Watch us win out to not get a good draft pick.

 

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Watch us win out to not get a good draft pick.

 

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Nothing more f***ing annoying than that. I remember in 2002 it looked like we were on our way to a 90-loss season and at least a top 10 pick. Then the team, led by Joe Crede who went prime Scott Rolen in September, decides to after sucking all year go 22-12 in their last 34 games and finish up at 81-81. Therefore we ended up with the 18th pick and drafted the mythical Royce Ring.

Nothing more f***ing annoying than that. I remember in 2002 it looked like we were on our way to a 90-loss season and at least a top 10 pick. Then the team, led by Joe Crede who went prime Scott Rolen in September, decides to after sucking all year go 22-12 in their last 34 games and finish up at 81-81. Therefore we ended up with the 18th pick and drafted the mythical Royce Ring.

 

I don't mind when it's a player like Joe Crede leading the cause, because it shows the development of a player (even if Crede was rather mediocre for the next two seasons). If the Sox won out and Brent Morel hit 10 homers along the way, I would be perfectly fine with that.

I don't mind when it's a player like Joe Crede leading the cause, because it shows the development of a player (even if Crede was rather mediocre for the next two seasons). If the Sox won out and Brent Morel hit 10 homers along the way, I would be perfectly fine with that.

 

Ditto. And at this point, I think the top 15th pick is a lost cause. If the sox lost these last four games (or at least 3/4) we would had been, I believe.. tied or one game back for the top 15. (Detroit is playing just as good, and St. Louis just took 2/3 from the Cubs recently) Unless we lose every game, we are either picking 19th (most likely), or 18th.

Ditto. And at this point, I think the top 15th pick is a lost cause. If the sox lost these last four games (or at least 3/4) we would had been, I believe.. tied or one game back for the top 15. (Detroit is playing just as good, and St. Louis just took 2/3 from the Cubs recently) Unless we lose every game, we are either picking 19th (most likely), or 18th.

Beyond that...once you get outside of the top 10 in most drafts, and especially outside of the top 15...it becomes more and more of a crapshoot on every pick.

 

The problem for the Sox wasn't that there weren't good players available. The problem for the Sox was that they picked an obviously crappy player.

 

15. Scott Kazmir

16. Nick Swisher

17. Cole Hamels

18. Royce Ring

19. James Loney

20. Denard Span

21 Bobby Browlie (good work Cubs)

22. Jeremy Guthrie

23. Jeff Francoeur

24. Joe Blanton

25. Matt Cain

26. John McCurdy (Good work Beane!)

27. Sergio Santos

 

Let's win and continue with the win streak right till the end

Who wants tix for tonight? Message me.

Let's win and continue with the win streak right till the end

 

Agree!

 

I'll be there tonight. Go Sox!

 

Beyond that...once you get outside of the top 10 in most drafts, and especially outside of the top 15...it becomes more and more of a crapshoot on every pick.

 

The problem for the Sox wasn't that there weren't good players available. The problem for the Sox was that they picked an obviously crappy player.

 

Like I said before.. I can care less (as of right now) who the sox pick (and quite frankly.. their draft philosophy recently has been very good) it's the matter of getting an unprotected pick to at least "have an option" to help on Type A free agents this off-season.

Like I said before.. I can care less (as of right now) who the sox pick (and quite frankly.. their draft philosophy recently has been very good) it's the matter of getting an unprotected pick to at least "have an option" to help on Type A free agents this off-season.

And it sure seems unlikely that's going to happen. We're not nearly that bad of a team, frankly.

And it sure seems unlikely that's going to happen. We're not nearly that bad of a team, frankly.

 

Well ya.. I just said it earlier in this thread.

Pierre LF Vizquel 2B Rios CF Konerko 1B M. Ramirez DH Pierzynski C Quentin RF A. Ramirez SS Morel 3B Buehrle P

21 Bobby Browlie (good work Cubs)

Brownlie had a hell of an arm.... then it fell off. He fits right into that Cubs tradition of mishandling power pitchers.

T-Bolt's End of Spring projections for 2010 White Sox Offense: 720 Runs

They're at 718 right now. Good guess!

They're at 718 right now. Good guess!

 

That reminds me.. get your black ass over on the PTC thread... STAT!

That reminds me.. get your black ass over on the PTC thread... STAT!

It will be updated within the next day or so.

It will be updated within the next day or so.

 

No, I mean we need a new thread tonight for PTC.

Edited September 27, 201015 yr by J.Reedfan8

No, I mean we need a new thread tonight for PTC.

Ahhhhhh!

 

Got it!

You have to wonder how low the TV ratings will be tonight for the Sox game? Easily lower than the game the Sox played on the night the Hawks won the Stanley Cup.

You have to wonder how low the TV ratings will be tonight for the Sox game? Easily lower than the game the Sox played on the night the Hawks won the Stanley Cup.

Well, they are playing the Red Sox.

You have to wonder how low the TV ratings will be tonight for the Sox game? Easily lower than the game the Sox played on the night the Hawks won the Stanley Cup.

 

I wonder how many no shows there will be.

3/4s Red Sox fans, I bet.

 

I'm guessing 26k.

It would be really nice if Buehrle is the one we're able to trade, and not Danks this offseason.

You have to wonder how low the TV ratings will be tonight for the Sox game? Easily lower than the game the Sox played on the night the Hawks won the Stanley Cup.

 

Good god, I have to hear that crap from Cubs fans, now here too?