Dick Allen

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 10:33 PM) For the rest of the night maybe. Carry-over to tomorrow such a myth, IMO. Most of the time I would agree, but this is the type of game the Sox have blown all year, especially when they get to the .500 mark. A win may give them a spark. Sox with 4 triples tonight.

A walk off win could do wonders for this team.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 10:25 PM) Becks blew that. He wasn't going to get that guy at home. DP was only option, right? He wasn't going to get a DP either. It actually was a blessing he didn't get it cleanly because he was coming home, the runner would have been safe and the other guy would have been on second and would have just scored.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:57 PM) I don't think AJ calls his games. He is always looking into the dugout before calling pitches AJ calls pitches. He looks to the dugout for pitchout calls and throws to first. They actually tell the pitcher to throw to first these days.

lefties have very little chance against Sale.

Now the bullpen shuts them down and the Sox will be over .500.

I really don't think its just coincidence the Sox started scoring more runs since they got Dunn out of the middle of the order.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:25 PM) You're right - it's Laz Diaz back there. I should cut Ohman some slack. Diaz called Cabrera out on strikes on what should have been ball 4. It probably save at least one run if not more. I'd call it even.

2 triples for De Aza. Rios has to get back in the line up.

QUOTE (Unknown @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:20 PM) I think we can all agree that Floyd did not have his good stuff tonight. He had awesome stuff for a while. The Sox will still win this game. They have been getting the breaks.

Nice job there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 08:17 PM) The rulebook might not allow them to give him 2b if he stopped running on his own. I think that is the case, so his choice was take his chances the ump makes the call or stay at first.

If Choo attempts to steal second, I think its progress if the Sox catcher even makes a throw.

There's no doubt Choo would be on second if he didn't stop because the guy was on the ground in front of him.

That's a huge break at the moment.

Stone has pretty much praised Jimenez tonight. When he was on the Score on Friday, he ripped him and said Cleveland overpaid significantly for him.

Flowers and Dunn may have a strikeout contest tonight.

AJP is one who will be far more appreciated when he's gone.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 05:43 PM) Cooper has openly opposed Z coming to the Sox. The last thing you want to add to an under achieving team is an under achieving cancer. I would take the Big Z for the minimum with no leash. He screws up once, he's gone. I do think he will be playing for Ozzie eventually.

Something that is also pretty amazing to me, Thome has never hit 3 homers in a game. Hopefully he does it tonight.

HOFer. Only the 8th player ever and 3, ARod, Bonds and Sosa had some help. Thome has never been linked to the juice. An amazing accomplishment. Aaron, Ruth, Mays and Griffey the only others untainted to do it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:18 AM) Sadly Ozzie has won that battle statistically. He won the battle but we all lost the war. Not bringing back Thome in 2010 is going to go down as one of the most costly blunders in KW's reign, and perhaps White Sox history. If they brought Thome back last year, and he was willing to pay for peanuts, if he hit like he did in Minnesota, maybe the Sox take the division. Minnesota would have been hurting when Morneau went down without him. And if they kept Thome, chances are they don't ever offer Dunn the contract they offered him and they dodge that bullet. Whether is fair or not fair to hold someone other than Adam Dunn accountable for his lack of production after signing with the Sox, whether it was something that could be foreseen or not, and I don't think even the most pessimistic could see a drop of this magnitude, really doesn't matter.

Thome just hit #599. The Twins have the lead.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) If Cowley gets in my grill a little bit if this turns out not to happen, I won't hold it against him. Actually Joe....I mean Marty, the guy that had this "scoop" and has had it for almost a year is your boy Phillip with the Tribune.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 14, 2011 -> 07:55 PM) TLR has 2 maybe 3 years left in him as a manager. If JR decides not to rebuild, TLR is the best option to get something out of this moribound bunch. Hahn is tasked with the rebuild after TLR and the big contracts are gone. I'd give it about 20 games before people would be wishing Ozzie was back if LaRussa managed the White Sox. Every game would be 3 hours plus. You would need about 4 loogys, and a real bad player, DeWayne Wise would probably be available, that LaRussa would absolutely adore and play way too much.