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QUOTE (BearSox @ Apr 9, 2009 -> 10:37 AM) Just terrible news. RIP. He just pitched the other night to. Tragic news. He was killed only hours after his start in Anaheim.

According to TMZ one of the other 2 people killed while riding in the Mitsubishi with Adenhart is affiliated with the Angels organization. What a horrible story.

If the Sox stick with a strict platoon in CF and the rotations hold up (which they likely will not) Brian is looking at 6 starts in the month of April. Sun 12th - Liriano MIN Sat 18th - Kazmir TBR Tue 21 - Hendrickson BAL Sat 25 - Romero TOR Mon 27 - Rowland-Smith SEA Wed 29 - Bedard SEA If 2007, the first month and a half of 2008 and Tuesday are any indication don't hold your breath on seeing him as a late inning defensive replacement in close games.

Holy f***. RIP. He looked terrific on the mound last night, this is just horrible.

AJ hit second in over half the team's games last year, why would it be anyone else? He's not going to get on base AT ALL but he should be able to handle the bat better than Wise. Getz 2B Pierzynski C Quentin LF Thome DH Dye RF Konerko 1B Ramirez SS Wise CF Fields 3B Danks P

Chris Getz isn't mentally ready to hit in the leadoff spot . . . unless of course Dewayne Wise goes 0-fer in his first 8 plate appearances.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Apr 9, 2009 -> 09:45 AM) The lineup was posted already? Getz 2B Pierzynski C Quentin LF Thome DH Dye RF Konerko 1B Ramirez SS Wise CF Fields 3B Danks P

I also believe we should attempt to kill a few Royals, they obviously deserve it being evil and all.

f***ing A. Getz hitting leadoff with AJ in the 2 hole and Wise hitting 8th today. It took 2 f***ing games for Getz to show that he can mentally handle leading off the bottom of the 1st.

QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 10:56 PM) Really only 2 players I think you consider in free agency is Dave Roberts and Podsednik, give them a minor league contract and see where it goes from there. No harm in trying. Dave Roberts unofficially retired from baseball, he's already doing radio work for the Padres.

If Ozzie wants to come out of the dugout every time Wise has an awful AB I'm sure the crowd would happily boo him.

All he has to do is have one good f***ing at bat. That's 0-7 w/ 7 horrible ABs.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 08:25 PM) Was it just me or did it seem like Jermaine didn't move at all on that single? That's because he knows he's incapable of getting to that ball. His range in right is about the size of a kiddy pool.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 08:24 PM) Why can't we get a 2 out hit with RISP like that. We have 2 already this year and 4 runs to show for it.

An umpire can toss a pitcher without prior warning.

Big Jim just couldn't pull the trigger.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 08:01 PM) That likely wasn't a sacrifice. Or he realized that he was likely going to make an out so he decided to make it a semi-productive one or at least avoid the DP to give Getz a chance to hit with a man on.

Josh Fields . . . again

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 12:12 AM) I already feel bad for Wise. It's like Mackowiak all over again. It's not his fault he was put in CF, even though he couldn't play it. He did his best out there and played pretty much as well as expected. If Wise performs essentially like he has in the past, at a minor league level of play, then you really can't get mad at him. What sense would that make? Too many people will yell stupid s*** at Wise, but that's wrong. Blame the GM (or manager for putting him leadoff), not the player. That's a very apt comparison and I agree completely on all of it. They're two players that could be quite valuable in a specific role being taken out of their element and asked to do something that they're just not capable of doing. Dewayne Wise seems like a decent enough guy and has some talent, it's a shame that he's been thrust into a position in which he will not succeed when he could instead be a valuable member of someone's bench. I may not be the biggest fan of his game but I hope when all is said and done this experience doesn't drive him out of the sport, he should have a decent future in the NL as a 4th/5th outfielder even if he is on the wrong side of 30. (s***, if Darnell McDonald can get an opening day start in 2009 then Dweezy should be able to stick around)

I believe Rongey is a Cardinals fan but regardless of his fandom (which is truly irrelevant) he's turned into a very good voice for White Sox radio. He knows his s*** and I think genuinely wants the Sox to succeed even if the fans will eventually turn him bat-s*** crazy.

Markakis signed a six year contract 3 months ago, Baltimore has money and he's still 3 years away from free agency and one of the best young players in the game. He was never in danger of being traded.

that .293 AVG/.363 BABIP and 0.51 ISO Willits put up in 2007 to go along with a very poor CF UZR conjure up words like "fluke" and "marginal player".

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 02:15 PM) if he has a good yr..maybe 260,30,90 something like that or better, cant you see the sox bringing him back next year, at a discounted rate? I hold off on predictions and hypotheticals like that until at least late July because so much can change over the course of a year. In the meantime I'm going to work under the assumption that he will not be back with us next year.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 02:08 PM) time to bring the Thome silhouette out of the mothballs Agreed.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 02:01 PM) No, I never said I'd boo, I merely said he could DIAF, and some people would consider being a Twin reason enough to boo, you asked for a good reason, I gave you one. So just playing for the Twins is good enough reason to boo a player? If that's the only qualification for being boo worthy then you could conceivably boo every Twins hitter each time they come to the plate, that's pretty lame. In my world you need to do a bit more than put on an certain jersey to get your ass booed, if you want the gesture to retain any kind of value then you need to pick your places.