That funky motion

He killed me on one of my fantasy teams. Plick!

Had to stop by and give Jon his props.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 02:21 PM) Who cares about his stolen bases? If he attempts to steal, he's hurting the team more than he helps it, considering he has Iguchi (.343/.390/.507 with runners on), Thome, Konerko, and Dye up after him. I also assume you don't remember him walking as much as he is this year, meaning a higher OBP, which comes with the called third strikes. Mackowiak is a very good defensive corner outfielder, he's just horrible in CF. Sorry. I do and so should you! He is not the player he was last year. Even if he get soooo many more walks, he is stuck on first. Last year he would steal 2 bases and then before you knew it we were leading 1 to 0. I dont see him hitting the ball the other way this year as often. Mack is not VERY good in any OF position.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) 52 AB, and considering he has a .280/.359/.399 line on the year, which is better than his line last year, the criticism of his offense is foolish. Criticize his defense all you want, but he hasn't hurt our offense. Well when you talk about his offence you have to include his SB's He is clearly not as good as last year and I don't remember him taking so many called third strikes. I could deal with him last year when his D was so so, but he is downright bad in the field this year. When you are putting Mack as replacement late in games,you are bad!

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 02:10 PM) I cannot recall him not getting to any balls he should have lately either. How about the ones he gets to that they fall out of his glove. Remember any of those?

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 02:06 PM) He's hitting well, despite what people here like to think, especially as of late (.365/.411/.462 in July). What is that like 9 games?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 01:28 PM) Yes, it is. Let's just forget it. Some people believe he's bad and some don't. If he was even middle of the road, he would be playing CF. I sat last year right behind him and I never saw worse jumps on the ball. He is fast and that makes up for some of it. Now C Lee was great his last year in LF.

Man,I missed the Rally Crede!

National game. What else is new this year. Playing dumb.

QUOTE(peanut33tillman @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:23 PM) Geez Buehrle sucks as of late, you know its bad when the man you most wanna see on the bump not named Jose Contreras is Jon Garland I agree. I at least see some progress there.

Thier bullpen seems to be cooling down a bit.

QUOTE(quickman @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 08:30 PM) lets hope detriot wins, we cannot hang with the big boys ?

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 09:38 PM) It's the All Star Game...you don't take people out. Tell Pete Rose that.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 07:42 PM) well here we go, time to go listen to Joe Buck :puke Better than Berman!

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ Jul 10, 2006 -> 09:30 PM) Ok, I just turned the Derby back on, and just noticed something... Man Soo Lee has been doing all the catching tonight. EDIT: Oops, Funky beat me to it. He just started. He was sitting next to Walker earlier. Im glad he got to get in there

Man soo Lee is catching.

QUOTE(tealeafreaderii @ Jul 10, 2006 -> 07:08 PM) boomer had to throw that "when he's healthy" caveat in there didn't he. prick. Jag! He should have added....And swept my Red Sox in the playoffs. JD...... JUST DO IT!!!

End it!

Stalker!

I'm in!

I'll be wearing my Bucky F'n Dent White Sox jersey. Kind of a double shot!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 06:24 PM) 1.) Why the hell would Sammy Sosa be talking to a Korean newspaper in the first place? 2.) Luis Matos is a pretty solid baseball player, the guy had a damn good 2003, is only 27 years old and can play all 3 OF positions. He wouldn't be a bad pickup, a change of scenery could do him well. I agree. Might be able to get him cheap.

Sammy Sosa reportedly told a Korean newspaper that he is not retired and may play in the majors again next season. "I am not retired,'' Sosa said. "I am waiting for my time, to see if it is a chance for me to come back next year. I am always ready." Unfortunately for Sosa, it's not simply a matter of him wanting to come back. Given that he's not even playing anywhere right now, it's unlikely that a team would want him more than they did this season. The O's Designated OF Luis Matos for assignment and purchased the contract of OF Luis Terrero from Triple-A Ottawa.

Pods won last year because we had the Red Sox fans on our side. They did'nt want Jeter to get in.

Jones got a lot of bad jumps on fly balls at the Cell. I was not impressed but then I've been watching BA and Rowand the last few years. This is also from that site. I recently spoke with my best White Sox source. There's nothing terribly exciting brewing with the club right now: The Sox are content with their personnel this year, even more than a year ago. They're happy with their depth and probably will not make any major deals before the deadline (ie, Andruw Jones is highly unlikely). If they are to make a small trade, the White Sox match up well with sabermetric-type teams. Kenny Williams has made minor but helpful trades recently with Boston (David Riske) and Arizona (Alex Cintron). (And of course another not-so-small trade with Josh Byrnes for Javier Vazquez). It wouldn't be surprising to see another small trade with that type of club. Chicago has been middle of the pack as far as relievers' ERA, so the 'pen may have room for upgrade. On an unrelated note, my source also indicated that the Dodgers are "kicking a lot of tires right now" and may acquire bullpen help this week.