Dick Allen

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:41 AM) Brooks Boyer just said on the score that if you bought a ticket for last nights postponed game, it becomes a gift certificate for any game you want to use it for, and if you use it tonite then you get two games for the price of one. I dont know if that is a standard practice, but it is pretty cool It's standard if the rescheduled game is not part of a day/night DH or played on an alternate date. It is a lot better for the ticketholder.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:38 AM) Attendance so far this season 28. Chicago White Sox 793,806 (39 games)...20,354 average 1. Charlotte Knights 402,723...9,589 average 1. Birmingham Barons 260,734...6,518 average For a guy who doesn't attend games, you sure are obsessed with attendance. Why is your excuse for not attending any better than others?

Actually, Aiken hasn't signed, and there is speculation there could have been a problem with his physical.

There is some NBA memo going around that someone at Grantland got a hold of that says the Nets lost $144 million last year. $131 million more than any other team. The Bulls supposedly made $61 million in profit.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 02:20 PM) Now we see what happens if all else fails. We get Gasol five years too late. It would be like KW and former Cleveland Indians.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 12:03 PM) Oh that's my bad, and I knew this. Both the shoulder break and labrum are to his non-throwing, left shoulders. How many left shoulders does he have?

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) Reality also states that he's clearly the #6 starter in the system. Given that #5 is Scott Carroll, I'm not a big fan of jerking #6 around so that we can get a lefty out every other night. The last season Surkamp started at full strength, he won the AA pitching triple crown. He now has a better K/BB, K/IP rate in AAA. Nobody said he's Jesus Christ, but there's a good chance we'll need him in our rotation at some point. As someone who has pitched and watched a handful of pitchers have their development sidetracked by bouncing between rotation and bullpen (Santiago), it's just a stupid move IMO. There are more stupid moves to be made, to be sure. Hopefully, likely not a big deal. I still think it's wrong and unnecessary. The 2 most succesful pitchers the Sox have had the last 15 years, began their major league career as relievers. Buehrle and Sale. Surkamp is a waiver claim. I bet if you asked him, he really doesn't care if he's now a LOOGY. He is probably thrilled, and in the end, a relief role is his most likely destiny. If he was a highly thought of prospect, he probably wouldn't have been waived, and certainly, the entire NL wouldn't have passed on claiming him. As for Santiago, the Angels are doing the exact same thing with him the White Sox did. So that apparently is 2 organizations that don't know what they are doing. Sometimes, though, it is on the player.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 29, 2014 -> 08:06 AM) You're right, my bad, sorry. I went to the Astro's Home Page and it says 'unsigned'. He agreed to sign then. I don't think he actually signed until a couple of days ago. You are both correct.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 10:02 PM) It's not so much the 7th vs. the 8th. Those are the "set up roles." It's more who is the first guys up, which could be the 5-7, who is the set up guys, who are the specialists and who is the closer. I don't necessarily disagree with the concept. I'm just saying that is the way it works in MLB bullpens. I've been around 2 different ones on a daily basis and that is the way it is and how it's explained. When I worked in the minors this is how they are instructed to prepare to come into the game. It's all about making sure they are properly prepared and can last for the full season, both physically and mentally. But what I am saying is they still had roles. They had an idea before each game when they were coming in. It may have changed an inning with the injuries, but they still had roles. The problem is the pitchers in the bullpen aren't very good. Some waiver claims, some non tenders.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 09:42 PM) The goal is always to have better pitchers. However, the better pitchers will also pitch better with confidence and comfort in the roles. Whether people want to believe it or not, these are people and they will perform better in comfortable situations. Even if it's in their own mind, it's what they think. Baseball players are people of routines and habit, usually superstitions as well. There is an order where people feel more comfortable and roles where players feel more comfortable. It applies to hitters as well. Why do some hitters hit better in a different spot in the order? All they have to do is hit the ball wherever they are? People will perform better at anything in life when the are comfortable and confident. That's not to say it can't work differently but that's usually when you get the most out of them. It can't make a bad player good, but it can make an average to good player worse. They still had reasonably defined roles when Beli was the closer. They just couldn't handle them. I really don't know why it would freak a major league pitcher out coming in during tje 8th inning vs. the 7th, but if it does, that isn't a guy you want on your roster moving forward. The game will dictate when these guys come in anyway.

