Anonymous poll - Should Gordon Beckham be on our opening roster as starting second basemen?
by onlysoxfaninboston on Mar 16, 2009 4:07 PM CDT
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The purpose of this poll is to validate whether a debate truly exists in the SSS community about whether Gordon Beckham should and will be heading up North come April. If you haven't voiced your opinion on this topic, especially if you think he should start, participate in this anonymous poll and avoid the wrath of Larry.
The question is fairly specific based on a number of assumptions:
1. Alexei will play shortstop, non withstanding defensive concerns.
2. KW stated his preference that Beckham starts, i.e. gets regular at-bats, either at the minor or major league level.
Personally, I don't think Beckham should be on the opening roster. He's only played 14 games in the AFL, and needs to work on his craft more. Perhaps later as a September call-up assuming that Getz / Nix are playing below replacement level. There are very very few players who have succeeded at the Major League level with the number of minor league at-bats that Beckham has thus far accrued.
SouthSideSox is a community driven site. As such, users are able to express their thoughts and opinions in a FanPost, such as this one, which represents the views of this particular fan, but not necessarily the entire community or SouthSideSox editors.
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Beckham will be great. Just don’t be like the Cubs and bring him up yesterday and ruin him.
2-3 months in AA, then a stint at AAA. But always have him on the ready.
The Irish Bulldog Has Spoken...
by BucktownSox on Mar 16, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Beckham has to wait behind Orlando Hudson, just like everyone else.
by The Actual El Guapo on Mar 16, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
how would this poll not be anonymous?
i voted no
by blackoutsox on Mar 16, 2009 6:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
technically it still wouldn't be
because if anyone cared enough they could just click everyone’s name and see what they voted
But Frank Thomas was always his own guy, he always lived by some sort of code that wasn’t especially clear to anyone but him.
by U-God on Mar 16, 2009 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
get the fuck out, you can do that?? revise the title then, i'm too lazy...
by onlysoxfaninboston on Mar 16, 2009 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
non registered users can vote.
i’m sure the registered ones are logging out and voting ‘yes’ just like i did.
by larry on Mar 16, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, they don't make Ph.D's like they used to...
the post wasn't for you. fuck off.
by larry on Feb 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST
by winningugly on Mar 16, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy jesus christ...
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on Mar 16, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Lmao
I don't need to look at fancy stats
to see if a guy is good or not. You might have to.
by Where Triples Go to Die on Nov 30, 2008 4:16 PM CST
by omnipotent grab on Mar 16, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i voted yes.
what the hell. a little adversity isn’t going to bother this guy.
by Hatchetm on Mar 17, 2009 7:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Exactly,
this isn’t like other (crappy) Sox prospects we’ve had to deal with for the last decade. This is a guy who was the 8th overall pick in the draft, a guy who loves the spot light, who wants to be in big situations and hit the ball. Anyone whose ever listened to him give an interview since the Sox drafted him can tell, he thinks he’s good at baseball. And despite all of this silliness over whether or not he knows Harold Baines (come on now, there are people in Harold’s family who don’t know who Harold is…the guy could be on FIRE and never say a word), Gordon Beckham can hit a damn baseball. If he’s not brought up, it will probably be to delay the arbitration clock, like Tampa did with Longoria. I do not understand where this idea comes from of a guy needing to ‘serve his time’ in the minors. If a guy’s good, bring him on up, please.
by Obama4cntrfld on Mar 18, 2009 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, you know who Beckham sounds a lot like in your paragraph?
But Frank Thomas was always his own guy, he always lived by some sort of code that wasn’t especially clear to anyone but him.
by U-God on Mar 18, 2009 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice. Very nice.
the post wasn't for you. fuck off.
by larry on Feb 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST
by winningugly on Mar 18, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thank you
He is my generation’s failed prospect, so I’m probably gonna remember him even when I’m as old as you.
But Frank Thomas was always his own guy, he always lived by some sort of code that wasn’t especially clear to anyone but him.
by U-God on Mar 18, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
football. goooooood!
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Mar 18, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beckham at SS
Alexei at CF, Getz at 2nd. Eventually. I can’t bear to watch Jerry Owens or Brian Anderson in centerfield and leading off. Wise I could certainly stomach.
by NerdVernacular on Mar 17, 2009 8:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why on earth would you want to 'hurt" the long term health of the White Sox
Again I’m sorry, this is just silly.
No No NO NO!
"It just occurred to me that the White Sox could win the division."
by SuddenSam on May 22, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
" That just makes me want to puke all over your head, sir."
by Tdogg on Mar 17, 2009 9:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
why is this nonsense of a poll rec'd....
by LT_sox_fan on Mar 17, 2009 12:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Because OSFIB is a Doctor,
and he is smart. Oh, and he greased many of us with free Jim books.
the post wasn't for you. fuck off.
by larry on Feb 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST
by winningugly on Mar 17, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
assuming that no one voted more than once
and the 100 or so that voted thus far are somewhat representative of the SSS community, 29% voting ‘yes’ ain’t small potatoes…
bhoov is the doctor, i just stayed in school for a very long time
by onlysoxfaninboston on Mar 17, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wish i had screen capped this over time
but i’m willing to bet the sooner you voted, the more likely the chance you were a regular. iirc, at 50-75 votes it was 80-75/20-25 and has slowly dipped since.
and then of course the Sox answered the question as the regulars knew it ought be.
I can lead you to 4 Wisdom, but I can't free your brain from the evil of Punto.
by colintj on Mar 22, 2009 11:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
but even 75-80/20-25
is a far cry from ~ ‘most everyone’ or whatever phrase we both used to imply that there was most likely lack of debate on this topic. there is a sizeable faction within SSS that preferred Beckham in the opening line-up. take that for what it’s worth.
and if most people voted while logged on, you could determine their overall SSS user activity and label them as either regular or not and find out when they voted to see if calendar time modified the association between reg/non-reg user and polling results. too much work though, and unnecessary…
by onlysoxfaninboston on Mar 23, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the poll result is in line with other polls done on other more mainstream sites.
by larry on Mar 23, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
SSS bloggers are similar to those who comment on chicagosports?
by onlysoxfaninboston on Mar 23, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
our overall readership isn't much different.
the vocal regulars are different, sure.
by larry on Mar 23, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
2:1 ratio is "most everyone", or "over 50%".
If a politician wins with a 2:1 ratio its’ a “landslide”. Like this. Perhaps not a Cuba/Venezuela/Russian/Ugandan “supermajority”, but substantial, nonetheless.
PS OT, where TF is bhoov? Now that he revealed his “Dr” title he’s scurried away from here. Perhaps to a “Doctors only” site where only OSFIB and he can talk about the Sox?
the post wasn't for you. fuck off.
by larry on Feb 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST
by winningugly on Mar 23, 2009 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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