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QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 03:40 PM) It doesn't matter if he is sitting the bench for a game, he's become an injury risk for whatever he does now. Every time he slides into a base it looks like he sprained or pulled something and gets up really gingerly. I have no officially gone to the conclusion that if Q gets injured, it won't be because he's playing the field, it'll be because he is just one of those guys who is injury prone. Kalapse disagrees. Hopefully Gavin actually gets run support this time. Sad to see him only with 5 wins when he really should not be at all.

Next up... build a statue for the man, then the hall of fame.

Cavs traded Delonte West to the T-Wolves and the T-Wolves are gonna release him. If he wasn't such a mental and physical headcase and a thug, I would love to have him on our team as a PG/SG. Career 37% three point shooter and a good free throw shooter who plays very good defense even though he's a bit undersized. Having said that little tidbit, I want him as far away from Chicago as possible. Cleveland was close enough for that dude. Also reports indicate Bulls are not sold on T-Mac. I'll let others pull up reports here but after reading them, just sign Mason Jr. (or best case, figure out a way to get Rudy Fernandez, though the Blazers are asking for the moon for him oddly enough) and call it an off-season.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 12:00 AM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...,6156750.column Articles like this piss me off. QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 01:01 AM) what a horrible article. Takes so many quotes of out context and wraps them around some illusional reality he's created somehow in his mind. Ugly ugly ugly. Yea it's David Haugh. Doesn't surprise me at all.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 26, 2010 -> 11:39 PM) What did the Angels do wrong? It's not their fault this Dipoto character seemingly has the baseball I.Q. of Rodney Dangerfield. I think he was saying that cause Dan Haren got injured in his Angels debut.

I'll gladly take Teahen to get Kotsay out of our lineup.

QUOTE (earthshiner @ Jul 26, 2010 -> 10:26 PM) hasn't he said he hopes to play next year but is letting his play this year determine it? Yes. He said he would come back if he feels he can still get it done (hitting + fielding). So far, it looks like he will indeed be back next year.

5 game hit streak for Ravelo.

Buster Posey has a 19 game hitting streak. Man he is just a good pure hitter.. STUD. Hopefully he doesn't have a sophomore slump next year, but I don't think it will be too severe. Dude is just a natural hitter.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 26, 2010 -> 08:54 PM) Jim Joyce was the home plate umpire. That's nuts. Yep. And he gave Garza alot of generous calls later on. I don't think he wanted to be the one to mess it up again. Congrats to Garza though. First pitcher in Rays history to throw one. I would have bet money it would have been David Price, but Garza was my second choice. Of the 120 pitches he threw, 101 were fastballs. That is amazing. So now only the Mets and Padres are the only teams who have never had a no-hitter in their history.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 26, 2010 -> 05:01 PM) The Kotsay situation is reminding me of Dusty Baker and his non-stop love for Neifi Perez That is who Ozzie is often compared to. (except he is much better at handling pitching staffs)

Konerko.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 26, 2010 -> 04:42 PM) Last week was Felix vs Floyd. Ah your right. I was thinking of Danks 2 hitter against Seattle and forgot it wasn't against Felix.

King Felix vs Smokin' Danks again... might be another 1-0. 2-1 or 3-2 type game that I like to see.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 26, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) I really think AJ didn't want to call for the slider yesterday, especially if anyone was on base, because he didn't think he could block it. I told that to fathom in the game thread yesterday. Reminds me of Bobby's curve "disappearing."

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 11:46 PM) Do you guys anticipate the Barons being stacked next year? QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 11:51 PM) God, I hope so. I'm already on record by telling JPN the Barons will be much better next season where most of the W-S guys (and I was right about W-S being our best this year) will be there. I think they and Kanny (though I might like Kanny a bit more depending if a couple of guys I got in mind stay or make the jump) will be our best affiliates next season.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 10:55 PM) No surprise about the Cell, but I thought for sure Wrigley Field would be up there in terms of filth. I'm shocked as well, but I can't really say it since I've never been to Wrigley. I can only go by what people tell me (and most of them are Cubs fans cept those sox fans I know who attended a game(s) there and people here.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 10:44 PM) Well, if the other mods/admins decide to suspend me, then I will deal with the consequences. But that is for them to decide, not you, Gerry, or you, Greg. Secondly, simply because insults are couched in friendly language does not make them non-actionable. We are all big boys here. The meaning and intent is every bit or more important than the language used. It isn't just you, and your one of the few posters I like Mark. Just alittle thing I've generally seen for a while that has really irked myself (and I'll just speak for myself this time) or little snark comments that of course will go unnoticed with a poster with some power. I've seen far too many times a guy gets alittle power on a message board, and clearly it gets to their head even if they don't realize it. BTW I just don't like that second paragraph from you man. Reminds me of that incident with Milk's friendly "couched" comment (in green tile no less) to Jim not too long ago in a thread. You don't deserve a letter/warning though, just like J4L didn't deserve one.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 11:04 PM) p.s. Glad to see others being involved in aggressive soxtalk rather than myself. I'm still trying to figure out how somebody can tell somebody "f*** you" on here and not get in trouble and I get in trouble for my posts, but that's just me. Although I did agree with the overall sentiment of the f*** you post except for the f*** you part. I also cherish 2005. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 11:30 PM) But this definitely reinforces the fact that mods/admins play by a different set of rules than us "mortals." I would've already gotten a PM alerting me of a suspension if I had come at somebody like this. Don't worry. You both are not the only ones and I'm not just talking about myself from what I've noticed over time. I'll leave it at that. BTW J4L, I'm shocked it was you who created this. I was waiting for my guy 101 to create something like this.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 10:22 PM) If T-Mac got Comeback Player of the Year, the Bulls would have an amazing season. If they got a 75-80% T-Mac, the Bulls are one of the rare teams that could challenge the Heat/Lakers. It wouldn't be long if/when he supplants Brewer for the starting role if he is even around that percentage for the former superstar. (especially as a legit threat from the perimeter even if he hasn't been that good at all through-out his career, but just the "threat" he possesses greatly helps Derrick) Now, as of last week and throughout most of the process, I wanted nothing to do with him. (much rather sign Roger Mason and call it an off-season) But seeing some reports of the Clippers brass (though that isn't saying much) like him, Stan Van Gundy's comments of slurping him when he worked out for them, him being one year and six months removed from surgery, being my favorite player in the late 90s early 2000s (still have his Toronto and Magic jerseys when I was younger) a few youtube highlights of him playing last year trying to tell me hes "still got it" and the only game I caught of him playing was his first game where he played very well versus the Thunder is affecting my better judgment. (especially if/when he is basically useless in an up-tempo style transition and forces Derrick to slow down and use more half-court sets when they are running)

And I thought they stole Kazmir last year at his lowest value prior to excellent seasons (though he's been brutal this year) but god damn that is nothing compared to this package....

Ravelo starting to heat up a bit. Great Falls. Decent outing for Upchurch.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 05:08 PM) Neither one of them can throw that pitch for a strike right now. And they don't want the risk of injury for throwing too many.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 05:06 PM) So where's his slider? The same place where Bobby's curve went. They aren't being called enough for whatever reason.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Jul 25, 2010 -> 03:59 PM) Way to suck on the west coast, White Sox. For some reason, it is always Oakland's stadium that gives us the most trouble out of all the W.C. teams.