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Pods is playing today, Gonzalez is in RF due to Dye being unavailable. Pods/Terrero/Gonzalez might be the worst Sox outfield in history. With Dye likely going on the DL, KW should be very proud of everything he's done this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/sto...mp;sportCat=mlb Solid article about the Sox from espn.com. Nice to see more amazing communication between a player and Ozzie (Buehrle).

The worst thing is that Jones has another year left on his deal. I have so little faith in KW right now to do the right thing.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 23, 2007 -> 02:19 AM) Kenny Rogers had a nice season debut. 6 innings 2 hits 0 runs Reason #5,006 why the Sox have no prayer this year.

Erstad didn't have your typical twisted ankle. This is the type of ligament injury where you're going to keep on straining it. QUOTE(greg775 @ Jun 23, 2007 -> 12:08 AM) That was one heckuva catch at least. You are all right. He should have been a fourth outfielder. He'd have been better in that role than Mack, who also can't hit. That was one great catch, though. Nice grab Mr. Erstad, good hustle on the play as well. That catch is going to become legendary, I have a feeling.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 23, 2007 -> 12:02 AM) There ain't a chance in hell Schuerholz makes that deal, you're probably not even going to get Saltalamacchia alone for Buehrle, you're f***ing crazy if you think they'll be trading their starting firstbaseman in Thorman (#7 prospect), their backup plan at first in Salty (#1 prospect) and their top pitching prospect in Harrison (#3 prospect) for 2.5-3 months of Buehrle. I'm telling you, it's only going to get worse for the next month.

If it wasn't for the rivalry, the Cubs would be an ideal trading partner for AJ. They have some talented middle infielders (Patterson, Fontenot) and a solid young outfielder they'll deal (Murton).

Pods left today's game after 3 innings. I have a feeling he'll get called up, and Erstad will go back on the DL. However, if Pods reinjured himself today, that might be the funniest sequence of events I can ever recall.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 11:45 PM) It sucks our organization where it HAS to trade Buehrle for the sake of having any chance in the future isn't it? Like I said during the game thread, I fear the idea that the Sox will sign Rowand this offseason with the mindset that it will take off some of the heat from the fans for letting Buehrle and Dye leave.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 11:43 PM) I just got back from the game and can tell you Dye is about a millimeter from having to go on the DL. Those looking for a big return on a trade for him are going to be dissapointed I believe. Nick Masset is just not very good. He needs to go to the minors and show he can get people out. I think we are not very far from seeing bags on heads at games. People were actually laughing at the Pride and Passion things they put on the pre game video. You're not getting anything more than two B level prospects right now for Dye. I also think him saying how close he is to going on the DL is a little payback for the Sox brass b****ing about him not demanding that he stays with the Sox.

I have my suspicions that Grebeck Fan Club is actually Gavin Floyd.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 11:22 PM) If this is true, one has to wonder why KW did not make this move sooner. It is not as though KW is above hurting feelings. Hard to justify changes when things are going well.

Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland are the only two people in this organization that can keep their heads up.

This umpire has been absolutely horrible. This would be a perfect time for Ozzie to go nuts.

Masset's ERA on the climb to 7. Haha...we ph for Terrero, one of the few guys who deserves playing time.

So a catcher can score on a shallow hit to left field? Superb range by Uribe once again to knock the ball down.

It just seems like no matter what happens in a game, this team is always losing in the 8th inning.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 09:52 PM) No amount of busting his ass was going to make his body able to take the rigors of a 162 game season. He got himself in good enough shape to make another million dollars or so and to play a couple times a week, because that's all his body was going to be able to take. It's sad, yes, but there are some people in this sport who just have taken too much of a pounding to be able to avoid these sorts of injuries. That's why he would have been the perfect 4th outfielder. Of course, our horrible manager thought it would be a good idea to play him 90 pct of the time.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 10:19 PM) How can people be a fan of this Masset kid? He sucks. The scouting report I heard about him when we traded him was right. His stuff isn't special, and he doesn't fool hitters.

It's sad when we bring in the guy with a WHIP near 2 and an ERA over 6 to come in as our top righty set-up man.

QUOTE(29thandPoplar @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 10:15 PM) Just calling it as I see it, and apparantly a couple of others too. Or should I say "we" as you do. It's all opinions anyways, what's the difference. You did notice that someone who's been around here a lot longer than you completely understood I was joking about Hendry?

Here comes the obligatory extra run we've been allowing late in the game.

QUOTE(29thandPoplar @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 10:12 PM) You post so much, you forget what you say. When it's brought up, you say you meant something else. That appears to be the pattern. Whatever man, knock yourself out, 3 posters called you out in this thread and you went into spin mode. I'm just not going to respond to this crap anymore. Find someone else to act as their subconscious.

can we get one guy on and let Thome hit his first walkoff....please?

Quite a large zone he could pitch to when you compare the Konerko and Fields homer.