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If the White Sox are thinking of putting Brad Penny in the rotation they must have as much confidence in Danks and Noesi as I do, which is none. There are also rumors the bad guys on the Northside are going to move Travis Wood. I would think the White Sox would be interested in him. Needless to say the White Sox have to improve the back of the rotation if they want to get into the 2015 Playoffs.

I'm out and out scared of a bottom of a rotation that has Danks, Noesi and Penny. I keep hearing the bad guys on the Northside are going to release Edwin Jackson and eat his money. I'm wondering if the White Sox would pick up Jackson. Jackson was a decent pitcher when he was with the White Sox. As long as he doesn't cost the White Sox anything. I wouldn't be surprised to see him picked up by the White Sox.

Other than Opening Day and PK day there appears to be alot of seats available for every game. It doesn't look like they have increased there season ticket base much for 2015. Am I misreading this?.

Dick Allen; I agree with you. I met Stone when he pitched for the White Sox and I've met him since he's announcing the White Sox. The perfect word I have in describing him is ARROGANT. I'm hoping 2015 will be his last season with the White Sox.

To the best of my knowledge, Hawk has a few more years on his TV contract with the White Sox. Stones contract has one more season to go. Taking everything into account 2015 will be Stones last season with the White Sox. I wouldn't be surprised if 2015 was Stones last year as an announcer anywhere. At his age I don't anybody will sign him.

Taking Castro over Ramirez at short equals taking Mark Grace over Frank Thomas. Castro can't carry Ramirez jockstrap defensively. The writer is obviously just another Cubs fan. The Cubs will move Castro off their team in a heartbeat if they get a decent offer. When the day comes when Castro is moved, I wouldn't be surprised to see him moved to another position.

Maybe if the Cubs sign Shields they will trade him to the White Sox for Danks and Noesi.

I think the biggest mistake JR made was the handling of the new stadium. He orginally had an offer from the City of Chicago to build a new stadium in the South Loop at Roosevelt and Clark. He rejected the offer and wanted to build a stadium in Addison on land JR owned. When that didn't work out, the offer from the city was off the table. They wound up at the present location. If JR would of taken the South Loop offer, there would of been no threat of the team moving to Florida. The franchise would of been better off in the South Loop. JR is directly responsible for the upper deck fiasco. He wanted another level of suites. Nobody wants to sit in the upper deck. He wound up building a stadium where it should not of been built and he built a stadium where nobody wants to sit in the upper deck. All in all, not a good legacy for this ownership. His legacy will be much better with the Bulls that what it will be with the White Sox.

Who would you want pitching on the White Sox, Shields, Danks or Noesi? If the White Sox are serious about contending in 2015 Shields is a no brainer. The White Sox will not make the 2015 Playoffs with a bottom of the rotation of Noesi and Danks.

I had a nice time today at Soxfest. I'm disappointed that Hahn didn't announce that the White Sox obtained another starting pitcher this weekend at Soxfest. It would of been great to announce that James Shields signed with the White Sox. I wish I had more confidence in the bottom of our rotation of Noesi and Danks, but I simply don't. I'm afraid that the bottom of our rotation is going to be so bad we won't contend in 2015 and JR will have another white flag trade this summer.

You would think he would spend more time trying to get the Cubs out of last place. It must be nice to spend the type of money his father made. I would of liked to have been born into wealth. Your perspective of life has to be different. I've seen many kids run their family business into the ground. He rubs me as if he has all the capabilities of going broke somewhere down the line. If it wasn't for his daddies money he would be shining shoes for a living.

The White Sox have definitely improved the team this off season. But still, the bottom of the rotation with Noesi and Danks scares me to death. I try to point out the positive. I'm not the second coming of Jay "Woman Beater" Mariotti. I don't see the 2015 White Sox making the playoffs unless they acquire another decent starting pitcher. Maybe Noesi and Danks will have a good 2015 season. I hope so but I'm not counting on it.

QUOTE (My_Sox_Summer @ Jan 12, 2015 -> 04:57 PM) Sorry that I have jacked this thread. It was to be expected. I wasn't really liked over there by many of the admins, they just needed an excuse. I do like the non-confrontational approach, makes it much easier. WSi is a G-Rated site. I read that there membership is getting smaller by the year. Fewer people are reading that site. I was banned once for some comment I made about the Cubs player Castro. When I make comments on that site, I watch what I say. I find SoxTalk to my liking as opposed to WSI. If they ever banned me again, I would never read it again.

I've gone to every Soxfest in the past. I've always gone on Saturday and it was always jammed packed every year. I don't know about the Friday and Sunday crowds but all the Saturday crowds were big. I couldn't get a ticket for the Saturday date this year. I couldn't get on line. So instead I bought a ticket for Sunday. I like going every year. I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully Hahn will make an announcement that weekend that the White Sox have acquired another starting pitcher.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 4, 2015 -> 10:07 AM) I honestly think if you looked at the teams biggest holes, we got the best players available when price was considered for each of them in Samardjiza, Cabrera, and Robertson. No one in baseball has had a better off season than Rick Hahn. Hahn has definitely upgraded the team this off season. Still, if the White Sox are going to contend for a playoff spot in 2015, the team needs another starting pitcher. Noesi and Danks are not going to get the team into the playoffs. Hopefully Hahn can get the team another starter before opening day.

1) If they would of built the Cell at Roosevelt and Clark, we wouldn't be talking about building a new stadium for the White Sox. The City of Chicago wanted to build the stadium in the South Loop. JR wanted to move to Addison/Dupage County. When Addison didn't work out, they wound up at its present location. The City of Chicago withdrew the South Loop offer and the white Sox got stuck building a stadium where it should not of been built. A terrible move for the White Sox. 2) Anybody who thinks the government won't build another stadium for the White Sox is wrong. As long as there is money to be made, a new stadium is a possibility. Keep in mind the City is building a new arena for Depaul, who nobody cares about. Mayor Daley was going to build an Olympic Stadium for the Olympics which would of cost upwards of $300 million dollars. The city was then going to knock it down after the games were over with. 3) I wouldn't be surprised to see Rocky wirtz buy the White Sox. He's one of the investors