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Sweet bat catch.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 08:01 PM) Unbelievable, you have an open base and you pitch to him. Hawk and Stoney are livid with this decision making. How in the hell does Ventura keep his job after this year? Is Ventura here today. He's having 2 days off soon.

Really thought they'd walk Ibanez intentionally after count got to 3-0.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 07:56 PM) Peavy is throwing meatballs tonight. Stoney thinks something is wrong with him. He is laboring . Would typify the season so far if our biggest trade chip ended up hurt again.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 05:11 PM) Ventura is the leader and the team reflects his laid back attitude. If there was ever a time to be thrown out of a game it was that missed call at 1st base by Angel Hernandez. Ventura argued some but should've got tossed. Sveum got tossed arguing the same type play and it didn't immediately cost the Cubs a victory as the Sox situation did. When your team is losing show some anger at the umps deserved or not. Show your players winning is important to you. More drastic lineup changes might show that you won't stand for losing but Ventura trots out the same basic line up every day. Show you give a damn Robin, maybe your players will follow suit. Parent must've read this

Rally Beckham ?!?!

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 06:06 PM) This is Hollywood stuff. Ventura is the least person responsible for this mess. I'm pretty sure your reading way too much into what I said. By "this mess" I can't be sure exactly what you mean but let's just say it means , bad team , bad minors ,bad contracts. I was only talking about showing you care about winning . Show you hate losing, show you've got the players backs. You are the manager , the field general ,show some passion especially after the recent comments by Kusyner and Parent about the players being too nice.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 03:07 PM) The team has been a little too nice and too subdued because that's the kind of players the Sox have. What they need are some so-called "assholes" like AJ and Carl Everett. These were the true leaders on the field and in the clubhouse. Making a guy like Paul Konerko the Captain was a big mistake. First of all he never even wanted the title. Also he's not the type of guy that will get in a teammate's face when they are being lackadaisical or when they don't have their heads in the game. Maybe guys like AJ and Carl irritated their teammates from time to time but they provided the team with a little edge. Maybe Konerko was given the title of Captain just out of respect for the way he approached his job or maybe he was supposed to be a counter to the manic Ozzie. But with the subdued Ventura as manager and the lack of any on field leaders like AJ or Carl it's no surprise that the team lacks energy and focus. Ventura is the leader and the team reflects his laid back attitude. If there was ever a time to be thrown out of a game it was that missed call at 1st base by Angel Hernandez. Ventura argued some but should've got tossed. Sveum got tossed arguing the same type play and it didn't immediately cost the Cubs a victory as the Sox situation did. When your team is losing show some anger at the umps deserved or not. Show your players winning is important to you. More drastic lineup changes might show that you won't stand for losing but Ventura trots out the same basic line up every day. Show you give a damn Robin, maybe your players will follow suit.

If there's one thing that bothers me about the Hawks , it's that when they get a lead they stall the offense and play back on their heels allowing the other team to carry the play. They keep their shifts short , dump the puck more and allow a lot more play in their own end. It's usually pretty sound but even before the playoffs started they had a tendency to give up late goals . One time it's going to burn them . I'm just hoping it doesn't end up being too costly.

I think it's time to get a priest or somebody to bless the bats and balls on a weekly basis. Add him to the coaching staff.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 03:17 PM) Worse than Flowers was Sale being completely out of position and not backing up home on the throw. It's the first thing you learn in Little Leagues as a pitcher... Sad. Not that it had anything to do with Crisp being safe or not at home. Usually little league has a metal backstop that is not far behind the catcher

I wonder if Robin is making a statement not having Keppinger play 2nd base since he is one of our hot hitters. Nah.

Why would you want to fire guy who ,took a team that was already bad at drawing walks who said (paraphrasing) , "That's OK dudes walks are over rated," and got the Sox to take even less walks. After all he got Dunn to take less walks and that leg kick thing has worked wonders for Viciedo. Plus everyone on our team who was there last year is hitting better in 2013 than 2012.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 05:34 PM) Except if WE on a message board have already known this for quite some time, every scout/GM/front office in baseball does too. I'll also add Nelson Cruz is not only in decline but in the last year of his contract so Rios could take his place in RF next year.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 04:42 PM) I think Rios could play CF well with his head in the game. When his head isn't in the game he can't do anything. That said, he's talked of being more comfortable in RF than CF so since he's so mentally fragile we'll just keep him in RF, and if we trade him to Texas for a bunch of prospects (how close is this deal from happening?) then they can experiment for themselves, and if he gets thrown off and becomes a .208 hitting lazy butcher then so what, we already made the deal, enjoy the contract you guys. I think Peavy and Rios offer plenty of value to the Rangers since both are signed through 2014 and players option for 2015. I'd tell the Rangers you don't get Peavy without Rios attached. They get 2 of our top 3 players and we get 2 of their top 3 prospects. They get the salaries and a better chance at a World Championship for 2013 and 2014 ,we get to retool with a potential superstar in Profar and a high upside LH CF who won't be a free agent till 2019.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 04:42 PM) I think Rios could play CF well with his head in the game. When his head isn't in the game he can't do anything. That said, he's talked of being more comfortable in RF than CF so since he's so mentally fragile we'll just keep him in RF, and if we trade him to Texas for a bunch of prospects (how close is this deal from happening?) then they can experiment for themselves, and if he gets thrown off and becomes a .208 hitting lazy butcher then so what, we already made the deal, enjoy the contract you guys. This is all just speculative, but Rangers need another starting pitcher and we need ML ready players with decent upside and to lower the payroll to give us some flexibility.Thread was just for throwing out crazy trade ideas and for those without crazy trade ideas to bash them

Kings have been bad on the road in the playoffs. Hawks just carrying the play to this point. I'm glad the Hawks got by the Red Wings. The Wings played some dirty hockey that they seemed to get away with for the most part holding sticks, slashes and cross checks away from the play. Kings play it cleaner. And it was a redirect by Hossa on Keith's shot.

Hawks out shooting Kings 13-2 but losing 1-0.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 02:18 PM) It's hysterical that a supposed home run hitting team is 13th in the league in homers. Can't hit anything out lately. A least 4 game homerless drought.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 02:10 PM) So was Thomas in the pre game Frank wanted Viciedo hitting 3rd.

Thank you Adam Dunn .

There's the off speed stuff away on Adam , very 1st pitch.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 01:56 PM) I've seen Keppinger play a lot in his career, and he was never this much of a stiff. You have to wonder how much the injury in the offseason has impacted him physically. In his defense he's been hitting.345 over the last 18 games.

Spacing out our hits nicely. Maybe we can have a few men on again for the rally killer.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 01:51 PM) He needs to pull the ball to the right side of the infield and try to advance the runner. You could hit into a DP, but that's the normal baseball perspective on hitters who aren't 3-4-5 guys in the line-up. We don't need outs we need hits and Conor is one of the few hitting the ball hard consistently and if you want to advance the runner with an out ,bunt. I'd rather not risk the DP .Ideally yes pull the ball and try to get it in the hole since the infielders are shaded up the middle. Unproductive outs are the norm not the exception.