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Come on Scotty, need you here.

I LOVE Jermaine Dye with a bat in his hands, he's a treat to watch.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ May 30, 2009 -> 06:48 PM) Well it also shows how small the sample size is. People, Pods didn't magically find talent in the minors. He wasn't that good in 2005, he was bad in 2006, and he's bad in 2009. Even with the small sample size it shouldn't drop like that. That's what happens when you reach base 6 times after not getting on anymore than 2 times in any other game this season. If it were May 24th and you took away his best game of the year his number wouldn't take much of a hit.

Another terrific at bat by Podsednik. Just because he stopped striking out doesn't mean he's giving you good at bats, it just means he's being more aggressive early in counts. This last PA was a perfect example of just that.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 30, 2009 -> 06:32 PM) lol, what a terrible argument. Whenever a player has less than 100 AB's, one game can give you a big boost up or down stat wise. Why can't you just admit that Pods has been better than expected. He's been far from great, but he's giving good AB's, and putting the ball in play. He isn't the answer at leadoff, but he's certainly the best option we have right now. Because he's been bad. That's why. If by good ABs you mean swinging early and popping out/chopping out then yes I guess those are good ABs. He's completely given up on working counts this year as his Pit/PA is by far the lowest it's ever been as is his first pitch swinging %. Being a better option than Getz and Wise is a hell of an accomplishment though, I'm not going to praise a player because he's the tallest midget. We still don't have a good option for the leadoff spot. When you take away 1 game and a player's numbers drop from meh/bad to horrendous it means he's giving you very little consistency. If he's not going to work counts, hit for any power or draw any walks then he should at least be able to run the bases well and he's done a terrible job of that.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2009 -> 06:16 PM) His new style of hitting basically makes it impossible for him to draw a walk. Lets just hope he can keep swinging the magic wand though. FWIW, he's hitting .241/.272/.287/.559 outside of his magical day in Anaheim. If that surpasses your expectations then you couldn't have thought much of the man going into this latest stint.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2009 -> 06:09 PM) What is he, like 2-15 since that game with no walks? 2-16. His OBP in the leadoff spot is right around .310 even counting his amazing day in Anaheim.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 30, 2009 -> 06:09 PM) Even if you take away that one game, there is no denying that Podsednik has been far better than expected, both offensively and defensively. If Getz doesn't take his eye of the ball yesterday, Pods would have had another assist. Take away his 1 fluky game and his OBP drops below .300 and no that's really not any better than what I expected, that's awful. The leadoff spot is still a big whole. As for his many assists: when you have a noodle arm they're gonna take some real stupid chances on you, I give Podsednik credit, he's gotten those lollipop throws to the bag on time.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 30, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) With Pods and BA hitting, I really really like that lineup. Podsednik sure is living off that one game in Anaheim.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ May 30, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) David Price has been fantastic today against the Twins. Wouldn't know, Fox hates baseball fans. Good thing the Orioles are playing a night game, maybe Wieters can get a damn hit this time around.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 30, 2009 -> 03:06 PM) Is this the first time all year Ozzie has put the same lineup out twice in a row? NO WISE!!!!!!!! We had the same exact lineup for games 1 and 2 of the season. This is at least the 5th time this season.

That's awesome then, we're paying him just over the prorated league minimum.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ May 30, 2009 -> 12:43 PM) Another good outing today by Buehrle and he's definitely in the Cy Young discussion. When line-up's are posted, I'd appreciate if someone could post the KC one too. Today's game is on national broadcast, correct? Eh, when a pitcher in the same league is having quite possibly the best season of any pitcher in modern baseball history there isn't much of a discussion.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 30, 2009 -> 10:57 AM) I did it on purpose. And I will do it again HILARIOUS! Well, now I know to turn on my TV at 6:10, unfortunately I'll have to waste a half hour or so meticulously flipping from channel to channel hoping to find some dagum baseball.

Kyle, you're a hack. This is back to back games with vital information missing from the title of the game thread. Thanks to you I missed yesterday's game.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ May 29, 2009 -> 05:06 PM) I'm looking forward to this series, although Bannister has not fared well against the White Sox... Yep, Thome, AJ and Alexei especially: Konerko: 3/20, 2B, 2BB/6K .450 OPS Thome: 7/18, 2B, 3 HR, 2BB/6K 1.476 OPS Dye: 5/19, 2B, HR, 1BB/3K .774 OPS Pierz: 6/16, 4 2B, HR, 1BB/1K 1.225 OPS Fields: 0/6, 4BB/3K .400 OPS Ramirez: 4/8, 2B, HR, 2BB/2K 1.600 OPS Pods: 1/7, 3B, 0BB/0K .578 OPS Brian: 0/2, 0BB/2K .000 OPS

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 29, 2009 -> 04:37 PM) Not to mention game time. I hereby relieve kyyle of game thread making duties. Wow, good call I didn't even notice that. What an incompetent boob. When I turn on WCIU at 11:35 tonight and don't see White Sox baseball I'll know who to blame.

Little over an hour until the major league debut of Matt Wieters, I'm oddly excited for this occasion.

Kyle, you half-assing son of a b**** you gotta put the damn channel at the end of the title. Now I'm going to miss the game because I don't know what channel it's on.

Josh Hamilton and his 6 HR, .791 OPS is a leading vote getter in the outfield. Shockingly Matty, Casey and Hart have no problem with this on the MLBN. JJ Hardy in the NL? Really? At one point do we just start ignoring this bulls*** game altogether?

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 27, 2009 -> 05:10 PM) And isn't constantly fighting injuries. Roy Halladay hasn't experienced an "injury" since 2006 when he missed a couple starts with forearm problems. Oswalt on the other hand had some problems with an abductor muscle last year.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 27, 2009 -> 04:58 PM) Har. He's clearly improving, I didn't say he was suddenly Mickey Mantle. Eh, I wasn't really being sarcastic. He's producing better over his last 4 games than at any time since Podsednik was recalled. When your K rate on the season is 31.4 %, 25% is an improvement.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 27, 2009 -> 05:02 PM) i think i have had my fill of Fields playing, and the Sox are just about at that point as well. Im not going to say bust, Im going to say it didnt work out here/needs a change of scenery. Yeah, that's a bust.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 27, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) Is Roy Oswalt better than Buehrle today? Will he be better than Buehrle over the remainder of his contract? If the answer is not yes to both questions, pass. Wait, why does he have to produce better than Buehrle? Personally, I could see them putting up similar numbers the rest of the way with the upside squarely in Oswalt's favor.

Much like with Ervin Santana Brian Anderson is the only hitter on this team with any real success against Weaver (sans Betemit). 56 AB against Weaver for the current members of this ballclub and we have 2 XBH total, 4 BB and 16 K. Anderson is 1/3 w/ 2B and Betemit is 1/5 w/ HR and 2 BB. Of course Thome has the other 2 BB because he's Jim Thome. AJ, Kong, Jim, Pods and Dye are a combined 5 for 42 against him with 11 strikeouts.