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QUOTE(fathom @ May 28, 2005 -> 11:38 AM) We're going with our usual lineup today. No benchers are playing. Should be good enough for a solid one or two runs. Last time we faced Chan Ho Park...A.J. hit a slam in the 1st inning. If facing Chan Ho Park can't wake this lineup up...I don't know what will.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 28, 2005 -> 11:37 AM) The Choadmeister needs to be playing 1st base with Konerko DH'ing if he is brought up. Problem with that is...Gload is only gonna have a couple days to play 1b before we get another DH back off the DL. If KW is to be believed, then within about 3 or 4 days, the big hurt will be rejoining that club. Konerko has been killing the ball lately, and has re-earned his place in the lineup. Even if he's DHing for a few days with Everett/Dye on the bench, we'll have to shuffle things back up again to put ol #35 back in there in the DH hole. And no offense to Ross's bat...but if you gave me the choice between Gload at 1b and Konerko DHing and Konerko at 1b and the big hurt at DH, except for when Paulie needs a break I'll take the 2nd option every single time i'm given that choice. Every one.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ May 28, 2005 -> 08:39 AM) Huff is struggling this year, but he always seems to turn it on. He's had a pretty couple solid seasons for the D-Rays. Not to mention that Huff can play multiple positions. (1B, 3B, LF, RF, DH). CWSOX45 Jermaine Dye is struggling this year, but he always seems to turn it on. Carl Everett is struggling this year, but he always seems to turn it on. Aaron Rowand is struggling this year, but he always seems to turn it on. Paul Konerko is struggling this year, but he always seems to turn it on. A.J. Pierzynski is struggling this year, but he always seems to turn it on. Juan Uribe is struggling this year, but he always seems to turn it on. Do you see the problem yet? We've got like 7 or 8 guys who we're hoping will somehow pull themselves out of a slump. The solution people keep offering all over these boards is that we should make some sort of a trade for a guy like Castilla, Chavez, or now Huff, who are struggling just as much themselves! In other words...you're telling me that the perfect addition to a team of struggling players is a player who you tell me is struggling himself. So why exactly should I be more confident that Aubrey Huff will come out of his slump better than any of our guys? And why is it worth McCarthy or Anderson to get these struggling players? This is just beyond me.

I love how both Ozuna and Harris have fake/bunted themselves into 2 strike counts. Yeah, that's productive.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ May 27, 2005 -> 04:46 PM) It definitely would be a tremendous pickup. Left handed w/ extreme power. It wouldn't be too far of a stretch to think he could hit 55 HR in the Cell if he continues to develop. Belle-esque... I'm sorry, but I just don't see how calling someone "Belle-esque" is a compliment.

Remember back in 2000 where the team went on the road to Cleveland and New York and swept both series? That team deserved a greeting at the airport (and the full stadium awaiting them when they got back home). This team wins that division...they'll deserve a greeting at the airport. This team heads to Boston and New York in August and sweeps both, they'll deserve a greeting at the airport. (and a packed house for Minnesota). This hasn't exactly been an amazing road trip thus far. Personally...I'd prefer a rally in Grant Park. In Late October.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ May 27, 2005 -> 12:11 PM) TOUCHE until it reached terminal velocity though.....YES! But you see...Terminal velocity is caused by the wind resistance on an object - the force of friction due to wind balances out the force of gravity, reducing acceleration to zero. A marble and a bowling ball would have different surface areas and ratios of surface area to mass. Therefore, they would be affected differently by the wind resistance, and consequently, have different terminal velocities. So I don't think that helps you out of this conundrum either.

Frank has also been saying that he feels real good hitting. He's been saying that since the spring. The only thing he's been complaining about has been running. If I have confidence in anyone to know when they're ready to hit, it's the big man. If he says he's ready to hit...I'll believe him.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ May 27, 2005 -> 12:29 PM) Agreed. Adding Chavez can boost us to the playoffs and can help make us a playoff contender for years to come. Similar to when the Cardinals added Scott Rolen in 2000 I believe? Anyways- if we get rid of Crede and add a new 3B Chavez would be my 1st choice. I would also consider Blalock. I think adding Chavez would be doing the exact opposite of what has been so successful for us this season. In the offseason, we got rid of 3 very-high-salary guys (Lee, Valentin, Ordonez), and we spread that money around to pay for guys like Hernandez, Pierzynski, Pods, Iguchi, Rowand, Dye, and Hermanson. Adding Chavez is a step back in the opposite direction. Last year, Lee, Valentin, Ordonez, and Konerko absorbed something like 40% of the Sox salary. No other team in baseball poured such a high percentage of its total salary into 4 people. Not one, not the Yankees, not the Red Sox, not the Cards with Pujols and Rolen, no one at all. By subtracting the big salary guys, we were able to fill in the pretty large gaps we had around them, like the 5th starter spot, 2nd base, the bench, the bullpen, and catcher. Right now, we're reaping the benefits of that decision. If we were to Add Chavez, he would instantly become the 2nd highest paid player on our roster this season, and he would be in a position to be the highest paid one on it the next few seasons (depending on what Konerko and Thomas do). This is a step in the wrong direction. It's a step back towards less flexibility in the off season, and a step back towards where we were last year. I don't care how good he is...he fits perfectly into a formula that doesn't work.

