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QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 02:12 PM) Guillen has enough after loss By Mark Gonzales - 3:47 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - After watching his underachieving offense go 2-for-14 in a 4-3 loss at Tampa Bay, manager Ozzie Guillen promised some changes to his White Sox roster. "Just be ready because I expect movement Tuesday," Guillen said. "I expect Kenny to do something Tuesday, and if we don’t do anything Tuesday, there are going to be a lot of lineup changes. That’s all I’m going to say about the offense. "It can be me. It can be (hitting coach) Greg Walker. It can be the players. It could be anybody. I’m sick and tired to watch this thing for a year and a half. I’m not protecting anybody anymore. (Bleep) it. "If they can’t get it done, Kenny should find someone to get it done. That’s it." link http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune....en-has-eno.html I'm guessing a couple things, the least likely being a trade. I'm thinking Greg Walker will be fired and Josh Fields will be called up (and we'll see him get significant playing time at 1st base/DH (with Paulie/Thome/Swisher all getting some time off). We are also going to see more of Brian Anderson, me thinks.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 02:58 PM) From what I've read, that would be severely over-drafting him. Castro is hard to peg. He has a lot of physical ability but is considered very raw (and much more a project than the typical college player). I have no problem with him, its just there are other guys that I grade out higher. I'm really hoping Skipworth falls to the Sox (or Smoak), Otherwise I'm leaning Wallace/Beckham. The interesting thing is if the Giants took Beckham, you'd than be talking about Smoak potentially sliding down (again probably not to 8, but you never know).

Thats stellar. Egbert obviously had a rough start but the ability is there and Ken Williams the org really were impressed with Egbert last season. He has a very good ability to pitch and he's starting to get his feel back (or at least i hope he is).

What a stellar start by Arisbo. Titans now get the Bruins in another 30 minutes or so. There backs are to the wall, but the complete game definately helped. I assume Renken will get the nod in the game vs the Bruins. Come on Titans, find a way to pull out two more wins this regional!!!!

Richard is not at all like Heath Phillips.

We hadn't restarted the server in over 260 days, so shut-er-down and it usually causes about a 30-45 minute outage.

Mizzu freaking choked.

Fullerton got spanked. IT comes down to the fact that there pitching is not good and that doesn't bode well in post-season play. Offensively they are as good as any past Titan team (same Titan offensive style too) but the rotation just doesn't have any aces. UCLA is in a real good spot now.

Bad call, replay shows that hit the ground.

Holy s***, that was a unique catch by the Mizzu OFer.

Mizzu brings in a guy I really like, Kyle Gibson. Game is notted at 5 (Mizzu has came back and this is a great game). Gibson is very projectable, imo.

That was a better inning.

Dennis Raben (Projected to go in the 2nd to 4th rounds) is a nice looking outfielder out of the U. Tremendous ARM. Definately a guy I would consider. He also has great power potential (very fluid athlete who would be a tremendous pick). He probably goes somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd (Junior at the U). He is also a pitcher for the Canes but definately projects better in the field. Preseason, BA had him as the 9th best college prospect (his stock fell a bit, but I'm telling you, he's got the tools). Probably won't be available in the 3rd round, but if he was, I'd be all over him (just like I would be Danks).

That was a big k by Javy. 2nd and 3rd 2 outs now in the bottom of the 1st.

I'm cleaning up the last couple posts from this thread and closing it. The point of this thread was to answer the questions as to what happened to Bureau and I believe those have been answered. For any further comments, feel free to send any of the admins/mods PM's and we'll be happy to answer/respond to them. Note to Cheat: I would have kept your last post up but I think PM's between one member and another member should be private. If you want to make some edits and make any further points you want, feel free to shoot them to me in a PM and I can put that in a post (I don't want it to come off as if I'm trying to silence anything). More important than that, I don't want this thread turning into a public pissing match.

QUOTE (Gene Honda Civic @ May 31, 2008 -> 01:35 PM) So which is it? You guys seem to want it both ways You happen to notice that one of the posts is a member making a suggestion to you if you were having trouble accessing the site. He's saying if its your IP, just use a Proxy. I'm stating (an admin and the owner) that no IP ban was done. But again, despite me sending emails to you informing you about the situation as it was going on (which was me being nothing but respectful and sharing information I never had to share), you publicy try to berate Soxtalk based upon "baseless" claims.

