you feel?

It is a bit defensive (a wonderful quality, loyalty), though. Not everyone thinks KW was ever a “rube” – hard to imagine a Stanford guy being described as a hick – and he is in the top 10 of the ESPN national poll of the GM rankings. I think most baseball fans (and perhaps GM’s) see him as at least a peer, if not a “man among boys”.

Settle down, Italian man. Breathe.

Specifically, any of the “prospects”?

they should make at least one statue of Kenny. when i found out he traded for griffey i was so excited and now getting peavy is just insane. imagine if peavy has good numbers here wins like 20 games, all we need now is some guys who can hit more.

After the distaster that was 2007, he jettisoned the garbage and restocked with talented youth. The starting pitching staff is one of the best in the majors, and there’s a ton of manevering room on payroll this winter. And he’s done all this while being divisional contenders the last two years.

People openly rooted for Billy Beane to fail, the flak Kenny gets is no different, just from another contingent of baseball fans.

It is clear that power helps you score frequently, and on-base skill helps you pile on when you do score. In fact, a team’s home runs per at-bat has a 0.15 correlation with the difference between the number of wins a team gets beyond what their Pythagorean record predicts. Teams that hit more home runs do better than their Pythagorean Record suggests.

What this means is that power hitters are even more valuable than their VORP suggests. Power hitters not only change the scoreboard, but they change the scoreboard when it matters. The next time somebody tells you that a team is falling short because they rely too much on the long ball, you can reply that they may not rely on it enough.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9329

Adam Guttridge is a recent graduate seeking to continue his baseball career. Employment offers can be sent to adam_guttridge@yahoo.com.

just been mentioned above orthodox seamhead opinion is that KW is a bag of wank. Therefore I’ll write an article to impress people who might give me a job.

Well, when you’re a Sox fan, anyways. Or else it’s annoying.

But anyways, I’m all for Kenny’s style. It’s a great feeling when you’re absolutely bewildered about a trade, but at the same time know it will somehow work out in the end (or that if it doesn’t, KW will fix it). More teams should experience this – save the high blood pressure.

Nothing like getting arrested on your way to a Christian Mission.

And the tools.

Sounded like he was kinda a douche about it and got what he deserved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCDfJH6eRY

Go Bears.

And ‘fuck you’, Elway.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/trade-deadline-prospects-ranked-part-1

A former starter, Russell has responded well to the move to the pen. He has a mid-90s fastball and a good slider but lacks control. At the age of 26, time is not the side of this 6′8" 255 lbs hurler. Right-handers are hitting just .178 and he has a very good ground-ball rate.

I mean, at what point to you take a 26 year old’s stats in AAA with a HUGE grain of salt? The Sox haven’t exactly been flush with back end relief pitching this year and he hasn’t been called up. That and his brief 2008 disaster should be all the evidence you need.

that’s why KW is a GM and that silly bugger is

with some terrific insight on the trade by jack mcdowell

i wish he was our gm instead of kenny, and jack didn’t even go to stanford

Where’s the game thread? Guys? Hey guys?

I did manage to pick a fight over at A’s….. Sorry for the length
I read this kind of stupid shit far too often.
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 Well at least today

We found who the awful GM’s are.

Kenny Williams, Walt Jocketty, Frank Wren.

The good ones? Jack Z. , Neal Huntington, and Mark Shapiro looks like he did a decent job.

“I feel like we are sending Danny Haren for Mulder all over again.” – Cardinal fan on the Matt Holliday trade

“But at this time of year, two plus two doesn’t always add up to eight. Sometimes, it equals four.” – Geoff Baker, Mariners beat writer.

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Looking at the whole last month or so, Mark Shapiro didn’t do a decent job IMO

He could very easily have gotten more for Lee and VMart, especially Lee. Reeks of desperation. Easily. Although I like the DeRosa trades.

And Mozeliak kinda looked err…interesting. Jury’s way out on him. You just traded most of your best prospects in 2 deals to improve the offense. Nice set of win now moves. Your manager, despite the fact that he’s a really good manager, really isn’t putting the best lineup on the field primarily. Your best players need to be starting in a pennant race.

