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Henne looks very impressive. He's going to make himself a lot of money after next season.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) I can't complain that much about babying a guy who seemingly is such a spark to your lineup that your whole offense falls apart when he hits the 15 day DL...especially when you're 1 month from starting the playoffs. So if we lose 3-2 tonight, can we still use the excuse that we lost because Pods wasn't in the lineup?

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 09:14 PM) http://sports.yahoo.com/mlbpa/players/6560...04&type=Batting Trust me, I know Gload's a better hitter than Timo. However, it's become 100 percent obvious that Ozzie is more comfortable with Timo on the team than Gload. There's no reason to argue about this fact anymore. Once a manager rewards a player for being in a 4-40 slump by putting him in the 5th spot and leadoff spot in the same week, it's time to stop trying to think rationally.

If the decision has nothing to do with the actual team on the field, then I don't really care. Rooney is a very good announcer....but I'll learn to deal with not having him do our games. I'd be a lot more upset if it had to do with a player leaving the team, etc.

We sure do baby Podsednik. If he's such an influence on our lineup, he needs to be playing as frequently as possible.

QUOTE(VAfan @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 08:48 PM) Now explain to me again why sending Gload down and bringing Adkins up was the right move. Can anyone explain this? Because Ozzie wanted a long reliever so he didn't have to use Viz, Politte, Cotts, Jenks, Marte, and Hermanson too much. That is the right decision if you ask me. Gload's numbers were impressive....IN THE MINORS!

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 05:13 PM) Mike Huff did a really solid job to. He made me miss DJ. I had a handful of people call me up when he was announcing and asked "who the hell is this guy, he's terrible".

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 06:46 PM) Adrian Petersen goes down...ankle How serious does it look?

I'd like MJH much more if it was just MJ. I still couldn't believe that when Bruce "Mr. Zero" Levine came on the radio and said that the Sox had just traded Lee for Pods, that Harry's first question was "so Bruce, what closer are the Cubs going to trade for?"

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 03:26 PM) That wasn't the case in 2004. We all know he's capable of it. There's no reason he can't be turning it on now. When Uribe is swinging the bat well, he's one of the more dangerous hitters in the AL because he can spray the ball all over the field. The new leg kick is awesome, as you can tell he's picking up the ball better.

QUOTE(WinninUgly @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 10:39 PM) I am hoping that there is not an undocumented injury with Iguchi that they are trying to nurse. Iguchi wouldn't have ph last night if there was something wrong with him that was serious. I think Ozzie might be trying to see if Harris can provide a spark to this team. I really respect how Iguchi has played this year, but he's seemed out of it the past few weeks.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 10:15 PM) I am probably Baj's biggest fan, but he didn't deserve to be up here over anyone we kept out of spring training. But as a mop up pitcher, he deserved a shot when Adkins got called up. Now it is September, and he is going to get another chance, and that is fine with me. You would know more about Baj than I do, but would he have been able to go 3 innings in mop-up duty without risking his arm like Adkins was able to do?

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 09:37 PM) Dont they play fewer games in Japan, maybe he needs more rest to keep him fresh!!! Iguchi has said he doesn't like to rest, cause it throws off his swing.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 09:25 PM) I prefer Iguchi hitting behind pods, always. I just like the dynamic and think it works. Obviously there is a good reason for him not starting tonight, so let's hope Willie strings together some more good AB's. I thought DJ made a good point last night that Harris is trying to turn on more balls and becoming more aggressive, rather than trying to slap the ball around. Works for me! Yeah, I absolutely hate when Harris just tries to glide the ball tot he opposite field. He's not skilled enough at that to do it successfully. I noticed that he was using more of a leg kick last night (as is Uribe), and seemed to be generating more bat speed.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) This is a good lineup while everyone is hitting. Ozuna has been getting hits basically every game he plays, and Rowand is a great hitter in the #5 spot. I also like Harris in the #9 spot more than Uribe there. Ozuna struggles against righties. However, I do like the idea of keeping the same lineup after a good hitting night.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 08:56 PM) I don't think that's true at all, however I definitely think Gload can have helped this team out a lot and Baj definitely deserved a shot before Adkins imo. Trust me, there were many times this year where Gload should have been on the roster. I definitely agree with the person who said there was no excuse for him not to be up with the team when we were struggling so much. And as for Adkins over Baj.....Ozzie seemed to like Adkins last year when he was on the team the whole season, and didn't seem overly impressed with Baj (and I know, you shouldn't judge based on a handful of games). However, we called up Adkins because we needed a long reliever. Gload is a very good back-up player....but I don't think he's the type of starter we need on this team. We already have a SS, 3B, and CF who are defensive players. We need a booper at 1B.

I don't mean this disrespectfully to anyone on this board or the players themselves.....but sometimes, it seems like people think if we had Gload and Baj on the roster the whole year, we'd be undefeated.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 05:02 PM) BTW who was our spark off the bench in 2000? We really need a guy like Gload to go to battle in the tough spots! No matter who we have, Timo would be the first lefty off the bench in a big spot. Fair or not, that's the way it is.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 05:12 PM) I just heard Nagin's comments on CNN. WOW That was fantastic. I wasn't paying attention to the television....but that really made me stop what I was doing and listen.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 05:31 AM) That Saturday comeback game on July 30th was a Fox game so I'm thinking it was most likely either the Sunday or Friday game then. Good point. Let me see what I can find out.

The AL/NL East will both be good because of the high payrolls in those divisions. If the Orioles and Blue Jays spend a lot of money like they've said they will, the AL East will be damn good. For some reason, I've found myself rooting for the Mets this year. I love the mix of young studs like Wright and Reyes and Pedro/Beltran, etc. They're definitely a fun team to watch.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 05:25 AM) I believe he was. Do you know what day this was? I wouldn't mind going back and seeing if it's on MLB.tv they tend to use the YES Network broadcast. It was when the Angels were facing the Yankees during a wknd series over a month ago. It might have been the Saturday game, which if my memory is correct, went into extra innings w/the Yanks making a huge comeback.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 05:20 AM) There's usually atleast 2 other guys in the booth and none of them jumped in and saved him? Wow. According to what my brother said, the announcers were just agreeing with everything he said. I think it was Paul O'Neill in the booth with them. Wasn't O'Neill probably on that team when it happened?

Gload's the type of player that could get 250-300 ABs over the course of a regular season being the primary back-up at 1b, and able to DH in games against tough righty pitchers. I know that no one knows for sure, but it seems pretty clear that there's not exactly a great r'ship between Ozzie and Gload. Even before these comments, Gload wasn't coming back to the Sox organization.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 05:18 AM) How the f*** do you screw that up? Hell, I'd say 90% of this board knew it was Ruben Rivera, how does Michael Kay, a man so close to the Yankees, confuse the two? The worst thing is that NO ONE associated with the broadcast corrected him.