Dick Allen

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:47 PM) I saw tickets on facebook for half of face. I'm going Sunday for less than half, but I don't think many people want to put in the work. Phillies/Cubs tickets on stubhub were going for less than $10 for pretty decent seats. Face value on the Cubs website right now is ridiculous. I got club box for $39. On their website they are $136,

Paying $100+ to see a baseball game in a dump is nuts.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:43 PM) Lots of empty seats for a Cubs/Sox game in perfect weather Don't tell caulfield

I don't mind Brenly, but Kermit the Frog bugs me.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:30 PM) That was belt high fastball, right down the middle, and no movement. I take it he has never heard of Paul Konerko before? He was sound asleep when they used to mention he was the best fastball hitter on the team.

Take a nap Smarjalsdkfrdk

QUOTE (Jake @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:19 PM) As a human being, I support this statement. Ditto.

Not that the Sox probably care at all, I just don't understand why Smardkfgjsdajfds would make the comment he made yesterday. It really served no purpose.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:06 PM) Where is that happening? Its happening with fanbases everywhere. DRose shouldn't be playing he should be sitting, Dunn shouldn't be playing he might get hurt. Read fan comments anytime a significant player gets hurt, they shouldn't have been playing. The bottom line..........everyone might get hurt. They have been playing all of their lives, don't worry about it.

We are in the era of sports where it is apparently preferrable to play your best players as little as possible in case they might get hurt and not be able to play at all.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ May 18, 2012 -> 11:57 AM) I can't read threads sometimes, which I know means I should not post...but stop me if this is a misread of the situation: Konerko was thought of very highly as a young-young player, in part due to his catching, and was drafted in the first round. When Viciedo was young-young, every team had a shot at him, and he did not command a giant initial contract....thus him developing into a Paulie would be quite the shock down the road. But also not as much was known about him. As a teen he got $10 million, more than double what Alexei Ramirez received.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 18, 2012 -> 10:42 AM) No. I haven't argued he isn't worth anything. I've argued that we should trade him when he gets hot for something else we value. The common answer to that is that he doesn't have a lot of value on the trade market. To which I asked, why? But you're saying his "value" will increase because he gets hot, implying in the long run he'll never be "worth" more than he will be after a hot streak now. So you have taken the same argument, but just the opposite position, and if the premise of the argument is silly, then both sides would be silly. I think its logical to hang on to your best young players when you are rebuilding unless you are offerred something crazy or unless they have some issues like Delmon Young had/has issues.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 18, 2012 -> 09:41 AM) No, you're right, he doesn't...but if he goes on a hot streak for a prolonged amount of time and starts raising awareness, he could certainly be valuable by the trade deadline. Part of what you guys are saying though is humorous to me...Viciedo doesn't have all that much value on the market, but you'd be crazy to trade a guy with these kind of skills! Well which is it? Why is his value what it is on the market? If he is such an incredible hitting prospect, why do the rest of the scouts not see it? But then isn't saying get rid of him because he won't pan out and expecting anything decent in return the same thing?

Isn't the final objective to have a roster full of guys that are at their "peak value" ? If you trade Viciedo because you deem his value is high, aren't the guys you acquire going to have high value as well so using the same logic, you'd have to move the player(s) you acquired until you got someone at not peak value, which IMO leads to a mediocre at best organization. TB did make a good move ridding themselves of Delmon Young, so I guess it doesn't ever happen, but in the post steroids era, guys who can hit 30 homers aren't everywhere, and Viciedo doesn't appear to have the other problems Young had.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 07:07 AM) Two words. Paul.Konerko. He was that inconsistent for probably his first 2000 ABs. This is a good call. Konerko came to the Sox when he was 23. In the NL he hit : 224 AB 7 HR 17 BB 42 K .214 AVG .275 OBP .601 OPS Its amazing how many people want the Sox to totally rebuild but don't have the slightest patience with young players.

Figures he threw like he never saw a baseball before. He's a Cubs fan.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 17, 2012 -> 08:03 PM) I don't like the DH. It removes some of the managerial strategy. It makes room for more "professionals" coming up that can't catch a baseball. On the other hand it allows some players to have longer careers. I still get a laugh when Luzinski had to borrow a glove during an extra inning game. I'm not impressed with interleague play so much either. Maybe they can limit it to the beginning of the season and have the Midwest and East Coast teams play those on the West Coast. The Cross Town Classic is now a major yawn. With Houston moving to the AL next season, there will be an interleague series constantly going on. I still think there is plenty of strategy with the DH and I think watching pitchers go up to the plate to strikeout is silly. NL, adopt the DH. The crosstown classic may be a yawn to you, but its still pretty popular with the majority of fans. How can you not get teary eyed when Paulie hoists the BP Cup?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 17, 2012 -> 08:04 PM) No precise time. All they've given us is "indefinitely." I knew they'd miss him. But not this much. I saw something today that said at least 2 weeks. They miss him because he's a HOF flopper. That one with Boozer last year may be the all time best

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 17, 2012 -> 06:51 PM) This is funny because you are so adamant about the Sox having no chance this year. Forget about winning the division, the Sox have a better chance at winning the 2012 World Series than they have at signing Hamels or Hamilton this winter. I'll agree with this. Morel has a better chance of winning the triple crown than the Sox signing either of those guys.

First Joe now Ozzie....Twitter is dying. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/break...0,2936097.story

I think its a wash. The NL uses a reserve to either DH or play the field, and have guys who aren't used to DHing DH. Most AL teams have to sit a big part of their line up or play someone where they are not used to playing. The Sox have the second best interleague record of all time, and except for one season, their DH was a huge part of their line up, so for 9 games they were able to do OK without him. Of course the year the Sox used the DH like an NL team does 9 times a year, they did go 15-3 against the NL. I think just about every level of baseball uses a DH now except the NL. Let them get with the program and adopt it, so we don't have to watch pitchers try to hit anymore. There's still plenty of strategy left in the game.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 17, 2012 -> 04:37 PM) I haven't noticed it, but I would assume something for Kevin Hickey? BMS Bill Moose Skowron

Walking Konerko makes way too much sense. It takes 3 singles to score him, what are the odds of that happening?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2012 -> 11:04 AM) I'm sure a lot of NL teams don't mind getting one of their big hitters a breather for a 3 game period by letting them DH and not play in the field. But we always hear that DHing isn't for everyone. I think both leagues are disadvantaged when playing away games during interleague. I wish the rules were the same, and I'm thinking a DH in both leagues is the way to go. Why deal with pitchers hitting?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 17, 2012 -> 11:01 AM) I fully expect that to happen. But will KW and company realize that even if they're only 5-6 games out that it's time to concede? It didn't happen last year. I realize I'm just a fan and KW has to evaluate/operate in a certain manner, but the best GM's know when it's time to raise the white flag. Concede? Weren't you one who was drooling for Youkilis?