maggsmaggs

I love the bridge even though I said he sucked in ST. I will admit I was wrong on the whole Milledge-Lillibridge debate.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 28, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) I think the choice on who to move to the bullpen is obvious. Well done Kenny It's obvious, but our organization doesn't move according to obviousness.

QUOTE (danman31 @ May 27, 2011 -> 11:27 PM) Really? A player that has posted an OPS above .850 nine of his ten pro years and above .880 seven of those isn't worth the 23rd pick? This isn't football or basketball. These picks are less than 50% to make the Majors. And then 10% of those first rounders who actually make the Majors do anything worthwhile.

I love when other team's pitchers breakdown in key situations.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2011 -> 07:29 PM) He better not pop up this 3-1 pitch Luckily foul.

Look fastball CQ. And swing at nothing else.

Come on CQ, need ya here.

Why does sexy look back at the ump every taken pitch?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 27, 2011 -> 07:23 PM) Actually it makes sense now. We wanted a runner on third for our RBI machine Juan Pierre. Well that was a surprise.

QUOTE (OilCan @ May 27, 2011 -> 07:22 PM) I REALLY don't get that bunt attempt when we're down a run, and NO OUTS. WTF OZ?!?!? Actually it makes sense now. We wanted a runner on third for our RBI machine Juan Pierre.

Yay, bunting with a guy who can't bunt. I don't like this regardless of the outcome.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 27, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) I'm just not confident in the front office's ability to pull off a big deal for a big name player. The last two big name players the Bulls signed (Wallace and Boozer) have turned out like crap and I don't even remember the last time the Bulls made a blockbuster trade (unless you somehow count the Salmons and Miller trade). I am not completely sold on that either, but this is the first time the Bulls actually have good looking assets to trade. Noah is pretty valuable. We have a lot of expiring contracts that are attractive. And the rights to the Charlotte pick which is gonna be in the lottery. So while we haven't done it in the past, I think we can in the future. But first this whole CBA thing has to get resolved.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 27, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) Like how he stood pat at the deadline when the team desperately needed a SG? The Grizzlies didn't want to deal with the Bulls and the other option was Courtney Lee. And Asik is more valuable than him. There weren't many options unless you wanted Anthony Parker. But I agree that the Bulls desperately need to add a 30-minute-per-game shooting guard. I love Brewer, but he score off the dribble and help create for Derrick. I am beginning to think that Iman Shumpert will be drafted by the Bulls. He is blowing up right now so may not be there. Fathom where are you? Would he big a good fit w/ Rose? I like his size, length and athleticism.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Sox nab Charlie Tilson, high schooler from New Trier. He may or may not be there, but is a real good prospect. Committed to Illinois, but a good offer should get him away from that commitment. Also a die-hard Sox fan. Would be a good fit. But more likely we'll pick a college player.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 27, 2011 -> 12:13 PM) Saturday is a bar, Sunday is a game. Gotcha.

I am a maybe actually Jeremy. I am running a half marathon that day at 7 a.m., so I could dead. Is this at a game or bar? If the former, I am definitely out. If a bar, still maybe.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 27, 2011 -> 09:51 AM) Who isn't playing better than him? I'd bet there are quite a few NL pitchers who are more dangerous at the plate right now than Dunn. He looks like he has no chance in every at bat. Dunn's BA/OBP/OPS: .186/.314/.660 Carlos Zambranos: .375/.375/.958 Jonathan Sanchez: .263/.300/.721 Dan Hudson: .300/.300/.650 Jason Marquis: .304/.304/.652 It's certainly close!!

This board is so much more harmonious when the Sox are good. Haha.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 27, 2011 -> 10:07 AM) Jose Bautista was a 20th round pick. Putting aside the fantasy that Humber will have a better season than the Sox starters, here is my problem with putting Jackson into the pen over Humber. 3.5 BB/9 versus 2.0 BB/9n this year. Jackson goes through some crazy control issues. I'm not quite sure when you let him go all out in the pen with not worrying about a pitch count that it would get better. You can't have guys walking people coming out of the pen. If you are really convinced the Phil Humber is the next Gavin Floyd, you have to trade Jackson IMO. I like his stuff, but I am not sure the pen would work for him. Looking at his career, the year he spent mostly in the pen was the worst BB/9 of his career by far (6.2). I agree that Jackson could bomb in the pen, and I really would be for trading him, but with Peavy's injury issues and the dearth of starting pitching in the minors, I think we have to keep him. QUOTE (Iwritecode @ May 27, 2011 -> 10:08 AM) It's funny hearing this right after hearing Don Cooper say he doesn't know anything about going back to the 5-man rotation. Well nice to see our manager and Coop are on the same page. But it also could be Coop just being Coop with he gives nebulous answers to things.

BTW on ESPN.com, they list the probables for the upcoming series and they completely leave out Humber against the Red Sox. Does ESPN know something we don't know, or are they just not realizing we have six starters?

I will just go on this info: He has now OWNED the Blue Jays and Yankees on the road who are two of the best offenses in baseball. Dude is legit. Maybe not sub-1.00 WHIP good, but certainly deserves a place in our rotation until he regresses big time.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 27, 2011 -> 09:16 AM) Did you think Jose Bautista was going to turn into the best hitter in baseball last year? Should the Blue Jays have benched him? Humber, while he has not had a good MLB career, does have a plus curve, and he was a first round draft pick. He's not doing this with smoke and mirrors. You don't put him in the pen simply because he doesn't have the track record. He was third overall to boot. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 27, 2011 -> 09:28 AM) I'm going with history here. Humber hasn't had a stretch anywhere like this since 2006, when he was at A+ and AA. If I am going to bet on performance, I am guessing that 99 times out of a 100, the guys with a history are going to outdo the guys who have never done anything remotely close to this before. For every Jose Batista out there, there are a ton of Chris Sheltons littering the landscape. Believe me, I was about the only one on this entire website who said that Humber could be serviceable this year, but expecting to outperform the starting 5 this year? Crazy. Yes, I think he will finish with better numbers than Edwin Jackson. Chris Shelton had one hot month in April as a former 33rd-round draft pick. Humber has now been going strong for two straight months as a former top-five MLB pick. He clearly has talent otherwise he wouldn't have been taken that high. And he was picked by the Mets who don't have any issues with signability, so he was worthy of being picked that high. He has six straight quality starts and has two road starts against top six offenses in the MLB during that stretch where has given up one run in 14.2 innings. You're kidding yourself if you think he is doing with smoke and mirrors. If he does regress in the next couple starts badly, then maybe you can move him to the pen. But you can't do it when he is on fire. Who knows maybe we found another Esteban Loaiza or maybe a top-three MLB pick is finally realizing his potential under one of the best pitching coaches in baseball?

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 27, 2011 -> 08:57 AM) Are we actually hearing this, or are you guys just speculating? http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/wh...own-in-pen.html Kill me now. Yeah, let's put our best starter in the pen that will help this club win more games. So so so stupid. I don't care he isn't yet established, but moving him while he is going strong is just dumb. If he goes out and gets bombed the next two starts, that would be more acceptable, but for Ozzie to talk about this s*** now just shows what a moron he is. Is it possible for our idiot manager to just say nothing and say we'll cross that bridge when we get to it? And on a sidenote, how many more starts did Juan Pierre buy himself with a lucky ass game-winning single?

Toronto...where White Sox teams go to die. No way we win more than 1/4. That place is like what the Twinkie dome was, anything that can go bad there, will.

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