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Verlander had unreal stuff today. I'm not sure how anyone hits him sometimes.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2011 -> 09:08 PM) If you factor in offense AND defense last year, Ramirez was pretty clearly our best player last year. We've basically robbed him the first 3 years of his contract, he was undoubtedly the best value in all of baseball. Which All-Star caliber player had a more advantageous contract to their club (or didn't get a huge signing bonus from the draft)? Adrian Gonzalez

Guy on 3rd base with one out and infield in results in the contact play about 99% of the time. Beckham did nothing wrong there. Funny thing is that it should be Ozzie's responsibility to tell Cox whether or not contact play is on. If Beckham missed a sign, then that reflects poorly on Ozzie due to Omar missing a sign the other day also.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ May 7, 2011 -> 09:02 PM) I will never understand why managers feel like their closer has to finish an inning when they clearly have nothing. Cordero had nothing yesterday, just lucked out on some hard hit balls. I hate Cordero..he's been a Cubs catalyst in the past. I really question why he didn't let Chapman close today.

Seems like Dusty would be wise to use Bray or Chapman against Pena instead of letting Cordero blow the game.

Alexei is probably the least of our worries when it comes to production and contract going forward.

Wow, those are scary stats. Just go with this lineup from now on: Rios, Dunn, Quentin, Konerko, Ramirez, Beckham, AJP, Viciedo (3b), Pierre Rios is our best base runner anyways now

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 7, 2011 -> 05:49 PM) Thornton actually looked pretty damn awesome last night, and thats really encouraging. He may have been left in a little too long, but its not like he was getting hit around, the hits they got on him were shanked bleeders. I thought Seattle got really good swings against him (besides Olivo and Bradley, of course). Ichiro hit his ball hard, Chone did, Saunders flew out pretty deep, and Wilson and Ryan hit the ball hard. He did have good command in the 8th though, and when he has good command, he's throwing up and in to righties instead of down the plate.

If you noticed, Thornton was down in the zone in the 9th inning with a lot of his pitches. He was clearly gassed, as he was able to stay up in the zone with a few more mph in the 8th inning. It's comical that he was left in that long. Oh, and Ozzie, why not use Crain instead of Santos then?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:49 AM) He's not getting demoted. In fact, if Peavy shows he's healthy, I think a pitcher is going to get traded pretty soon. Wouldn't shock me for a second if Danks is first to go, with someone on Sox leaking to Heyman he will file for free agency after 2012.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:45 AM) I didn't see it so tell me what was the big mistake(s) Ozzie made, other than leaving Thornton in so long? Pitched to Babe Smoak with an open base instead of going after Cust, who looked bad vs Humber. Stone was questioning it even before the decision.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:45 AM) Supposedly they are going to a 6 man rotation. That's going to piss off all starters on our team not named Phil. Jackson, Buehrle and Danks going to lose so money cause of it.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:42 AM) I'm sure there's a Josh Phegley clone out there somewhere. Any good players out there that are playing in college football? I was a fan of Mitchell when we picked him, but even he seems to be a likely bust.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:42 AM) And he will be out of the rotation so Mr. Glass can come back. So that would mean Humber would be back in the rotation after a start or two.

So who's supposed to be good in the 2012 draft that isn't a Boras client and doesn't want above slot money?

Tonight was just an absoluteyl patetic display of managing by Ozzie. He's doing his best to force JR and KW to get rid of him.

Wow, someone needs to fire that arrogant piece of s***.

whitesox.com is reporting we're trying to stretch out Thornton so that we can go with a 7 man rotation!

Really have no idea why Crain wasn't brought in to face Wilson.

He looks gassed. Fastball down 2 mph this inning.

Thornton's fastball isn't popping as much this inning.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:27 AM) White Sox killer Jack Cust stepping to the plate. I love the low fastball pitch. We never learn

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:27 AM) This organization is in f***ing shambles. I'd rather be the Cubs right now. That's a no-brainer, especially with how bad the future looks for some of the other teams in the NL Central.

Ok Matt, do not throw Cust a low fastball like you did Dan Johnson.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 7, 2011 -> 04:24 AM) lol@Rios If we were down 5, he would have totally homered there