The Beast

I wish I could have seen... Sammy Sosa (I wish I was old enough to remember seeing him play with the Sox---I wish the Sox never traded him and that he did wonderful things for us.) Roger Clemens (We got Navarro instead.) Mike Sirotka (I always thought he was exciting to watch.) Frank Thomas (1993, 1994 seasons) Eric Gagne (We drafted him at one point.) Ichiro Suzuki John Lackaff (A guy from my area drafted by the Sox at one point.) Kevin Dubler (Who knows if he'll ever make it, I just covered him as a reporter for my high school's newspaper.) Michael Jordan (I was too young to care about baseball then.) The wasted draft picks on the kids of the White Sox, so then I could laugh at them. (Williams, Guillen, Schaffer?) Alex Rodriguez (Meh. He still pisses me off to this day.) Josh Hamilton (Today's Josh Hamilton or the Hamilton of 1999.) Mark Prior (A healthy Prior)

Would the A's do Street for Poreda and some other dudes? The hell if I know about Poreda but the Sox needed a bullpen arm. Not some random home run god.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 09:54 PM) Kong for Tracy? Why not? Paulie goes back home. Arizona may have to take on some salary, but they need some pop in that lineup. Paulie could be a risk worth taking imo. Paulie is going nowhere. Next thread please.

AJP looks just like Tre Cool of Green Day, IMO.

Oh the long story of my usernames. Let's begin with whitesoxchamp425. On the White Sox MLB site, I posted as whitesoxchamp425, which translates to whitesoxchampions and 425 is my birthday. Then I made it wsc425 on this site, but of course many of us remember me in those days. Then I was banned for 6 months and was Rauch611, which stood for Jon Rauch who was 6'11''. Then that was banned, , and then I was known as beastlyordonez30. I changed it since I was pissed at Magglio Ordonez for leaving, leaving me as Beastly.

7 5/8.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jul 15, 2008 -> 05:52 PM) Disgusting. What? You don't want to win? I'd take Favre any day of the week over the s*** that we've got.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 02:39 PM) I'm sure Farve would be creaming in his shorts to come to team with an offensive line from hell, no real running back threat to speak of, and a WR core that would be third best in the CFL. I'm sure Farve would LOVE to play in Chicago..... The Packers don't have the greatest offensive line either. The thing about Favre and unlike the rest of those shmucks on the Bears is that he makes things happen. Sure, he'll have this amount of picks, but he will help the Bears score more TDs and hell, I think the Bears could be headed to the NFC Title game if he plays for them. Sure it is still a pipe dream, but its not that unrealistic IMO.

Juan Uribe and prospect for Daniel Cabrera? Or is that a pipe dream?

I would definitely love to see DJ stay in TV with the Sox. To be honest with all of you, I can't stand Hawk and his b****ing of the umpires as well as his old stories. DJ is young, groomed and brings "fresh blood" to the table. To be honest with you, I think the Sox would benefit with a team involving Jack McDowell and Darrin Jackson on Comcast Sports Net in some capacity (not play-by-play) because it's a younger "team." Jackson just wouldn't be used to his full potential on the radio and I think that he and Farmer would clash quite a bit. I've got a feeling that Jackson will stay here under his current job or a pre or postgame show, as I do not believe he wants to work for another team.

QUOTE (north side chi sox fan @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 08:53 PM) wise ran his heart out he wants to be on this team He's really making this decision a tough one for the Sox. However, Ozzie did say Wise is playing to be here at Chicago or he's going to be playing elsewhere. Either way, Wise is getting a good end of the deal. I just would rather have Wise than BA.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 29, 2008 -> 08:33 PM) oookay TV off. Come on man, we're not Cub fans. Turn that TV back on.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 29, 2008 -> 09:19 PM) If the game got out of reach. Get him some innings. True, but you need all of the runs you can get against the Cubs and I don't want it to be that convenient for them to get back in the game. But if this wasn't the Cubs, I'd be fine with that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2008 -> 09:17 PM) Hell no, bring in Jenks Yeah, why the f*** would we bring Russell in?

Come on, Thomerun to the bullpen. EDIT: GONE!!!

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) Looks like we got a break...I like this first base ump! Yeah, they get a break. I like these umpires because they don't take s*** and stick with their calls. Granted both calls were incorrect, they shouldn't take the s*** they got from Trammell or Piniella. I'm glad the home plate umpire threw him out. Also, on a play at first like that, there is no way, unless you have the perfect angle, the perfect eyesight, and perfect hearing, you absolutely cannot make that call.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 29, 2008 -> 06:39 PM) Haha Lou. No way should he have been thrown out there. I hate the Cubs, but I love Lou. You do not come out of the dugout to argue balls and strikes even if you are right. Never, good call by that Home plate umpire, I would have said "eat s*** and take the night off, fat f***."

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 03:56 PM) The NFL hasn't been the same since the Tuck Rule, then there was the 2005 Ref Bowl debacle and such. There are good ref crews like Hochuli but there are some awful ones too that make some bizarre calls, and only this year did they finally put in some rules to give the defense some leeway because the bias in favor of offense was ridiculous. Fair enough, I thought you were talking about holding calls and other calls from the line, because those are well deserved. I think the rule about late hits on Quarterbacks is a bit rediculous, but for the most part, I think the NFL has solid officiating.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 04:34 PM) This also applies to the NFL. Are you serious? I happen to think the NFL has better officiating than the MLB. Have you ever seen Mike Carey officiate in a football game? He's great!

QUOTE (Nokona @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 04:23 PM) Since about 04 there has been just a steady decline in everything having to do with officiating. I no longer know where the strikezone is anymore. The MLB should shoot themselves in the foot for the "steady decline" of Umpires. They made several good ones retire and they also "cut" some who were respected umpires. The strike zone is letters to knees and the ball should be just off the plate for the outside corner. I've noticed that the majority of the umpires do not call the inside corner anymore due to b****ing by several batters. (See last weekend's game with the home plate umpire on Friday---he consistently called balls for the inside corner.)

QUOTE (quickman @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 10:49 PM) actually I was more upset with the punchout of AJ's check swing in the ninth. not even close. IIRC that pitch was close to the zone so either way it wasn't just the swing that could have called him out. Either way, the Sox are playing like s*** right now and I can't watch this garbage. Hopefully Buehrle has a good outing tomorrow night. I do have one question though, what are the dimensions at Wrigley compared to USCF?

He is Rick Ankiel all over again.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 02:52 PM) Id love taking a chance on Kevin Jones or bring back the A-Train. It wouldn't be too farfetched for the A-Train to come back to town. Or would it? :unsure

Here's a list of guys that are free agent running backs, not sure if they should be considered but here's what I uncovered: Kevin Jones Shaun Alexander Mike Anderson Ron Dayne Samkon Gado Anthony Thomas I actually think the Bears will not bring in anyone and keep all of the running backs they have on the roster. Clearly they do not want to cut Adrian Peterson, a special teams standout, Garrett Wolfe, of whom I'm sure they want to see what he can do for them, and of course Forte, who I believe can be something special if he splits time with Peterson early on and maybe he can become the back of the Bears later on this year.

Come on Toby, its up to you man. Whack one that's down the middle of the plate. Here's just what I think of the pitches: First one is a ball. Second is strike one even if it was called. Third is a ball. Fourth is questionable because the bat hit the ball. I'd say it is in there. Fifth is a ball. Sixth is a strike called if he doesn't hit it. Seventh is a strike called if it wasn't fouled off. Out! EDIT: Did anyone see the security guard near the twins dugout? I remember that guy, he's the jerk.