Comments on: Pull quotes

By: fustercluck

fustercluck — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:36:04 +0000

Also the same as his “I love my dogs” voice. Can’t find the clip, but they showed off his Vizslas on Animal Planet’s Dogs 101. Nothing special, but at least he’s exercising his arm playing fetch in the offseason. Take that, Coop.

By: blah

blah — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:33:47 +0000

He’s dangerously close to having that “California cool” every Chicago sportswriter hates so much.

By: john

john — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:49:55 +0000

Unless the Little Bridge completely makes himself over as a hitter, I can’t believe he would ever get more than a token consideration for 25th spot on the roster.

By: stopdrop8

stopdrop8 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:39:26 +0000

Here’s Merkins insight on vizquel:

Should the White Sox complete a deal with Vizquel, it could pose a serious challenge for Jayson Nix and Brent Lillibridge. Barring any other additions, the two players could be competing for one roster spot.

By: Jim Margalus

Jim Margalus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:04 +0000

As the Cheat said, hope that Vizquel finds a better deal elsewhere. It works out that way.

By: Jim Margalus

Jim Margalus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:59:09 +0000

I wonder if he has a second kind of intonation. His “Wow, what an awesome surprise” voice is the same as the “I’m reading the Top 10 on Letterman” voice, which is the same as his “I just got shelled, but I’m not injured” voice.

By: blah

blah — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:31:02 +0000

Check out Buehrle on OCC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tBREyKNGv0&feature=youtube_gdata

By: soxexile

soxexile — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:46:12 +0000

Sometimes Kenny gets a jones for a particular player, and he’ll find a way to get him on the roster. (See: Griffey, Ken, Jr.) Vizquel was the guy Kenny wanted years ago who signed at the last minute with San Francisco, and Kenny’s been in stealth mode ever since. Expect the Sox to find a way to get Torri Hunter before he retires.

The other way to read Kenny’s comments about January signings is as a signal to the other GM’s that “Let’s all wait until January to sign anybody, so the players will all get hungry and the prices will come down.” It serves the same function as your local store’s advertisement saying “we’ll match any price you can bring in from a competitor” which simply signals the other stores “Don’t bother running a sale, because we won’t let you profit from it. Keep your prices nice and high and we’ll all make money.”

By: Jim Margalus

Jim Margalus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:01:18 +0000

Yeah, I fail to see how it can hurt at this moment. This is a “wait to see how the rest of the roster shapes up” type of deal.

By: knoxfire30

knoxfire30 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:04 +0000

Its because Nix was an absolute butcher at shortstop when alexei was out for that week in the middle of the year. This gives the sox a quality backup infielder at every spot and his leadership and coaching skills will help beckham and alexei out quite a bit. This is a pretty smart move as long as its only in the 1 mil range.