This is a joke right?
There is only one Team of the Military and every body knows it's the the Padres. The rest of these teams are unpatriotic communists. You know it's true.
Apparently it was Mark Buehrle who magically came up with the idea while watching any number of Padres games over the last decade. Not only did he insist that the White Sox wear the camo on the 4th of July, but he had it put into his contract. Buehrle is a fraud and a war profiteer!
The White Sox are a disgrace. I'm calling for Congress to get involved. I want Mark Buehrle under oath! Let's have him tell Uncle Sam where he came up with this idea, so that we can put him behind bars where all copy cats belong!
- Happy Birthday to SoxMachine.
- The Sox purchased the contract of 26-year old RHRP Matt Davis. Davis had a 2.98 ERA with 41 K and 26 BB in 45.1 IP as the closer of the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the the independent Northern League.
- Andrew is happy for Johan's departure.
- Tango asks How many plate appearances does Juan Pierre have left in MLB?.
- And Carls's latest 'Smells Like Mascot' comic strip: Committed.
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I hope that's not true.
by The Jerry Royster Experience on Feb 1, 2008 1:37 PM CST reply actions
oh, it's true alright.
also, jre, should we consider a meeting of the wesside branch of the south side sox? at the very least for a brew at a giants-sox or a's-sox game?
by Toonderstrook on Feb 1, 2008 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
Perhaps...
by The Jerry Royster Experience on Feb 1, 2008 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
I'm new here but....
by elcheeserino on Feb 1, 2008 2:58 PM CST up reply actions
Which fine institution are you attending?
rhythm?
by Toonderstrook on Feb 1, 2008 3:22 PM CST up reply actions
I'm all for it
I don't have tickets for anything yet, so any game is cool with me.
Old Story
Mark Gonzales dutifully reported this almost a week ago, and we posted it as soon as we saw it. (If you're keeping track, that's two compliments of Gonzales' work in the last week.)
Enough Gonzo love
Now THAT would be reporting!
He's utilizing the blog well
I'm surprised it took that long
The Sun-Times still hasn't embraced it, which surprises me and doesn't surprise me at the same time. They seem to have lots of other problems to deal with right now.
yeah
All I know...
Gaslamp Ball
by Dex @ South Side Sox on Feb 1, 2008 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
Mark Buehrle
Please
Camo
that would be sweet
which brings us to
Unimaginative, my ass. Sorry, perhaps.
Think about THAT!
Speaking of uniform promos
It seems like an inevitability anyway, so why not be first and gain an advantage? Obviously there'd be a ton of initial backlash and cries of selling out, but I don't think it would hurt nearly as much as the money you'd bring in would help.
Ugh....
The big three (MLB, NFL, NBA) do not do this, and none of them are strapped for cash. As long as these businesses are still swimming in pools of money, then I don't see any reason to mess up the jerseys with advertisements.
Besides the game itself, jerseys have remained largely unchanged throughout history (other than style).
Just because it works for NASCAR and soccer does NOT mean it would work for baseball.
Just did a little research
And I agree that it will be wildly unpopular, but I don't think too many people would actually boycott the games, and then it would eventually blow over, and in the meantime maybe you've gotten a leg up on the competition. Frankly, I'm personally not a fan of it from an aesthetic standpoint, but I think it's inevitable so the Sox might as well be the first to reap the benefits. I don't know why teams like the Pirates and Royals aren't petitioning MLB to let them do it (maybe they are), since they have nothign to lose.
Remember the Spider Man ads
No ads on the goddamn unis, Bo.
OK, I've had a bunch of Rioja
NO ADS ON THE UNIS, BO!
cws keith...
I'll tell you what's a disgrace
No. 1 the freaking Bulls. We all know why.
No. 2 John freaking Paxson. Buddy I am thru giving you a pass. After the Lakers last trade, take your thumb out of your ass and do something. Does a big man have to slap you to get some real inside help?
Schueler Jr is so in love with his players no can be traded.
Report: Mets, Santana agree to extension...
No terms yet. Now only the physicals is standing in the way of the five-player deal.
Source: New York Post
Oh, happy day!
6 years, ~23 mil per year
google says: 137.5 / 6 = 22.9166667
Ken Rosenthal agrees...
If anyone is worthy, it's Johan
and who do i look up first? just for wiz
and here's one i'm sort of shocked at: alexei ramirez. .295/.342/.452 in a largely full-time role (505 PA) at 2B. all i've gotta say about that is sign me the fuck up.
richar .260/.315/.415 in full-time role at 2B (yes, they both can't play there full-time).
more
fields .256.334/.463
quentin .263/.349/.439 (365 PA)
egbert 4.99/1.55 WHIP in 31 G/20 GS
danks 5.54/ 1.56 WHIP in 28 G/ 19 GS
contreras 5.00/ 1.49 WHIP in 30 G/ 19 GS 127 IP
floyd 5.65 / 1.52 WHIP in 30 G 16 GS
Those aren't bad...
If the Sox defense isn't somehow abysmal and 1 of the 3/4/5 pitchers pulls a good season out of somewhere they could be an 85 win team or so.
BTW, if Ramirez could meet his projection while playing a solid SS, can the Sox rescind the Cabrera trade? Or at least forget signing Cabrera long-term? Actually, the latter is great reason to hope Ramirez plays well.
by hitlesswonder on Feb 1, 2008 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
probably because i chose the ones that aren't
dye: .265/.334/.484
okay, right? the catch: 490 plate appearances
cabrera: .269/.323/.372
owens: .264/.321/.338
As always and in this case thankfully
ABs is spotty. Methinks of the big three 1 should have normal abs. 1 is under and 1 could go either way.
i bet
Yes and No
No I was speaking in regards to over pitching numbers. Over the past 4 years or so PECOTA has probably done the best among the overall projections (even for pitching), however the coefficient efficiency numbers for pitching are still generally poor compared to hitting.
wow.
