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QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 08:34 PM) To each their own. However, next time I share something of interest I'll make sure to state a disclaimer to protect you from the burden of looking at something which doesn't appeal to you. I, personally, enjoyed it. interviews don't have to be revealing to be interesting

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 11:19 AM) OPPOSING AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Paul Konerko 11 3 1 0 2 6 2 2 .273 .385 .909 1.294 Alex Rios 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 Alexei Ramirez 7 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 .571 .625 .714 1.339 Andruw Jones 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .167 .375 .167 .542 A.J. Pierzynski 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 Mark Kotsay 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 Carlos Quentin 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .714 .500 1.214 Omar Vizquel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Juan Pierre 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Brent Lillibridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 Gordon Beckham1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .750 .000 .750 Totals 54 15 4 0 2 12 11 9 .278 .409 .463 .872 Yum.........

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 06:34 PM) That's entirely a function of his changeup. Not his cutter?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) Reds Seek Right-Handed Reliever LINEBRINK PLEASE!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) As has been mentioned, he seems to have very good pitch recognition. He's also quite aggressive at the plate, as he's swinging at 60% of pitches thrown. FanGraphs says he's swung at 42.9% of pitches outside the zone (opposed to 28.6% for the average), but he's also swinging at 79.6% of pitches within the strike zone (opposed to 64.2% for the MLB average). With his bat speed, I think he can be a .300+ hitter in the majors with the power to come eventually. However, what is yet to be determined is what he will do with pitches thrown outside the strike zone. If he continues to beat pitchers when they challenge, him, they will start pitching around him a bit. If he can, in fact, lay off pitches outside the zone as time goes on, he will be a very dangerous hitter, even if he still remains his free swinging self. And that'll show up as walks occasionally, too, so his OBP won't forever equal his AVG. Or, he could just get hit a bunch like Q.

The trade market seems to be scarce and pricey this year. We need some teams to fall out of their respective races, please!

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 09:00 AM) I think you mean "Castaway", no? Outcast was the sequel, subtitled "Wilson's Revenge" /green

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 05:09 AM) Can someone explain this to a laymen like myself - in terms of possible future implications. It means that the tendon (connector) was torn straight from the bone without actually damaging the muscle fibers. Basically, if his lat were attached to something right now, he could use it in a completely normal manner, stretching it and contracting it without problems. That's good because things like muscle tears are very hard to come back from and require a bunch of rehab to come back at full strength, whereas things like tendon re-attachments occur without too many lasting repercussions...most of the time.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 14, 2010 -> 11:44 PM) The White Sox have a top 3 pitching staff in the league, and a mediocre offense. Due to the law of diminishing returns, the pitcher will have less of an impact than will the hitter, because the marginal impact of adding a hitter will be much, much greater than that of adding a starting pitcher (if you add 1 to a cupboard full of apples, you won't notice, but if you add 1 orange to an empty cupboard, there is a significant difference). The team's pitching is already good - there's no reason to mess with it. The hitting needs a boost, and I have a feeling Mark Teahen won't satisfy that. While this is a sound principle in economics, I don't think it necessarily applies here. The question here is what constitutes success? In your cupboard example, "not noticing" the change in the number of apples constitutes little incremental success compared to the orange (i.e. 1% increase compared to infinite increase). That's fine, except it could be that success is measured in the total amount of fruit you have, in which case one apple adds exactly as much success as one orange does. Transitioning out of the crazy (but apt) illustration, if "fruit" is an above-average baseball player, pitchers being apples and batters being oranges, I would argue that the addition of one is as useful as the addition of another. Basically, the way we should measure success as a team is to add up the total talent. So really, what we're looking at is the quality of pitcher we would get versus the quality of hitter. If one is as much of an improvement as another, then it doesn't matter which position we upgrade at. To me, this really all hinges on Hudson. If Hudson proves himself good enough that an upgrade at SP would be marginal, then by all means, blow the bank on a batter. If he sucks pretty hard, then I would argue that the emergence of our current hitters in the second half could make an SP more valuable. We will need time to evaluate Hudson, so final conclusion: nothing's happening till the trade deadline, or at least VERY near it. That's my guess. I'd love to see it sooner, though.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 14, 2010 -> 11:56 PM) I don't know that that's the case and I kind of hope it's not. His inability to draw a walk, and therefore to get on base, is pretty extreme. 8 walks in 265 plate appearances this year between Charlotte and Chicago (all walks coming in the minors, 1 intentional). He pretty much needs to hit around .300 to even be worthwhile, that's not easy. His upside seems likely to be like Crede 2006, but without the superb defense. His defense definitely has not been as bad as we might have feared at third base considering Kenny decided to switch him to 1st base as a 20 year old (you generally don't do that if you feel like you can get utility from a player at a more demanding position). But you can't expect it to ever be a strong suit, and you've got to be concerned mobility wise about a 21 year old who's just 5'11'' and weighs 240. If he can actually hit .300 in the majors with his power, that's definitely useful, but his OBP seemingly won't ever be better than league average. You can get that kind of production from a lot of corner infielders and it's not too difficult to find better for cheap on the free agent market (Huff, Laroche, Luke Scott). So I hope he's not untouchable. I don't know how you can say that, considering he's 21 years old. By the time he's 2006 Crede's age (28), he will have had 7 years in the majors. I agree that he projects as '06 Crede for the semi-near future (2012) but if he develops until the age of 28, I think his ceiling is much higher. Also, if you've got pitch recognition, you can learn to walk. He seems to have pitch recognition based on his relatively low K-rate, but he hasn't tried to work counts yet. Give him a few years, I think he'll surprise you greatly.

