South Side Fireworks Man

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 3, 2012 -> 05:56 PM) Why's that? Beckham's had a small burst of success Very small, like one game two nights ago. He sucked last night.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2012 -> 12:27 PM) Fukudome and Escobar playing, Morel/Viciedo sitting I'd rather it was Beckham sitting instead of Morel.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) It all makes perfect sense don't you know Beckham is currently hitting .153 with an OPS of .434. All last season he batted .230 with a .633 OPS. He's been regressing each year. Does that make perfect sense?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) He was great in his Southtown days. Since he channeled Kotex-Boy he sucks. He sucked even back then. I remember disliking him because he always seemed like he was either trying to stir s*** up or spreading gossip. I think everyone around the Sox felt sorry for him when he got cancer and overlooked a lot of his bulls***.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) Sounds exactly like something he would say, shades of his normal "Tea Party-esque" rants about women, government, immigration, etc. What the hell does that mean? Are you going to start throwing your political bias into this now??? Leave politics out of it. Cowley is just an asshole - period.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 02:01 PM) Think Lillibridge with limited play is leading the AL with stolen bases...could be a nice tandem at the top of the line-up when/if they finally decide to bench Gordon Beckham or send him down. After the way Lillibridge performed today, he should be starting in place of Beckham for a while. Heck, even Escobar showed today that he can give better ABs than Beckham has been giving this season. Maybe they can platoon Lillibridge with Escobar at 2B and use Beckham as a utility infielder for which he is most suited. If Morel continues to struggle they can alternate Beckham in at 3B every now and then. Either that or just send Beckham down to work on his swing and bring up a third catcher to free up Flowers and AJ to PH more.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 11:56 AM) i just hope robin realizes that he was the vast exception to the rule that guys who go 0-41 at any point in their big league career are typically not good baseball players. Hopefully he's not letting his own personal experience of struggling as a young player to cloud his judgement on Morel and beckham (morel more so than beckham - christ at least beckham has been decent for longer than 2 weeks in the bigs - morel has been absolutely abysmal for 95% of his big league time) I have more confidence in Morel turning it around than Beckham. Not saying Morel will, but just that he's more likely than Beckham.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 11:39 AM) No, you get to watch Escobar's and Lillibridge's pathetic attempts to hit. LOL, yeah maybe only a slight improvement, but an improvement nonetheless.

At least we don't have to watch Beckham's pathetic attempts to hit. But without Konerko in the lineup, they probably lose again.

Manto seems to have been successful helping Rios turn it around and he seems to have helped Dunn out so far. Beckham may be beyond help and we'll have to wait and see about Morel. Viciedo and Ramirez are notorious slow starters so I wouldn't worry about them yet. AJ is also doing better this year under Manto after regressing over the years under Walker. Let's give Manto at least a good half season or more before throwing him under the bus as another failure like Greg Walker.

Adam Dunn's loafing on the basepaths and Gordon Beckham's total ineptness as a hitter contributed greatly towards wasting an excellent effort by Jake Peavy.

Sad news. I loved Moose and enjoyed whenever he visited either the radio or TV booth during the games. He seemed like a great guy and he will be missed. God bless his family at this time of loss.

Viciedo is only 23 years old and although a "project" has a high ceiling and has progressed nicely through the system. He has also shown to be a slow starter so it's not wise to prejudge him after only 18 games this season. Last year he should have been brought up when he was raking in AAA but unfortunately wasn't called up until after he hurt his thumb and subsequently cooled off. IMHO he always had a higher ceiling then Gordon Beckham. I predicted Beckham would be a nice player, comparable to Tadahito Iguchi of 2005. I caught flak for that prediction because many here thought I was severely underestimating his potential. Now I'm sure everyone would be delighted if Beckham performed like Iguchi circa '05.

Robin sure loves to bunt.

HSINAC

Horrible managing by Ventura. Absolutely horrible.

QUOTE (Wedge @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 10:19 AM) Name a better White Sox manager. The only candidates after World War II (hilariously, apparently the White Sox had a manager named "Pants") with tenures to compete with Guillen would be LaRussa Lamont Jerry Manual Al Lopez So yeah, Guillen is definitely one of the best White Sox managers. If you consider the World Series and subsequent 2008 division win I think you can make a good argument that he's the best in history. At the least, he's the most accomplished. Add Paul Richards to that list and I would add Bob Lemon as being better than Ozzie. Ozzie was better than Manuel, however.

Kudos to Rios and Manto.

Manto certainly deserves credit for helping Dunn and Rios get back on track.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 11:49 AM) I meant for Humber's acquisition and unexpected success for the Sox, not our season as a whole so far. So did I.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 10:51 PM) Not sure where Ozzie Guillen gets any credit here...the Humber signing and development seems to be 95% about Hahn and Don Cooper. AJ, Konerko and KW get no credit???

QUOTE (RME JICO @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 09:01 PM) A pretty close call, looks like he went a little too far: You can barely see the shadow of the bat on the ground. That's a strike right there.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) Humber just three a PERFECT GAME. Yeah, you read that right. Did I read that right?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 05:56 PM) Humber is such a likable guy. He certainly is humble, no pun intended.

Humber sounds like a good guy.