Jeeeeeeeez.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 2, 2008 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
Wow, that's a nice year for Richar
I don't see Ozzie being very patient with anyone, this team is in Win Now mode. I hope he's fair and keeps a short leash on Contreras.
Not that close to league average
Richar = 88
Ramirez = 104
I know its gone back under the radar
wow....!
Ramirez at SS and a platoon of Richar/Uribe at 2B would be sweet. Or OC at SS and Ramirez at 2B would be nice too.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 2, 2008 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
We signed Ramirez for $1 million per
Good point...
Schadenfreude
This Is The Fourth Snowiest Winter In 25 Years
CHICAGO (CBS) ¯ The Chicago area is digging out from a snowstorm that has dumped nearly a foot in some areas, and given a lot of people a good excuse for being late for work.
The snow that began on Thursday afternoon had begun to subside by 11 a.m., but not before dumping 7.4 inches of snow at O'Hare International Airport. At CBS 2, 8.5 inches of snow fell. In Berwyn, there were 10.2 inches, in Elburn 11 inches.
As CBS 2's Rafael Romo reports, it took some commuters three times as long as normal to get downtown from the neighborhoods or the suburbs Friday morning. The Kennedy Expressway looked like a frozen parking lot, and patience was running out.
"Terrible - a lot of delays, a lot of accidents; it was very bad," said Jesus Ruiz of Chicago. "It took us a few hours we got stuck in snow like five times. It's not a pretty good sight."
Nearly a foot of snow covered streets, sidewalks and steps.
BWAHAHAHA! 80 degrees here - maybe move the ST meeting?
Our stats are freely available

Unstable, unpredictable, scary fans
Nah
We've has some suprisingly strong interest all off-season thus far, which should hopefully bode well both for SSS's future growth and the White Sox season in general.
That's what I call...
I remember that uptick in October 2005 looking pretty big at the time.
Akin to the NASDAQ in March, 2000
Sox acquired RHRP Doug Davis
Not surprising I know
San Francisco is ranked 9. Are there any prospects that SF would be willing to part with for Crede?
I would think its more favorable for SF to dump salary of a back end starting pitcher rather than ship prospects. From the Sox perspective, I would opt stocking the system with prospects rather another back end starting pitcher which we have plenty of. That said, it wouldn't sit well with fans, because Crede is fan favorite.
by onlysoxfaninboston on Feb 2, 2008 11:22 AM CST reply actions
Again I ask
i'm not understanding your logic
Thanks
SF's top prospects are all pretty raw
based on wiz's list, it makes little sense to me
I feel a little overly invested in being right at the moment, so double check me for sure on the above and below, but it seems to me that you gauge the value of a farm system based on the value in major league innings acquirable. In my estimate, 3 first round draft picks and a guy who just completed rookie ball aren't that. And I don't even mean just to me. GMs don't either, right? If the majority of your talent hasn't even completed A ball, you don't have a good system, right?
i remember Cheat hoping the sox
Tall, thin HS pitcher
He's about as safe a bet as you can get from a HS pitcher in that as long as he stays healthy he should end up as a back end guy. With his frame, however, he could add some velocity, develop a plus change and suddenly you're looking at a guy with ace potential.
Think of him as a HS version of McCarthy crossed with Garland.
Funky Delivery?
keith law says
of course they're all guys
i wouldn't call them ninth
i can't comment because i don't have any info
oh also
...not that i made a prediction otherwise or anything.
Just saw this
I hope no one here is affected.
My 1986 Sox are dead
If we don't climb back to even soon, I'm afraid we'll sink much further in the second half.
You can't get a dollar back if you
looks like the indians got their juan silveiro
most interesting question for AL central teams
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7098
the most interesting of these is the tigers. i still don't trust that pitching (relief, too). they will score runs but, if they want to be serious contenders, they're going to have to prevent a some, too.
I have spent quite a bit of time on PECOTA
The bad is Detroit is better offensively than I hoped. Their numbers are just sick.
who was overrating the indian offense?
our most interesting question is 3B?
That is hardly a question in my book. It's pretty much solved. Crede's gone.
What about our rotation? Isn't that a bigger question?
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 3, 2008 1:33 PM CST up reply actions
didn't he get both of those questions in there?
any team would want to trade lead weight
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 3, 2008 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
it's not a question
oh. 'ST question...'
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 4, 2008 12:48 PM CST up reply actions
by the way
I guess
And taking a few of those items and the pretty much accepted theory the improved White Sox are competing for 3rd place, sort of implies this great divide between them and the Tigers and Indians. My point is in looking at PECOTA the Sox and Indians are not that far apart.
you must be looking at different players
ZiPS - PECOTA
can someone remind me which is which?
Hiiters for PECOTA
Lol
What all you looking at? Certainly if you toss out bullpens and add in Broadway it becomes a bit more lopsided.
well
and if you don't buy that, throw out broadway and miller. contreras, danks, and floyd are no match (according to the projections) for the backend of the cleveland staff.
finally, i simply don't look at projections for bullpens. it's a meaningless endeavor. i will certainly concede the sox pen is fine and could easily perform as well or better than the indians.
Not trying to accomplish anything
I also agree about 6 pitchers in general, but there is really no guarantee who would deserve or get the extra Sox starts.
Its all good. The season is close and much of this will play out during the season. Im sure we will also began to put on "blog" are expectation of wins for each team.
Im headed out to watch the bowl. Enjoy your Sunday.
And judging by my typos
miggy gimpy
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7099

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