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QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 06:44 PM) I'll say it again, and that article echos it: the market will NOT sustain gas at the current levels. True. To get to the levels they would like to see it at, all of the corn production in a large portion of the midwest would have to go towards ethanol. That's as technology and resources stand now, though. As NSS said, there's much more promising developements, it'll just take some time and a whole lot of money to get there. Even then, it still takes oil to run the farm equipment.

This f***ing team...

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QUOTE(MHizzle85 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 05:31 PM) Does BA have cooties or something? I mean what in the world did he do to not start tonight's game and last night's game. BRIAN ANDERSON CANNOT HIT RIGHT HANDERS. BRIAN ANDERSON IS A RIGHTY, AND RIGHT HANDERS CANNOT HIT RIGHT HANDERS EVER. THEREFORE, BRIAN ANDERSON CANNOT HIT RIGHT HANDERS. ONLY ROB MACKOWIAK CAN HIT RIGHT HANDERS.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 05:25 PM) I meant it sarcastically, JERK. That's a direct "Bush Administration Iraq Talking point" from the last few weeks, just so you know. Wasn't a shot at you.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) Well, when Mackowiak inevitably misplays a flyball to CF -- and Buehrle proceeds to implode -- atleast Guillen can assure himself that "sticking with the people we've been with all year" didn't cause panic. The strategy is not "Stay the course" and no one ever said "Stay the course". We're adapting to win.

QUOTE(gosox41 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 05:00 PM) I think the Sox will trade Garcia to the Angels for a package including Chone Figgins. I can see them trading Crede to a different team for pitching. Not that i want to see Crede go, but if he's unsignable then in the right situation he should be traded. Bob The Angels really don't have much need for Freddy Garcia right now.

Since the All-Star Break, Rob Mackowiak is is hitting (AVG OBP Slug) .254 .299 .352. Against righties since the AS Break, .259 .302 .379. INSTANT OFFENSE. Since the All-Star Break, Brian Anderson is hitting .277 .324 .409. Against righties since the AS break, Brian Anderson is hitting .277 .333 .446. BRIAN ANDERSON CANNOT HIT RIGHTIES. ONLY LEFTIES CAN HIT RIGHTIES. QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 05:03 PM) I thought the idea of ozzie using his subs was so his starters would be rested for the stretch run and playoffs That's where you're wrong. Our guys have to be rested for winterball. Winterball. We are gonna kick some major arse in winterball.

I had a chance to go to this game. I just saw our outfield, and I'm glad I didn't.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006, 5:10 pm Tonight's Lineup Pods, LF; Iguchi, 2B; Dye, RF; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; AJ, C; Crede, 3B; Mack, CF; Uribe, SS. Buehrle on the mound. I hate my life.

QUOTE(alexgtp @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 02:51 PM) Cred will be here for a cple more years. Too much time invested in him to let him walk. He is a gold glove at 3rd and his offense is finally up to par with his defense. Sill of this orginization to let him walk. FOCK Boras. I dont thik he will dictate what crede does. Talking about making a deal to get solid talent for Crede is not the same as letting him walk. (Trading him for Figgins alone is pretty close to that though).

QUOTE(beautox @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 02:35 PM) As much as i would love to pull of a Liriano Heist, i doubt that will happen with the LAA, they're incredibly high on their prospects and tend to know what they have except with turnbow and jenks . But honestly i would be very opposed to trading Crede, we waited this long for him to come around and now that he has we should lock him up long term bad back and all. As for our leadoff hitter/LF next year why not let it emerge from our own system? Fields/Sweeney, both are going to winter ball, and KW has said Fields will be playing LF this winter. I think ST competion of Fields/Sweeney for LF and Leadoff would be great, Fields needs to cut down on his SO (136SO/54BB), but he could be an offensive weapon 28SB/5CS, 19 HR, 4 3B, 32 2B, .305 Avg, What does everyone think? Let me put it this way...If we were to be coming off back to back world series championships...I would hate to see the White Sox risk starting off a season with the combination of Fields and Sweeney in LF, regardless of how they perform in winterball. If we don't win this season though...then we're no longer looking to 3-peat. At which point, I become more willing to see what our young guys actually can give us, and I also become more willing to take risks in other places, i.e. dealing 2 starters and sticking Haeger into the rotation alongside McCarthy.

