southsideirish71

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 10:03 PM) I'd love to see a study on Sox newcomer debuts. It'd prove once and for all if Sox newcomers suck out of the gate before producing. Dustin Pedroia hit .191 and was the MVP last year. Stop with the panic. I would challenge you to find the list of guys who hit the ground running from their promotion on. Guys struggle when they first come up, it happens. Take Ozzies advice he gave about Wise, when Beckham comes up to bat. Close your eyes.

QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 10:02 PM) Hes not piling up the Ks so he isnt overmatched He isn't overmatched at the plate. He is hitting a bit too early in the count. His body language is composed. He doesnt look like is panicking. His fielding has been fine. Its not like Fields is doing anything right now.

and there it is, a retard decides to call the postgame and asks for Beckham to be sent down. Rongey is not in entire disagreement. LMAO

Well on a plus, Beckham has looked pretty damn good at 3rd base so far. Konerko over at 1st should help on his throws.

Someone should tell Beckham, take a pitch when he gets up there. Watch the ball. Take a deep breath. Then swing away after tracking one through.

profile of the average murph caller. Eldery, white male Most likely a cubs fan Easily excitable, this based on how wheezy they get when they call into the show. Calls the police to get those darn kids off his lawn all the time. Easily confused by Murphs horns, whistles and sound effects

If we had only lost 2 more games we could of had Alonso. Greg this is exactly what I was talking about between pick 7 and pick 8 of a draft. it does matter.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jun 4, 2009 -> 03:19 PM) how many times to rookies this year? there is a severe disconnect going on in game prep for these pitchers. When the Sox are bad, they have been really bad 1-7 this year against rookies. The ERA before the game was 1.70 and that dropped a bit. 8 shutouts this year.

QUOTE (SI1020 @ Jun 4, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) I'm afraid this won't have the outcome you like. I'm not a zealot for the new stats. I think it might have been better if Bill James had been an accountant or sold tacos from a road side stand. The fact that many or most teams real wins might match fairly closely their Pythagorean wins does not move me. It doesn't take into consideration short term trends and various other anomalies and outliers. In the end, I want to know how a team really did. If a team has a substantial run differential and doesn't have the corresponding wins one might expect, or the opposite, a team with lots of close game wins and more wins than the formula would indicate, I'm not going to take the knee jerk reaction. Believe me, this is only part of my dislike of the whole sabermetrics thing. It will just make you mad at me, and I'd like to stay on mostly friendly terms here. I will continue to gag every time I hear the words "Pythagorean wins." I just do not approach baseball or any other sport that way. So are you resisting the entire Digital TV thing also.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 4, 2009 -> 09:44 AM) We got some tough teams in our conference. JCA, Carmel Mundaline, Marion (outside of last year) is usually tough, Naz is alright (I still don't know how we lost to them though), St. Viator and St. Pats are decent some years, and plus, we have to compete in 8A for State. So it's no cake walk by any means, but yeah, not on the same level as the CCL. Marist died a little for me when they changed from the Redskins to the Redhawks.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) i mean, he literally said that the only reason he plays wise is because he likes him, wants him to play, and wants him to get at bats. absolutely NO baseball-related reason. lol. This is retarded. Getting a career minor leaguer who has sucked for most of his career ABs because you are getting him into hitting shape is laughable.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 11:04 PM) I would love the Sox to sign Holliday. If Olney is correct and he's "only" going to get 3 years at $10-12 million, the Sox money is just as good as anyone else's. Its just with Boras there would be so many other things like out-clauses that could make it a moot point. Hahn can deal with Boras. Thats how they did it for the last few years with Crede.

Cowley is talking about the plan is to get Fields a first baseman glove and start to work with him to backup Konerko as well as play 3rd.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 10:24 PM) IMO its flowers....i think he's much more likely to become a regular every day player than Poreda, and probably has a better shot at making an all star team...that said its my guess that the general pulse of soxtalk will say its Poreda If Danks keeps hitting the way he has for the rest of the year, he will have an argument as well.

Some moron just called up the postgame. Do you think Beckham can play OF. Just f***ing hang up on these dumb calls.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 07:59 PM) that is great but did he have any errors (the most important stat) cause we know the kid can flat out rake already. He had three in his first three games. His errors have been on throws. Remember Konerko is pretty damn good at scooping the ball.

Holy crap Josh hit a 95 mph fastball. He saw 4 of them.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 07:39 PM) i wonder if other teams are victimized by walks like the sox are. Seems they always score. Leadoff walks score quite a bit.

Someone really needs to redefine the strikezone, because the nipples to the knees over the big white plate is never what is called.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 07:27 PM) that a hit and run on? If you are talking about the Thome double up. Not really much you can do, it was a laser to Cabrera. Thome creeped off on contact, he isnt exactly nimble enough to move back and forth quick enough to get back. It happens.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 07:24 PM) Seriously, I don't care if you rotate him between 3rd, SS and 2nd (I know that is horrible for development), just get this kid's bat in uniform. Could also boost attendance and such. I actually think he could benefit fielding-wise in the majors with Ozzie and Joey around him, I mean they both were great fielders, so I think they could help there. He is too good for the minors. His errors have been mainly on throws from what I have seen. thats just part of moving around. Konerko is pretty good at scooping the ball, and might save a lot of those errors.

Konerko with a line out to Cabrera. He hit that on the button. Just right at someone. Thome doubled off. Inning over.

Dye read the scouting report. Bomb to center.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 3, 2009 -> 07:16 PM) Did he balk on that pickoff again? I didnt see but the end of the play. His move to the plate and to the bag are very balky.

Nice start of the game for Clayton.