Dick Allen

One thing that would irritate me if Victor became a White Sox, is he takes forever to get in the box for each pitch.

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but with Torre's #6 retired, and Jeter"s #2 a certainty as well, all Yankee numbers between 1 and 9 will be retired.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 1, 2014 -> 03:51 PM) There are a few methods that people have used, some of them are choosing individual instances where exceptional hitters have had good and bad protection and trying to find differences. Among those, some studies have looked specifically at how the batters are pitched to rather than just at whether or not they hit better. Here's one: http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ection-myth-mlb Here's one regarding pitch type rather than in-zone pitches: http://crashburnalley.com/2011/09/20/the-m...ces-protection/ I do think it is overstated, but I also think it exists. Not every AB, situationally. But especially when the game is on the line, a menacing hitter on deck helps your cause.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 1, 2014 -> 03:18 PM) Again, there's no effect for it in any study. If you believe in lineup protection, show evidence that it makes a difference. People shouldn't trust claims made without any supporting evidence. I'm open to the idea of it making a difference, but no one's been able to find one. I don't know how you could accurately study this. It seems to me it would have to be over a several year period, and numbers can be affected by other reasons over that time. I would think asking pitchers if they pitch hitters differently if they have "protection" would probably give you an answer. But that might be too simple.

I don't think Garcia struggling lately means anything. The guy was out a long time. It is going to take a while to get back to normal.

Bo Porter fired. Didn't get along with the GM.

The Sox gave me a couple of free tickets and a free patio party to the Sept. 9th game. It will be interesting to see if the foam stops falling out of the people's mouths who b****ed at him every single time he made an out.

Dunn is calling it a career after this season.

Ausmus needs to be fired.

Wilkins walk up music is Freewill. He has my stamp of approval.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 11:09 AM) That's what I'm hoping for. By the reports I've read he has the secondary stuff to do it. Supposedly health is the reason he is in the bullpen. I guess shoulder issues. If they can keep that from flaring up, it doesn't take much to be a bullpen upgrade for this team.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Also nice to see we got a potential RP prospect. It's a good thing we held onto this guy so long, no way we'd have gotten a haul like this in ST or last year. Reading up on this guy, at least when he was drafted a couple of years ago, he wasn't a bad prospect. I think he was ranked 12th coming into this season for Oakland. Does look like he is already a reliever, so who knows, but this is definitely a better prospect than the garbage that usually gets acquired in these types of trades.

They can add 2 without another trade. I don't think it means anything is imminent, maybe a just in case, or someone wasn't going to be playing today in AAA anyway, might as well come here now.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 10:30 AM) Oh come on now this is ridiculous. Your typical Adam Dunn slump (lasting weeks) was characterised by loafing and he spent 1 of his 4 years here doing nothing BUT loaf. Haha, I said butt loaf. Walking back to the dugout after fanning is not loafing, except in Little League. And speaking of Little League the Sox honored the JRW team last night. They gave them all White Sox backpacks with school supplies, a White Sox jersey with their number on it signed by the entire team, and introduced them one by one having them run around the bases with the White Sox lined up on the 3rd base line giving them all high fives. That had to be awesome for an 11-13 year old kid.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 10:34 AM) Lineup protection is a myth. Eventually, it will become an idea left in the past. It may be overstated, but is certainly not a myth. A guy like Martinez behind Abreu keeps the bat in his hands in many situations. And if he is in front of him and on base, many pitchers tend to be not as effective in the stretch or with a little more pressure on them.

QUOTE (MAX @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 10:20 AM) Did he? He is one of the few White Sox I have never seen loaf.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 10:15 AM) Missed Dunn too, this V-Mart rumor is scaring me a little, but I'm not a fan of this FA class, just grab Masterson for cheap and I'll be thrilled, V-Mart is far passed his prime regardless of numbers, best years were in CLE He has been hitting better than ever. He put up better numbers in Boston and Detroit than Cleveland. You never know with a guy his age. He could be Torii Hunter and be fine or he could be Paulie, come up lame, and never be the same. The Sox need an impact bat. He definitely is one. I still think it is a longshot they land him, but it probably is better than trading several prospects for someone similar or hoping they can turn around a guy struggling.

He pretty much sucked, but he isn't an asshole and he always gave good effort. He also wasn't paid with my inheritance money, so while I was disappointed in the results, hating Adam Dunn isn't on my radar.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 08:50 PM) $10 says Abreu gets the old unintentional intentional walk. Isn't it an intentional unintentional?

Jim Johnson makes Belisario look good.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 08:21 PM) Don't forget belisario and half the bullpen. The problem is our number two home run hitter on the roster is likely to only hit 12-15 next year and that won't work...either Gillespie or Garcia. The Angels have the best record in baseball and will have 4 guys hit double figures homers. As long as there are several in the 12 to 15 range with Abreu they will be fine.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 08:17 PM) Dbacks stupid to dump Bauer even though he's a bit of a head case...if indians infield prospect Lindor lives up to his promise along with Salazar, kluber, Brantley, kipnis, Santana...they might be the best team in the central right now...giving the royals fits Definitely the best manager Who ? The guy who pitched to Abreu with 1st base open 3 times in 2 games and got burned 3 times?

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 07:50 PM) Also the Sox don't have a game on Monday, so there's no point in making call ups official until Tuesday 9/2. With the Dunn/Konerko/Abreu coverage at DH/1B, there's no point in bringing Wilkins up for tomorrow other than something actually happening. Just my humble opinion. Yeah it really points to something happening. Maybe Dunn is just going to retire.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 07:43 PM) Charlotte has 3 games left. He was in the lineup tonight, and got scratched. Something is up. Wilkins isn't on the 40 so you would think a trade is happening.

Someone has to come off the 40 man.