Dick Allen

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:36 PM) This was THE game we stepped on their necks and crushed them. Now, with a who knows what they'll get out of Gavin Floyd versus Scherzer, and the probability that Verlander will show up on Thursday ready to pitch the game of his life, we've just injected life back into them. You're right. This game is ova. Its the 5th inning down 1, the Sox with no chance.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) Young is another guy fans don't want back. I hope he isn't one of those guys Kenny always wanted. After his Anti-Jew incident, there isn't a chance he's a White Sox unless they get new owners.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:15 PM) Was Young that fat when he was with the Twins? No. He definitely started gaining weight with the Twins, but eating with Cabrera and Fielder has taken is waistline to another level.

Hopefully he can keep this up another 3 innings. His pitch count is getting up there.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:11 PM) I like their announcers as well, but their emotions have been getting the best of them since the Tigers started this road trip/skid & rightfully so. Every announce team in baseball are homers. Just because Hawk is better at it doesnt mean he should get hate....especially from OUR fan base. They should be a homer. When the Sox won the WS, people who complain about Hawk being a homer were complaining Joe Buck wasn't excited enough.

Beckham has 15 homers and will have 60 plus RBI this season. With his defense, he's very worth keeping around. He's been robbed of a couple of homers as well.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:01 PM) You could tell that was in the park by Cabrera's reaction. The guys that are used to hitting them usually know if they are gone even if its by a couple feet, and they know if its short. The only X factor is how the wind will react. I read an article a few years ago which stated the only place the ball doesn't carry well and in fact it carried poorly at USCF, was if you hit it at the CF scoreboard. There have been a lot more homers to CF this year than I can remember. Maybe it was just the extra heat this summer.

When KW gave his intellect comments, most of us assumed he meant the Sox should try bunting a little bit Cabrera's way. Have they done that at all so far this series?

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 07:49 PM) Did anyone say he should have been given a major league job? No, no one did. I'm saying that having Johnson start over Viciedo against Fister leads to a better probability of success. I posted that LH batters have a much higher BA against Fister (55 pts) and noted that Johnson has been mighty good against RHP the past several years, albeit in AAA. You just said he sucked. That's great and informative. Why are Johnson's major league numbers vs. RHP insignificant, but his minor league numbers what you should look at? Last I looked Fister is a major league pitcher, not Jeff Marquez.

QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 07:48 PM) Where was this? It was at a season ticketholder party last year. They sell the same stuff they sell at the Sox garage sales.

QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 07:44 PM) I have a feeling that wasnt cheap Guys that were no longer on the team, and really weren't all that significant of a player, probably was cheaper than you think. They had Orlando Cabrera game used for $30, and one of them I saw was actually signed.

QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 07:41 PM) Who the heck buys a Wise jersey? It probably was on the bargain rack at a Sox garage sale. Then he comes back.

There used to be a stat that in the NBA, a scoring champion had never won a title. MJ destroyed that. Ozzie wanted to get away from depending on homers even though that and some great pitching got him a ring. Even on this board, homers were considered a bad thing for a while. For some reason people preferred doubles and singles. With a team that's not very fast, its not going to work unless you have .300 hitters with .370 OBP up and down the line up.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 07:33 PM) One year that worked past October. It's the Sox MO. They Sox have always been better when they hit more homers. Their weakest total the last 10 or 12 years IIRC was in 2007. If Alex Snellius is writing a lot of checks, the Sox are probably winning more often than not.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 07:32 PM) I think Youk would give Boston a nice discount if tey wanted him back and Valentine wasn't there. They way Youk has hit away from USCF, if I were him and wanted to play baseball beyond next season, I'm thinking White Sox for whatever they will pay me.

What happened to all the guys who were upset when Wise got the call over Danks?

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 07:25 PM) Thanks for your opinion. Check Dan Johnson's career major league stats and tell me his a right handed pitcher killer. These numbers included the time he actually was a pretty useful every day player. I understand you want to use a 33 year olds AAA stats as a barometer, but if you do that, the Sox should consider bringing back Josh Fields. This is the major leagues. Dan Johnson sucks.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 05:30 PM) BY OPS, he's 16th out of 20 qualified now, just ahead of Darwin Barney and behind Kelly Johnson at 667. By WAR, Barney's actually 2nd in the majors leagues to Cano, ahead of the Laser Light Show in Boston...and Beckham's 18th, ahead of only the Weeks brothers in Milwaukee and Oakland. So 16th and 18th with 30 teams. Seems pretty average to me. Far from officially a lost cause. A tag you placed on him.

Its not like Dan Johnson mashes RHP. If you look at his career splits, its about as equal as you would get vs. lefties and righties.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 12:30 PM) I don't know how long he has to be adequate for me to believe it will last at this point. He's the king of extended decent runs in the midst of pure s***. Manto had suggested in an article earlier this year that Gordon gets by at times with pure talent, but his poor mechanics that were not fixed at the lower levels end up catching up to him. Going to be hard to know if what we see is talent manifesting itself (temporary success) or the permanent ironing-out of mechanical problems (long term success). Manto was quoted a couple months ago as saying Beckhams mechanics are cleaned up enough to get him through a 600 AB season.

If the Sox lose the next three (which I doubt) they still would be tied with Detroit even after losing 10 of 11 head to head. Truly amazing.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 12:18 PM) I sure liked what I saw for Gordon Monday night. This team can do it! In his last 22 games, Beckham is hitting .304 with an .876 OPS. Not bad for an official lost cause.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 09:01 PM) Ugh, so negative.... splits are for p*****s

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 08:51 PM) No, this makes too much sense. Splits are for p*****s. Shouldn't you check the splits? Johnson is virtually the same vs. lefties and righties in his career. Also, Viciedo up until tonight has hit Porcello well.