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QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ May 7, 2006 -> 12:31 PM) His career OPS has dropped from .997 to .990 thus far in 2006. It's not looking too good for Big Frank right about now. Not having a 1.000+ OPS at the end of his career is going to affect his chances at the hall of fame. 1.000+ looks so sexy for a career mark.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ May 7, 2006 -> 12:43 PM) I thought it was Juwan Howard for a sec but you stumped me. Naw, Juwan has actually had a nice pro career.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ May 7, 2006 -> 12:27 PM) Good luck keeping up with that. Both sigs are really nice. I kept up with the Mash-O-Meter for a month, I don't see why I can't keep this up.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 7, 2006 -> 12:30 PM) My main point here is not about Haeger. It's about the misconception that a knuckleballer cannot be successful out of the bullpen. That generalization is garbage. Heager may or may not be. I don't have a clue. But there is no reason to dismiss him just because he throws a knuckler. And my point is that just about no one has been successful out of the pen over the past decade throwing a knuckleball, though I'm not going to dismiss the possiblity that he could possibly be successful but there is no recent precedent to show that he could be successful.

JOE BORCHARD WATCH Last AB: BB leading off the 2nd Vs Ponson. Today (Vs Cardinals): 0-0, BB With the Marlins: 5-12 (.417) 1 RBI, 3 BB, 2 K

Be 6'10" (hard accomplishment) be born with a decent jumpshot and work on it as a youth to fine tune it for an unspectacular career at Villanova. Play a few seasons with the 76ers and the Bucks playing slightly above average but every once in a while have a big game to show that your unlimited potential is still there but make sure not to realize that potential. Hit free agency and convince team that you have amazing potential and that you are pretty tall, thank them for your double digit a year contract, become a worse player than you were before but still show those flashes so maybe the Knicks will be lucky enough to pick you up. Move on to another team that won't put up with your bulls*** so you can spend 4/5 of the season playing XBOX at home while they pay your ridiculous salary, convince the team to release you at the end of the year. Catch on with a contender sho fits your style of no D all O game and score some points in a few playoff games VS the Lakers. Hit free agency, thank another team for your brand new ginormous contract and repeat your same plan you had when you were with the Bucks. ^^^ How to make a s*** load of money in pro sports without ever accomplishing anything while others who work 1000X harder than you will never earn half the money you've accumulated over the course of your career.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 7, 2006 -> 12:12 PM) Let's see here. The reasons offered were walks and passed balls. In the 60's and 70's a knuckleball didn't dance? Catchers didn't have trouble with them? Fine how about the ultra inconsistency of knuckleballers? Do you really want Haeger comming into a close game and not having his good Knuckler? A pitcher with good stuff but doesn't happen to have his good stuff that night can still battle his way through it and get away unscathed, a knuckleballer on the other hand will be beaten mercifully, hell just look at what happened to RA Dickey this year, how many HRs did he serve up to the Tigers with his knuckleball? I for one would not be comfortable with a knuckleballer comming out of the pen for the Sox but that's just me for all I know he could be a fine middle reliever, would show good consistency, wouldn't walk anyone and AJ/Widge would catch him just fine. I guess you just don't know until he's tried out in that role.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ May 7, 2006 -> 12:14 PM) Perfect team for MB to pitch against for him to get back on track. Not with Widger catching for him, he's gauranteed to have a bad game.

BOO ART, HORRAY INFORMATION!!

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 7, 2006 -> 11:21 AM) Who'd they get? I can't remember. It was Baez and Lance Carter for Edwin Jackson and Chuck Tiffany I believe.

This is some damn good news for the Mets, they now have an excuse to replace Zambrano in the rotation.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 7, 2006 -> 10:00 AM) I counter with Wood, Wilhelm and Fisher. That was 1970, it's a much different game today. I can really only think of 3 knuckleballers who have come out of the pen in the last few years. Steve Sparks (mainly near the end of his Tiger career and with the D-Backs) he sucked out of the pen, his best year as a reliever he had a 4.88 ERA for DET/OAK in '03. Also that year Ramon Hernandez just happen to have more passed balls than any other year of his career. Jared Fernandez, he's spent his whole career in the pen and has bounced around for 5 years between 3 teams and has now found himself in the minors with the Brewers. He's never had an ERA under 4 in his career. Tim Wakefield, the best knuckleballer of the past 10 years spent 4 years in the bullpen for the Red Sox, his first year in the pen was '99 as a closer, he put up a 5.08 ERA and 1.557 WHIP, '00 - 5.48 ERA, 1.475 WHIP, '01 - 3.90 ERA, 1.358 WHIP and '02 - 2.81 ERA, 1.053 WHIP hence why they moved him into the rotation. There really is no presedence for Heager to be successful out of the pen, the previous 3 guys have failed except Wakefield for 1.5 years and Heager's knuckler isn't nearly as good as wakefield's. Plus, AJ has enough problems trying to block Freddy and Jose's breaking balls in the dirt, do you really feel comfortable having AJ catch a knuckleballer for possibly the first time in his career during an in game situation in the 7th or 8th inning? Widger had enough problem catching him during ST, I'm not sure I want to go through that fun during a playoff race.

Every time you start to miss Rowand, just take a look at where Thome ranks amongst AL hitters in the major power categories.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ May 6, 2006 -> 11:57 PM) That looks like a photo of the other Carlos Lee, who is a catcher in our minor league system. That is Carlos Lee's little brother Carlos Lee who USED TO be a catcher in our system.

Not too comfortable with Buehrle on the mound tomorrow, have a bad feeling about him.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ May 6, 2006 -> 11:26 PM) AJ's wearing it??? I missed today's game, but I was originally very proud that our team wasn't wearing the women's softball helmet. I feel the same exact way, I've noticed more and more teams switching to these helmets this year and I was so damn happy that the Sox were sticking with the traditional ones. Hopefully it's just AJ who'll be wearing it.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 6, 2006 -> 11:15 PM) Again a solid sig, but the year is 2006. :headshake I have a problem.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 6, 2006 -> 10:18 PM) We've got a shadow.... http://s11.invisionfree.com/WhitesoxPride/...p?showtopic=688 They seem to want a knuckleballer in the pen for whatever reason. Heager would be an absolute disaster as a middle reliever, AJ and Widge would go f***ing bonkers.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ May 6, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) Im sure they offer better protection then the old ones...if thats the case then we should be wearin em too Actually, I believe they offer equal protection but much better ventilation.

Give me the traditional helmet the new ventilation ones look f***ing stupid.

QUOTE(Felix @ May 6, 2006 -> 07:15 PM) JI JIM THOME Nice.

2 Storylines. 1.) Javy has nis P------ G--- going. 2.) Brian Anderson is f***ing awesome.

QUOTE(Felix @ May 6, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) Great, nasty sun to go along with Pods normally bad defense. That spells trouble for the beginning of today's game. Proved you wrong, ass.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ May 6, 2006 -> 05:54 PM) If we arent playing them, I usually always cheer for the Royals!! Yes because a large portion of the time when they are not playing the Sox they're playing one of Minnesota, Cleveland or Detroit whom are much larger threats to the Sox than the Royals.

Juan Pierre has a f***ing cannon, did you see him nearly nail Greene at the plate!?!?!?!?!