Dick Allen

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) I'm not saying that I agree with everything Cowley has written however I will say this: 1. I think that since the end of the 2007 season until now Kenny Williams has been the worst general manager in baseball. 2. Viciedo would not make a difference on the Sox right now unless he was replacing Dunn which the Sox cannot do for obvious reasons (KW's screwup). 3. The Sox have no one in the minor leagues that would help the team - pathetic. Their system is a joke. There isn't anyone there that is going to be a star. This is on KW. 4. Ozzie is an excellent manager that would have many job offers. I don't believe that KW would be offered another GM job ever. 5. This franchise will continue to go down hill as long as KW is the GM. Viciedo would not make difference over Juan Pierre? Please don't give me that "who would leadoff" crap because somehow the Sox are 4-1 when Pierre doesn't play. Ozzie wouldn't have a lot of managerial offers. Florida wants him but not because of his baseball acumen. Its because of the box office. Why is the Sox plight all on KW? Again, KW was apparently wrong to sign Adam Dunn, but after 80 games or so of hitting like a pitcher, why is the genius Ozzie batting him 3rd in the line up? The reality is if there is a fool here, there are at least two. If Jerry Manuel was managing the White Sox or Terry Bevington, as Cowley thinks Sox fans deserve, if Dunn hit 3rd for them, he and the rest of the world would be all over the manager for making that happen. Its funny Cowley mentioned Bevington, but really except for 2005 what's the difference? Bevington was above .500 as the White Sox manager and finished in second place the 2 full seasons he managed. The Indians were stacked back then, so there's a built in excuse not to win. He went to the mound to change pitchers with nobody warming up, Ozzie has a guy who hasn't hit for a year bat 3rd, Seems similar to me. If you believe Cowley, and his source is his Twitter buddy Oney, there still remains a lot of tension between OG and KW. Is it beyond Ozzie who seems pretty childish to me to bat Dunn 3rd just to throw KW under the bus?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 06:33 PM) 1.) To win one of the 2 games with 2 runs total ... a miracle. 2 runs in Wrigley Field in two days, one scoring on a wild pitch. My god. Fire Walker now! We need a scapegoat. 2.) Dunn has to be put on the DL. Viciedo needs to take ALL his at bats for a few weeks. Pierre is not going to be replaced and there's nowhere else to put Viciedo. It would be nice to also put Rios on the DL for a few weeks. Let Lilli patrol center. 3.) This is not a good sign. The way we're going I do not expect us to win the KC series. The Royals can hit the ball and we can't hit no matter who takes the mound. KC is bound to score four or more each game. They only needed 4 off Rodrigo Lopez today for the sweep. The Sox have had a tough time with the 3rd game of series where they won the first 2 the last couple of years. Its really hard to believe Dunn could possibly be this bad, and Rios seems like an automatic out again. I would imagine this team will eventually hit, just pray by then the pitchers aren't too worn out with the lack of run support and run out of gas.

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 06:47 PM) Well, considering that he is basically hitting the same as De Aza and De Aza plays better defense and can steal bases, right now De Aza would help the Sox more. Viciedo is likely to be a pretty good DH. He'll never make an all-star team. That's my prediction. A good hitter, not a great one. Maybe, he will last in the outfield for a while before he gets moved to DH. For comparison, I will go with Jose Guillen. Check the slugging pct. and the age.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 04:26 PM) Pathetic offensive performance today. I can't believe we benched our best player twice in last four games just to get Dunn at bats. Dunn is killing us this season! I understand getting Dunn in the line up. He's not going to come out of it sitting on the bench. But does he have to hit 3rd? With him in the 3 hole, Rios in the 6 hole and the pitcher, that's 3 just about automatic outs spread out perfectly in your offense for minimal run production.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 10:11 AM) Cowley is the go to guy for Sox coverage in this town and it isn't even close. It's nice to have someone call out KW there are enough who call out Guillen. I have no problem having someone call out KW. I do it as well, but you have to be fair. Cowley is Oney Guillen's ghost writer. Show me one thing where he doesn't praise Ozzie or said Ozzie made a mistake the last 3 or 4 years? He's afraid of Oney. If Ozzie was the mad genius he's made out to be by Cowley and knows what buttons to push and when to push them all the time, how come the team gets into the binds they are in almost every season? According to Cowley/Oney, when things go right, its because Ozzie is a genius. When things go wrong, its because of KW. Mark Gonzales is by far a better writer, and easily the best baseball beat writer in Chicago. Adam Dunn is batting 3rd today. If he does well, Ozzie was a genius for batting him 3rd. He knew he would snap out of it. If he goes 0-4 with 4 ks, KW was the moron who gave him that contract and Ozzie is stuck with him. I can see where some would like Cowley's White Sox stuff. Its for the same reason they like reading the National Equirer and Star Magazine for all their movie star news.

