LittleHurt05

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 12:27 PM) A lineup with Kotsay and Teahen in it? Ugh. How the hell are we a contender this year. Have you seen the starting rotation and the bullpen (disregard the fat guy who tries to pitch the 9th)?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 11:28 AM) As far as I understand, Manny can block a trade to any team, however, that does not prevent any team from claiming him. It just means that the Dodgers cannot trade Manny to any team that he does not wish to go. I would think that if a team claimed him, the Dodgers could also just say "go ahead and take him", like the Blue Jays did with Rios. Then his NTC would not help him, cause hes not being traded, he's being claimed off waivers. I could be wrong though.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 11:10 AM) How many times do we have to see another team push us around? We come off as a bunch of pansies. When you load the bases three times and only score one run, of course you will come off as pansies. Hit the f***ing ball when it matters, and those side games will take care of themselves.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 11:06 AM) Ozzie is all bark and no bite. It's not his fault Sean Tracey can't hit a six-foot target.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 10:31 AM) 2006 was when the LOOGY wildness started, they brought in a series of guys to compete for the spot in ST, most of them turned into Randy Williams and the one who pitched the best was Boone Logan. He was behind Cotts and Thornton, but Cotts started to implode that year also. 2007 Kenny tried a more through overhaul of the bullpen, bringing in heavy arms. He brought in MMac in mid 2006 and MacDougal had performed well, he brought in Sisco and AAardsma, to go along with Thornton, Jenks, Masset, and Logan...and that was the year that everyone except Jenks and Thornton imploded. That was fun. Lets bring in as many guys as possible that throw in the high 90s, but might not know where the ball is gonna go. I doubt there has been a bullpen that can throw as hard as Sisco, MacDougal, Aardsma, & Thornton combined.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) I'm not sure what would be worse, actually, being a White Sox fan and believing your team will lose to the Twins again, or being a Twins' fan and believing your team will make the playoffs and lose in the first round (which has happened on 4/5 occasions this decade, with the lone exception being a defeat of the A's, an even smaller market team). I suppose they can always rejoice in 1987 and 1991, but "modern" Twins' fans in their teen and twenties don't have those memories to fall back on for comfort. I don't get where this whole recent "can't beat the Twins" mentality comes from. Yeah, when they played in the Metrodome, it seemed like something bad would happen, but 2006 was the only season where the Sox got beat by them for the division in the past five years. In 2007 & 2009, the Sox had bad teams that just weren't good enough for a division crown, it had nothing to do with the Twins. In 2008, obviously, they fought to the death and the Sox came out on top. I guess 2003 & 2004 may have an effect on the thinking but those years are long gone.

Despite all the doom & gloom around here, the Sox are still only one game back and get to miss Verlander this weekend. This homestand ends 4-2.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) Giants got Jose Guillen That's a pretty desperate move, he rivals Milton Bradley as far as clubhouse cancers go.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 04:56 PM) I LOVE the "youth is served" crap they are trying to use to generate interest. Guess what, your youth really isnt that good. These kids can't play?

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 08:31 AM) Peter Gammons said the Red Sox may put a claim on Manny in order to block him from going to the Rays. The Red Sox currently have a better record than the White Sox, so the White Sox would have an opportunity to claim Manny first. The problem, however, is that supposedly the White Sox' plan was to have Manny clear waivers, and then try to work out a deal. My understanding is that this would prevent a Rios-like situation where the Sox would be handed the entire contract without LAD picking up anything. I'm not so sure the White Sox would be comfortable with that Manny's a free agent after this season, so you would only be stuck with his contract for 2010, which probably has somewhere between $4-7 million on it.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:32 AM) We're a 3rd of the way through August and still no bat. Is this the lineup we'll be using the rest of the way? Nope. Mark Teahen is on his way to save the day!

Konerko

Teahen

Paul Konerko

Trading Brian Anderson for Mark Kotsay, and then resigning him

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 11:36 AM) This list is quite the argument for just how damn GOOD KW has been overall regarding trades. Farm system, not so much. That's the true question. Has KW done a good job of not giving up top prospects or has our farm system just been so bad that there haven't really been any top prospects fow KW to give away?

I will be there tonight, gonna be a hot one. Sox hit at least 3 homers tonight, hope the Twins don't.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 04:12 PM) Anyone know when Blackhawks tickets go on sale. The Blackhawks webiste is doing me no good. Just got the e-mail from the Hawks, Monday, August 16th, 10:00 AM

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 10:38 AM) I'm just concerned because of Ozzie's relationship with Freddy and possibly a level of overconfidence in his friend. Ugh. I would hope that Freddy's 4 starts of 3 IP+ or less would limit Ozzie's overconfidence in him.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 10:40 AM) The Peavy trade has to be on this list, and I'll own that I was wrong in supporting it. I wouldn't say that yet. Peavy still has a few years left on his contract and its not like you could have predicted his muscle was gonna just rip off. Clayton Richard has been solid for SD, but he is pitching in the NL's best pitchers park, so it doesn't mean he would pitch that well if he was still here. No one else in that trade has done anything special yet.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 10:08 AM) I went with as detailed as I could get. Gotcha. And you did say non-terrible, which he was in Washington. After those seasons though, terrible, terrible pitcher. LOL, he actually made it back to the majors this season with HOU. Pitched one scoreless inning at Wrigley, then the next day he let a 9-7 deficit become a 14-7 blowout and was never heard from again.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 10:03 AM) Also on the list you can add guys like Rauch, Aardsma, Majewski, and Javier Lopez who have come back to be non-terrible or even pretty darn good in other teams's bullpens...but those are harder to criticize. Wow, Gary Majewski? Really? One solid season as a middle reliever, maybe a second average season?

Chris Getz & Josh Fields

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) The thing that is hurting the cubs is that the resale is not what it used to be so all of those brokers that bought season tickets are being killed. The cubs also scalp their own tickets often. There are plenty of empty seats out there. Definitely. The attendance numbers count all those tickets scooped up by the brokers and the Cubs so they can be deceiving. I was in the bleachers for the drubbing by the Brewers last Monday and you could have shown up at first pitch and gotten a few seats together in left field. That was unheard of for an August night game anytime in the past several years.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 08:19 AM) I think there'd be no problem with keeping him in the big leagues...if we were the Royals or Indians. But this team is in a legit pennant race right now...developing young guys' ability to adapt to big league pitching has to be a secondary concern to winning games. We can't afford to waste outs right now on anyone except Kotsay. I agree. At least he was making contact when he first came up. He had 6 Ks in his first 63 ABs. In his last 15 ABs, he has 9 Ks & one hit (HR vs. DET).