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QUOTE(easyw @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 05:39 AM) For any of you with expanded basic cable, I believe that the MLB Season ticket (or 'Extra Innings') is giving away a free preview this week, until April 15th. I have Comcast digital and the coverage begins around channel 465. Watching the out of market games is addicting - I saw Bmac pitch, and got to watch most of the Tigers/O's marathon last night. The season package costs $160, too rich for my cheap bastard ass, but its still nice to have it free -- if only for a week. You can also get MLBtv.com free for a five day trial. Probably the best option for the monetarily challenged is the MLB Gameday Audio for $14.95 (full season), although it's probably not as necessary if you live in Chicago. But it is interesting to listen to other teams' announcers, especially their perceptions of the White Sox.

Jerry Reinsdorf's generosity extended to the late New England Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley, who died last week at 55. Reinsdorf offered Stingley, who became a quadriplegic after a vicious tackle in a 1978 exhibition game, an open invitation and total access any time to attend Bulls games during the Michael Jordan era. Reinsdorf provided him close parking to the stadium for his special-needs van and free admission for his caregiver. … www.chicagosports.com

QUOTE(Drew @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 02:46 AM) As long as he's not higher than The Duke. That guy threw at his own kid in a father-son game. I can't see the list, because I'm at school and there's a firewall against Maxim Gibson Drysdale Dave Winfield Clu Haywood/Pete Vukovich (Major League) Lee Smith Ryne Duren (Coke bottle glasses) Sudden Sam McDowell Joel Zumaya

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 09:15 PM) Jim, where have you seen that before? (for those who have no idea, Mientkiewicz just robbed Alexi Casilla of a probably a triple) and who is this guy that the Twins have on the mound. They keep saying Ramon Ortiz, but that's no way that's true. Not possible. Twins just went ahead off Farnsworth. Castillo reached, stole 2nd and Mauer flipped a single to the opposite field. Cuddyer also singled, 3-1 Twins, inning's still not over. Farnsworth sucks, even with the new retro shades. One way or the other, the top 4 in the AL Central will be bunched within one game in the standings after tonight. Ortiz was very good for the Angels in 02 and 03, then his career kind of hit a swoon and he ended up on the Nationals. CRAIG MONROE hit another freakin' grand slam home run in the Top of the 12th. 4-0 Tigers. I'm really starting to hate that guy. He's their version of Joe Crede, Mr. Clutch.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 09:06 PM) ......? His fastball is not hitting 96-100. It's not hitting 94-97. It might touch 95 occasionally, but he's sitting at 90-93 right now. That's the concern with Bobby right now, and that elbow, along with the shoulder tightness and hip problems he's had, are a major red flag. That's how the elbow relates. And I really don't know how you know that velocity will come back. I recall him hitting mid to high 90s already at this point in the year last year, and every other reliever in the pen seems to have their velocity at 100%. Why doesn't Bobby? How is that not worrisome in the least? Bobby, like every other reliever in the Sox pen, along with every other consistently good reliever in the majors, are successful because of their fastball. If his fastball is 5 MPH slower than it was last year, he is going to get rocked because he is going to rely too heavily upon his breaking stuff, and even his breaking stuff - as good as it is - will be hit eventually because no pitcher can rely entirely upon secondary pitches to be successful. You saw that in last night's game. Point blank, Bobby without his fastball will be a mediocre to bad closer. The second half of last year is a perfect example. I just hope that hoping comes through and Bobby's velocity does indeed get back up to the 96-100 range, because if not, he's not a dominant closer, and he's not the best reliever on the Sox. Takatsu got away with being a non-fastball closer for awhile, but it didn't last. Doug Jones and Trevor Hoffman also come to mind, although Jones does throw in the lower 90's. But it's a rarity.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:44 PM) The Bal/Det game is going to extras, 0-0. At least the Indians lost tonight, we get an extra day of rest, and the Twins are tied going into the 7th and they don't have Rincon. Hard to get really excited about cheering for the Yankees, but they (the Twins) deserve to lose after moving up Johan Santana to start against us on Sunday. I guess that's the ultimate form of respect...they would rather beat the White Sox than the Twins. Top of the 11th in BALT. 0-0. Uh-oh, leadoff double by Monroe. At least I still have pleasant memories from the Ross Gload grand salami off Ray last year, then A-Rod did the same thing this year. Inge struck out and Granderson flew out to CF, threat averted. Bottom of the 11th, still 0-0. Luis Vizcaino is in for the Yankees. Strange. We've sent a few pitchers there. Tom Gordon. Loaiza. Antonio Osuna.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:21 PM) Good to see Gio showing adequate control. And I really want to see Day's slider. Hopefully better than Arnie Munoz's infamous curveball or the Felix Diaz fastball.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:32 PM) Ah, so now its not his stuff, its his elbow. The guy is a top closer. His stuff is electric, and he will build up to the mid to high 90's. With that cutter and curve he will be sub 3 no problem I think anything below 3.25 is VERY ambitious for Jenks, unless he gets his velocity back up.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:12 PM) I pretty much agree with this whole post, except if he is only hitting 92-95, I think he will be more around a 4-4.5 ERA A veteran National League scout said Jenks' fastball topped out Tuesday at 95 m.p.h., a 2 m.p.h. increase from two weeks ago. Jenks said his pitch selection was much better than Tuesday's. He got Mike Piazza on a grounder to start the ninth inning, then struck out Eric Chavez and Mark Ellis. "Once I go to bed at night, I'm done being [upset]," Jenks said. "Today is a new day. That's the way I've looked at it since I've been in this role." from chicagosports.com

Sorry if I missed this...have they released these rankings? I heard the local Royals' announcer talking about how they'd moved way up (I think to #11) from being in the 20's the last couple of years, so I was curious where we stood. Around #10-14? http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...ures/26854.html That's all I could find, but this information is only good through 2006.

