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I'll be glad when this tease is over - one way or another...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 03:36 PM) It may not be the best lineup ever...but if everyone puts up sort of their average numbers... Crisp Becksy Q Konerko Rios Thome Ramirez Teahen Pierzynski In some order...there's no obvious weak spot there unless Rios can't break his slump, you've got good speed at a number of spots, you've got power at 8 of the spots in the order, everyone there can drive in a run, you have to move some of the LH/RH bats around (I didn't really care there) but that's probably a good enough lineup that, if everyone stays healthy and this pitching staff does what it should...we'd win the Central. How many season tickets is this line up going to sell? I wouldn't even be sure that this would win the AL Central... and I KNOW it wouldn't win the World Series. What is there to fear in this line up? CC Sabathia or Josh Beckett would be salivating against this.

Is this the best we can do?? REALLY? CO CO CRISP?? .228 batting average?? Please NO! I hope we can do better...

I'd rather have Pods

The question is when will he officially retire? Does he plan on trying to make some sort of comeback?

QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 09:56 AM) This is a tough one because they're were a lot of good offensive players in his day that will be competing against him for the Hall. Answer this with your head, not your heart. This one is easy. Yes and yes. Just look at his numbers. And he was CLEAN. Imagine how his numbers would have looked had MLB done something about steroids before it got out of control?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 08:28 AM) If Jenks can be a difference maker in a trade that gets us a serious OF bat, then yeah, you do that. But I wouldn't seek to trade him specifically. I think I would. The guy comes across as a disaster waiting to happen. What's with him not wanting to get in shape?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 07:48 AM) I don't understand the philosophy some folks here have with the bullpen. I don't see any reason to add any more than one new arm to the pen, tops. And I think that concern is secondary to the fact that the team is short an OF and a DH right now, which are much more glaring holes. The Sox bullpen, despite its struggles last year, put up a 4.08 ERA, good for the middle of the pack in the AL. Save percentage was also mid-pack. This despite the fact that Linebrink (the main setup guy originally) imploded beyond anything he's done in his career, Jenks has his weakest season as a closer, Dotel (7th inning guy originally) had a down year career-wise, and Tony Pena failed to live up to expecations. Carrasco had basically the same year he had in 2008. The only bullpen arm of significant innings who actually pitched better than his career typically would indicate, was Matt Thornton. Given the fact that the above pitchers were relatively healthy, and none are particularly old as far as relievers go, I think there is a very good chance that most or all other than Thornton will improve in 2010. Add to that we have Dan Hudson, a high end pitching prospect by any measure, who will probably be added to that pen. And guys like Nunez, who look to have the talent, in the wings. If you can find a serious upgrade arm somewhere, somehow, without seriously denting the major league roster, then you do it. But barring that, I'd be in no hurry to upgrade the pen. I'd be focusing on those OF and DH slots. This is an excellent post. I agree. I would rather fix the holes that are in the OF and DH. I will be very disappointed if the fix is Pods and Thome again. I would trade Jenks if I found a taker and it got me a decent OF.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 03:21 PM) i think we should trade with the yankees for that third baseman of theirs - saw him in the series and i like the cut of his jib. He's friends with Jay-Z. I wanna punch both of them in the face whenever I hear that EMPIRE STATE OF MIND song. Alicia Keys is fine as hell though.... I wanna play that stupid song at the Cell when we boot them out of the playoffs in 2010.. Okay my senseless rant is now over...

AROUNG? Did Ozzie post this??

This would have been AWESOME if it was 2003...

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 07:37 PM) It was a laffy taffy joke that I had read on the way to the game... What do you call a bear in the rain? A DRIZZLY bear! Jenks laughed at THAT? TRADE HIM!!!!

Mark Buehrle is one lucky son of a gun...

I think that it would be such a shame to waste a starting pitching like we have going in to this year. I really hope we strengthen the offense to balance out the team. What do you guys think about Marlon Byrd? I read that the Rangers let him become a free agent.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 01:08 PM) Also rios in the 9 hole? yes he had a bad stint with us but i have a feeling hes gonna turn it around and were gonna see him planted firmly into the 5 or 6 hole. QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 01:37 PM) I know what you're getting at, and I agree...that Rios contract killed our flexibility. Man I hope that Rios absolutely mashes next year. I hope he proves everybody wrong. I'll seriously be rooting for the guy.

That makes me feel like we can forget about an Adrian Gonzalez/Carl Crawford/Nick Johnson/Adam Dunn pipe dream. Now I know we can make some trades, but wouldn't we have to replace the people we trade with free agents? I got a feeling our line up looks something like this in 2010: Pods Beckham Quentin Konerko Thome AJP Alexei Teahen Rios

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 06:38 PM) Honestly, if Bernstein didn't belittle callers I wouldn't listen. At times Bernstein is an even bigger d-bag than Cowley. For a while there it seemed like Laurence Holmes was trying to imitate Bernstein and belittle callers.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 06:14 PM) If we do land Gonzalez I really don't want him to be called AGon, that trend should die. Whenever I see stuff like "TFlow", I want to punch something. Sometimes I wish that all nicknames should go.... well except for the Cuban Missle. That's just too cool.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 05:55 PM) I've never found sportstalk-radio-host a position where you need someone noble. I wouldnt want to hang out with this guy, but more often than not he knows his stuff. Especially for NBA, you cant go many other places for knowledgeable discussion. While sportstalk radio is very often a locomotive off the rails, I will take that over the neatly varnished Comcast Sportsnite-type discussions. Frankly, I think B&B get the ratings they do because a lot of people like to hear callers challenge them. Their confrontations are pretty entertaining, even if (as we all know) the hosts control the medium. This may seem like a basic point, but B&B take a position and make it really clear how strong they feel about it. Oddly enough many hosts dont do this. I think that's why they get listeners who dont even like them. Because there's something to take in and think about when they discuss a topic. Okay there's nothing wrong with making it really clear how strong you feel about a point, but there's no need to demean callers/fans of the show just because they disagree with you.

QUOTE (flavum @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 04:38 PM) Then maybe somebody that writes for Sox Net should call B&B and educate them. DO NOT try to "educate" Dan Berstein on ANYTHING. He is a pompous, Duke educated know it all and likes to belittle and talk down to anyone who disagrees with him. Terry Boers is funny. Dan Berstein is a jerk.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 01:11 PM) I don't even know the difference. I do like Lost though!!!! Dude you need a Star Trek avatar. Quick! Somebody photoshop Captain Kirk wearing a Sox hat!!! If the deal does happen, every single one of us needs to email Cowley...

LOL I was just listening to the Score 670 and Cowley was on. He basically just took a dump on soxnet.net. It wasn't cool.

QUOTE (Big Daddy Kool @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 09:15 AM) He's either Jealous or Spot-on. Wow... Sounds like Cowley has been sippin on some Haterade...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 02:12 PM) LMAO, this is awesome I thought I was the only one that would find that funny...