smalls2598 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Not sure if this had been posted before, but looks like Paulie will be in the next line of McFarlane figures, to be released in February. I know it's a smaller picture, but check out Paulie's face....it looks pretty bad. At least there will be another Sox player out there; of the 20 different series, i think there have only been 4 Sox players: Maggs, Thomas, Pods and Thome. spawn.com link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Cleveland is going nowhere next year. The Tribe is scary good. Our division is gonna remain strong. Hope we're not just playing for the Wildcard. The Rockies on the other hand ... lightning in a bottle like us in 05. I think they will suck next year. It's their year. They better make it count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 QUOTE(greg775 @ Oct 16, 2007 -> 10:30 PM) Cleveland is going nowhere next year. . The Rockies on the other hand ... lightning in a bottle like us in 05. I'd like to know how you came up with these two theories. As good as Cleveland looks, the Sox and last years Tigers looked just as good(better in the Sox case) and both failed to make the playoffs the next season. As for the Rockies, they got their whole core lineup coming back, their rotation should be even stronger with Morales and Jiminez in it for the whole season and they'll have a very good core in their pen as well(though who knows with a bullpen). I can honestly see both teams contending for a championship next season or neither could make the playoffs, that's baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 It amazes me that some people still think that a team who won 99 games, was in first place the entire season and then went 11-1 through the post-season "caught lightning in a bottle". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 17, 2007 -> 09:21 AM) It amazes me that some people still think that a team who won 99 games, was in first place the entire season and then went 11-1 through the post-season "caught lightning in a bottle". 'There was some terrible, terrible luck on top of it all,'' Cooper said. ''I don't believe that bad luck could go the same way. I kind of like to say it's the bizarro year of 2005, where everything went our way.Seems our pitching coach thought '05 had a lot to do with luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 17, 2007 -> 01:09 PM) Seems our pitching coach thought '05 had a lot to do with luck All sports and all events therein involve some luck. That's why they play 162 games times 9+ innings times 6 outs and a bunch of other plays times innumerable pitches, etc., etc. Over a whole season, luck tends to even out. Its simple statistics - larger sample set, less luck involved. And looking at the other teams that have won championships, the 2005 Sox make a case for having one of the most dominant overall seasons ever, based on their record throughout. That's why I find the idea that 2005 was "lightning in a bottle" to be pretty laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 The Tribe is loaded. I guess I would change my tune if Tulo is a future ARod. He's pretty damn good. Holliday however is capable of having the type of year Paulie had this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 So, he's just getting started with trying to re-vamp the Sox' minor league system, but the Orioles are already asking permission to speak with him about a front office position under Mr. McPhail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Rozner's column today indicates JR is dreaming about Kobe and ARod. Rozner has some pretty good White Sox contacts. His article would indicate to me, that while they may not sign him, they definitely appear very interested, even at Boras' bloated demands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Lately Dick Allen has been on fire with some good posts, so I'll ask the question to him so I don't get flamed. ... --Do you think Ross Gload would have been a good guy to have had on last year's team? Should we have kept Gload and passed on Grinder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 QUOTE(greg775 @ Oct 25, 2007 -> 02:46 PM) Lately Dick Allen has been on fire with some good posts, so I'll ask the question to him so I don't get flamed. ... --Do you think Ross Gload would have been a good guy to have had on last year's team? Should we have kept Gload and passed on Grinder? What, no haiku? Sorry, just kidding. Couldn't help it. By the way, Gload was traded for Sisco, who I don't think anyone calls "grinder". