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QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) Talk about being able to get the rumors first hand! He should start a "My guy on 35th says..." thread.

Might have another 1st place tie in the East.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) Saw the score and thought it was Reed that blew, only to find out it was Jake-meister. Figures. Right now, 2nd's locked up and 84 wins is going to put us in better draft position probably... All the more reason to have better scouting.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 08:12 PM) If there's one person you want to crush the ball this series and go out on a positive note this year, it's Tank I've had no beef with his season at all. He's rookie and people expected Mike Trout.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 03:15 PM) Acquire a good second baseman. Keep Gordon as the utility guy. If he plays himself back into a starting job, great. If not, he'd be one of the best utility infielders the Sox ever had. Best choice. He has played 2nd,SS,3rd.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 07:54 AM) I don't think there approach was all that much better in June. Free-swinging, low OBP guys get on hot streaks, and a lot of them went on hot streaks. And Dunn isn't the problem. You can't look at his average. He is the most unique .210 hitter ever. Maybe in an ideal world you have enough good hitters in your lineup that you don't have to bat him 3rd, but I don't see the Sox having the resources to make that happen. It's the Ks that bother me. A career high. He still hasn't figured out AL pitching while Pujols and Fielder did. AL pitchers have figured him out. If he is in the AL next year, I bet he doesn't walk as much. You can't have his low average in the AL with a supporting cast like the Sox.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 02:04 PM) It's amazing to me how much more angry you are at a team that competed and ran out of gas in 2012 as opposed to a manager and team that flat out quit in 2011. Unfortunately the result is the same. At least this year was a month longer of meaningful baseball.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 06:09 PM) Dude s*** happens, this is sports and especially when you are a pitcher anytime can a muscle pop off and screw u up. We should be fortunate that he worked his tail off to get into the shape he is, heck a ton of ppl making that type of money wouldn't have bothered getting back to where Peavy has gotten back. Just respect that and move on. More like he and his agent should be fortunate that he worked his tail off to get into the shape he is. Funny how athletes show up for that potential new pay day. I wouldn't assume 100% that Peavy goes elsewhere next year either.

Hopefully they can find another GM who will be impressed with Dunn's HR and RBIs and ignore his low BA and high K rate. I got a good laugh last night when someone on WSI thought the Yankees would be interested. They probably would if they have another Wilson Betimit to give away.

There's newspaper media bias as well. IF they can't compete with the Cubs for attendance, smart thing is to move. I don't know where but if you are not drawing, move.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) Kansas City shut the White Sox down almost every game they played and the Kansas City rotation sucked. Surely someone other than Hawk has to come up with some lame excuses for that.

QUOTE (Real @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 12:05 AM) career years from rios and AJ, lots of HR's in our lineup, and had a CY candidate in the rotation, and they still couldn't make the playoffs this team is not going to win this division for at least 2 more years, bank on that 2nd wildcard if you're wanting to see this team in the postseason Look at it the other way. A team that had to win the division at game 160 in the weakest division in the AL, has 2 aces, two hitters with one being a triple crown candidate. Their starting rotation, 3 and 4 hitters are superior to the Sox and they almost lost. This was one of the better fundamental Sox teams coming out of the gate and that's why their record was good for a team that was suppose to be close to losing 90. Having a rookie manager with no prior experience didn't help much. The hardest thing to ignore is too many veterans can't play under pressure. They seem to have forgot how to do the little things.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 12:12 AM) A's are in. Rays and Angels go home. A's have a shot at the division.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 11:03 PM) I dont know if this is a snark comment on the "excuses" some have made about the sox injuries or not but a left ankle injury for a RH batter doesnt effect a hitters swing like a wrist/hand or even an oblique problem like PK and Dunn have. Fans make way too many excuses for Konerko when they think his numbers should match Ted Williams. The guy is known for long slumps. Plus age may be catching up with him. As for tired, that's the lamest excuse ever. Let me now when Cabrera and Fielder get tired. They might have had one day off the whole season. Their day off is when one of them is a DH.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 11:19 PM) Good post. I don't trust them either. You got big problems if those guys take up 2 rotation spots. Problem is some team probably will give Jake three years 15-20 million a year. I sure hope the Sox don't sign Guthrie or Chen. Gawd that would piss me off. They are not good pitchers just cause they beat the Sox, Kenny. Please elaborate.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 11:10 PM) Isn't it pretty much a given that they're going to thumb their nose at his eleventy billion dollar option and try to offer him something a bit more reasonable? I don't have anything against Jake in a Sox uniform, but this 1 healthy and productive year of his hasn't made anyone forget the amount of time he missed in the years prior. He's got to be willing to take some sort of 1 year deal if he ever wants anyone to throw more years and more zeroes at him in the future. I don't trust the Quintanas/Stantiagos/Humbers to grab the remaining 2 spots of a Sale/Danks/Floyd rotation. The 3 of them can compete for the 5th spot. Peavy can't beat Detroit either.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 09:09 PM) White Sox: 6-12 vs. the Royals; 6-12 vs. the Tigers. Epic failure. Total collapse. Team should be ashamed of itself. You can change managers all you want; you can't change the White Sox performance in September. Chokers. August came late.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 09:05 PM) And this ballgame and season are ovah. The Sox will score another 19 tomorrow.

I take it some of you are watching the final nail in the coffin.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 08:54 PM) Is it wrong the Tigers will be the first AL team to clinch a division--and it's with 87 wins, while six other teams may end up with 90+ wins? Didn't the Royals and Cardinals win the WS with less?

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 08:48 PM) Valverde's gonna blow it. Their weakest link in the post season along with their D.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) Cabrera 4-5, .329 Stud. Played hurt against the Sox and still did damage. No excuses for being hurt or tired on that lineup.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 08:42 PM) Sox are going nowhere. Fixed. Meanwhile Detroit will still be playing baseball.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 01:37 PM) What the **** are you talking about? How do homeruns not drive in runs? The guy leads the entire major leagues in walks -- who cares if they're intentional? Strikeouts don't kill rallies and more than popups and double play balls do. Those walk are gonna decrease and most pitchers don't fear him. K's are disastrous with men on base especially if they are congruent with your batting average. Sp far he's exceed his career high K by 19 and I can guarantee you he's not done yet. But Sox fans are too fascinated with the home run. What's new?