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QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ Mar 14, 2011 -> 01:04 PM) For a player of Viciedo´s speed and athletic ability which corner is harder to play and patrol? Left or Right? I mean he has come into ST in far better shape than previous years and has a supposed cannon for an arm. What thinks ye? With his arm I think right is the better fit, but i think he could play either.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Mar 14, 2011 -> 12:48 AM) Dr. Anthony Romeo He's actually an orthopedic surgeon with a decent bedside manner as well.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 06:12 PM) Dead on right here. If we had a Martin Perez and Tanner Scheppers waiting in the wings, I'd feel just fine with Sale as our future closer. I honestly don't know. Could be. All I read was that they didn't want to take him out of his comfort zone. Something like that. Maybe that says something about Feliz that he'd rather pitch 70 innings than 200. or maybe he would rather pitch in 65 games than 34. this way he could have an effect on a greater number of games.

QUOTE (T R U @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 03:33 PM) I feel so bad for those guys, splitting up 9 billion dollars must be such a f***ing headache that's an awful lot of pennies to count. No one wants to let go of one. No wonder it is taking so long!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 05:14 PM) The Rays certainly didn't do that with Price. Though to be fair he had only spent a little over a month in the 'pen in '08. Either way, I don't expect Sale to be a starter. this is true, however not all players are created equal. Maybe the Rays were more confident in Price's secondary stuff and ability to stay healthy. All I'm saying is that there are many reasons that teams think that some pitchers are better suited for the bullpen. I'm not saying it necessarily applies to these two but I always give the benefit of the doubt to the people who know them and work with them on a daily basis.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 04:54 PM) C'mon, Rowand. Are you trying to say that there's not at least a 50/50 chance that if Sale flourishes in relief that come spring 2012 we won't hear something like “Well you know, Chris did a really good job in his role last year. It might not be fair to him to move him to the rotation” or “It'd be kinda risky to increase his innings by such a substantial amount so soon.” That'd be right up Ozzie and Coop's alley. That would be right up many coaching staff's alley. If the players is outstanding in one role and just effective in another maybe he should stay in the former. Don't you think that all of these teams want to win. The coaches will get fired if they don't win. They will put the player where they think they have the best chance to win. Maybe Texas thinks that he will lose to much of his stuff as a starter and will not be as effective. The Sox may think that Sale is more effective throwing 99 out of the pen instead of 94 in the rotation. I don't know any of this for fact but there are two sides.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 01:53 PM) Now pitching SAAAALOOOMEEEEE BaROOOOOOOJAAAS!!!!!!!! I loved it when the PA guy did that.

I think the fact that Thornton is on the same schedule as our opening day starter gives a clue that Thornton will at least get the first shot at closer.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 05:09 PM) Good to know. That puts him back into the lineup in a little more than a month and a half? I'd like some advice from you on how to heal this damn skiier's thumb injury I've had for years. Unfortunately a skier's thumb is not an injury you can do anything about. It's a torn ligament that needs to be repaired within about 3-4 days of the injury otherwise the ligament shrinks and cannot be repaired. I'ts the only ligament on the ulnar side of the thumb. Without it the thumb is unstable and things like writing and gripping can be difficult. There are no muscles or other structures that cross the joint in that area so nothing can really compensate for it. There are braces that you can buy that will help stabilize it. I had the same injury about 20 years ago and had surgery. It does well but I still use a brace when I do alot of things with patients that will stress it.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:44 PM) f***!!! By far the most impressive player in camp. Thumbs are very tricky to heal correctly. As long as they don't need surgery to pin a displaced fracture it will heal fine. If they're saying 3-4 weeks I'm assuming that it isn't displaced. He'll be able to start swing a bat then but probably won't play in a game until around the 5th week. Bones take 6-8 weeks to fully heal but a callus forms around 3 so that's when the fracture will become stable enough to begin activities.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:37 PM) Fractured right thumb for Viciedo. f*** f*** f*** f*** f*** 3-4 weeks before he can swing a bat with regularity then, if its a true fracture and not just a "crack" or partial fracture. If they have to pin it in surgery it may be longer.