QUOTE(IowaSoxFan @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 02:30 PM) What about a package of Figgins, Wood, Adenhart and Cabrera for Crede and Uribe. Wood will end up either at SS or third long term and could be a replacement for Joe is Fields does not pan out. Cabrera can play SS for a little while until either Wood or Valido is ready, plus the Angels have Erick Aybar who can be their next SS. Figgins could spell Fields at third, Iguchi at second, Sweeney in LF and Anderson in CF. It would give us a solid backup CF finally. Crede would be missed, but if the Sox could make that deal, I would be ok with it. If you could get that much for those 2, that would be absolute dynamite...but I think you're asking too much when you stick Adenhart and Wood in the same deal. We might be able to get them to part with 1 of those 2 in a deal involving Crede...but I just can't see them letting go of both. They're too protective of their prospects for that.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 02:04 PM) By the way, I'd very opposed to this suggestion of trading Crede. What would it take to change your mind? I wouldn't think about it for Figgins...but the Angels do have a ton of young talent that I'd love to get my hands on. Brandon Wood would look awfully good at Shortstop here in a year or two.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 01:22 PM) Any statniks out there who can help me? It seems like we have faced an extraordinary amount of lefthanders this season. Does anybody have any stats on how many lefty starters we have faced compared to righty? I swear ... whenever I watch the Sox on TV poor ol Thome is battling some lefty. Ditto A.J. Bring on the righties!!!! Well, now that actually is interesting. I don't have the "Starters-only" numbers, but I can tell you this...the White Sox have the most at bats against left-handed pitching in the big leagues. And it's really not even close. RK TEAM G AB BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Chicago Sox 121 1765 0.263 0.329 0.417 0.746 2 Cleveland 111 1655 0.273 0.344 0.46 0.805 3 Minnesota 120 1599 0.287 0.346 0.425 0.771 4 Boston 116 1480 0.266 0.354 0.432 0.786 5 St. Louis 100 1471 0.268 0.329 0.399 0.728 6 NY Yankees 104 1445 0.282 0.368 0.435 0.802 7 LA Angels 104 1438 0.266 0.328 0.425 0.753 8 Arizona 116 1418 0.267 0.34 0.421 0.761 9 Chicago Cubs 114 1412 0.246 0.308 0.389 0.697 10 Detroit 89 1398 0.265 0.322 0.428 0.749 11 Philadelphia 112 1391 0.253 0.334 0.436 0.77 12 NY Mets 110 1381 0.256 0.335 0.416 0.751 13 Washington 113 1365 0.275 0.361 0.429 0.791 14 Pittsburgh 98 1356 0.289 0.355 0.439 0.794 15 Baltimore 104 1345 0.255 0.319 0.403 0.722 16 Cincinnati 114 1341 0.277 0.361 0.475 0.836 17 Toronto 90 1327 0.291 0.359 0.455 0.814 18 Texas 101 1316 0.274 0.335 0.468 0.803 19 Tampa Bay 97 1258 0.262 0.329 0.44 0.768 20 Kansas City 103 1240 0.264 0.336 0.425 0.761 21 Seattle 99 1235 0.251 0.313 0.365 0.679 22 Atlanta 106 1234 0.254 0.319 0.417 0.736 23 Florida 101 1196 0.257 0.337 0.423 0.76 24 Oakland 102 1182 0.257 0.35 0.422 0.772 25 Milwaukee 115 1178 0.25 0.319 0.407 0.726 26 San Diego 106 1176 0.264 0.331 0.418 0.749 27 San Francisco 93 1149 0.255 0.328 0.397 0.725 28 LA Dodgers 101 1086 0.291 0.362 0.456 0.818 29 Houston 95 1062 0.266 0.356 0.414 0.77 30 Colorado 90 885 0.278 0.351 0.437 0.789 The average team has 1326.133333 at bats against left-handers. We have about 439 more at bats against lefties than your average team. We are 23rd in OPS against lefties, 19th in batting average, 3rd in home runs.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 12:44 PM) Or maybe he was able to hit so many so far cause he was stronger from the increased muscle mass... Because, as the article states, steroids DO NOT improve eyesight.. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7286234/site/newsweek/page/2/ QUOTE Steroids don’t improve eyesight: that’s true. However, HGH use may in fact be able to either improve visual acuity or to keep visual acuity from declining with age as happens to most people. According to the Game of Shadows authors, that's one of the reasons Bonds liked the HGH; it helped his eyes. In fact, even the article you cite includes this quote:

I guess the focus groups said that calling it the Macaca rally was a bad idea.

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Come on Mark...you can take these guys, you've done it before. I really hope his back is feeling ok.

Has anyone else noticed the one other thing about Figgins this season...he's been abjectly awful? He was hitting 9th for the Angels last night for a reason...when Scioscia's leadoff hitter turns to crap, he drops them in the order. Batting .256 this season. OBP is .327. Slugging .351. SB: 48/62 (77.4%) Versus Podsednik: Batting .259, OBP .328, slugging .354. SB: 39/54 (72.2%) In other words...Figgins has basically been Podsednik with a few more chances to steal this season. He's been equally bad with the bat (more home runs than Pods, but fewer doubles and triples), he gets thrown out a lot...defense, he's committed 4 errors in about 100 games in the OF this season, which is a pace slightly better than Podsednik's 8 in 130 (although he does have somewhat better range). In other words, why do I want another Podsednik?

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Sep 11, 2006 -> 08:15 PM) Damn they put a whoopin on NYM today 16-5. The Mets have a payroll over $100M the Marlins 14M and the Marlins stomp on the Mets with there loaded lineup. The 2 teams with the best records in baseball...the Yankees and the Mets. Say what you want about the Marlins making a WC run, that still sickens me.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 11, 2006 -> 09:00 PM) Because people like you want no part of it. I would have been happy to do whatever my country asked of me in the invasion of Afghanistan. The only thing asked of me as far as I can tell was to go shopping, return to my life. And at some point, hopefully this year, I am going to take a first responder course.

I wonder if getting no-hit might be enough to wake these guys up and make them realize there's something dreadfully wrong with their approaches...

By the way, I don't know if anyone in Chicago has noticed...Chone Figgins is having a season that rivals Podsednik in how poor it's been. Just for those who might suggest trading for Figgins in the offseason. And, interestingly enough...Scoscia dropped him in the Order. No wonder they're in 2nd place...you can't win games if you admit something isn't working in your lineup...if you drop your speed guy out of the 1st slot, you can't possibly win games!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 11, 2006 -> 07:36 PM) Hey I thought Ozzie was platooning Sweeney and Anderson, whats with the butcher back in CF. No right handed pitcher has ever beaten the great Rob Mackowiak! EVA! That, and Mack has those pictures...