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Not really sure why the Braves needs Griffey Jr. They have a great platoon situation going in LF, and have Jones/Franceour in CF/RF. If anything, that team needs help at first base.

SSI....Rudy is gone at Texas after this year. He doesn't get along with Washington at all.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 02:38 PM) Perhaps he's waiting until after we play the Cubs? Our fans put a lot of stock into that series and would like our best chance to sweep the northsiders. I agree, I predict any trade won't occur until after that series. The problem is if the Reds beat the rush and start selling guys off.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 03:24 AM) If Greg Walker doesn't deserve to get fired for this mess, then there isn't a single other baseball coach/manager/executive in baseball that deserves to get fired, for anything, ever. Great, concise point. It's for this reason that I think it's better that we lose over the next few weeks so that the changes will be made to this team's personnel. I don't blame Walker for this season....but I do want a new hitting coach for next year.

If the Reds get Billingsley in return for Dunn, I'm going to be super pissed.

And in something that can only make you laugh, Charlotte got shutout/4-hit tonight.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 02:40 AM) -See if the bullpen can be the worst of all time. Wow....and you say I'm the party pooper?

Reasons to watch the games: - root for Fields to progress and show signs he can play 3b for next 5 years or so - watch the development of Danks - see if Terrero can possibly turn into an everyday starter in the majors - watch Boone Logan adjust his belt after every pitch - follow Thome's chase for 500 homers

I guarantee this team doesn't win more than 75 games. We're that bad of a team, and we have a ton of games left against the Tigers and Indians.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 02:23 AM) I'm hoping somewhere up on that list won't be "receiving nothing useful for Buehrle" With all the holes this team has going into next year, I don't see how you can spend 15 million a year on a pitcher. KW's 3 year big board must be really messed up.

I predict Fields will hit .225 with 9 homers the rest of the way.

I'm actually thankful that Boras is his agent. If not, we might have re-signed him.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 02:09 AM) They just annouced it on the PFB show. f*** you Boras. Another mistake by KW last offseason. Once he declined the surgery, he should have been traded. KW had to know he'd never sign him to a big deal with his lingering back issue.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 02:04 AM) The only problem with that was they would have went to Zagurski, and we know how Thome does against lefties. I had no problem with saving him. I highly doubt they would have pulled Eaton in the 6th inning.

Carlos Zambrano is the most unprofessional motherf***er I've ever seen. He was jumping around like they had just won the World Series on a strikeout in the 8th inning....and the inning wasn't even over.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 02:00 AM) Thome didn't even get on base tonight! Thome should have been brought in when Uribe had two guys on in the 6th, I believe. You have to make sure you use your best weapon in a situation where he can do damage.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 01:00 AM) He told Ozzie he could play, same with Owens. KW doesn't have any better answers in the minors. Do you PH Andy Gonzalez or Owens there? Seriously? What's Cintron going to do, say he can't play? If he keeps telling them he's feeling soreness, then you put him on the DL based on how he's looked in the field/at the plate this year. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that he's nowhere near 100 pct in terms of strength. You can call up Sweeney, as you already have Gonzalez to be the middle infielder on the bench.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 12:58 AM) We pinch hit a guy who should be on the DL. What the f*** is this, managing by blindfold. Like I said, Ozzie would be a crazy manager in the NL.

Just DL Cintron! He's basically been telling them he's not healthy, but they keep telling him to suck it up.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 12:53 AM) I know the Cubs are in a bad division, but if you watch some of their games, that team isn't a threat. They'll have flashes because of their offense, but they play bad baseball How are they not a threat? No one hates the Cubs more than I do, but they're the best hitting team in the NL. Zambrano's also finally getting his act together, and he's usually dominant from this point of the season on. They've had a ton of bad luck this year in terms of one-run games, and if they can get that turned around, they should win that division with ease. I'd love to see the Brewers stay tough, but they might be one year away and one pitcher/hitter away. Can we just loan them Buehrle?

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 12:52 AM) The Royals kind of f***ed up their pitching this weekend. And our underachieving mopes make Eaton look like Johan. It was like how the A's dominated the Royals pitching staff, and then they come into the Cell and have Cy Perez, Cy Elarton, and Cy De la Rosa.

Ugh, and the worst thing is going to have to hear all day tomorrow how Carlos Zambrano is back. We're going to be facing him next weekend at the Cell.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 12:50 AM) I agree, I don't want to second guess, so I'll get in on this now, if Rowand beats you, then he beats you, can't let Howard do it How can you not walk Howard there? I applaud Ozzie for making the sane decision.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 12:49 AM) Javy Vazquez is awesome. I'm surprised he doesn't win 20 every year. He's got such a losing mentality. He pitches just well enough to lose. He's the opposite of guys like Garcia or Pettitte, etc.

QUOTE(spiderman @ Jun 12, 2007 -> 12:44 AM) Look at this lineup. AJ batting 3rd.... Mackowiak leading off... Uribe batting 6th... Dye can't hit.... Luis Terrero in CF..... It's just a bad lineup. 8 minor leaguers on the roster. It's bad when I see the Astros lineup, and I think they have a lot better talent. This Phils lineup reminds me of the Yankees lineup. You see it, and you just don't feel like a team that can score more than 3 runs can beat them. Hamels will be interesting tomorrow.