Al Lopez's Ghost

From 1916 to the present who has the most career RBIs in the 9th position in the batting order? Yeah, the Ozzeroo, with 405. And Ventura is 3rd in that time frame batting 5th with 615, according to HighHeatStats, who tweeted this stuff this morning.

In a related development, Lillian moves to Boston.

I kind of cheated, but was it Pablo Torrealba, who I actually do remember.

Maybe Dan Hayes is Tom Loxas! Ever see them together?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) Thank you for stating the obvious. Hahn said he wasn't going to be ready for OD but Dan Hayes just tweeted the contrary. Hayes said, "elbow is sound." So who ya gonna believe?

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 11:14 AM) After watching Phegley last year, I think the odds of him ever becoming a solid major league player aren't good. Completely agree. No one talks about his defensive struggles last year - he seemed to have trouble finding the ball if it hit the dirt, and at times just catching pitches. For me he has to hit a ton if his defense doesn't come up to MLB standards

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 01:17 AM) #39? I can't think of a single player that has worn that number. Roberto Hernandez says hi

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 09:12 PM) It's only 1.5 hours from Chicago to LA? He was comparing chicago to japan with LA to japan

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 10:47 AM) Yeah I'm at work but I'll get to it. You want me to translate his entire twitter haha?!?!? Priorities!!!!!!

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 11:54 AM) Anyone know what number he'll wear for us? I'd like to be the first to get a Tanaka White Sox jersey I read somewhere he wants 18

Hey! English!

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:39 PM) Probably just a clerical error, but check it out: http://mshop.mlb.com/family/index.jsp?cate...mp;doVSearch=no This is discussed in the thread about Hahn's next move, FYI.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:44 PM) There are probably a lot of click-throughs in there. People on the Sox site clicking into Castros bio page, watching Castro media, etc. Only a small percentage of MLB.com users are actually going to purchase that massively overpriced garbage they sell on their website, so every bit of concentrated interest in a player is probably seen as pretty important. I mean doesn't that sound just a *little* more plausible than something involving, say, Reptilians and secret underground bases? No.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:24 PM) Dude really? Discussion board users at ChiSox.com have probably been discussing Castro and making Castro-related searches. If Castro-related interest is coming off the WhiteSox official site then why wouldn't MLB's shop services try to sell them something? Have you seen it happen before? We're always talking about players from other teams.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 08:25 AM) What exactly are you buying in today's MLB for just over $4 million? Gordon Beckham or Alexandro De Aza

Okay, this is weird and probably means nothing, but my email in-box this morning from White Sox.com had a bunch of new items to buy. The usual stuff, coats, a Luis Aparicio collage, a Jason Castro collage - A JASON CASTRO collage? How weird is that?

We had no problems of this nature with Shingo

When the Sox got Seaver after the 83 season, I had them going to the Series.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 10:48 AM) I remember seeing that quote too, which is why I really think that they'll get rid of Flowers if they can't acquire Nieto outright. Maybe Nieto is ready for the majors. I doubt it, but a couple things that were crazier happened. I don't follow your thought. They'll get rid of Flowers if they can't acquire Nieto outright. What am I missing here?

Same here. Except for the erection part.

Oh, thanks.

What info?

Oh, I was hoping he'd learned to layoff a high fastball.

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