Dick Allen

Beckham should have used the glove, he had plenty of time.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:54 PM) Throw in Billy Jo Robidoux and it's a done deal. With a name like that he should have been a star.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:52 PM) Storen and the twins want bernadina and Steve lombardozzi Bowden thinks its going to happen. The secondary players will be agreed upon.

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:51 PM) It takes the bat right out of Paulie's hands. I'm surprised anyone pitches to PK at all. Youk with some revenge on Morel. Exactly. I have no idea how anyone pitches to Paulie at all. I'd put him on everytime first base was open, and probably put him on if a base was open with 1 or 2 out and I had a LH on the mound.

I find the sweaty Youkilis very annoying, however, if he were a White Sox, I'm sure he'd be one of my favorites.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:49 PM) LOL the twins asking for the world for denard span According to Bowden, he's going to Wash for Storen.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:47 PM) If we're still trying to win, it's so bogus we keep playing him. Same goes for Dunn playing in any of the next 3 games. I don't have a problem with them playing Dunn. I do have a problem with him hitting 4th. Its mindboggling.

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:45 PM) Ya know, Dunn blows, but at least he seems like he's trying. Rios obviously isn't, and I know I'm not pointing out anything new here. But this is why I think that Rios would be a much better target for all of the abuse that Dunn gets from the USCF crowds. Maybe that's already happened and I just having been paying attention. It hadn't until now. Now I think he'll get more abuse than Dunn.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:45 PM) Rios needs to go up to the plate and just pretend he's Cecil Fielder and put all of his weight into the swing. This current bulls*** stance/swing gives him no power at all. He's also pulling his head. He'll either hit a grounder to SS or 3B or a little pop up to the right side.

So far, the camera crew is having a tough night.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:39 PM) Keith law is an idiot No he's not. He's the greatest baseball mind alive. Just ask him.

Rios had been getting a pass for playing like crap and playing uninterested for quite a while this year. When Ozzie sat him for 4 innings for loafing and he was ultimately platooned, he now is public enemy #1 with the home crowd.

5 runs in the first, one hit the rest of the way. The Cubs need a new hitting coach.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 04:47 PM) I would think the weather does play a role but some of the teams you mentioned have the same climate. The economy has a lot to do with it. You wonder at what point the owners are going to admit that when it comes to free agency. White Sox baseball is way over priced. I don't think it has as much to do with the quality on the field as the pricing. Weather plays a role with the Sox in April and May. Not now.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) @whitesox Chicago White Sox Williams: Chances of any deal "very unlikely," saying potential deals all would hurt club's chances to win division. #WhiteSox Which means nothing. He's not going to say he's going to make a deal. He wants more than what's being offered. Unless he said we will not be making a deal, very unlikely is like Brett Favre saying he's retiring and he means it.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 04:02 PM) Fan f***ing tastic... You know what's hurting the chances of winning the division? 5 of the 9 guys in the line-up being awful. Way to address the MAIN ISSUE OF THE TEAM. I'm not even talking about getting rid of CQ anymore. I'm talking about doing nothing to address the needs of the team going forward. De Aza is a start but KW benching of Rios "for a long time" lasted all of 2 games.... You make no sense. You say 5 of the 9 are awful and one who isn't you want traded for mediocre minor leaguers, and if they don't you're pissed off. Are you really a White Sox fan?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 04:02 PM) Don't give KW that drug Bradley Cooper was taking in Limitless. We'd have a new 25 man roster by 4 p.m. tomorrow. Jacob Turner's stranded four runners already in scoring position against LAA, 4 K's, lots of pitches...still 0-0 in the bottom of the 3rd. Seems pretty easy to run on him. Had lost 3 decisions in a row in AAA and gave up 7 runs in one of those outings. Angels could really use Napoli's bat again...one of the hottest hitters in baseball recently. If they aren't hitting this guy, what the Angels really need is not another hitter, but a new hitting coach. You get the right guy and every will have an .850 OPS. Colby Rasmus 0-12 with 5 ks since acquired by Toronto. They should fire their hitting coach as well.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 11:28 AM) Hairston to the Brewers. Damn...there goes the make-believe Rios deal. Alex Rios is a poor man's Carlos Gomez and makes about $10.5 million more a season.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 01:51 PM) I dont see him trading Thornton to a contending AL team. I couldn't see it either, just like I couldn't see the Cubs trading Ramirez to the Sox. If he helped the Sox win a WS, it would be a nail in their coffin.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) What a f***ing mistake... I'm coining a phrase right now. KW is blinded by the "AL Central Illusion of Contention", where in the division is SO BAD that putting a team that underperforms in one facet of the game EVERY NIGHT, but is only 3 games out due to aforementioned bad division, is okay and said facet of the game needs no changes because "look how close we are to first with the team we have now" I don't know how dumping one of your better players for marginal prospects makes the team any better down the road. If a team wants Quentin for prospects, KW is doing the wise thing and making sure there the top of the line guys. If not, screw you. BTW, the Sox are so bad they are 4-0 vs. Boston this year. Boston and NYY are going to have pitching problems. Get into the playoffs and anything can happen.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 01:34 PM) Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal Source: #RedSox also want Thornton, as reported by @BNightengale. Thornton could go. Quentin may be more a winter move. #tradedeadline #MLB Thornton is probably gone im thinking, which does hurt our chances despite what some of you are saying, especially with how much we've had to use the pen, and you're subtracting? yeah If he went to Boston, not only does it weaken the White Sox, it makes a team they have to beat if they want to win the WS stronger. It would be a curious move to say the least unless KW got back major leaguers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) I was there on half priced Monday, on July 4th (holiday), with fireworks. The upper deck was still only 1/2 full. Holidays historically aren't good draws. Labor Day is worse. A couple of years ago my cousin had patio party tickets for a Labor Day game or the Sunday before, I can't remember, against Boston. There were no more than 20 people total in the patio area. I would guess a lot of the business for that particular area is companies having work outings, and they generally don't have those on holidays or holiday weekends.

If they really wanted to make the upper deck a destination and didn't want to lower the ticket prices, lower the prices on the concession stands up there. Make beer and hot dogs half the price. You still would be turning a profit, and you could use you must be an upper deck ticketholder for entry in the upper deck. Then watch some of the lower deck ticketholders complain about not having access to all the parks amenities. The Sox have no problem selling their most expensive seats. The premium club and premium boxes are all gone with season packages. The problem is their weak locations have pretty high price tags if you aren't using some sort of discount.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 09:12 AM) One thing we don't know is if Beachy + was actually offered for Pence. That would be interesting to ascertain. We may never know, the Nieman/Howell offer TB supposedly gave to STL for Rasmus was determined to be BS. On another note, Rasmus started out 0-8 with 5 strikeouts. Could you imagine what would have been said if the Sox got him and he started out like that? There would have been one person blamed.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 09:10 AM) The Braves are more protective of their pitching prospects than I am a bottle of absolute vodka. If this was true, wouldn't all their pitching prospects be gone?