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QUOTE (Soxman72 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 01:37 PM) FWIW.....I was in Baltimore a few years back and did the stadium tour. I was told that the design group that created their ballpark first pitched the design to the White Sox ownership, but that it was turned down. The Sox claimed that they wanted a "new design" and did not want to have an old time feel to their new park. New Comiskey was approved to be built right before the boom of "old time" new parks like Baltimore. Baltimore did make changes to the original design (warehouse & the stadium is built into the ground. You enter the park on the main concourse). Sox ownership wanted a brand new concept for their park without obstructed views. Today there are obstructed views due to the batters eye and upper deck supports. I think it is a great place to watch the game and I enjoy going to the park. I know there are better parks out there, but it could be worse. We could be in Tampa. It's been a few years since I've been to Camden Yards, but it's not like the design is all that unique or anything. It's really those changes to the design that were Baltimore-specific (e.g., the warehouse) that made it distinctive. If you just took the basic design and plopped it down on the South Side I'm not sure it would be much different from what we have now.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:54 PM) If the Sox and Twins series go as planned we could be out of it more than the Dodgers by Tuesday. Would we still want Manny if we lose all 3 to NY and the Twins win all 3 vs. Seattle? We may not have a choice. LA can still dump Manny on us if they want. If we have a bad weekend, Kenny may just avoid sweeting the pot any.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:48 PM) They are only 5 gms back in the wildcard they aren't out of it by a long shot 5 games out is a longshot when you also have 4 teams to pass. Hopefully LA loses a few this weekend to knock them back a little further. I'm not surprised by LA saying publicly they're not inclined to make trades, they should be saying that no matter what to keep some leverage over Kenny.

Let's get a deal done quickly, we could use him Saturday and Sunday.

I can't see an AL team below us taking on a few million just out of spite. I think we win the claim, unless an NL team goes for it.

It's not my money. If Kenny and Jerry are ok spending a few million for a month of Manny, I'm all for it. Manny at his worst is still better than Kotsay/Jones.

Ozzie is an idiot. No need to throw Thome under the bus... http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...-departure.html "I'm not afraid," Guillen said. "I can care less what people think. We're in second place. When Jim Thome was here, we finished third three times out of four years (actually two third-place finishes and one fourth-place ending). We went to one playoff because he hit a home run to go to the playoffs.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) There's really no reason for Boston to sell off. 10 left with New York 7 left with Tampa 9 left with Toronto 6 with Baltimore 7 with Chicago 6 with Seattle 3 with Oakland 3 with Los Angeles 3 with Texas That's 12 games against teams that are in last place and 17 against the two teams in front of them, with only 10 against other good teams. They have plenty of time to get healthy, and if they're healthy, they can certainly make a run. I don't see how that's an easy or favorable schedule at all, other than having some games against the teams they're chasing. According to your #'s, that's 27 out of 54 remaining games (half) against teams that are in the playoffs as of today -- NYY, Tampa, Sox, and Texas. And that doesn't even count 12 games against Toronto and Anaheim, who are hardly pushovers. Now Youkilis is out for the year. Boston might not be ready to sell yet, but they could be getting very close.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 02:17 PM) If either team wins game 1, there is a 50% chance the same team wins game 2 there is a 50% chance the other team wins game 2 therefore, after game 1 is concluded, there should be close to a 50/50 chance either team wins game 2, if their skill level is relatively similar. That's exactly right. This isn't that complicated. Whichever team wins game 1, that team should have a 50% chance of winning game 2, assuming the teams are roughly equal (it's just like flipping a coin, you flip one time, it's 50/50 heads or tails, if you flip a second time, it's 50/50 heads or tails). Yet, that team only wins game 2 26% of the time, about half as often as you'd expect. There's clearly some external factor(s) at work skewing the odds.

