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QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:43 PM) I lol'ed. why?

Jeremy Sowers is a good young pitcher guys. He's got a ton of potential. It's really not surprising we can't hit him. He's gonna have a great career.

i'm telling ya, we score 6 today. even without Beckham...

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:01 PM) I'd be more interested in seeing Fields and Anderson come up with a different hitting coach, as obviously this particular hitting coach has not been able to get through to them. amen. also, what the f*** kind of confidence does this show in your rookie, to take him out after an 0-6 effort? this is the exact kind of s*** that's gonna f*** him up and make him overthink. i wish Ozzie Guillen knew how to be a manager of a baseball team.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:51 PM) It will be interesting if we struggle for the next few weeks and have to go into selling mode. We have so many youngsters on the way, and Ozzie is not the manager you want in a rebuilding situation. honestly, i think it would have been interesting to see Anderson come up with any other manager besides guillen. someone who showed a little confidence in him and didn't f*** around with his at bats all the time. i just hope to god he doesn't ruin Beckham like this.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) that's going to be a tough sell, especially if they win the division again this year. Because as hard as it is to believe, this team is 3.5 games out of first with a 5 game series coming up against the division leader. I'm not suggesting they're going to turn it around this week, but I don't think anyone is going to runaway with this division. It's a weird situation. our division being terrible does NOT make Ozzie a good manager. I am livid right now. I want Ozzie gone, want Walker gone, I want the whole goddamned team blown up.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 01:39 PM) Here's what I'm saying. There is almost no chance that Jordan Danks is going to post McLouth's 2008 line before 2011. If he matches it in 2011, then it would be a push. Here's McLouth's 2008 totals: 2008 Pit 152 597 113 165 46 4 26 94 65 93 23 3 .276 .356 .497 .853 You really think Danks is going to hit 26 HRs next year, with 46 doubles and a slugging rate of .497? If you do, you're smoking crack. But, even if you were right, that's no reason not to have traded for McLouth, whose 2008 line would look plenty good enough for RF if we let Jim Thome go and slid Dye into the DH role. the better question is, do you really think McLouth will ever match his 08 totals again? Then you're smoking crack.

we are gonna win today, score at least six runs, and guarantee Walker keeps his job through the season.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 08:01 AM) First off, would everyone feel a lot better if the scores the last 2 nights were 7-1 and 6-1 avoiding 2 shutouts? Frankly, look at the line-ups those days and tell me how many runs you expected the team to score. Getting shut out by Adam Eaton was embarrassing, but if that's on Walker, the Texas hitting coach, the guy everyone seems to think is God, had his team shutout by Dontrelle Willis this season. I think Greg Walker will look a lot smarter when and if Quentin returns to the line-up if he's at full strength, Dye gets back, and Beckham gets comfortable being a major leaguer. Right now, especially if Dye isn't playing, this is an offense that isn't going to cause a pitcher much stress. Last night, Pods doesn't strike fear into anyone, Ramirez is going to swing at anything close, Thome and Konerko are the stressful part, AJP can do some damage but he doesn't make you work, Beckham just started, BA,Wise struggle, Getz has been struggling and is hurt. There's not much there. What hitting coach in the universe is going to have that team score 7 runs last night? If you're going to have a roster where Dewayne Wise led off, Brent Lillibridge led off, now the released Scotty Pods is leading off, featuring a couple of rookies with guys like Wise and BA and even Ramirez struggling a lot of the time, your hitting coach, no matter who it may be, is not going to look very good. As bad as the hitting has been these last couple of games, why does the pitching get a pass? They would have had to score at least 8 to win Thursday and at least 7 to win Friday. no, we wouldn't feel better. frankly, i'm so glad we got shut out because it means we're that much closer to something being done about it. and to me, the number one example of why Walker should be fired happened last night. After that second AB where Beckham swung at the first pitch. Walker should have IMMEDIATELY gone to the kid and told him not to do that again. But obviously he didn't, because we all know what happened in AB 3. Where the f*** is Walker?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 09:22 AM) Career marks of .273 average, 2408 hits, 370 doubles, 609 homers, 1667 RBI, .534 SLG, .344 OBP, .878 OPS. 3 seasons of 60+ homers, the only man ever to do that, including 243 homers in a 4 year span. He has never been formally accused of steroids with any evidence, though the accusations have haunted him for years. Is that enough to get him in, or is the cloud of suspicion too great over Sosa to vote him into the Hall of Fame? honestly, look at those numbers aside from the HRs and they're not exactly hall-worthy. .878 OPS? from an OF? i think it'd be interesting to see, if you took his 3 60 HR years and reverted them to an average Sosa season, where his career numbers would lie... .344 OBP? HoF? Come on. He'd be on the cusp for sure, but I don't think those numbers warrant it.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 11:50 PM) A few of you got into my case when I wrote during ST that this guy was a libility. Where have you gone now? I had the same opinions about this guys and I wrote let the kids with talent play over these bombs. Bret L. Betemit Owens I don't think you're the only one who had reservations about Lillibridge or Owens... so... no big props there. But congratulations on the Betemit call. Job well done. i love this.

