Dick Allen

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 19, 2012 -> 09:00 AM) H. Christ. Someone wrote a book about this? I just wonder how depressed Cowley is that Morrissey was the author and not him. BTW, does Cowley still work for the Sun Times? Talk about someone/something becoming irrelavant.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 19, 2012 -> 09:30 AM) The one thing from that 2009 list you can't hold against him is letting Thome walk, because that clearly wasn't his idea. It was Ozzie's idea, but he supposedly was Ozzie's boss. He eventually overrode him in September when he claimed a fresh off steroid suspension Manny, in what was perhaps the biggest waste of $4 million in his reign, and he's blown some money.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 19, 2012 -> 08:50 AM) 1 post-season win in 6 seasons, Dick. KW's record is what it is. You have no bigger ally in the KW must go movement than me, while it is unfair to start judging from right after his team won the WS, his overall body of work still falls short. I believe its KW's job to put a team together that makes the playoffs. If he has bad coaches or a bad manager, that's his responsibility. Making the playoffs to me is his job. Once there, its a crapshoot, no matter what anyone argues. One play here or there can determine who moves on, and the GM has nothing to do with that at that particular point. It wasn't KW that made the ball go through Tony G's legs and Ichuchi homers for a White Sox win. It wasn't KW getting El Duque to somehow get out of that jam in Boston. If those don't happen, the Sox maybe don't get out of the first round, maybe in 2008, they catch a couple of breaks and win it all. I'm anticipating no playoffs this year, so that would be 2 times he's made it in 12 years. Once every 6. 5 teams in the division plus wild card, its not even average. Considering the advantages he's had in the AL Central most of his reign, its even worse. He inherited a team with Thomas, Konerko, Ordonez, Lee, Valentin, Crede, Durham, Buerhle, Garland, Foulke and supposedly the #1 farm system in baseball,as they say in elections are they better today than the day KW took over? But he's not going anywhere, so you and I just have to live with it, and hope he does things better than he's been doing them. If they didn't fire him after last year, with the horrible year and the Ozzie feud, a year after he blew off Thome for $1 million and gave Manny $4 million for 2 RBI, a year after he stuck the ownership with Peavy and Rios' contracts, they aren't going to fire him for not winning when they cut the payroll $25 million, although change is coming fairly soon. Rick Hahn, another who I question, wouldn't be waiting around for nothing.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 19, 2012 -> 08:39 AM) How am I "wired", Dick? Do tell. Its simple. If KW acquired them, they suck. That, and probably most of your posts are BS just to try to aggrevate people.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 19, 2012 -> 08:11 AM) What are you out to prove or disprove about me based on my answers to the ridiculous line of questioning on whether or not I would want person A gone because I want KW gone? Don't you think the Sox should change GMs before they get rid of their better young players? The way you're wired, you will have the same issues with whatever they get back as you do with the current guys.