That really is a huge statistical variation from what you'd expect. Put another way, a team that wins game 1 only wins game 2 25% of the time. You'd expect around 50%, maybe even a bit higher if one team is better than the other. I have a hard time believing mindset accounts for all of that, but I can't think of anything else. Maybe the team that wins game 1 is more likely to rest some regulars in game 2? Is there any difference between day-night doubleheaders and where one game immediately follows the next?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) Sound like the Victor Zambrano for Scott Kazmir deal to anyone else? Zambrano was 29 at the time, Jackson is 26, and IIRC Kazmir was a much higher rated prospect (with more upside) than Hudson. I think the Sox are intrigued by Jackson's stuff, some big league experience, while still being pretty young.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 01:38 PM) A friend of mine on Facebook who used to work for ESPN seems pretty confident that deal is in place for Jackson + prospects for Dunn, and we are just waiting on Nats to sign off on it. Is a deal really "in place" if the Nats haven't agreed to it?

Is the key "by tonight"? Not sure who could be here that quickly.

QUOTE (thedoctor @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 12:07 PM) under that scenario it doesn't really matter where they trade him, sox or cardinals. but if you are factoring in the cub fanbase's desire to see a team fail the cardinals>>>>>>white sox. It could. If the Cubs land a prospect who makes it to the majors, that's a guy they're taking away from the Cards for several years. I doubt many Cubs fans would get that worked up about a Lilly to the Cardinals trade.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 11:36 AM) Hendry would much rather trade to the Sox than to the Cardinals. Assuming some level of rationality (maybe a mistake), isn't it better for the Cubs to trade Lilly to the Cardinals at this point? Lilly is only under contract for this year, when the Cubs are out of it anyway. They can grab a prospect or two from the Cardinals, potentially coming out ahead after this year. I don't see much downside to a trade within the division in that scenario.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 04:23 PM) The only way Huddy is getting traded is if we have another deal to bring a sp over here. Agree. And even if we keep Hudson, Kenny might still deal for a SP with Hudson's struggles.

QUOTE (Mattchoo @ Jul 26, 2010 -> 12:27 PM) Can we keep Arizona in the mix for a three team deal, but instead have them send Edwin Jackson to Milw so we can get Fielder. I think I'm the only Sox fan that doesn't want the big donkey. Obviously he is an upgrade over what we currently have; I would just rather have Prince over him. Just about every Sox fan would rather have Fielder. He'd be a LOT more expensive though, since he's under team control next year.

I'd take Lilly in a pure salary dump trade, but I wouldn't give up any decent prospects to get him.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 03:54 PM) I REALLY hope he goes to the Rangers. I say this because the Twins have 7 games left w/ the Rangers, the Tigers have 5 games left, and the Sox are DONE with them. The only time the Sox might have to see them is in the playoffs. And we have 2 series coming up against the hopefully Lee-less Mariners. Nice.

Was just looking at the Rangers' prospect rankings at Baseball America, their top prospects each year have had a crazy success rate: 2001 Carlos Pena, 1b Rays 2002 Hank Blalock, 3b Rangers 2003 Mark Teixeira, 3b Yankees 2004 Adrian Gonzalez, 1b Padres 2005 Thomas Diamond, rhp Cubs 2006 Edinson Volquez, rhp Reds 2007 John Danks, lhp White Sox 2008 Elvis Andrus, ss Rangers 2009 Neftali Feliz, rhp Rangers http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...010/269402.html

QUOTE (pktmotion @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 01:23 PM) Wow so it looks like Jesus Montero-David Adams-Zach McAllister for Cliff Lee. We could have gotten Lee for Flowers-Retherford-Torres. Unbelievable. I don't get surprised when the Yankees sign top guys in FA, but when they dupe teams into these trades; it's pretty evident how good their front office is. You're a fool if you really think that a Flowers/Retherford/Torres package would even get the M's attention. Montero is a top 5 prospect in all of baseball. We don't even have anyone like that in our system, unless you want to talk about Beckham.

There's obviously a limited # of "reservations" available for each game. I imagine these just come out of the tickets that would go towards the public sale. Smart move by MLB. They make extra money not only for "reservations" on playoff teams, but also on all the teams that don't even make the playoffs. I'm tempted to fork over $35 for a ALCS and WS reservation.

We're right in the thick of it now. We just need to keep winning series and wait for some head-to-head games against the Twins and Tigers.

We've won 9 in a row and 13 of 14. I'll wait til we lose a few to suggest big changes.

He looked awful in the field yesterday. Even that bases-loaded popup he caught was an adventure.