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Wow, this makes sense. It still hurts though. I'll miss the hell out of him.

QUOTE (b-Rye @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:35 PM) i wonder if its the tigers.. they got a dh? i read they had scouts there tonight. the would be f'd up. Possible, they just gave up a decent arm for Huff and have a lot of salary on the line for next year.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:31 PM) Well if Jim Thome does get dealt at least I'll have a contending AL team to get behind for the rest of the season. He’s the classiest guy in the game. I love the guy.

QUOTE (JDsDirtySox @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:32 PM) My money is on the Texas Rangers. Seems like a Nolan Ryan type of move. They have a s***-load of talent their. They're stuggling to find playing time for a lot of people. I'm thinking maybe the Rays.

Oh, man. Oh, man. Let's hear it media. BRING IT. This gives Flower's a real chance of factoring at DH.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:19 PM) You know they'll break out of it...they're just going to wait until it is far too late... I think we've flat-out quit. I don't think it's a lack of fire, i think our older guys are exhausted.

QUOTE (JDsDirtySox @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:26 PM) Rumors were swirling that Thome had been traded... but Ozzie just shot that down. according to Cowley's twitter. I love Big Jim, but damn if i wouldn't like to see what we could of gotten for him.

Given what we know now, that the team has quit and the present is bleak, the Getz injury is positive in this light: it allowed taking a good look at Nix to see what we get when both second basemen get consistent playing time.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 12:24 PM) All I can tell you is that the above couldn't be more un-true (in regards to how the team as a whole felt about Swish). And while Swisher is having a better season this year, he isn't exactly lighting the world on fire with his sub .250 average. Chisoxfn, Is this one of the inside source type things or can you offer me some proof? I’m not questioning you here, just curious. Swisher isn't an average dependent player, and statistically Swish is on pace to have the second best year of his career.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:10 PM) Who do the Sox outright off the 40 man roster tomorrow to make room for Flowers? Colon being the obvious choice.

Wow, i really didn't expect us to get this bad this fast.

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 10:07 PM) NOTHING? who replaced the competitiveness and confidence? interesting how Philly turned that corner. and now SF is doing the same. you folks may never understand how important the intangibles in life really are. Yes, because what the team is lacking is that “Fire and Passion.” Please.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 09:46 AM) Fixed. I also forgot how many professional scouts we have here. Sometimes it amazes me why the White Sox are so stupid and don't just employ people here. The people they currently pay to do this stuff obviously are stealing money from the organization. You don’t have to be a professional out to see that lefty-hitting 1st basemen who has hit well in the minors should be valued over a relief pitcher.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 07:52 PM) Houston still has Ed Wade as their GM, right? I'd also give Dayton Moore and Brian Sabean a call.

God, Santeliz has no control at all. He got the save in the 1st game 15 pitches, 9 strikes and 6 balls.

For me, being a White sox fan is a lifetime commitment. That’s through both the good and the bad. Honestly, I’ve already made myself a promise that if Beckham ever wins the White Sox a championship, I’d name a kid after him. It kills me to see the team struggling like this.

You ask me, I blame society.

Wow, the future just came a bit sooner then i thought. He deserves the promotion, should be fun to watch him play down the stretch.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 12:08 PM) The guy didn't fit in Chicago, pissed off his teammates, wouldn't listen to his coaches, didn't hit, and had no position on this team. Thinking he would have contributed anything worthwhile to this team in 2009 is just silly. To me it was more productive to get a year of minor league experience out of Dayan Viciedo than to have the Nick Swisher Show back for a return engagement. He didn't fit in Chicago? Bulls***, the guy ruled the Chicago media for the 1st half of the year. Remember the nicknames? The CSN appearances? The Charity events? Things turned bad for Swish, when things got bad for the team. Swish had an aberration of a year and still managed to hit for power and get on base, even while losing his playing time to Dewayne Wise. By all accounts almost everyone on the team loved him (Jenks and Crede, specifically), and that the main issue was with Ozzie. Furthermore, the majority of the negative feedback comes from Joe Cowley (who might as well be writing for a tabloid) a guy, who didn't like Swish from the start. Also, no position on this team? CF would have looked a lot nicer with him in it for the beginning of the year.

I don't know what to make of this. I've been weaning myself off Comics, but i'm a Marvel guy through and through

I strongly disagree with a lot of the decisions that Ozzie has made, but I still like the guy. I can’t really say whether I want him gone quite yet.

The only issues I have with KW are the second Swisher trade, the Brandon Allen trade, and how he handled the Wise-BA situation. Other than that, he’s done a damn good job and assembled (what should be) a good team.

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 07:07 PM) Hudson has been throwing A LOT of pitches lately as he adjusts to AAA. Starting him against the Yankees is not only a bad idea, it puts him in a position to fail, not succeed. I think Chisoxfn made a more eloquent expression of this in another thread. So? Why is this a problem? Kid needs to fail at somepoint, doesn't he?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 12:14 PM) It's a very small minority. The majority of us want to have the best of both worlds. Keep AJ, while easing Flowers into the starting role.

Let’s play a game it’s called imagine if Bush tried this: Bill would give president emergency control of Internet“The new version would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for "cybersecurity professionals," and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license” http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html