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So 21 of Dunn's 32 hits have been for extra bases. How long did it take him last year to get to even 10?

LOVE IT! DUNN!!!! YES!!! WHITE SOX WINNER!

DUNN!!!! Tied 2011's homer total before the middle of MAY!

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 11, 2012 -> 12:44 PM) Why risk injury by giving him more innings than needed? Unnecessary innings do not help. Ugh this notion has always bothered me. 2-3 innings in the field is not going to put someone at a much greater risk of injury.

QUOTE (kev211 @ May 9, 2012 -> 10:39 PM) Are you f***ing kidding me? That would be one of the richest contracts in MLB history for a guy who has strung together 7 good starts, after 3 pitiful years. Edit: Felix Hernandez wouldn't even get that kind of money if he hit free agency Don't feed the troll..

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 9, 2012 -> 06:25 PM) 3 more outs to make it official. and 2 more outs to give JFP his 3rd CG and 2nd SO! EDIT: if the game is called for rain

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ May 9, 2012 -> 06:24 PM) You should see this Adam Dunn guy too, hes the LH power hitter we've been missing the last few years. Well, Peavy has been my favorite pitcher for about 7 years now.

I've decided I have to get MLB.tv. I have to see Peavy pitch! It's torture that he starts doing well again after I move away

I really like this Adam Dunn guy. When did we get him?

Jhonny perfect through 1.0! EDIT: I realize now that he is listed as "Danks, Jh" in GameDay because of his brother, "Danks, Jr." (lol, works twice)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 8, 2012 -> 01:26 PM) Then again, he is gone, and attendance is down 20%. Sarcasm, I hope. There is nothing to back this implication.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 8, 2012 -> 10:50 AM) If you ever get time, I'd love to read your opinion of how the Sox can totally rebuild while being able to generate enough interest to not have to move or be contracted after five years, although your last paragraph did give your plan somewhat.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:47 AM) I've been mostly quiet until now, because I've favored a wait and see attitude. When they were 10-6, I didn't quite believe they were that good or lucky. Similarly, during this 3-11 stretch, I certainly don't believe they're this bad or unlucky. At this point, I don't think they can compete as-is, at least not particularly effectively, beyond a lucky win of the division and a very early exit in the playoffs. Maybe that was good enough for me in 2000, but I'm certainly not interested in that now. This is an 79-90 win team, just like the last umpteen teams have been, outside of 2007 and 2005. Williams believes that putting yourself in a position to win 80 games and then getting some breaks is good enough. I guess so, if you are getting some off the chart WARs. It struck me last night how fundamentally unsound Williams' "retool" strategy has been, at the core. It has relied on static parts producing at predicted results, paired with high-variance acquisitions to produce at or near the top of their game. It's a brutally flawed strategy, because it undermines some of the fundamentals of player development. In layman's terms, a lot of dudes in baseball just don't particularly pan out, which is why your Gordon Beckhams, your Brent Morels, your Dayan Viciedos are paired with a s***load of other prospects and brought along in tandem. This is why you bottom out at 95-100 wins for a couple of seasons. You trade talent away, hoard draft picks. and 3 years down the line you know who the the 2-3 diamonds are out of the 20 pieces of coal you throw in your pan. They are still cheap, so you can go out and spend money to get the FA you need to pair with your developed talent. You break the bank for two seasons and put together your attack run. You have a 2 year window, then you break it all down again. Why is this so hard for Kenny to realize? 2006-2012 was a series of moves designed to work IF everything fell into place. It's a bulls*** strategy, because it was based on the results of a lucky season. If Williams were a poker player, he'd play A2 suited because THAT was the hand that won him the $2000 tournament, not because it was a sound play to begin with, all things considered. Do I think it was a brilliant season? Yes. Do I commend Williams for his strategy? To a point, yes. We also got no less than 8 career years in 2005, and the playoffs of a lifetime - that still could have brutally swung the other way in the ALCS. Luckily, it didn't. Unluckily, Williams believed his own hype - that he could get career years out of "his guys" like getting water from a well. Ladies and Gents, I give you exhibit A - Scott Linebrink. We need to evaluate Brent Morel and Gordon Beckham and either cast them off as dead weight or give them the tools they need to succeed. We need to understand who Dayan Viciedo and Alejandro De Aza are, and give them the tools they need to succeed or continue to succeed at the major league level. We need to stop f***ing with Chris Sale. We need to fix John Danks. We need to trade everyone who resembles a closer and probably Jake Peavy. Most importantly, we need to stop looking at wins and losses this season, because it is the cancer that prevents us from any sustained long term success. It's one thing to act like the Yankees and go "all in" every year, it's another to half-ass your way to being "competitive" with a lackluster bottom half of the lineup. TL;DR Kenny Williams' strategy of catching lightning in a bottle (ala 2005) isn't working.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:42 AM) Kenny made a huge mistake in not getting a competent, veteran back-up 3rd baseman heading into the year. With Alexei's track record of slumping early and Morel struggling so much last year, having Escobar as the back-up option was a very bad decision. I said this the other day, but Blake DeWitt would be a much better fit on this roster than Escobar is. As I don't have much time to follow prospects, can you tell me a bit about DeWitt?

QUOTE (flavum @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:17 AM) It looks like they're giving Beckham one last shot at the 2-spot. Might as well. Agreed. It's not like he's going to disrupt any awesome mojo we have going. Give it a shot, if it works, great, if not, put him back at 8/9.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 8, 2012 -> 07:45 AM) It is like clockwork though. The one thing I will say, this team gives themselves chances in the 9th. It would be better if there were actual bench players hat could play. This. Just give me some competent hitters on the bench so I don't have to see Lillibridge/Morel/Beckham/Alexei make an out to end a rally late in a game!

Danks will give me 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, and we win 6-2. Let's do it!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 7, 2012 -> 06:14 PM) I don't believe so, no. Well then, statement withdrawn!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 7, 2012 -> 06:12 PM) What do you mean? This game will end after 7 1/3 innings, and the Sox lose 2-1. The boxscore and the final score will stand. I thought it reverts to the last fully completed half-inning?

Damn it, Beckham is going to lose his hit!

Pitcher/hitter disappeared on GameDay... game called?

QUOTE (Baron @ May 7, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) Yep its over in the 5th inning According to everyone, the rain is coming.

Haha, that was awesome. What a way to get swept in the DH.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2012 -> 04:29 PM) And/or it's indicative of having the worst bench in the history of modern AL play, minus Lilly's stolen bases, nothing at all to like except for a few Fukudome walks and a Tyler Flowers solo homer against DET (his only hit out of almost 20 AB's). When was the last time we had a competent bench?

The second game started already? Oh joy.