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^ See poll. I think Kotsay is a good bat off the bench and good for an occasional start at first, not a starting DH in the 5 hole.

Man, Carmona sucks. No no or not.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 7, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) Why? Opposed to trying some other team's assistant coach? Because, unless we're getting an experienced guy, I don't want to get another guy who will go through growing pains like Vinny has/is.

The only coaches listed that I would want are Avery Johnson and Jeff Van Gundy. Keep Byron Scott as far from this team as possible, if we were all Hornets Fans we would despise Scott for not winning it all with the best PG in the league and David West a few years ago.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 7, 2010 -> 04:35 PM) Awesome.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 09:15 PM) Meh. I don't really care to wait any longer. Some Sox mistakes I noticed..... "SP John Ely got traded to the Dodgers in the Juan Pierre this past offseason. 3B Joe Crede is placed in Class-A, even though he is still a Free Agent. 1B Dayan Viciedo should actually be listed as a 3B, with 1B as his secondary position, not the other way around. RP Matt Thornton added a CUTTER this spring training. Considering he throws his fastball at 97-98, his cutter probably comes in around 91-92 SP Daniel Cabrera should be RELEASED. He is no longer on the team." I was told that Cabrera and Crede are on the minor league teams for reasons that they didn't have enough minor leaguers to create. You can simply release them from your franchise. I manually made the other chances, plus increased Morel's defense rating (they gave him like a 45. Wtf?), and make Mitchell and Thompson faster, as well as giving Beckham a little more power and increased his horrible base-running ability. Also increased the velocities and K-rates on Santos. Increased K-Rate on Hudson too. I can wait because I'm still working on my All-Time rosters. It takes a long time to just plan the freaking things. Edit: There are currently 3 people in the SoxTalk league. I'll activate it once 6 join.

I voted First Take because Skip Bayless is the most worthless analyst since Mariotti. I would have mentioned the Scott Van Pelt Show just for his co-host idiot. I dislike both especially after the Perfect. Skip Bayless claimed it was nothing special and Van Pelt wasn't there and his co-host didn't mention the perfecto, because no one likes to hear about anything but Brett Favre and Michael Vick.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2010 -> 01:22 PM) Injuries really killed this team. They could have been a middle seed if guys like Rose and Noah don't get hurt. If Rose and Noah weren't injured, the Bulls would easily be in the playoffs right now. And not once during that 10 game losing streak did you see the Bulls not try. They didn't win, but at least they didn't give up like a lot of teams would have. I think Vinny should be retained for a couple reasons 1) Vinny is showing to be maturing as a coach at times. Sure, he still has flaws, but they can be fixed. 2) By all accounts, Rose and Noah really like him, and since those are your two big pieces, appeasing them is a good plan. 3) Who else is out there? Unless Collins and Reinsdorf decide they can have their relationship intact while working together, it won't work. What I think the Bulls should do is try and get more older assistants, like they did last year, to help Vinny along.

Time for JFP's first important game as a Sox player.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 7, 2010 -> 11:52 AM) LOL Grand F****ing Slam... Go sit the f*** down... Why? because he f***ing can... ..wanted to f***ing go home already... Juan F***ing Uribe... Poetic, my friend. Poetic I was writing it in the style of Cracked's articles, and Ozzie.

Now that Bosh has a fractured face, if the Bulls don't get in, they will be failures.

I saw that the Cubs and Yankees had an article on cracked.com, so I went and made the White Sox one. Hopefully, I inspired a few chuckles. http://www.cracked.com/funny-4777-chicago-white-sox/ Any suggestions for additions are welcome.

How is that a foul and why was a 3 pointer not being taken or Rose shooting? Well, unless we get a miracle, I dislike. Edit: That ending sucked.

Salmons is making Deng look like a fool.

Really guys? This game is there for the taking. Make a freakin' basket!

This is a low scoring, but quite tense game.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 08:37 PM) OS FULL MINOR LEAGUE ROSTERS ARE LIVE!! Go to SportsConnect ---> Community ----> Roster Vault ----> OSFullMinors2010V1.0 Sadly, I'm waiting for the one with the pitch edits (or at least the one with all the Minor Leaguers with proper faces).

QUOTE (everafan @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 07:34 PM) Every year there are Indian apologists - people who think Shapiro is some kind of SABR genius even though he couldn't win when he had Lee, Sabathia, Hafner, and Sizemore in their prime. This is why he won GM of the year in 05. Rob Neyer believes the ALC shakes out like this AL CENTRAL 1. Twins - 85 2. Indians - 81 3. White Sox - 77 4. Tigers - 76 5. Royals - 72 The Twins would have been big favorites if they hadn't lost Joe Nathan. Now they're just favorites. And yes, the Indians went 67-95 last year. But somebody has to be this year's big surprise, right? Fausto Carmona, Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore all played exceptionally well in spring training. The Indians have a new manager. I'm just saying, don't be shocked if they do something amazing. Mark Shapiro is my least favorite GM. He sucks, yet is hailed as a genius. He also pronounces my last name oddly.

QUOTE (Mr. Showtime @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 08:12 PM) I was wondering if many here play the franchise mode. Seems like from the majority of the posts that people play the RTTS mode. I'll have to start playing this game a heck of a lot more it seems. I keep my PS3 at my fiancee's house, so I don't have access to it everyday sadly. I'm waiting for the Operation Sports Full Minors Roster so that I can have real prospects before I start my franchise.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) It's probably a lot easier to get a handgun into a stadium and jump over the fence while shooting than it is to sneak a sniper rifle in. "What? Oh, this? This is my, um, very large umbrella."

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 02:25 PM) Easy for him to say. This Yankee arrogance is such crap. That revenue sharing ends up being around $6M-$7M per team. That cannot sign Fielder. The Yankees need to realize that not every team can afford an infield that rivals most teams entirety. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 03:40 PM) The Jason Heyward phenomenon is officially out of control. Since the HR yesterday, he's been compared to Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds. He's the talk of every baseball site there is right now. Everybody is going nuts in trying to acquire him in fantasy leagues. Didn't Jay Bruce have an OPS of, like, 2.000 through his first week with the Reds? Calm down, people. I remember everyone declaring Bruce the next great thing. That didn't exactly work out as planned so far.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 03:35 PM) I wonder if they could do it over, would the Rays take our Beckham with the first pick? Could you imagine Beckham and Longoria in the same infield. Good lord. Anyway I'm glad the Rays, Pirates, Orioles, Royals, Marlins, Giants, and Reds wanted different players. Our gain for the next 15+ years--hopefully. If they did the 2008 MLB Draft over, the Beckham SS would still be the first overall pick, just Gordon instead of Tim. The Marlins sure did blow that draft though.

One thing I noticed yesterday that I love. We have a setup guy (Putz) and a closer (Thornton) for non-Save situations.

AGon would be wonderful about now. But, that's not gonna happen, so hopefully Teahen becomes 2006 Teahen or we don't have any options basically.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 05:02 PM) Even with the splits (Quentin was very good against RHP in 2008 as well), I think breaking up the streak of 4 RH hitters we have at the middle of the order is the right one. 2b, Q, PK14, Rios, Jones/Kotsay. You're just asking for trouble against a funky ROOGY. I got the image of Scooby Doo in disco threads pitching.