Balta1701

God we need 1 more Quentin. Just 1 more.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 29, 2008 -> 04:48 PM) Haren wasn't really involved with the Giambi/Tejada/Chavez era. I was thinking more of the young, dumb, and full of *** bunch that they used to brag about. Was Swisher involved in that?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 29, 2008 -> 04:45 PM) Just never trade for Oakland players. Dan Haren says hi. Ditto Tim Hudson. You could also have said "Don't sign them as FA's either" after the Giambi debacle...but then you wouldn't have a trophy.

6 of our regulars are hitting .210 or below over the last week. 7 if you count Anderson.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ May 29, 2008 -> 04:43 PM) No chance...he would be out. Swisher power has disappeared...I wonder why. At this point...it's a fair question.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 29, 2008 -> 04:41 PM) I hate thinking that we could have easily gotten Hamilton, or even McLouth, for less than what we got Swisher for. I really hope you're not right about that. I dunno, JR's always had a thing for character guys. Do we think he might have stood in the way of a Hamilton trade?

How often can we say that Thome and Konerko set us up and no one else could get the job done?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 29, 2008 -> 04:39 PM) Swisher has 5 extra base hits this entire month. Hell, he only has 15 hits total in 83 at bats.

Come on Alexei...

I'll take anything by Swisher that scores the run. Ground ball, fly ball, blah.

Now we need Crede to wake back up.

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 29, 2008 -> 04:28 PM) thome is due for a good series You can say the same about half our lineup.

Danks K's Crawford, Upton, and Pena after the leadoff single. 3 k's in the inning, 16 pitches, 13 strikes.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ May 29, 2008 -> 04:10 PM) If we had 2 CQs...that would be awesome. The sad thing is, within the last 2 years, we've had more than a couple guys put up the kind of numbers Q is putting up right now. They're all just sucking this year.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ May 29, 2008 -> 03:10 PM) let's DH toby hall Seriously, I've heard worse ideas.

You know, if we could just get 1 more bat in this lineup working...just 1 more out of the 4-5 guys struggling...

The folks @ TPMTv with just a smattering of Scotty's bests.

I'm just asking again...how the Hell does Puerto Rico get this many delegates?

Couple of Directly Sox Related nuggets in Jayson Stark's piece today. Couple other details strewn throughout.

If Collins is the hire, here's Hollinger's argument as to why it's a poor fit.

FWIW, the Bulls and Collins are both issuing denials.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 29, 2008 -> 01:30 PM) yeah, Cook has had power all along. That hasn't changed much. Its his average and OBP that have gone up, and I think that's different than Lo Duca's situation. The main point is still strong though - there are players who develop late. Totally agreed. I just think you should tend to avoid using the worst of the worst of the Mitchell report list as a way to prove a point. There's a great bit in Moneyball that I laugh at where they talk about how Giambi didn't really develop his power until he got to the big leagues. I think that illustrates my point. Plenty of people develop late. Others got stuck in AAA and found other ways to make the big leagues.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ May 29, 2008 -> 02:23 PM) That makes more sense. However like previous posters have said I'm not sure that he's just an organizational guy anymore. He's hitting for average, power, high walks, low strikeouts and have heard that he's a pretty good outfielder. I say move him up soon and lets see what he can do in AAA. Some guys just take longer to figure it out like Paul Lo Duca who was in the minors until he was like 29 or 30. Um...well, with a guy like Paul Lo Duca, there may be other reasons behind his suddenly going from hitting 6 home runs in 2000 between AAA and the big leagues to hitting 25 home runs in 2001.

So, CK, in your opinion...what happens if the Fed reserves run out before we run out of crappy securities that banks don't want?

QUOTE (north side chi sox fan @ May 29, 2008 -> 11:58 AM) Did he usually struggle when first moved up each time? He struggled his first season in AA, but that was with the Phitin Phils organizatin. He came back to the Sox and put up solid #'s while repeating AA in Birmingham, although that's something of a pitcher's park.