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Gotta love the NL so far. Extremely boring game to be at, but no Sox win is a waste! Gavin was excellent, as the Pirates were looking silly on his curve. Alexei continues to put good swings on the ball, while Quentin looks absolutely lost. CQ, my buddy....right field isn't an automatic out. Pods also has a much better swing now with his little foot adjustment, but he needs to just stay on the base and not continue to be an easy out on the bases.

Going to the game tonight...I've seen Quentin play 5 times, and he's homered each time. Sox are 1-0 with Gavin on the mound when I've been there, so hopefully they make it 2 and 0. This feels like a big game, as we need to get some momentum going this series or we could be looking at a road trip that could push us into a double digit deficit behind the Tigers.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 22, 2009 -> 09:24 PM) Always a good idea with long term heel pain. You can adjust the shoes and use anti-inflammatories all you want but rest is the only thing that willturly get it healed. You saw it was plantar fascitis, right?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 22, 2009 -> 09:04 PM) What the hell happened to fathom? For the first time in a decade or so, I feel like we have some difference makers in our farm system. We also should have some payroll flexibility, so that's why it's so important for Gavin, Alexei, and Quentin to come around.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ May 22, 2009 -> 09:13 PM) Q is at DH today. Good to see him back. BTW, not a lot of talk about Quentin's injury on here yesterday. If the Sox fall 12-15 games out of it by July, it might be wise to shut him down for an extended period.

Hopefully we'll see an outfield of Quentin, Anderson, and Dye. I could go without seeing Pods get picked off again.

I saw the press conference, and I couldn't believe how old Paxson looked. I hope his health is ok, because he looks like a different person than he did a few months ago.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ May 22, 2009 -> 06:37 PM) And the White Sox future is much better than the Pads. With some good signings this offseason and a good trade or two, the Sox can easily reach the upper echelon of MLB teams real soon. It will be nice if that LF of ours can remind us why he would have won the MVP last season.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ May 22, 2009 -> 07:31 PM) Which part? The part where he doesn't understand or the part where he says KW is a fighter. The one thing I always said about Kenny is that as a fan, I can't complain about him sitting on his hands. He's always trying to make the team better. Key word: trying. The part where he talks about an executive saying he didn't understand it, as we set ourselves up to go young and cheap and then seemed to go against that with this deal. Like I said yesterday, I think yesterday's effort by KW was a great sign for things to come.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 22, 2009 -> 07:31 PM) Verducci makes it look like the Sox may actually be worse than the Padres. Maybe they are. This year, it's possible they have similar records. However, the Padres are awful. They have no pitching depth, and their offense is abysmal besides Gonzalez.

I actually agree with what Heyman said about the White Sox in his article.

I've said this before, but a recent BA podcast ranked the Barons as the 2nd most exciting minor league team in all of baseball.

The bigger question is what team is Peavy rooting for?

I stand by my belief that Peavy thinks he'll eventually get traded to the Cubs. I also believe he wouldn't make them guarantee the option as well. Cubbie blue has poisoned him it seems.

Did you see the rumors about Peavy's contract demands? For the Sox sake, I hope it is over.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 22, 2009 -> 03:35 PM) I don't even really want him anymore. It's obvious this guy doesn't want to be a part of this organization, and the only way he will join is if we give in to his ridiculous contract commands. This guy is a tool. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...-csep22.article Screw him. Enjoy pitching for a loser team for the next 4 or so years. The "Go Cubs, Go" thing with Peavy never happened. It was made up by a few members of the media.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 22, 2009 -> 02:57 PM) If it was the fact that he liked to hit, how come he hasn't said that from the beginning? He's just scared of the AL. And last I checked, he was hitless this season.

The Braves called up a pitcher who had an ERA near 1 in AAA this year, and he looked awful yesterday. There just aren't a lot of good hitters in the International League, and that's why it's so hard to judge the performance of pitchers in that league.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 22, 2009 -> 05:54 AM) He's a good hitter, i think he'll be okay when he works his s*** out. The real problem is Lee, A-Ram, Dempster and the bullpen. I wonder what happened to Soto's HGH supplier? What, no more amazing offseason training programs that allows him to lose 20 pounds while hitting the ball 100 feet farther?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 22, 2009 -> 04:52 AM) My favorite part of that article. What the hell is better aligned with the NL supposed to mean? It's all a bunch of crap. I don't believe for one second Peavy wants to pitch in the AL. He'll make an AL team give him a king's ransom to go there. I wish him nothing but the worst after tomorrow.

There is so much bulls*** coming out of Axelrod's mouth right now. Financial decisions were definitely discussed. Saying that tomorrow, he might change his mind, is pretty lame. I'm sure KW has already moved on. http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune....agent-says.html

Watching the Padres (BTW, do yourself a favor and check out Heath Bell's performance vs righties this year) and I hope Adrian Gonzalez is ok. He botched a bad-hop grounder, and looked like he damaged his right thumb. Hopefully he's able to play in the Cubs series this wknd.

Hudson also would have cost us a first round pick.

Yadier Molina really does a great job at calling a game. Hell of a series for the Cardinals.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 22, 2009 -> 02:11 AM) Totally disagree. You have to plan that far out. If some of the younger guys pan out, they will be making some good money. Yep, look at how crippled the Cubs are with their payroll in the coming years cause of all the back-loaded contracts.