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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 04:59 AM) Fox News is one of the most accurate? Interesting... sure doesn't fit the propaganada hurled at it, that's for sure. What that probably means is that in a couple of specific states (look at the total number of polls Fox did of individual states) they contracted out with someone who knew the territory well & their results were good.

Well, Ozzie's all righty lineup makes another appearance. Go get em Lexi.

Come on John, time for one of them good games.

Did he make contact with the ump? That's the only way this makes sense.

QUOTE (max power @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 07:29 PM) So anderson in center, Swish at 1st, Paulie DH? I'd do either that or Dye at DH. But I'm not the manager.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 08:23 PM) On a side note, I hadn't got to posting this, but a friend of mine and I saw Chris Duhon at a bar downtown at 3:30 in the morning on Saturday (it'd be 3:30 am Sunday at that point, but you see what I mean). I was just laughing, some people never learn. At least he calls a cab.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 08:12 PM) I say you stick with this lineup until it gets sour. Then you can try and make a change. Until then, let them rake and take the occasional dud like tonight. I agree on holding with the lineup, but there are a couple guys who could use a day in the batting cages without being in the game. Quentin and Thome are starting to come to mind.

Cindy McCain's website is grabbing recipes word for word from the Food Network and presenting them as her own.

QUOTE (TLAK @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:59 PM) Its hard to win with a station to station team unless they bash, they only have one way to win right now. Actually, I'd say it isn't. The last 3 games, we've given up 2 runs. That's also winning with pitching.

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:55 PM) Thome is a pile it on guy. He has no stones. I think he feels pressure. Its obvious he can hit, just not when he needs to. 500.

I understand he's an OF, but why oh why would you PR Anderson instead of Ozuna?

QUOTE (chisoxfan79 @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:35 PM) It funny we seem to hit Betancourt better than Borowski I dont have the numbers that what it seems like The guys currently on the Sox have a .213 batting average and .613 OPS against Steroids Betancourt. Konerko has a .982 OPS against him, Dye has a .892, Uribe has a .801. Thome is 0/9 against him. We have a .226 batting average against Borowski, but 5 home runs and a .936 OPS.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:27 PM) Pretty soon the Sox might have no shot at coming back in the 9th. BOOOONE.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 07:09 PM) No reason to use the bench in a meaningful situation or anything... Who is on the bench who would be better in this spot?

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 07:04 PM) I will snap if we use this same lineup. Ozzie changes his lineup too often, people complain. Ozzie gets a set lineup that he pulls out every day, people complain. Is there no end?

You know, reading this thread about how Bad Buehrle's doing, you'd think he'd given up like 7 or 8 runs. He's given up 2 runs through 6, and both of them are the direct result of Mike Sweeney.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) Mike Sweeney owns the Sox for some odd reason it seems. Fixed that for you.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:01 PM) What's assinine is you thinking Uribe has nothing to do with the DPs, and thinking substituting anyone for him would get you the same results. Richar got on base at a .289 clip last year. What makes him a lock to do much better? Certainly nothing makes him a lock to do so. But the odds are, when you take a kid who started off very raw at each level and give them time to learn the level, they tend to get better. Richar showed all the things that would make us think he can get better, took half as many walks in 180 at bats as Uribe took in 500+, and improved with the bat from month to month. But, here's the remarkable thing. If Richar goes through his minor league rehab stint, hits ok, earns his way back to the big leagues, starts for a little while, and performs poorly with the bat...then hell, just call it a platoon!

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 04:15 PM) When's Ozzie going to give Thome a break against LHP? There's a reason why I started recording off days in my sig. Because for his big guns, Ozzie has this habit, in my eyes, of giving them a day off when they're hurt and not before.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 05:09 PM) I wonder if it'll make any money You don't make these kind of films to make money.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 02:59 PM) He mentioned his Republicanism? Yeah, he was going on about how Chicago was the best city in the world, and added that although he was a Republican they had the best mayor in the world.

QUOTE (peanut33tillman @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 01:55 PM) You mentioned NOBODY should be in the lineup with a sub .200 BA thats why I referred to Thome, yes I know ones proven the others not but based on your theory you'd have Thome on the bench Let's put it this way...based on their performance in recent years, I think Jim Thome has earned himself a longer leash than Juan Uribe. If Jim is putting up a sub 600 OPS in May/June, then there's clearly got to be something wrong and it's time to DL him and maybe try to find a way to use Fields/Anderson/someone else to get more production out of that spot. But I wouldn't bench him otherwise until probably the AS break. I've seen Jim Thome. I know what Jim Thome's bat can do, and I've seen Jim Thome be a very streaky hitter throughout his career, where he does get in to these funks but always breaks out. If Juan Uribe is hanging around the Mendoza line about a month from now, Mid-May, when a potential replacement for him completes a rehab assignment...then it's time. I've seen what Uribe's given me lately, I've seen him simply unable to improve on his numbers for 3+ years now, and he's off to a worse start this season than his April last year, which wasn't any good either. If Uribe can't turn his season around ASAP, then there's no great reason to keep giving him playing time. Remember this...as a rookie, a very raw kid who's been raw at every level he's landed at and who finally started getting things going in September (Faster than I expected) after a month in the big leagues...Richar put up a .230 BA and .695 OPS in his first 1/3 of a season. That's basically what the veteran Uribe put up for the whole year (and actually a better OPS for Richar). I can expect one of these 2 to get better with playing time. I don't think I can expect that from the toher.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) That's a really solid point...I hadn't thought about that. The other thing to consider is that if Ramirez is already a very solid fastball hitter, it may not do him a ton of good to go down...he may be better off continuing to get acclimated to the US and working on as many hitting drills as possible on the side... At least with Fields, the argument was made that keeping him in the minor leagues wouldn't teach him that much, because his weakness was biggest against major league fastballs, which aren't very common in the minors, while his strength is against off speed stuff, which he didn't really need to practice against. Following that logic suggests that Alexei could benefit from heading down, if he's already strong against fastballs but weak against breaking balls, as he'd have a chance to work against a bunch of them in game situations.

From the "Environmental degradation doesn't hurt me" category...

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 12:31 PM) So, I haven't been following overly closely with the exception of Iowa, but have the more local pollsters done the best jobs? This campaign has been defined by the concept that Survey USA = good, there are a few that are pretty good most of the time, the local ones tend to be all right, and a few like ARG and Zogby have just been trash.