Dick Allen

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) Is West going to be the home plate ump in this series? Because if it is...ugh. Unless someone gets sick or hurt, no. He'll be at second tonight and first base tomorrow.

Maybe today is the day Manny actually starts earning his paycheck.

I'm still waiting for Anorexei Ramirez to bulk up. It shocked me when the say he lost 5 lbs. during last offseason.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 11:40 PM) Even the guy who does the video for mlb.com thinks it's a joke. The title of the video is "Phantom balk incenses Ozzie" Phantom balk incenses Ozzie When the homeplate umpire is calling a balk other than a lack of a stop or some sort of false move, it is total BS. There is no way he can see the other parts of the equation that constitute a balk. If the first base umpire isn't calling it, and its this particular crew, there is no doubt is some vendetta and really something needs to be done.

I've never been a big Ozzie guy as a manager, but I must say, I loved the way he came out and exploded on that umpire tonight. There is no doubt in the players minds who he backs right now. He knew he was going to be tossed, but enough was enough and he had to tell that guy to f*** off. Now if he will tell or encourage his pitchers to hit a few guys, I think the Sox are back in business, at least I hope so considering how much money I had to pay them on Monday.

Big clutch hit by the much maligned AJP. I'll take him in 2011. Manny must start doing something.

The Sox are 11 1/2 games worse vs. the AL Central than Minnesota. Even with the 5-10 mark against Minnesota, that's still 6 1/2 games of difference. There's really no excuse to be right about .500 vs. KC, Cleveland and Detroit this year.

Ozzie said Teahen won't be at 3B until he gets his confidence back. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he won't be there, but how exactly is he going to get his confidence back not playing there? Games and taking a little infield are 2 very different things.

Its about time Manny drives in a run, maybe even get an extra base hit. For all the credit he gets around here, he's basically been Juan Pierre with no wheels since he's been a White Sox. The Sox need him to come alive this homestand.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 06:55 AM) I didnt see an article where a member of the Nuggets said they specifically didnt want Deng. I saw some analysts speculating on whether or not they WOULD, but nobody coming out and confirming. Here is the report: The Chicago Bulls are interested in trading for the Denver Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony, a league source told ESPNChicago.com on Thursday. And while the source said that the team is holding internal discussions as to whether the Bulls would allow Joakim Noah to be part of any deal, Chicago has not reached a consensus. Another source close to the situation told ESPNChicago.com's Nick Friedell that Noah would not be part of an Anthony deal. The Nuggets are hesitant to take back Luol Deng as part of a deal with the Bulls because Denver is leery of taking on long-term contracts with the collective bargaining agreement set to expire on June 30, 2011. Deng is two years into a six-year, $71 million contract, the initial source said. So unless there is going to be some 3 or 4 or 5 way trade, and if anyone really wanted Deng, I'm sure he wouldn't be a Bull right now, the report is BS. Most are in the NBA.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 09:19 PM) Us trading D1 could work out like the Tigers trading Jackson last year...but the return has to be right. They are in 3rd place. Why trade a guy who is going to be 26 years old and may be the ace of the staff eventually? I really think people take 1 or 2 games and go way overboard both positive and negative. This is not a guy you trade away. Its the type of guy you want on your team.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 09:09 PM) WTF? didn't I explicitly say Deng + Noah? I'm just telling you, like 99 percent of all NBA trade talk, the report with Noah is BS. It specifically said Denver doesn't want Deng. It can't possibly work even if the Bulls were to be willing to give up Noah if Deng wasn't involved.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 07:52 AM) The issue might not be as much the Bulls being unwilling to give up Noah, but instead it might be the Nuggets understanding that they're going to have to extend Noah this year and as such Noah not offering really anything in terms of salary relief. Deng's contract + $10 million+ to extend Noah in exchange for Anthony means they've taken on an additional $5-10 million in salary, and I believe they're in tax territory, so that's nearly $20 million out the door in that deal. The report is BS. Noah is making $3.1 million this year. They have this thing in the NBA called a salary cap. The Bulls don't have cap space for the trade.For the Bulls to get Carmelo, Deng has to go to Denver or be part of a 3 team trade.

QUOTE (Cali @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:38 PM) I could easily see Danks getting traded this off-season, and depending on the haul we'd get, I'd be all for it.... Trading Danks makes no sense for a team trying to win.

The Twins have been very shakey in the late innings. They almost blew it again. Fuentes has a back problem and has only pitched the day he reported to the team when he got the save. There is still hope, but a sweep next week is almost becoming necessary. Any more slip ups before that series and the Sox not taking all 3 probably woud be curtains. Hopefully they can breeze today and vs. KC. Fields, Betemit, Betancourt isn't exactly murderer's row at 3-4-5.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 02:53 AM) Teahen just doesn't have a position. He simply sucks at third. He's bad in right. He's not even good at second. Bad bad acquisition. Again, he'd be OK to play once a week assuming he doesn't cost us that game ever week with his glove. I just think we can't afford to keep him around, especially if Omar retires and we start him at third. Him playing everyday will show up regularly in the won/loss column if he's in the field somewhere. The problem is money if they want to get rid of him, which I suspect they do. They obviously saw something sometime, somewhere, that made them think the extension they gave him was well worth it. They aren't going to pay him to play somewhere else even though it actually might be more cost effective.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) this detroit team is really not very good. play some f***ing baseball! Especially without Cabrera.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) Kenny needs to do a better job of building a roster. We basically played a man down on offense all year long because he listened to the whims of a man who is pretending we are in the NL. Ozzie proofing the lineup is the key for any executive who is above him. Role players especially lefty marginal players become keys in our lineup. Oddly imagine if we took the money we spent on Manny, added Kotsay and Teahan. We might of had a real DH. Its one thing to trade for Teahen, but to give him an extension......................................oh my.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 07:32 PM) Andruw Jones=814 OPS Alex Rios=811 OPS Obviously Rios is the better player, but this is one reason that there are other valuable stats to look at, rather than just OPS or SLG. I think if Jones played as often as Rios, his OPS would be a lot lower.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) good god alex, lay off the pitches you can't handle He has no chance against Bonderman for some reason.

Wasn't Kelly the guy who dropped a throw to first yesterday? He and Teahen should play catch. That could be comical.

The Twins are down 1-0 and Thome was a scratch with an ab strain.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 07:22 PM) huh? Its true. LA had a Berry and Barry in their system. KW thought he was getting one, but wound up with the other a 31 year old AAA filler. The other never became anything, so really no harm no foul, but I'm sure KW is a little more careful now if there are similar names in a system.

QUOTE (11and1 @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 07:21 PM) It's not quite over, but did any of them ever cost us a Division title, this late in the season? The Sox may have won in 2003 if they had Foulke instead of Koch.

Tell you the truth, I'd almost yank Danks now. No need running his pitch count up. Let him be fresh next start.