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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 12:21 PM) He's probably the worst of the OF's when it comes to range and, although the shoulder injury may have taken a toll, probably one of the better ones when it comes to throwing. Eh, I'd still say he's 3rd in throwing when you count in accuracy and strength.

I'm expecting a huge season out of Danks so hopefully he starts that up tonight. Becks goes 0-0 with 3 sacrifice bunts and a walk.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 01:38 PM) A runner on 2B with two outs to work with, and all you need is a single. It's a chance worth taking. Maybe they walk Quentin, but Konerko is unbelievably hot at the moment. Define unbelievably hot because he had 2 good games before being 0 for 3 at that point yesterday in the 9th inning. QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) But when you need one run, the highest percentage move is still to sacrifice and get the runner into scoring position with less than two outs. This will never change. Not when you're taking the bats out of your two best hitters hands.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 12:02 PM) CQ is moving a lot better than he was last year, at least to my eyes. Although, that's not saying much. I actually think he's been moving pretty decently out there. He's probably still the worst of the 4 outfielders if Andruw is going to play but at this point, no one is sure if he's going to be comfortable dh'ing and his bat his too damn important to have him make that switch. Now if his defense becomes a liability then that's a different story, but at this point it's certainly not.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:56 AM) Bunting him over in the 9th inning is fine. I wouldn't have done it in the 7th, though. Giving up your two best hitters in the 9th is fine? I don't think so.

I don't think I've ever been so angry at an Ozzie Guillen move like I was last night when he made Becks bunt twice and that's saying something. Gotta love in the 9th how our own damn manager took the bat out of our two best hitters hands, brilliant f***in managing.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 02:48 PM) I'd give him a round of applause. The guy is class and deserves to be treated with class. But I hope he strikes out every AB. ^Ya, that

Kinda odd that the first start Jones gets is against a guy with a semi side winding motion. That being said, I'm happy he's in there and I'm interested to see how his swing looks.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 10:36 AM) I also was bummed that our pen blew a game that was tied (that happened so f***ing much last year). Eh, Tony Pena got beat by a good pitch that was blooped in for a rbi, I wouldn't look too much into that. As far as Jenks, the wildness is obviously a bit concerning but it's not like he was getting hammered out there and lets wait until he gets into a save situation before we decide that he's done as a closer. He's never been good in non save situations and that's something you think Ozzie would have realized by now.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 7, 2010 -> 05:09 PM) This is just unbelievable what's happening. Quote myself here, cause I just talked to my buddy at the athletics office. It's a done deal that they're transferring. Unf***in real.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Apr 7, 2010 -> 04:32 PM) SIU should just cut the program if KD and Booker leave. I give up. This is just unbelievable what's happening.

Think I just hit rock bottom in my life by joining that group.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 05:39 PM) PTI shouldn't be close to being an option. Best out there IMO Around the Horn sucks. It was better with Kellerman but just seems like a clusterf*ck. Ditch it and make PTI an hour. SportsNation won me over with their Karate Kid episode. I'd assume that's pretty much unanimous about PTI. Agreed on ATH. Reali is actually my favorite person on the show, everyone else is either extremely idiotic or can't talk at all and it's quite frustrating to listen to. SportsNation is just a fun show imo. Cowherd does piss me off at times but I do like Beadle a lot and it'll usually keep me entertained over the hour. My answer to the original question in this thread though would definitely be Rome is Burning.

Sportsnation actually grew on me. I hated it when it first started, now I'm actually a fan. And ya, Beadle ain't bad to look at.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 04:58 PM) You can pinch hit for the DH though. Indeed. Had a brain fart on the rule for some reason.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 04:33 PM) PitchFX is a wonderful thing. Brooks Baseball has a nice tool. Awesome. I appreciate it.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 04:23 PM) Thornton Average: 95.62 Max 96.5 Putz Average: 92.19 Max: 93.1 Buehrle Average: 85.78 Max: 87.1 Good stuff. Where do you find stats like that at?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) If we play like we did yesterday every day, I wouldn't get too worked up about this. This could be a huge difference maker in our season. We're not going to blow every team out and our 5 hitter is going to have a lot of opportunities to drive in runs, and Mark Kotsay just isn't a run producer, or an even decent hitter at this point.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2010 -> 02:29 PM) Like it or not, there's logic to breaking up the RH hitters. Beckham, Quentin, Konerko, Rios all in a row, followed by Jones/Kotsay, AJ, Teahen, and Ramirez...if you don't break them up, you're setting yourself up to be hurt in the 8th and 9th innings by LOOGY and ROOGY people. That's not just for the heart of the order too...yes, Quentin and others have splits that say they hit RHP fine...but there's always going to be an occasional RHP, say a side-armer or sommething like that, which you can pull out of a hat to frustrate those guys, and if you don't break them up you're giving away innings. And there's going to be right handed pitchers that bother Kotsay as well, so that point is kind of moot. He needs to be batting lower in the order and there's just no doubt about it. Having him hit behind your 3 best hitters especially when 2 of them are going to get on base a ton is just one hell of a terrible idea. Just imagine being down a few runs in the 6th or 7th inning, 2 on and 2 out, the opposing team brings in a tough lefty and Ozzie has to decide on keeping Mr. .500 ops vs. left handers in or losing the dh. Two pretty terrible options and something tells me that's going to happen a decent amount this season.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:03 PM) No way Butler should be #1, there are several relatively comparable teams that bring in more talent than they do next year. Heck, you can make an argument that three Big Ten teams should be ahead of them: Michigan State with a healthy Lucas and Allen as well as adding Appling and Payne, Purdue if Hummel is healthy, and OSU with Turner gone but the rest likely back as well as a damn good class coming in. No way OSU should be ranked higher than Butler to start the season, Michigan State and Purdue you can definitely make an argument for and I'd actually probably have those 2 big 10 teams as 1-2 to start the season(Purdue being number 1) with the Bulldogs at number 3. Obviously that's contingent on Hayward not going pro.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 09:42 PM) When is a title game ever not played that hard on both ends of the court? Because I guarantee it wouldn't have looked like Butler was playing that hard if they were facing UNC from last year and getting run off the floor. They wouldn't have got run off the court. Would they have lost? Definitely. Would they have gotten destroyed? Definitely not. Game probably would have been very similar to the Butler-Florida game in 07. The talent level in this game certainly isn't as high as it's been in years past but that was one of the best defensive games I've ever seen. There weren't many open shots, there weren't any open lanes whatsoever the whole game and that was one of the more physical championship games you'll ever see. Add that to the fact that Butler did just a tremendous job of hanging onto the basketball, and that was a very good basketball game despite the Bulldogs shooting a bad percentage.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:41 PM) Maybe on the offensive end... the execution on the defensive end was great by both teams. it was nice to see a title game played this hard on both ends of the floor. I'm completely with you on this one. The defense and physicality was fantastic in this game and quite enjoyable to watch. Don't really care that there weren't a lot of points scored because there really weren't many good shots to be had, I personally thought that was one hell of a game.

God damn it, so f***in close.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 05:12 PM) Wow, what a great game. Other than our DH in the 5th spot doing what we thought he would, it was nearly a perfect start to the season. The best part is that Jake f***ing Peavy is starting our next game. I'm liking this squad...Go Sox! It really is a great feeling. Pitch a shut out on opening day and be able to come back with Jake Peavy.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 04:14 PM) As i said in the chat, 9 pitches for 9 strikes to retire the side has only happened 45 times in history. Well Hawk certainly thought Matt accomplished that today.