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Nice catch by Alexei on that pop up. Plenty of range to play CF...ha!

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 9, 2009 -> 10:16 PM) This was Justin Edwards' draft scouting report: 105 Justin Edwards Olympia HS LHP L/L 5'11" 170 1987-09-07 HS 350K Comments: One of the top high school lefties out of Florida, he's shown good command of his fastball, change and curve. Velocity has varied, but he's hit 90 mph. Whenever you see a line like this, it usually means the pitcher throws 5 mph slower on average. Something to keep in mind with the draft coming up.

QUOTE (Felix @ May 9, 2009 -> 09:24 PM) What has Pods done so far to deserve more AB? He's been good on the bases, as he's only been caught stealing once.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 9, 2009 -> 08:58 PM) Fathom has better stories of Freel than any of you guys can imagine. Yes, and I'm more confident in those stories being accurate than any other ones I've been told.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 9, 2009 -> 08:27 PM) fathom is Ozzie. Pods is leading off tonight. Getz 2nd. Fields 8th. Anorexei back in the line-up as well. Awesome...haha

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 9, 2009 -> 03:55 AM) I really don't think giving him an extra 4 or 5 days would have mattered. He hasn't had anything all season. How can you blame it on Oz? And with the Rangers having 6 righties in the lineup, it was a good lineup for him to have success against.

I'm very thankful they decided against Jim-Pam getting married at a courthouse. Considering that's been the biggest storyline for the entire series, that would be quite the non-dramatic conclusion to that story.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 9, 2009 -> 03:52 AM) Beckham's not coming up, so it's dumb to talk about him IMO. Like you said it might be best, but it isn't going to happen, just like firing Walker isn't an option. He got extended in the offseason and that means he's staying until Oz gets fired and that will happen someday. All managers get fired. Yes, he's not coming up in the next month or so, but why not try Alexei in CF so that when Beckham is coming up, you don't have to move one of them to 3rd base, etc? I would agree with Ozzie 100 percent if we didn't have anyone in our organization in the minors who could play SS (basically like the last 20 years before we drafted Beckham). BTW, Walker's extension hasn't been finalized.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ May 9, 2009 -> 04:39 AM) I guess it just sucks that we've got all these hitters in our system who are close but no starting pitchers. I made a prediction before the season that this was the year we could end up seeing the Ely, Cassel, Egbert types and for now I'm sticking to it. Please get a starter Kenny. Unless you sign Byrd or Pedro, there's no reason to trade for a starting pitcher right now. It's not like it feels like we're one piece away from being the class of the AL Central. Give Richard a game or two, and then see where we stand at the end of May.

Forced to watch "Yes, Man" today. Just a terrible, terrible movie.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ May 9, 2009 -> 03:28 AM) I don't like the idea BTW of replacing Contreras with something you know that for the most part isn't going to be any better. I'd rather keep running him out there with the hope he changes things up if we're not going to go outside the organization for either a young guy who profiles as a starter or a healthy veteran with a track record. Well, it's happened

Had to be done. With Cleveland's strength in lefty hitters, hopefully it's Richard or Poreda.

QUOTE (JustWin @ May 9, 2009 -> 04:23 AM) Watch him only be out 3 or 4 weeks and be back in time for their IL against the Sox. Then he'll hit 5 run home runs against us. Tribune suggesting 4 to 6 weeks max.

Don't count me in as someone who thinks Richard has no chance of being a MLB starting pitcher. I think he can be a solid #4/5 starter in the majors. Don't forget that LHP in our division, especially, is extremely valuable.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 9, 2009 -> 04:21 AM) Is Retherford approaching Shelby/Cook prospect status, or is he already their for most people? How can Shelby and Cook be considered in the same stratosphere as a prospect with each other? Cook is almost 28 years old with a .764 OPS in AA. Shelby is 4 years younger than him and showing signs of improving his K/BB ratio.

Not to go all Caulfield on the site and start 2 new threads tonight, but looks like Ozzie went against Cora's decision to possibly move Alexei to CF for a game. I don't get the notion that Alexei can't play CF, as Getz is showing he can be a MLB 2nd baseman and Beckham's on the fast track to the majors. Someone on the Sox organization (possibly Ozzie) must see Alexei as a GG caliber SS or something. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,3824302.story

QUOTE (Brian @ May 8, 2009 -> 05:50 PM) I re-watched the Scrubs finale. I originally missed the orderli saying "Hi, Tony." to the Janitor after he told JD his name. I assume he really isn't Glenn Mathews. Nice touch, Mr. Lawrence. I also assumed I'm not the only one who noticed who the different janitor was during the very last scene.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 9, 2009 -> 04:10 AM) How about we do this when Getz stops hitting and Podsednik starts? I like Getz, but even he is struggling now. He's 3 for his last 20. You could also put him in the 2nd spot, but AJP seems like a perfect fit for that right now. As we were talking about in chat, the 2nd hitter usually gets the most fastballs. The problem with that is we have our worst fastball hitter in the 2nd spot.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ May 9, 2009 -> 04:06 AM) Yikes! How about we let the month of May play out first, and then in the mean time we can go out and get somebody who deserves a shot a lot more than Clayton Richard does. If starters were only supposed to last 3IP then Richard might be an All-Star against LH-heavy teams, but since the expectations are beyond that, PLEASE no Richard. Well, he was supposed to be in the starting rotation this year if Contreras/Colon wasn't working. It can't hurt to give him a shot, as we're going to need to find a few starting pitchers for next season.

Put Scott Podsednik in the leadoff position tomorrow. Put him 1st, AJP 2nd, and move Fields to the 7th/8th spot in the lineup with Getz batting 9th. If this team doesn't get it going soon, we might get too far out of first place and then everyone will call for the team to be broken up.

The biggest problem about begging for a youth movement right now is that the 4 young guys who looked so great last year (Alexei, CQ, Danks, Floyd) all are struggling mightily right now. If 2 or more of those guys finish this season with huge doubts going into next year, then the rebuilding process will be 10x harder.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 9, 2009 -> 02:46 AM) Jhonny Nunez hitting the skids lately. Not a surprise...we received some real junk from the Yanks.

July 1st. This team doesn't seem competitive in far too many games. Put Richard in the starting rotation, play Alexei at either SS or CF, and see what they have. Also, when Anderson is healthy, you absolutely have to give him the chance to prove what he can do. If he reverts back to hitting .235 with terrible ABs, you get rid of him this offseason. Please, please no 300 ABs for Pods this year.

That was one of the worst offensive performances in a long time. It's sad to see so many players underachieving.

Nice comeback by Brewers. I wonder how many games Marmol "saves" for the Cubs over what his replacement in the 8th inning would.