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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) Ordonez is hitting .236/.305/.312/.616 on the year. I think he's starting to break down a bit. Since returning from injury, he's hitting .322/.388/.390/.778 in 17 games (59 at bats). Not world-beating, but solid.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) Ouch He's so f***ing good, it seems.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) Awesome game thread so far. Might be the best one of the year as far as pregame comments are concerned. Below me.

Ian Kennedy is all kinds of awesome with the D-Backs...

ZachZaidman Zach Zaidman The lockout is over. Football has returned!

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 12:52 PM) No way we get him for just Jackson. If we do, then KW just earned another year. He's playing like s*** this year.

The Yankees don't have Colby Rasmus. I am not intrigued.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 12:25 PM) The best part is that people watched for a half hour before anyone reported it... http://www.fox28.com/story/15141934/social...-reducing-hours Interesting, social security offices are reducing hours.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) Would she let Colby get to fifth base? butthole?

Get rid of Saturday delivery.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 11:41 AM) So it's a rookie left-hander we've never seen before. I've actually seen this dude pitch. He throws hard but has control problems. I wish I could say the Sox will have no problems with him but as we all know this team has no concept of advance scouting. The Sox will get load the bases with walks, then swing at first pitch three times for popouts.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 11:17 AM) I ate way too much mcdonalds though. Gross.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 10:08 AM) There once was a man from Detroit whose maneuvers were very adroit 'though he could not pitch worth a son of a b**** his own junk he could really exploit. Well we have ourselves a winner.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 10:33 AM) I rest my case. Colby 4 Prez.

Someone close this s*** thread and let's rock the one without "Lockout" in it.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 02:51 AM) Didn't see Breaking Bad tonight, but my parents said it was awful. Barely watchable. Your parents are silly... I enjoyed it greatly.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 09:00 AM) I go bareback. Same here, the Evo is fine bareback + the non-glare screen protector.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 09:37 AM) they have a s***load of money to spend, so it could very well be the Bears. Don't the Bears need to worry about a lot of in-house re-signings that will take that s***load down to a nominal amount?

He can Below himself.

I actually had Colby on the Sox in an OOTP league once a couple years back, so here y'all go.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 08:29 AM) If he works out of the bullpen, he's not "Getting a little extra rest". So you're telling me throwing 1 inning vs throwing 6 innings doesn't give a guy a little extra rest? It's one f***ing week here, bruh.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 09:14 AM) That no one else would step in with a better offer if they thought he was a .850 OPS CF, that the Cardinals would part with him for the price of a .740 OPS corner OF even if he was in the manager's doghouse. The problem there is there isn't much pitching on the open market. At least 5 teams have been linked to the Cardinals and Rasmus, the Rays are hot after him too. I trust that scouting department.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 08:49 AM) The big question here is, why do you still talk to your dad? The bigger question is, why does my dad still talk to me? Sure, it's his fault for moving to Chicagoland when he grew up in St. Louis, but he raised me as a Cardinals fan, but my inability to watch Cardinals games plus someone called The Big Hurt turned me White Sox in the early 90s when I was 9 or so.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 08:47 AM) Let me put it this way. I've seen the Sox acquire an underperforming but very talented CF recently. We're currently regretting the Hell out of that move. Yeah, there's differences in contracts, but we also gave up nothing to get that current underperforming CF. I'm just asking someone to convince me about why Rasmus will come here and be an .850 OPS guy when he's a .740 OPS guy right now. Or at least tell me "He's got a xxxxxx that has bothered him all season right now". Or something like that. Y'all can't seriously expect me to believe that "Walk will fix him" is the answer. Alex Rios - 28 at acquisition Colby Rasmus - 24 Alex Rios - $9.7 million in 2010, $12 million each in 2011 and 2012 and $12.5 million apiece in 2013 and 2014. Colby Rasmus makes much much much less. PLEASE don't compare those two situations again. The only similarity between the two players is the fact that it says "CF" next to their name. Rasmus hits from the other side, runs better, has world's better discipline, and more natural power. The situation in St. Louis is a f***ing joke. LaRussa has made it his personal goal to "win" against Rasmus, and publicly shoots the kid down every chance he gets. The dynamic between Rasmus and the club has further eroded since Mozeliak publicly asserted that he was adamantly opposed to trading the team's 2005 first-round draft pick. Manager Tony La Russa acknowledged before Saturday's game that he now considers Jon Jay his primary center fielder while Rasmus sorts through a two-month slump. La Russa two weeks ago defended his coaching staff against any charge of being unable to help Rasmus by citing Rasmus' preference for "outside" hitting assistance. Jay's Saturday start against the Pittsburgh Pirates was his fifth in eight games. Rasmus entered Saturday's game as a defensive replacement after pitcher Jaime Garcia was allowed to hit for himself with a runner on base in the top of the eighth inning. Only LaRussa would stick Jon Jay out there and make it so public he's doing so while benching Rasmus. Colby does not work well with LaRussa's pin-up boy Mark McGwire, and has been funding his own instructor just to get out of his slump. Of course, this doesn't sit well with Tony, as YOU MUST WORK WITH MY BABY BIG MAC. The situation is s***. The White Sox would be getting an elite talent and future superstar for a sweetheart deal here. If the trade were offered to Kenny, it'd be done already.