTE(soxfaninpa @ Aug 1, 2007 -> 10:04 PM) If the talent on the major league team disgusts you, you should see our hitters at charlotte. I got to see them play a couple of games here against scranton when erstad and pods were there together. Has anyone seen their backup catcher Ryan Smith's career numbers? We really need some talent close to the majors and we have crap for position players anywhere higher than winston-salem. I'm in awe of all the pitching that this team constantly drafts and acquires via trades while completely ignoring trying to get an impact hitter. Paul Konerko and Jim Thome aren't getting any younger, and JD is not a long term solution. Which is why this upcoming offseason is incredibly important for the direction of this franchise. Yesterday's trading deadline was not a good start. We're not competing against divisional opponents with Single A pitching prospects. Before April of 2008, Williams needs to trade several players with value -- and every prospect and/or positional player received needs to benefit this ballclub. I'm sorry for anyone who believes this is unreasonable, but that's the corner this team has back itself into. We're void of cheap positional players, and several key components -- such as Thome, Pierzynski, Garland -- won't be here for too much longer. Replacements will be needed eventually, and I'm not exactly confident we'll produce these replacements (aside from SP).

QUOTE(VAfan @ Aug 1, 2007 -> 02:17 PM) The trading season is not over, but it appears that my point -- that the Sox will end up waiting until the offseason to do most of their trading -- has borne out. We dumped Iguchi to open a slot for Richar, but got next to nothing in return. We dumped Mackowiak for not much more. No one offered us enough to rent Jermaine Dye. No one was insane enough to give us anything for Contreras, who still should be put on the DL for a month. Kenny didn't deal any of the starters that have value -- Garland or Vazquez. A lot of us don't like the uncertainty because the team will be remade in the offseason rather than now. But it makes the most sense for the Sox to go this route. Williams has quite the offseason ahead of him, then. Every move he makes better work.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 10:27 PM) Gavin Floyd was the 4th pick in 2001 draft. Screw the draft position. Take that higher signing bonus and use it to sign more and/or better scouts. I know how you feel about this, and while there are plenty of examples of first round busts, there is certain talent only available to those with a Top 10 pick -- Joe Mauer, Mark Texiera, BJ Upton, Prince Fielder, Delmon Young, Rickie Weeks, Nick Markakis, Justin Verlander, Ryan Zimmerman, Troy Tulowitzki, Andrew Miller, Tim Lincecum, etc. My position is, you can't draft any of the aforementioned names without having the opportunity. Selecting around 20-25 may ultimately provide a team with some tremendous talent, but the difference between there and a Top 10 is obviously the players you can scout. I guarantee the White Sox didn't believe Jarrod Parker or David Price would be available at #25. Does it really matter whether the team wins 72 (a potential top 10 pick) or 80 (somewhere around 15)? Just having a larger field of players to evaluate and assess is something which could be beneficial to our future. Yes, we may (and probably will) screw it up; but I want the opportunity.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 09:29 PM) - Get nothing at the trade deadline to help this team's future.....CHECK That's good, right?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 09:01 PM) Didn't the Arizona fall league Floyd have a crappy ERA with a home run rate higher than McCarthy, whose home run rate was supposedly so bad we just had to get rid of him? Danks was the one with a higher home run rate than McCArthy. Floyd, as I recall (someone else with the patience can look it up) had respectable but not dominating numbers in the Arizona Fall League.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 08:59 PM) This is one of the most embarassing things I've ever seen. I'm anxiously awaiting Williams' comments after this game ends. Not only the lack of moves in the trading deadline, but the embarrassing performance of his team -- most notably love child Gavin Floyd. Someone seriously needs to strike gold over this offseason.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 08:43 PM) Gavin Floyd looks absolutely horrible. He has the look of a guy who will be out of baseball in 3 years. I am beginning to think the trade was Garcia for Gio...may turn out good there, but certainly not a winner for Kenny at this point. That's the problem, here. If both the McCarthy and Garcia trade come down to McCArthy vs. Danks and Garcia vs. Gonzalez, obviously we'll come ahead in one; but those arent' the lopsided types of deals we initially hoped for. We're not going to build a championship off one for one deals. In the future, we'll need more than one major league player to arise out of trades.

So, Williams, mind telling us where this Arizona Fall League Floyd is going to show up? Every day that passes I'm doubting Williams more and more. Atleast if Floyd is going to pitch terribly he can do it out of the rotation, instead of hte bullpen. Guage how much he sucks over a period of 10+ starts.

We were wondering in the chat, has anyone seen jphat around here lately? It sure seems coincidental he hasn't posted since it became obvious this season is over. Hmmmm.

QUOTE(sf_soxfan @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 08:02 PM) Helping other teams get back on track: the 2007 Chicago White Sox We did pretty much begin the resurgence of both the Yankees and Cubs. Who knows which other teams we can provide a late season surge.

CHAT http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 07:10 PM) YES! The Sox's starting shortstop in 2008 just his a 3 run HR!!! Don't say that.

Chat's back. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 06:19 PM) Just DL him for the season. What a pathetic day for the White Sox. An embarrassing day to be a fan of this ballclub. If Contreras starts another game for this team, this season, it's obvious the priorities of management isn't in order. We need to find out what Gavin Floyd can do for the remainder of the season. I don't give a f*** about his Cuban pride either. This is about the White Sox, not Jose's feelings. Either place him on the DL or move him to the bullpen. Enough of this.

It's been awhile, but I feel it's the appropriate time to bring back chat. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 04:36 PM) please find me someone who didnt want to get rid of marte. He was basically worthless that offseason and we ALL felt like KW had ripped them off largely. Browse the threads yourself. While people seemed resigned to Marte as an enigma on the White Sox, not everyone felt Williams ripped off Pittsburgh for Mackowiak. Far from it. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...=44133&st=0 http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...p;mode=threaded Read this exchange: Me -- You -- Me --

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jul 31, 2007 -> 04:20 PM) At a time when packages of young players have never been more difficult to acquire, you are telling Kenny he must acquire that. It doesn't make any sense. Does it not occur to you that this is the WORST time to try and acquire young talent? Why try and force this rebuild when there could be other alternatives. I'd be far more happy with a rebuild attempt when the price of young talent becomes reasonable again. For now, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to force-feed a rebuild at the worst possible time. Oops. Too bad for him. It's his responsibility to improve this ballclub, and since the alternatives for acquiring talent are limited, when he doesn't come through I'm not making any excuses. I said that a month ago. What other alternatives are there?