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QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) Seriously AJ needs to stop pulling everything. His power alley is in left center. This is inaccurrate. AJ said in an interview that until this year he has hit matbe one or two homers in his career to left or left center. I know this is a touchy subject but there are guys who are pull hitters and will always be pull hitters. You can't change it. These are guys who teams have used the "shift" against such as Bonds, Thome and to go way back Ted Williams. I'm not saying its for eveyone but people here have beaten this horse to ashes.

I hope Gload is in for Paulie tonight against the knuckleballer

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 09:21 AM) Yep. Frank's not even close to being 'right'. Whether it's his ankle or rust that's causing it, we can't afford his lack of production. If it's rust, put him back on the DL and let him shake it off in Charlotte on another rehab. Gload, at this point in time will contribute much more than Frank. I've been saying all along that there is alot going on with the foot and they brought him back too early. He can't even jog without a limp. He will not be able to hit effectively given his size and hitting style with the ankle in that condition. They need to give him the rest and rehab to be effective down the stretch. This could be a "trade from within" to give a boost later with a healthier more effective Thomas.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Jul 17, 2005 -> 09:24 PM) Haggerty was sent down before Gonzalez got hurt. Not sure when Young got hurt but it does appear to be a pulled muscle in his side. If that is the case, it may be a long recovery. Would not be easy to hit, and especially with any power like that. Garcia was okay to play today, but Razor kept him on the bench as insurance and flexibility. I think they should let Phillips DH for the time being. He can swing a bat. Thats true. If the strained muscle is in his ribs or abdominals it will take quite awhile to heal. These muscles are so thick and provide all of the trunk rotation during the swing. even if they are just sore it robs players of a lot of power and speed during the swing.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 14, 2005 -> 11:42 AM) Well I guess part of it is, there are really only a handful of guys who follow the prospects closely and as such, no one sees all the ink or positive comments on Valido. On the steroids thing, I think he got caught with an energy drink type supplement, I don't think this guy was sticking a needle in his rear end. But who knows. The question on Valido was always his bat, and it's one reason why he lasted until the 4th round. He is beginning to answer those questions and has managed to hit at a very promising rate in High A at age 20. I saw him play in Tucson and he is remarkably smooth for a 19 year old (at the time), plus he appeared to have excellent instincts. I didn't see him running the bases much but when he did, he knew what he was doing. To be frank, this is one guy I hope they don't trade because the Sox have been so bad about developing SS and this guy looks like he could have a good chance to make it. He is big and getting stronger and should be durable, he has the defensive skills and is developing at the plate. All very good signs. I agree with everything you said. Word on the grapevine is that he was using a supplement which caused the positive test. Good shortstops who can field and hit are hard to find. He should be as untouchable as anyone in the minors.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jul 14, 2005 -> 07:57 AM) A game in which Parque left too early, if I recall. Parque's shoulder was also hurting. He pitched through pain, had off season surgery and was never heard from again. The 2000 playoff problem (other than all of the hitters hitting pop ups) was no healthy pitchers.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 01:16 PM) Maroth is working SLLOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW. Maroth as in sloth

QUOTE(winodj @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 11:11 AM) Not quite give. We have to provide three churros and a beer to be named later. It's Milwaukee, don't you mean three Brats and a Blatz.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 10:12 AM) I'm a bit confused...how exactly does a catcher end up needing Tommy John surgery? That surgery becomes needed when the ligament at the bottom of an elbow snaps...almost always due to some sort of repetitive motion, which is why you see it so commonly in pitchers. ANd it usually takes a lot of stress to make that thing snap. Has Davis been working on his fastball in his spare time? The injury is caused from throwing. Catchers are particularly suceptible because of the quick release, short arming the throw. Pitchers get it from repetitive thowing especially if they drop to a 3/4 arm angle or lower. Either way it's when the humerus gets ahead of the forearm and creates a high velocity torque to pull them apart. Through various studies it has been shown that almost all throws create enough torque to tear the ligament. It is only through proper mechanics and musculature that it doesn't tear. Catchers with the short time to get rid of the ball usually use poor mechanics and the ligament loosens then can tear. The stress from a throw goes to the ulnar nerve which is under the ligament if the ligament is loose. So, every throw can feel like "hitting your funny bone." This problem is probably almost as common in catchers as pitchers percentage wise, its just that there are many more pitchers out there.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 11:02 PM) Flubs fans already use it as one. It usually smells like one

