Dick Allen

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 21, 2013 -> 05:29 PM) They still made money that year. If it is all about the profit, then why wouldn't the team risk less and have a small payroll and do this rebuild for the people who can't take 2 weeks of bad baseball without walking to the ledge. Minimum 4 or 5 years of bad baseball will do nothing but make these people moan some more. The whining on this board has been taken to a new level.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 21, 2013 -> 11:48 AM) I do not get Wise around at all with Danks up. I don't get the Danks call up, nor how great people on this board apparently thinks he is. Wise is currently a better major league player.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 21, 2013 -> 06:51 AM) Hey, if he'd consider coming out of retirement, I'd take him over Dunn, as well. I don't even care if he is right handed. And while you're at it, see if you can locate Dan Johnson, and give him a call too. Geeez!!!! Put anyone in there but that "strike out machine". For you old timers, I'd even take an Eddie Gaedel clone, at this point. Or maybe Minnie Minoso would like a crack at playing in his 6TH decade. And no, this is not in teal. I've just had enough of Adam Dunn. Actually, I really feel sorry for him. It must be awful to be going through this again. If 2011 hadn't happened, he could just rationalize that it was nothing more than a slump, but you have to wonder what he's thinking now. Very seriously though, none of you baseball geniuses have yet to comment on my suggestion that Dunn try moving away from the plate. That would force pitchers to stop throwing inside to him, as those pitches would clearly be called balls. It would allow Dunn to start hitting the strikes away, to the giant hole on the left side of the field. It would reduce his home run production but it might eventually cause the opposition to stop using the shift. The other advantage is that Dunn would have more time to see the pitch, while waiting for it to get deep enough to take to left. That would most certainly help his miserable pitch recognition, at this point. Sadder is the top prospects are all struggling. Mitchell back to AA. I think his days as a prospect are nearing an end, and Hawkins with 31 strikeouts in 48 AB. He is a long way from Chicago.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 09:52 PM) Keppinger has been horrible since I learned he was a former Royal. I hate posts like that, just because I don't believe the moves the Sox make in July will help the Sox future very much. Konerko for who?? Peavy for who?? DeAza for who? I mean, seriously. Are we going to reap a haul of team's "CAN'T MISS" prospects like Wil Myers for any of these guys? I mean the true difference makers? If somebody gives us 4 minor leaguers for Paulie or Peavy and 2 of the 4 are can't miss starters, I guess that's good. Will Hahn be able to get that, though? I wonder. I agree. The only guy the Sox could trade for impact prospects is Sale.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 21, 2013 -> 09:00 AM) When Hahn feels the Sox need a game manager he'll bump Ventura up to player development and re-hire Guillen. . I will bet every dime I have and every dime I ever make the rest of my life, this will never happen.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 11:52 AM) If the Sox went 9-1 on that trip, do they do this? I was just outside in the Loop. There were flurries and a howling wind. Good decision.

If there are RISP, the shift against Dunn isn't so pronounced. A guy on second could just walk into 3rd if that was the case, and they have to keep runners on 3rd at least a little honest.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:54 AM) It depends on what point of the game they were at. Also, the best time to do it would be against a lefty. He can't hit against them anyways, so if he can lay down a bunt or two against them, he becomes just a bit more dangerous. Even if Dunn or any other power hitter became a bunt threat, I don't think it would affect defenses all that much. It's not like the 3B is going to play up anyway. Depending on the situation, the shift against Dunn already is modified. The ironic thing about talking about shifts, Dunn has more ABs than anyone else where only a pitcher and catcher are required.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 09:29 AM) The thing is, if he does it just once in a while, teams can't use the extreme shift anymore, and he gets back some of that lost territory. Personally, if I was the opposing manager, the only way Dunn is really going to hurt me is by hitting a homer. If he wants to bunt down the 3rd base line, that's fine by me. It wouldn't make me take away any shift. It's not like Rickey Henderson will then be on first. He's been awful, but still on pace for 20 homers. If 2011 never happened, no one, except for a game thread poster, would even consider he could be this bad for an entire season. He'll be better than he has been.

Big one for Flowers. Before that he was 0 for 9 with 6 k with RISP.

It is raining which means my DirectTv won't work.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 03:07 PM) Konerko at DH again. Is he dealing with an injury or is Dunn are main 1B now? I think he has a slight back issue.

Dunn has about $30 million worth of rope remaining, but he'll probably wind up with very similar numbers to last year.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 01:33 PM) You don't say. What's with the personal attacks?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 12:22 PM) Your mantra last year was why change anything they're in first place. That didn't work out too well. I don't have a problem with change if it's improving the team. I think Danks isn't very good, but I won't get bent out of shape over it. I'm just amazed by his popularity.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 11:20 AM) This tells me that Anthropolous is a "grass is greener" guy (an upgrade in talent is an upgrade in talent, any way you slice it) while most GMs are "maintain a relationship" guys (even if a guy is marginally more talented, maintaining the relationship we've built with a player is more important). I know which philosophy works in games, but which philosophy appears to work in real life? I think they said last night of his 22 claims, 8 are still with the organization.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 11:06 AM) What are you afraid of finding out? I already know. There isn't a long list of guys Jordan Danks' age with less than 100 career AB that has turned into anything but a back up. He'll be a good pinch runner, but if he's taking ABs away from anyone, the Sox, even with the way they have been hitting, will be weakened. I just don't understand that on a board where one or two bad games is a sign of how the every other game will go, how this guy is so popular.

For a guy who is older than Gordon Beckham and has a career .560 OPS, Jordan Danks gets an extreme amount of love around here. How does one conclude he is better than Wise?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 07:08 PM) Axelrod and Gimenez are very close...does seem to be this emerging storyline that Gimenez is doing a better job with pitch selection, although we have no idea with Cooper gone who's doing what exactly. Is it Parent? The individual catchers? Ventura? Sox catchers call pitches. You will see them get signals from the dugout, they are usually for pitch outs or actually to give a pitcher a sign to throw to first.

Anorexei sporting his gumby gold tonight.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 07:01 PM) He put up a 1.86 ERA last year as a starter. You know, compare that to Axelrod's ERA over 5 last year and again so far this year. This shouldn't even be a discussion. And the only time he went over 5 innings was the last meaningless series vs Cleveland. Using rhe same criteria Dan Johnson should have been given a $10 million contract to play 1b. He is hitting .150 in AAA I know thhe argument will be he wasn't stretched out, but he gets close to 100 pitches in the 4th inning. Not exactly what you are looking for in a starter. Don't get me wrong, I think Axelrod is smoke an mirrors, I just dont think Santiago is this star in the making many seem to be making him out to be.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 06:52 PM) How is a win rooting for bad things to happen? We all presumably want Santiago in the rotation, that's a good thing. How do you know Santiago in the rotation is a good thing?

Do people really believe the White Sox have no idea Axelrod is lacking in the talent department?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 06:27 PM) This might be a 90-loss team. Isn't that your goal?

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 03:39 PM) You want Lillibridge back? DFA Since the beginning of last season he is 38 for 214 a .178 avg. 3 homers 11 walks and 80 ks and 4 teams.