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QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:37 PM) Yeah qwerty, I was talking about Randy Williams but nice try. Come on now, so i f***ed up and read fast. You're infallible act has grown tiresome. You might fool these guys, but not me. You know i am not trying to start s***, just saying it how it is.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:26 PM) Thanks for repeating all the data I've already posted in this thread only you did it inaccurately, you're a tremendous help. QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 26, 2010 -> 12:07 PM) Well, he's given us 2+ innings in nearly a quarter of his outings this year including one 3 inning performance, no reason to believe he can't do it here.

QUOTE (T R U @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:18 PM) Ooo, my bad.. I didn't mean for my post to be calling you out.. I thought you weren't including this season, so I was just saying yeah and hes done it this many times this season.. like, to add to your post.. I realize this, and it's no problem, i just don't like being inaccurate.

QUOTE (T R U @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:12 PM) Hes thrown what, like 5 multi innings games this season so far? I lied, i didn't check his 2010 season in which he has thrown three innings twice. 8 times this season pena has thrown a inning plus. Four times he has thrown two or more. Prior to today that is.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:05 PM) What an amazing outing by pena: 4 IP, 2H, 1BB, 3K, 0R (1 inherited runner scored). It's an absolute miracle that we're up 5-1 in the 8th after only getting 2.1 IP out of Buehrle. Tony Pena really is having a very, very good year there's a reason why he has a positive WPA even with his very high ERA, he's gotten the job done when it's mattered most and gotten lit up in blowouts. Pena has thrown more than two innings once in a game only once in his career prior to today. You have to date back all the way to his rookie season, in which he threw 3 innings in on september 16th of 2006.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 24, 2010 -> 03:13 PM) Yeah, Super Mario Bros. was such a huge hit in the US that Nintendo felt the need to rush out a sequel to capitalize on the success of the original so they took an existing Japanese game -- Doki Doki Panic -- and inserted playable Mario characters and because of this the game really makes no sense. Super mario bros came out in march of 1986 in the states. It was not until october of 1988 that super mario bros 2 came out in here. Super mario bros: the lost levels was technically the direct sequel (came out in june of 1986 in japan), but it was deemed too difficult to market. Hence super mario bros 2. It really is a shame they no longer challenge people when it comes to video games. It's pathetic how easy modern games are... and i cannot stress that enough. I hate even thinking about it. f***.

What the f***.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 16, 2010 -> 03:47 PM) Yeah, Thome's .864 OPS would make this lineup all stinky. ? It's stands at .905 today. Was .907 yesterday.

That really was a nice play by teahen there.

Hawk saying it has been nice to see paciorek.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 14, 2010 -> 12:29 PM) Bottom 7 teams in MLB: DBacks Giants Pirates Twins White Sox Astros Orioles All at 17% or so. The Sox being that low isn't surprising. 2 teams that caught my eye were the D-Backs, who were the same team with the anomalously high batting average given their strikeouts/PA ratio, and the Twins right above us. Your list is whack.

Seems like so long ago now that jenks had a ridiculous 71% of first pitches thrown for strikes (2008).

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:38 PM) Huh? It was a hit and run and Beckham was already at 2nd, not much he can do there. EXTRA BASE HIT FOR PIERRE!! That was regarding something earlier. I thought it was already posted... but for some reason it did not appear until a few minutes later. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:43 PM) The bottom of the order coming up for the Twins. If he can't get these scrubs out then he needs to be relegated to mop up duty. Against the blue jays he gave up four consecutive hits to the 8-9-1(homer)... and 2 hitter.

Really not acceptable.

