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sweet! Thanks for the reminder! I'm definitely gonna have to tune on. :

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 04:26 PM) Since we have a clear replacement...the leash should be even shorter. Agreed... but I gotta be honest, I'm a little biased towards Hudson anyway because I picked him off of free agency in my 20-team dynasty fantasy baseball league. :

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) Ok, I'm going to make this very clear.... Spring training statistics mean nothing for the most part. But I will say this about Freddy Garcia: 1) He hasn't exactly lit it up the last four years. 2) His velocity is way down. That cannot be disputed. 3) Dan Hudson is a solid prospect IF---again IF---Freddy is bad (forget about the record) his first 6-8 starts, and Dan Hudson is everything he was last year his first 6-8 starts, I don't think they will hesitate to pull the plug on Freddy. If they think Hudson gives them a better chance to win, Freddy will be gone. I agree. I think we should have a short leash on Freddy just like the short leashes the Sox had on Contreras and Colon last season.

Congrats, Shipps! How about posting a pic of the happy couple?

Hey Matt, I'm so terribly sorry to hear about your house burning down. I can imagine how bad you feel about your wife and kids losing their clothes and toys, and with how you put that above you losing your Sox collection shows how much of a wonderful husband and father you are. Hopefully you and your family are pulling through this okay, and it sounds like you have great friends if one of them cared a lot to write to the White Sox on your behalf. Friends like that should be cherished. Treat your friend to a pizza sometime or something. And it's awesome to hear how the White Sox responded to your friend's letter and reached out for you. Hopefully the things they send you will be a foundation for another great collection. Once again, I hope you and your family are doing well, buddy.

Thanks for translating all that, I enjoyed reading it and I really appreciate the effort you put in. : I hope Freddy has a good year, this article makes me want to root for him more.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 12:21 PM) Gavin's ceiling is much higher than Blackburn's. I'd say he's about as good as Billingsley though. Agreed, I also don't think Blackburn ought to be considerred a 2nd-tier pitcher. I think he's more of a 3rd tier guy, because he never really impressed me enough.

And there's even more pitchers on their way, and one that immediately comes to my mind that I think will be special someday is Jacob Turner in Detroit's farm system. He's one of the guys I'm keeping my eyes on for fantasy baseball dynasty/keeper leagues.

I'm feeling 91.

Here's my BOLD predictions: 1. Andruw Jones will lead the White Sox in home runs. 2. Gordon Beckham will make the All Star game as a starting 2nd baseman. 3. Jake Peavy will win the AL Cy Young. 4. Jenks will go on the DL and Guillen will try Sergio Santos as a closer... and it'll stick. 5. AJ Pierzynski will sign a contract extension in July, so he can be here to tutor Flowers in 2011 and 2012. 6. The White Sox will win 91 games in 2010 and win AL Central. 7. The White Sox and Cubs will get into another Crosstown Classic brawl, this time it's started after Peavy and Zambrano get a little too intense after Zambrano hits Peavy on the elbow with a pitch at Wrigley Field.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 08:40 PM) From Mr. Gonzales article in Trib. It's obvious Oz loves Kotsay. Hopefully this guy can hit like Oz thinks he can. are you... are you sure this is not an article from The Onion, or something? :-/

This is definitely the best episode of the season so far.

omg, I messed up, I meant Steve Carell I'll edit the original post

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 11:42 AM) I want to see video clips of South Paw hanging out at OTBs drinking out of a brown paper bag. :

I'd also like to see the decision process on how they decide to make the cuts in spring training. ...Hopefully it'll be kinda dramatic, with confessionals from players likely to be cut, etc.

This is a completely serious thread, but I actually hope the White Sox's reality show becomes an unintentionally funny show done in a style that would make people think of "the Office". Here's some things I'm hoping for: *Confessionals with White Sox staff speaking their mind. *Ozzie being himself in the White Sox office, which to me means he'll prolly be like Steve Carell's character in "the Office", saying inappropriate and politically-incorrect things, etc and being scolded for it. *That we'll see many cringe-worthy moments with Ozzie being like Steve Carell's character, such as smiling awkwardly towards the camera while saying some awkwardly witty things, etc. And that he's totally unaware of how he's embarrassing other people. *That we'll see many scenes of Kenny telling Ozzie "no" on various things Ozzie wants to do, similar to how Steve Carelll's character's superiors treated him in "The Office", such as telling him he can't have his "Party Planning Committe". *That we'll see the drama with Oney, which I can see sort of being done with drama like in shows like "Miami Ink" and "LA Ink", but we'll see confessionals from Ozzie about why he thinks Oney should leave, similar to confessionals on "Survivor". *That we'll see some Spring Training moments of White Sox players going to bars that would put even "Jersey Shore" at shame. *Hopefully we'll see Reinsdorf being like, the guy that lets Ozzie goof off, much to Kenny's frustration. In fact, I can kind of see Reinsdorf being a little like the old dude on "Pawn Stars", except Reinsdorf will be much more laid back about Ozzie's cussing and won't have a cuss jar. *That Ozzie will, at one point, say "That's what she said." What else do you all hope to see?

UPDATE UPDATE!!! IMPORTANT!!! I need ONE more manager for my 20-team league that drafts at 10pm central-time this Thursday. Someone from my league left for another league, and I'm scrambling to fill the spot. If anyone from Soxtalk want to join, the spot is yous, send me a pm with your email address and I'll send you an invite asap!

Happy Birthday!

I kind of wish the Sox didn't give Teahen that contract extension, I think they overpaid. :-/

Aww, cute kid. Congratulations.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 06:39 PM) Gosh darnit, I'm black american and Jackie Robinson can only be celebrated by myself and other black americans. If you're black and from a Latin country, you don't count as a black man. Same with you Jamaicans! Honestly, Torrii, two weeks later, still sounds like an idiot. What Hunter said was stupid, but black hispanics and black Americans are totally different culturally. That's the key here, culture. Even some black hispanics I know in life told me that they consider themselves hispanic because of their latin roots, before they consider themselves black. They're just more in-tuned with spanish culture and have little in common with African Americans, and doesn't relate to the racism that African Americans experience in the US, doesn't relate to African-American culture, etc etc etc. Even black hispanic's choice of food is different. Here's another example, it's not a good example, but think of the differences between Europeans and white Americans. Even though I'm white, I'm an American mutt and I would find it a lot more harder to find anything in common with a white European from Poland, or Germany, or Russia, that doesn't speak English, than it would for me to find things in common with an American of any race. Just because I'm white doesn't mean I'm gonna have anything in common with, or identify with some random white person from Europe that doesn't get American culture. Same thing with black hispanics and black Americans. The black hispanics doesn't identify or understand black American's culture as well.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) Stepping back for a second, who in their right mind would be allowed to give away potential corporate trade secrets and still keep their jobs. Please raise your hands. This is what I think, if Oney Guillen never signed a Confidentiality Agreement, then it's the White Sox's fault. The anarchist in me puts me on Oney's side in this.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 04:25 PM) When i was at CamelBack, Beckham and Jared Price were walking towards the dugout, some fan screamed at the top of his lungs, "BACON!!!!!!!" Price turned to Gordon, and Beckham burst out laughing with this huge grin on his face. I don't think he hates it. That's classic.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) He has the best valet possible. He will be a superstar soon :

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 12:36 PM) Has anyone even signed Crede yet? I doubt it. He's a jobber now.