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Why have neither of these name switches been done? I think both are pretty great.

Come on. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=2243541

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 08:38 AM) You can go to the mouth as long as you aren't on the rubber. The best part about the whole thing is misch is left handed. He was stuffing his glove hand into his mouth.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 10:48 AM) It isn't from a movie, it's from the Twilight Show series. I don't recall the name of the episode, but it was with Telly Savalas. The premise is that one of his daughter's dolls comes to life, but only talks to him. It says something like, "I'm going to kill you." He, of course, is freaking out. At the end, he realizes it's probably nothing, but then he trips over it and falls down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, just before he dies, he looks over and sees the doll. The doll opens her eyes and says, "I told you." Still freaks me out to this day. Just got chills thinking about it. It's indeed a good one.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:51 AM) Indeed. Why does he have to suck so badly on the road? It's depressing. Also his ops is 1.067 in wins and a measly .573 in losses.

Chat... chat... chat. Seriously, it's more fun to be pissed off in the chat than this very thread.

Naivety at it's finest.

Chat chat chat

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 02:57 PM) 1st sentence makes no sense. Sox have poor plate discipline. Probably an organization thing. Thome's a guy who doesn't know when his time is up. I wouldn't want Thome either. Only two are left of the Slowtastic Four. The Sox most likely planned on Dye signing as a DH. His first sentence was about as straight forward as it gets, it made a ton of sense. Where do you get this poor plate discipline thing come from? He never mentioned a thing about it. That thome sure is a stubborn guy... the same guy having a terrific season with the arch rival of the white sox. The sox ''likely'' planned on bringing dye back as a designated hitter? When exactly? Was it right when last season ended? The beginning of the off-season? Right before thome signed? I know dye made it pretty well known, early on, that if it came down to taking a designated hitter role or not play at all, he simply would retire. Dye was never on the white sox radar in that aspect.