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 11:01 PM) 10th in runs scored is actually good considering their low team AVG and OBP. true, but the goal of the offense is to score runs. It doesn't matter how. We need to find some way to increase it. Of course we outscored the Twins the last few years and lost the division, maybe the run differential could show something.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 10:57 PM) http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/stats/sortab...05&sortByStat=R The Sox are ranked 10th in the MLB in runs scored with 360. This is cause for some concern. I think to win it all, which is the goal, we do need to pick that up a bit.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 10:52 PM) What's more important, AVG or runs scored? good point, where are we in runs scored another one may be run differential

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 10:51 PM) Delete? Yes

QUOTE(GASHWOUND @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 10:31 PM) Jeez, aren't you the manly man Not me!!!! That's why I'm not in pro sports (besides the no talent thing of course). I've just spent enough time in pro sports locker rooms dealing with these knuckleheads. For better or worse some of them just drove me nuts.

QUOTE(GASHWOUND @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 10:23 PM) And the point is? We're talkin within the season..What is the use of a player getting hit by a 95 MPH pitch 2 times a week or fouling a pitch off you shin 3 times a week, running into wall at 20 MPH and so on in May or June.. I guess when a player fouls a pitch off the shin this month he could say, we..at least I have 4 months off at the end of the year.. Yes, he should. Unless the bone is fractured, he should take the pain xylocaine injection to kill the pain take maybe a day off and get back out there. Short of major injury, a major league player doesn't need much time off. By the way the 4-6 month crack was only half serious.

At least Davis won't have to spend the rest of the season in the minors and the White Sox don't have to pay the rest of his salary All kidding aside, I wish him the best in the long rehab process and he picked argueably the best surgeon for it.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 10:05 PM) I read on another message board that someone said they saw Cubs fans pulling the bat off. Wow that is pathetic. It's just a statue of a very good player and a great human being who the jerk who took it probably never heard of. As I said, it's a sad state for some people in the world if this is what they consider fun. It must have been real early when they let the people in the park Sunday.

QUOTE(GASHWOUND @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 09:49 PM) Good article by A's closer Huston Street. Fans seem to think the players are part machine out there and when they look lethargic or maybe don't look so good they can't seem to fathom on how that player is feeling and jump all over that player. Why the heck wasn't he running out that ball??? Why the f*** does Hermy looks so flat??? and on and on. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...ston&id=2096414 True, but most people don't get a 4-6 month vacation at the end of the work year.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines The White Sox confirmed that the bat from the statue of Sox great Minnie Minoso was broken over the weekend at U.S. Cellular Field. :fthecubs I noticed the bat was gone about 1 1/2 hours before the game on Sunday. I'm not sure when it happened but it's sad statement on the state of some people in this world.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 02:57 PM) Wait, Lee says he doesn't want to be back on Chicago because he's overshadowed by Frank, Paulie, etc? But he enjoys Milwaukee because he's looked up to? EGO alert, WAKE THE f*** UP NED YOST! Enjoy trying to hit 10 run homers, El Caballo, we don't miss you. i agree. This article makes CLee sound very selfess. I wasn't the man, I didn't get the RBI opportunities.....Maybe he complained to Ozzie about this and that's why Ozzie said he should be the one to go in a trade.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 01:18 PM) If he picks up another starter, I honestly don't think it's going to be a stud. It's going to be a 5th starter-type guy like Lilly. I agree. KW likes the team and the minor league talent. He would trade for a 5th starter type that wouldn't cost much in minor league talent. The top four in the rotation should carry us and in the playoffs we would only use 4 at the maximum anyway.

QUOTE(Jimenez4MVP @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) Yes but you like others do NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SAYING.. Um duh, I know money matters.. but what I was talking about was what we got inreturn for Lee.. I was looking at it that way, NOT talking about the money, I was talking bout what we got in return.. understand? I'm sure that if we offered to pay some of the salary of Lee's we could have gotten a better package of players. The reason we got the lesser package of players is that they had to take the salary and the fact that he could just be a one year player if they don't re-sign him to a biiger deal. The risk was on the Brewers side as far as being able to retain the player otherwise the Brewers will see nothing from the trade next year whereas we will have Spod and Viz for at least a few years.

I'm going Sunday and have not met anyone from the board. I'm game if others are willing

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 10:46 PM) Bull Durham quote: We gotta play 'em one day at a time. I'm just happy to be here and hope I can help the ballclub. I just wanta give it my best shot and, Good Lord willing, things'll work out. Let's keep it real & not get ahead of ourselves. I love the clche's and they are so true!