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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 23, 2011 -> 08:34 AM) He came along with Gio in the Freddy Garcia to the Phils trade. Yeah that was a great trade. That was the same summer he traded BMac for Danks. One thing KW is really good at, is identifying starting pitching. Oh and you have to give crabby Coop some credit too.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 21, 2011 -> 10:04 AM) What are they gonna do about it? If he wants to retire, he can retire. He won't retire. This season is a lost cause. But he'll be okay in 2012 in my opinion. Hopefully Pauly takes him under his wing and they train hard together in the offseason.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 03:20 PM) Save the fact that Adam Dunn has stated he doesn't pick up a baseball bat in the offseason. There's some merit there... I'd reckon picking up a baseball bat might assist in his not sucking so much. Thanks Steve! I usually don't state "ignorant responses with no merit" i've been on here for 7 years now- geeze loueeze!

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 03:15 PM) I love ignorant statements that have no merit. its not an ingorant statement, if im stating a known fact about his offseason preparations. sorry bud! If it worked before for the NL- awesome. Take this as a learning experience and actually work out and train in the offseason this year.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:34 PM) At first I was like "YAY DUNN!" And now I'm like "BOO" Seriously, this signing has worked out absolutely horrendously so far. I just can't believe it. This guy was supposed to be Mr. Consistent. Hopefully next year he will actually spend the winter training for the season. What ever he did to prepare for the NL season (which is do nothing) obviously isn't cutting it here.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 11:38 AM) Even IF we were to win the Comedy Central, this team is so full of holes and inconsistency that the first decent team we face will make quick work of us (think: Tampa in 2008). I'm not so sure about that. The Sox are 10-4 against the Indians, Rangers, Yankees and Red Sox thus far this year. The problem is- actually making the playoffs.

The Sox are in a unique position because they can trade some veterans for prospects, bring up other prospects and still have a chance to win this division. 1) Sell high! Now is the time to get a nice package for Quentin. Bring up Viciedo and hopefully he can do damage up here. 2) We can likely get a couple of nice prospects for Edwin Jackson. 3) Dunn and Rios. Yeah they are not going anywhere. Any production from these 2 knuckleheads will be a bonus at this point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 08:46 AM) That deal was put in place by Ron Schueler. Nope. Kenny Williams made that deal on December 13, 2001 as he dealt Kip Wells, Josh Fogg and Sean Lowe for Todd Ritchie and Lee Evans.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 10:24 PM) He was great with the Sox at every position he played. They haven't had a better fielding SS, 2b, or 3b since he's been gone. Wish he were still here. And he was a good hitter too, except when he listened to Walker. Hey now. The dodgers are 11 games back. I can see them trying to move Uribe before the deadline You have to give Uribe credit. He isn't the best player in the world, but when it counts, he sure comes through! He now has 2 rings to show for it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 02:40 PM) You may not remember, but the person on this site who was the strongest advocate of trading Rios at the end of May last year was me. I shut up mid-June because I realized we weren't going to be selling anyone, but it's not the first time I've written this. You were definitley right. Rios has proven to me to be one of the laziest players i have every seen in a white sox uniform. I would love to dump him some how. But we would likely have to eat half the salary.

What happened to that White Sox payroll spreadsheet?

Well you have to look at the farm and figure out what you can bring up and who can actually be moved. Secondly, you have to figure out what you want your future rotation to look at. The Humber arrival has been amazing. It gives us flexibility to trade one of our starting pitchers, and it will likely be Jackson. Next year i would keep Humber, Floyd, Danks and obviously we also have Peavy. If KW can swing that Quentin deal for one of Atlanta's starting pitchers, that would be ideal. I think Buerhle will finish his career in St. Louis. If Quentin is dealt, we have room in the OF for Viciedo in RF. For next year that leaves LF open since Pierre is off the books. I would eventually move Viciedo to LF for 2012 and sign a RF via free agency.

