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If we can't win a 1 run game against the Cleveland Bullpen, Ozzie might as well just quit. QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 30, 2006 -> 06:08 PM) Why don't we use the DH on the CF, and actually hit the pitcher? Haha, that would he awesome. Unfortunately, the rule book only lets you DH for the pitcher.

Daniel Cabrera up for the Tribe, maybe Politte up for us.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ May 30, 2006 -> 05:27 PM) is Hawk crazy? "Our bullpen is not near where it was at this point last year..." No, Hawk, we don't have Vizcaino giving up games once a week, we don't have Marte's unpredictable outings.... I think people forget that our bullpen was a bit of a mess in May last year... We had Hermanson and Politte who were absolutely on fire though, which is something we still don't have yet here.

This inning ends with this guy or it ends with a 3-4 run Cleveland lead.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 30, 2006 -> 05:15 PM) What is Widger's reputation for calling a game? Since Buerhle doesn't ever shake of a catcher, I wonder what his numbers are with AJ catching him vs. Widger, although I do agree AJ probably should be forced to hit off CC. Widger's CERA last year was damn good because he caught Buehrle quite a bit.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:49 PM) why isn't pablo stealing third with one out? My only guess is that he wasn't feeling up to it after the slide at 2nd and the visit by the trainers.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) Is Victor a good catcher or bad catcher in terms of CS? Absolutely horrible. 5/36 on the season.

Ok, the Sox and Yankees need to keep matching each other run for run for the rest of the day. Pablo being checked by the Trainers.

QUOTE(daa84 @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:39 PM) sabathia just pissed himself at the thought of uribe anderson and ozuna coming up this inning Yeah, Ozuna finally dropped below .400 after the first inning.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:36 PM) ESPN is really slobbering all over Buehrle, and I love it. So you're saying mark is throwing a spitball?

QUOTE(daa84 @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) haha just take thome + konerko.....they have 35, and the cubs as a team have 36 Can Pujols catch the Cubs?

13 pitch 2nd inning for CC. 31 pitches for him through 2. QUOTE(whitesoxin @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:30 PM) 49 homers so far through 50 games and two innings. That's quite impressive. Are you counting just the big 3?

And I'm glad I picked Dye to click. He just kills CC for some reason.

Nice quick inning for Mark. Somehow, Aaron Small pitches over a bases loaded, 0 out, Ordonez, Guillen, and Shelton up situation in the 1st without giving up a run.

QUOTE(tigerfan @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:17 PM) Little side note, Yanks get a leadoff triple in the first, but Colon retires the side after that, including 2 K's. For a moment I thought Bartolo had actually come off the DL. Bases loaded, nobody out for Detroit.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 30, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) If AJ can bump up his RBI totals a bit, Oz wont keep him off the roster... Ozzie has less input on this roster than guys used to...mainly a result of Torre's stacking of the roster with Yankees a few years ago IIRC. Many of the slots are now actually chosen by the players (that's how PK got on there last year). QUOTE(sayitaintso @ May 30, 2006 -> 04:05 PM) If JT would have difficulty, then why wouldn't Ortiz since he is a DH too? Ortiz is a DH, but he's also on the ballot as a 1st baseman this year. Thome's in a worse spot because the Sox have another all star playing at 1b, while the Red Sox do not, so the BoSox could get Ortiz in the voting by saying he was a 1st baseman and pretending Youkilis exists as much as the other Greek Gods.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 30, 2006 -> 03:26 PM) Tek is going to be lucky to make the All Star game this year. Paul,Jim,Dye,Pierz,MB,and Count should all be there. I think AJ's a bit of a stretch, given the numbers that guys like Mauer and Posada are running right now. hell, AJ has fewer RBI's than any other starting catcher in the AL save Kendall. Varitek also may be voted in again despite his bad numbers the first 2 months.

Say what you want about Jones, Ray, even Jenks...but to put together an All Star Bullpen without Rivera is just wrong...especially if you actually want home field advantage in the W.S.

