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Bunch of quitters !

Catbird seat.

Paulie Paulie Paulie Paulie Paulie !

Need a big 2 out hit Rios.

Good hit Juan . Still need a few more for the win or a long one.

Way to hit Morel ! Representing Cal Poly San Luis Obispo !

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 19, 2010 -> 04:09 PM) Pierre never gets rest when he's in there. That's one of his things. Yes, Pierre has a lot of CS. However...Pierre isn't the problem on that. He's been reliably at 76% all year on CS's. 75%ish is the magic number where you're actually making a difference. He has a lot of CS because he's stolen a ton of bases. It's actually bothered me more the times he hasn't run rather than the times he has...times when they've bunted with him. Rios, Ramirez are guys that the CS's have bothered me a lot m ore. That's why an over reliance on him has its faults for the future. He would have been CS a lot more if he wasn't so good at avoiding tags when he was basically dead to rights. So right now is he barely passable. Going forward we don't have much to look forward to with him as he will be getting slower and still has a bad arm and no power. His OBP was OK due his getting HBP so many times. It's true there are too many CS by others which brings us back to Ozzie's methods which are questionable in the AL at best where Pierre is still a microcosm of the Ozzie way.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 18, 2010 -> 03:23 PM) Well, it's not like we are going to move Pierre anywhere. And quite frankly, he has been a pretty decent player for us. Pierre is a microcosm of what's wrong with Ozzie. I will agree that Pierre has been "decent" but he's not getting any younger and has a ton of caught stealings. Ozzie over relies on him to a fault. Seems to me Pierre has had less rest than any other starter. I can remember Jones in left a few times during the season . As far as Larussa goes no thanks. Too old, too expensive wants too much control.

It's nice to have 2 young options at 3rd base. If Morel can hit at all he will be there for quite a while. Right now it's more important for Dayan to learn to be more selective at the plate. He will just have to adjust to playing another position such as OF , 1st or DH.

Good job Linebrink #@!%#

Austin Jackson infield single steals 2nd. No hitter gone.

Morel diving play to save no hitter.

Morel HR !

No hitter through 5 for Jackson.

Manny HR.

Neither team with a hit through 3.

Jones takes called 3rd strike. Teahen and Castro also K looking.

Sox turn 2 to end the Tigers 2nd.

Pierre HBP, Pierre out stealing while Alexei K's. Manny flys to right.

Jackson K's Cabrera to end Tigers half of 1st.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 04:00 PM) It would be hilarious if the Sox won all the rest of their games and edged out the Twins for first place. Even if the Sox won out they still won't catch the Twins. Halfway to St. Patrick's day today at the Cell.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 06:34 AM) I'd love to see one post where someone called Clayton Richard a "terrific young talent" before he was traded. I know Hudson had a few fans, but not too many. Before they were dealt a lot of people who are their biggest fans know thought those two kids were garbage themselves. I'm pretty sure Jason liked Richard and I did also. But I always like young starters who come up and show ability. Most thought that ability was 4 or 5th starter type. But KW can't just keep trading talented young under control players for $8+ million a year guys . I understand the need to compete every year but when a cost effective move like resigning Thome presented itself there was no sense of urgency. The sense of urgency/desperation only seems to come at mid season or during the waiver claim period. It would be nice once in a while to come out of the gate stronger which would also pump up the players a bit more too.

In the immortal words of Al Bundy "Let's rock " !

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) Good afternoon. In less than two hours, the Minnesotta Twins will be landing at US Cellular Field. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourthteenth of September, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourthteenth of September will no longer be known as a Chicagoan holiday, but as the day the Sox declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our NukeTheTwins Day! Independence Day.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 06:18 AM) Maybe Thome isn't going to cost the White Sox the playoffs, but its hard to see how he being a White Sox right now and not a Twin wouldn't enhance the White Sox chances. Look at Vlad and Matsui's stats last year and this. Thome's were better. Vlad has an .851 OPS this year. Jim Thome had an .864 OPS with the Sox last year playing with a bad heel. Thome is playing for a fraction of what they are playing for this year Thome was truly underrated and under appreciated during his time with the Sox. Its a shame a pretty significant part of the White Sox fanbase for some reason never embraced him and enjoyed what he was able to accomplish from the batter's box. For all the defending I see of guys like Manny Ramirez, giving him credit for others getting big hits, its almost sickening. KW's quote about Manny the other day really struck me. He was asked about his hair and he said that guys with over 500 homers we will bend the team rules for a bit. I know a guy with over 500 homers that wouldn't think about doing anything outside the team rules. My stance is very similar to yours but let me add one thing. Not only was Thome under appreciated by many on this board but apparently in baseball front offices too. I know a lot of older slower one dimensional players were not given significant contracts offers but leave it to the Twins to see the value of the guy when so many could not. You forget just how damn good the guy is because he quietly goes about his business. The media is all over Manny so he's in the minds of fans and apparently GM's too .