This team is sooo frusterating. We have pleanty of pitching. But our offense has underachieved for over 3 months. When will someone be held accountable for Adam Dunn's and Alex Rios' horrible seasons? Obviously Greg Walker will never be fired, its obvious that Guillen is losing his passion for managing this team. Whatever happened to putting the best players out there on a given night? When Ozzie first started, he would never tolerate this crap. Now its almost as if he "has" to let Dunn and Rios play because of their contracts. Guys like Lillibridge and Viciedo would give us a much better chance to win over Rios and Dunn and yet- he isn't pulling the trigger on that move. The AL central has also dominated us for the past year and a half. When you are trying to win a division, you NEED to play over .500 vs your division rivals. We are freakin 7-14 vs the central this year. Last year we were 32-40. That is garbage. We are not going to win this division or let alone come close to making the playoffs being dominated by our own weak division like we are. What do i want to happen? Make some moves! Bench guys! Bring up Viciedo. Let Lillybridge spend more time our in CF. Make some trades, starting thinking about the future. Obviously we are stuck with guys like Dunn and Rios. But we can definitley get some value back for guys like Edwin Jackson and Carlos Quentin.

I think this deal will get done soon. This would be a brilliant move by KW. It would give us pleanty of flexibility to make other moves and it gives us a pretty damn good young arm to plug in our rotation for many years. It would also allow us to FINALLY bring up Viciedo! It seems like the "Tank" has done a lot of work hitting the off speed stuff down in the farm.

I've gone to at least 1 cross town game each year at the cell since interleague started. Last night when i was there, i noticed a much smaller amount of cub fans. Anyone else notice this? I also had a lot of fun last night. It was a very good baseball game, great atmosphere and many positives came out of this series. I know many fans hate this series, but i love it! This series usually gives us that nice kick in the ass that we need every year. Now lets get rolling here.

I like Santos as our closer. He has 3 really good pitches and knows how to switch up velocity when needed. Santos may have hit a bump or two this past week- but he has no fear and I believe he can be a really effective closer for this team the rest of the year.

we suck! in fact for the first time ever- i truly believe they won't get back in this thing. Yea the offense may wake up- but we still dont have a closer, the defense in the outfield is a mess (except cf) and we have a manager that doesn't seem to know how to manage a team anymore. damn it! And its only May 1st!

When you are up 2 in the 8th- you need to shut down the opposition. This game shouldn't of even sniffed extras. This is a terrible loss overall and hopefully it doesn't carry over into tomorrow's ballgame.

I'm predicting an offensive outburst and sox sweep!

Wow. Thats a cool story. I actually have one of those uniforms and i occassionally where it to the ballpark. My favorite are the ones of today. Did you all know that we've had these same uniforms for the past 22 years? Crazy to think about. But i think its important to keep a look going. I love the fact that they brought back the basic logo from 1949-1975.

Where is Freddy Garcia when you need him?!? I still like our chances without him. However, now we are in a position where we will likely be scrambling to find that 5th starter until June or so. Ahhh the infamous black hole at the 5th starter spot. Remember those days from 2001-2004?

Pierre has taken Milledge under his wing. Pierre is a great club house presence and does a great job for players that at one time were 'lost' or looking to find there way on a new team. I have a feeling Rios success in 2010 had a lot to do with Pierre. He keeps guys loose and comfortable.

Bobby isn't the same pitcher. We just couldn't rely on him anymore. The organization made the right choice to move on. Thorton has truly earned the right to be our every day closer. How come when a player leaves after having success here, they feel the need to rip management? Maggs, Frank and now Bobby. I look at guys like Rowand, Thome and Ventura and realize how classy they were after they left. It makes me appreciate the quality of a person as a player a lot more.

I remember in '05, most 'experts' had the Sox finishing 3rd or 4th in the division going into ST. I remember Ryan Sandberg (Yahoo sports writer at the time) being the only guy to pick the Sox to make the playoffs that year. I could care less what the major networks say about the White Sox. One thing i know is- this team is the best on paper since the 2006 team.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 16, 2011 -> 07:57 PM) To be fair, outside of May, Rios was pretty ordinary. I expect more from him considering his skill-set. He is definitley capable of doing better. But my main goal for him in 2011 is to get on base for PK and AD!