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    MANNYPALOOZA 2-0!!! SOX WIN!!!

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    cst_sox:

    Not hearing a whole lot from Phillip now about how Daniel Hudson was the savior and how could the Sox trade him. Where you at Phil?

    less than a minute ago via web

     

    I forgot, he's playing with his John Ely bobblehead doll.

     

    Cowley is killing Phil Rogers...again...and it's spot -on

     

     

    QUOTE (RudyLawRules @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 09:05 PM)
    EJAX first 5 games on the Sox. Damn...

     

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    The September Call Ups

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    Southside, who is that girl underneath your name?

     

    QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 12:22 PM)
    I'd be in favor in bringing up as many bullpen arms as possible.

     

    Do we still have Aquino? How did he do this year?

     

    Santeliz is another pitcher I wouldn't mind bringing up just to eat innings.

     

    Oh, and Nunez, too.

     

    White Sox Acquire Manny Ramirez

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    The Legend of Aaron Rowand is a bust? NOOOOOO it can't be?

     

    (Sarcasm)

     

    QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 11:54 AM)
    The Giants have already acquired Jose Guillen, Cody Ross, and Pat Burrell. They already had Andres Torres tearing it up, with Aaron Rowand & Nate Scheirholtz as part-timers. I think that OF may be a bit too crowded for Manny.

     

    White Sox Acquire Manny Ramirez

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    Accusing no player, just the odds are that someone may have been on something are too great to overlook. We can't pretend to be clean...or dirty for that matter.

     

    QUOTE (buckweaver @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 12:22 PM)
    Are you accusing someone? Odds are, you may be right. Odds in Manny's case: 100%. Suspended last year, the idiot. He's a known commodity. and yes, that includes his being a great hitter.

     

    White Sox Acquire Manny Ramirez

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    Do you want to give back the '05 WS then as odds are someone on that team was doing something illegal.....

     

    QUOTE (buckweaver @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 12:14 PM)
    Or perhaps..."Watch Manny inject some life into the White Sox!"

     

    We become the Yankees when we sign a known cheater because it may help us win. As a 46-year-old lifelong Sox fan who grew up listening to my grandfather's stories of Babe Ruth playing at the old palace, I implore Kenny Williams not to bring Manny Ramirez to the White Sox. As I posted in another thread a week or two ago (and that's saying something because I don't post very much), I consider Manny as the poster child for all of major league baseball's ills: greed, steroids, lazy, selfish. No debate there's blame for the steroid era abounding, but when you're injecting a needle into your ass or having someone else do it for you, it's wrong and you know it. So the blame starts with the players who did it. I honestly would rather miss the playoffs without Manny than be in them with him. If the White Sox bring him in I'm not sure I can call myself a fan of this team...and just typing that makes me feel as though I'm losing an appendage.

     

    Damon nixes waiver deal to Red Sox.

    in The Diamond Club

    Posted

    Wonder if he is just speculating?

     

    QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 02:39 PM)
    I find it hard to believe they will make a deal with a division rival but since they are out of it, this could happen. BTW Stoney said on the SCORE that next week something big will go down. When B & B asked him "what is that going to be" Stoney waffled around the question by saying we will find out next week. I wonder if he knows something we dont?

     

    Waiver Wire Thread

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/08/dbac...-extension.html

     

    QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 09:22 AM)
    Still don't know why there is no interest in Laroche. He's having a great 2nd half like he always does. He'd be a perfect left-handed DH to rotate with Carlos and Jones and can spell Paulie at 1st. What am I missing here?

     

    Just compare him to what Rios has done in the 2nd half.

     

    Laroche: 8 HR 22 RBI .317/.360/.579/.940

     

    Rios: 2 HR 19 RBI .264/.290/.349/.639

     

     

    It's pretty obvious he could give us a boost and we could finally remove Kotsay from this roster.

     

    Brad Hawpe put on waivers...

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    Hawpe is a worse RF than Carlos. He's a converted 1st baseman iirc.

     

    Bad spilts this season:

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...ar=2010&t=b

     

    He still might be an improvement over Kotsay.

     

     

     

     

    QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 01:38 AM)
    I'd be cool with this because he can play RF and make Quentin our DH. Improves our offense (Hawpe>Kotsay), and improves our defense (Hawpe>Quentin) even though according to Fangraphs, Hawpe is pretty bad defensively too, he is still much better than Quentin.

     

    Sox draft signings and reporting places

    in FutureSox Board

    Posted

    Haven't they gone about improving the minors in a more determined way/shift of philosphy the last 3 years?

     

    QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 11:35 AM)
    Because the guys they drafted and did sign signed for relatively cheaply, and they knew this would be the case before the drafted them.

     

    The White Sox spend something like $3.75 mill on the entire draft. As was pointed out earlier, there are a number of smaller market teams that spend anywhere from $6-8 mill on the draft, and as a result, their minor league systems have improved vastly in the past few years.

     

    It's obviously not all about spending money on the draft, and some of the contracts handed out to players is wasted...the Sox have dealt with personally with Joe Borchard, who was projected to be a huge power hitter and his game fizzled out...but the best way to improve a minor league system is to fill it with talent. It's one thing to take relatively untalented players and turn them into major league players, and the Twins have executed this as well as any organization over the past decade. It's a completely different story to actually take risks and spend some money on highly talented players, and then develop them. When that is accomplished properly, you can create teams that can sustain success while allowing yourself some room for error. As of right now, if everything doesn't go according to plan for the White Sox, they generally have to scramble to make up for mistakes that have occurred due to the inconsistent nature of humans. Jake Peavy got injured, so the Sox traded for Edwin Jackson. The offense has been a major problem all year, but due to the lack of depth within the White Sox farm system (completely ignoring the Sox not signing Jim Thome), they weren't able to add anyone else besides Edwin Jackson, and they now have to hope and pray that the offense can become productive again, or that Manny Ramirez either clears waivers or makes it to the Sox, they claim him, and they can handle the rest of the money that is on his contract.

     

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