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QUOTE (son of a rude @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 03:37 AM) I like Jim Thome Lots better than Todd Ritchie He was complete trash post the white sox related haiku you have written here. There's no way I'm participating in poetry, but I still want to tell you how awesome it is that you started the thread with this particular haiku.

QUOTE (GordonNotDavid @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 06:38 PM) How the mighty have falled. In 2005, Pods was one of the better baserunners in the game, but now while he's arguably as fast as he ever was, he runs into outs like he's Juan Uribe: Midwest. Who was this guy? I notice that he's already banned, so he must've been a former poster who returned.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 12:00 AM) The holier than thou attitude people have taken with Michael Vick is at best laughable, and more realistically hypocritical. I love dogs, but there are people in the NFL (and all over sports) who have done worse things than Michael Vick, and good people (like Tony Dungy) have said he legitimately seems remorseful, and i'm a big believer in second chances (not 3rd, 4th, etc, but 2nd chances yes). Um, what? I have never murdered or tortured any animal or human, nor have I done anything remotely similar or evil. How in the f*** am I then a hypocrite?

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 09:17 PM) I own dogs but there is no way that what Vick did is worse than murdering a human. Depends on the human.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) We just faced the mariners, who are pretty crappy on offense, yet they have a better record than us. Lets compare the stats. Runs: CHW - 529 SEA - 455 HR: CHW - 136 SEA - 107 OPS: CHW - .753 SEA - .718 We are clearly a better offensive team than they are. They may have had a better 1-2-3 in the starting rotation throughout the year, but their 4 and 5 problems are even worse than ours. In my opinion, the reason they have a better record than us is because of defense. Jack Wilson sucks up everything at SS. (i know they haven't had him the whole year, though) Adrian Beltre is excellent at 3B. Franklin Gutierrez is the best CF. Ichiro is great in RF. Their defense is a big reason why they have a record that they have. I am tired of seeing lousy the white sox and their lousy ass defense cost us runs. I really hope that Alex Rios becomes the starting CF soon. Would you be in favor of signing somebody like Randy Winn in the offseason, just to solidify the defense? That's just an example. We have a great pitching staff for the future. I think it's time we start getting some good defense players to back them up. We would obviously have to sacrifice some of our offensive production if we did this, but I think it would be worth it. Is that true? If so, I had no idea. Also, I'm pretty sure Hawk said that the Mariners and White Sox are the two worst fielding teams in baseball. Did he actually say that, or am I making this up?

Motherf***er. He was hitting well and finding his stride.

QUOTE (GordoTheGreat @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 03:46 PM) I agree, Farmer likes to mix it up, with something other than that "He looks up, you can put it on the board yes" crap. Variation is the spice of life. Variety. Close enough, though.

QUOTE (Wise Master Buehrle @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 01:39 PM) It takes on the personality of the team... which you defined well with "Jekyll and Hyde" Wait, who is this? I don't remember ever seeing this handle, but you've been around since 2003.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 12:00 PM) There's no reason to be too angry. If a .500 team can win this division, we'll be there all season. If it can't, we won't. Maybe we can hang in there all the way, but I go back to Justin's article. Our team is a flirt like he said. Maybe next year we'll catch fire and be better than .500ish. We get great pitching and suddenly we can't hit a lick. Oh, we better be better than .500 next year...much better. If not, every member of the team should give their checks back and retire.

I noticed last night that Podsednik's steal percentage was like 67%, I believe. That also isn't good at all.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 11:04 AM) While others have focused on the "2009 is a wash" part...take note of the other thing. 2010...this team could be really, really good. Oh yeah, I really can't wait for the 2010 season.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 08:08 PM) Great article and the only thing I'd disagree with is Rios only having 4 tools. His power, if you're looking at SLG% as an indicator, should actually increase quite a bit from where it is now. A lot of those doubles are going to turn into HR's here, not just because of the park dimensions but also because of the heat in summer and the winds, and even though Rios can hit to all fields, I think he'll become more of a pull hitter here. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Rios become a 30/30 guy in the Cell once he gets comfortable. And man, Rios' D is really going to help us in CF when we're playing in larger parks, specifically Comerica. I've always had a hard-on for this guy and I'm so glad Kenny went out and got him. Oh great, it's not like every other player we've ever acquired turned into that.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 08:56 AM) Yeah, the ball bounced Seattle's way a few times last night, but I'm not going to make excuses for them. Pods got picked off of third like a f'n Little Leaguer. Cox sent Nix home on a fly ball to Ichiro that wasn't nearly deep enough. And even in the middle of what looked like a dominant 10 K effort from Felix, they Sox still managed to get 6 hits and 4 walks off of him... but couldn't get a single runner in. Going 0-11 w/ RISP is f'n inexcusable. This offense hasn't even looked like it's been trying for the past week. That's the worst part, and it seems to happen quite a bit (and I'm talking over the span of a few years).

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 06:02 AM) 3 runs in the last 23 innings. Pena wasn't the problem last night. That said, glad I fell asleep during the 5th. Well, he had something to do with it. I agree that it is about 90% on the offense, but Peña also looked terrible (something we're coming to expect of him).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 07:15 AM) Seeing how Minnesota and Detroit are equally as bad right now, and the Sox are only 2 games back, I think this kind of talk is silly. He admitted we can win the division, but that it's fairly obvious we won't make much noise. I don't think it's silly at all. We're looking at the same scenario as 2008.

You can't blame the game on Pods. Sure, he embarrassed himself out there, but so did the rest of the offense. By the time Griffey put the nail in the coffin, we were basically begging to be euthanized. We wouldn't have scored in 30 innings.

What does LIDP stand for?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 11:21 PM) He's not your buddy, friend. I'm not your friend, guy.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 09:40 AM) Exactly what I was thinking. f*** you.

Anyone?

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 07:17 PM) That's the complete opposite of what happened. Porcello was practically running away and Youk's momentum brought them both down. For what it's worth, a friend of mine who is a Red Sox fan posted on facebook that Youkilis got owned.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 04:06 PM) Its very possible that KW will say goodbye to both and go and get a player like Blaylock to play 1B/DH/3B or could finally get his guy in either Carl Crawford or Chone Figgins to replace them. CQ could end up DH'ing part time to try and keep him healthy for the whole season. Holy s***, imagine that scenario? I thought just getting Rios would be perfect, but Crawford would make it the most perfect offense we could believably get. He'd take over LF (so he wouldn't have to convert to CF), and he'd lead off. That offense would be incredible.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 12:30 PM) Dye is a very good fielder with a good strong arm You and greg are the same person. I swear it. I've been thinking it for months, and now you've proven it. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. DYE IS NOT A GOOD FIELDER. I hope that gets the point across.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 10:52 AM) Not really...it can certainly have an impact on ticket sales and marketing, and thus his contract can help pay for itself more. Exactly, it will have an impact.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 10:29 AM) It's nice to know that JD wants to stay beyond this year. But it'll have to be as a DH. Not even as a DH. Dye has no place on this team after 2009. With the addition of Rios in CF (he should be the CF, at least), Quentin should be moving to RF. That leaves the choice between Dye and Thome to be DH, and since we have no left-handed power without Thome (coupled with his pursuit of 600, which will definitely come into play whether or not it should), Dye becomes the odd man out. I love the guy and what he's brought to the team, but it's just time to go our separate ways.