Boy do I f***ing hate prox mines.

QUOTE(sayitaintso @ May 30, 2006 -> 02:59 PM) I would imagine that their bill would be through the roof unless that coach had the same service. Compared to what a coach makes in their next contract after they score a recruit who gets them into the round of 64 and earns them an extension and a new shoe contract? I doubt they care.

QUOTE(WCSox @ May 30, 2006 -> 02:59 PM) But I thought that we could spend $10 million/year on a 4th/5th starter? $12-$15 mil for Buehrle. $10 = Contreras. What is it with the money from Arizona, like $10-$11 mil for Vazquez? Then it comes down to Garcia versus Garland, and they're both at around $10 mil next year (especially if we trade Garland & have to sign Garcia to an extension.) Mac = 5th starter until he gets that first cy young award. So either way, we'll be spending at least $9 mil for a 4th starter, unless somehow KW pulls a miracle and turns Garland/Garcia into a ML ready starting pitching prospect.

The White Sox have already hit 44 home runs in May. This passes the team record of 37 home runs in may, set in 2000.

QUOTE(WCSox @ May 30, 2006 -> 02:35 PM) Sure, if you're not paying three other starters in your rotation $10-$11 million/year and are on the verge of having to re-sign your ace to a $15 mil+/year contract. Not to mention a third-baseman who will also be looking for a long-term deal soon. Garland's also well worth it if you have a strong, young bullpen and you don't have long-reliever who will likely put up similar numbers at the back of the rotation at just a fraction of the cost. But that's not the case here. Oh that's pretty silly...judging whether or not that deal makes sense to a particular team doesn't depend only on what other people on the team are making, it depends on how much your team is able to spend overall, and what you have on the way up. You don't need to have a strong, young bullpen to offset the cost of an expensive starting pitcher if, for example, you have a strong, young outfield, with 2-3 guys making pretty close to the league minimum, as we'll have in a year or two if things go well, a young closer, and a few other young guys intersperced in there, such as your last starter. If we're paying $100 mil a year, and we have guys like Anderson, Sweeney, Macarthy, Jenks, and eventually Stewart, Fields, and maybe Owens and a few other relievers hanging around, then there's no reason why we can't spend that much on a 4th/5th starter. The real question we still have to answer is who will be the 4th starter next year, and what will we get for the guy who departs to make room for Mac.

Finally, ESPN has something other than Barry Bonds to focus on that will allow them to ignore the play of 90% of the league.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 30, 2006 -> 01:50 PM) Hand it over and I'll tell you. Seriously, I don't disagree, however, I do think that this could influence something that is perhaps NOT related to said bill. If you KEEP giving me $10,000, I might just be more influenced to vote your way. It's a slippery slope. My point is, (surprise!!!) they all do it. Yes, they do all do it. However, that is not the brunt of the ethics problems we currently have in Congress...the Jefferson, Dukestir, Delay, Ney, Burns, Pombo, Lewis, Hastert (and so on, there's a lot more) problems are focused on something far more specific...the actual quid pro quo, or even worse, bribery. The Cunningham (and others) and Jefferson scandals are about outright bribery...that would be me giving you $10,000 personally (and, it appears, a couple of prostitutes and a Watergate hotel room) if you were to put something into a bill that would make me a cool million. The Abramoff one is far more complex, involving false charities which basically were set up to donate the money they took in to the GOP, quid pro quos galore (That's the I'll give you $10,000 in donations and a few expensive golf trips if you make this happen), hiding of those sorts of gifts from Congress and the IRS, bribery along the Cunningham lines, and so on. Right now, in both my eyes and in the eyes of the law, there are massive differences between the stuff these guys have been doing and the stuff that "They all do." It'd be nice to stop some of the stuff that "They all do" in order to prevent any appearance of impropriety...but well, the guys in power don't want it to stop, so they do things like strip down lobbying reform bills and put Ted Stevens on the conference committee.