QUOTE(dasox24 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:02 PM) I thought Harrell was supposed to start in Winston-Salem, but he's not on the roster. Extended Spring Training possibly? I hope not, but where else could he be? EDIT: I found this on Whitesox.com: The Pioneer League doesn't start until late June, right? Around the week or so after the draft...Dewon Day is looking more promising each week.

QUOTE(HeGone33 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 07:54 PM) I'll take mine over both Is she Russian/Czech, a porn star, or neither?

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...biraax_mobaax_1 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 2 BB's, 8 K's 2.45 ERA Collaro was 3 for 4 (.400) with RBI's again

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 12:29 PM) Haigwood, to me, is a good example of the player who is a victim of overreliance on scouting reports. I think a lot of scouts lose the forest for the trees - they are so caught up in a few MPH of velocity, or a few inches of height, etc., that they don't notice that a player is really good at just getting it done. Some players find a way to be very good despite what the skills reports say. And then the decision happens - its decided that subjective outlook on future skill use is more important than actual results. And so players like Haigwood fall through the cracks. Its sort of sad, because succeeding and finding a way to perform are themselves very important skills that get overlooked. See Castro and Marshall. In all seriousness, I think they were happier to rehabilitate Wing than they are likely to bring back Haigwood.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 05:04 PM) BA or Erstad. Its implied when we say that the winning run wouldn't have been scored if Pods had been subbed out. BA saved one run today, but he looked simply miserable at the plate.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 05:16 PM) topping out at 91 today... got a ton of help by the Athletics' hitters because they were chasing a lot of bad pitches... On the Comcast feed, he was 91-93. I think he might have thrown one at 89 again, but it might have been a cutter instead of a straight fastball.

QUOTE(zenryan @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 05:10 PM) big series win It seems like last year, we always won the first two and then let up or went with the dreaded Sunday line-up. We SHOULD be 5-3, but 4-4 is fine (considering we just took 2 of 3 and rallied back from a comatose state) and we have Carmona instead of Sabathia, if we even play this weekend. But you definitely feel happy for the team that they can get on that plane and take some positive feelings with them...sure, they could have swept, but they also could have left feeling like they were jinxed again, especially after the ball off the umpire and the way Buehrle started out with bad luck and a miniscule strike zone. You can tell Mark was breathing a sigh of relief and genuinely happy with JD for bailing him out.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 05:07 PM) The upper deck was used for a while, but they covered it up a couple years ago because they could never sell the things. Fastball still stuck between 91-93, but we'll a take it. That's a nice.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 05:02 PM) Now I stick with Aardsma. He has had some time off, Thor has been inconsistant, and both Jenks and Mac are over worked. If they blow this game, I'm going to load one of those bank "shuttle tubes" with all of my pennies and launch it at KW's office with a gigantic slingshot.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:55 PM) I'd stick with Aardsma. Kielty kills LH pitchers, then you have Piazza and Chavez. It would be nice to get an 8-3 lead and just leave Aardsma out there. I don't think I can take Jenks again. Wouldn't that be 3 days in a row for Jenks?

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:48 PM) Good AB for AJ. This Pods AB can frame the debate for the next 48 hours here at SoxTalk, lol.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:42 PM) Huston Street coming in for the 9th. White Sox ERA is now 3.95 for the season. Blown saves, White Sox 3, rest of AL 7 Make that White Sox 3, rest of AL 8

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:16 PM) AJ is going to play in 162 games this season.... White Sox in 2006...after starting 1-4, went to 4-4 and then 13-5. What are the odds of that happening this season?

QUOTE(HeGone33 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:10 PM) Last week it was Coop getting fired, this week its Walker.........Soxtalk is hilarious sometimes. Stay tuned folks!!!!!!!!!! I'm not saying what should or shouldn't happen....Ozzie is very loyal and has a great relationship with Walker, it's not the Gary Ward or Von Joshua situations....just that the media will try to find a villain or two to villify, and what better target than the hitting coach when your offense was dominating in 2006 and returns almost the same roster? Perhaps even better with Hall and Ersad.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:07 PM) Ok, it's not that smart to even think about being knocked out of the race 1 month into the season. Not even remotely. Seems each of the last few years, someone has gone down big in the first month or two and still made the playoffs. Astros, A's, Cardinals I think, etc. Those teams didn't have to catch three teams in their divisions...they only had to jump one or two. The Cardinals were about 10-15 games over .500 for most of the season, almost collapsed to let the Astros back in it and just survived. The Astros and the A's...but the A's only have four teams in their division and the Angels are their only real competition.