Kenny Williams wins the Double Facepalm. The worst use of 6 pitching prospects I can imagine over the last two years/4 major trades. Especially since 3 were top 50-75 (maybe even better) prospects when traded, and the 4th was a league average BOR starter. I’m sorry, but that’s the 4th straight major bad trade ( both Swisher trades, and then Vazquez, although jury is somewhat out on Swisher #1 for the A’s, Swisher #2 makes both Swisher trades absolute epic fails on KW’s part).

Oh. Sabean is just a fucking moron. Period.

Neal Huntington looks really good.

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it” ~ Mae West
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What a stupid and lazy assessment

But these types of things written about KW are really quite funny, considering his results. Oh and your opinion is wrong. The White Sox are not the A’s. They don’t have to operate their franchise like a bottom feeder in terms of revenue. Give me a break.

“Oh well back to work”

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KW has been over-rated for years, him and his yapping dog of a manager wouldnt know how to build a good baseball team if it fell on their heads, which luckily for them, it did in 2005 when every single pitcher they had managed to pull off a career year. Of course they say the Posednik was the whole reason why they won, smh. They arent going to win again unless they have 12 pitchers simultaneously have career years again.

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Who is they?

Again what kind of silly analysis is that. And over rated by whom? You retards have been saying the same stuff for years somehow tossing out the White Sox’s results and the position they are in for the next 3 years. Care to wager who reaches the promise land again first? I respect the hell out of Billy Beane. Its his wanna bees without an ounce of objectivity or sense that irritate the hell out of folks.

“Oh well back to work”

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They = Ozzie and KW, who are also both complete clowns and terrible at their jobs.

White Sox arent going anywhere while they are running the show. Oakland will win a WS before the White Sox, easily. With the Peavy trade they now have one of the worst farm systems going, and the offense is looking pretty putrid going forward. The Tigers have that division locked down going forward.

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Lol
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I don’t know why I thought the quality would be better around here. I am going to take it you don’t represent the norm (i hope not)

1) The have already gone somewhere while they ran the show, including a division title last year
2) The Peavy trade took 1 upper tier prospect and back end rotation guy for a 4-5 WAR pitcher for the next 3-4 years
3) Quentin and Beckham have no future (lol again)
4) Buehrle, Peavy Floyd and Danks hmmm.
5) Actually the White Sox farm system is in the best shape its ever been in
6) Unfortunately not a lot of folks (including the lastest BP projections agree with you about the Tigers)

“Oh well back to work”

by Tdogg on Aug 3, 2009 7:04 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions 0 recs
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Delusional White Sox fans = lol.

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I may be delusional but I notice you couldn’t dispute one thing I said.

Either way I’m finished arguing with you. More than happy to talk to someone who is not clueless.

“Oh well back to work”

by Tdogg on Aug 3, 2009 6:54 PM CDT

Nice piece. I honestly think a large part of the hate (in addition to not acknowledging growth) is this warpped sense from small to medium market teams the White Sox should do things their way or everything else is complete luck or garbage. That way they “earned” it. Ironically rarely, and it could be anecdotal, do I read that crap from New York or Boston fans. I mean is there no other way to build teams.

The Minnesota fan who visited and said he was not used to trading prospects so often…. was kind of telling.

The seam head wanna bee is what really gets my ire and sheds a unnecessary bad light on Beane. Its not like he is walking around spewing that stuff. I suspect he’s seen the growth and thinks twice in trades with KW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX-GXXFriWU

I hardly remember going there at all. I do remember skipping school to go to opening day of the new park and being instructed by my mom to make sure I don’t say anything about it at school.

gave the lead back. 5-5 going into the sixth

he has his questionables at times, but he has done a great job. The only better GM’s are Theo Epstein, Billy beane, and Neal hunttington. He is the boldest and most ballsy GM in baseball.

is to put a team on the field every season that makes every game worth going to, and every year has a chance to take the division, then the pennant, then the series. KW has fit that bill with great sucess in broad strokes. He usually keeps his mouth shut, makes deals with an eye on improving the team for now and future, and signs good players to long term deals to keep em around. Who would you rather have – Hawk? Any of the past 5 Cub GM’s? Keep up the good work KW!