Sveum said everything turned out great today for the Cubs even though they didn't win. I hope they keep this attitude another 100 years.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 18, 2012 -> 09:42 PM) Tomorrow, go outside and stare right into the sun. Let me know what you see. BTW, his head went down, his glove didn't, he tried to catch it, he just closed the glove early. It never went down. His mitt didn't go down, his head did. He tried to make the catch, he closed the glove a fraction early. You make it seem like he had 5 minutes to figure out his plan of attack when in about .2 seconds the ball went into the sun and he tried to make the catch and protect himself at the same time. It's what's expected in that situation. He was trying to do both. His head and mitt went down. The ball landed on top of his closed mitt. He obviously knew where the ball was, but because he didn't shade his eyes correctly, he wasn't able to stay with it. Many high school OFs would have made that catch.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 18, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) You obviously turn your head away in that situation so you don't take it off your eye. His mitt was going to where he thought it was going to land, and his timing was off on when it was getting there. His head and his glove went down together. It was Alex saying uncle to the sun, he was camped. He knew where it was going to land.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ May 18, 2012 -> 08:51 PM) Gordon Beckham has struck out just 4 times in his last 10 games... He hasnt looked geat all year but at least hes making contact and doesnt look lost (see Brent Morel)....Has Dan Johnson still been playing 3rd down on the farm?? Keep in mind Dan Johnson hasn't hit over .200 in the major leagues since 2007, and is probably a Viciedo-like liability defensively at 3rd base.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 18, 2012 -> 07:48 PM) Everyone seems to be conveniently ignoring Viciedo's minor league stats when they throw out Kemp or Konerko as examples. Those guys hit better than Viciedo at every level. He had better numbers than Magglio Ordonez, so he must be better than him.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 18, 2012 -> 07:30 PM) Maybe yours too. Absolutely not. That catch has to be made.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 18, 2012 -> 07:11 PM) There was nothing Rios could do with that ball. He had it all the way until the last second, it's do or die at that point. If the same thing happened to De Aza, your answer would be different.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 18, 2012 -> 06:58 PM) You need to go out and take some fly balls. "Turning a little bit" doesn't change the fact that you are looking back up directly into the sun. Turning doesn't put the ball or the sun in a different place, and you're still standing in the same spot - where the ball is landing. Again, ball into sun = doesn't matter what you are shielding or trying to shield. You can't shield the sun and suddenly only have the ball appear. It's not a magic show. Wrong. Everyone there who saw the ball saw it from a different angle and some people without sunglasses didn't have to squint,and unless you are in cement, you can change the angle and use your glove as a sheild. He just stared into the sun.When I was in HS we were actually taught how to deal with the sun.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 18, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) Right. If Rios was stationary underneath it maybe he could have changed the angle by playing it of the side, but he was running in to catch the ball. Bad luck. He was camped under the ball. There is no excuse. He could have looked from an angle, he could have used the webbing of his glove as a blind. If Adam Dunn were out there, I could see where it could be a problem, but an everyday OF, no way.

f*** them. Whether it was intentional or not, its time the opposition quits taking liberties with White Sox hitters. The past several years have seen way more Sox get hit than opponents. Obviously, Quentin and Pierre account for a good portion of it, but if Jake wants to plunk someone, he should do it. If the opposing pitcher knows he or one of his teammates is going to pay when he hits someone even it its just an accident, advantage White Sox. Maybe it seems like a who has a bigger cock type of excercise, but Paulie has to stop getting hit in the face, and the easiest way to stop it is to hit some opponents.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 18, 2012 -> 04:57 PM) Again, you can't. You're standing in the spot where the ball will land. To adjust the angle enough to get the ball out of the sun, you'd have to run at least 10 feet to the left or right, as it's coming down. Unfortunately, the sun wins sometimes. Yes you can. You can turn a little bit and it will change your sight line slightly and you won't be looking directly into the sun but still see the ball. In fact, Rios did exactly that earlier in the game. He had plenty of time to do it. If it were more of a line drive, I may give a guy paid as much as he's paid a break, but there are plenty of high school RF who would have caught that ball.

If nothing is broken, I'd be shocked if Paulie wasn't in the line up tomorrow as long as there is no vision trouble.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 04:45 PM) Robin just said with a straight face there was no purpose to the pitch at LeHair. Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.... If he says otherwise there will be a suspension

Was it the Tribune that said it would take LaHair over Konerko? I thought they sold the team.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 18, 2012 -> 02:40 PM) Ahahahaha. I love Tanks arm. Tank is probably never going to be much of a fielder, but he can throw.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 18, 2012 -> 02:35 PM) Len & Bob are saying that Peavy has been yelling at Samardja Good for the Jakemeister, but this does happen everytime someone gets hit. I remember years ago the TV picking up Tim Hudson calling Buerhle a b**** for hitting someone with an 85 MPH heater on the butt.

Farmio must be conflicted.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 18, 2012 -> 02:24 PM) Samarjia now talking s*** from the dugout That's fine. You want him wound up. He's either going to be unhittable the rest of the day or meat.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 02:23 PM) Apparently he was yelling at Humber. I knew I hated him for a good reason. ND isn't a good reason?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 02:21 PM) Humber just threw at Lehair and go the warning At least part of the mission is accomplished. The Sox don't have to worry about being pitched inside the rest of the game.