MiddleCoastBias

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Apr 4, 2010 -> 08:51 PM) keep this coming each week, i need it. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=cws

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 4, 2010 -> 08:02 PM) Funny you should ask... In order to get banned, all you have to do is ask what it takes to get banned. ... Indeed.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Apr 4, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) the yankees and red sox are playing right now if you just want to watch baseball Ugh, but you have to listen to Joe Morgan's analysis... Who is the other analyst with him tonight? He's embarrassing Morgan with his insight, and I think Joe knows it.

Out of curiosity, what does it take to get banned? And how often does it happen?

Jhonnydanks, where are you on this one... have to start this season off right.

Shouldn't this be in the SlaM forum?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 2, 2010 -> 03:08 PM) Singleton wasn't really a big name. He had a couple solid seasons and played good defense. He did spend a short time with the Yankees. If he can make it, I'd have to think a guy like Anderson would have a shot if he wanted to do that. From what I've heard, Darrin Jackson wasn't all that memorable either.

I hate this guy. But I love World Series championships. To victory!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 09:02 PM) I think there has to be concern about Garcia if only for the fact that he really hasn't done anything since 2006. That's a long time. I know a lot of people were thrilled with his performance last September, including me, but face it, a lot of performances you see in September are never repeated. Its not like the Sox are paying him a lot of money. Despite what Oney Guillen thinks, and he knows more about baseball than any of us because he hit almost .140 in rookie ball, there's a good chance Freddy is a bust. I'm pretty sure KW knows the odds as much as anyone. Its probably one big reason Hudson isn't in the bullpen. Calling Jerry Owens and Josh Fields, circa 2007....

It's weird to think that when I first saw the thread title, my first thought was "ok, we get it... he's an intense competitor, sweet...". I was almost getting sick of being inundated with stories about how amped Peavy is to pitch, and to pitch for US. And then I took a step back and thought "niiiice... every other team would KILL for a Cy Young pitcher that is just dying to get the ball", and here I am thinking that it's overkill to see all these stories about how excited he is. Hell, I LOVE this. Burls is an amazing pitcher, Floyd and Danks are amazing in their own right, but we now have that stud pitcher with attitude, the drive to teach (and more importantly) lead and drive others on the team. Buerhle is awesome for everything he does, but his strength is not in the clubhouse, it's on the field. I really think Peavy will be an awesome fit here, psyched to have him. :

QUOTE (OsweGo-Go Sox @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 11:17 AM) I absolutely love this song. Would you rather we had a crappy 80s pop song? Agreed, love it. I get excited every time I hear it. And that awesome intro from last year- amazing. I can't wait to see what the intro looks like this year.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 28, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) I'm just hoping we can do what the 2009 Mariners did, only that 86 wins or whatever they had with great pitching and no hitting is good enough to win this division. Either that, or maybe we deal for a bat in July. No matter what order we bat these guys in, they still won't score runs (although significant AB's for Vizquel and hitting Kotsay 3rd ever would make it even worse obviously.) What was that site that predicts the ideal lineup for a team, and also predicts how many runs each lineup will warrant? Someone posted it back when the Twins picked up Thome, outlining how they will outscore us by like 90 runs with their 'ideal' lineup. I'd be interested to see what that site predicts for us in terms of run production with Kotsay batting third. Anyone help me out?

Quick hit: Rangers in the hunt at the break. Trade for Bobby Jenks. Win the West. Putz steps up as our closer, win the Central.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 09:04 AM) For a while, the Nats has Lastings Milledge in that outfield as well, what a coaches dream. Wasn't he penned as the Nats' starting OFer last spring but didn't make it through May? And the All-Star ballot was already written by then so he was on the ballot while having only played like 4 games? I remember the Nats fans trying to 'stick it to the system' by voting for him to start in the All-Star game despite him being in AA... too bad all 17 of their fans weren't enough.

I recently moved down to Arkansas (shudder) for work, and the have me stationed in Fayetteville. First thing I did when I got here was check out the baseball schedule, and caught a game against Troy. The Razorbacks are #15th in the country and it's always good to see some quality baseball played. I've got to say, their complex here is QUITE impressive. And their fans are very passionate. I hope I'll be able to make it out for a number of games down here, seeing that they'll play a number of great teams. While U of I baseball games are fun (for the 40 people in attendance), southern schools now how to do college baseball the right way. Gotta love that *ping*!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 12:19 PM) and once Crede's back fails, who are you gonna bring in to back him up? Andy Gonzalez or Josh Fields, duh

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 01:58 AM) Oddly enough, this would have been one hell of a poll thread. Agreed. Every time I buy a Sox hat, I always send pics of the potential hats to my Sox friends to see which is best.

I originally said B given the two options. But seeing as how people are now talking about other options, I will say that among my many Sox hats, my favorite has to be the 1918 vertical Sox with the O and X inside the S. White on blue, I love it. Someone mentioned that logo in the White Sox jersey thread, I believe. Just an awesome logo, even given how classic the current logo has become. And I honestly thought that, when presented the two options, you should def look at other hats such as the one I described.

B, primarily because the Nike swoosh on a Sox hat irks me.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 11:24 PM) Definitely. He's barely even been here, but his attitude already has him as one of my favorite current Sox players. Cy Young Award aside, his attitude (especially carrying over from the end of last year) makes me really exited about him. Obviously we know he's a winner from his various accolades, but more importantly we know he's a true competitor. He could have 'mailed it in' on his few starts for us last year but he busted it to compete like it was the WS. Now he's showing that it wasn't just a show and he's out there showing the attitude and drive of a winner, and he's working harder than ever because he knows he's on a team that will compete. I love what he brings to this staff, and I feel his drive will be reflected throughout the team. Burls is an ace in his own right, but Peavy will be an out-spoken leader for the pitching staff and an emotional catalyst for the entire team, and I feel that will echo through the entire organization.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 05:54 PM) Why didn't you put it on the board? Because I was hoping it would NOT end up as a pale-hose related thread. Last year I was quietly hoping to pick him up as a reclamation project, but not this year. And I'm not saying that he's entirely done; he really might get ONE more chance with a team with a good structure already in place. The Nats were not the best organization for him to turn it around; I feel they forced him into a starting role when I think he really needs a good 'mental coach' to work with him. If he's lucky enough to get that, good for him. If he doesn't get another chance, I won't shed a tear.

I saw this on my ESPN text update this morning, literally laughed out loud wondering when how long it would take for this to hit the board. There was a time that I would've taken a fly on him, but we've already got enough "ifs" on this team, we don't need that cancer.

After reading the updates on Cowley and Merkin's twitters, it doesn't seem like it was nearly as bad as I expected.

I was really hoping that was going to be a link to an Onion Mag story or something else... not this.

I feel like the black alternates are used more often early in the season because it's cold outside and the black jerseys hold the heat better. Come July, I definitely notice the use of the black jerseys tapers off as it's often too hot for those. Could be a hogwash observation but I'm sticking to it.