Everyone is real excited tonight i see.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 01:53 PM) Saw a clip of that. Need to see that movie. Also want to check out "Who Can Kill a Child?". Some believe it gave stephen king the idea for children of the corn.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 10:28 AM) What about postseason wins? I'm not certain what a postseason rotation would be for us, but I would hope Kenny and Ozzie would have the stones to make Edwin a #4 and put Freddy in the bullpen. Not sure if this will happen, my guess is it will be sort of a controversy should we get to that point, but as they say, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. But for arguments sake, would 2 postseason victories by Jackson make the trade more tolerable? Three? I don't know that anyone is ever going to convince Balta or Qwerty or some of the other number crunchers we have here that this trade worked out for the White Sox in the end, but if that is the case, where have those posters been on Freddy? As far as I'm concerned Balta should be proclaiming to everyone who will listen that Freddy is Kenny's shining moment this year...and yet all I see is how devastatingly awful trading Hudson away was. But should we win a playoff series and Edwin pitches well in the postseason, was the trade worth it then? What about two playoff series? What about a World Series victory? How are postseason victories by a pitcher, or World Series titles earned with the help of a guy like Jackson, factored into this discussion? In my case i have been strictly talking about the potential long term scenario of the trade. I'm not gonna critique jackson nearly as hard as balta every start, because that would be downright stressful. As far as garcia goes... i didn't think he was gonna last for more than 80 innings until he was replaced. I have also given garcia his due, as i think he has been one of (if not) the most important factor(s) to the team. A constant swinging door at the back of the rotation is generally what keeps teams out of the postseason. We have been very fortunate.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 10:12 AM) These lineup calculators are pretty accurate. The usual Ozzie lineup averages 4.57 runs in that calculator. This team averages 4.57 runs... You don't say... Of course this was not responded to. Coincidences are a damn pain in the ass.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 08:23 AM) Depends on how he gives them up. IMO, if you combine innings 1-3 against the Tigers and innings 4-6 against the Orioles, that's a 5 earned run game, all it would take is 1 hit to capitalize and blow it open. If you combine innings 4-7 against the Tigers and 1-3 against the Orioles, that's 7 shutout, 1-2 hit innings, and he's probably good to go for 8+ on that night. I want to see more of that middle-innings guy. If this, if that, good thing the world does not run based off of the word ''if''. You just can't cherry pick innings and combine them to make your case. Whether it be for the good, or the bad. Each game should get critiqued for what it is/was, that one specific game, and nothing more. This is easily one of the oddest posts i have ever seen, as i've never seen a statement like it. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 08:51 AM) So you're saying he only pitches well at Comerica? That's a pitchers paradise, you can't count those (Sorry, I remember the days when that was the knock on G! so I had to pull that one out again). Anyway, all I'm saying is...if I'm giving up 6 years of a back of the rotation guy for 1.5 more expensive years of another guy...I think I'm fully justified in expecting that guy to legitimately be a dominant pitcher, and I'm going to call out if I don't get that. You are not telling me anything i don't already know. I already stated prior to the trade being finalized that the sox are in a lose/lose situation all around with the trade for jackson. I called baloney because i truly thought it were too bad of a deal to be true. Anyway, what i'm trying to say to you is if you keep going the route of expecting complete and utter dominance out of jackson, you are like gonna end up pretty dissatisfied. We have to be realistic with how we evaluate and distinguish what all players are capable of, as all reach different peaks and valleys. All that we can hope for is jackson ends up pitching stellar until his contract is up, and we worry about retaining him down the road. As i said though, if he were to pitch that well, i can't see the brass handing out a 4-5 years deal for the big bucks. It's just not even nearly realistic to believe they would.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 04:06 PM) There is a difference between horrible on a full year - and AJ has been damn near that - and horrible in a team split. Look at any player, including AJ, and you see team splits all over the board. AJ for example shows an OPS of .578 against TOR, lower against ATL. He is in the .800's or above against 8 or so teams. When I think "horrible" in a small sample size split, I think like .400 OPS or something. But whatever, its terminology. Are you telling me it makes more sense to sit him against Baker than Liriano? Four of those teams he has had less than 51 plate appearances, which is indeed a small sample size. With so few plate appearances (small sample size) a small string of great or terrible games can change the entire picture. The 328 plate appearances he has against the twins no longer qualifies as a small sample size. Ops in the .400's? That's abysmal. I was in no way encouraging your last sentence.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 03:39 PM) That's weird, I thought he was better than that against MIN. Looks like he was awful against them last year, good in 2008. You also have a strange definition of "horrible" in the world of splits. How much worse would he have to be against the twins to be considered horrible? That 's a pretty damn empty .260. Would you agree pierzynski has been horrible at the plate this season? His career against the twins and this very season are pretty damn similar. Whether you agree or not, he has been horrible, with seemingly no sign of turning it around.

The only way i would get an autograph from lillibridge is if he paid me... substantially.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 07:14 AM) If you wanna get into baseball via the stat route, go to Harvard/Stanford/MIT/etc. and major in computer science, math or economics. Then get your masters degree from one of those schools, too. Even though it may seem like a small field, baseball statisticians are plentiful. Again, you gotta have the big-time degree on your hands unless your the exception to the rule like Bill James, and even for him it took what 30 years before a team hired him despite all sorts of groundbreaking stuff. The exception to the rule is becoming less and less of an exception these days, as chw42 noted. I can compile a pretty extensive list of people getting scooped up from the internet, to go on and work with a major league team, with all sorts of different job titles. Really good, highly important/critical jobs. Now that i think about it, the list would be far more than in the 20's. Teams are realizing the best minds don't necessarily have to be an ivy league graduate. Sometimes things happen in ones life in which college is not an option at a certain point in time, if ever. Some of these said people have had very limited ''education''... just like in practically any field. If you know what you preach, it's hard to be denied. Simply put, things have come a long way since bill james got hired by the red sox. Thankfully he paved the way (in so many ways), and ever since, things are just that much easier on everyone.

His weight has nothing to do with it. Your other reasons are much more valid.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 7, 2010 -> 08:31 PM) Looking at that replay, that was terrible fundamentals by Rios. Why was he running on the grass so close to 2nd? If he slides to back of base, it's not even in question. I hate rios's technique, period.

This is simply out of control. Ozzie must be stopped.

When i meant pierzynski could use some days off... i did not intend on him getting hurt. This is no good.