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Ozzie was on WGN this morning saying that the Sox just need to "play through" their hitting woes. Encouraging. And nothing should get them back on track faster than a four game series with a team that pwns them in the Comedy Central. A team whose pitcher has gone on record saying that they enjoy pitching to the Sox because they "hack away" at everything.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 04:30 AM) AJ is an asshole and his teammates hate him. ^^ SoxTalk about 2 weeks ago. Quit making sweeping generalizations--I've never said that.

When it gets to the point where opposing pitchers are talking about how the Sox just hack away at everything, as I read recently, I think it's safe to say the entire approach is an epic fail.

I REALLY like the Frank Thomas idea.

At what point was the Twins series last year where it was clear that was the season? Mid-September, where we were swept? Or the month before? I was at the first game and when it was clear we were going to lose, people were leaving in the 8th already because we obviously weren't going to salvage the season. Because if they smoke us again here and there are no changes made during the ASB, I think it's safe to call the season.

If our only measurement of success is that we suck but so does everybody else in the Comedy Central--I'm not taking that action. When it comes to out-sucking each other, I'll always go with us, 2008 notwithstanding.

Not to be premature but when you're getting trounced by KC and, I'm guessing, the Twins will give us the usual ass-kicking, there's your season.

If they have no effect than why do teams have hitting coaches?

That's an interesting idea.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 11:50 AM) I don't know if there's a more underrated Williams acquisition than Pierzynski, for how crucial it has been in so many respects. If it was up to me, he'd have a statue when it was all said and done, along with Buehrle and Konerko, but I realize I'm a bigger fan than most. Nope. I second that.

Well, the "Twins way" has been talked about forever. Even Thome mentioned it upon going there. Great interview! Thanks for putting that up!

I voted about 30 times. Is that par for the course?

I don't know. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just that I've never seen it. I have seen guys gunned down at first or third by a catcher when they've fallen asleep. Especially if the catcher is a Pudge Rodriguez type.

Picked off third by a pitcher? Hmm, never seen that. By a catcher, yes, but that's pretty rare.

Oh I agree with you. It's so subtle that you have to ask: really? The only time I ever really pay attention to balks is when that one jag-bag umpire always calls Buehrle for them when he attempts a pickoff at 1B.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:26 AM) It is a great angle. That little lean forward is what does it. Yup. I finally see it now. Because honestly even with the replays on TV I was like WTF? I don't see anything?

OK let me amend this watching it again, Dunn was making noise about it too. Love that angle though.

Oh, phew. I thought you meant me. But the whole sequence had AJ written all over it. AJ singles. AJ gets bunted to second and starts messing with the pitcher. AJ was obviously playing heads-up when he took third on the wild pitch. And then (from WhiteSox.com): It was Pierzynski who immediately brought attention to Crow, with vocal assistance from Dunn, after the reliever started out of the stretch, stopped and then tried to hide the miscue by stepping off the mound. Home-plate umpire Ed Rapuano made the official call, starting the White Sox postgame fireworks. Point being: when something wild goes down, AJ always seems to be in the middle of it.

I just thought it was an interesting angle. Oh well.

I remember prior to the balk A.J. messing with this guy while at second base, making like he was going to steal. But this I did not see this on TV from the angle being televised. Watch A.J. on third base as this happens. Would it have been called without him? Maybe. But this guy has a real knack for always being in the middle of controversial plays.

I have never seen a balk-off before!

This is why I love AJ. Smart.

Cmon AJ walkoff!

QUOTE (TomPickle @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 08:16 PM) The fact that it was hit extremely high into the air is what made it a towering home run, not the distance. I've always considered a towering home run one that had height and distance, where it lands halfway up into the seats or more. Like Thome home runs. I know what you're saying; last year I believe at Cubs/Sox at the Cell Soriano I think hit a realllly high pop-up where we literally watched the wind carry it out, otherwise it would have been a flyout. Remember that this is the same Hawk that starts yelling STRETCH, STRETCH! only to have the OF catch it in front of the warning track, LOL. Either way, good for Dunn. His struggles have given me no pleasure.

Only Hawk would call that a "towering home run" when if it was a few feet to the right the LF might have snagged it. Sheesh.