Rowand44

Ouch.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:36 PM) The hole in his swing was apparent way before that... It was also quite apparent that Mack couldn't play a lick of cf. The point is, BA has never been given close to a full season of at bats. I don't think he's ever going to be a great hitter, hell, I don't think he's ever going to be a good hitter but he's a fantastic defender and by far our best option in cf, he needs to play. And as far as it being my dream that BA succeeds, my dream right now is to have a competent cf, I don't give a f*** if it's BA or Jose Paniagua but BA imo is our best shot and that's why I'm defending him right now.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:33 PM) He played 134 games in 2006. He was given the starting job to start the season and was given a long time to lose it before they had to make a change. He also had chances in 07 and didnt deliver. I like him as a 4th outfielder because, honestly, that's all he is. He was given 40 games pretty much before he lost his starting job in 06.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:16 PM) BA played for an entire season as a starter. Neither of those guys have been given that chance. Um, not even close.

LOL wow. That didn't take long at all for people to jump off the Anderson train. Jesus.

f***. Inning over now.

Brian's new no swing approach needs to change this at bat with Lilli on deck.

Nice "bunt."

Yay! Time for the offense to do something.

Why the heck would he try to barehand that?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:52 PM) Channel? WGN.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:48 PM) But who in God's name would we be starting today at leadoff? Anderson against a RHP? Ramirez, when he's struggling mightily? Fields? 95% of the time, Fields would be 2/2 right now... There's no good option til Getz returns. But honestly, anyone is better than Brent

BOO YA

Um ya, I'd rather Fields stay the way he is right now.

Brandon Inge just makes some ridiculous plays.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 11:52 AM) I think Owens gets better reads than he is given credit for. During his time in 2007, he improved noticeably during the season in that regard. Owens is a much better OF imo. I thought he did just fine playing cf when he was around in 07(minus the girly arm).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) I read it...thought about it...and thought..."eh, why bother any more..." lol, honestly, that's exactly what I thought. I wonder if Ozzie actually believes what he says sometimes.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:45 PM) Is this official news? Why am I not seeing it anywhere? Hawk mentioned it during the pregame/rain delay today so I'm sure it's legit.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:44 PM) It Getz returns and struggles how long will it take for boos to begin though? He's a freakin rookie so he probably wont be booed at all this season. The Wise-Getz comparison just makes no sense whatsoever.

Chris Getz=Rookie, Dewayne Wise=not so much. There ya go, there's your reasoning. That wasn't so hard.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 11:55 AM) Comic relief in the outfield, and ulcers for most ChiSox fans. Maybe we can put a helmet on him while he's playing center.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:28 PM) I don't think anyone has tried to claim that Owens or Wise are better than Pods. It's very much the opposite. I have and I'll stick to that. If we were talking about LF it'd be a different story, but we're talking about cf and I'd rather have Wise or Owens at this point, true story.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:14 PM) Ozzie was quoted as KW told him he was calling up Owens "for a few days". Maybe they think Pods will be ready in a few days as he hasn't played in couple of weeks. I can't see how anyone thinks Pods, when he's not hurt, isn't better than Owens. Pods in CF is a scary thought, but you can say that about several White Sox when they are out on the field. I do know Ozzie would sub defensively for Pods and he probably wouldn't for Owens, so BA might get on the field late in some games he normally would be riding pine in. Hopefully though, its all moot, and BA starts scorching the ball. I'm sorry but right away I just think of Mackowiak from 06 with this move, you know, minus the decent bat. Pods is an upgrade over Owens offensively but a huge down grade defensively(not that Owens is anything special). And as for Wise, at least he can bring some power which Pods obviously has none of unless it's October. I just believe he's going to cost us a lot more runs in center than the amount of runs he brings us by hitting a few more singles than Owens does.

Boo. Gotta love when they postpone games when it's not even raining at the moment.

I'm going to disagree that Pods is an upgrade over Owens and Wise just for the fact that Pods in CF might be the scariest thing in the world. This move worries me as I think he's going to take some playing time away from Anderson and having Pods out in center at all is just a disaster waiting to happen.