How about Reid Brignac ?

 

He can play a pretty good shortstop. He's pretty terrible offensively though.

The Sox have one spot open on the 40 man, right? I wouldn't be surprised to see them make another claim.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/p...id=anders002lar

 

40-man roster is now full.

 

 

The Sox have one spot open on the 40 man, right? I wouldn't be surprised to see them make another claim.

First post was in the Lars thread, only on phone so difficult to check to make sure.

Why would he want a 1 tool player?

Point well taken, was just curious what others thought. Someone to run for Dunn in the late innings, but we have enough of those options.

I forgot about the Anderson claim.

Eliminating the twirlybird concept on the scoreboard would be like eliminating fireworks after a Sox homer. It's part of the White Sox history and part of the experience. No way that I'd approve that. If you want to eliminate everything Veeck, then elminate names on the back of of the uniforms. Veeck was a marketing genious that does not not get near enough respect.

Veeck had some good ideas like the ivy for Wrigley field which he dreamed up when he was 13 years old and his father was the GM of the Cubs. But he also was a circus promoter with gimmicks from the short pants he made the Sox wear, the disco collar uniforms, a midget player (two if you count Chappas), the drench shower and the scoreboard that looked like a cheap arcade pinball machine.

Savarise lacked respect for the original design when he compiled his list of features for the current ballpark. He picked white for the modern tubular trusswork and light blue seating based on inspiration from Chavez Ravine, but ignored the essence of the original Comiskey Park architecture> He selected silly Veeck gimmickery like the drench shower and twirlybirds while eliminating the views our the split arched from the inside of the park and the views of downtown. The large left field bleachers backing up to the Expressway made no sense at all without an upper deck to actually block the view.

I don't want to bash Veeck and I certainly loved the old park, I am just sayin' that I would like to see more traditional baseball architecture and design for any future changes, and that would include elimination of the drench shower and the twirlybird scoreboard. Maybe a view of the loop could even be opened up on the third base side if those RF bleachers were ever built.

And that outfield wall is just lame, in my opinion.

 

As far as the old park, here is a trailer on YT of that 1990 film "Only the Lonely" where John Candy takes his girlfriend out on the field at the old Comiskey just before it was taken down.

 

I forgot about the Anderson claim.

I'd rather have Casey Kotchman , he's still waiting for a phone call.

https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/3010038...5440256/photo/1

 

Awe yeah.

 

Hey White Sox, how about some new uni numbers on the team website?

https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/3010038...5440256/photo/1

 

Awe yeah.

 

Hey White Sox, how about some new uni numbers on the team website?

 

Those don't really get set until the 25 man roster gets set.

Those don't really get set until the 25 man roster gets set.

 

Still, they usually have that up by now. People need to know if Trayce Thompson is wearing 74.

 

I'd laugh if Keppinger got 12. I'd be shocked if anyone wore 12 this year, but that would piss some people off....and that would make me happy.

http://www.southsidesox.com/minors/2013/2/..._medium=twitter

 

To me, this is a look into the mind and view of where the Sox plan on heading in the next few years. Refocusing as much as they have on the minor league system is going to pay off tremendously down the road for them, even if they struggle this year.

http://www.southsidesox.com/minors/2013/2/..._medium=twitter

 

To me, this is a look into the mind and view of where the Sox plan on heading in the next few years. Refocusing as much as they have on the minor league system is going to pay off tremendously down the road for them, even if they struggle this year.

 

It's very refreshing to hear something positive about what is going on in the minors, especially with international signings. I know it will take some time to reap the benefits of these signings, but I can't wait until we start to see it. Also, I like how it mentions how this is affecting the type of players we draft. Going after more high upside projects instead of drafting players to try and help the big league club immediately.

http://www.southsidesox.com/minors/2013/2/..._medium=twitter

 

To me, this is a look into the mind and view of where the Sox plan on heading in the next few years. Refocusing as much as they have on the minor league system is going to pay off tremendously down the road for them, even if they struggle this year.

 

I like this.

 

Side note: I got into an argument on facebook today where after a lengthy post of mine the opponent left.

 

It reminded me of my greatest internet moment.

 

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...3338&st=450 - for your reading pleasure