One of the top 10 pitchers in baseball ERA has a 1.0 strikeout to walk rate.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 10, 2010 -> 02:17 AM) May I ask where you find league average stats? In particular league average stats for specific positions? I read tons of articles, from here, and there, etc. That is how i personally know league average rates, i just memorize them. If i don't know some sort of league average rate then i would just use the information out there which is accessible to find out for myself. I would go that route if i couldn't find the answer from a simple search, which it comes down to more times than not. What you are asking for does not exist to my knowledge. Or it could just be how i am interpreting it. Some sort of complete database for every stat known to man that breaks down league average stats... per league, per year, per decade, etc. I'm not just talking the basics. What i'm talking about is a place that has league average stats for even the most detailed of stats. I will say this much, all the tools to create such does exist. Both baseball reference and the hardball times have/had league average stats here and there, but nothing exceptional. This is a pretty nice site, though what he has done can be expanded upon so much further it's kinda hard for me to comprehend. http://www.knology.net/~johnfjarvis/stats.html I have stopped by there in the past and gotten caught up for far too long. Some unique things you can find there. Off topic... but... Simply a vital must see site.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 10, 2010 -> 01:14 AM) I'd give Gordon another 50 PA's or so. He's had 130 to this point. I just don't see how demolishing AAA pitching is going to magically resurrect his game. And to send him down would for all intents and purposes be forfeiting the season, IMO. You hype this guy up as the new "face" of the organization and in less than 40 games he's back at AAA hitting behind Brent Lillibridge? Move him down or whatever. But I most definitely would not send him down. Even with the woeful BA, he's still sporting an OBP of over .300. I know, that's grasping at straws. But it's something. How many BB has he had the last 7 games? 8 or 9? Well the last seven games, six actually, beckham has walked 8 times. From the 3rd to the 5th he walked twice in each game. Two more times on saturday. The 12.8% bb% is a great sign, though on the other hand he is striking out at a rate that has taken a considerable turn for the worse. He went from being nearly 3% below average last season at 17.2% to nearly 3% above average at 23.1%. Once that gets turned around, which good hitters make happen, he will be just fine. Btw, the league average walk rate is generally around 8% or so. Last season beckham was at a pretty decent bb% of 9.5%, which is pretty good all things considering.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 10, 2010 -> 12:42 AM) Sending Beckham down is a bad idea on multiple fronts. 1.) The confidence angle. For all of you who think that sending Beckham down is gong to take pressure off of this kid. I think you misread this personality. I think it will do more damage than good. We stuck with Brian Anderson for a lot longer than this, and he was hot garbage. 2.) The hey we can insert X player in the lineup. Well guess what in Guillens world X player is Omar Vizquel. Thats who will be playing day in and day out in that position. Even with Beckham in a funk, what kind of real offensive upgrade are you getting, none. Nix is buried on Ozzie Guillens bench today. Do you really think that Guillen is going to see the light and play Nix. Its going to be Omar and thats pretty much how it will happen. 3.) He can fix X down in Charlotte. AAA is not the holding spot for tier 1 talent. Its the place for some top talent who are blocked, and a large amount of AAAA filler that is basically hot garbage. You can survive with major flaws in your swing in AAA because garbage is throwing to you. If anything he will come up, and have another adjustment as he starts to face good pitching again. Here is my suggestion. 1.) Drop the kid down in the lineup. The fact that this hasn't been done yet is a joke. Stop with the speeches about what the kid is or isn't and drop him down. 2.) Bring in Walt Hrinak or some other roving instructor to work with him. I am not getting into a debate about the hitting coach, but obviously this kid who is pretty damn valuable for the organization needs some specific help. A different voice is needed. 3.) Spell him based on matchups. You don't have this kid face Roy Halladay, etc until he gets his s*** together. I know you said you don't want to get into a debate about hitting coaches. Neither do i. This is just for the masses. I would say this is for the people, and there are a bunch of them, that don't believe a hitting coach (a guru even) has an impact. There are countless hitters who credit others (does not necessarily have to be a hitting coach) for their career. Could be have been something as simple as the tiniest mechanical flaw, something of which that player would have never figured out for the life of him. Very same goes for pitchers. I am a full firm believer in both pitching and hitting coaches having the ability to mold a player. Yes i do realize they cannot go out their and pitch or hit the ball. What it comes down to is things are so much more in depth than just that. I cannot stress that enough. I have read too many books about the players... by the players... to believe narrow minded people. People that do not even believe in the remote possibility.

QUOTE (spiderman @ May 9, 2010 -> 10:51 PM) At the very least, if they are going to keep him in the majors, it's time to move him down the lineup - 7th, 8th or 9th. He isn't hitting. I'd give him another 5 games or so hitting down the order to see if that helps him at all. From there, it's either bench him a few games, and try him again (with Nix as a capable 2B, they could actually do this first as well, but I think I'd rather see the Sox fall 10 games out with Beckham and the rest of the guys we expected to help the team in the lineup) or send him to the minors to work out his problems. So if the season were to be lost by that point what exactly is the benefit? Confidence worries have been brought up in this thread, and for good reason. This is all hypothetically speaking so bear with me. Both for the good and bad. The only scenario i can see confidence issues not coming into play is if the sox were doing well (even very well) on the season. The reason i say that is because any logical person would look at the situation (the player) and realize there is a legitimate reason for the decision. The reason being is he has not pulled his share, and let's say it's by a good margin. Simply being outproduced by the vast majority of the team. Let's say beckham were to be terrible two months or so in the season. Then let's say the sox were to be basement dwellers with no chance of looking up. I personally know if i were in his shoes that zero confidence would be instilled if no other action was taken with everyone else...if they (vast majority) were producing in the same bleak manner. This is the the worst route i think a team can go with a player like beckham. Beckham has the ability to be a rather valuable asset in this game. This is me speaking 100% objectively.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:10 PM) It has been proven by numerous studies that the peak offensively and defensively (with artificial enhancements) for every (on average) MLB player should be between 27-30 years old. Yes, just because you're young (see Josh Fields, Chris Getz or Mark Teahen) doesn't make you good at anything in particular. But there's NO WAY that Omar Vizquel hasn't lost something defensively if you go back and compare his range and athleticism (not to mention arm strength) to the year 2000 tape.

Vernon wells read that off the bat beautifully!!!!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2010 -> 04:52 PM) Was it you or Kalapse that wrote the great blurb in the offseason about the winds at the Cell, and how it makes a slap hitter very ineffective? Kalapse.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 7, 2010 -> 03:44 PM) And they're doing all of it with Carlos Pena hitting a cool .204 and BJ Upton being mediocre again. That team is f***ing insane. Zobrist has not done very much either... he is yet to homer.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 2, 2010 -> 11:42 PM) Shocked and appalled by the negative reviews 2%. QUOTE (T R U @ May 3, 2010 -> 12:26 AM) Makes you wonder what the hell happened to Brendan Fraser.. jesus QUOTE (Felix @ May 3, 2010 -> 12:28 AM) Something happened to him? He's always sucked. Read the top left... as it pertains to the discussion.

Machete is simply gonna be awesome.