We were JUST begging KW to DFA Jones a week ago and now we're lobbying for more playing time because of his defense? Jeeze, the mood swings are hard to handle sometimes

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 02:17 AM) Oswalt could refuse to come to the Sox, but why exactly would he? Here's an Olney article from early this year. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5210872 Seems like it crosses off a lot of teams. The Sox, it would seem, could afford Oswalt for the rest of this season. Since we are presumably cashing an insurance policy on Jake Peavy, we could just take the Peavy money and apply it to Oswalt. That leaves his big contract in 2011. Somehow I think KW will figure it out if it can get us another World Series. Would Oswalt get us to the postseason? He would certainly give us another dominant pitcher and a basically airtight rotation. That strikes me as the key to more winning streaks in the second half. Minnesota could not keep up with that staff. And with the Tigers' tougher record, I can't see how they could either. It could be 1983 again with the Sox staying hot and pulling away. (We won't win by 20 games again, but we could make it so it doesn't come down to the wire.) Oswalt also would give us some mojo for the postseason because the Sox would have the best staff going in, and if you want to win it all, you need to be best at something. You can't be lucky if you want to win the WS. Sox pitching would be dominant. Line em up however you want. Based on whomever is hottest. And the great bullpen would protect a guy like Oswalt, who is basically a 7 inning pitcher. Oswalt has been touched up for 4, 6, and 7 earned runs in 3 of 18 starts. Every other game has been 3 runs or less. Even if you add an AL adjustment, the guy's a solid power pitcher. Oswalt also protects against late-season slippage by any of our other starters. We know Floyd didn't have much left in the 2008 postseason. And he stunk earlier this year. So, as great as he's been, we can't project that performance into October. Buehrle has had second-half slippage recently. Freddy is a gamer, but can he hold up all year? I trust Danks the most, but he can't carry the team himself. Adding Oswalt insures against any slip ups and gives us a fantastic chance of having multiple great starters for the postseason. I'm beginning to think Roy Oswalt would be a very good fit for the Sox. Of course, if he doesn't want to join the hottest team in baseball, then screw him. But he could be a difference maker here. Sox could use a power starter, like Peavy was, for the postseason. No one fits that bill with Peavy out. Oswalt would fit that bill. He's 4-0 in the postseason. We beat his team, but he didn't lose the game in 2005. What would it take to get Oswalt? I don't think as much as people might think, mostly because of his contract. I won't hold my breath on this one because it's up to Oswalt for it to even be possible. But I think it would actually make a lot of sense. Plus, it would keep perhaps the best available pitcher out there, now that Lee has moved, away from our competition. wasn't sold, but now i am. break out the sales pitch, glengary peavy!

