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AJ lines out. Uribe lines a ball to the gap. Missplayed by the left fielder and Juan ends up at 2nd. Cintron gets sawed off. Uribe to 3rd. Gload lines out to choo choo. 1-0 Rox end 2

Pop up. K Wind blown fly ball and a bad route by Mack = triple Looks like a hit to score a run. Then another out. Sorry work called. 1-0 Rox.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 01:24 PM) nice, thanks, is jose trying? Or pulling a freddy? He seem healthy? Looks like he's trying to get ready. Hard to tell other than that. Looks healthy though> he's dropping down. His control isn't pinpoint yet, but he's still throwing strikes and looking good. Leadoff man? got out Mack had an infield single Thome K'd on a couple questionable Ks. (Hawk and DJ happy he's not calling anything a K) Crede grounded out to 2nd.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 01:19 PM) lol play by play is appreciated Jose looked good in the first. Weak grounder, K, walk to Helton and a weak fly ball.

Well. Jose looks healthy. That's good news. Hawk and DJ pissed about the umpire that won't call strikes and let them hurry up and get out of there. lol

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 09:46 PM) I like that we are only paying the best hitter on our team $8 million a year for the next 3 years. Did you lose a sig bet or something?

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) I don't mean to be a wet blanket because I know we got Thome for this but... I just hope we're not forgetting small ball/Ozzieball/smartball, whatever. Meaning: home runs are fun. There were tons of them. In 2004. Having said that, it sure is fun to watch! Um, Frank who? There were tons of them last year too. And there will be tons of them this year too.

i luvvvv pablo

QUOTE(Felix @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 04:20 PM) Its one outing people. Lets see if he can do it for an entire season, then get giddy over how Coop is magic. Coop is magic whether this works out or not. And no reason people can get excited for the 2 consecutive outings if they want to.

Save some for the season Jim.

QUOTE(ChiSoxCE2005 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 02:21 PM) Wow...that wind must be pretty stiff for that. Shake it off Gooch!!! Haha. It happens all the time in AZ. BA had one earlier. Happened to Ross the other day. Uribe had it happen twice I think.

QUOTE(ChiSoxCE2005 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 02:18 PM) ssh, what do u mean? what happened? Wind blown ball went much further than Iguchi thought and it dropped. Very tough play to make.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) The wind is blowing out like crazy. Anything in the air and hit deep according to farmio will go. Thome hits a bomb 1-0 sox. That was a bomb. That was going wind or no.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 12:46 PM) I hope he is ready to go too I just threw Owens because him and Pods are similar type players. Oh I know. I do see what you were saying.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 12:37 PM) If Pods is not going to be ready for a week or so put him the DL retroactive to Monday and give Owens a shot you never know. I don't think it's nearly serious enough to even think about the DL. They are saying being conservative is keeping him out a game or two. And that might not even be necessary. It sounds like he wants to give it a go in ATL.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 12:13 PM) Why not call up Owens and give him a shot for a couple of weeks, as much as I like Mac I don't like him in the leadoff spot. Because there is nobody that is going to be put on the DL. There wouldn't be any room for him.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 09:11 AM) In the Sun-Times he was asked if he'd be ready by opening day and he answered, "That's a tough question". I think its best he sit in chilly weather, especially with Sabbathia on the mound. Yah. But when you watch the video, you get the sense that he means it's a tough question if he'll be ready to play gameplay wise, like in confident in his swing and ready to hit. He talks about visualizing so his swing will be there. Not injury wise. I thought that was what he was talking about too by reading the story, but when you watch the video he says he should be ready health wise, but it will be tough to be ready gameplay wise and keep his good swing that he's had going. He'll have to "visualize" it like he says. Seeing a video like that is great. But I wouldn't mind them holding him out Sunday night no matter what he says.

In that video on chisox.com he says at the very beginning, "I'm day to day. Should be well playing by opening day." Funny how some quotes never make it into the media's stories.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 11:08 PM) Well I guess we'll agree to disagree. From his reaction, the team's reaction and from the one's I've treated, this does seem to be that minor. Well, Herm is the one who said it was just a slight strain and fairly minor and that he'll be alright. He is the one that's best to listen to I suppose. Who knows though. No real point in speculating.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 11:01 PM) Eischen is old but he has been pretty solid since '01..... Im sure Kenny is still looking hard for something. It wouldnt be the worst thing to get a vet like Eischen and start Logan in AA.... I don't think there is any chance that they don't let Logan come north and give it a try after they told him that he made the team.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:55 PM) Very true. But I also think this will be a longer term problem then we think. the real shocking news I just read was that Hermanson is contemplating have a nerve permanently deadened in his back. This is serious stuff going on and they are thinking last ditch effort here if this is the case. I very pessimistic that we'll ever see him return. Only if something happens to aggrevate it further. As it stands right now, what he has is not something that should keep him out any longer than around opening day. If he does soemthing to it by coming back too early, then it could be longer term. Then again, he could get to 100% and blow out something else. You just never know with injuries. Anybody could get hurt at anytime. We've been relatively lucky with injuries this spring compared with a bunch of teams this spring. It's all relative I suppose.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:47 PM) In order for the inflammation to show on the MRI there needs to more fluid present than just typical inflammation. The sports hernia is a basket term for these muscle problems and it could very well go down the way you are saying. But if the inflammation is at that level and he's feeling in the same area, I would be very cautious also. Especially in this case where his base stealing relies on the lateral movement and tremendous acceleration. If I remember right Tim Raines described Pods first move as a cross over step with his left leg as opposed to the way he did it with a right first step. If this is the case that is all the more reason to be careful with the left leg. Well sure they should be careful. I wouldn't send him back out there until he's practically 100% which could come Friday, Sunday, next Tuesday. Really it's all speculation. Nobody knows how it will go down. Everybody's bodies react differently. I'm just thankful it wasn't worse and it happened now, so he can get over the first initial mental hurdle, because he was going to feel a twinge at some point.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:34 PM) i'm not too ure about that. Muscle repairs are tricky things and I can see why they need to be cautious. With enough inflammation to show on the MRI, it's not just a "blow it off" type of injury. Depends on how you define it. It is fairly minor/routine for someone coming off of a sports hernia surgery, as has been said by all involved. You could take an MRI of everyone on the team and find some inflammation in there. Inflammation is extremely common for ballplayers. I covered a basketball player that had the same surgery as Pods and he had it around the same time as Pods and was back playing in December and January. He felt a tug every once in awhile, but once he realized that it really wasn't anything that would hurt him, he just played through it with no problem. Now, everybody is different, but I've heard of similar things with many SH surgeries.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:25 PM) He just has to get comfortable with the scar tissue. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he's going to be seriously injured. I'm more worried about his psychological state of mind on the bases. Agreed. At this point I think it is much more the mental thing, and it might take him a week or two to get over it. Herm all but said that in Pods mind everything has to be running flawlessly and even a very minor strain like this gets in his head and he wants to make sure he is close to perfect again before he goes back out. So in a way its good to have this little episode while its still spring training so he can get an idea what a little tug from surgery is going to do. He'll ahve a couple of tugs during the first half most likely, but it won't be a physical problem. he'll just have to get over the mental part.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:23 PM) I'll take the 2005 postseason Podsednik (except for the horses*** throwing arm, of course). Yep. And that was with a sports hernia injury too. So we know he can play through the stuff a little bit. LOL. He has a .950 postseason OPS.