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Beckham swinging sweetly.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Mar 11, 2010 -> 02:18 PM) Paulie lines a high fastball into CF on 2-0, Quentin hustles around to score on a good throw. 1-0 Sox, PK to 2nd. Quentin running well - I know the geeks say the offense is going to be horrible but with a healthy Carlos I think this team has a chance.

QUOTE (b-Rye @ Mar 2, 2010 -> 09:48 PM) Bored... so I'm comparing opening day of 2005 to 2010. 2005/2010 C- AJ Pierzynski AJ Pierzynski - 5 years older, 2005 wins. 1B- Paul Konerko/Paul Konerko - 5 years older, 2005 wins. 2B Tadahito Iguchi/Gordon Beckham - Tossup, but Beckham has more upside than Tad had. 3B: Joe Crede/Mark Teahen - Gotta go with Crede, especially on defense. SS: Juan Uribe/Alexei Ramirez - Very close with Uribe's superior Defense. RF: Jermaine Dye/Carlos Quentin- Very Close, CQ gets win for defense and return to 08 form. CF: Aaron Rowand/Alex Rios - Rowand all the way, nothing shows me Rio's will be any better than Aaron. LF: Scott Podsednik/Juan Pierre - Very close, tie. DH: Frank Thomas/Carl Everett - Andruw Jones/Mark Kotsay - Frank Thomas, no question. Bench: Pablo Ozuna/Omar Vizquel - Omar for the late inning defense. Willie Harris/Jayson Nix - Willie for the speed, defense. Brian Anderson/Andruw Jones or Alejandro De Aza (Depends on roster spot with pitchers) - Prefer Jones if his defense is any close to past form. Timo Perez/Mark Kotsay - Timo was faster, better defense, more useful. Chris Widger/Ramon Castro - Ramon Castro considering he actually hits this year. SP: Mark Buehrle/Mark Buehrle - Close, but Buehrle is also 5 years older. Freddy Garcia/Jake Peavy - Peavy all the way. Jon Garland/John Danks - Danks is more consistent. Jose Contreras/Gavin Floyd - Tie, both around high 3's in era, occasional great starts and bad starts. Orlando Hernandez/Freddie Garcia tie, expect mid 4's-5 in era, not too many innings, injuries. Closer: Shingo Takatsu/Bobby Jenks Jenks more proven. Setup: Dustin Hermanon/Matt Thorton Thorton's great, no injury risk Pen: Damso Marte/JJ Putz Tie, Putz has to bounce back from injury but has more upside. Cliff Pollite/Randy Williams Both had similar prior years, Pollite is was more proven. Brandon Mccarthy/Carlos Torres or Dan Hudson Very similar situation Luis Vizcaino/Scott Linebrink - Vizcaino for the Linebrink meltdowns and crapness. Neal Cotts/Tony Pena - Tie, both had similarly bad previous years and similar career numbers. Winner: 2005, 13 - 12 Think both teams are very similar, 2005 had better defense/power/over hitting, 2010 has slightly better starting pitching, bullpens are similar. Franks Thomas only played a month in 05.

How is everyone getting the updates? Is there a gameday link? Cant find it on mlb.com.

QUOTE (striker @ Mar 2, 2010 -> 10:36 AM) I have to disagree with you that he has done a great job with other reclamation projects. I think he has had more failures than successes. Successes: Thornton Failures: Linebrink Jenks (keeps regressing) Aardsma Sisco Cotts MacDougal Masset Polite Contreras I'm not blaming him for the failures as much as showing you that his ability to "fix" people is overblown. Jenks had 1 bad month last year.

WGN reported this so he'll have tons of followers momentarily. But I see him getting bored in a few days (he tweeted that he's already bored of ST)

Anyone suspicious that Jones is reportedly in great shape but there haven't been any pictures?

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 18, 2010 -> 12:25 PM) k well he's won 1 mvp and damn near won a 2nd. The year he won the MVP he was only slightly better than Konerko.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 18, 2010 -> 11:38 AM) Their single greatest advantage now is that they have 2 of the best hitters in all of baseball. The greatest 2? Mauer and who else? Please don't tell me Morneau. He's good but far from great and even farther from one of the best hitters in baseball.

QUOTE (joeynach @ Feb 18, 2010 -> 02:54 AM) Bruce Levine never has any breaking or inside information He doesn't know, so he always rides the fence. Not close, but a deal could get done. So, he's right either way. If it doesn't happen he'll say that he reported the sides weren't close. If it happens he'll say, "As I reported, a deal got done."

