QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 01:27 PM)
I'm a big, big, big fan of this idea.
Shingo is about as unreliable a pitcher coming out of the bullpen as they come.
News flash: They've figured Shingo out!!!!!!!
He got by with a year of smoke-and-mirrors and now the guy can't get anything done. He stands a good chance of doing well in the NL for a year or so because they have not seen him. The AL, especially the AL Central (with whom we have many, many games against in the second half) have figured Shingo out in a major way.
Say what you will about the guy, but LaTroy knows how to pitch. If he can match up with Cooper and his own battery-mate in Pierzynski, who knows how well he can preform. Hell, he may even revert back to his former Twins self.
This much I promise you: his celing with the White Sox is much higher in a pennant race than Shingo.
If the move is there, I consider it.
If we got latroy in his twins form that would make us a lock to win after like the 6th inning if we have the lead 6th cotts, 7th hawkins, 8th politte, 9th hermy