Dick Allen

It would be a ton of money to eat, but does anyone think Boozer gets amnestied?

QUOTE (Jake @ May 10, 2012 -> 09:05 PM) I feel let down by the coaching. How can the same mistake be made over and over and over? Do it junior high style and tell them they have to make x amount of passes before shooting if you have to. But CJ is probably at the top of my to blame list...I just wish the coaching didn't allow a backup player to cost us SO much. Rose and Noah are out. Back ups are on the floor the entire game.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 10, 2012 -> 09:01 PM) This series was close with the Bulls two best players out, and you don't think that is why they lost? Replace Rose with Watson for even five minutes of each of these games, and this series is completely different. I think if they had Noah healthy the entire series, the Bulls would have won in 5. With both, its a sweep.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 10, 2012 -> 08:59 PM) Even if CJ missed both fts, the Bulls would have been in a drastically better defensive position as Asik would have been on the block so Deng doesnt end up under the basket with Taj, unable to guard on the play. If you watch Hawes, he basically blocks out to keep them from being able to run down the court. Anger rising. CSN said CJ had the best FT percentage of the Bulls on the floor. Kendall said he was scared. And not only that, if he dribbled away from the basket, a couple more seconds might have come off the clock.

Kendall letting CJ Watson have it. Says the Bulls need a new back up point guard. Said he was afraid of going to the line at the end of the game.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 10, 2012 -> 08:52 PM) The foul not being called on Watson was a good thing, it should have let him dribble another 4-5 seconds before they could foul him. He just did the dumbest thing, gave the ball to Asik in a situation where the other team wants to foul. f*** you Watson, f*** you. That's just it. Anyone's fouled its 2 shots. You know Asik is going to get raped there and will go to the line. It was a poor decision. Another poor decision was Asik throwing the ball in with 2.2 seconds left and not throwing it down court the only way they had a chance.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 10, 2012 -> 08:51 PM) Did anyone else go from thinking there was no way we were gonna lose the game to immediately thinking theres no way we were gonna win the game the second Watson made that pass to Asik? When Asik went to the line, I was hoping for 1 out of 2 and overtime. He made 4 FT tonight. He was due to be way off. I don't understand how someone can play basketball everyday and can't make more than half their free throws.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 10, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) f***ing Spencer Hawes. That foul on Asik should have been a flagrant. He got him right around the neck. They aren't going to call that in that situation, but why Asik?

I don't know how you let a guy go the length of the floor in 4.8 seconds in that situation. If they didn't call a foul, it was an easy tip in anyway.

If the Bulls can score 80 points this game in regulation, they win.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ May 10, 2012 -> 02:10 PM) By season's end, Alexei has the same type of year offensively every year, and always has the bad or ho-hum April. There aren't any surprises there. There aren't ,but he should try to mix some things up maybe next offseason, considering these games do count and it would be better for the team if he actually could be at least mediocre offensively the first month.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 10, 2012 -> 12:04 PM) Teams don't do business with their divisional rivals very often. The last thing you want to see is that guy you traded away haunting you for 18 games a year. I don't think it is as big of a deal to Kenny, as he deals with the Royals fairly often, but probably more on the Detroit and Minnesota end of things. If KC and the Sox were both contenders, I'd imagine the dealing between the 2 teams wouldn't happen as much.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 10, 2012 -> 12:00 PM) Whoa, you cant make predictions about getting swept in the playoffs, thats just moronic. Making it is all that counts these days as its been proven that its anyone's game. If the Sox made the playoffs and Peavy was still pitching like he's pitching, they have a real good chance.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 10, 2012 -> 11:54 AM) A shot at what? Miraculously sneaking into the playoffs and getting swept in the first round? This is the year we can finally start to rebuild our awful minor league system by trading away the likes of Peavy, Thornton, Konerko and whoever else has value. The days of getting back top prospects for very highly paid veterans is OVA. Salary relief at most is all you can expect . Any young player worth a crap is a bonus.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 10, 2012 -> 11:43 AM) Stopped reading after that part of the sentence. This is clearly not a contending team this year. Couple that with ridiculously awful attendance and there's no reason to "go for it" as you seem to be implying. You sell off expensive pieces at the deadline and get the biggest haul you can get. Unless Detroit gets it going, they have a shot. I like the Sox roster a lot more than Cleveland's.

