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QUOTE (beautox @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 05:39 PM) that was horse s*** defense....nice work Dayan.... watch Rienzo's ERA balloon up again because the official scorer doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground... Unfortunately with a ball hit that deep and a complete miss of the glove 90% of official scorers would call that a hit. But I think they just changed it to an error.

DeAza steals 3rd since KC shifting on 3-1 pitch. Dunn swings through pitch on inner half. Dunn K's on another swing and miss on similiar pitch.

Swinging at ball 4 on 3-0 pitch Alexei grounds to the left side. Dumb .Encourage Alexei to walk not swing at crap. Guess we didnt want 2 on for Dunn . More dumb .

Good start against Cy Guthrie. Double DeAza.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 04:25 PM) Let's go Rienzo, Phegley, Tank, Garcia, Dunn, Alexei, Beckham, and of course, let's go Royals. No Conor ?

Is that Jose Contreras (aka the Bronze Titan) next to him wearing boxing gloves ?

Ozzie who ?

Saw no AAP thread for the guy so thought I put this here. http://dashboard.mlblogs.com/2013/08/21/co...through-august/

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 19, 2013 -> 10:39 AM) With the recent great outings Lindstrom has been having, I would imagine someone wants him to solidify their bullpen. With him clearing waivers, he can be traded to anyone. At this point I certainly wouldn't be shocked if he is moved, though keeping him would be 1 less BP arm to acquire in the off season in case the Sox are thinking of competing next year. He said he wants to be on the Sox in 2014.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 09:13 AM) I don't think the Sox would follow through with a trade like that unless they were about 100% sure they'd be able to sign him to an extension. Exactly my point. Just not sure if there could be any negotiations while he's still with SD in order to be 100% sure.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 08:50 AM) Can we get him some diskarmor? If only his 1st name was Ryne.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 19, 2013 -> 09:05 AM) Would be great, but I don't think they'd sell low. Would be terrible.There's nothing about Headley to suggest San Diego won't wait til the trade dealine to hope he puts up decent numbers in the 1st half next year before they move him. Make no sense for the Sox future plans to acquire a guy headed into free agency. The only way that works is if the Sox trade prospects for him and then sign him right away. Chances are high he chooses free agency.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 08:10 AM) I think we may be making a move on the Twins. Sox playing good ball now and slowly cutting into Minnesota's lead. Hang in there Sox fans! Fixed

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 06:45 AM) I've never been a big fan of Headley and acquiring him is making less and less sense over time Even if you were a fan of Headley acquiring him for any package much less one of our stud ML or MiL pitchers does not fit into the the Sox plans. Can't give up any talent for a free agent to be .It just doesn't jibe with the what the front office is trying to do now. San Diego may shop him this winter but more than likely will hope he rebounds in the half half of 2014 and trade him at the deadline.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 08:39 AM) Stop. (for reference's sake, if the White Sox went 38-0, the Tigers would have to go 16-21 to eliminate the White Sox. If the White Sox lose 5 games, the Tigers have to go 11-26) I have to think that was said with tongue firmly planted in cheek though you never know with Elrockin.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 08:24 AM) Makes me think of GarPax which makes me angry. No. Made me think of Avatar Or if you prefer AvGar reminds me of Asgard , the home of the Norse Gods.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 08:16 AM) I'm excited about him too, but let's not make him this into the next Gordon Beckham thread quite yet The biggest reason to be hopeful, to me, isn't that slash line (anyone can get hot for ten games), but the fact that he's been selective. He hasn't started walking yet, but if he keeps his O-Swing around league average like he has, the walks will come. And if they don't, it's fine because if he's only swinging at good pitches, he's going to be finding plenty of hits anyway. Still, it is refreshing to see the Sox winning since they acquired him and him being a big part of it. When you see him get 3 of the total 5 hits in yesterdays game , instinctively you think he's already a better hitter than anyone the Sox have. Like you said , he'll have to take his walks because he'll be getting less good pitches to hit when the chance of him hurting the other team becomes more apparent. I think his 1st HR , probably an oppo one will come any day now.

Rather than start a new thread I'll just put this here. This is a "what if" article. The "what if" being what if Scherzer pitched for the White Sox and Sale pitched for the Tigers this year. It's not scientific by any means. The writer just switched some game stats around. His conclusion : Scherzer would be 15-7 for the Sox and Sale would be 19-2 with the Tigers. http://www.platoonadvantage.com/2013-artic...iel-zarchy.html

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 06:29 AM) Hits in 7 straight games. Triple slash with White Sox? .341 / .386 / .850 But don't trade Jake Peavy - the fans will stop coming!!!!! I think he should be called AviGar.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 07:43 AM) He will make a lot of them Not that it matters, because one has much better stuff than the other, but it's fun to look anyways Jameson Taillon - 128.1 IP, 128 K, 46 BB, 9 HR, 1.35 WHIP, 3.79 ERA Erik Johnson - 130 IP, 118 K, 34 BB, 7 HR, 0.97 WHIP, 2.01 ERA That is 20 G (19 GS) at AA and 3 GS in AAA for Taillon and 14 GS at AA and 8 GS in AAA for Johnson. I figured he would be but part of my wondering was how many starts would he have to make once he's called up to not be listed as a prospect any more much like the AviGar situation.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 20, 2013 -> 12:30 PM) Charlotte Knights ‏@KnightsBaseball 56m Among full season leagues, Erik Johnson's 2.01 ERA (between Charlotte and Birmingham) ranks fifth in all of Minor League Baseball. I wonder if he makes some top 100 lists next year .

Garcia should get a mention since he had 3 of the 5 Sox hits and is hitting .341 with the Sox in 55 PA.

So much excitement. Besides the batting average race between Dunn and Knoerko now we have the HR race between Beckham and Alexei.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 19, 2013 -> 07:32 PM) Then why is this coming up now? If he's supposed to pull everything and that's the smart approach, and the one recommended by hitting coaches, then why change now ... after the Sox are 30 games out of first place or whatever they are? Most likely because thats truly the only time you can try it. Last year using his old approach the Sox were in a pennant race. His old way he got 41 HR's and 96 RBI you can't change in the middle of that. What if he sucked at it ? The precise time to try it is when you have nothing to lose.

What sucks the most is that when someone is trying to say we have a great pitcher, be happy, celebrate it, it breaks out into a statheads WAR ! That WAR is the worst WAR of all.