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3 strikeouts. How f***ing pathetic our hitters are. The best hitting coach in baseball cant teach our guys how to make contact.

The strikeout kids cant make contact. Can we teach someone how to make contact. For the love of christ.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Jul 2, 2007 -> 09:57 PM) Bukvich and Jenks turn it into a clusterf*** (BTW, I've not been a Jenks fan since he pretty much lost his velocity and effectiveness. The fact he's now an "All-Star" actually makes me chuckle a bit). bloop double, seeing eye single past a no ranged gooch. and a ball that an infielder who is playing a outfielder didnt read and let play him. Now lets stop acting like Jenks was getting rocked with screaming line drives.

The infielder that plays left misplays a ball he should of caught that.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 2, 2007 -> 09:53 PM) Does anyone think Bobby doesn't miss the 98-100 mph gas? Well in the last two off seasons, he has been quoted about getting in shape, and doing some weight lifting. If he is doing anything up top, benching or such he needs to cut it. You can really mess up your velocity by doing heavy lifting.

A high chopper, and the range of a mouse in a wheelchair over at 2nd and its a tie game.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Jul 2, 2007 -> 08:36 PM) You can call it whatever you want. It's not like the guy is out there trying to get hurt. Neither is wood or Prior. I wouldnt bet a season on those two anchoring my starting rotation, and we shouldnt bet the season on Erstad or Pods being healthy and being the 1-2 punch in the lineup.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 2, 2007 -> 09:39 PM) Boonito saving the team from embarrassment, yet again. Still the 9th inning, unfortunately. Any word on the Intl signings today.

God this pen is a f***ing mess at times. Buckvich shouldnt be anywhere near the 8th inning. God.

QUOTE(briguy27 @ Jul 2, 2007 -> 09:04 PM) WHAT'S THE RUMOR?! Another message board hearsay bulls***, just like most of the trade rumors at this point of the season.

QUOTE(briguy27 @ Jul 2, 2007 -> 01:50 PM) Got back from KC last night around 1. LEt's get 3 in a row. 3 in a row will be tough. Sox can't hit 1. guys who throw hard and 2. lefties. Bedard is both Let's get a W Hopefully we hit Bedard better than we did last year in the July 4th Baltimore home stand. It was Fastball Freddy vs. Bedard. Bedard was hitting 94 on the cell gun, and Freddy was pounding the zone at 86-88.

Michael (Dallas): Regarding the Dodgers, do you think Kemp is enough to pry Buehrle away? Is it worth if for LA? Thanks. SportsNation Buster Olney: (1:22 PM ET ) Michael: If the White Sox get Matt Kemp for Buehrle, that's a pretty good deal for a rent-a-player (for Chicago). Talked to about 10 people in the game over the last 24 hours and not one of them -- not one -- thinks the White Sox are making the right call by refusing to give Buehrle the no-trade clause. Given what the market is for pitching, four years and $56 million is an incredible bargain, and they should just give him the no-trade clause, or come up with some way around this sticking point (like guaranteeing a $5 million bonus if he's traded, or something like that).

Well lets look at what some other teams are doing. The Devil Rays have opened an academy in Valencia in Venezuela. Gerry Hunsicker had some success in Latin America with the Astros. He took a page from their book, and hired Carlos Alfonso as Director of International Operations. Now the big win for the Rays, was their hire of latin scout Andres Reiner. Reiner founded Houstons academy in Venezuela. And here is a list of people that ran through it. Notice any names. Reiner is the principle advisor to Alfonso. He was hired about a month after Alfonso. This is the type of grass roots effort that pays off in the long run. Throwing money, or one world series doesnt do it. Investment, and hiring the right latin people to handle the day to day business of scouting, developing and signing latin talent. Now granted Hunsicker had the previous relationship with those two. But we should be looking at the right type of latin operations. Grass root scouting, development, and the proper academies will help our footprint. Houston didnt have a ton of money to throw into latin america, they did it the right way. KW and company need to invest into Latin America, and into Venezuela and make a push.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 09:08 PM) They have been playing much better since he came back, i would hate to see him miss anouther 10-15 straight games.... Argh it must be nice to have a healthy leadoff hitter on your team!! When Pods and Erstad are healthy and are playing, we get a 1-2 punch. However, in other chicago baseball news, when Prior and Wood are healthy they are also pretty good. We cannot rely on starters that are fragile.

