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Overall, I'll say Uribe. As has been mentioned, the SS position sees more action than CF. However, for this year I say Anderson. Brian has been so god damn good this year. He's saved anywhere from 10-15 runs with his spectacular defense. He's so smooth and gets such good jumps. He's a joy to watch in center.

No more excuses. Mark needs to step it up. Detroit is finally on the verge of a slump. We need to take advantage RIGHT NOW. Jose set the tone. It's Mark's turn now.

After our offense, the bench has been the next best thing about this team. I'm very pleased with the performance of our bench.

QUOTE(Harry&JimmyRocked @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 04:45 AM) The White Sox MUST sweep detriot this weekend it would get it down to 5.5 games with around 50 to go Not gonna happen. I'll be satisfied with 2/3.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 12:23 AM) considering the lineup plus the umps inconsistent strike zone... And the fact that he pitched out of all those tough situations is what im giving him props for. Most pitchers in the same position give up a boat load of runs and we lose but he fought through it. I'll give him credit for making the pitches when he had to. I refuse to give him anymore credit than that. 6 hits, 6 walks and 111 pitches thrown in 5 innings is simply horrible.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 12:09 AM) Vazquez only went 5 innings but he was awesome tonight all things considering. Although I think the one thing thats been bothering me especially his last 2 nights is on some batters he seems to go non-stop outside. Although I guess so far it has worked against him but still would like to seem him go inside a little more. Awesome? His WHIP had to be like 9.50 or something. He survived. That's it.

So nice to get a series victory against a good team for a change.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 12:04 AM) Great win, even though it got scary in the 9th. I was impressed with how Javy was able to get out of those jams. That's about the only thing he did well. He made the pitches when he absolutely had to. That was the most inefficient 5 innings you'll ever see from a starter.

Props to anybody who made it through this game without falling asleep atleast once. A very ugly win. I'll take it, though.

I'm with Boz on Jeter. Jeter is like the Kobe Bryant of MLB (although Kobe himself is a big reason he's so hated). Its just become hip and cool to hate on Jeter for some reason. The guy has the most hits in all of baseball since 1996. Yes. 1996. He consistently hits anywhere from as low as .295 to as high as .346 this season EVERY year. OBP is always good. He has decent pop for the position he plays. He's one of the best in baseball when it comes to fighting off tough pitches and making pitchers work. Playoffs? Do I even have to talk about what this guy does in October? Now, yes, his defense is overrated. He wouldn't sniff a GG if he played anywhere else but NY. But c'mon, the guy has made some pretty amazing plays in the field over the years. The play he made against Oakland in game 3 of the LDS in 2001 is legendary. If Jeter is overrated, then overrated is really, really good in this case.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 11:43 PM) Jeter makes 20 million a year, is a lousy defender, and isn't nearly the player A-Rod is.....yet he doesn't get nearly as much crap. And actually, the Yankees pay Jeter more than they do A-Rod since Texas pays a lot of the contract still. Jeter also has a history of steppin' up in October. Can't say the same for A-rod.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 11:40 PM) For being a superstar, ARod seems to be criticized far too much. That comes with makin' 25 million a year.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 11:34 PM) It's amazing how BMac can do no wrong, even when he does wrong. His ERA is over 4 and pretty much everyone still acts like the sun shines out of his arse. He certainly hasn't pitched like an ace-to-be this season. There's lots of trouble in the rotation, but BMac doesn't fill me with confidence that he'd fix it. I have to agree. Bmac has become VERY overrated around here. I'm saying this as a big Brandon fan, too.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 11:33 PM) Liriano *might* be done for 06. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2546166 The Twins have been eliminated from WC contention.

I actually fell asleep in the 6th inning. This has been the longest, slowest pace game I can remember. So was it Cotts or McCarthy that gave up the two runs in the 7th?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 06:37 PM) He had a great month in May (.937 OPS) that makes those numbers look a lot better then they really are. He had OBP of .318 in June and of .330 in July. And in July he basically had one good week and he sucked the rest of the month. So like I said, he has had one good month but aside from that he has been terrible at the plate. Well, you have to remember he started the season 3 for 38. Atleast some of that can be attributed to being hurt and basically having no spring training. So that right there is gonna put a dent into your overall numbers. Pod's has been streaky this year. He'll have one good week, followed by a s***ty week. He'll look good for 10 days, then follow that up with 10 days of absolute brutal offense. His OBP was over .350 about a week ago. That's better than average. He's stunk it up so far this month. But I feel confident when I say he won't hit .167 for the whole month.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 06:21 PM) Outside of the month of May Pods has been a bad player. He was absolutely terrible in April and June, in July he posted only a .330 OBP which is awful for a leadoff man, and his terrible play has continued right on into August. I believe it was Felix who posted Pod's numbers from April 15th through like August 2nd. Something like .287/.360/.745? That's more than respectable. Yes, he's been really bad the last week or so.

QUOTE(MHizzle85 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 06:19 PM) LT, why have people started to overlook him for LJ? Well, LJ did have like 1400 yards and 13 TDs in 9 starts last year.

I've got an even tougher question for you guys. Who the hell do you take out of LJ, LT and Alexander with the #1 pick in fantasy?

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 05:06 PM) When was the last series we swept? The Cardinals? This is correct. Since that time, we've had a chance to sweep a series 6 times. We've failed to do so all 6 times.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) They've got the best record in baseball against teams with an above .500 record if I saw the stat correctly on ESPN last night. Even with that horrid stretch against the Redsox/Yankees/Tigers/Rangers/Twins?

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) I'm wondering if there's a pseudo-Kenny Williams willing to morgage talent to "win-now?" If a half-season of Greg Maddux is worth a major league shortstop -- debate his offensive abilities, yes, but he's no throw in -- then a full season of Garcia in the national league should be worth atleast two contributing players. I'd be happy with a legitimate bullpen arm and starting pitcher prospect. I agree with this. People acting as if Freddy has zero value now because of one average to below average season are kidding themselves. Sure, his value probably isn't as high as it was before the season, but he still has value.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 05:43 PM) He was replying to my call to remove Garcia from the rotation and replace him with McCarthy. Got ya.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 05:40 PM) we are we going to put in the rotation? Heath Phillips? BMac ain't ready to start -- and it would be unwise to start him after using him in the pen all year. Huh? Freddy is not going anywhere this season.

Crede > anybody other than Big Sloppy in the clutch