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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:23 AM) If somebody like Torii Hunter or Brett Gardner gets on the team and Alex Rios doesn't, that's just sad. Yet entirely possible, Konerko's just getting a ton of buzz right now, not so much for Rios. It's a lot harder to snub a guy who's leading the league in home runs than one that just does everything incredibly well but no one quantifiable thing better than everyone else.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 11:13 PM) Final interleague tally: AL 134 NL 118 That's a .532 win percentage or an 86-76 record over a 162 game slate.

Heh, so if you just throw out Adam LaRoche's best month and Kotsay's worst month they're about equal? Seems fair. ZIPS has Mark Kotsay putting up this line the rest of the way this season: .253/.317/.355/.672 and a .303 wOBA And LaRoche: .280/.360/.509/.869 and a .378 wOBA Does a .378 wOBA qualify as a difference maker? Yeah, probably. Is it a significant upgrade over Kotsay? f*** yeah. One of the big reasons why everyone keeps bringing up his name is his career splits: 1st half: .253/.328/.450/.778 AB/HR: 24.8 2nd half: .300/.363/.546/.909 AB/HR: 17.7 Year by year 1st/2nd half splits by OPS: '04: .680/.934 '05: .810/.732 '06: .805/1.042 '07: .763/.854 '08: .764/.975 '09: .784/.915 '10: .808/??? Dude's got a consistent track record of significantly picking it up in the second half. He's also put up a sub .300 batting average in the 2nd half of a season only once and that was in 5 years ago. Are people drooling over him? No, not really. Would he be an acceptable and reasonable (financially and talent wise) replacement for Kotsay at DH? Most definitely. LaRoche is the most realistic and sensible target, that's why you see his name so often.

Brett Gardner scares me, I could see Girardi taking him and Rios staying home. Same goes for DeJesus (as the Royals 1 rep).

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 06:48 PM) I love that I get s*** for hating on Peavy for talking stupid, but Oz saying EXACTLY what the f*** he is supposed to gets flamed here. Absolutly ridiculous, whats he supposed to say? "Yeah a few of these guys suck ass, we should go get someone. This team isn't good enough" This place is hilarious sometimes That's because Peavy said nothing stupid.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 05:37 PM) A manager telling the press that he wants his GM to add to his roster suggests that he lacks confidence in his players. So of course Ozzie's going to tell the media that he doesn't want to add anybody. Really though, what's the guy going to say? He can't name underperforming players specifically and he's not going to publically state that he feels his team needs help. He has to show faith in his guys whether he believes it or not. The only thing that bothers me is that I think he believes it, he believed it in March and he believes it now. Though that really shouldn't matter.

Even if Ozzie's words mean nothing in the long run -- whether he's blowing smoke or really has no say in personnel -- it's still annoying to read quote such as these.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) They need a rotation and with Hart and Weeks going good Prince could be moved for a pitcher. So then you're trading Danks, Buehrle or Floyd? If they're looking to compete and believe moving Prince for a starter would do that then they're going to look for a guy with some kind of success at the ML level.

Rios was forced to protect on that last slider with that incredible expanded zone. He didn't have much of a chance after strike 1.

Amazing that he'd expand the zone like that when the f***ing guy couldn't get the ball over the plate. You almost NEVER see that.

He can't throw a strike.

Lets do this Alex.

Rios on deck

Oh man, now would be a great time for Andruw to get around one.

The team has a little fight in them yet.

Excellent swing by Gordon, hit that ball very hard. Salvaging the game for himself.

Nice AB for AJ. He went up there with a plan: the bat does not leave my shoulder.

1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER and he improves his stats.

Ugh. The worst pitcher in baseball strikes again.

Oh well, Randy Williams avoids his 3rd perfect outing of the season. He could allow another baserunner this inning and still lower his WHIP.

This is shaping up to be Randy Williams' best outing of the season.

QUOTE (Real @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) Tony Pena is f***ing awesome yo Trash. At least attempt to be funny if you're going to act like a clown.

I really hate that we have 2 guys in the pen that we never use due to their utter incompetence, Tony Pena can't be working multiple innings in every outing.

They should just have Gene Honda do a spoken word version of God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch. I'm sure it would be stirring.

What a f***ing baby AJ is. f***ing throwing his helmet around in the dugout. Grow up.