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 12, 2010 -> 09:48 PM) Guys, let's be honest here. Our pitching is the reason for our 25-5 run. The offense has come alive a bit, but generally speaking the SP has been lights out. Our offense still leaves much to be desired. You know what you're going to get out of Omar in the 2 hole. A punch hitter that can bunt and hit about .240. If Becks is coming alive, which I believe he is, we need to get him back into this position. I realize he's sucked so far this year, he has been pathetic. But to me he has shown he is on his way out of this slump and is primed for a nice second half. Let's QUIT THE CONSERVATIVE mentality here we have. This is the SAME mentality we had last year about not bringing him up in the first place when we all know we would have wanted him to play all 162 games with the way he hit in 2009. Obviously, Ozzie doesn't have the balls to make this move, and not many on this forum would have the balls to either, because they don't want to take a risk. But let's be honest, do we want a 43 yr old in the 2 hole the rest of the way? Personally I don't - Omar has served us well but we cannot expect much more than a punching Judy with an average of .250 tops with very little extra base power in the 2 hole the rest of the way. And there is the chance he really struggles as the season progresses if we put him out there nearly everyday. We need more out of our Offense, and we cannot let GB hit .315 after the break in the 9 hole and never pull him out of it, like a lot of people would allow happen because they don't have the guts to make a change. I have a bad feeling we're going to let Gordo hit .300 + for 6 weeks or more in the 9 hole and no one is even going to notice and we won't have the nuts to make a change because "we don't want to risk it"... I say F&*K that, let's take the risk. Perhaps that's why I've been an entrepreneur my whole life but to me this just makes sense, going on nothing more than GUT FEEL. Who is with me?!?!??! There's my .02 cents P.S. Yes, I had a few drinks tonight, it's 3 AM in Europe right now :-) i like the spirit, but i'm pretty sure ozzie wants him hitting high in the order just as bad as you do. He's a beckham guy just like us, and when he sees gordo complete his u-turn, he'll go back to his rightful spot in the order. i really doubt he goes long in the 9-hole if he's having success. not with the expectations this organization has for him. i mean, they coupd have had cliff lee for gordo and they said no.

I can tell this debate's about to get heated.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 10, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) I don't know, not stopping would seem to be crucial as well. yeah but what's the point in not stopping if we don't get it?

It's a tough call, but I have to go with my heart, and my heart tells me that the 2nd "Get it." is the only real choice.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jul 10, 2010 -> 12:49 PM) 1-0 wins are so great because they demoralize an opponent. That 2005 team would grind those kind of wins out all the time. Remember, we won 16 of our last 17 games. I like how this club has started to show the same kind of grinding ability to win during this streak. oh no! he said the G-word! GET HIM!

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 10, 2010 -> 01:25 PM) I did that on June 6 and they've hardly lost since. did you use your official birthday wish on it? i'm thinking about it. f*** world peace, i want another world series parade!

I want exactly one thing for my birthday, and that's for the Sox to be in first place. Make it happen.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 11:06 AM) 5 less errors than last night would be nice. Make it 6

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 03:06 AM) I think he has talent. The guys in the chat room during the game don't like Tank though. If he truly is only 21 ... wow. Can you be taught a tiny bit of plate discipline? I don't think he'll draw more than 10 walks in 500 at bats. I can't imagine him EVER walking. he'll have to learn to do it at least occasionally if he's every going to truly dominate. Once people figure out that they don't have to throw him anything over the plate, he will go down in flames otherwise.

better record than the effing twins! AAAAHAHAHAHA I LOVE IT!!!

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 7, 2010 -> 11:02 AM) If the trade deadline comes by and the Sox can get an impact bat for Hudson and Peavy is still one or two starts from being back...does Torres take the spot or do the Sox go ballsy and use Sale? Well, they pretty much guaranteed he'd be up around then anyway so my guess is they would give him a shot.

Winnable! More winnable than yesterday by leaps and bounds! Let's have another ridiculous win streak. All in favor, say aye! AYE!!!

With that win, we now have identical road and home records at 22-19. Acceptable. Very acceptable.