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Dear Paulie, Home run or bust.

Hell of an at bat there. He did NOT want to strike out.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 09:15 PM) Would have loved to see how you handled it at 1B. I'm sure you would have just stepped on the bag. I'd say that's equal in dumbness to the Hudson play when he grabbed that pop up that hit the ground

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 09:13 PM) What did Paulie do? I wonder if the White Sox currently are the worst first place team in history at this stage of the season. So flawed yet 4 over .500 (possibly 3 coming up). LOL no. Just no. This is the epitome of an overstatement.

The goat tonight is the offense until further notice

Wood pitching very Quintana-like

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 08:11 PM) Yeah because we've been down that path. Unless you like doing things a 2nd time around when they dont work the 1st time. I'm sure there are other former league average-type 3B at people's AAA affiliates, that's just the only one I've heard floating around. Take your pick of the lot. I think even Josh Fields is having a nice AAA season, lol

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 08:05 PM) Your defense of certain players just keeps coming no matter what they do. /ignores my request that we bring in Mark Teahen of all people to replace him

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 07:58 PM) Hudson barely got him at 2nd. That was really really close. That one was actually a good, ballsy play -- had the potential to save us a run (or cost us one if it didn't work) So who plays third if not Hudson? We could call Renteria in like we originally planned, but this stuff will get embarrassing for the organization if we keep bringing in players off the street. More embarrassing than an erratic, light hitting 3B. I actually think the best option I've heard yet is Mark Teahen...I just don't think Kenny is willing to make the same mistake twice

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 07:51 PM) Maybe Viciedo WOULD be better at 3B if we actually had someone who could play LF competently and ALSO contribute offensively. But still a horrible idea. I'm as close to a Hudson backer as you can have on this site, but I think Danks/Fukudome would both play LF better than Hudson has played 3B and it would be significantly better. Whether DV would play better at 3B is a whole 'nother story

So does this make Peavy mentally weak?

It was a good AB by Hudson until he didn't hit it hard. The dude could write a textbook on how to work a pitcher without getting a hit

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 05:01 PM) Everytime I see the thread title, I think of Manny Puig. This is a good thing. lol, same

QUOTE (Jillian Michaels' Abs @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 03:24 PM) http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/06/19/rangers...-on-air-moment/ WOAH. Something tells me Hawk ain't far off from something like this. That's what we call a stroke in progress. I feel bad for laughing

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 03:24 PM) Get fit or die tryin I drank more than enough water. Made a little sense to me at first, but ya, not trying to make weight over here for a fight or anything so in the end it was dumb and over with lol It's all good, we all start somewhere. Some day you'll be looking down on your abs and laughing about this day

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 03:22 PM) You're overheating your body for no reason. You're only losing water weight and not really burning off any fat. I don't recommend doing that again in the future. You're not a boxer trying to make weight for a fight. This. What you're doing DOES lower weight, but not in any functional way. You'll gain it back shortly after you stop rubbing preparation H all over yourself. You're trying to lower FAT here, not WEIGHT. Dropping water weight is temporary, anti-performance, and dangerous.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 03:03 PM) Just mowed the lawn in a trash bag and hoody with my gut covered in hemroid cream and wrapped in plastic wrap...Sweats even drenched my shorts, looks like i wet myself....legit way to lose some lbs??? or dumb as hell Sweating your ass off will make you weigh less, but it will be fleeting and has rapidly diminishing returns. You have no need to shed that water weight.

I still believe an >90 mph sinker is a big enough weapon that you start him in AAA. What's asinine to me is that the Jays thought he'd ever be a reliever. You don't cultivate a sinking fastball in the bullpen. He has a decent change and curve, but his command of those pitches is inconsistent. His command overall yesterday became wildly inconsistent after he got out of relief pitcher territory in pitch count. If you can get consistency in his fastball movement and some command of the offspeed in AAA, we'll see him again. If he doesn't do those things, we'll never hear his name again. No harm in trying to build the next Jon Garland in AAA

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 01:32 PM) Thornton was ruined by the closer experiment. I think Father Time is the biggest culprit

I pick Humber over Axelrod for now. If you're going to replace Humber with someone, do it with Castro (ie someone with talent) I will confess I probably would have said just about the same about Quintana, but at least Q was young. If Axelrod wants to do what Q did, which is earn a rotation spot when he gets a chance in the bullpen that's fine with me

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 09:31 AM) I'm with you. Watching UNC games at the end last season, he would have like 17 points and I couldn't remember them. Just never stood out as much as he should have. Reminds me of Luol Deng. You'll watch the game, hardly notice anything, but he'll have a great stat line at the end. If you look hard, you do notice he's playing good defense...not sure about Barnes' defense though.

Puig's lack of playing time in the last year+ ought to drive his price down from Soler, despite the fact by all accounts he's a better prospect.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 07:57 AM) Even if he gets out on the floor, he won't "be back" for a long time. Just write him off until 2013-2014. We all said that, and if we take Chris Paul as the example, I don't think all is lost. His year back from the ACL injury was not quite Chris Paul-like, but he was still a damn productive point guard. If we can get 90% production from Derrick, this team is still good and it might make him better between the ears to have to play without full physical abilities for a while

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 07:48 AM) Banned nutritional supplement. Not PEDs. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...,7716486.column It was probably steroids. At that point in time GNC was still selling oral steroids which was confusing the hell out of everyone since salesmen wouldn't even know what they were telling you to buy

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 08:16 AM) At this point, the 3b issue is the least of our problems. How about we find a guy that can pitch? Third base really isn't that big of a problem. His defense is adequate and probably equal to most of the big bats we could bring in at that position. Of course, Orlando's defense actually has plenty of upside to get better unlike some of the Youkilis types of players. I also think that O-Dog plays better defense than Mark Teahen. It'd be great to get his bat (or any 3B bat) going, but this team is going as far as Gavin Floyd, Phil Humber, Jose Quintana, and our AA/AAA rotations will take us. Unless Floyd/Humber catch fire something like right now, it would be a waste of prospects to acquire a short term 3B