Dick Allen

If anything, you show Smarjdkdj that pitching inside and hitting White Sox whether it was on purpose or not, can be harmful to himself or his teammates. It will get him off the inside edge.

Throw over to first and hit him that way.

I think only the Yankees have a better all time interleague record than the Sox

QUOTE (Jake @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:55 PM) Say that to the Philadelphia 76ers They were still playing the Bulls.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:52 PM) It's not what you hit, it's when you hit it! I love Hawk, but the one thing I'm still trying to figure out, "It's not who you play, but when you play them". It doesn't make sense.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:52 PM) lol, it's so stupid It really is. The more you think about it, the dumber it is. Things evolve. Its time the NL got with the program.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:49 PM) Cheapest tickets on StubHub today were $19 The majority of those were resales, so there are going to be empty seats. People aren't willing to pay the ridiculous face value prices they are putting on these tickets.

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