Posted in General on Jan 25th, 2010
Has anyone been paying attention to what’s been happening in Kansas City this offseason? If you haven’t been paying attention you’d swear that the south side of Chicago has move further south. I mean, there is Josh Fields at third base and Chris Getz across the diamond manning second. In the outfield we have Scott [...]
Posted in General on Jan 24th, 2010
Here’s a quote from Ozzie from Soxfest today: “I put this on the table, too,” Guillen said. “Let’s say we are down 11-0 in the sixth inning and I want to give a guy a day off. Well, I’m not putting Vizquel in there.” “They did it to me and I’m not going to do [...]
Posted in General on Jan 22nd, 2010
More and more over the past few years teams have started to shy away from a full time DH and instead move to a DH by committee approach that the White Sox seem ready to experiment with in 2010. Arguments can be made for both methods, and I think the bottom line comes down to [...]
Posted in General on Jan 20th, 2010
Timmy “The Freak” Lincecum is eligible for arbitration and he wants a big payday. There is do doubt he is one of the best pitchers in the game and he has won the NL Cy Young Award for the past two seasons. But, as I talked about earlier with Carlos Quentin, are these players REALLY [...]
The White Sox and left-handed starter John Danks have agreed on a one-year, $3.45 million deal for 2010. This clears up all arbitration eligible players, extending the White Sox no-arbitration streak which began in 2001. It is about a $3 million pay raise for John Danks, but one that he has earned. Over the past [...]
Mark McGwire made his first appearance since being hired as the St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach and the first since he admitted to taking steroids during his career. The event was the Cardinals Care Winter Warm-Up where the St. Louis faithful welcomed McGwire back into the fold with open arms and a standing ovation. He [...]
The White Sox continued their streak of avoiding arbitration with their players by coming to deals with both Bobby Jenks and Carlos Quentin. In Quentin’s case I have to ask did they overpay? Maybe it’s just a part of the game that I don’t understand, but here you have a player that last year suffered [...]
Posted in General on Jan 15th, 2010
Even through the frigid Chicago winter I can feel it in the air, spring isn’t that far off and we all know what that means. Baseball is coming back onto the radar and it’s only a matter of weeks now until pitchers and catchers report for 2010 Spring Training. The White Sox announced today that [...]
As we head into the 2010 season I have to say that I’m excited about this slightly tweaked White Sox team. Having Jake Peavy in the mix for a full season is HUGE. He’s a true ace with amazing stuff and should inspire the White Sox staff to produce at a level we haven’t seen [...]
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