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QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 08:29 PM) He'll play him against LHP even though he's much better against RHP. He's going to play his regulars as much as possible. If we are hoping Olmedo plays more, the Sox are in a lot of trouble.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 08:21 PM) Humber can be a long reliever, Thornton is good for one inning and even then he usually f***s it up. Humber > Thornton With this post, I can't see how anyone could ever think you know what you are talking about when it comes to baseball ever again.

Apparently Peavy has an eye infection and wouldn't have been able to pitch tomorrow anyway.

I wish I could cuss.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 12:47 PM) To be clear, I didn't say I despise him. I just don't think he's very good, and he is definitely irritating. I am not doubting his baseball knowledge, or that he might be a good guy. I got the depise from the article. I get irratated by him every so often, especially when he goes on and on about the umpires or sends yet another dig at Jerry Manuel, but I think he's great.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 12:09 PM) With all due respect, I think this is incorrect. If he changes his proven approach, he'll be less effective as a hitter, in all areas. As I pointed out, when his K rate is highest, his homer and walk rate is highest. Is this a coincidence? I don't think so. My theory is that when he swings for the fences most effectively, he also tends to strike out more because he commits to more pitches earlier. When he's hitting a lot of home runs, he also tends to be more selective with pitches when he's going well, as many hitters are. More K's = more homers. More homers = more walks. Here's hoping he strikes out 300 times. After all, it's just another out. He's swinging hard and his OPS is the second lowest of his career. His lowest was last year when his strikeout rate was the highest of his career. The more often he strikes out, the lower his OPS is.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 12:16 PM) I couldn't imagine a game without Hawk, I absolutely love his style of broadcasting. I'll never understand whats wrong with him being a homer, I mean he is a White Sox broadcaster isn't he? I believe a White Sox broadcaster should, you know, root for the White Sox....He's an all time great in my book, no questions asked. I agree, and if you watch MLB Network or Baseball Tonight, they are always using his lines. They even do picks to click. Mercy! Its hard for me to believe a White Sox fan would despise Hawk. If you ever listen to other broadcasters, you get at most about 1/10th the baseball knowledge that you get when Hawk and Stone are doing the game. There are a lot of things about baseball even the haters mention daily that they would have no clue about if Len Kasper where the White Sox PBP voicee.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 11:47 AM) Like I said, if Adam tries to make more contact he hits fewer home runs. He has a home run swing and a contact swing and they don't blend together well. Those strikeouts get to your head though, so I understand that he is trying to make some more contact. How many warning track flies have you seen from him lately compared to the first half? I have to wonder if some of the difference in Dunn's numbers is related to having better hitters around him than ever before. If he made more contact, he'd hit more home runs not less. You can't homer striking out. A ball that clears the fence by 5 feet counts just as much as one that clears it by 100. If he makes solid contact and gets it in the air, its gone even if he doesn't swing as hard as he can.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) McLouth vs LHP: .176/.263/.176 Yes, this is on Robin if we lose. He apparently doesn't know that he has players who throw left handed in the bullpen. If Ventura brought in a lefty, McLouth wouldn't have stayed in the game.

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Flowers, despite his recent surge, is still a .215 career hitter in 251 AB and he too is older than Gordon Beckham who is constantly railed on this board. Tyler is hot, and if his minor league career is any indication, get him some ABs while he is hot. He tends to be really streaky.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) I don't think I've seen a single episode of the Batter's Box that was White Sox related. I've only ever seen Cubs ones. Do White Sox ones even exist? I saw one. The players were pretty bad.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 06:05 PM) The "best interests of the game" clause could supercede the official rules for rainouts? That would be an interesting one, especially were the team that was winning in that scenario to turn around and lose...lose their spot in the playoffs, post-season shares and revenue, season ticket renewals, etc. Absolutely not. Besides, in 'the best interests of baseball" changing rules after the fact kind of ruins the point.

Its rained harder during most of the game than it did during the original 2 hour delay.

