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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 18, 2010 -> 10:45 PM)Why would we want Berkman if we're in 3rd-5th place?
I think the Sox will eventually be in it at some point.
Every team hits a rough patch, and I'm just hoping ours is earlier than everyone elses.
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Fact or Fiction:
*Beckham hits over 290 on the season
Fact, Beckham started last year cold and hasn't played a lot in April yet, so it could be the weather bugging the Georgia boy. I think he will end up going on a tear mid-season to get his average to .290
*Peavy wins 15 games
Fact, he showed some return to form last start, and Cy Young pitchers in their primes rarely fall off a large margin.
*Jenks finishes the season as closer
Fact, I think the Sox will ride it out with Bobby, because if he's bad, then they won't be able to trade him, and Ozzie stands by his guys.
*Quentin Hits 30 home runs
Fiction, as of now. I think he still has the ability, but his injury history and the way he looks this year make me have my doubts.
*Scott Linebrink will be on the roster come august
Fact, he'll pitch well the first half, and due to a smaller workload, maybe the second half. Plus, no one will take him and he's expensive to cut.
* Freddy Garcia will be the 5th starter come July
Fiction. This will be Daniel Hudson.
* KW will make a major trade mid-season (A-Gone type of deal)
Fact, if you consider Berkman as such. While I'd love to get A-Gon, I have a feeling Theo Epstein will get him for the Sawks. Berkman can be had for far less (thus keeping Hudson) due to his Free Agency or Massive contract. I could see him had for something that does little to drastically impact the Sox farm system.
* White Sox make the playoffs
Fact, if all of the above happens.
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What did we learn?
Sox Players = Good Luck
Cubs Players = Bad Luck
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QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 18, 2010 -> 09:12 PM)it appears it's either signifying communism or an elite aerial combat exercise.
New offensive strategy?
But in all seriousness, it probably equates to the Panic Button.
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QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 18, 2010 -> 08:34 PM)heyyyy gordon.
He brings more luck than the Cubs.
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Ozzie needs to lead off Rios and move Pierre to the 9-hole until he learns to hit again.
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QUOTE (DirtySox @ Apr 18, 2010 -> 03:59 PM)Don't forget about Taylor Jungmann, Gerrit Cole, Sonny Gray, Alex Meyer, Jack Armstrong and Matt Purke.
The 2011 class is going to be fantastic. It is stacked.
Like '08?
Man, at least we pick good years to suck.
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I still think the starters can turn it around, especially with Hudson in the wings.
The bullpen is stellar.
And this offense is a load of crap. If they could average 3 runs a game we'd have more wins. Ugh.
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My faith in Kenny going out to get a bat remains.
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Bulls coming back?!
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QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 17, 2010 -> 12:38 AM)His point was who WOULDN'T want Grandy? Though it would be suicide for the Tigers to just give him to a team in their division for a couple of prospects, it was bad enough they gave him to the Yankees.
Random note: my friend with to high school with Granderson, back when everybody was still using Myspace I saw him on her friends list (his rookie year) and I was like what the hell, you don't know s*** about baseball, why is Curtis Granderson on your friends list?
Granderson is (I think) the one significant player to come from my school's conference, and I wanted him badly.
QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 17, 2010 -> 02:06 AM)Wait, what?
Anything that says Podsednik shows defensive skills is crazy.
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Bulls in 3.
Because Brad Miller & Shaq get into it during Game 2 in Cleveland, and Thursday, Carlos Quentin is DHing, much to his displeasure. So, Reinsdorf lets him vent by killing all the Cavs players in a fit of violent Quentin rage. Quentin declines to comment afterward, because he must work on his swing.
But in all seriousness, I'm an optimist, so I'll take Bulls in 7, with a huge series from Rose and Noah, and Hinrich being able to keep Williams down.
Love this quote: "We're ready for the challenge," James said. "I think Noah's a really good player. He's a really good talent. But, you know, he asked for us a couple weeks ago and he got us. So we're ready. It's a different monster they're going to be playing against on Saturday."
You mean when he was injured LeBron?
Edit: The cap is going to probably increase, which is good news for the Bulls as it will leave them with $7M to spend along with a max FA, so a bench is much easier to build.
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This season will all come down to the offense if the bullpen keeps it up.
3 guys who could all close out games.
A rookie who looks like he is going to be a real special arm for the Sox, maybe the future closer.
Pena is looking good and not like a batting practice pitcher this year.
Who knows, Linebrink might be good all year due to his much smaller workload.
Randy Williams is a decent LOOGY, but I'd almost rather carry Torres as the long guy in case one of the Fab Five can't go 6 innings.
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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 10:26 PM)I said this in the minor league page about the same thing... How many trades actually happen before June?
Not a whole lot, but we have Kenny, and with him, I've learned to expect anything but the norm.
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QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 09:48 PM)I can't believe people would be rooting against the Bulls. If we miss the playoffs and don't get a top pick, MIL swaps with us and we're a f***ed non-playoff team with the 18th pick.
