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Melky for Washburn, that would be highway robbery by the M's.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 07:07 PM) I'm going to all 7 games this week. Anything really worth going out of the way for in the Twin Cities and KC? That should be badass. Have fun Santo and bring home some White Sox wins!!!

Man I don't get it. If the Sox moved Paulie and didn't have Thome this would be my #1 target. The guy is an absolute offensive STUD.

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Miner has pitched pretty good though. He's thrown a nice curve and mixed all his pitches well. Sox still in this though.

Danks has to go back out there and shut things down and go deep into this game, especially given the state of the bullpen.

I'd have pinch hit Anderson and gone for the kill (better defense, plus BA hits for good pop against lefties even if the average is low).

That blows, Danks should have given up just one run in the inning but instead its a tie game. Yet again piss poor f***ing defense bites the Sox in the ass.

OC took his sweet f***ing time as did Alexi on that.

Thats twice in two games where FIelds has vacated 3rd base. OC should have thrown to 3B though cause Danks was covering.

s***, great range by Ramirez and a rushed throw which was poor but Swish could have picked it (wouldn't have been easy but possible).

s***...great range by Ramirez and a poor throw but Swisher could have picked it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 04:04 PM) I still say the rebuilt swing from Anderson looks mighty fine, although I'm not a hitting coach. He just hasn't had the playing time to really get it working. Its a massive improvement, but its a swing that will be relying heavily on pure athletism to fix the existing flaws in it. However, I think the main problem with BA is a poor approach which is partially due to a severe lack of consistent playing time. I really believe Anderson should be down getting a full season in the minors so he can really see if the adjustments worked. If they do, the Sox could have found themselves with a legit CFer on there hands for next season. But now I don't know if they'll ever have that cause I don't think he's ever going to be given a shot to start (unless an injury occurs). It would be stupid for the Sox to hand him the CF job since he really hasn't shown anything in a couple years to prove he's worthy of being a starter (again, he hasn't necessarily had the chance either).

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:59 PM) That's what I'm saying in a nutshell. Good discussion. Now hopefully Walker can make the right adjustment to Fields or Anderson (both would be fantastic).

Great job by Danks to get the DP ball and a nice job by Swisher/OC.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:58 PM) I mean that Anderson was an anomaly. I would have to say that normally, when you have a swing as flawed as Anderson's was, it will be exposed by the time you get to AAA, where there are some good pitchers who just haven't made the majors yet. But there was no real evidence of any problems and Anderson raked all the way until his call-up. Except in the instance of very talented, toolsy players as they typically have the pure athletism to get away with certain flaws, imo.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:56 PM) Pitches for Verlander by inning: 1st: 18 2nd: 27 3rd: 38 Bash Greg Walker all you want...this is a team game plan on a pitcher and it's working brilliantly. I'm glad the bats have came around. I've long said Walker wasn't the problem but did say the longer the team went without hitting the more likely it was you just had to get rid of him to see if it would send a message (because its easier to fire a coach than the entire team). Walker is an asset to this staff (I know it sounds crazy but its the case, imo).

83 pitches through 3.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) In fairness, I think Anderson is the exception and not the norm. I can't think of anybody else off the top of my head that had a mechanical problem that was hidden all the way to the majors, and got away with it since it didn't show in their stats. Jeff Francouer. Everyone knew he had strikeout issues but his minor league numbers were very strong and very few adjustments were made. He initially raked but I think most saw that he had major flaws to his swing and finally major league pitching took advantage of it. Again, Francouer is incredibly gifted (strong tools across the board) but because he had done so well in the minors, people didn't make adjustments. In most instances, I think if you look at highly rated prospects that had tools and raked in the minors and than failed in the majors, you can typically say its because teams saw flaws but were hesitant to fix them because they pretty much hit from the get go.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) In fairness, I think Anderson is the exception and not the norm. I can't think of anybody else off the top of my head that had a mechanical problem that was hidden all the way to the majors, and got away with it since it didn't show in their stats. I'm assuming you are going to say that Fields K rate was what would show his mechanical flaw in his stats? I don't know if that is necessarily the case though cause you could make the case that he's just a pure power prospect whose k rate should fall as he continues to learn the strike zone. Again, its just a hypothetical. What about Jeremy Reed? You could make a case that he was the anti-Anderson. He freaking raked and raked and raked. Statistically I don't think you could see many weaknesses and his swing was pretty as can be. He had some untimely injuries which seemed to prevent him from getting hot and those injuries also caused him to make improper adjustments to his swing. Jeff Abbot is another guy who comes to mind. Tremendous swing throughout the minors, came to the majors and made a stupid ass adjustment and never figured things out again. I know Hawk always raves about Jeff Abbot, but I remember talking to a scout who said he thought Abbott was a sure thing (when it came to a guy who would flat out hit).

That was a good pitch by Verlander, just a tremendous swing by Dye. 56 pitches for Verlander right now (0 outs in the 3rd).

Dye goes back to back with Q. 4-1 Sox. That was DEEP too.

QUOTE (tommy @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:43 PM) Leadoff double for OC I wub OC. If the Sox resigned him I'd get his jersey in a heartbeat. He's the epitome of a "baseball player".

Carlos f***ing Quentin...WOOO

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) Yeah... Brian Anderson says hi, Jerry Owens as well, since he admitted nobody ever taught him how to get a bunt down in the minors. See my post on BA. Its just really hard to make a significant change to a guys swing because you don't think it will work against major league pitching. Especially when all that guy does is produce throughout his progression to the majors (ie, his minor league production). I'd say at most the Sox instructors were helping BA with minor things because they knew no matter what they might have felt that you can't make a relatively major adjustment without legitimate reasoning (why the f*** would Brian listen or anyone else thats a constant pro). HEck there are many hitters who have flaws in there swing but there athletic ability helps them get away with that (hell, very few hitters truly have what would be described as a fundementally perfect swing).