SB Nation User Blog: JoeCoolMan24

Your 100% accurate 2009 White Sox Predictions

JoeCoolMan24 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:50:58 -0000

As brought to you by MLB 09 The Show.....

1st - Tigers - 93-69

2nd - Twins - 83-79

3rd - Indians - 81-81

4th - Royals - 78-84

5th - White Sox - 75-87

Buehrle - 8-9, 3.35 ERA, 153 IP, 154 H, 42 BB, 85 K, 1.28 WHIP

Floyd - 9-13, 4.94 ERA, 184 IP, 225 H, 56 BB, 110 K, 1.53 WHIP

Danks - 10-12, 4.31 ERA, 186 IP, 199 H, 66 BB, 143 K, 1.42 WHIP

Contreras - 12-11, 3.70 ERA, 192 IP, 205 H, 62 BB, 107 K, 1.39 WHIP

Colon - 4-6, 3.97 ERA, 129 IP, 157 H, 35 BB, 83 K, 1.48 WHIP

Wise - 116 G, .245 AVG, 8 HR, 38 RBI, .309 OBP, .381 SLG

Anderson - 112 G, .240 AVG, 5 HR, 26 RBI, .279 OBP, .345 SLG

Getz - 122 G, .240 AVG, 5 HR, 35 RBI, .295 OBP, .324 SLG

Ramirez - 146 G, .250 AVG, 25 HR, 65 RBI, .287 OBP, .441 SLG

Quentin - 130 G, .246 AVG, 27 HR, 68 RBI, .327 OBP, .460 SLG

Thome - 157 G, .294 AVG, 35 HR, 93 RBI, .359 OBP, .516 SLG

Konerko - 141 G, .264 AVG, 19 HR, 52 RBI, .343 OBP, .418 SLG

Dye - 152 G, .270 AVG, 38 HR, 107 RBI, .323 OBP, .506 SLG

Pierzynski - 139 G, .269 AVG, 13 HR, 46 RBI, .303 OBP, .382 SLG

Fields - 132 G, .247 AVG, 19 HR, 55 RBI, .303 OBP, .405 SLG

Thorton - 2.19 ERA, 1.19 WHIP

MacDougal - 3.35 ERA, 1.57 WHIP

Dotel - 3.22 ERA, 1.26 WHIP

Jenks - 3.42 ERA, 44 SV, 8 BSV, 1.04 WHIP

Linebrink - 2.05 ERA, 1.20 WHIP

Not looking good guys. :(

Oh yeah, playoffs go as such...

Red Sox over Angels

Rays over Tigers

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Rays over Red Sox

Cardinals over Phillies

Rockies over Brewers

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Rockies over Cardinals

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Rockies over Rays for World Series.

Need some more quick help

JoeCoolMan24 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:11:00 -0000

What is the legacy for Jason Marquis. I am doing a 1 sentence legacy that Cubs fans will remember about Marquis. Nothing like "He sucks" or anything like that, but a legit sentence evaluating his time on the Northside.

I need one of these for Marquis, Jim Edmonds, and Felix Pie. I already did Kerry Wood, Ronny Cedeno, and Mark DeRosa. Here they are in case anyone thinks I should critique them....

Wood - "The next big thing until he was ridden with injury after injury"

Cedeno - "Never respected by fans, and fans glad to see him leave"

DeRosa - "Fan favorite that could play almost any position asked of him"

-- Thanks

Additions and Subtractions to 2009 team (help me)

JoeCoolMan24 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:11:10 -0000

I am a Sox fan writing a story for my newspaper. I would like to list 6 incoming, and outgoing players from the Cubs. There are more than 6 I believe, but the majors ones (ie. ones impacting the 09 team). Bradley, Miles, Gregg, come to mind for me. Marquis, Hill, Pie, Ceda (top prospect), from the other side of things.

Anyway, help would be much appreciated without having to search multiple sites.

Or, in fact, just give me all the notable players, I will use the top6 for profiles, and just list the other ones down below.

I need some quick help

JoeCoolMan24 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:15:13 -0000

I need some quick help

I am writing a Sox/Cubs preview for my Highschool newspaper. I am doing an additions/subtractions page with quick bullets about each player. I am trying to get some of it done today, and I don't feel like looking up all the players we have gained/lost. Can you guys just quickly post some names of notable players. So far I have Colon, Marquez, Flowers, and Viciedo as incoming. Swisher, Cabrera, Vazquez, Crede, Uribe for those leaving. Am I missing any?

White Sox sign Ben Broussard

JoeCoolMan24 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:14:32 -0000

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2009/02/white-sox-sign-broussard-to-minor-league-deal.html

The White Sox signed first baseman-outfielder Ben Broussard to a minor league contract.

