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Cowley touting Jordan Danks on the Score right now. Says he's looked really good so far this spring. Heheheh.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 6, 2011 -> 03:49 AM) Try as I might, I can't flame Teahen or anybody for spring training games. They don't matter. I think most are in agreement Teahen should play Lillibridge type innings and be paid about 2.5 mill less. If he played better defense I would have zero problem with him and his contract. He doesn't, though. Le sigh.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 6, 2011 -> 01:59 AM) The Sox are probably some 40-50 games below .500 in the preseason during the Ozzie era. He should be used to it. Unacceptable!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 07:29 PM) Teahen will play the year out on the MLB roster with the Sox constantly looking to dump him off during the season. If no one bites, we'll probably see a Linebrink type situation again where the Sox eat a solid chunk of his upcoming salary and take back virtually nothing in return. This. He does break with the Sox, barring a catastrophe of epic proportions in the spring. Today does not qualify.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 01:29 PM) Floyd starting Milledge LF, Beckham 2B, Rios CF, Konerko 1B, Quentin DH, Teahen 3B, Viciedo RF, Castro C, Vizquel SS Paulie turns 35 today. Dislike! Age the other way, Paulie!

I bet it was Tad Iguchi. Reifert is so racist.

If Peavy's already being asked to pitch nearly as hard as he can (89-92 says that to me) and he's only down on strength, I don't see the point of having him throw those max-effort pitches in Charlotte rather than Chicago. The only reason to put him in AAA at this point is if he's ineffective with his pitching or his mechanics need major readjustment, IMO. The risk of re-injury is exactly the same in Charlotte as it is in Chicago if you're not making him dial it back.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 07:01 PM) I think many people claim that was one of the issues that lead to his injury, but they've shown no evidence of it. IIRC, people kept saying he was putting all of the deceleration pressure on his lat with that recoil he does at the end of pitches, however, from everything I know about that particular muscle, it's an acceleration muscle and cannot be used to decelerate...which would invalidate claims that he was using it to decelerate. Feel free to correct me if I'm way wrong on this, I'm not an expert in the field. I do believe it is involved with both parts of the motion because of the position you end up in, going across your body. I've also heard that it's mostly an accelerator, though. My guess is he was putting undue stress on the muscle on both ends of the motion, but that is TOTALLY outside my realm of expertise.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 12:36 AM) New Comiskey Park only cost $40 million more to build than the 2011 White Sox payroll. Are you proposing we build a new park? That might be fun.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 1, 2011 -> 06:36 PM) I haven't paid attention too closely, but have there been any flyballs towards Viciedo? There was one early on, but the window wasn't open at the time. They made it sound like a pretty good play.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 1, 2011 -> 05:21 PM) Come on the guy is old and doing internet broadcasts give him a break. He is a good guy to have a drink with as well. Yeah but he could try though.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Mar 1, 2011 -> 05:05 PM) Hahahaha Melton goes 0 for 3 on the outfield. I don't see how it's possible to think Viciedo should be pronounced "Vee-see-AW-do". Seriously, does he just not know his vowels?

Hurray! My 4 hour lab took 40 minutes! I get to watch the Sox!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 1, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) If you say so. Humber is horrible and will be an automatic loss whenever he takes the mound. I could be in the running for the 5th spot and Coop or Merkin or Ranger will talk about my upside. I ignore anything and everything fluff related in Feb/March. But that's what happens when you have zero organizational depth. Even a blind Lucas Harrell found a nut last year! I'm no Humber, Harrell, or even Leesman fan but whatever...it's just a game or two.

Missed the game (stupid job...) Was Floyd tossing any curveballs or just fastball/changeup?

It's a fight between three factors: Dunn's sheer hitting ability and the need to maximize his number of AB's, the OBP of the people in front of him, and the protection from the people behind him. If you hit him 4th, you either have PK 3rd or 5th. PK 3rd gives you the best OBP in front of him but then Rios is behind him and who's gonna pitch to Dunn? If you put PK 5th, then you have the lesser OBP in front of him but greater speed and PK protecting him. If you bat him 3rd, you maximize his AB's and have PK protecting him. None of these situations are perfect, but none is that bad either. I'm fine with 3rd.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 28, 2011 -> 11:47 AM) "He showed up once a week to pitch," Guillen said. "We were loyal to him, played him. I was a very bad manager because I kept him as my closer when he couldn't (close). He's got to look himself in the mirror. Too bad. I still love his kids and wife. " I think in this entire exchange this quote is the worst part. I always just asusmed Ozzie was crazy loyal but still felt that Jenks turning things around was crucial for our bullpen, not that he just threw a closer out there he knew had a 50% chance of blowing games. Ozzie. Damn you for both making me love you and want to punch you. I'm pretty sure he was at least partially sarcastic there. You can hear it in the audio. I'm sure part of him thought Jenks would get it turned around, too, but to say that wouldn't be much of a dig at Jenks.

We're just 1/2 game back in a virtual tie with the Angels for the Cactus League title! This is our year, I can feel it!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 28, 2011 -> 04:03 AM) 6.02214179 x 10^23 of something = Brent Morel. That's how awesome he is. If you don't understand this, think chemistry. Even Avagadro himself Jk, I'm a chem minor so I'm down with the nerd humor

I don't think Jake really threw them under the bus at all. He was trying to explain why his motion was altered and why they couldn't shore up the bad habits, but he didn't put it on the Sox, really. He mentioned that they weren't familiar enough with him to know that his changed mechanics (i.e. dropping down more) were abnormal for him, but ptatc is correct, Cooper did mention last season that he was trying to get him over the top more because he saw an old video of Jake from the Padres and remarked that they looked like completely different pitchers. I really don't think Peavy insinuated that their inability to fix the entrenched poor habits was in any way the Sox staff's faults. Nor did he express that they rushed him back at the end of '09; rather, he said he rushed himself back because of his competitive drive. The Padres had shut him down for the year because of his ankle but because the Sox traded for him, he said he pressed too much and developed bad habits that led to his '10 downfall. Throwing people under the bus doesn't sound like Peavy's style. He seems like the type of person who will blame himself in all cases, to a definite fault.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) Here is a pretty great picture of Pierre trying to escape Beckham.... lmao pierre looks like he's screaming like a little girl

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) LIKE!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 05:46 PM) Me either, the link was specific to a session. I think they were referring to this one: http://twitpic.com/43c6qc

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 02:17 PM) On the Score this morning, they were saying there's some concern he'll be pitching in the 86-88 mph range. I don't think anyone knows what to expect though, but I'm sure there will be overreactions (yours truly included) come early March after his first start. No, that was just because some dude who used to pitch in the Brewers system called up and said that because Tommie Harris wasn't good after his leg separation, Peavy was definitely not going to have velocity on his fastball. The dude had no idea what he was talking about but for some reason the Score guys bought it. It's less than nothing.