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 17, 2010 -> 09:00 PM) Well, it was a done deal pending Reds owner signing off on it. Then it's not a done deal.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 17, 2010 -> 08:48 PM) Maybe it's just me, but Levine holds about as much weight as Cowley does. He's terrible. Mid year 2005 he said KGJ was a done deal - went so far to say he was on his way to Chicago for a physical.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 17, 2010 -> 07:00 PM) I think Boras is using us. Could be wrong, just a hunch. Agree.

I think we should all remember that this is Boras - I wouldn't be surprised if a 3rd team came in and signed him under our noses.

I'm all for it if it involves Steve Dahl. Talk radio is so lame now. I dislike the sports stations because, well all they talk about is sports and I hate hearing about how bad my team is all the time. Dahl would mix in a few other topics plus he's really funny IMO. I miss the Steve Dahl/Ed Farmer exchanges. Mike North - yuck.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Feb 14, 2010 -> 09:56 PM) In any discussion of who will win the AL Central this year, I think you have to take into account that the Twins will no longer play 81 games in the Metrodome, and instead will play them outdoors on a grass field. If you look at their grass/turf splits, it doesn't look good for them. But is it all just a road/home split? Or is their team not suited to play as well on grass? I'm looking for some analysis of this issue. Anyone want to weigh in? They aren't a punch and judy team anymore - they will hit for sure. Pitching TBD.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Feb 13, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) If Detroit and the White Sox offer similar money, my bet is Damon picks the Sox. He wants to play for a bigger payday in 2011, ala Bobby Abreu. To do that, he needs to put up good numbers [the Cell would be better for him than Det.] and the larger market of Chicago would get him more publicity. If the Sox are out of it come July, he could always be moved to a contending team-which would suit the Sox and Damon [as the larger stage of the playoffs again would help him land a decent contract in 2011. If he's against a 2 year deal, it shows Damon wants to keep his 2011 open for a return to the Yanks. Signing with Det. for 2 years could be a nightmare for him. I'd love to get Damon if he was playing for a contract in 2011.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) Probably driving up the price of Damon, Inevitably, he will probably be a Tiger. If the Tiger's offer really is $14M/ 2 yrs the Sox will not touch that.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 10, 2010 -> 12:16 PM) Am I the only one that doesn't understand this one bit? Carlos Lee was traded to the Brewers for Podsednik and Vizcaino. Or have I completely lost my mind?

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Feb 9, 2010 -> 11:36 PM) Missed Widger, Timo, and Willie. I really don't think that needs to be hidden... I missed Timo and Vizcaino. They wouldn't accept "guy who came over with Pods in the Lee trade"

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 8, 2010 -> 09:37 AM) LOL. Surprising then that he pitches much better during the day He also tested positive for pot at the WBC right?

QUOTE (Cubano @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 11:19 AM) Alexei has been working hard toward having a great season. He has been mentoring the young guys. He has done charity work. For Cubans, Puerto Ricans dominoes is a way to spend free time and relax. Sarcasm doesn't translate. Playing dominos is a rather tame/mundane activity considering how most pro athletes spend their free time.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 08:48 AM) Oh man. These Chicago athletes can't stay out of trouble! What will the public think when they see that controversial picture of him playing dominos? Side note - I love that he wears Sox gear in the off season.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 02:54 PM) Well they did get the 2007 prediction right on the money. Actually, although they got the record right they were far from on the money on player projections. They predicted that the offense would be good and the pitching would be horrible. The opposite happened so they lucked into that projection.

They have been admittedly bad (46 games off) at predicting the Sox since 2004. Here are their predictions on the Sox since then - 2004 - 79 wins 2005 - 80 wins 2006 - 82 wins 2007 - 73 wins (even though they were close on wins this year, they predicted that the pitching would be good and the offense would be bad - the reverse was true) 2008 - 77 wins 2009 - 73 wins Now it's all based on established formulas, so "they hate the Sox" argument is not valid but some reasons they cite as to why they miss on the Sox are: Kenny makes midseason moves (they obviously didn't see Blum coming in 05) and the Sox stay healthier than other teams. They also predict every year that Buehrle is garbage and Floyd is lucky. The runs allowed projection is curious- they believe the Sox will be much worse in 2010.