QUOTE (balfanman @ May 10, 2012 -> 11:38 AM) So I'm not quite sure what is being implied here (again, not anyone in particular). Is it being said that we don't, for whatever reason deal with the Tigers....or Twins? 20 + years ago is a long time, different ownership, management, players, philosophies, etc. I would think that if a deal benefits both teams, who cares who it is your dealing with. Isn't the ultimate goal to help your own ballclub? Unless they are desperate, teams generally don't deal with other teams in their division very often, unless is a cellar dwellar dumping salary. The facts are its been 23 years since they dealt with Detroit and 26 years since they dealt with Minnesota, expecting that to change wouldn't make sense.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 10, 2012 -> 10:56 AM) OK, so I had to look it up... Talk irony. From baseball reference Detroit Tigers (view 36 trades) March 23, 1989: The Chicago White Sox traded Ken Williams to the Detroit Tigers for Eric King. And they weren't in the same division back then.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 10, 2012 -> 10:15 AM) Thank God the Red Sox and Yankees aren't the only teams in baseball then. The Sox, a fiscally conservative team, had no problem giving $4M to a fat guy with dreadlocks who may, or may not have been, Manny Ramirez. What's an ace worth? I'm sure the Orioles think Peavy would look good in that uniform. With their recent struggles, you think they're going to let $10M stand in the way of a serious play off push? Considering they had about 12k at a game the other night even though they have one of the best records in baseball............yes. You basically have to find a team that thinks $22 million or the Sox throwing in the $4 million buyout, $18 million for JFP in 2013 makes sense. You will find a team or teams who will take him. I doubt you're getting back anything significant player-wise in return. He's showing now what we all missed had he been healthy all along.

JFP has managed to shut up the people who wanted him to shut up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 9, 2012 -> 02:44 PM) And we have seen what happens to 3B with back problems... I just don't get how it goes from trade Paul Konerko to trade for Kevin Youkilis is less than one day.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) The puzzling thing is how would pitching 3 times a week possibly throwing maybe 50 pitches during a week salvage his arm as opposed to a start with 100 pitches? Seems like a very fine line. He's pitching one inning at a time. Probably averages 17-18 pitches an inning. If he pitches 70 innings x 18 pitches, its 1260 pitches. If he averages 100 pitches a start, that's 13 starts, plus Stone mentioned in the bullpen he can be a 2 pitch pitcher and that will cut down the stress on his elbow as well. He's 23, Randy Johnson really wasn't anything but hot garbage until he was 25-26. Maybe if Sale fills out a little more and gets stronger, these issues won't be issues.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 9, 2012 -> 02:42 PM) The Sox stopped this before it became something they needed to DL for. That is atypical. That is why no one can understand this. Usually the pitcher get injured before teams do something. The Sox stopped this before it got to that point. Which makes more sense than anything else anyone has offered.

Nothing screams WS here we come like a 3rd baseman hitting .219 with a .630 OPS who has been downsloping the past couple of years and is coming off an injury. Remember when trading for hurt players who had nice track records was bad. Trades like the Peavy deal?

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 9, 2012 -> 02:36 PM) DL stints are typical. Putting your BEST YOUNG STARTER in the bullpen out of the blue is atypical. Typical because its the injury you said by not DLing and just coming out and saying he's sore and needs to go to the bullpen him let the world know he was broken. But putting him on the DL and not telling anyone why would do nothing to his trade value. Its really NOT TYPICAL to put healthy players on the DL. Regarding Jesus Montero, if Seattle was aware of the health problem before the trade, they would be in a lot of trouble. First, the trade would be rescinded, then losing a couple draft picks and fines, then the little deal about no team wanting to deal with you again..........