RockRaines

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 02:15 PM) Quentin didn't appear to have terrible range last season. At the very least, I think that he'd be as good out there as Maggs. Nobody would confuse CQ with Ichiro, and he's not even as good as JD or Vlad in their primes. But I don't see why he wouldn't be at least halfway decent there next season. Quentin is also playing with plantar fascitis, which undoubtedly is slowing him down right now. Carlos also has a very sore knee, no doubt an effect from trying to compensate for his foot injury. He comes up hobbling whenever he has to run at full speed. Carlos needs much more time off.

QUOTE (thedoctor @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 01:30 PM) yeah, i haven't numbers-crunched or anything but the more i think about him in the lead-off spot the more i like it. i think eventually, as his power develops, he'll just naturally fall at two or three. but since his power isn't totally there yet i think he can help leading off. and i love the idea of starting most games with a guy on second. Those gappers that are doubles will eventually develop into homers and those singes will be liner doubles. He'll eventually fall back in the lineup and it looks like as a #3 hitter with Q behind him at 4 and probably Flowers at 5.

QUOTE (thedoctor @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 01:18 PM) i've warmed up to the idea of beckham leading off. for one, he's one of our best on-base guys and he almost always puts good at-bats together. he's not a great base-stealer at this point but he has speed and can affect the game in that way. plus you just know that with his baseball iq he'd adjust his game to what that spots requires. i do know he's a big rbi guy and that's a drawback. still, i have a hard time believing he wouldn't perform better in that spot than anyone else on our roster. I was just thinking about this today. The RBI thing is a HUGE drawback, but to be honest, I've seen PODS with more high-leverage at bats with men on base lately than almost any other player, I'd much rather have Becks in that situation when the lineup turns over. its a very subjective observation however.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 01:14 PM) And how many teams have followed this formula? Just because it's unproven doesn't mean it's wrong. Putting Thome in the 2-hole and Alexei in the 3rd spot pretty much proves that its wrong right there. Stats are stats and are useful to a point, but they arent absolute and they dont have the ability to take all game factors into account.

QUOTE (Bonderman38 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 12:58 PM) Laird was in the dugout. Avila, Detroit's young back-up catcher who was playin gin his 3rd career game, was a little late getting out of the crouch. A little? He wasnt even in the picture. The second a players gets hit, the catcher needs to step in front of the batter.

And how many WS winning teaming have followed this "wizard"? Thats why people manage games and not computers.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 12:24 PM) Let's give one of our least productive hitters the most AB's. Sounds like a plan to me. When Rios is playing, I thnk so. Are you ok with PODS leading off?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 12:14 PM) Because we may have more than 1 of those, given Beckham's position in the lineup. I personally as well as many scouts dont see Becks as a SS. I can tell by his range at 3B that he wouldnt be better than Alexei at SS. He can be plus at 3B or 2B, or avg to below at SS.

QUOTE (suicidesqueeze @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 10:33 PM) Read the original post; nobody is talking about giving up on Lexi. My point is that he's a very valuable trading chip for multiple reasons and you never know what they might be able to get for him. It'd be more foolish IMO to not see what he would potentially bring. It's not a matter of NEEDING to move him. Linebrink, now that's a guy we NEED to move (but pretty much can't). right, but if he is so valuable to other teams, why would we remove that value from ours? we NEED a SS, and we have a good one that can hit. I wouldnt give that up.

How about the total Whiff by the Det 1B? Where the hell was Laird?

Chris Getz has a line of .296 .359 in 22 games since the ASB. In July and August he has started to show a better ability to avoid the strikeout and get on base. When Rios is in the lineup, he should be in CF and I think we should give Getz a shot to hit leadoff. This would be my lineup. 1. Getz 2B 2. Beckham 3B 3. Quentin LF 4. Thome DH 5. Konerko 1B 6. Dye RF 7. AJP C 8. Rios CF 9. Alexei SS Speed and power to turn the lineup over, everyone but Getz is a HR threat. SB threats at 1, 2, 8, 9. I think Beckham+Q works out pitchers alot more than when Dye is in the 3-hole.

AJP was probably one of the most long term stabilizing signings he has ever made. The pitching staff improved as well as the attitude of the team, and it ended an awful run at the catcher position.

QUOTE (suicidesqueeze @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 03:24 PM) It's not his first year at the position. The Sox have been telling anyone who will listen that SS is his natural position. Doesn't look like it to me, he was better at 2nd last year. Yes it is. Where did he play SS professionally before? In Cuba he didnt, in the US he didnt. He's a rookie at the most important defensive position on the field, and hasnt even played a full season there yet.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 04:45 PM) Or.. don't mess with a lawyer wouldn't hurt.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 01:35 PM) Damn, that sucks. Kinda scary to read that he was with his family when this took place. Sucker punch, I blame the Gators

Ha! I love how he is a minus defender in his FIRST professional season at a position, so we have to let him go. He's a extremely valuable player for the Sox, it wouldnt be a smart move at all to trade him, and Kenny knows this as well.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 02:39 PM) Rock, Thanks for taking the time to actually make an argument and then support it. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/hockey/blac...-081109.article I cant find it in the article, and the writer of the article does not seem to be an attorney so Im not sure how much weight his interpretation carries. Should I also reference my sources professor? Like I said, go pick up a copy, I didnt read it online, I read it over eggs and breakfast potatoes at Wishbone.

Dont look at a FA signing if you want to see who KW is thinking about as a LH hitter for us moving forward. Its most likely someone you wouldnt think about. The good news in in a few seasons we may have Danks2 and Mitchell from the left.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) Care to cite NY case law that states that? No, its in the Sun Times, you can pick up a copy. And Kane didnt assault or rob anyone, so im not sure what "wrongs" you are talking about.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 11:42 AM) Who called Kane a Thug? I only said he is, if the story is accurate. Also, If the Cabbie is getting money, you better believe Kane put his hands on him. Too many blanks in this story. Last I saw, the Cabbie is going to be lucky if he doesnt face charges, I dont see any payoffs in his future. He locked the doors of the cab which is unlawful imprisonment which deems any acts of self defense legal. Second he didnt even have a valid drives license which makes it unlawful for him to drive a cab or operate as a licensed cab operator, therefore his asking for a fare in the first place was illegal.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 10:23 AM) Update: just listened to it. - No alcohol involved - Cab driver has said nothing about pressing charges, just wants money - Pat Kane did not touch the cab driver Also the driver locked the guys in the cab, didnt have a valid drivers license and has an arrest record. But, keep on keepin on with calling Kane a thug and hoping he doesnt get re-signed folks.

Tyler Moeller, starting LB for OSU, was assaulted in a bar in Florida while with his family and will be out for the year because of serious head injuries.

Carter by a large margin.

Maybe Dye should ignore the reporters and start hitting.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 08:31 PM) Which is just flat out wrong since he's not including any of the $4.6M Hudson is going to earn in incentives this year. Branyan and Everett are garbage anyway. Branyan is having an outlier year and Everett has returned to his non-hitting ways.