Balta1701

Career hit #1999 for the Captain.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 03:24 PM) Lillibridge in one of those stretches right now where he has such a short, compact swing. Love to see it, as well as De Aza coming up big against a LHP. And balta, wasn't Delmon coming off of a really good month when the Tigers got him? How do you define really good? If youre defining based on a normal corner OF, the answer is no. If you're comparing to say, a White Sox DH or something like that....well...Had a .754 OPS in June (hit .321, but 1 HR and 2 walks, and y'all tell me its a failure when Brent Morel does that). OPS in July went down, .744. He's over .800 in August, but that's now because he's hitting HR for the Tigers.

That one's for Frodo!

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 02:10 PM) I think we will see some central bank intervention coming shortly, maybe even this weekend. Be it the gold market or juse a version of QE on a global basis. So far, the only thing that has happened this weekend is statements by Angela Merkel committing to staying on the current course of budget cuts.

Wicked breaking ball. Loved how you could watch Moreland literally double-clutch as he was trying to figure out how to hold back his swing.

2 shot in a Candlestick Parking Lot after the 49ers/Raiders preseason game.

Nice range/coverage/catch on that one Alexis.

The IAEA and Japanese Nuclear industry are pushing back heavily against this and all of the key details in this report is based on anonymous sources, but well, I'm sharing it anyway. The Independent arguing that the Earthquake itself was sufficient to cause meltdown level damage at the Fukushima plant, and that the meltdowns would have happened even without the tsunamis because the quake did so much damage to the pipes throughout the facility that the backup pumps would have done nothing.

ALEJANDRO!!!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 03:01 PM) 2 homers in 25 AB's, multiple RBI's he put up well over 100 RBI's last year.....Twins' line-up in 2011 just sucks he definitely will be more productive than Magglio....which is all that matters in the end The fact that you needed to go to RBI's last year to defend Delmon Young tells anyone who pays attention how ineffective he really has been.

Tied.

AND THAT'S FOR MY OLD GAFFER!

Hawk just gave the official update on Carlos's shoulder. He's officially listed day to day, with a "Sprained AC joint in his shoulder" - direct quote.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 02:48 PM) That would be one of the worst moves to start rebuilding. Especially since right now your strength moving forward is young pitching that needs stellar defense. Move Alexei at this point is pretty damn dumb, especially when finding a replacement for him would be extremely hard. Depends on what you mean by "Rebuilding". If you think that the best this team will ever have in it as currently constructed is a .500 team, and you're just going to get more expensive as guys get older because there's no talent available to replace it, then that's a move you at least consider.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 02:49 PM) It's not fair that a talented offense like Detroit added Delmon Young. Yeah, if only we could have added a guy with a .701 OPS.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) Missed it, good defense? Diving catch

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 02:49 PM) And he won't be pitching in the postseason Because the Tigers will pitch Verlander on 2 days rest?

The elf a little bit of struggly on the D today.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) Yep, I agree...easily the most talented team in the AL Central. I still think they'll be a lot more dangerous in the postseason than people give them credit for. And Rick Porcello would like to remind you about where their weakness is.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 02:35 PM) Bad defense hasn't been typical White Sox baseball this season. Our OF defense has been below average, our IF defense has been really good.

Link If this is the endgame, then this would be a major and unexpected (for me anyway) success for this Administration's foreign policy.

Yowza on that breaking ball

Nice work on Moreland battery.

Augh Brent!

Good curveball for Gavin so far today