Rodrigo Lopez has lead both the AL and NL in earned runs allowed and losses in a season.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 09:55 AM) Pierre LF, Ramirez SS, Dunn 1B, Quentin RF, Pierzynski C, Rios CF, Teahen 3B, Beckham 2B, Floyd P. This is the day Adam Dunn does something.(one day I will be correct) If he and Rios wake up, the Sox will be able to set their playoff rotation pretty far in advance.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 09:47 AM) I want your estimation of the percentage of Cubs and Sox fans in attendance when you get back later tonite I'm guessing right now there will be more Sox fans than ever at one of these games at Wrigley. Cubs fans are pulling a France and surrendering.

Its obvious Cowley has submitted his membership application to the Guillen family, as he likes to rip KW every chance he gets, yet won't give him any credit for something positive like the claiming of Humber. Cowley said that was all Rick Hahn. I guess KW was out of the loop. Considering all the schooling and dues on the job Cowley paid, I wonder if he finds it kind of disgusting he's now strapped at the waist with Oney Guillen, a guy he's clearly afraid to offend, and aims to please every White Sox piece he writes, even though Oney has the IQ of a grape.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 02:15 AM) Humber's performance today was really really impressive. Is this guy for real?? Man he's a great great story this year. He's real so far. Might as well ride him as long as you can. He's Estaban Loaisa II. He may totally suck next year, but this year he's one of the best in baseball.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 02:53 AM) I agree, and the BP Cup is laughably worthless to me. The indoor Canadian soccer on ice Cup to me is about as meaningful as a cup that I can get refills in (I never do) at McDonalds. Worthless? If the Cubs could ever take the season series from the Sox, they would have a reason to build a trophy case.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 08:38 AM) I will be in attendance, rocking #35. I'm going as well. I don't know whether to dress as the BP cup or a broom. Maybe I'll make a BP Cup costume and bring a broom. The Cubs Suck

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 06:48 AM) That´s cool DA, I just wanted to make a positive, fun poll to hear opinions. Wasn´t really trying to get analytical sabermetric type projections just what people see and think of his talent potential. Thanx for chiming in anyway with Balta so far. No one I believe is saying he can't be like those other guys, but its very rare and when Miguel Cabrera was 22 he was already an established star, of course he has a lot of issues and its very debatable how long he can remain one. Just as long as he's not like the 2011 version of Adam Dunn.

Carlos Lee is a good comp. Both were 3b turned outfielders, both will always have a battle with the bulge. I think he'll be more like Lee than the above choices. If he develops more plate discipline, maybe he's like Maggs. I'll take Lee or Maggs, and so would Viciedo because both will make more than $100 million in their careers. If he's like the other guys mentioned, wow. You just can't project that on a just turned 22 year old. Its probably not fair to compare him or expect him to be like Lee or Maggs either.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 12:49 AM) Florida totally bombed that trade. They got nothing out of Maybin and Miller. The offer the Sox had out there would have been a much better return (wasn't Floyd or Danks in that offer?) The kicker was the Marlins were able to dump Dontrelle Willis on Detroit. The White Sox wouldn't take him. It saved Loria a ton of money.

The Cubs are down to their last bullet.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:46 PM) Carlos Pena's last month disagrees. I'll take the Thornton/Pena match up everytime, although he may run into one.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:42 PM) I feel sorry for all you guys that have to watch Dunn every game. I'm annoyed about it, but it'd be so much more annoying watching it night in and night out. Please somehow someway figure things out just a bit Adam. He's seems to look even worse than he did a couple weeks ago.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:35 PM) 1-0 in the bottom of the 8th and we have Dunn lumbering around out in RF. Don't we have a better defensive guy to play RF this late in the game. They want to give him a shot at his 3rd k of the game in the 9th.

Nick pick Paulie.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:27 PM) 2 outs man on first and another coach picks Guillens pocket. But now you save Morel to make the first out in the 9th.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:26 PM) I know I'm late on this, but why was Garza yelling at Beckham when he walked earlier inthe game? Because he called timeout on a 2-2 count? Grow up, Matt. I saw that and I thought he was telling him he got lucky that he should have been called out on strikes. Whatever, that's who scored the run.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:23 PM) Teahan looking lost. He's not a contact guy, and its hard to be sharp if you play as little as he does, plus when he does play a lot he's really not that good.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:10 PM) No Santos today, too. Gonna be a tough remaining nine outs. Its still the Cubs.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:06 PM) Wrong. Go sit about 25 rows back in the 200 section. Unless you are watching the TVs you can't see the ball in the air