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Looks like Community will be going on hiatus, obviously this is not good but we may see it again in the future even after this current run ends early. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed...nity-nbc-261221

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Nov 14, 2011 -> 05:11 PM) Has this been confirmed anywhere? @sepinwall Community is being pulled from NBC's mid-season schedule. Working on story now... 20 minutes ago via TweetDeck Same goes for Prime Suspect, by the way. I have personally never seen it.

Looks like Community's going bye-bye, pulled from the mid-season schedule. I know it didn't get a lot of love around here, especially of late it seems but I adored that show.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 13, 2011 -> 08:29 PM) The offense was looking good until midway through the 2nd quarter. Then Martz started getting cute and fancy and the offense lost all of its rythm. Also, Bennett disappeared in the second half. Cutler attempted 6 passes in the second half.

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4809/so...ctsheet2012.jpg Updated to the very second! Only a month+ since I promised the update! Let me know if you see any mistakes, I triple checked it but sometimes that's not even enough.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 03:56 PM) They're not going to reach a point where they stop talking, I think I'm gaining confidence in that. As long as they're talking, they'll have a shot at moving closer. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they wound up close to repeating the 99 schedule with a January start. I believe the drop-dead date was January 7th in '99, struck a deal on the 6th and went on to have the worst season of basketball in the modern era.

He's been in the league for 12 years. And yeah, he was quite good last year splitting time with Hannigan.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Nov 2, 2011 -> 05:21 PM) Not that the formula has any merit, but it already accounted for the homerun's run and rbi thing by subtracting homeruns once. Why are you taking them out a second time? The idea is that when you knock yourself in, then you are only creating one run. You are absolutely right, I am an idiot. 0.960 Konerko 0.898 Quentin 0.889 De Aza 0.861 Ramirez 0.810 Pierre 0.655 Rios 0.632 Flower 0.627 Beckham 0.605 Pierzynski 0.595 Morel 0.557 Lillibridge 0.552 Viciedo 0.549 Dunn 0.448 Vizquel 0.373 Teahen

QUOTE (Cali @ Nov 2, 2011 -> 04:08 PM) So f***ing true. Getting rid of Ozzie was a chance for a complete facelift for the entire culture of the organization and what do we do? The same old same old. Can't wait to try to squeeze a competitive diamond of of a piece of s*** team in 2012. It just won't work. Hell these hires (and the retention of KW) could end up working out in the end but that does absolutely nothing for my current mental health and nothing the Sox have done over the past month has inspired a shred of confidence in the fan base. Meanwhile we're forced to watch while across town Tom Ricketts has done exactly what he promised when he bought the Cubs: blow up the pathetic, losing culture that has overwhelmed that franchise for generations. Not only has he radically altered the trajectory of his franchise he's seemingly done it flawlessly to this point. The Cubs get Theo who sells his vision about as well as anyone and we get the perpetually vexed KW, things are good.

So Jeff Manto's silly little stat -- (R+RBI-HR)/G -- tweaked to account for the fact that a HR earns you both a run and an RBI as opposed to just one or the other -- (R+RBI-(HR*2))/G -- when calculated for last year's team looks something like this: 0.815 De Aza 0.797 Pierre 0.766 Ramirez 0.752 Konerko 0.695 Quentin 0.566 Rios 0.560 Beckham 0.543 Pierzynski 0.517 Viciedo 0.516 Morel 0.500 Flowers 0.459 Dunn 0.448 Vizquel 0.423 Lillibridge 0.314 Teahen Now, what have we learned? Absolutely nothing.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 2, 2011 -> 03:47 PM) I thought Cheat got run off, and it was someone else now? That's right Jim Margalus from Sox Machine is running SSS, brain fart.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 2, 2011 -> 10:21 AM) No hoops. Hockey? Yuck. Bears talk usually gets going Thursday through Saturday. And the White Sox just signed Jeff Manto. It's somewhat understandable. Yeah, this is kind of a big deal. The Cubs just went from an archaic, joke of a front office to a big boy, modern organization run by people who know what the f*** they're doing. It's the biggest story in the city right now. The past month or so has been a f***ing nightmare given the moves on both sides of town and it's probably only going to get worse in the years to come.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 2, 2011 -> 05:02 AM) Just a reminder this was off southsidesox another internet message board. We're accepting it as correct. It's the same as taking a post from anyone here that includes a old quote from somebody which may or may not be accurate. I know it's the off season and we ware looking for anything to discuss, but this stuff becomes legend and pretty soon we all "know" what Manto is trying to do when in reality it's just some guy posting on an message board writing a feature post on what he believes Manto is trying to do. Southsidesox is not a message board, it's a blog. And a damn good one at that.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 1, 2011 -> 01:36 PM) Right about where he landed in the voting, according to Fielding Runs Saved: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...0&players=0 Yeah, there's a lot of really good defensive 2B out there, finishing behind those 8 guys is hardly an insult. Being a top 10 defensive 2B in today's game is pretty special.

