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Dunn's bat speed seems to have been removed when he lost his appendix. Too bad Rios didn't get to bat to go 0 for his last 25.

Jeez Konerko

QUOTE (OilCan @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:05 PM) Over/under on how many more games until Ozzie quits on this team? who cares...not like him quitting on the bullpen 10 days ago fired up the team. It's been a long time since I saw a team have so many players slump.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 12:00 AM) In my mind, this one , by a LONG shot. I had some serious expectations for a good start with this team. When we showed that we were hitting right at the start, it was a welcome change from years past. But now...I am lost for word to explain why this team got so bad, so fast. I know it won't happen, but this team is truly playing like a team that ends up getting their manager fired. It comes out flat, has terrible at bats, can't field, and then crawls into a hole when they're down. Heck, I don't even blame Ozzie for all but about 3 players on this team sucking.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 10:59 PM) I think they're more regretting giving away Scherzer to get Jackson. Didn't they basically get Ian Kennedy and Hudson for Scherzer?

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:57 PM) Comcial. This team is just to brutal not to laugh. What was worse, this team so far or the Andy Gonzalez 2007 era?

Goodness, even Quentin looks TERRIBLE today. I have no idea why any team ever would throw our hitters a 3-2 fastball.

I wonder if Arizona's site has a "The GREAT Edwin Jackson" thread? So far, both pitchers are underperforming this year.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:49 PM) Q: Are the white sox soon to be old, forgotten news in Chicago until if/when they actually start winning?? They were the 4th story on the sports news last night. While the Bulls are still playing, they'll own the city.

Seems like being down 8-0 would be a great time to keep Beckham in the game to see if he can get some confidence.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:38 PM) How is Hawk handling this? Is he still blatently optimistic? Does he criticize at all? I don't get to hear hem very often. He's just being silent during most games.

Greg Walker's postgame comments "We just faced another really tough pitcher. You don't start an All Star Game without great stuff".

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:26 PM) You could and that would be the correct thing to do, but if you tend to blame Walker when the Sox hitting goes south, you should blame Cooper when the pitching goes. Jackson didn't pitch very well but he didn't get any help from his defense today . Pierre made a terrible play even though he may have the error changed, and on the triple, while it would have been a good play, Rios took a route a cartoon character would have taken to that ball. These runs in the 6th were on Ozzie as it was quite obvious Jackson was out of gas. Jackson's stuff has been awful since the 120 pitch outing in the home opener. That move to leave him in that long sure paid off. He's given up a ton of hits in his last few outings.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:22 PM) Huh? He's made it be known that his desire is to eventually be manager. This is 100% my personal opinion, but I always found it interesting he never looked for another pitching coach position. Thus, I wondered if maybe he thought he'd be next in line for Sox job.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:20 PM) The 2005 title probably did more harm to this organization than it was worth. OG/KW are now JR's "boys." OG was given a lifetime pass to be the worst manager in baseball, but hey, he won us a title! FALSE.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:19 PM) What's Don Cooper's excuse? Fire Coop, he can't fix 'em. The scary thing is that it's possible they'll promote Cooper to manager if Ozzie gets let go.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:18 PM) There is literally nothing about this team that gets me excited. Santos and Quentin are the most exciting players on this team.

Edwin doing his best to match Hudson's ERA to benefit J4L's argument. You'd have to think we'll try to trade him at the deadline if we're out of contention. Balta, what type of FA would he be, A or B?

Oy...we're sick of your s*** too Walker http://www.csnchicago.com/04/23/11/Walk-ta...&feedID=661

Our hitters reacting like they've never seen a 93 mph tailing fastball on the outer half.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 09:59 PM) Dunn is a classic zero tool player. We have him for another 600++ games. Yeah, no...his power is definitely a plus tool

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 09:57 PM) I'm not sure they make much of a difference either but it sure as hell is clear that Walker sucks at helping hitters make adjustments. My point exactly.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 09:55 PM) Our only players who have been above average according to UZR is Konerko (but UZR doesn't work well for firstbasemen) and Quentin. Everyone else is either below average (Pierre, Rios, Beckham, Alexei, Morel), or not qualified yet (Teahen, Vizquel, Lillibridge). Beckham's been very good this year defensively.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 09:54 PM) Anyone have on of those memory erasers from Men In Black for Gordon can forget everything Walker has told him? At this point, you fire Walker with the hope of salvaging Beckham's career. I don't care if hitting coaches don't make a difference, but why not try before you eventually give up on Beckham after another 1,000 ABs.

Perfect example that AB of Beckham's awful mechanics. He can't come close to getting the barrel to the ball on anything inside. He used to have great bat speed, not it's below average. Greg Walker, save him!