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QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 7, 2009 -> 11:22 AM) Wonder if KW would take a look at Atkins?? He isn't hitting right now but Walker will fix em Problem is...who do we bench to put Atkins in the lineup? Fields? Getz? Beckham? Ramirez? Hell, throw in Nix while we're at it. We already have 4 guys who should be solid contributors with the bats if we can develop them. Going after Atkins means you'd be giving up on at least 2 of them, and I'm not yet convinced Beckham's a bust.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 05:09 AM) Good point, actually. I hadn't thought of it that way and i think you might be right. He's probably right...that also doesn't mean it's not worth a shot. Even he probably knows that if he can't succeed at Charlotte he's never going to sniff the big leagues and any sort of paycheck, he's got to do something if he wants to salvage his career.

Someone who played college football.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 09:44 AM) No, that leaves 2 lefties in the bullpen - Whisler and Thornton. Which is why I think its Gobble going down regardless (though Whisler is not out of the question). Colon may go to the bullpen - he doesn't go deep into games anyway. Whisler is a lefty? My mind is blown.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 09:40 AM) The pitching has an ERA about a run lower at home as well. USCF has played pretty big for the most part so far. If the ball isn't going over the wall, the White Sox are going to have a tough time scoring usually. Is there anything they changed/renovated this year that could have made that big of a difference? It's playing worse for bats than Petco. Has it been ridiculously cold compared to normal years? Really, the numbers are just mind-boggling.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 09:38 AM) Sources: Favre given deadline by coach I don't buy it. Training camp doesn't start for what, a month and a half? If he's ready to go by early camp, they won't say no.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 7, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) The Bears have already hit a homerun with this offseason. Getting Plax for one years, sans trial, would be a Grand Slam. It's a move Angelo shouldn't hesitate to make. Winning makes chemistry, and it's not like Plax shot someone other then himself in the leg. Yet.

QUOTE (everafan @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 09:27 AM) There's still Wes Whisler. I said about a week ago that we'll be able to tell what their plans are for Jose depending on who is sent down. If they send Gobble down, that leaves only 1 lefty in the bullpen, and Ozzie won't like that situation. That means Clayton will be going back to the bullpen while Contreras goes to the rotation. If Whisler is sent down, that opens a bullpen spot for Contreras, and Clayton is staying in the rotation. The other alternative would be something like a DL trip for Colon or someone else.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 08:17 AM) And then they just launch 10 flies at once and we're screwed anyway. Missile defense is a pipe dream because the aggressors will always have the technological upper-hand. Actually it's 10 rocks that are dressed up as flies, because the rocks in fly costumes are cheaper. Anyways. it's not always going to be a pipe dream, but the problem is the cost of the system. If it costs several orders of magnitude more to knock down the things than the countermeasures to the defense cost, then it's not workable. That was the dirty little secret of all those successful tests conducted over the last 8 years and the scrapping of the ABM treaty; the knockdowns were a nice step, but in an actual attack, all an opponent has to do is apply countermeasures that cost 1/10000th of the price of the ICBM and warhead.

Have a day CR.

I love how much of a self-fulfilling prophecy Brian Anderson has become. Brian Anderson seems to only hit when he's given regular playing time. Whenever Brian Anderson is treated as a platoon player or taken out of the lineup, Brian Anderson stops hitting. Brian Anderson gets a few days off because someone thinks he's got a better matchup. Brian Anderson stops hitting Brian Anderson is treated as a platoon player or worse. Ergo, Brian Anderson always sucks.

Can't believe I'm the only one who keeps bringing this up. On the road, right now, the White Sox are a top 10 offense in MLB. At home right now, the White Sox are hitting worse than the Padres. It must be a mental/approach thing. We're putting up solid offensive performances on the road, but we can't hit worth a lick in one of the best hitters parks in baseball.

The Kyoto accords would have required each signatory to come up with an economy-crippling cut to their CO2 emissions. The UK, for example, had to cut their emissions to 12.5% below 1990 levels by 2010. Based on a new report, the UK will be at 23.5% below 1990 levels by 2010. Clearly, these cuts are the cause of the world economic crisis, and this is why every British citizen is now living in poverty. In all seriousness...that's remarkably effective. If anyone out there wants to tell me how you can't cut back on carbon emissions at the same time you have economic growth, there's your answer. The European cap and giveaway system may have been incredibly poorly designed, but look how much it did compared to doing nothing.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 06:14 PM) He's 25. His biggest downside is ZERO power. He has 6 career steals and been caught twice. Chris Getz also had 11 home runs last year in Charlotte. Admittedly it was in a small stadium, but it's not like the Cell is Petco, even if we're playing like it is. And Viciedo is at least 1 year away. Calling him up would be flat out foolish.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 06:06 PM) In all seriousness, the only way I would touch Zambrano is if about half of that contract got picked up. He would be a solid middle of the rotation guy, who would give you spectacular games here and there, but he would also get you a solid 200 IP a year. You really think his arm is going to hold up for that kind of work load?

Happy B-Day Night! Go celebrate, and keep the Ni's to a minimum!

Took you long enough.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:28 PM) Haha...Kerry Wood vs Josh Fields. Kerry Wood has an ERA of 6.

Solid bunt for Anderson.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:03 PM) I'm pretty sure VMart has done a ton of damage against Thornton in the past. NOT TODAY.

Well, at least we're giving them our best.

Damnit OD.

QUOTE (chisox2334 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:33 PM) well this mental thing been going on for two season as far as I seen. Yes, w sox caught fire last year during june. But, runners in scoring poisition hasn't changed. In 2008 the White Sox hit .277 with RISP, good for 8th in MLB. Their OPS with RISP was 5th in MLB.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:30 PM) Wow, I thought he hit that 450 feet. BTW, use two hands Nix. 2-3 years ago I think Hafner would have hit that 450 feet.

QUOTE (chisox2334 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:28 PM) ozzie can only do so much with the hitters.. You can look at video, see research, try pump them up by bringing up likes of beckham energize ball park and what not. I really dont know what you can do with team like that. At this point, it's quite literally something mental. There's no other way around it. This team is one of the better hitting teams in baseball on the road, but they're not hitting at all in the Cell. There's no way that's anything other than something in their heads. If I told you the Rockies were hitting 120 points of OPS better on the road than at home, you'd smack me silly.