QUOTE (quickman @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 06:31 AM) I would say if he is going to be the starting left fielder next year and we have control of him for 6 more years wouldn't you want him to play everyday in triple A so he learns the position and he can become the type of player we need next year? I say he goes down and of course can be a call up if an injury occurs. Otherwise giving him 8 at bats a week as a 4th outfielder really doesnt help the kid. I don't think he will be the left fielder. With Pierre gone who will be Ozzie"s "leadoff" guy? You know how Ozzie likes that type at the top of the order. I don't think that person is on the team so KW will need to find him one. I do think that he will be in right unless CQ straightens himself out.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 9, 2011 -> 08:42 PM) As I recall, he's ended the previous two seasons with a sore hip. What could be causing that? With a hip problem its usually from rotation. If its the joint he may be turning to the right too much during the cocking phase or to the left during acceleration. There can also be an impingement with the acetabular labrum cause by the rotation and flexion of the hip. It's probably more muscular with an overuse of a certain area on the side of the hip. There are alot of possible causes but because its always toward the end of the year, I would guess its muscular.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 9, 2011 -> 07:10 PM) Is it because his delivery is very over the top? That's part of it. But also does alot of good things. 1. he has a smooth back swing and keeps hand up behind the head. 2. His arm slot is high enough. 3.His stride is a good length and his foot plant is on the ball of the foot and in line with his hip. 4. His follow through finishes down by his hip. 5. His trunk get parallel to the ground with his foot up over his head. These are all good things to generate force and dissipate the force so that no one tissue has to be overloaded and begin to cause a problem.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 8, 2011 -> 02:16 PM) So Gordo has decided to open up his hips in his new stance, wonder why. It's usually a response to not being able to catch up to an inside fastball.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Mar 8, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) I attended an "overuse" seminar yesterday for little league coaches. There was a local scout there from the BoSox, who was instrumental in their drafting of Michael Bowden. He was demonstrating examples of commonly bad pitching mechanics, and somebody asked him for an example of good ones. He said, "Watch Gavin Floyd." I would agree with him.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Mar 6, 2011 -> 11:06 AM) I also am in agreement with this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. thanks for the kind words everyone. I just try to explain everything as best I can and get correct information out there. the whole Peavy situation is based purely on experience and my own opinion. As stated before medicine is still more of an art than science in many situations and thus it's mostly educated guesses.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 6, 2011 -> 07:15 AM) Spring Training records don't mean much, games usually end with a line up filled guys you may never see wearing a White Sox uniform in a game that will matter. I think he's concerned with how the guys who are expected to contribute are playing, especially considering the emphasis the White Sox are making on a fast start this year. It does seem way too early to panic. It seems the only thing we really have learned is Teahen is still a lousy thirdbaseman. That's not exactly a shock. And that Dunn will strike out a ton. Again not exactly a shock.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 02:01 PM) my only concern is that his doc says it takes a year to heal and here is pitching 8 mos. later. Hope the Sox and Peavy know what they're doing. That's an orthopedic surgeon pulling his Scotty routine from Star Trek (yes I'm old), when the pitcher comes back early he will look like a genius. I've worked with many of Romeo's patient and he's a good doc but he's still an orthopedic surgeon. He knew very well that the injury would heal in 3-4 months and then it was a matter of rehab, which most surgeons know little about. No one knew how it would go or how it will still go because it's unique for a pitcher. Everything is right on schedule for a tendon re-attachment procedure, they just need to see how the strength stands up to pitching and how many pitches he can throw.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 04:01 AM) http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aq1k...ywhitesox030411 Passan writes a pretty good article on Peavy's start today and his recovery. There actually has been a pitcher with an injury like Peavy's - Brent Leach. He recovered to full velocity afterward. So that's a good precedent. t The article is written with only partial information and is inaccurate. He tries to combine different ideas to sensationalize it. The injury Peavy suffered is not a tendon tear as he describes in the latter part of the article. He attempts to compare them but the detached tendon is different then a tendon tear. He states in the article that this is the worst of the tendon injuries. That is wrong again. Tearing a tendon mid-substance is much worse. that surgery is like tying two pieces of spaghetti together and it doesn't work well. Re-attaching to bone is easier to do and has better results. He calls this injury an avulsion which is wrong. An avulsion is when the tendon or ligament pulls off a piece of bone with it. Those are relatively easy to fix as you just pin the bone down and it heals like a fracture. It's an interesting article but it seems like he got a few different sources of information and put it together quickly and confused a few of the combine topics.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 02:40 PM) ptatc just waiting to hit "send"... Yep. Just got home and watched him pitch. He still stands to high during the follow through and puts stress on his arm for deceleration. If he would bend more at the waist and get his chest parallel to the ground he would be better off. However, he did not drop too low during any pitch. All that being said, it was a very encouraging outing. We'll just need to see how he is feeling tomorrow.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) Jeff Passan (Yahoo) says Peavy is between 89 and 92 Wow, I surprised at this. It will be interesting to see how long he can go at that speed.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 02:17 PM) No speed reading, but so far, so good. Ks the first batter he sees. I wouldn't worry about velocity at this point. It's a given that it will be slower.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 02:19 PM) He's dancing around the outside corner to lefties. it was a pretty tight group of pitches according to game day. Shows good control.