Broussard, 32, has a lifetime .263 batting average with 87 home runs over parts of seven major league seasons with Cleveland, Seattle and Texas. He batted .159 with three home runs in 82 at-bats with the Rangers last season.

Broussard also played in the minor leagues last season with the New York Yankees and Cubs.

Broussard becomes the 19th non-roster invitee in the Sox's spring training camp.

The left-handed hitting Broussard enjoyed his best season in 2006 with Cleveland and Seattle, batting .289 with 21 home runs and 63 RBIs.

Do you like my new ringtone?

JoeCoolMan24 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:14:34 -0000

Do you like my new ringtone?

White Sox Shuffle.

So who is going to Spring Training?

JoeCoolMan24 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:45:47 -0000

I'm just wondering who else is going down to Arizona for the ST this season, and what dates and all that. There is a good chance I will be able to fly down, and I am extremely excited about it.

I'm going down from the 25th-28th of March, and seeing Cubs/Sox and Dbacks/Sox on the 26th and 27th respectively.

So who else is going? And hopefully I will be able to take a lot of video and pictures to upload for you guys.

Back in Black...hawks

JoeCoolMan24 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:24:02 -0000

I am the Sports Editor of my newspaper, and this is my newest "column".

Joe O’Rourke
1st Draft
January 12, 2009

Back in Blackhawks

1961 was a long time ago. For Cubs fans it may seem like just last week, but for Chicago Blackhawk fans; an eternity. Gone are the days when Blackhawks legends Stan Mikita and “The Golden Jet”, Bobby Hull, were shredding opposing goalies and winning the cup of Lord Stanley over the rivaled Detroit Red Wings. The Blackhawks, coached by Joel Quenneville after former coach Dennis Savard was fired four games into this season, are starting a new youth movement and barring injuries, should be a force in the Central division for many years to come.

The Blackhawks have one of the best young duos in the NHL. 19-year-old Jonathan Toews was drafted by the Blackhawks third overall in 2006, and his partner in crime, 20-year-old Patrick Kane, was taken first overall in 2007. Sometimes it pays to be the laughing stock of the league for a few years to acquire all the young talent by getting good draft picks. Just ask the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Blackhawks are currently in second place in the Central division behind the rival Detroit Red Wings. The Blackhawks have a nice tandem of goalies between the pipes with Nikolai Khabibulin and Cristobal Huet. Not many teams are fortunate enough to have a pair of goalies this good. Khabibulin is ranked eight in the league in average goals against per game, and former Capitals goalie, Huet, ranks 14th.

Kane and Toews combine for 74 points (a goal and an assist both count as one point each) this season in 40 games. Kane has been nursing a sore ankle since December 30th when he received a hard check from a Red Wings player. Among other top Blackhawk players include right-winger Patrick Sharp. Sharp has 20 goals this season which ranks him fourth in the Western Conference. Defenseman Duncan Keith is ranked first in plus/minus (players get a +1 when he is on the ice when his team scores; a -1 when the other team scores) in the league with +22. Left-winger Kris Versteeg leads all NHL rookies with 33 points. The future is bright for the Blackhawks who are the youngest team in the NHL.

The Blackhawks are bringing hockey back up in Chicago. Last season the Hawks were 19th in attendance, and now this season they are first. The Hawks even draw better attendance than the Bulls. Comcast SportsNet broadcasts more Hawks games this season than ever before. Season-ticket sales are up 300 percent. Even merchandise sales are up an astonishing 234 percent, highest among the 30 NHL teams. Chicago is returning to glory on the ice, and you would be doing yourself a favor by going to at least one Hawks game this season. I will admit that games on T.V. are not the most exciting to watch, but in my opinion, there is no live sport that can compare to NHL hockey.

US Cellular naming rights

JoeCoolMan24 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:52:33 -0000

US Cellular naming rights

How long is the contract for US Cellular on the Sox? I started to wonder this after seeing a commercial about Cubs fans crying not to change Wrigley's name because it has been that forever. When US Cellular's contract with us expires, can someone else buy the name and change it back to Comisky? That would be amazing.

Rocco Baldelli Misdiagnosed

JoeCoolMan24 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:44:01 -0000

Rocco Baldelli Misdiagnosed

Great news for Rocco Baldelli. A visit to the Cleveland clinic last week revealed that doctors had misdiagnosed his illness. Baldelli missed much of last season, and when he did play, he was limited because of extreme fatigue. Doctors thought it was mitochondrial disorder, which can be fatal. The Baldelli family told me tonight that the Cleveland clinic diagnosed his condition as channelopathy, a non-progressive, highly treatable disease.