BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

as it seems i have become a jinx

Get rid of him right now. It was stupid to even bring him up in the first place.

Caught some of the Boers and Bernstein show on the Score Friday afternoon, and have to disagree with their take on the Joe Crede tribute.
Only heard a few minutes, so maybe the tone shifted later in the show, but they were questioning the White Sox’s decision to do a Crede tribute before Friday night’s game against the Twins at the Cell.
I’ve witnessed more than my fair share of lame homages during 16 years of covering baseball, but this was not one of them.
I think the Sox were right on with their tribute to Crede, which ran about two minutes before the start of the game.
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http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/1783

He wishes he “could figure out what is going on with him”

Guillen added with a mischievous smile that Crede’s occasional cheapness was his one downfall. The White Sox have a rule under Guillen that if they sweep a player’s former team, such as Jim Thome with the Indians, then that player has to buy something for the rest of the team.

Since players such as Crede and Mark Buehrle only have known the White Sox, they got stuck with a great deal of the unattached squads.

“Crede always came up with the cheapest thing ever,” said Guillen with a laugh.

When Crede came to the plate for the first time, the Air Supply classic “All out of Love” played in the background. It was a musical move engineered by Brian Anderson, who heard strains of “Say You, Say Me” playing in an August game last year courtesy of Crede.

Paul Konerko shared a tale from a trip to Detroit, which pointed up Crede as a good-natured teammate.

“We were walking home, it was kind of late, and I wasn’t with him. I was with a couple other guys,” Konerko said. "He thought it would be funny at 1:00 in the morning to hide behind a building and you know, we’re in the city, it wasn’t a nice area, that it would be funny to jump out and scare somebody.

“That definitely got my attention and scared me a little bit. It was probably the most scared I’ve been in the last few years, anyway, but that’s Joe. He wants to do those kinds of things. It took awhile for him to get to that point. But once he did, the last few years, there was never a time when we weren’t laughing on the plane or the bus or in the clubhouse with him.”

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090410&content_id=4211158&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

how does he (or — more importantly — how is he going to) get left-handed hitters out? I’m not trying to be snarky but rather a question posed to those with good knowledge of his pitch f/x data versus lefties. His fastball is as straight as an arrow* and he doesn’t drop down for lefties, so essentially it’s the forkball and that’s about it, yes? And if he doesn’t quite have the feel for the forkball, you (more or less) get an outing like tonight?

I should add that I know my expectations for Contreras’ and Colon’s first several starts should be tempered, but I still felt the question was worth asking.

*I’m also aware that I can’t completely discount the fastball, but it seems it’s only effective when his forkball is working.

Andrew Thomas Gallo, a 22-year-old from San Gabriel, was charged with three counts of murder by the Orange County district attorney on Friday. He ran a red light in his minivan and hit the car carrying Nick Adenhart and his friends, police said.

I always really liked Crede alot. He was a great guy and a rare quality homegrown product of the White Sox system. However, his behavior at the end of last year made this hurt much less.

Remember, he was basically refusing to play…

so i checked the box score today to try to refresh my memory. was thinking that wise finally got a couple hits, but did he get picked off and caught stealing? seriously? just give brian anderson an extended look, for chrissakes.

Is Getz done for the next month?

for some reason I am expecting a long and shitty game.

well I do sort of, but the calling of it seems very arbitrary, Richard got called for a balk last night after a run down that would have graced a Stan and Ollie movie. Hawk thought it was bollocks, Stone ( who I really like btw, what an improvement, knows what he is talking about ) was non committal.
So I’d like to ask the more experienced people on here, did he get a bad call or not? Because in my view after that he lost his command, more stuff going on his head about being not very good about throwing to first again. I’m not saying it was a pivotal moment, but it certainly didn’t help us.

 25 strikes, 21 balls, 4 hits, 2 bb, 3 er in 2 innings so far.

Lillibridge 4, Fields 5, Quentin 7, Dye 9, Konerko dh, Betemit 3, Ramirez 6, Anderson 8, Miller 2. Colon pitching.

Most teams weren’t nearly as spend-happy during this recent bull market as they were in the late ‘90s (the percentage of revenues spent on payroll was far below 1999-01 levels), but cutbacks are probably inevitable, even for some large-market teams. Let’s say the White Sox are out of the AL Central race by the trade deadline. (I’m only picking on them because they make for a good hypothetical.) According to Forbes, the Sox made $72 million in ticket sales in 2007. We don’t have the numbers for 2008 yet, but we do know that their attendance declined about seven percent, so we’ll assume gate revenue declined at the same pace, to $67 million. If the team doesn’t play well in this economy, it’s certainly possible they could see a decline of $10 million or more in game-related revenue, counting concessions and parking (the Forbes number only takes into account tickets sold).

Without knowing anything about the team’s cash position, that’s not such an enviable spot to be in. Come July, they would almost certainly become sellers. Jim Thome, Jermaine Dye, Octavio Dotel, and Jose Contreras are making a combined $40 million this year, and could all be free agents this winter (Dye has a mutual option). Two-thirds of that—or about $27 million—will be paid out by the end of July, leaving $13 million in potential savings. If the team isn’t drawing well, the primary concern may be to shed payroll, even if it means getting slightly less in terms of talent.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8723