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If they were going to do radical realignment, I would probably do 5 divisions of six teams: Pacific- LA, LAA, SF, Oak, SD, Sea Southwest- Arz, Col, KC, Stl, Hou, Tex Central- Chi, Chi, Mil, Min, Cle, Det Southeast- Fla, TB, Atl, Cin, Pit, Tor Northeast- NY, NY, Bos, Phi, Was, Bal I would probably have some type of plan where you rotate out the Southeast teams in the Northeast division so Washington and Baltimore wouldn't always be in the same division with the New York teams and Boston. Play the teams in the division 18 games=90 Play 12 teams outside your divison x 6 games=72 5 division winners seeded 1-5 by record. 3 wildcard teams (top 3 second place teams) seeded 6-8 by record. 1 vs 8; 2 vs 7; 3 vs 6; 4 vs 5 in the first round. Not a straight bracket. The best seed remaining plays the lowest seed remaining in the semi-finals. All rounds best-of-seven. If you do this, any matchup can happen in any round. It would be possible the Sox and Cubs could play in the first round or the World Series in any given year.

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Mar 2, 2010 -> 09:16 AM) After reading some stuff on the ideas being floated on MLB realignment, I wondered what everyone here on ST thinks. What would be your ideas in realigning the teams? Have fun with it. My plan would take three years to implement. For the first year, the Twins are moved to the AL West, and the Brewers are moved to the AL Central. Now each league has 30 teams. For the second year, the Rays are moved from Tampa to another city (in my future it's Las Vegas). They move to the AL West. The third year is the radical realignment. Both leagues adopt the DH since several teams would be switching leagues. In the end, it looks like this: AL North - Twins, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Tigers, Mariners AL Atlantic - Yankees, Mets, Phillies, Orioles, Nationals AL Pacific - Padres, Giants, A's, Dodgers, Angels NL Central - Pirates, Cardinals, Royals, Las Vegas (Rays), Rockies NL South - Astros, Rangers, D-Backs, Braves, Marlins NL Great Lakes - White Sox, Cubs, Brewers, Indians, Reds Red Sox and Mariners in the same division. Have fun trying to sell that one.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 1, 2010 -> 08:19 PM) I thought maggs came up in 98 not 96...that would have put him at his 6 in 2004 and kenny came in at 2000 Magglio came up in 1997. Kenny took over after the 2000 season.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 1, 2010 -> 06:09 PM) I hope there is at least a live box score for this game, but I doubt it. Probably will have to follow tweets and then wait for an article following the game to see what happened. There won't be a live box for a B game. They usually play those at 10am, or something. I'm sure the beat writers will be watching and tweeting.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 1, 2010 -> 03:39 PM) When was the last time Kenny signed a young star to a massive contract? Wasn't Konerko's 5 year deal the longest contract he had ever offered? As far as young players under 25 that would get a real long contract, Kenny Williams really hasn't had that opportunity with position players. Ordonez was under Schueler for the first 4 years. Carlos Lee could have been that guy, but he wasn't. Then it's been pile of suck with the likes of Borchard, Fields, and Anderson. Beckham is a special case, and since players like Longoria and Braun are getting locked up early, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets the same treatment after this season.

Here's Ryan Braun's contract. Pretty similar. Signing bonus 2.3 2008 0.455 2009 0.745 2010 1.0 2011 4.0 2012 6.0 2013 8.5 2014 10.0 2015 12.0 8 yrs/ 45 mil Locked up until he's 32.

In protest to all of this Adrian Gonzalez talk, I want to talk about Gordon Beckham as a long-term White Sox player. I was taking a look at Evan Longoria's contract, and truthfully, I would offer Beckham the same thing. This is Longoria's: 2008 0.5 2009 0.55 2010 0.95 2011 2.0 2012 4.5 2013 6.0 2014 7.5 opt 2015 11.5 opt 2016 11.5 opt 9 yrs/45 mil Locked up until he's 31 yrs old. This looks like a contract that Longoria will regret signing someday, but if Beckham would sign, I'd do it today.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 28, 2010 -> 08:19 PM) I still think Buehrle should be the #4 guy and have him get his first start against Minnesota. Cleveland usually hits him pretty well. Meh. He's hot and cold against them, and they aren't exactly a contending team this year.

Rotation Happenings in the last paragraph. http://blogs.suntimes.com/whitesox/2010/02...nzalez_and.html Maybe they're reading my posts about having two lefties against the Twins. Buehrle, Peavy, Floyd, Danks, Garcia is probably a likely thing.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Feb 28, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) Ozzie hasn't tweeted in 19 hours...is he already getting bored with his new toy? It's like his Sunday lineup. He's taking the day off.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 28, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) That was my thought. I'm actually excited we have him now. Yes. They say he's looking great in the outfield, too. So you can DH Pierre and Quentin once a week, and if Rios completely tanks, he's pretty good insurance. He could be one of the better stories this year.

This Beckham trade talk is laughable. He could possibly be the most marketable player the Sox have ever had. Ever. Gonzalez is probably going to hit more homers and drive in more runs, but Beckham is going to be a national star, not just a White Sox star. He's going to be the face of the franchise for the next decade or more. You don't trade guys like that without it coming back to bite you on the ass. And Kenny Williams and Jerry Reinsdorf know this.

Ozzie Guillen, crime victim. http://twitter.com/OzzieGuillen/status/9751105301

http://twitter.com/cst_sox/status/9740392581

http://twitter.com/Schumouse/status/9687842728 Gee, ya think?

http://twitter.com/OzzieGuillen/status/9679365201 I think he means that the full squad reports today with the first workout. UR means Our?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 09:51 PM) Ok ESPN, we get it, Ozzie has a twitter. I know. Mike Greenberg was such a spaz this morning, and then the PTI guys today were making a big f***ing deal about it (Ozzie actually sent a shout out to Wilbon, but...). It's no big deal, and Ozzie isn't as wacky and crazy as you always portray him to be. Shut up about it, and do another stupid story about Tim Tebow's nonexistent NFL career. /rant

Pretty sure Flowers changed to 17 after Vizquel went to 11. Saw a jersey hanging in the locker room when Quentin was being interviewed.

Audio of Ozzie about Twitter. He actually sounds pissed. http://www.670thescore.com/topic/play_wind...audioId=4421165

AVG - Pierre - .307 HR - Quentin - 37 RBI - Quentin - 121 SB - Pierre - 42 2B - Beckham - 46 3B - Pierre - 9 BB - Quentin - 83 HBP - Quentin - 22 Wins - Peavy - 17 K's - Peavy - 204 IP - Peavy - 222.2 Starter ERA - Peavy - 3.28 Saves - Jenks - 41

Tell 'em, Ozzie! http://twitter.com/cst_sox/status/9588517269

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 12:46 PM) Why would anybody go out and say they're against it though...? Just makes them look suspicious. There are a lot of people against their employer taking their blood for any reason. There's a lot that can be learned by a blood test.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 12:42 PM) So are we predicting the lineup Ozzie will put out or is this all based on our own opinions? Anyone saying Pierre is batting 9th..it's just their opinion. Obviously, he'll be batting leadoff all year.

David Schuster from the Score with some tweets today. Quentin in favor of HGH testing. http://twitter.com/Schumouse

QUOTE (scenario @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 11:49 AM) I think Kyle Bellamy could be a big surprise in camp. I know what Boone Logan did four years ago, but Bellamy isn't even a NRI. With the glut of righties the Sox have, I don't see Bellamy getting too many calls to big league camp this spring. I was hoping he would have been invited though. I hope he goes to AA to start the year. Then you'll know they think a lot of him.