If we DO win the lottery, and get any of the top 3 picks, we lose our ability to sign a max free agent in the offseason, first and foremost. 2nd, you're forced to pick Wall if you have the top pick and then you have to make it work with him and Rose. And IMO, Wall is pretty overrated anyway. I think Turner is the best player in this draft. See: Oden, Durant.
Third, we made the playoffs and now we have the opportunity for Rose, Noah, Gibson, and others get valuable playoff experience. We saw Rose take it to another level last year in the playoffs. He's not guided this team to the playoffs in both his first 2 seasons.
Do I expect to beat Cleveland? Not at all. Do I expect us to put up a fight? Of course. There is no possible way the Bulls MISSING the playoffs helps the team.
Including that was when Noah came out and became the monster he now is.
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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 08:28 PM)If 60% of his hits are HR, and he is hitting .368, I am completely cool with 130+ HR this year.
No, that's not manufacturing runs.
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This is a sign that the Sox will score 11 runs a game.
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QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 09:24 PM)Rose > Mo Williams
I would actually take Noah/Miller over Shaq/Varajeo right now.
Rose >>>>>>>> Mo Williams.
Noah/Miller > Shaq/Varejao as you said.
Hinrich > West in my opinion at least.
I'll take Jamison and LeBron over Taj & Deng, but I think Jamison is slowing down a bit, since his scoring has dropped and his rebounding went down (not a lot).
A healthy Bulls can at least make it interesting.
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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 09:05 PM)So far it looks like this could be an interesting year because you never know what team is going to take the field. Sometimes its one that could contend for a title, and sometimes its one that would struggle in the International League. I think once Peavy gets going, and I don't see any reason he won't, this team can roll, although I'm still not buying Jones and think the Sox could use another bat, even though he's been outstanding lately. He already has hit as many homers for the White Sox as he did for the Dodgers. How much did they ultimately pay him?
Around $17.5M more then us.
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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 12:59 AM)I was thinking they would be after a pitcher too.
Would you trade Hudson for Parra + prospect? I just might.
After doing more research on Parra, I agree that Pierre + Cash + Throw In doesn't do anything.
I'd think long and hard about a Hudson deal.
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QUOTE (whitem0nkey @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 03:02 PM)That explains all the runs
You sir, are awesome.
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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 12:00 AM)Maybe if Josh Byrnes is huffin' paint.
This gives me a plan.
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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:26 PM)I was the one pleading for Parra. I sent an email to both Kenny and Ozzie telling them to look into this guy, and yes he has an absolute cannon in the OF. I linked to a couple of throws he made, and they are just ropes. If you search on mlb.com, it was Parra throwing out Brandon Moss at home.
Parra only has 6 AB this season, so he is obviously just a backup OF for the DBacks right now, and they must have value him that highly or else he would be getting groomed in AAA. I mean, Parra has never even played in AAA in his career, he jumped straight from AA to the Dbacks last year and played 120 games and hit .290
Not only is his defense awesome, but the dude walks and hits for average. He'd be perfect for leadoff.
Would Pierre + $4M + A Throw in Prospect (Marrero? Shelby?) get it done?
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Guys, Sheffield doesn't have a job either, and he's a first ballot Hall of Famer. Everyone is racist.
Orlando, please shut the heck up.
Plus, isn't Sheffield himself kind of racist?
Found it, now I remember why I didn't like Sheffield.
“What I said is that you’re going to see more black faces, but there ain’t no English going to be coming out. ... (It’s about) being able to tell (Latin players) what to do — being able to control them,” he told the magazine. “Where I’m from, you can’t control us.” He went on to elaborate, "They have more to lose than we do. You can send them back across the island. You can’t send us back. We’re already here.”
During an July 2007 interview with HBO's Real Sports, Sheffield said that Yankees manager Joe Torre treated black players differently than white players during his time there. He also said that he thought that biracial Yankees player Derek Jeter wasn't "all the way black.
Old Trade Rumors Revisited
in Pale Hose Talk
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Joe Crede for Ervin Santana and Chone Figgins.
I remember this trade being rumored in 2007 I think. And with the way Crede's health has been since, this would have been a no-brainer. Having Figgins gives you your lead off man (allowing Pierre to bat 9th), and Santana could be a strong 5th starter, or traded to clear room for Hudson.
Jon Garland for Jason Hirsch, Taylor Bucholz, and Willy Taveras.
This trade would have been horrible if it had been done. Bucholz and Hirsch are both mediocre relievers while Taveras is a crappy version (strike out prone) of Juan Pierre. I'll take O-Cab (and eventually Phegley) over that.
Jermaine Dye for Homer Bailey.
In retrospective, with how JD imploded last year, this would have been a good deal. Bailey looks like he still has room to improve, but he would have been a fine fifth starter for the Sox.
Feel free to add your own old trade rumors.