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Stop playing with my emotions White Sox hitters.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:38 PM) How does being signed out of Asia in Wang's case as a youngster any different from Latin America. He is a farm product of the Yankees. Because they were never in the minors? They didn't develop them. Thats like giving the Sox minor league system credit for producing Tadahito Iguchi and Shingo Takatsu.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:35 PM) The last 10 years, yes, before, it was Hensley Meulens and Kevin Maas, etc. Rivera Bernie Williams Matsui Irabu (bust) Contreras Cano Jeter Posada Pettitte Wang Melky Cabrera Soriano Ruben Rivera Brien Taylor Drew Henson You can put that list up against almost any team in baseball. Wang, Matsui, and Irabu were signed out of Asia, Contreras out of Cuba. What have Cabrera, Rivera, Taylor, and Henson done to warrant any praise?

Great job by the middle infield there.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:29 PM) Don't you wonder why some teams just continually produce solid big league players like the Braves, the Yankees, the Indians, the Twins...And then wonder why the Sox can't. Well it lies within the organization and sometimes you need a clean sweep to reconstruct. Hell, I would so much rather be the Devil Rays organization right now. There talent level is so much higher than us every where in the organization. I'll give you the Braves and Twins, but the Indians pretty much traded for all of their guys, and the Yankee's haven't produced much lately besides Cano.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:22 PM) I applaud Tadahito for actually looking like a major leaguer at the plate, something the rest of our hitters fail to do. And he takes strike 3 on the outside corner.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:20 PM) The list goes on: Jason Stumm, Danny Wright, Jon Rauch, Matt Ginter, Rocky Biddle, Brian West, Lorenzo Barcelo, Josh Fogg, Gary Majewski, Corwin Malone, Arnie Munoz, Kris Honel, Matt Guerrier. And that is only from 2000 when our system was rated by Baseball America as the best and all these guys were tabbed future major leaguers. Rauch and Honel were really the only one's who were "studs".

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:18 PM) i was thinking the same thing until the last two days abreu has actually impressed me quite a bit with his patience at the plate over the last two games and is the high OBP kind of guy the sox could use right now. i realize his power isnt near that of dye's but hes going to hit close to .300 and have an OBP near .400, id take that right now This is what I've been saying for the last week. He gets on base, he's faster, he'll give you a higher average, and another LH bat. Abreu has been playing better, while Dye has been getting worse...especially this series.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:16 PM) Honestly, you need to fire the pitching coaches as well. We have so many stud pitching prospects the last decade who have done NOTHING. Its an entire organization thing, they all need to be changed. We have produced by ourselves five solid big leaguers basically in a decade: Buehrle, Maggs, C-Lee, Aaron and Crede. That's it, in TEN years. That is inexcusable. Uuum, what?

And we catch a break.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:11 PM) Our catcher used to be a spray hitter, that was until he landed here. Fire Walker, and bring someone that can undo his approach. I showed the stats in a previous Walker thread, but all of our guys' power numbers go way up when they come to the Sox. In 7 years prior to coming to the Sox, 37 total HR's and a career BA of .293. In 2 1/3 seasons since joining the SOx, 42 total HR's and a BA of .267.

Inside-outs a pitch and drops for a hit. Another pitching change. Wake up KW.

Wow, the game isn't even over yet and we've already got a negative thread.

With every ball hit to RF, I dislike JD a little bit more.

LMAO @ Jalen Rose.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 08:58 PM) Why....this is a fantastic lineup the Yankees have, especially against someone who they can wait on and get good pitches to hit every at-bat. It hasn't been their offense, it's been the pitching that has let them down. 3-6-1 DP.

PK with a shot base hit. There we go...

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 08:56 PM) Hawk? Hahhaha-no.

So, when will Sox fans just give credit to the offense instead of s***ting on their pitcher and questioning every one of the manager's moves?

Nice try JD. Maybe next time you actually get in the path of the ball.

Yes, because Josh Fields is going to completely turn our offense around.

Jermaine Dye is f***ing terrible.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 07:58 PM) Annihilated is a bad word to use in that situation but I guess it's a good word in the East Side Let me just go ahead and throw a bat at your head/shoulder and we'll see what word you come up with. Buehrle = DP King

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 07:52 PM) That was a very nice turn by Uribe/Iguchi. Off topic, but did anyone else see the amazing Vandy/Michigan highlights from last night? I saw that. What an awkward catch that guy made in the 10th for Michigan.

DP to end the inning. Suck it Jeter. AJ got annihilated on the play too.