Dick Allen

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 28, 2012 -> 09:09 PM) The Sox removed the cancer, and Dunn got better. Dunn got himself in much better shape and was far more prepared coming into this season, plus he didn't get hurt. He got away with being not so physically fit in the past, but he probably realizes now he can't get away with that anymore. Hawk is making it seem like Ozzie was a big problem as well.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 28, 2012 -> 07:02 PM) "It’s a heck of an advantage when you have that kind of support. But absent of that, we’ll just go through our day-to-day grind, and hopefully at some point in time, we’ll get people’s attention.” "Every day that you don’t fill the seats, at least to a greater degree than we are, is a day it hurts," Williams said. How about doing a better job as GM? Look at the prices for this Saturday's game against the world beater Seattle Marinerss. If a family of 4 wants to go to the game, its over $200 to sit in the bleachers. Its $160 to sit in the upper deck. Its ridiculous. Its almost as if they don't want to sell tickets. Its $90+ wilth fees per ticket for a premium lower deck box. Then you add gas, parking, food...............There will be 10,000 empty seats and they wonder why.

When Jerry Manuel was managing the White Sox, their OFs moved around more than any other team.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,3869392.story If they want people to buy tickets, maybe jacking up prices so much to feed the Dynamic Pricing model should be abandoned.

Can't someone at CSN tell Melton its Sale not Sales? It shouldn't be that hard.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 28, 2012 -> 04:53 PM) Hell of a performance by Sale! Holy crap! I don't think I've thought the "20 K" thought in a while. Also, beer. I wish Sale would have struck out 25 so Kaplan could have told us how Kerry Wood fanning 20 was far more impressive.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ May 28, 2012 -> 03:38 PM) 22 runs in last 9 games for Braves. Maybe that Walker magic is wearing off. Caulfield is saying its all Scott Fletcher.

Melton is still calling him Sales.

The Cubs will most likely trade Dempster, so they have an advantage, but I'm going with SD.

The Cubs are where a lot of people on Soxtalk think the Sox should be. Battle for the #1 pick. One big difference, 30k still show up when the Cubs are horrid. If the Sox ever get this bad, they will be lucky if 10k are actually at the park.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ May 26, 2012 -> 01:20 AM) Yup. Like anything that has to do with statistics, the larger sample size the better. Soriano's UZR this year is the perfect example why a 50 game sample size is completely irrelevant. Coming into this season, since he's been with the Cubs, Soriano's UZR rating is 55 runs above the average LF. That was 641 games.

Wimpy will be in the booth with Hawk in Tampa.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ May 27, 2012 -> 04:34 PM) I like Manto....but I'm not sure he's freaking amazing. I just think we're seeing how bad our previous hitting coach was and why he should have been fired 3 years ago. Yet the other thing hitting coach is coaching a team without a DH that has outscored the Sox.

I was in LF by the bullpen in the sun. Juan Nievez is the greatest bullpen coach of all time for hosing us down 4 times.

What the Sox can do is be creative. Draft pick compensation is different now. You have to make quite an offer to get draft picks if a FA departs, so some teams will be more willing to give up guys and pay a lot of their remaining salary for a legit prospect or 2, something KW did with Everett and Alomar in 2003. Teams are always looking for relievers, the Sox seem to have a lot of them. Also, teams acquiring guys must have them a year to be eligible for compensation. I just don't see them adding payroll, although KW did hint they had something available after they traded Quentin and then kind of went back on it, so I'm sure they have something available. They know better than us how bad attendance is and how it looks going forward. It will go up if the Sox continue to play well, but it doesn't usually skyrocket.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 27, 2012 -> 10:48 AM) And if we have a stretch like that, I am sure attendance will respond accordingly. Right now we are running about 20% behind last year. Definitely. 26-5 stretches don't occur very often. I'd bet most teams that have had them in the wild card era, have made the playoffs.

Things have to be kept in perspective. I love the hot streak as much as anyone but its been against the Cubs and Twins, 2 of the worst teams in baseball, and Cleveland playing without Hafner, Cabrera and Santana. Obviously, these are games that should be won, and have been won, something that couldn't have been said much the past few seasons. Lots can change in a week. If the Sox are still playing well, I think the bandwagon is going to start filling up.

What about tipping vendors? A beer at USCF is 7.75. I would imagine most who buy 1 give the vendor a 1.25 tip. Most that buy 2 give them a 1.50 tip. Don't they make $1 a can anyway? I feel for the servers. Its a job I would never do, but IMO tipping is out of hand. They have tip jars at Subway and a lot of places of their ilk. Are we just a couple of years away from having to give a tip to the person checking you out at the grocery store. Bartenders should be well taken care of if you plan on doing some drinking. He/she will be happy and so will you. If you ever go to the what used to be call Jim Beam Club as USCF, dropping a little money for your free beverage will set you up very pretty for the end of the 7th when you actually start paying. 20-25% is my standard tip. I don't complain about bad service. I agree with earlier posts, the best way to complain is to never return.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ May 27, 2012 -> 08:11 AM) I wonder right now how many people would be in favor of, at this point, to dump the Dunn and Rios contracts for a bag of baseballs to any team willing to take them on. What do you think the polling would show for this? My guess is only 50% would say do it MAX at this moment, today, whereas at spring training that number would probably be 90%+ If someone were willing to take the entire contract, I'd dump Dunn and Rios in a heartbeat. If someone takes Peavy, that frees up a ton of cash to help this rebuild on the fly.

What was the deal with Bob Saget singing the national anthem?

Clearly, KW really messed up and didn't trade Viciedo a month ago like Marty knew he should. Now, he has no value.

HAWK RULES The title of this thread blows.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 26, 2012 -> 09:03 AM) I'm convinced that if you're coming off multiple bad years, in a northern, open-air park, you're not going to get the attendance until June, no matter how good the team is. It's just not an easy thing for a lot of people to pick up and go to a game on a whim. It's a big time and money commitment that usually is made days or weeks ahead of time. Also, I think what they charge for parking is absurd. Especially with this Dynamic Pricing model which makes buying tickets the day of the game like paying scalper's prices to sold out games, yet there will be close to 10,000 unsold tickets. If you're someone who only goes to games a couple of times a year, you are probably not going to be choosing April or May dates well in advance. Way too risky in Chicago.

CSN just showed a graphic, the Sox are 14-0 when they have homered at least twice, 9-22 when homering once or less. Put a couple on the board boys.

Paulie's next homer will be his 400th in a White Sox uniform. I wonder where they will put his statue. He's only 49 behind the Big Hurt for the White Sox record. I never thought he stood a chance, but now I'm thinking if he doesn't get hurt, he's probably going to do it.