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Since he shares a dugout with Ozzie Guillen, Don Cooper doesn’t always get the credit he deserves when it comes to quotability. Soak this one in:
“Lack of conditioning, lack of preparation makes cowards of us all.”
If that doesn’t fire you up, what will? Anyway, ...
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fter a successful test run on State of the Sox, I’ve activated a plugin that will make browsing and commenting on this blog a lot easier on many smartphones, such as the iPhone, Droid, Pre, various Blackberries and others.
Give it a shot, and let me know if you have any problems. My phone ...
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Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein released his list of his top 11 White Sox prospects:
Four-Star Prospects
1. Daniel Hudson, RHP
2. Jared Mitchell, OF
3. Tyler Flowers, C
Three-Star Prospects
4. Jordan Danks, CF
5. Dayan Viciedo, 3B
6. Brent Morel, 3B
7. Clevelan Santeliz, RHP
8. Trayce ...
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Despite winning two other rookie of the year awards, Gordon Beckham finished fifth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. Oakland closer Andrew Bailey took home the hardware, followed by Elvis Andrus, Rick Porcello and Jeff Niemann.
Beckham tried to play down his miffedness:
“It was ...
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Gordon Beckham
Despite winning two other rookie of the year awards, Gordon Beckham finished fifth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. Oakland closer Andrew Bailey took home the hardware, followed by Elvis Andrus, Rick Porcello and Jeff Niemann.
Beckham tried to play down his miffedness:
“It was ...
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Gordon Beckham
Considering he came up with the offseason plan idea, it’s only fair that Striker puts his baseball mind on trial with his own blueprint.
Although it’s not quite fair that he gets the benefit of the Mark Teahen trade, he does go in a different direction with it.
* * *
Contracts:
1. ...
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Over at The 35th Street Review, Andrew made a case for Jermaine Dye as the Player of the Decade. Read the whole thing, but in a nutshell:
Five seasons. One-hundred sixty-four home runs. Four-hundred sixty-one runs batted in. Fifth- and fifteenth-place finishes in MVP voting. An All-Star. A ...
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Jermaine Dye
Mark Buehrle
Paul Konerko
Scott Podsednik
Closing out the uneventful general managers’ meetings in Chicago, Kenny Williams bared his soul:
“So, there is nothing to report. Even if there was something to report, I wouldn’t tell you.”
Whoops. I mean, this is the quote to focus on:
“But at the end of the day, ...
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Kenny Williams
With Kenny Rogers and Mike Mussina out of baseball and Johan Santana in the American League, the next pitcher to take home the American League Gold Glove would be a first-time winner.
Mark Buehrle benefited from this set of circumstances, achieving a goal he mentioned in September. He happened ...
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Mark Buehrle
Jermaine Dye
I’m heading to a Fiery Furnaces show, and then out of town, so I’m just going to barf out a few more thoughts on the recent post-Teahen developments.
No. 1: I regret that I won’t have many more occasions to use this picture.
We barely had a chance to use it, and now he’s ...
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The more the Mark Teahan-Josh Fields-Chris Getz trade rattled around in my head — and the longer it went unconfirmed — I had the thought that Kansas City was getting off too easy.
It’s a wash in terms of personnel, but the salary relief is too big too ignore. Teahan is set to ...
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Kansas City Royals
This didn’t take long:
While the Yankees and Phillies continued to wage their World Series battle Wednesday night, the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals were making a trade.
The Daily News learned the White Sox have agreed to send second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh ...
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Kansas City Royals
Josh Fields
Mark Teahen
This didn’t take long:
While the Yankees and Phillies continued to wage their World Series battle Wednesday night, the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals were making a trade.
The Daily News learned the White Sox have agreed to send second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh ...
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Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Josh Fields
Mark Teahen
This didn’t take long:
While the Yankees and Phillies continued to wage their World Series battle Wednesday night, the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals were making a trade.
The Daily News learned the White Sox have agreed to send second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh ...
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Kansas City Royals
Josh Fields
With the World Series officially in the rear-view mirror, today marks the official first day of the offseason.
I thought it would be handy to list all the important dates for easy reference as the offseason progresses. Please note that some dates are subject to change.
2009
November – ...
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Before we get to the last offseason plan I have lined up, a couple of quick notes:
*Akinori Iwamura, whose name was brought up a couple times in discussion, is heading to the Pittsburgh Pirates for reliever Jesse Chavez. Nice move for Pittsburgh.
*U-God at South Side Sox has been swept up by the ...
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The Phillies extended the baseball season at least two more days, so we’ll have to wait a little longer to see if the Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo has a legitimate idea here:
4. Johnny Damon, LF, Yankees – If the Yankees don’t bring him back, the White Sox look like a good fit. ...
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Now that we’re back to a lack of news, let’s get back to the offseason plans. This one is courtesy of marshlands:
MUST-MAKE DECISIONS
1) Octavio Dotel: Arbitration, or not?
Do not offer arbitration to Octavio Dotel. He’s been serviceable throughout his career (even excellent at ...
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I’m no fan of Halloween, but the guys at Oral Sox managed to make it something worthwhile with their newest installment of “The Offseason.”
Awesome, awesome work guys.
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I’m not necessarily opposed to adding more of a neighborhood around U.S. Cellular Field, but I am vehemently opposed to it when the topic is broached as such:
Many Chicagoans have long complained that when they go to a White Sox game on the South Side, there aren’t any restaurants or ...
