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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 08:05 PM) already into the 5th 1 f***ing hit on our side. Pathetic.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) The Twins pitch our hitters the same way every single year. High and in with the fastball, low and away with offspeed pitch. That has as much to do with their success against us than anything else. Thats because our team goes into hero mode the minute we go down. They scratch a few early runs, then allow us to get ourselves out. We are a wildly undisciplined team.

Yup and here is the wearing out of the left side and some occasional popups. The Sox are behind the Twins and have put it into cap tipping mode. If we cant beat this crappy lineup, wait until they get their full strength team. They must wait every year for us to come up so they can just beat us to death. We are their jumping off board for the summer.

Well that should just about do it tonight for another summer heartless effort by the sox. You could strap a twins uni on some girl scouts and they would frighten and beat our team.

This team needs to learn how to beat teams in their own division. We go up to Minny and fall over ourselves to praise them as they beat us all over the place. The tigers, we cant say enough good things as they ream us. The Royals, hell another group of nice people to say great things about. The only team we have handled at all this year in our division in the Indians. Wake the f*** up already and beat this team. They are not that good and dont have all of their horses yet. This shouldn't even be close.

Kenny needs to release him because Ozzie will hold out hope that Pierre will re-kindle the magic of 2003.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 11:33 PM) What dream world are you living in? Release a guy out of "respect to a veteran player?" I know you want him gone, but that is a total reach. The guy is hitting .260 which is not worthless no matter what you Juan-haters think. You don't just release the guy. You trade him or add Dayan and platoon him with Juan. I am assuming Viciedo is playing left in the minors. If he's playing right we really have problems cause Dayan probably will be a butcher in left if he's used to right. A guy with zero power, defensive lapses, inability to steal, inability to lay down bunts. How is that at all above replacement level. Let me put it another way. How valuable is Jerry Owens these days. Because as of now, JP is pretty much Jerry Owens. No one wants him so trading him is not going to happen. And platooning him is a waste of time. And you realize that RF is harder to play than LF. A RF typically has a stronger arm, etc. This is not little league where you shove the kid who doesnt know how to play in RF. People who can play RF can play LF as well.

Nice knowing you Juan. Have a fun time either on the bench or rolling in your millions somewhere else.

Another rookie getting his first taste of the inability for our advanced scouts and our coaching staff to prepare our hitters to face him.

So if Juan Pierre cant bunt or steal or get on base. Why the f*** does our goofy management keep trotting him out there. I get the idea that he is a vet. But he is a vet with a limited set of skills that doesnt exactly progress well into their 30s. Speed guys can lose it pretty quickly.

Hawk and his belief that every fly ball past the infield is flying out of the park.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 12, 2011 -> 01:41 PM) But, then Juan has some good games and we love him again Remember to pass after you puff.

So it seems that the only way Pierre will be removed as a starter is if KW releases him. Ozzie is incapable of benching him because it removes the fantasy of Marlins 2003. Viciedo probably gets traded this year because of the slappy nonsense.

They should give Lillibridge a shot at LF and put Pierre on the bench. He provides defense at least, and lets see if he can hit with regular ABs.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 10:32 PM) I'm suddenly scared we'll trade Viciedo and numerous others for Heath Bell. Viciedo will be traded. That's the only logical reason he isn't up yet.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 08:11 PM) My god, I am annoyed FOR the A's fans right now. This is some Twins s*** we are pulling right now. f*** the A's fans. I could care less if lightning strikes the ball in mid flight. Score runs, score them at will.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 05:19 PM) What happens if Pierre continues costing games and sometime in July he's replaced by a Cuban Monster who puts up a .950 OPS and propels the team to the Central? Who wins then? Guillen cannot comprehend an OF that has no slappy guys out there. He would rather convince Kenny to bring De Aza up and try him before Viciedo shows up.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 06:30 AM) I think the question should be has Dayan played LF yet? I'm worried that KW/Ozzie will use that as some sort of excuse for not calling him up. The reason that Viciedo isnt up is that LF is reserved for a slappy leadoff type hitter. Ozzie has wanted that since day one. The only reason Quentin got to start in LF is because Owens got hurt at the end of ST. Or it would of been another slappy, no power, track star.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 10:15 PM) It was extremely uninspiring. I have no idea what our scouting department is doing. It was like someone dared them that they could draft 30 players without taking a high schooler. So now not only do we avoid Boras clients, but we don't draft high school players? All we draft these days are track stars and college pitchers who project to be bullpen filler. Awesome.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 10:11 PM) Please not Granderson for Danks. Im sorry but the Sox havent exactly had great success with low contact power guys. Right now Id kill to have a NL style team that could get on base a lot and make things happen. Unfortunately what makes the Sox most like a NL line up is the fact they are trotting out a guy who hits like a pitcher. I would kill for hitters who hit doubles surrounded with a few power guys. We are in the american league. NL bulls*** in a small bandbox is silly. We need to hit XBHs and score runs. Not bunt and play slappy s***.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) Don't forget that he's a professional and he comes ready to play every day. OUr managager has bunting drills with the kids because we believe slappy grindy is the way to go. We are now drafting track stars instead of baseball players. They need to fire KW and Ozzie and start over. This crap is silly.

Juan Pierre could bat .175 with a .205 OBP kicking the ball into the crowd every 3rd play and Ozzie would trot him out to LF because he is slappy and he fills his Marlins wantabee offense. This is a man who wanted Owens over Quentin. Only injury took that mistake away. NL baseball in the AL is not a winning formula.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 10:50 PM) We've played 17 division games. Not much has been proven yet. They were 8 games under 500 against their division last year, and 4 games under the previous year. So there is enough of a pattern over the last few years to think that there might be an issue that needs to be corrected.

The minute this team can consistantly beat teams in our division ( outside of the Indians ) thats the minute we can start to take this seriously. First step get to .500, next step start to beat the teams in your division. If that happens then we have a shot. If we keep dropping to teams in our division there is no way we can be in this thing for the long haul.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 10:35 PM) That kid is such an idiot. He only played baseball at UIC because of his name, and only got the chance to have a .376 minor league OPS because of his name. His baseball ability is about the same as a few people on this board, and that ain't a lie. He played at North Park I thought. I dont think the kid would get a sniff of division I.