Mizzu needs to come up with something here, otherwise they are toast. Miami has such a good offense and Hernandez ain't going to give up a ton of runs.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2008 -> 12:57 PM) He leads the Sox in warning track fly outs. The Swisher I remember from his Oakland days could hit it out to every different direction. The big reason his power has shifted to warning track power is because his swing has gotten far too upper cuttish. If he levels out his swing (still with a slight upper-cut) we'll quickly see those balls start leaving the yard with ease, but right now, his cut is so extreme (it was more so for the first month and a half of the season) that even when he gets it all, it dies close to the track. Joe Morgan (and I hate quoting Joe Morgan) indicated that he talked with Greg Walker regarding Swisher and Walker indicated that Swisher has gotten much more crouch happy this season and the end result is that the crouch has naturally caused him to add a more extreme upper cut in his swing. The Sox have been working on his batting posture and I've noticed he's been standing a bit more upright and that has enabled him to have a more level swing plane. He still has work to do, but usually all it takes is a minor tweak or two (plus some confidence) to get a guy back on track. I've noticed that since making the adjustment (based on Morgans timing, it started about 7-10 days ago) that Swisher has a lot fewer at bats where he completely hits the ball off the very end or just really weakly (there was about a 15-20 game period where Swisher, even on foul balls, was hitting things incredibly weak (to use a golf metaphor, it was as if he was shanking the ball consistently) and since than I've seen him consistently start hitting the ball with some authority (still not to the point where he's 100% correct, but where he's heading in the right direction (or at least I believe he is).

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 31, 2008 -> 12:50 PM) Is it raining by you today? What is with the 500 word posts? This is like the third one. I'm studying for my CPA exam and clearly I'm getting bored (I'm spending more time watching the Miami-Mizzu game and posting on here, LOL).

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2008 -> 01:52 PM) Weeks reminds me of Ray Durham. Thats a good comparison and thats a very good thing in my book. One of the better offensive second baseman of our generation.

Soxtalk didn't ban or IP ban anyone. Note: To Any MOD/ADMIN, LEAVE CHEAT's POST UP. Soxtalk has nothing to be ashamed of and I want Gene's post to stay up (to further prove the point that we could give two s***s about your baseless claims).

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2008 -> 01:42 PM) No kidding, amazing numbers for a freshman in such a good hitting conference. I agree its a good hitting conference. Weeks is freaking good. He's going to go in the teens to twenties in the draft and make a team quite happy. I'm going to be happy next year when the Sox probably have a few more 1st/2nd round picks (it will go a long way to restocking the system). The key this year will be for the Sox to get the best value on the board throughout the draft (and that means going above slot, which they won't do, but they should plan on it, especially given the absolute crap in the current farm system).

That lineup is a-ok with me. Nice to see Swisher further down in the lineup. I also like the idea of Ramirez in the two spot for the time being. I also agree with those that say Swisher should eventually fit into the 2 spot in the lineup (but that shouldn't be until he starts hitting a respectable rate for an extended period of time). I am starting to really sour on Swisher long-term. I thought he was a guy who was really hampered by playing in Oakland that would get better coming to a smaller park (he seemed to have a good swing and I figured he'd get his average into the .270 range, with 30 HR's and a 400 OBP) but the reality is when need be teams seem to have a good book on him (hence why he's never been a good career hitter with RISP and while RISP is a fluky stat on a year to year basis, when measured more long term I think its a semi-accurate matter of how you do when a pitcher is 100% focused on getting you out). Swisher has a very good contract and I still have very few complaints about the trade (namely because I couldn't see Swishers struggles coming nor could anyone else, plus he had a tremendous contract given his production and he appeared to be a guy entering his prime). Obviously he can still turn into all of those things because its not like his god given ability has dissapeared, but long term, I don't know if he is anything other than a poor man version of Adam Dunn (obviously he has a good attitude and is better defensively than Dunn, but Dunn at least slug). I'd put Swisher on my list of guys I'd like the Sox to go away from (this list includes two other Sox players: Jim Thome/Paul Konerko). I still like Konerko/Thome on the right team, just as Swisher is a good fit on the right team, but I'd prefer more guys in the Jermaine Dye mold of hitting (obviously thats easier said than done). Still with all the concerns I expect Swisher/Thome/Paulie to all play much better than they have and that will give a significant boost to the offense. Hopefully Kenny has realized that having too many pure sluggers makes a team susceptible to extended slumps (just like having a team purely reliant on speed can make you susceptible to slumps as well, and truly the best offenses are well balanced with a few sluggers, but those sluggers typically are solid average hitters). I think we'll see some more changes this off-season (again with an idea of getting younger and more athletic and recently that seems to be Kenny's MO, which is GOOD) offensively and that is regardless of the outcome of this season (because despite saying all this, I fully believe the Sox are capable of winning the division, although if I were a betting man, I'd put money on the Sox younger arms fatiguing down the stretch and the team falling a bit short in August/September because of it). Either way I'm very pleased with the amount of change we've seen to this lineup since the ASB of last season (Kenny has brought in some good young talent despite having a very poor farm system to rely on).

The stud Freshman Hernandez pitches past this double. God this guy is good. Great command for a freshman.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 31, 2008 -> 12:36 PM) DFA'd I can't imagine anyone picking him up.