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QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 6, 2011 -> 08:17 AM) The guy is hitting over .350 during his current streak. When you're this locked in, you're naturally going to swing more and draw less walks. Prior to this steak, he drew four walks in 13 games or so. His walk numbers will never be great, but I think they'll gradually improve over time and become more than acceptable for a high average/power hitter. Here's my question, is he really going to become a patient hitter after one year in AAA? What will he learn in AAA that he can't learn up here? I honestly think he'd learn to be more patient much quicker up here, because quality pitchers will attempt to exploit his lack of it, forcing him to make adjustments. Regardless, I'll take his low OBP and high SLG over Juan Pierre's empty AVG right now. Something has to change and Viciedo is the closest thing we have to an impact bat in the minors. If KW doesn't call him up soon, then I don't think he is trying anymore. And when he is in a slump, Dayan will swing more to get out of it. The guy isn't swinging at more pitches because he is hot. He swings at everything, all of the time. Think of him as Barney Stinson.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 6, 2011 -> 08:13 AM) Unfortunately, that's not a defense for keeping DV down in the minors. Because we've already seen your church softball team play the OF for us. Yeah, but they do hit better than we are to be fair.

It amazed me what I heard come out of teenagers mouths for the two months I taught at my local high school.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2011 -> 07:33 PM) No one said that, of course you're probably right that the fed would raise rates, since high unemployment is their new goal Ever attended a bond or note sale?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 6, 2011 -> 07:02 AM) We're having trouble scoring runs, obviously. That means Viciedo in LF, Teahen at 3B and possibly more starts for Castro at catcher. In the short term, those are the only solutions. Ramirez would probably have to be the leadoff hitter. Not ideal, but there's no better option. Otherwise, they can simply leave Viciedo down at Charlotte and try De Aza, but that's not drastic enough IMO. And be prepared to see more errors than my coed church league softball team makes.

QUOTE (ntorvik @ May 5, 2011 -> 05:19 PM) Plus his numbers could have easily been inflated due to the fact that he was playing in the ballpark in Cincinnati. The dude is country strong (think he got phrase to describe him more than anyone I've ever seen or heard), but he's always been a big strikeout guy. He hits homers or strikes out, that's his thing. A guy like him doesn't just change who he is throughout the course of his career. Because he doesn't play in a homer friendly park now?

Does anyone really think Kenny Williams would tell the media if he was about to fire someone?

First you have to have a full 40 man roster to put someone on to the 60 day DL. I also think when you come to the Rule 5 draft you have to have everyone on the regular roster, that way you can't cheat and hide a couple of guys on the 60 day in order to keep a couple more prospects protected, though i can't find anything that clarifies that either way.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2011 -> 07:41 PM) Really? He's not on the 60 day dl? There's no need. We have multiple spots open on the 40 man roster.

So if you have Paul Konerko on your fantasy team, now is the time to trade him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2011 -> 04:42 PM) Dude, first of all China owns less than 10% of U.S. debt, most of it is held by the Federal Reserve and private U.S. investors. Secondly, if China stopped buying U.S. debt, it'd be a good thing for the U.S. economy and a very bad thing for the Chinese manufacturing market. Higher interest rates would be good for the economy?

QUOTE (Art Vandelay @ May 5, 2011 -> 03:25 PM) Capella And here I always thought you were an importer/exporter.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 5, 2011 -> 02:37 PM) I'm quite disappointed in myself for not checking out this thread earlier. Well done. I'm still disappointed someone added the comma to the title of the thread.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ May 5, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) Someone on CNBC said that yesterday, if Oil broke 106 today, that it would plummet because it would break through a triple bottom or something. Gas is also down 5% today. When anything goes on a run like this, there are a lot of people heavy into positions, so when they start going down, there is a certain multiple effect that comes from people locking gains, and then from margin calls from latecomers.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 5, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) Do you think they can recover enough to make the playoffs? Because if they can't, then there's not much of a reason to let it play out. Can? 100%. Would they? I'm about 1/3 yes vs 2/3 no on that. I really am not convinced that we aren't looking at the 2010 San Diego Padres, or the 2003 Kansas City Royals on top of our division. Do we have enough to catch them when the do fall, probably not, but I think we have a shot if we were to turn it around now.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ May 5, 2011 -> 01:31 PM) Silver down 25% in last five days or so. I knew they had been punishing the metals, but I didn't realize that this had turned into a broadbased commodities rout. Go speculators!

There is actually a pretty sizable debate (which I don't agree with, well more like, don't care about) that it could have been illegal.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ May 5, 2011 -> 01:28 PM) Those damn speculators. How dare they take oil down almost $12 in a day and a half. Trading 99.84 Holy crap, they broke par? Damn, I think I actually called a top the other day. Stupid me for not putting some money on some summertime puts.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 5, 2011 -> 01:14 PM) And they shouldn't. The coaching staff and the players knew what was expected and necessary of them from day one. I haven't seen any sense of urgency at all. The only way I can see the team not getting melted down is if upper management is fired somewhere (ie Ozzie or Kenny) to try to coax out the turnaround. The longer that doesn't happen, the odds are better and better for a true sell off.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 5, 2011 -> 01:08 PM) This really sucks. Even SS2K5 is on the brink. I guess we won't be fighting anymore for a while. I don't know why you guys are surprised. I have been saying that since the off-season. They will not hold off on melting this team down like they have in years past people of payroll considerations. These guys got rich for a reason, and it wasn't because they allowed their losses to fester. I do still believe the team would recover if left alone, but I don't think the ownership group is going to give them the time to play it out.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 5, 2011 -> 12:43 PM) It's close enough to realize that we're all f***ed. Ruling with consent of the governed is great, but what if the governed all have serious mental impairments? They elect people with serious mental impairments obviously...

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 5, 2011 -> 12:48 PM) Have you officially given up? I know you're probably the biggest optimist on the board and it'd really say something if you truly expect them to be selling off parts by Memorial Day. Its not optimism, it is realism. We have a record payroll and we can't afford it to have it with a bad team. Kenny can't afford to wait until the last minute to sell. Unless something crazy happens in the next few weeks, the days with this team are numbered. It isn't that I don't think they could, or would, turn it around, it is that they aren't going to absorb the financial hit from this. They aren't going to chance taking a bath on these guys, period.

No, because they are freaking broke. They had to get a loan from MLB to keep running IIRC.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 5, 2011 -> 12:23 PM) Thibs would throw Jamal Crawford or Ben Gordon off the team after the 1st practice. We definitely could use another creator but no thanks on those two. Anyways, looking big picture, still really unimpressed with the Bulls performance last night. The defensive presence was top notch last night. They got after Atlanta early, and made sure they didn't have the legs to get into the game very seriously in the second half. If Rose is even at 80%, this would have been a blowout.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 5, 2011 -> 12:24 PM) C'mon, the conspiracy theorists for 9/11 were not that high, were they? EDIT: Awkward wording, yes. In the most simple forms, yes. It drops down as you add more sinisterness to the plot. But the historical polls show that pretty close to the same percentages feel Bush at least knew about it in advance and did nothing to stop it.