While I agree this trade looks insane from a Dodger perspective, as a fan, would you rather see the players get tbe money or the owners pocket it?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 12:28 PM) What'd Hawk do in the Tigers series? He's trying to provide information just hit the wrong thread.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 06:28 AM) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/sports/15sandomir.html He still doesn't have the authority to suspend him, and he really doesn't have grounds to suspend him. Punishing people for not lying is silly. Stone said the umpire was bad last night also. Should he go down.? There was ample proof the umpire was awful the first couple of innings. It wasn't Hawk's imagination. If Bud tried to suspend him, I'd like WGN to tell him to go scratch, I don't think there would be anything he could do.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Aug 25, 2012 -> 05:53 PM) This could very well cost Colletti his job within a year or so. How he didn't get money back on this is unbelievable. I don't think Colletti had much to do with this deal, although I do agree, if it blows up in their faces, there's a good chance he's the fall guy.

Considering Hawk is an employee of Comcast and WGN, I don't think MLB has the authority to suspend him, and even if they did, suspending someone for calling a spade a spade is a bad precedent. I love Hawk. The one thing he does that bothers me is how he goes on and on about umpires, but I don't think he was out of line at all last night. It was ridiculous and it wasn't just one or two hitters. IMO, the umpire really changed after he threw out AJ and Robin. Maybe he realized Robin being that pissed off is a pretty good sign you're having an awful game.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 25, 2012 -> 03:41 PM) My buddy will be behind the Sox dugout with a sign that says "What's up to my Ball State Crew!!" or something close, and then on the reverse side "Rayna, will you marry me?", which is a joke about one of my roommates, Rayna, but he figured it will get him on TV, and then he'll flip the sign. Haha. I've seen that sign before. Was it him?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 25, 2012 -> 04:19 PM) Dodgers gave up some decent pitching talent here also. Yes, but nothing that really excites too much. Face it, you would trade all of those prospects for Adrian Gonzalez alone and not think twice about it. The other guys are just money, and apparently the Dodgers aren't in danger of going broke anytime soon

Gonzales, Kemp, Ethier and Ramirez is a pretty awesome heart of the order. You figure Beckett should be better in the NL, and if Crawford ever comes near the player he was in TB, Magic is moving Showtime to Chevez Ravine. Are they worth the money? Probably not, but they must have a ton to spend so they are spending it. Boston gets a ton of money to play with, but who will they be able to bring in? There's a cap on the amateur guys. The top free agents are guys like Grienke and Hamilton. Are they the type of guys that work in Boston? I understand why they did what they did. If it were my decision to make, I would have done the same thing, but it may be awhile before it seems you watch everyone of their games again between Fox, ESPN and MLB Network.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 10:59 PM) See: Does Soxtalk hate Goldstein too? He also says mean things about the White Sox. Goldstein will at least say something nice when its obvious about the Sox, and if he does project something that is wrong, unlike Law, he will admit it. I understand the Sox farm system has sucked and has sucked for a while, but you know who else sucks? Keith Law sucks. In another chat a Tigers fan asked him about the Tigers taking Trout with the ninth pick. Law called that a "reach". I can say every prospect in the minor leagues sucks and I will be correct a vast majority of the time. What exactly has Keith Law projected in his 6 years at ESPN that is any better than a projection from some guy who watches minor leaguers here? The guy is a tool who, whether you like it or not, holds some sort of grudge against the White Sox. And if you go back and look at who he praises before drafts, if he were actually making decisions on who to draft, the Sox farm system wouldn't be better than it is now.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 10:54 PM) Heh I love the this talking point. Except it really isn't true. And before we go "b-b-b-but the Wells trade!!!" KLaw wasn't even in Toronto when that deal went down. This has been proven. And frankly, all the terrible things Law says about the Sox system, he's been pretty much spot on since he started as ESPN. Oh and he was really high on Beckham too. Further, why would someone who is paid to give their professional opinion, risk their professional reputation on some petty (non-existent) grudge? Mike (NJ) [via mobile] Keith, what are your thoughts on Chris Sale? Klaw (1:25 PM) I ranked him 47th. The White Sox took him 13th. You do the math. Maybe there's a reason Keith Law is at ESPN and not making actual decisions.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 10:34 PM) I just dont think Humber has earned the trust this season to get the benefit of the doubt after he gives up a homer and then a walk. I'm most disappointed in reed and the pitch calling. He was killing the Yankees with the straight change and he tries to blow away Jaso with three straight fastballs. Mind boggling Here's the thing, everyone complaining now would have been complaining had Ventura stuck with Humber and he blew the game, they would have wondered why the closer wasn't used, its a tight playoff race, its obvious Humber didn't have it..........At least they came back and won. Its too bad Humber put the Sox in the situation where it was even a consideration he get lifted.