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 25, 2007 -> 03:15 PM) What, no haiku? Sorry, just kidding. Couldn't help it. By the way, Gload was traded for Sisco, who I don't think anyone calls "grinder". Implying that Gload be kept over signing Erstad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 25, 2007 -> 03:31 PM) Implying that Gload be kept over signing Erstad. Well you know me, I'm as big a Gload fan as there is. But Ross cannot play CF. He maybe could have been an average defender in LF or RF given some playing time. But that is the limit of his OF abilities. G-Load would have been a nice piece to have when Pods got injured, and also to spell Thome. But that would not have made much difference in the results of the season in any case. He got a chance to virtually start in KC, which is what he, KC and I think even the Sox wanted for him. Plus the Sox got a high potential take-a-chance pitcher out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Ryan Bukvich.......................................he gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Oct 26, 2007 -> 03:14 PM) Ryan Bukvich.......................................he gone. Not a surprise, but... details? Source? Was he released from the 40, or picked up by someone else via waivers, or traded (for a bag of balls) or what? ETA: NVM, found it. Bukvich outrighted to Charlotte by the Sox, elects free agency instead of taking the assignment. Also, Crede and Ozuna added to the 40-man roster, which now stands at 39. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 26, 2007 -> 03:40 PM) Not a surprise, but... details? Source? Was he released from the 40, or picked up by someone else via waivers, or traded (for a bag of balls) or what? According to sources he was a lousy candidate for the baseball pun name game. So they decided to let him go. Edited October 26, 2007 by BigSqwert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 26, 2007 -> 03:44 PM) According to sources he was a lousy candidate for the baseball pun name game. So they decided to let him go. Unfortunately it was his pitching preformances that were the biggest joke of all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Sox Fan Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I am not making a big deal about this, but statements like this from Ryan Sweeney kind of make me want to puke when I am getting up at 5:30am to drive an hour to work after working all weekend on a major project: Chicago White Sox outfield prospect Ryan Sweeney capped a long day -- and night -- at the office when he singled to right field with one out in the 10th, scoring Travis Snider (Blue Jays) with the decisive run. Sweeney did not start the game but came on in the sixth inning as a replacement for starting right fielder Nolan Reimold (Orioles). The pair, both of whom are members of the Phoenix Desert Dogs, had played a full game earlier in the day as the Desert Dogs fell to Team China, 2-1. "I was definitely exhausted coming into the game, but I think once we got here our attitude just stepped up," said Sweeney, a 2003 second-round pick who made his Major League debut this past summer. "Once we saw all the fans, we were ready to go out there and play." Meanwhile, what might have been even more fun for Sweeney after his long day would have been a chance to go home and sleep 12 hours. But that wasn't going to happen. "I have a day game tomorrow," he laughed. "I have to be at the field at 9 a.m." Imagine that, playing 1-1/2 games in one day and then having to play baseball again the next morning. What a horrible life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 More people would be b****ing if he said he was going to stay out and party ala Freddy, Brian or BMac. What's your point? He worked hard to get himself in that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Any word on if Toby Hall had or will have his surgery this offseason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 QUOTE(Brian @ Oct 30, 2007 -> 11:13 AM) Any word on if Toby Hall had or will have his surgery this offseason? Good question. I was wondering that too. Web search turns up no news about it. I was hoping they'd shut him down sometime in September and have him go get it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) Brian doing his part to get traded. Bye Brian, hope you enjoy the commemorative 2005 WS DVD as a parting gift. "If the White Sox are really worried about me getting at-bats, well, I sat on [the bench] and had 17 at-bats for the whole first month [last season]," said Anderson of a possible winter playing stint in Mexico during an interview with MLB.com. "Apparently, at-bats weren't that important. Edited October 30, 2007 by southsideirish71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Ouch. Man, it's really going to suck if he winds up succeeding for the Twins after we cut him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Oct 30, 2007 -> 12:46 PM) Brian doing his part to get traded. Bye Brian, hope you enjoy the commemorative 2005 WS DVD as a parting gift. "If the White Sox are really worried about me getting at-bats, well, I sat on [the bench] and had 17 at-bats for the whole first month [last season]," said Anderson of a possible winter playing stint in Mexico during an interview with MLB.com. "Apparently, at-bats weren't that important. Just when I thought there were no more bridges left for Anderson to burn, he fines one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I bet I know what this: [the bench] Was. Very classy. He's going to be shipped out soon, if not as part of a larger deal, then in exchange for whatever they can get for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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