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Pablo was the tying run for the Dodgers in the 9th today as a pinch runner.

Picking up a probowler for a pair of draft picks a year away? If that's desperation, it's pretty smart for desperate.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 05:43 PM) Is Oakland basically waiving the White Flag in hopes for the future? They have a decent team as it is but I don't question their GM at all. Beane had his plan and he's sticking too it. He's rebuilding this year, and whether or not his young guys are performing, he's clearing room for anyone he can get in and clearing as much salary as he can. Argue with his methods if you want, but if you're up against the spending dollars of the Angels...then there's some logic behind going as young as you can, being willing to lose this year no matter what your young guys do, and coming on strong in a year or two while absolutely loaded for bear.

I would like to see either Jenks or Linebrink get a couple of batters tonight.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 06:18 PM) Like I said last night, we need to add one more righty to our bullpen if Linebrink is going to have a tight leash. No, it's not we need another righty if Linebrink is going to have a tight leash...it's "We need another righty in the bullpen if we can't trust Masset any more".

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 06:16 PM) We make Teahen, Aviles, and Butler look like Gods when we oppose them. Billy Butler had a .450 OPS in July coming in to last night' sgame.

Well, whether you think Thome's clutch or not, you just got an example of why having him come up late in games is helpful...Meche is out.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 05:56 PM) I want to see someone on for Thome this inning. Why? He's so unclutch.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 05:13 PM) We talk a lot about how Buehrle can't pitch over errors. Buehrle has 10 unearned runs this season, and Gavin Floyd has 15 now this season. Didn't like half of those come in 1 game?

Be nice if Gavin could have an easy inning every now and again

The Obama campaign is supposedly saying off the record that they're quite pissed at Senator McCain for his little security related flub yesterday.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 02:23 PM) If you were the M's GM, would you take a 32 year old who has had issues in the field and at the plate, a good prospect but strikes out a ton, and a guy who has struggled a ton in AAA? Come on. I think we should sign Richie Sexson and include him in the deal.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 01:58 PM) Is Alexei a great ss defensively? If so, fine, but it'd be nice to pencil him in at second for the next 10 years. He's a great hitter and appears comfy at second. Maybe he's just as good at ss, just asking. Well, I'll believe it when I see it, but the folks in the org at least through the media say that 2nd base is his worst defensive position out of SS, CF, and 2b, and SS is his best.

Go Get em Gavin.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 08:03 PM) That type of stuff happens around baseball all the time. Look on the bright side...we messed up one of the best starting pitchers in all of baseball. Actually I'm perhaps happier that they worked the count a bit in the 6th to manufacture a couple runs when suddenly it turned out that they needed to do so.

Dotel in.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 07:02 PM) First off, you can believe in a team, but don't make predictions like this. If Chad Johnson would have come out and said something like this everyone would be ripping on him. However, if Chad Johnson's team had been to the super bowl 2 years ago you might be more inclined to believe it. Hell, you could hear a guy in Seattle or Carolina or Philadelphia say it and it wouldn't sound so shocking coming from them either.

Item 21 had me cracking up.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 06:51 PM) Jenks in the 9th? Leave that up to the doctors.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 06:43 PM) Did he pitch tonight? No, he's scheduled to throw 70 pitches in a game this Sunday in AA Memphis.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 06:40 PM) What's his line? .228 .296 .401. Slightly higher OBP. Anderson's actually outslugging him by 10 points. Young only has more AB's so he has more HR's.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 06:41 PM) Right. Chris Carpenter is going to come back and contribute big time. What makes you so sure he won't?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 06:39 PM) So, I really think that BA could do what Chris Young is doing this year. Pick which is which from the 2: OPS + 76 vs 78

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 06:35 PM) I know this is what they always say about St. Louis, just like Minnesota, but the Brewers will be the one's giving the Cubs a run, not the Cards. SF has Cain going for them tonight who is on-and-off but Milwaukee has CC going. I'm not going to count out any team that might add in 2 pitchers equal in quality to what the Cubs and Brewers traded for until its over.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 06:31 PM) Yay Astros! Cardinals down 7-6 to the Padres though.