Princess Dye

I don't say this from a Cubs-hating point of view, but if they're really trotting Kerry Wood out just as a farewell -- in an important moment in a game -- then they're reminding me of the Tribune ownership 1990s seasons that were purely a spectator-pleasing mission.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:05 PM) You don't think he threw at Paulie on purpose? Did you see his interviews yesterday? He's a badass and threw at the guy who blasted a two-run home run. The interviews were just Samardzjia telling jokes. And by baseball player standards, he was f***ing hilarious doing it. Saying the same things people on these boards say about Sox telecasts.

These moments invite so much unfortunate dumbness. Lets not get so against Samardzjia that we forget this could happen to a Sox pitcher just as easily, surely has. Also, if a Sox player hit a rocket right back at Samardzjia's head, surely half the crowd there would give a standing O, which would be ugly/dumb also.

Yeah, but Alexei was barely pursued by anyone. If I'm not mistaken, there were multiple bidders for Viciedo, but we didn't really have to pay tons for him. So someone on the other MLB teams saw a problem with him, hence the holding back of offers....and I envision us being the ones who overpaid to make it happen. An earlier, cheaper Cespedes situation.

I can't read threads sometimes, which I know means I should not post...but stop me if this is a misread of the situation: Konerko was thought of very highly as a young-young player, in part due to his catching, and was drafted in the first round. When Viciedo was young-young, every team had a shot at him, and he did not command a giant initial contract....thus him developing into a Paulie would be quite the shock down the road. But also not as much was known about him.

RBI double by a young Dan McNeil De Aza's bat is good value in CF, occasional defense adventures will just have to be something we grin and bear

Hawk wants to blame that walk for the following batter absolutely crushing a ball.

Viciedo's beefy .580 OPS is going to make Marty retire from print journalism. Or the online message board variety.

Danks' pitching taints are just absolutely unacceptable to me.

Hawk should flip out about less mundane stuff and try flipping out about that last pitch. Jesus

By season's end, Alexei has the same type of year offensively every year, and always has the bad or ho-hum April. There aren't any surprises there.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ May 10, 2012 -> 06:41 AM) He isn't hitting the same avg. as last year but he already has as many walks as last season in 30 less ab's which makes me think he is the real deal. Now if only we could get Viciedo and Beckham going. Uh...if you were expecting last year's De Aza to be the real De Aza, you were expecting a HoF candidate. Plenty happy with what he's been doing. It'll come down a little but hopefully not a ton. He's a guy who had good stats in the minors and was simply derailed by injury. And said injury just made him lose time. His stats didn't really dip during that.

He's "not old" and sure maybe the surgery was a success. Maybe yes, maybe just for now. But I don't see it aligning for him here. With what he's been through, he will definitely be looking at one more big payday. If we're smart, we make a judgment call at the deadline and get something back for what (unfortunately) was an injury-riddled experiment. Kenny should've seen some drop off in the Padres stats before making this move, but I won't kill him over it. You have to get an ace when you can, and the pitchers we gave up weren't special.

Since Rios' demeanor is only mentioned when it's seemingly unenthused, I think it needs to be pointed out that he was really animated tonight. And lately also he has been visibly pissed off when it has gone poorly in the late moments of close games.

Hmm....while I want to jump on the Morel-hate train completely, we do have to show some pause. Rios is case in point. We've given up on him here probably 20 times before 2009, and 40 times during 2011

This game is like the exact opposite of our last two weeks

Hawk is happy about Out Number One!

A fair question though....is it worth sacrificing Morel development (and some defense) for what may or may not end up being better offense? I want Morel out too, but if I'm doing this I'm really dedicating myself to win-now more than previously planned this year.

De Aza almost just qualified for the Bulls playoff roster.

Balta absolutely took me to task this past offseason for dismissing the importance of Morel's last month of 2011.

Monday Night Raw

OK so we're writing off Molina completely already. Got it. Recently turned 23.

Baron, have you ever wondered why they're called "walk-offs" ?

If that's what he has to be due to his frame, lets start his real MLB role then Can regret using a pick on him of course but if he has value in a lesser innings pitched role then you can't look back

Hoping Dunn is totally back now