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Judging by your K rate, how does it feel to throw an invisible baseball?

Flowers had a really impressive at bat. His swing looks like he'll be able to mash LHP.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 11:03 PM) I understand we are kind of stuck with him there for the rest of this year, but unless some sort of drastic change occurs, I don't think we can keep Gordon Beckham at 3rd base after 2009. His bat isn't as valuable over there, and his fielding looks awful. I understand he's never played there before this year and is trying to learn at the major league level, but he has very poor reaction times on hard hit balls to him, and I'm not sure if that is something you can teach. Couldn't agree more

If the Sox lose ground after the homestand and the series at Detroit, KW has got to go into sell mode.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:57 PM) Well, I don't mind making a run at it this year as long as Gordo stays. If it means we deal Jenks, then so be it. We'd be one hell of a ballclub with that rotation, this bullpen, and this offense... Yeah, the bullpen without Jenks could be scary unless Linebrink avoids his usual 2nd half meltdown.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:50 PM) Yeah, saw that in your last post that said "He had a plane to AZ to catch." In other notes, I wouldn't mind dealing Jenks to get the prospects to get Halladay, but I want no part of any trade that includes Gordo... Ugh, Halladay just scares me due to only one year left on his deal. It's highly unlikely JR and KW could match huge offers he'd get after 2010. For the amount we'd have to give up, one year and a few months of Roy just isn't worth it.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:50 PM) Jesus Christ, I stopped watching for a minute, and they explode for 5 runs....and Beckham made ANOTHER error? And he made a bad decision on another that wasn't called an error.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 09:48 PM) He had a plane to catch. Lisa Stone got arrested for holding up a Taco Bell.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:45 PM) BA grounds to Crede. We have to stop hitting to third base See, this is the type of post that irk me (no offense MT). Crede just completely half-assed a pretty routine grounder, and people make it sound like nothing gets past him.

Another RBI for Beckham. If Crede robbed him there, we would have never heard the end of it.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 09:39 PM) I wont. If Allen turns out to be an allstar in a couple years than I will look back and say damn that didnt work out. But I am not going to spend thew next few years weighing everyday numbers as to if the trade worked out. Oh, I agree with you. I think it's more important that we turn around and trade Dotel for a solid package.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 09:38 PM) I did make mention of that myself yesteray in a POST. Even the Twins announcers on the radio said they thought Danks was getting really squeezed by the umpire It was absolutely disgusting. The ump single-handedly changed the game.

That was the most confident I've seen Fields batting in a long time.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:36 PM) If someone told you Mauer would be 0 for with 4 strikeouts today, I wouldn't think the Sox would give up 13. Josh Fields has been located. Ozzie might want to start putting in Nix for defensive purposes at 3rd base at the end of games.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:36 PM) I am not cause that will just drive your baseball mind crazy. Whats done is done and trades are a roll of the dice most of the time. Don't look at Allen's OPS so far in AAA for Az

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:36 PM) They have a whole game left with Wainright (sp?) starting for the Cards Yes, and Cy Wells is going for the Cubs. There's just a terrible vibe to the baseball games today, so it would shock me if the Cards win tonight.

That was a pretty nice pitch by Pena there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:32 PM) You know as well as I do that Getz doesn't belong at 3rd And I don't think Beckham belongs at 3rd

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 09:30 PM) He must be terrible every other game. Every time I see the guy, while not quite at Hawk's admiration level, I wish the Sox had him. Agreed, and it's not like he gets cheap hits against the Sox.

Wow Beckham...I defend him more than anyone, but it might be time to try Getz/Nix at 3rd and put him at 2nd.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:28 PM) It does show he has a ton of ability. He's only 23. If he ever puts it together, he's going to be a pain for years. Everytime I see him play, it seems he hits the ball extrmeely hard. Hell, he hit the ball hard against Cy Lilly this year also.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 09:27 PM) I dont think there is a player in MLB right now that I hate more than Gomez. Carlos Zambrano. At least Gomez sucks so much against other teams that he actually hurts the Twins.

The last 4 games have been extremely frustrating with our pitching staff. The ASB couldn't come at a better time.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:26 PM) How much different is the Sox scouting report on Gomez compared to the rest of baseball? It's the curse of Hawk's boner

Oh look, another hanging slider by Pena. He's not good