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How about who's been missing from teams when they played them: Phillies- Rollins Dbacks- Hudson Rockies- Holliday, Hawpe, Tulo Pirates- Jack Wilson Dodgers- Furcal, Jeff Kent Mets- Alou Nats- D. Young I'm trying to think who's been missing from teams the Sox played, and the only guy I can really think of is ARod and Cuddyer. Hafner and Sexson were out, but those guys aren't anything special now.

Griffey Jr. hit #599

Buster Olney said a name to watch for the Cubs as the season goes on is C.C. Sabathia.

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I refuse to watch, but my brother just IM'd me to tell me that Marmol got a 3-1 pitch to lead off the inning called for a strike that was 6 inches inside and the catcher was set up outside. Sounds like the same old, same old.

We're stuck with Lethal Weapon 3, for better or worse. The Sox just aren't in any position to make big trades this season, unless they fall out and they make Contreras available.

Question...which of these guys are Boras clients?

I heard the Cubs will be facing Steve Trout next week. I think if the Rockies let Rusch pitch this entire game, he might allow 30 runs.

Why would the Reds take a SS? They have Phillips, Frazier, and Keppinger up the middle.

I believe the Cubs have now lead in 22 straight games....reminds me of the Sox to start 2005 .

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 31, 2008 -> 05:30 PM) Swisher is brutal. Its amazing how many people actually want him to play first base. He had a big power drop off last season and this year it continues to drop. Believe me, if the Cubs had traded for him, most of his supporters here would be bringing up PEDs. I'm not saying that he used them, but the power drop off has to make you wonder. Its time Anderson gets to play. I have a hard time believing if he got Swisher's playing time, he couldn't perform better than what we have seen from Nick. I don't think it matters what team he's on....people on here have been saying they think he's off the juice.

So the Giants are obsessed with Smoak, so he's probably not going to be there. The word going around the BA office is that KW has his sights set on Beckham of Uga. KW went to see Beckham at the SEC tournament, and he stunk. I didn't know that Wallace won the Pac10 triple crown two straight seasons.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 31, 2008 -> 05:16 AM) Here is a quote from WSI, I dont know how factual this is. Are you sure those aren't Swisher's stats? He was .220 vs LHP and .203 vs RHP coming into tonight's game.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 31, 2008 -> 04:04 AM) i'm not one to make too many excuses, but we HAVE faced some really ridiculously good pitching of late. check the ERA's of the people we've faced recently and maybe we'll get a piece of the picture as to why our offense has looked so awful of late. Yep, the great Jered Weaver who got rocked by Toronto tonight.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 31, 2008 -> 05:14 AM) I assume this is sarcasm in regards to needing sources, but the only two sources you need to see that kid is going to spend a lot of time at the all star game are eyes. Yes, that was sarcasm

I just told my wife about Hawk's son proposal, and she came up with a good question: what if one of her friends was watching, and texted her to let her know what was going to happen before that first out?

QUOTE (rangercal @ May 31, 2008 -> 03:26 AM) How about giving the Rays some credit? Carl Crawford did have a very exciting miss on that foul ball in the 9th. The best part of the game was Hawk's son getting engaged.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 31, 2008 -> 04:21 AM) Lakers vs. Celtics. The match up most intriguing to me. Go Lakers

I assume we get Greinke, Hochevar, and Meche next week vs KC. We really need Thome and Swisher to pick it up to help against righty pitching.

QUOTE (29andPoplar @ May 31, 2008 -> 03:20 AM) No doubt about it, but what do you do there? I mean, those guys aren't going anywhere, they aren't going to be traded. I hate to say they're proven players but they are. So, you make an incremental improvement and that's at leadoff. I guess I'm grasping at straws like others here, based on giving up only 6 hits tonight and still losing the game. I still say you move Thome into the 2nd spot. Not only could he see more fastballs if OC can reach base, but if OC is on, the opposition can't put on the exaggerated shift.

QUOTE (29andPoplar @ May 31, 2008 -> 04:06 AM) Yes. Speed isn't the prereq for a leadoff hitter, it's getting on base, taking pitches, driving the pitcher crazy, etc. Speed is a plus, yes, and if a guy can not only get on but be a threat to steal, so much the better. Not to mention a guy who can play multiple positions for the Ozzie flexibility factor you mentioned is another plus. That's why I keep coming back to Freel, and frankly I don't care if he likes leprauchans or not. Can he make the team better, I believe he can. The question is do Williams and Guillen agree, because me posting it on a message board means nothing. But that type of player is what they need at the top. Everything starts at the top. I still think a name that only I seem to mention who could be a fit is Cristian Guzman.

Jered Weaver getting smacked around by the Blue Jays. Blue Jays had same amount of hits in 2 innings against him as the Sox did in 15 innings.

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 31, 2008 -> 02:58 AM) dont tell that to jose guillen Why, what happened?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 31, 2008 -> 03:56 AM) I hear Jerry Owens is available. Seriously, I don't care about speed. Speed can't make 3 of our 4 biggest bats suddenly wake up. The way this lineup is constructed it should be begging for OBP at the top, not speed. I'm not talking about Slappy McSlappy at the top of the order. Maybe athletic would be a better phrase, as it could give Ozzie some more options.

QUOTE (29andPoplar @ May 31, 2008 -> 03:48 AM) It's simple, somebody would have to go to make room. Let's face it, they are valuing defense at 2B and that's why Uribe has been in there until he got hurt. Now you have Ramirez playing well so maybe they stick with him. The question that needs to be answered by Sox brass is at what point do you value some extra offense over defense? If you're at that point, you swap out Uribe and bring in another all purpose player who hits for contact. Problem is, I don't think they will dump Uribe, if one of your middle infielders or even Crede gets hurt he can step in. They value his defense, perhaps over value it, but that's their mindset. My guess is, for now, they stick with what they have. You can pinch hit Ozuna for Thome in late situations but frankly I don't see that happening. I really wish we could add a little more speed to the every day lineup, but that's not likely to happen again until this offseason (you have to think we'll go after Furcal). This lineup would be so much better if we could move OC back to the 2 spot, and have a real leadoff hitter at the top.