QUOTE (Cali @ Nov 1, 2011 -> 01:25 AM) By the way, it's sucks, but Frank has about a 1% chance of being on the 1st ballot. There are STILL old codger f***s who think no one is first ballot ever. Couple that with the DH thing and it's second ballot for sure. Blows, but it's the truth. Even with the steroid thing bumping him up. Roberto Alomar got 73.7% on his first ballot, second time through 90%. How did his career somehow get 16.3% better in one year? They'll let Maddux and Glavine in. They'll go in as teammates. It'll be a nice story, but it'll be 2015 for the Hurt. John Hirschbeck happened. While my logical (cynical) side says Frank WILL be a 2nd balloter, the Big Hurt fanboy in me disagrees. Dude is 2 f***ing points behind Stan Musial on the All-Time OPS list, that's first ballot quality, right? Was the 20 points he sacrificed for 500 HR really worth it? In the long run, probably but .995 looks f***ing sick in career slash stats.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 06:27 PM) I think that is a fair assessment. We're strictly talking defense here. So no, it's not. As for overall: finishing #1 in UZR, #14 in wOBA (with a couple of utility players included in the 13 players ahead of him) and #4 in WAR at your position has to average out somewhere in the top 10.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 05:53 PM) How the hell did Alexei finish 8th when he had a +11 UZR (1st in baseball) and a +7 DRS (10th in baseball)? Ask Bill James and Joe Pos. they seem to believe he's not a top 10 SS.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 02:44 PM) MDGonzales Mark Gonzales Buehrle and Pierzynski are AL Gold Glove Award nominees, according to ESPN release. And meanwhile looking at the voting of the sane: Buehrle wins his 3rd consecutive Fielding Bible award by the largest margin of any player over R.A. Dickey and AJ does not receive a single point, unlike his teammates Quentin (2 points) and Pierre (1 point). Morel finished 9th at 3B showing up on 7 of 10 ballots, 21 points, with his highest finish being 6th on Doug Glanville's list. Beckham also finished 9th at 2B with 26 points, 8 of 10 ballots, 2nd on Glanville's list. Alexei finished 8th at SS, 31 points, 7 of 10 ballots, 3rd on Hal Richman's list, 5th on Neyer's. No points for Konerko, Rios or any other Sox pitchers. Full list of winners: C Weiters 1B Pujols 2B Pedroia 3B Beltre SS Tulo LF Gardner CF Austin Jackson RF Upton P Buehrle http://www.fieldingbible.com/complete-votetally.asp

Sure seems like the only people who think Chris Harris is any damn good these days are his former teammates, typically not a good sign.

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 24, 2011 -> 05:50 PM) I'm more looking forward to '13 or '14. 2012 White Sox: 67-95 AT BEST... I'll take that bet. Over/under of 67.5 wins and I get the over.

Wouldn't it just be easier if someone just named a farm system they believe is worse than that of the Sox and argue it out from there?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 12:01 PM) bob nightengale suggested Paul Molitor I like the idea of Molitor, 3 years as Tom Kelly's bench coach. Brenly's another good one, dude knows the damn game and comes with plenty of experience. My guess is still Riggs, it makes a ton of sense.

So would the Sox need permission to speak to a special assignment scout? I assume so since he's likely under some sort of contract. Jim Riggleman was Jim Tracy's bench coach in 2003 and 2004 when Robin played for the Dodgers. He would be my guess.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Oct 6, 2011 -> 05:07 PM) I asked for carlton Fisk and anyone who joined me was closer in reality than any of you other jokers - er I mean Soxtalk posters. It's the organizational thing. I look forward to success in 2012. Big difference in attitude between Fisk and Ventura. But yeah, I guess it could have been him, I'm done pretending to know what this organization is thinking.

Wait, what?