QUOTE(Wanne @ May 27, 2005 -> 12:30 PM) I've been as anxious as anybody to get Frank back into the lineup...but these numbers don't do much for my chubby. I'm trying not to read too much into this and I realize he's just getting back into it...but... Rehab to date (10 games): 6-for-33 (.182) with four walks, seven strikeouts, one double, two runs and one RBI. Can he be any worse than Carl Everett is at the plate right now?

QUOTE(mrzo2733 @ May 27, 2005 -> 12:15 PM) If we're gonna go after an outfielder I'd like him to be better than Mackowiak. I think the fact is...when you look around MLB, there's not going to be much available for a non-obscene price that is better htan Machowiak. No matter what, we'd be trying to replace a guy who was struggling, and we'd likely be trying to do it with another guy who is struggling on his own (look at the recent threads here - Chavez, Lowell, etc.) Otherwise...the cost for an upgrade will be astronomical, especially when the Red Sox and Yankees get into the fray.

QUOTE(AirScott @ May 27, 2005 -> 10:23 AM) oh i bet braves fans feel the same way Yeah, I bet they would...had they not won 1 back in 95.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ May 27, 2005 -> 11:54 AM) If we get to the series he wont be going anywhere I sure as Hell don't want him going anywhere anyway.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ May 27, 2005 -> 11:58 AM) A bowling Ball is going to fall at the same rate that a marble does.....FYI But he did say he threw it...so he's applied a force in addition to gravity giving it an initial velocity. Therefore, it would actually fall faster.

The one that really pissed me off was Arow being thrown out at home on that play from 3rd. Why does Ozzie have the "go on contact" play on every single time? Even Pods was thrown out at home during this series...that ought to tell us something. When the infield is pulled in...you don't go on contact, or you're thrown out at home!

The thing that's driving me nuts about this team is the fact that almost everyone save Pods, Iguchi, and Crede are right now hitting far below their career averages. Just look at the numbers career this year Dye .269 .212 Kong .276 .237 Everett .275 .232 Arow .286 .262 Uribe .263 .237 A.J. .292 .264 Crede .254 .238 That's just remarkable in my eyes...in our starting lineup, we have only 2 guys who aren't hitting well below their career batting averages...Iguchi (a rookie) and Podsednik, who is hitting his career average. By the numbers, it's still almost impossible for me to believe that this mess won't improve. You can't just have 7 guys suddenly get worse all in 1 season. The odds against that are just enormous. At some point this season, our numbers are going to regress towards their career mean numbers. Even if they don't get all the way there, those are huge differences to make up. These guys are better hitters than what we're seeing now. What we need is for them to act like they are supposed to.

Happy Birthday Big man! (Btw, KW says in the Tribune that Frank will be rejoining the big league club sometime on the next homestand, which basically means next week, either while we're playing the Angels or Indians. And that means he'll be on the team when they travel to Coors field. Anyone else want to see that BP?)

QUOTE(fathom @ May 26, 2005 -> 08:45 PM) KW.....please, please, please do something about our offense. You have to be nuts to think our starting pitching will continue to perform at the level they have. You'd also have to be nuts to think that these hitters can keep looking this bad for an entire season.

Looks like Extra Innings for Cleveland/Minnesota again.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ May 26, 2005 -> 06:19 PM) I don't put that much stock in being picked an all-star. Every team needs to be represented and there are so many teams But Cleveland had 6 people last year. It wasn't because they were being represented.

QUOTE(Sirotka33 @ May 26, 2005 -> 06:19 PM) Come on Cleveland I want to see 7.0 gap between 1st and second in the AL central tomorrow in the paper!!!! Having grown up in the 90's...having to root for Cleveland still makes me feel so dirty.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ May 26, 2005 -> 05:24 PM) Michael Bates of "A Clockwork Orange" fame. I actually agree with you that he hasn't lived up to expectations. Yet. But he is only 24. And the same could have been said about Jon Garland. And as high as his ERA has been, it has, each and every year, been below the league average. But Garland wasn't picked as an all-star last year (Over Buehrle and Shingo, I might add)

I remember him...I think...wow there's a name I never thought I'd hear again.

QUOTE(3E8 @ May 26, 2005 -> 02:48 PM) On getaway day, games are usually in the afternoon to allow for travel times. Yeah, but at least it's not a huge trip - LA to Texas, night game tomorrow in Texas, not a big time change.

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 26, 2005 -> 11:50 AM) Five bucks he has to use a dictionary. What, you don't use the word deity in your everyday conversation? It's quite fun to say. (No dictionary.)