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I fully expect Danks to give up a bloop and a blast with the way his year has gone.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) Why would u say that? You like seeing that big lug strike out 40 percent of the time? Just hit the f***ing ball. Oh so that is what he is doing wrong. If only Greg Walker had told him that already.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 03:48 PM) Sox fans, meet your next manager. God I hope not. Robin is my all-time favorite player. I'd really hate to have to listen to how much of an idiot he is ad naseum.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 04:00 PM) I'm sure the millions of dollars he'll make while being frustrated at his injuries will comfort him. Unfortunately, I don't have that aspect to cheer me up. Dude, I really hope you don't need baseball to make you feel good.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 03:21 PM) Does the Fed actually publish their voting records? I always got the impression it was one of those cases where the real decision work was done behind the scenes. You seemed to be stated that they would have made all of the difference, I am just trying to figure out how exactly they would have done it.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 03:17 PM) I understand the point you and others make. SS2k5 and iamshack seem to have a problem with that reasoning. I personally don't care either way. He's hurt, constantly. That is where my problem is. Lol. Way to ready into my statement. I am happy he is hurt again? No. Am I going to freak out and demand people get all pissed off about, and question them if they don't? Why? What does that do exactly? That is a whole waste of time and energy IMO.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 03:18 PM) No, I'm just pointing out that AQ is now officially encouraging people to take advantage of the gun show loophole to commit terrorist attacks. That is actually new. This is a dream come true for some.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 03:14 PM) I disagree. Before I will agree, I want to see something that tells me that these two would have been a key vote somewhere that failed by one vote or two votes.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 03:14 PM) The fact that he will have small injuries this year should not be a surprise to anyone, its to be expected. That doesn't upset me. What does upset me is that he said he had the issue in his previous start, but chose to just push though it... had it even worse in this most recent game, and again, chose to push through it... then proceeded to pitch the game away. He really should have learned by now to speak up when he's hurting, because he just hurts the team worse when he tries to tough it out. Obviously we have a small sample size here, but I wonder how many times in his career he has just pitched through something like this and no one ever noticed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 03:06 PM) I bet you we would. There is one way I could see Z ending up on the Sox, and that is if they were willing to trade him straight up for Jake Peavy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:48 PM) Are you kidding? The White Sox would take on Zambrano for $10 million over 2 seasons and figure out what to do with it afterwards. With six starting pitchers and a $125 million payroll? Really?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:45 PM) I was sure there was going to be a post in this exact vein But seriously, what does it take? Does Peavy have to hurt his elbow doing the Nazi salute at a white supremacy rally? I'm not going to defend him, but I am not going to get all frothy mouthed about him trying to pitch over this. Listening to pitchers talk, they are always hurting somewhere. If Peavy came out everytime he felt something, he would never make to the mound to start. Should have realized something was wrong and said something? Sure. Do we really need to invoke Godwin's Law here? Good god no. Hell Peavy at 70% is better than Ohman and Bruney at 100%. I get wanting to pitch over it.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:35 PM) What the f***, man. This guy has been on the Sox for about two full seasons at this point. It seems like he's pitched about 10 games for us. Why does anyone defend him anymore? What will it take to piss people off? apparently it is anything and everything.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:33 PM) Clearly I was saying that the Cubs would take the $25 million hit and the other teams would take on $10 million. You can't reply that the Cubs can't afford the $25 million hit, because they take it anyway if they just hold onto him. The Cubs are stuck with him, I never said any different. The difference is finding someone who will take on $10 million in your scenario. That again leaves the Yankees.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:33 PM) No. You are implying that we are saying that these open seats would magically fix the economy. But, we have a fed board that clearly has the inflation hawks well represented. It's only fair those more aligned to fulfilling the employment mandates of the federal reserve also have a seat at the table. The fed matters, especially during these times, and there's no reason to have empty seats for probably obama's whole presidency. That's the point. Having people in those seats wouldn't have changed a policy or a vote. Nothing would be different.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) It's not that in itself, it's that there have been vacant seets on the fed board that could have been filled with candidates more worried about employment issues and less concerned about keeping inflation at sub 2% at all costs. So in otherwords, while being a great talking point, it wouldn't have made a difference. Selective Outrage indeed.

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) What people fail to talk about is the gross mismanagement of Peavy's ankle injury by the Sox in 2009, which Peavy himself said indirectly lead to his lat tearing off the bone due to altered mechanics in an interview with Ranger this offseason. The Padres had shut him down for the year, but KW had to prove that the trade was not for naught in 2009. IIRC, the Sox had a terrible August, leaving them about 6-8 GB. They were out of it at that point, but at the end of the month they sent him on a rehab assignment, where he got hit in the elbow by a pitch.They were not going to win the division, But they kept pitching him. (still injured BTW)Cooper thought that the altered mechanics that he was pitching with were his normal mechanics, and directed him to continue pitching that way in ST the next season. By the time it had been discovered that Peavy had altered his mechanics, it was too late. His lat was already almost off the bone(remember the whole fluid in the shoulder issue last season) and at that point he was a ticking time bomb. I truly believe that if the Sox would have not brought Peavy back in 2009, last season the Sox get the "Ace Peavy" with only 2 trips to the DL maximum. The Sox also never trade Hudson, and much b****ing and moaning at soxtalk.com ceases to ensue. I now know how Cubs fans felt from 2004-07 with Prior. I have no sympathy for Sox management with Peavy being hurt, because they brought it on themselves. I feel sorry for all of the fans because management traded for this ace pitcher, gave up nothing, and he is ruined by gross mismanagement. Or if Peavy really wasn't ready, he could have just said something.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) I'd imagine Dunn being at first is more for Dunn than for Paulie. It is interesting how much more we have seen Dunn at 1B with Frank mentioning that as a better way to handle Dunn's transition to DH>

No Rios again. Konerko also getting a DH-day with Dunn at 1B. I wonder if the wrist is still bothering him?

MDGonzales sox lineup Perre - LF Ramirez - SS Quentin - RF Konerko - DH Pierzynski - C Lillibridge - CF Dunn - 1B Beckham - 2B Morel - 3B Danks -LHP

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:45 PM) Do you have any information on Ozney? Has his stock really risen that much? He was absolutely considered a "meh" prospect last year by most sources. I recall it vividly. i think this post needs the obligatory "which would put him in our top 10 prospects" post.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) Nothing wrong with drafting Ozney, if at the right round. The joke wasn't drafting KW at all - it was drafting him in the 5th round instead of the 40th, and trying to act like he's a prime prospect. Supposedly Ozney is supposed to be a legit prospect.

FWIW, the show on History about Grant and Lee was way better than the Gettsyburg Mockudrama.

Kevin_Goldstein I have darts and can throw them. RT @whitesoxski: BP's @Kevin_Goldstein's mock draft is up. For #WhiteSox: Kes Carter, OF, Western KY

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:21 PM) If I were the Cubs, I'd be trying to get some team to absorb $10+ million of the $35-ish remaining on his contract, save myself at least a pile of the money he's guaranteed. I mean, i wouldn't turn down a prospect offer, but if your options right now are "Suspend him with pay for the rest of the season" and "trade him for virtually nothing but at least save $10 million or so"...wouldn't you do the latter? Who would take on the $25 million though? If that is the case, scratch the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks for sure. It probably takes out Detroit too, but it is possible Little Ceasar could decide to throw the cash on the table for him. That pretty much leaves the Yankees. The Cubs would kill to have someone take off that much of the deal. The problem is no one will pay that much to a complete nutcase, who isn't nearly as good as he used to be.