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"It's a lot more fun when you go out there and you know you've got a team that's capable of scoring eight to 10 runs every game."
- Carlos Lee
Tag Archives: Barstool GM
Who Needs Orlando Hudson?
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, free agents, offseason, Orlando Hudson, Teahenacious D | Comments closed
The Probable Outcomes Of Passing On A Pure DH
The fate of the most DHingest players on the DHingest team in the DHingest little city in America, ordered chronologically from saddest to truest.
Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Andruw Jones, Bold Predictions, Carlos Quentin, DHs, Mark Kotsay, Omar Vizquel, Paul Konerko, Team of Destiny, trade rumors are stupid | Comments closed
In January, Everyone Is Just So Awesome
It even says so in the newspaper.
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, DHs, Jayson Nix, Jim Thome, Mark Kotsay, Media, stupid power | Comments closed
A Big Move Is The Only Sensible Move
“We need guns. Lots of guns.”
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, Jake Peavy, Mark Teahen, offseason, pessimism, Ramon Castro, rants | Comments closed
How to Fix the White Sox In One Fell Swoop
The psychotic, improbable manuever that could reshape South Side baseball as we know it.
The Hatred and Hilarity in Game One of the 2009 World Series
The hand that controls the dolphin is the hand that makes those terrible throws from Yankee Stadium’s right field, plus other notes from an evening of watching someone else’s team have a good time.
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Fox Sports, New York Times, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Phil Rogers, Philadelphia Phillies, World Series | Comments closed
Sell the House, Sell the Car, Sell the Kids!
Slightly-above average times call for psychotic moves beyond comprehension. [Mouthpiece Sports]
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, conspiracies, elsewhere, Roy Halladay | Comments closed
Into the Future, Irresponsibly
Looking ahead to the next bold, unexpected, psychotic move by Kenny Williams.
Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, Erik Bedard, Kenny Williams, Manny Ramirez, Nick Swisher, sports talk radio is where common sense goes to die, trade rumors are stupid | Comments closed
Ten Notes On Ten Games
1. No matter how many scoreless innings he pitches, dealing away Nick Swisher was still the right thing to do. 2. The Sox win with an average of 6.2 runs and lose with an average of 2.2 runs. This was not unexpected. 3. The fifth inning is the problem; opponents have scored in all but [...]
Filed Under: News | Also Filed Under: A.L. Central, Chicago White Sox, Corky Miller, Nick Swisher | Comments closed
Distance May Skew Perception
Kenny Williams is the Vernon Wells of general managers. Or the Nick Swisher. Or, if you think about it, both.
Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, grinding, grindyness, Kenny Williams, Media, offseason, Sports Illustrated | Comments closed
Panic Room of Nine Days Until Pitchers and Catchers Report
Kenny Williams signing Bobby Abreu? He’s spent the last eight years of his life building teams like this specifically to keep out players like that.
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Bobby Abreu, Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox, Chris Getz, free agents, Javier Vazquez, Jose Contreras, offseason, Paul Konerko | Comments closed
El Barto
Two hundred fifty pounds’ worth of has-been never seemed like such a smart idea.
Filed Under: News | Also Filed Under: 2003, Bartolo Colon, It's Not Rebuilding Unless You Rebuild, Kenny Williams, Media | Comments closed
Revisionist History
Everything is always awesome in Soxland, or at least the Sox’ PR guy says it is.
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: 2008, Alexei Ramirez, Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox, Kenny Williams, Media, propaganda, Scott Merkin | Comments closed
Rebuilder
Is there really a pleasant way to say your ballclub is in “whatever” mode?
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Javier Vazquez, Kenny Williams, Nick Swisher, Orlando Cabrera, Ozzie Guillen, The South Side Shall Rise Again, Tim Belcher | Comments closed
Why Jermaine?
The Dye-to-Cincy rumors persist, but no one seems to know or care why.
Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Cincinnati Reds, Jermaine Dye, Kenny Williams, offseason, outfield, trade rumors are stupid, Trade Talk | Comments closed
Everything’s Arbitrary
Orlando Cabrera, everyone’s favorite scorer-complaining shortstop, stands in a position to end his South Side run in immortal fashion. How? Simple: accept arbitration. Now, we all know the chances of such a thing happening are essentially non-existent. But if Cabrera really is the jerk everyone said he was, why not let him prove it? Obviously [...]