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So last year's closer who had to be replaced by a rookie is going to close again? What do you think the chances are Thornton remains the closer?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosen...,2483486.column I'd rather watch Peavy than listen to him.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 25, 2012 -> 05:05 PM) I am truly afraid of these as throwbacks: http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4234826 They should be call "throwaways" or "throwups".

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 07:22 PM) That's not the tone I got. I read his quote as him acknowledging that he's partially accountable for the team's poor performance of late and was willing to accept a lesser position if Jerry thought it was best for the team. I see no problem with him stating that to the media. At least he's admitting that he f***ed up, unlike someone else we got rid of. Also, what's wrong with him wanting to stay in the organization after leaving the GM spot? KW has his faults, both personally and professionally, but he seems like a loyal employee who would put Jerry's best interests first. For f***'s sake, he's taken a ton of abuse from the Guillen family over the past few years and really hasn't discussed it much with the media, which is not the type of person KW is. I wonder what is Jerry's best interests. I would imagine there's going to be a time limit for Kenny to fix his own mess. Loyalty on both sides doesn't sell tickets.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 04:21 PM) How Kenny has kept his job is beyond me. Dunn.Peavy. Rios. Those are the kind of baseball players who get a guy fired. If Reed fails at closer, he also gave away the Sox only closer candidate for this season. Sergio for nothing. Real wise. Oh I forgot. Ozzie didn't have to play Rios and Dunn so that takes Kenny off the hook. Oz is at fault for playing them. How Dunn, Peavy and Rios still have a job is beyond me.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) I think its taken some casual fans and even some diehards like me to start to realize that this organization has no clear direction, no "Sox way", and piss poor leadership pushing it along. Maybe that is the Sox way.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Nov 29, 2011 -> 06:40 PM) Agreed, if the Sox do end up moving Danks and/or Floyd and lose Buerhle, what's the point in keeping Santos on a team that would be challenged to win 70 games? Try and load up with as many young prospects as possible. So you want to trade a once prospect who has had some success for more prospects? This logic baffles me.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 21, 2011 -> 02:36 PM) This is not a good time or offseason to be a Sox fan. Because of three unproductive zillionaires in Dunn, Rios and Peavy we can't keep Mark Buehrle. It's obvious Mark is gone. Why don't we just have a team of all unlikeable underachievers? Last place is our destiny it appears. When Mark signs somewhere else we ought to at least give Paulie a break and trade him to Arizona. Especially on this site when fans are still trying to move these two and finding more ways to blame Ozzie. Yawn.

QUOTE (NHDadUmp-RI @ Nov 7, 2011 -> 08:11 PM) http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...lb&c_id=mlb "Pitching stats not as important in AFL Mechanics, repertoire key for scouting in hitter-friendly league By Bernie Pleskoff | MLB.com Columnist | Archive 11/07/11 1:20 PM ET Comments 11printe-mailIt's very difficult to evaluate pitching in the Arizona Fall League. In general, pitchers are tired in October. Unless the pitcher suffered an injury, most pitchers have logged a full workload of innings either in college or professional baseball during the season. Fatigue and soreness must be considered when evaluating Fall League pitchers. Many scouts assigned to the AFL concentrate on pitching mechanics, as opposed to results. Pitchers capable of throwing strikes and repeating a clean delivery are highly prized. Command, control and the depth of the pitcher's repertoire are all factors to be evaluated as a pitcher works from outing to outing. ... Terry Doyle is a righty in the Chicago White Sox organization. Doyle presents an interesting starting pitching option for the White Sox. He is a control pitcher with a quick-paced, solid delivery and an ability to manage his game very well. Doyle pitched over two classifications in 2011. He started 11 games at Class A Winston-Salem, where he compiled a 2.84 ERA. Moving to the Double-A Birmingham club in the Southern League, Doyle threw 100 innings over 15 starts. He walked only 22 and struck out 73. His command and control will advance his career. He is the type of pitcher who can be trusted to take his starts at least three times through the lineup. Doyle throws a low-90s fastball, but his bread and butter appears to be a full repertoire including a very solid slider, a low-80s curve and an effective changeup. Doyle projects as a back-of-the-rotation starter who can work following a higher-velocity power pitcher. He has the type of delivery and mechanics that could cause the opposition frustration working quickly and changing speeds consistently." Sounds a little like MB.