Nice job Large one.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 03:37 PM) These people don't give a s*** who is in power, be it Blair or Brown in Britian, or Bush or either Clinton in the US, and that is what people in this country don't get. *sniff, sniff* Let's *sniff, sniff* nego - *sniff, sniff* negotiate with these *sniff, sniff* poor, misunderstood people *sniff, sniff*. Please. It's our way of life, not "AMERICA" or "BRITIAN" or anything else. The english can negotiate with the terrorist. All they need to do, is to worship Allah as the only one true God, create a government based on Sharia law, put all women in ninja outfits, and kill all the infidels. Have a public execution of Rushdie. They do this, and the terrorists will be happy with England being a western country.

QUOTE(Beastly @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 11:05 AM) Again, woo hoo. I'd rather have Buehrle than an unproven draft pick. I would rather have Buerhle as well. I was talking about how our crappy record is going to net us a top pick, and the anti-boras factor is going to F us in the A.

QUOTE(SadChiSoxFanOptimist @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 10:39 AM) Did Kenny create the Sox policies prohibiting and purposely ignoring more talented, higher-upside prospects because they are represented by Scott Boras, or is he just adminstering them? And the NTC prohibitions? Don't get me wrong, I agree with most on this board that we can't sustain a winning with self-imposed, talent-limiting business policies. If this is not true and Kenny has complete freedom to make these decisions (which I think is highly unlikely) then the issue then becomes why would any self-respecting GM choose to work with these handicaps? So, project forward: If you're Rick Hahn (allegedly a very talented negotiatior and future MLB GM candidate), why stay? And further, if you are qualified GM with a World Series on your resume, why accept the limitation when you might work elsewhere?, Bottom line: This is just another Reinsorfism limiting our potential success. 2005 WAS a miracle! That policy is going to serve us well with a possible top 5 pick. Its not like Boras has any of the top 5 talent locked up.

Nice job by Danks. Pitched his ass off. Good win. Lets hope the buerhle saga gets solved. Hopefully with him in tow for 4 more years, but if not we need closure one way or another. Lets see Trader Kenny get going on some of the other moves.

thank f***ing god. an oppo hit drives 2 in.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Jun 30, 2007 -> 08:41 PM) Seriously, it's just not our year. Well our offense sucked in 05, but this is silly.

Not only does this rotten offense not score runs, they cant even put the bat on the ball. All we need is some contact, and we get strikeouts. We need a new direction at offensive direction.

The offense arises for a few games, Walker starts talking about us playing loosey goosey, then they go back into their slumber. Why is he still employed. Any other team and he is collecting a severance. I remember when Uribe was good at defense. Now he is a lazy dog out there. In the bottom of the 9th you dont let a grounder run under your glove into center. Get your big butt down and keep in front of the ball.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Jun 29, 2007 -> 10:19 PM) He said that? Terrero should be playing everyday anyway. If Ozzie wants to get Andy in he can play 2B/SS/LF/RF. Andy is an infielder, who has done a great job of playing he OF. He is not a starting CF. He is a shortstop by trade. Maybe we should try him there if we are so interested in getting him in the lineup. Uribe is just maddening.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 29, 2007 -> 10:01 PM) Contreras better cut down on that drop-down side-arm crap and go back to throwing majority of his pitches over the top, using the drop-down only once in a while to fool hitters not most of the time as he's been doing. Cooper shouldn't have encouraged him to drop down so much last year. I remember when Jose was still going strong Coop was talking about adding yet another angle to his delivery to make him "even more dominant." It seems as since then he has forgotten about throwing over the top and has fallen in love with the sidearm slot. He's not been as effective since. Cooper didnt teach or tell Contreras to drop down like that. He has been doing this since he got hurt. He became a sidearmer about sciatica time last year. It kills his forkball because he cant get the pull down on the pitch when you throw sidearm. He needs to be moved, whatever we get. PFB is back in wierd logic land. You cant play Andy Gonzales at SS because who would play CF. Well PFB, Terrero is a centerfielder.