ha. i love this from ozzie: Guillen, who has used 40 different lineups this season in 54 games, clearly is still searching for answers. "Maybe I can go out and pick a name out of a hat and hope for the best," Guillen said. "No matter where I play them, it's the same results." well maybe do you think part of the problem is that you used 40 different lineups!?!?!? secondly: "As soon as DeRosa hit the home run, it was a bad feeling in my stomach," Guillen said. "I knew we were not going to win this game, and that's not a good feeling to have when you're managing a ballclub." what a leader.

Ozzie and Big Z would get along great! per rotoworld: Carlos Zambrano-S-Cubs Jun. 5 - 11:57 pm et Carlos Zambrano said Friday that he expects to retire in five years. The topic came up when a reporter mentioned Randy Johnson's 300th win. "‘For 300' Me? No, I'll be out of here in five years," said Zambrano. After his response drew laughter, he added, "No, believe me. After this contract I'm done. I'm serious. Because I don't want to play anymore."

go sox!

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 09:16 PM) Leadoff double. When is Ozzie gonna learn? ozzie DOESN'T learn. honestly. he just beats a dead horse until the leg happens to twitch. he notices this, and thinks he's brought it back to life, thus insuring a whole lot more horse-beating in the future.

uh oh... jenks in a non-save situation

CY PAVANO!

you know what? honestly, again, this falls on walker. after those first two at bats, what should the FIRST thing that he told Beckham when he came back to the dugout? "don't do that again" WTF?

oh. my. god.

oh. my. god.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) What do we do if Beckham outs on the first pitch again? flip our s***.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 09:01 PM) Understand, but unless you think Carrasco is going to be a contributer to the next contending White Sox team, deal him for whatever you can. Borchard brought back Thornton and teams will overpay for pitching at the deadline. right, maybe another team will think he'd make a good starter. plenty of teams looking for one of those.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 08:54 PM) problem with Dotel is that at the deadline hed only have 2 months on his contract and you won't be able to get much for a guy like that...but who knows maybe omar minaya will be desperate enough with Putz out for a while what i'm thinking is we package Dotel and Paulie for a package of guys starting with Parnell, making Jenks expendable as well.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 08:52 PM) actually if we are way out of it come trade deadline....we have alot of pieces that will look VERY attractive to other teams.... every team in the league is always looking for relief help and we have alot of it to deal...Konerko could look attractive to a team like the mets...and Jenks could be dealt for a huge package I would imagine...and i'd be ok with it as he's about to get really expensive and thornton could potentially close with Poreda maybe filling the late inning lefty reliever the mets are going to be BIG buyers, and we have a lot of pieces they'd want.

DJ's so good.