QUOTE (flavum @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 12:58 PM) How the hell can you have a DH sit 15 games a year? (No Dunn jokes please) That's too many out of 162. I also despise a one-game playoff between wildcard teams where the potential of one of them having 98 wins vs an 84 win team. The game will be worse in 2013. Thanks, Bud. Get rid of the DH. The ability to catch a baseball should be part of those high salaries.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 02:22 PM) That's what I feel like. Guillen expected certain players to be able to do certain things, and every year many of them came out of spring training unable to them. Whether it be bunting, stealing, hit and running etc, either Guillen couldn't teach, or he couldn't recognize that certain guys didn't have the skills to learn what he was teaching. I am really interested to see what spring training looks like, and what the team does coming out of the gate. I guess the word "professional" is a very loose term in MLB these days.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 26, 2011 -> 04:35 PM) Is Thad the gayest name ever? I propose that it is. No. There's some unisex names that I can't think of right now.

They need starters more than relievers.

One of the greatest post season performances in baseball. BTW, what was the title of that big ass box DVD set. I want to order it someday.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 24, 2011 -> 11:44 AM) The White Sox fans want: 1. A winning team on the baseball field. I'm sick of what they call "competitive".

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Oct 23, 2011 -> 06:06 PM) Cards getting rid of Colby: HUGH + White Sox getting rid of Teahen's contract : + BJs getting Colby and Teahen's contract : - - .....suckers.haha! Some revenge for Rios! Fixed it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/..._medium=twitter If the White Sox want to keep Hahn, they might want to show him what he means to the organization. They already do that with a nice salary for a #2 guy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 11:52 AM) And maybe one day Joe will actually have an idea of what a journalist does and appreciate the work that everyone else in the Chicago media does. Really? He already doing that.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 11:22 AM) Exactly. Plus, if anyone watched Atlanta at the end of the season, they really couldn't hit much worse. But with Walker the potential there is to hit worse. We seen it here.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 19, 2011 -> 10:17 PM) I don't really care about any farm reports since most prospects bust anyway. Santos and Sale are two of the best young arms in the game and have established themselves as guys who get the job done. Beckham and Morel at least play amazing D so I have no problem letting them learn up here. And maybe Dayan really is a powerhouse, I dunno. What's wrong with that? How is that bad? Because we don't have highly touted guys like Eric Hosmer? Where are these teams that are graduating superstars every year? Matt Wieters and Greinke sucked for a long time. I just don't see how being at the bottom of these grading articles has any importance when nobody EVER knows if a guy is going to be good until he's called up. And even that doesn't settle it since the learning curve at the big league level is usually multiple years, even for many HOF players. GMAFB with all this jazz. Even if we had Hudson we'd still hear about our crappy minors. Whatever. There are only 750 MLB players and most of them suck compared to the 30-50 good players and the 20 or so superstars. We're doing fine IMO; it's the veterans that are pissing everyone off. I wouldn't say Santos and Sale are established. Dayan has trouble catching a baseball. I don't doubt it is one of the worst farm systems. They probably go after athletes as opposed to baseball players. The Sox never impress with fundamentals so that is low on Kenny's list. If they are not developing any players then you are stuck with veterans pissing you off.

Baseball owners aren't much different in spending than the officials in D.C. A salary cap would save them from their bad spending or eliminate guaranteed contracts. The Yankees seem to put more resources on offense and it's proving to be a failure in the post season.

Ozzie is gone. Robin is in. Cowley no longer serves a purpose. I could care less what Ozzie via Coward says anymore. Can we move on? Did they find a hitting coach yet?

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 08:35 AM) I think this is a good thing. It shows KW's commitment. It's like a member of management getting off of his ass and going out to the floor to see first hand what is going on. Kenny's commitment was never an issue. It's his philosophy I question. Is he going to find another DH or 1B? Or another guy totally clueless about the fundamentals of the game? At least there's a better chance he won't find another football player who happens to play baseball on the side.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 14, 2011 -> 06:16 PM) People are already deciding that they'll be OK with starting a rebuild by the midpoint of next season, but when that time comes, they'll just say to do the same thing in 2013. This team's f***ed. Only half of the problem was solved.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 15, 2011 -> 09:11 AM) Job security could also have been had by doing his job well. It looks like he still has it.