Doesn't sound like a guy they would anticipate not being able to handle the 9th: "Belisario provides us with a veteran reliever who owns a proven record of recording key outs at big moments of games," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said in a statement. "He is a power arm with plus stuff who profiles well for our ballpark. He has experience pitching in hold and save situations, and we see him as yet another very strong option for [manager] Robin Ventura in the back end of our bullpen."

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 08:53 PM) It starts with their salaries. Look at Duncan, Ginobili, and Parkers salaries for next year. Let me put it this way. Derrick Rose will make more than Duncan and Ginobli... combined. Kobe makes more than the SA big 3 combined.

If Gar/Pax fail, there is always the possibility JR winds up taking the heat. Lawrence is a NY loudmouth, so take it with a grain of salt. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketba...ticle-1.1847672

Can someone make a chart with all the relievers and the innings they should pitch? If roles being change wreaks havoc on the rest of the bullpen, how come no one mentioned that when they said it was such a great idea to trade Addison Reed?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 05:04 PM) Yeah; If he were to do something like that, pretty good odds they all tell Riley to f*** off. The only one I could see them kicking to the curb is Bosh. Wade / James are just too tight. Sam is of the belief that Bosh does go somewhere else and Melo becomes a new part of the big 3.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 04:56 PM) I think you are underselling Bosh. Bosh goes anywhere else and he goes back to being a star. You are completely correct about Wade. Unless Wade and Bosh are going to take some massive pay-cuts, Melo isn't going to fit in there. Only way Melo goes to Miami is if he is replacing one of the other members of the "Big 3". I was reading Sam Smith, and the evaluators he talks to say Bosh isn't nearly as good as he used to be. Granted it is probably still better than most. But he apparently is headed in the wrong direction. If Riley really didn't care about being a huge dick, he would now tell Wade to go scratch and replace him with Melo. To me though, that would be a very bad thing for him to do. I would imagine the 3 are still a package deal.

I really don't think it is the big 3 anymore. Wade is fading fast. Bosh about to start crumbling. I' m not scurred.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) We're on our fourth closer of the season already, essentially. Jones, Lindstrom, Belisario and now ??? (Guerra/Petricka). If you go with the "hot hand," how many blown saves do they get to prove they're not the hot hand? There's just no way that this strategy, with the talent we have remaining in our pen (or lack thereof), is going to yield anything close to an 80-85% save conversion rate. Who would even be the "hot hand" now? Petricka? Putnam? Guerra? They each have their own unique set of pro's and con's. The ONLY time the pen was working well was when Putnam knew he was the 7th inning guy, Belisario 8th and Lindstrom 9th. If you keep changing their roles every night, it just won't work very effectively. Bullpens need to have consistency and established roles...defined expectations. First off, Jones was never the closer. The pen was also horrible at the beginning of the season, but had a good stretch. There are a lot of gas cans in this bullpen, and a lot of guys who have a difficult time throwing strikes. Roles can be established, but it is impossible to establish roles for ineffective pitchers.w

Bella got a hold

Thibs thinks McBuckets can become a decent defender. If they really didn't believe that , I doubt they pick him up. He tested out a lot better athletically than probably most thought he would.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 08:22 AM) Yeah he loved the pick. Guys on NBA TV loved McDermott, too. To me,especially in the NBA, whoever got the best player, wins the trade. I think McBuckets is a better player than Harris or Hood. The Bulls were higher on him than Stauskas allegedly. I think his detractors have put him in a stereotype he doesn't belong. The only problem is he is from Ames, IA, the same town that brought the Bulls in one way or another Tim Floyd, Marcus Fizer , and Gar Forman.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:03 PM) I was ready to bash anyone who drafted McGary but have to say he's pretty perfect for OKC. Local dealers are pretty happy too since he's stuck there. 90% of the NBA make local dealers happy.

Adam Silver is at least in the picture for world's biggest ears.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 07:49 PM) Not a fan at all. McDermott may be good, but Id never send 2 picks to only move up a few spots. You get a better player and cap space.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 07:46 PM) Sam Amick ‏@sam_amick 1m I'm told Doug McDermott will head to Chicago via trade with Denver. Getting more details now. Well then.... Sweet