BigSqwert

What an awful season for AJ at the plate.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 09:25 PM) Kotsay now 0 for his last 18 but as we just saw: he's hitting the ball right on the button. I'm starting to think Wise was a more dangerous hitter.

Excellent 1st inning for Mark.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 05:54 PM) Viciedo get on the wrong plane or something? Ozzie's hands are tied. Who would possibly dare leave Kotsay out of the lineup the way he's played this year? Talk about clutch.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 08:19 PM) He gets hit a lot, s*** happens. Add in the fact that he can't play the outfield too well and you have yourself an injury-prone player. If you DH him, there's a much better chance of him staying intact. Most sane people like us would DH him but we know Ozzie will primarily use him as an outfielder. Given that fact I don't know if we'll ever see his true potential as a hitter, making him expendable in my eyes.

At this point I would trade Q for Dunn straight up if we could sign Dunn for an extension. I'm getting tired of all these damn injuries.

I have a feeling we won't make any deals.

I'll take the over.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 21, 2010 -> 03:59 PM) This video brings the funny. I think everyone knows somebody like this. Wasn't this posted here when it came out about 3 weeks ago?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 08:31 AM) I'd bet that this is a way to continue sales after the old 7th inning rule. If people are expected to stay late, they may as well buy from the Cell rather than a bar past the railroad tracks. It's only taken them approximately 100 years to figure out people like to drink before and after the games and still be near the park.

QUOTE (kane0730 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 08:16 AM) Per Heyman: "chisox like prince fielder but have discussed dunn, laroche and berkman, in that order, as possible 2nd choices." At this point, I'd be happy with any of these 4 guys. Breaking heyman news. Thanks!

Watched Inception at IMAX last night. Excellent film.

Looks like the Tigers will gain a half game today. The Twins most likely will also. Damn that Bobby left a sour taste especially with an off day to dwell on it. Ugh

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) For those that were skeptical of the Sox because they were beating bad teams, they should be just as skeptical of Jenks' June considering that was mostly against those same bad teams. Post of the day.

I know a lot of people consider Danks our ace but I think Gavin is our best pitcher.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 14, 2010 -> 07:57 PM) Sqwert, Where are you staying? You can pretty much find the same 4-5 different concepts in every casino, just with a slightly different spin depending on the theme and price-point of the particular casino. I don't go out to the places in the casinos that often simply because it's not really feasible to spend cash like a tourist when you're a local. But I have been out and around enough entertaining friends and what not to have a pretty basic idea of what's out there. Let me know what part of the Strip you'll be staying on and what kind of plans you and your wife have and I will be happy to give you some recommendations. We're staying at the newish Grand Hilton Resort. I don't even think they have a casino. We get a room for dirt cheap and I like using them to accumulate reward points.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 11:30 AM) Batting him behind Konerko is just so idiotic as well, as you're basically begging for Kotsay to hit into a double play. Kotsay needs to be out of baseball, as he can't pull the ball without rolling over on it and when he hits it the other way, he doesn't have the power/ability to hit it into the gap, off the fence, etc. For the love of God why don't they just DH Viceido? EDIT: And Carlos

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 11:25 AM) Yep, the Jenks debacle completely overshadowed a pretty pathetic offensive game. The 5-6-7 of Kotsay, Jones, and AJP is embarrassing. Changes have got to be made to this lineup, as you shouldn't have your two hottest hitters batting 8th and 9th and have them followed up by two of the slappiest, crappiest hitters in baseball. And Ozzie's insistence to bat Kotsay 5th is mind numbingly idiotic. The guy has been absolutely brutal this year and can't knock in any runs but continues to bat there for some inexplicable reason.

Can we end this DH by committee debacle soon? I've never been more annoyed by a Sox decision than this one. Maybe keeping Randy 'Gas Can' Williams on the roster is close but at least they finally addressed that.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 10:36 AM) I like when players and coaches fight back against the talk show/internet world. Why should they sit there and not fight back? All people do in this era is b****. They might as well go down fighting as long as they don't cuss or act unprofessionally. Tone of voice doesn't bother me at all. What's he supposed to do? Throw Bobby under the bus? Plead for mercy for Bobby? And if Danks doesn't remind him of Viola, he doesn't remind him of Viola. You are an odd person.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 11:01 AM) Why are you standing up for him? What's the point? It's mind boggling how defensive he gets over certain players and completely s***s on others that he deems "garbage".

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 09:08 AM) In 2005, Bobby blew 2 saves out of 8 in 39 IP. In 2010 Booby has blown 2 saves in 22 attempts in 35IP. He's actually been a better closer this year. The closer is designed to get saves correct? He's on pace to blow about 4 saves this year, which is his career avg just about. Excuse me while I go laugh for the next hour or so.

Where's greg.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 21, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) Hah, why would he do that?

Depending on what we'd have to give up it might not be Werth it.