Dick Allen

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 07:55 PM) I can't believe that f***ing trade. That's what you call a "blockbuster". Someone had a tweet that said a team finally is getting rid of all of the players instead of the manager.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 12:09 PM) Drink as much as you can, and take out whatever they will let you. Enjoy. Exactly. They will pour you 2 at a time. Take 2 at a time.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 02:24 AM) People, it's obvious Law was wrong about Sale. But he doesn't pick on the White Sox. When was the last time the Sox hit on a first round pick? I didn't even have hair on my nuts last time that happened before Sale. The criticism, mostly, of the Sox drafting pedigree and overall system is justified. There is no doubt in my mind that why what you say about the Sox drafts is true, Law would have at least a slightly more optimistic view of the player the Sox draft if he were drafted by another team. There is no doubt in my mind he has something against the White Sox. He'll occassionally throw a minor compliment their way, very minor, probably in an effort to come across as partial, but I don't think there is any way he's partial when it comes to the White Sox. As to the rankings...........who really cares? I wonder what the same rankings would have looked like in 2001 or 2005 or 2009. I bet the Sox were behind teams like KC.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 09:13 PM) He hit over half his career HR's to short porch in RF please! A right handed hitter going deep the other way 3 games in a row rarely happens, especially with a guy who doesn't hit 30 a year.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 09:10 PM) 1st time Jeter has ever hit 3 Hr's in 3 games..............He pulled them all............Yankee Stadium I am suprised he never did it before. Yankee Stadium isn't a home run haven for right handed hitters.

Wise has really been hitting well, but eventually reality will enter and he'll be back to a 4th OF performance-wise. De Aza needs to get back soon. Let DWise do his thing once in a while, not leading off everyday.

He's struck everyone out in the Yankee line up tonight except Jeter.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 08:58 PM) What has happened to Russell Martin's career? He's had a lot of injuries. I think he has a bad back as well. Catching and bad backs don't go together very well.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 08:43 PM) The jeckle and hyde offense continues to do its thing. Hughes has always baffled the White Sox for some reason.

QUOTE (Real @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 08:31 PM) so $500 is just a huge over exaggeration? Yes. There are some listed on stubhub for that price, and even higher, but no one is going to buy those, and the Sox won't charge that at the box office, but it will cost you close to $100 for a premium seat. A lot of New Yorkers are in town. Compared to Yankee games, $100 in the infield may be a bargain to them.

QUOTE (Real @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) those of you saying the thin crowd is because of dynamic pricing, can't you get them cheaper by buying sooner? what's the cheapest that these tickets be purchased at? I paid $130 for section 130ish against the Yankees a few years ago on stub hub Last night on stubhub, after 5 pm you could have bought club level tickets for $13 and premium boxes for $23. I was going to go tonight and looked at it at 5. Everything was over $100.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 08:27 PM) Does Sale have a prayer at the Cy Young award? There's still a quarter of the season to go. He still has a shot.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 08:23 PM) So much for that That was quick.

At the moment Gordon Beckham has a higher OBP and slugging PCT than Alexei.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 07:45 PM) On the Score today, they were talking about a Chris Rongey tweet that said the premium tickets were the ones that sold well yesterday and it was the regular priced tickets that didn't sell. Not sure if that makes sense. The premium lower box and premium club are pretty much sold out by season ticketholders. The premium upper deck box as well, so Rongey is right, but he's right every game.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 03:09 PM) Where's the list of players Soxtalk has written off that have remained bad? There are probably 5 or 6 posters who if you listed who or what they thought didn't suck White Sox related, the list would be maybe 2 names/things long.

Konerko, AJP, Peavy, Thome, Contreras, Dye, Crede, Uribe, Viciedo, Buerhle, Garland, Garcia, Danks, Rios, Dunn just a few players a good part of Soxtalk (me included in a couple) has written off at some point since I've been around. Now its Beckham. This is good news for him.

If Beckham can get himself to get 1 more single per every 14 ABs than what he's currently doing over the course of a season, he'll be a .300 hitter.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 12:59 PM) Oh, just shut up. Beckham sucks. Yes, I'm exaggerating a bit...but not a lot. Stop defending his s***ty offensive play. So you're exaggerating 70 points. So why don't we exaggerate 70 points the other way and call him an All Star?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 11:57 AM) I've read all of your comments and thought about them carefully. ...and Beckham still sucks balls. You really shouldn't watch games. Just read fangraphs afterward. Its what tells the story. Not what you see on the field. Maybe that's why Sox fans don't attend games much. They are too smart. They realize what you see is false. Its some number someone comes up with that tells the entire story. Forget what you see.... Beckham saving runs. Turning DPs throwing guys out on relays. He isn't replacement level defensively. He's horrible. Fangraphs says so, and they are on the internet so you know its true.

People forget Beckham was a pretty good hitter the second half of 2010 before breaking his thumb. He hit .310 with a .380 OBP and an .877 OPS. As for his negative defensive WAR, there is a flaw in the system if someone wants to say that's gospel. There is absolutely no way he is below replacement level defensively. I think even the biggest haters would agree with that.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 10:14 AM) the daily battle between negative posters and positive posters in every game thread gets to be quite irritating. It's like people can't accept that there's two different types of posters....inn every sports forum...in every sport...everywhere. just live and let live. I disagree. If someone is going to constantly complain about a team in first place and basically tell you how lousy they really are, maybe they should spend their time doing something more enjoyable. I'm not a cheerleader, but gamethreads are many times beyond ridiculous. If you think the Sox suck, Ventura does nothing right, Beckham is a joke, why bother watching? Considering the team's record, you're (and I'm not saying you specifically, I'm talking the general constant complainers) going to look like a stooge in the end. I think the vast majority of constant complainers still want the Sox to win, but there are a couple that would be far more satisfied they lose 100 games so their "everyone sucks" posts make them look like baseball geniuses. Just last night, I found out the collapse of the Sox has begun. That it was official Gordon Beckham is done. That 80-90 percent of Ventura's pitching decisions are wrong, and that he has his head up his ass. AJP is lazy and his head isn't in the game..............life is not long enough to subject yourself to such torture. I've been viewed as a negative poster, but grab a smart phone or a paper or look at the standings on the internet. Complaining about this team is silly.

QUOTE (Wedge @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 07:15 AM) Don't forget that Robin is a complete and utter boob for leaving in Santiago two batters too long. I read in the game thread a lot of ripping him. One post said 80-90% of his moves blow up in his face. Combine that with all the bad players on the roster, its amazing this team is in first place.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 11:09 PM) Enlighten us then, Dick. You don't have to be a wiseguy just because you are wrong. Teams will play the same amount of interleague games, or very close to it. The only difference is there will be at least one interleague series going on at all times as there will be an odd number of teams in both leagues.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 10:34 PM) with Astros coming to AL the scheduling system is changing, and Sox will be playing every team in MLB at least once. No.