max power

Martinez seems incredibly easy to steal off of. Why not wait a few pitches?

Not sure I like the bunt. I would have had him steal, then bunted. Oh well.

Big break there on the passed ball. Lets score some runs.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 08:22 PM) Has Hawk given you a Wow moment? He's given me, "Uh, wow, I guess," moments, that's for sure... "Wow, this guy talks about brooks robinson a lot"

Ummm, when did belle win MVP?

I thought for sure that was going to bounce off pod's head and go over the fence.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 07:46 PM) How far were those flyouts by Konerko and AJ? AJ, not very deep at all. Paulie, almost to the track.

I would settle for an a baller.

Where's a good place to find the lineups, in advance and in a cut and pastable form?

Too bad we will miss half of the game because "the u's" commercials run too long.

Why resign buerhle if you are going to to full rebuild mode? He is going into "patch it up" mode. It probably won't work but it might.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 11:35 AM) Jose is likely 36-38 years old and has pretty much been the worst pitcher in baseball over the past 380 days or so. There's no way some team is going to eat the $20M remaining on his deal based on a slim hope that he may magically turn it around when there's just nothing there that makes you think he's capable of pulling it off. I disagree, especially if jose shows flashes of what he was before the season's end, which I expect him to do in at least one game. Regardless, even if they can't dump even part of jose's contract, kenny will try to patch this team up and compete. He isn't going into rebuild mode yet. That's my opinion on this matter.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 11:28 AM) If it was that easy to just "dump" Contreras it would have been done by now. I think it will become easier in the off season when some team that didn't compete this year, wants to next year, and sees jose possibly turning it around. There will be more teams looking for pitchers then, and some will miss out in free agency, you can't deny that.

They will probably dump jose, and use that 10 million toward the bigger contract and about 15 million more to patch some crap up. Resign uribe (5 million), arb for crede(another 5 million), richar at 2b, Fields in left, someone else new in the outfield, and about 8 more million in bullpen help. Its not unrealistic for a team that is top five in attendance in the AL. I didn't say it was going to work, not sure if that team will win the central, but I am sure Kenny will be trying to compete.

To answer her question, I applaud their effort. Why in the hell wouldn't I at this point?!?!

This seems rather obvious to me, and I'm surprised to see so many people doubting it still. Kenny is going to try to fill the holes and win next year, no doubt in my mind. It will probably be with one big contract(over 30 million) and a bunch of smaller ones.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 11:21 PM) Detroit is SO bad. It's been a few years since I have been up that way, and the economy is way worse now then it was then, so I can only imagine. You talk about America's armpit.... now it's America's big, hairy, depressed arm pit. I do like the stadium; it was supposed to be a revitalization along with Ford Field. Well, the auto industry has to pick up for there to be anything to revitalize... only time will tell. Hahahaha, I have to send that to my friend in detroit.

Its possible if detroit and cleveland start sucking and minn stays mediocre and we win alot = not going to happen. but its possible

I don't see why people would think this team is going to get worse before better.

QUOTE(briguy27 @ Aug 4, 2007 -> 05:38 PM) We're going to win tonight 7-5 Nostradamus?

I would have guess Sinelius

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 04:27 PM) Everytime Erstad gets hurt, Hawk dies just a little inside. RIP Hawkeroo

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 4, 2007 -> 01:51 PM) They make him out to be an All Star. They are saying a guy who before his back started bothering him in 2006 hit 30 homers and was hitting over .300 needs to be tossed away, because Josh Fields homers almost as often. I believe 'they' said all star potential. A future all star and I agree with that. Crede may also be a future all star. Its tough to say for certain he could repeat 2006, though. For some reason most people think he can, and at the same time they think that aaron rowand is a perennial .270 hitter who lucked out one year(now two ). Comparing crede's best year to josh's first year doesn't really make much sense. Yes he Ks a lot. He needs to play more and in the majors to improve that. and joe's career OBP is only .005 points higher than that. I agree, it doesn't make much sense.

Field is also on pace to walk quite a bit more than crede, so you don't have to hate him necessarily, if your gripe is with OBP. Comparing numbers at this point is kind stupid if you ask me. People are happy that he has shown he can be a major leaguer in a possible hole, they aren't boasting about his numbers.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 4, 2007 -> 01:39 PM) Second game of the three game sweep. I typed that out instead of rise from the gutter, then I remembered floyd was pitching tomorrow. He has yet to show me he can keep this team in a game. I hope he does it though, don't get me wrong.