White Sox Interested In Joel Hanrahan

It was a caller who mentioned it, but no source. I'm very doubtful, but scared out of my mind at the same time.

No, not a caller, the beat reporter for the score, Jesse Rogers got the call from his source live on the air. So this is possible, but the sox would have to give up a bunch I think.

WSox need another deal to make any sense whatsoever about this Griffey deal. We shall see...

Still don't know what's wrong w/ putting Brian Anderson in CF for his defense and letting his offense develop. We did the same thing w/ Crede and that worked out pretty well.

Kenny's small deals turn out pretty good (Ramirez, Quentin, Loaiza, Jenks, etc...) but when he goes for the name guy (Thome, Swisher, Albert Belle, etc.) doesn't seem to work out quite as well

Thanks, guys. It makes me sweat even more. JimBo is probably asking the moon for him.

Yeah, how has Thome not worked out?

And Brian Anderson has had about 10 chances to win that job. You think his offense is going to "develop" with, what, 3 or 4 more seasons of playing time? Try tuning in and watching a Sox game once or twice, and marvel at his magnificent .280 OBP.

But I suppose if they just keep playing him forever he'll get better, right?

Why wouldn't Bowden ask the moon for him? He's done nothing but perform this year and last (and would have a great record if he got any run support, I believe he's last in MLB in that or close to it). He is under team control for 5 more years. He is a lefty and he is 23 years old.

Again, I'll ask-why wouldn't he ask the moon for him?

Thome is OK, but looking in rearview mirror, would we rather have not made the trade and kept Rowand in CF? Absolutely. So my point about this not being a great trade for a 'name' guy is spot on.

You must be loaded up on too many ginandtacos or you would obviously realize this. You are probably the same clowns who thought we were going to win w/ one dimensional HR hitters Lee, Ordonez, Thomas, Belle etc... clogging our lineup. Go play fantasy baseball, might be more suited for you.

"You are probably the same clowns who thought we were going to win w/ one dimensional HR hitters Lee, Ordonez, Thomas, Belle etc... clogging our lineup."

Yeah that makes since. Clearly those horrible players is why they didn't win the WS.

Like I said, if you want to just read numbers, play fantasy baseball. Rowand is an everyday player who plays great D and by the way hits around .300

Your comparison isn't really accurate, b/c you would need to compare Thome's numbers to Big Hurt's b/c that is who he replaced in the lineup.

Hey, I like Thome just as much as the next guy, & he has been good for this team. I'm just pointing out the facts of the trade

Smart response tdogg. don't know what I'm going to do w/out your 'help'.

Could be wrong, but I don't think williams had anything to do with Albert Belle. Who wasn't terrible in a White Sox rumor, remember. He is responsible however for jermaine dye, carlos quentin, alexei ramirez, and a whole bunch of others. Underrated GM in my opinion. He will take a risk and his picks pan out most of the time.

As mentioned, Williams had absolutely nothing to do with Belle being on the south side. That was Schuler. Kenny has a pretty good track record for smaller trades and signings. When it's big names it's less positive for the Sox, but not always bad.