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QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 12:24 PM) But I would have preferred to deal Anderson, instead of Young. How about Ryan Sweeney instead of either of those two?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 15, 2006 -> 12:05 PM) How would Garland have to pitch the rest of the year to lower his ERA to 4.50? If Garland pitches 211 2/3 innings (what he's on pace for), he'd have to limit opponents to 24 runs over his next 63 1/3 innings to have an ERA of 4.46, which is the closest to 4.50 that I could get.

The White Sox definitely need to beat the worst team in MLB. I think they will.

There's no question who the better choice is, financially or for production. Dye kills Ordonez in both categories. In my opinion, Dye is the AL MVP right now because he plays the field (very well I might add), has these numbers: 103 G 381 AB 70 R 124 H 22 2B 2 3B 30 HR 87 RBI 44 BB 86 K 5 SB 2 CS .325 AVG .395 OBP .630 SLG 1.025 OPS and he comes up with the big hit when he's at the plate in pressure situations. Considering that I've heard several times that the AL MVP will be a two horse race between Ortiz and Jeter, I'm SHOCKED that I haven't heard Dye mentioned anywhere (but here of course) as an MVP candidate. He outproduces Jeter in almost every category, and is similar defensively, although they play different positions. So, in the end, it was the right decision to let Magglio Ordonez go, but I still hate him for taking basically the same deal the White Sox offered him from Detroit.

Anyone know the Tigers' lineup yet?

Nothing better than Tiger OWNAGE. Especially when the OWNAGE comes at the hands of their prodigy. Hopefully Rogers will continue his trend of horrible 2nd half pitching tommorrow. That'd put the White Sox in very good shape to make up serious ground in this series. QUOTE(Harry&JimmyRocked @ Aug 12, 2006 -> 02:04 AM) i heard him say on the radio today that he's not intimidated by us He doesn't need to be intimidated, as long as he keeps giving up that 10+ ERA.

He wrote an article about something that would've been obvious to anyone who has ever watched baseball before and saw the 7th inning last night?

Why Buehrle though? His last start he was obviously left out there when he should've been yanked, and the start before that was solid. If Ozzie yanks him when he comes out on Monday in the 7th inning instead of leaving him out there, we're talking about how Mark has had 2 very good starts in a row and is starting to put it together.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 21, 2006 -> 07:38 PM) His problems won't end with abandoning the curveball. Instead of rolling curveballs he'll now hang sliders. Nimbling tendencies probably won't end, either. Why do you think that about the sliders?

Please STOP throwing your curveball. You have 4 excellent other pitches that you can use. In addition to this, your curveball flat out sucks, and it seems that every time you throw it, you hang it, and it burns you. So please, start using only your two fastballs, your changeup, and your slider. You should benefit greatly from this.

What pitches do you throw? What do you consider your out pitch/best pitch?

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jul 21, 2006 -> 12:18 AM) Oh and never playing Widger again and DFA him would help things too. I'll just keep repeating that till I die. Even when Widger is gone?

The Sox are 5 losses back, so really all they need is 5 Tiger losses when they win and to win the extra game they haven't played yet. Eventually it all has to come together. It seems like lately only 1 or 2 parts of what is needed to win show up. If the offense shows up, pitching and D are nowhere to be found. If the pitching shows up, the offense goes 0-13 in the 1-4 holes. Any way you look at it, with 10 games left against the Tigers (6 more at home), the White Sox still control their own destiny.

Horrifyingly gruesome stat: White Sox 1-4 hitters in the last 2 games were 0-29. No pitching is that good. That's just some really bad hitting.

He is basically Thornton, but has shown the ability to avoid the walks before (see: 2003), and has shown much better ability to avoid the walk than Thornton had overall before this year. So, he's Thornton with the potential to have better control, and 2 years younger. Why wouldn't the White Sox want that? Cost is the only reason I can think of.

The day Vernon Wells is traded is the day J.P. Riccardi is fired.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 01:06 AM) "Hitting a wall" because you're tired IMO isn't something you just get through by pitching more, it's something you get through by pitching less and resting. If he's "hitting a wall" or "The innings are catching up with him", then the logical solution would be for him to pitch less innings, i.e. taking 2 weeks off on the DL. He's gotten through each of those previous rough spots without needing time off or missing starts, and he'll do the same here, I hope. Pitchers pitch through dead arm spots in their seasons all the time. Teams aren't going to put pitchers on the DL because of dead arm. That'd probably throw the pitcher out of whack even worse.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 12:22 AM) I just have trouble believing the dead arm theories that crop up with Mark, based entirely on the evidence you cite as the reason he might be worn out. 2001 - 22 years old - 221.1 IP 2002 - 23 - 239 2003 - 24 - 230.1 2004 - 25 - 245.1 2005 - 26 - 236.2 reg season and 23.1 in playoffs + WS In other words, Mark has been doing this for several years. Even pitching the extra 20 innings last year, he didn't go THAT far beyond his career highs in innings. So here would be my question; why would the innings catch up to him after 5 years when it didn't after 4 years? If he was having some sort of genuine health problem, or we heard rumors of his arm being sore (i.e. like we heard during the W.S. last year), maybe it would be a concern. But I just can't buy that a 27 year old with a 5 year history of pitching 230+ innings is suddenly going to hit an innings wall in the middle of a season that he's never found before. He's found that wall several times before. Last year it was in July, in 04, he seemed to hit it thrice, in 03, he hit it in May. When he gets the ball up, he gets hit, and there's at least one period every year in which that happens.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) IIRC, Mark has said that he feels really good. I'd buy the dead arm theory if it looked like his stuff wasn't there. He seems to be throwing about the same as always, the only difference is teams have been real agressive against him all while he's left his pitches up. He fixes his command and makes an adjustment or two and he should be golden to be the Buerhle we've all came to expect. I think it is dead arm though because he tends to have a period every year where he struggles because he can't get the ball down. He went through it at about this time last year, had it in June of 04 (although he was up and down a lot that year), and had the same thing in May of 03 (kind of early for dead arm, but it could happen). Once he starts getting the ball down again (hopefully VERY soon), he'll be fine.

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I fear the White Sox most, specifically the pitching. The offense is carrying the team. Fine for regular season, not so good for postseason. The pitching needs to get it going a week ago.

The Padres want a 3B. We want Scott Linebrink, as evidenced by the whole thread earlier in the year that was basically devoted to him. Apparently, the White Sox FO wants him too. They have Josh Fields to deal, who has looked like a superstar at Charlotte this year. They're inquiring about Andy Marte, so I'd be willing to bet they'd like to get their hands on Fields as well.

Time to show the Tigers who first place belongs to. The White Sox may not be playing great right now, but had the Tigers been playing a good team this weekend instead of the Royals, they would've been swept as well. They're playing a good team over their next 3 games.

I'd prefer Vazquez to be dealt, since he seems to be incapable of timely pitch selection.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 11:14 PM) Win Streak Non-Losing Streak. Lossless Streak. Win/ND Streak. Non-Loss Streak. I prefer Undefeated Streak if you're going to pick on the "Win Streak" naming.