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Wouldn't have minded having JD and Konerko collide on that pop fly.

Hawk is now back on the inevitable daily discussion of Alvin Dark.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 7, 2008 -> 10:19 PM) Anderson can't crack the lineup as a defensive specialist right now. There is no way Ozzie has him leading off. We will have the same lineup until we are in 4th or 5th place. If he could, Ozzie would bat Thome 3rd, 4th, 5th and leadoff.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 7, 2008 -> 10:17 PM) According to Hawk, Experience buys you shorter slump times. I guess a year and a half is shorter than say what 7 years. Yeah, I heard some of that (believe it or not, I'm switching back and forth to the far more entertaining Top Chef). Wow; if he hadn't before, I believe that Hawk just jumped the shark. He now exists, completely and wholly, in a world of self-parody. He's redefined the whole concept. In fact, I will now simply call it "jumping the Hawk."

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 6, 2008 -> 11:30 AM) Lots of unrealized bonuses in there

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2008 -> 08:22 PM) Soto's impressing me a lot at the plate. He's showing good judgment of the zone, and he hits the ball with authority. It's amazing what HGH can do for a hitter!! Ding!

QUOTE (gosox41 @ May 5, 2008 -> 10:09 PM) Maybe they should be sent out, but that's debatable (especially for Anderson). No, the guys that have killed us are Thome and Konerko. They've hurt us the most, with Swisher and Cabrera running right behind. I'm defintely not advocating gettng rid of Swisher or Cabrera, but I doubt PK and Thome are going to start hitting becasue a career .210 hitter and 5th OFer were sent packing. Bob Yep. Pick one of the 3-4-5, and let him play; the other two should sit, and not for a day either.

QUOTE (scenario @ May 5, 2008 -> 10:01 PM) BTW - As of today, Fields is batting .240 with a .318 OBP and is leading the International League in strikeouts. And if he maintains those numbers at the big league level, he'll be outhitting our 3-4-5.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2008 -> 09:52 PM) So, here's what I expect. Owens comes up, that's the last we see of Anderson except sitting on the bench, and people are suddenly surprised at the fact that Owens is taking at bats from Quentin and Swisher. I'd make sure that Ozuna, Ramirez and Russell were gone. I'd bring up Owens and Fields and play them. I'd sit 2 of Thome, Konerko and Dye, probably the first two. We'll try you again later, boys. No more sacred cows. It's been a problem for too long.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 5, 2008 -> 07:34 PM) He is so worthless yet he will be run out there nightly. In the 3 spot, of course. He's a great guy, though.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2008 -> 06:59 PM) I'm sacrificing myself for the team. I moved from a 50 inch hi def to a 27 inch no hi def. Maybe that will shake things up. Fathom, you're in a TV "funk."

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 5, 2008 -> 06:55 PM) oh well, Javy's still pitched a great game. Reinsdorf may be a lot of things but he isn't stupid. He knows fans are not going to stand for two seasons of pathetic slugging. Some kind of move is going to come down, even if it means moving Walker to coach the Bulls. Fixed it. Stone. Two birds. That whole deal.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 5, 2008 -> 06:52 PM) Can't wait until the team BA is below .200. Even then, we'll hear how it's just a "funk" and to look on the back of these guys' baseball cards because that's the measure of whether someone's good or not. Ridiculous stubbornness.

Solid at-bat for Konerko. It ended, strangely, with Paul swinging at the baseball and missing.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 29, 2008 -> 08:22 PM) swisher has only 2 doubles this year...basically on pace for 12...he hit 36 last year....wtf This is the byproduct of his leading off. He's so focused on taking pitches/walks that he's not swinging the bat.

QUOTE (frankie5angels @ Apr 29, 2008 -> 08:22 PM) I like the OBP, but OBP doesn't mean s*** if you don't have guys who can get hits to drive you in. We have zero team speed None. I would love to put Owens in center with Swisher in right and have JD as DH. Thome looks lost at the plate. Yeah, I was being sarcastic.

QUOTE (frankie5angels @ Apr 29, 2008 -> 08:06 PM) It's corpseball. Solo home runs but can't manufacture a run to save our lives. This offense is so flawed it's pathetic. Haven't you heard, though? It's all about high OBP. Balance. We need balance.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 06:49 PM) You mean how when he hooks a one strike fastball 400 feet foul, he's out in front of the 2 strike offspeed pitch that even my grandma knows is coming? Yep. Sometimes he waves at it with one hand. But sometimes he waves at it and the bat goes flying. THAT's the way that winning players adjust. By the way, is your grandma left-handed? If so, she can strike out Thome on 3 pitches.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) I'm sure there's a lot that will disagree with me, and I'm probably wrong....but I don't think Thome is a winning baseball player. Sure he is, fathom. Think of all the adjustments Jim makes to game situations, how he's being pitched, etc.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 06:24 PM) Thome hits like its a pick up game and you arent allowed to hit to the opposite field. Yeah, I was hoping the Orioles would trade for Sabathia and put him in there against Big Jim. Cuz, you know, Thome hit two home runs off of him about a month ago, demonstrating to all of us that, actually, he's GREAT against lefties.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 06:23 PM) I cant stand Thome But Thome's a great guy. And he walks a lot. So there.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 06:07 PM) They were throwing everything in on Anderson there. The hardest ball to bunt is something hard and in. That's where the league pitches him. He's really never made the adjustment, even when he's swinging and not whiff-bunting.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 04:43 PM) Kong, with a couple hits today, is almost hitting his weight. Mora makes a nice play, gets it over to Millar. By 7 o'clock, Konerko will get to first base.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 04:42 PM) Thome continues to be Mr. Clutch. What surprised me here was that he fanned on a fastball up and in.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 04:40 PM) The problem with having Swisher bunt there was you were putting Cabrera in a situation where he'd have to knock in some runs. He hasn't hit the ball hard enough for a sac fly in a week. Now this has some truth to it.