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I had no idea how big of a case this was until I was in Florida a few weeks ago. They literally had 24/7 coverage of the trial.

Nice effort danman. I think Sale will be in starting rotation, and I can't picture a situation where Rios is around come 2013.

Pretty funny listening to Boers and Bernstein rip on Peavy today relating to his request for more intensity.

Rios benched tonight for Lillibridge!

One thing that should be noted is a lot of the times, we rip on the Sox players in late inning situations for swinging out of their asses. AJP's two strike swing last night was phenomenal, and he accomplished exactly what he set out to do with that swing. Him and Pierre have really played well the last 10 days or so.

I know Rosie is a terrible actress in Transformers 3, but goodness, she's good looking in some of those outfits.

AJP tried to force a balk with Teahen up, as he started sprinting down the line on the pitch. Carlos Lee would have gotten picked off.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 04:12 PM) I'm sure the Cardinals are just going to say "f*** it, let's get worse, get older, pay more money and still try and win the Central." Especially when they have a great 4 outfielder tandem now with Pujols back. Rasmus isn't going anywhere, and let me also say he'd drive us nuts. He swings and misses a ton.

Something I've noticed about Rios lately is that it seems to not be a natural instinct for him to hustle. It's like he had to remind himself to run a pop up out in Colorado the day after he got benched. Then in Chicago, he had a soft hit up the middle (that Castro almost fielded) where he was jogging to first the second he hit the ball.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) I'll continue to give AB's to the guy that plays the best CF defense on the squad, isn't old or past his prime, and has an extended history of major league success. By all means, Rios isn't amazing, but he is the best CFer the Sox have. And without commenting on what he did over the weekend, the past two weeks he's been hitting the ball hard, albeit without much luck. Sure he's had a lousy first half of the season, but permanently benching him in favor of De Aza and Lillibridge would be a far worse decision, imo. Lillibridge is the best defensive CF we have on the roster, IMO. Also, I can't remember the last time I saw Rios hit a ball hard. Everything seems to be weakly hit, as pitchers are throwing him slow stuff away and he's flying open so fast. This has been nearly a full season slump for Rios, and when you think about it, he's been absolutely mediocre appoximately 75% of his time with the Sox. I think you get just as much production from a platoon of De Aza and Lillibridge the rest of the way.

To be honest though, I'm sure if Rios got traded (which we know will never happen), then the CF platoon would be Lillibridge and De Aza (who Hahn loves)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 04:10 PM) Man, that turns into a big complex deal awful quick. That is the type of thing that gets done at the winter meetings, not in July. Think of it this way...you're not trading Quentin for another pitcher if you're planning on having 7 starters on the roster.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 03:52 PM) Sorry, just noticed the catch-all convo. Posted too quickly. This would be horrible. Who is going to play CF? Lillibridge? Rios is having a horrible year, but why sell him low, when we have no reasonable replacement, for an older player to add to an already crowded pitching rotation, and get no salary relief in return? Rios is better than he has been playing, no use for a bad contract swap here. Maybe the Sox just want to get him off the roster? And also maybe they have a good deal lined up for Danks they want to execute, but they don't want to do it and rely on Peavy's health? You want to know who our CF could be? Long time Sox killer Melky Cabrera is supposedly on the market.

How much money does McLouth have left on his deal? I'd rather just trade Rios for him, but I don't think the money is nearly equal.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 03:32 PM) That's what some Braves fans are speculating the deal might be. Lowe for Rios?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 01:52 AM) Still don't quite understand why Pierre wasn't the first choice to pinch-hit there. Teahen hasn't been playing, while Juan's been Mr. Clutch for a week and nearly always makes contact. Knocked out their All-Star reliever two innings in a row. Have a feeling Ozzie wanted Pierre to bat, but figured they IBB Teahen

Rumor is Konerko has a lead in the voting so far.

I'll give Juan huge props for his AB in the 9th tonight. He might be only player on team that wouldn't have chased that 3-2 breaking ball, and he acted like he was in control that whole at bat.

Ironic thing is that AJP was trying to force a balk when Teahen was up.

Crazy win when you consider how close KC was to going up 3 in the top of the 9th. Oh well, we'll take it!

Huge props to AJ and Pierre that inning.

HA!!

Interesting spot here. Crow doesn't want to throw a lot of sliders due to wild pitch threat, yet Dunn matches up well with his low fastball.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 02:44 AM) could not agree more -- would've forced them to respect the bunt and brought them in. And gets you a great contact hitter at the plate.

Awful, awful, awful! Still have no idea why he was batting there instead of Pierre.