Dick Allen

On the bright side, Alexei coaxed his first walk tonight. What is the over/under date for Pierre's first extra base hit in White Sox doubleknits?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) so now, of 11 runners that Williams has inherited.. 8 have scored. He's stranded 3. That's a good start.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:21 PM) Why the f*** don't you pitch-hit for Vizquel? Ozzie doesn't want to embarrass him, but he embarrasses him more having him try to hit.

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:18 PM) It'd be interesting to know what it was inning to date, right after the 1st....near 10 would be my guess. 9.26

Let's see if Ozzie has the balls to PH for Vizquel. The Sox need baserunners not nostalgic looks back to the 90s.

At least Peavy turned it around after the first. I don't understand Ozzie's fascination with Randy Williams. I understand he's a lefty, but..................

QUOTE (Maverick0984 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 07:54 PM) When is the Omar Visquel experiment over? I never liked the signing of Omar, but if he's tutoring Alexei, Alexei at least is making good throws this year. If Frank Thomas was the Sox firstbaseman last year, Anorexei would have easily had 40 errors. Unfortunately, Alexei is also hitting like a 43 year old Vizquel.

Ozzieball. Does Hawk really believe the umpires have a conspiracy against the Sox?

Where are you Jose Contreras?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) can we please stop using the "F" in between Peavys initials We can still use it. It just means something totally different. As long as he's not hurt, I think he'll be fine eventually.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) I completely agree, he's not finishing his pitches at all. It's the main reason that he has no bite on his slider. They might as well DL him, as he's not helping this team right now. He's definitely not finishing off pitches. What how his arm snaps back almost as soon as he lets it go.

Peavy seems to flinch after each pitch. I wonder if he doesn't have some issues after being hit last year.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 07:16 PM) Well, the good news is the Twins are so good that we won't have to be disappointed for long. They are going to stomp a mud hole in this division early. They already have to be honest. The Twins cannot win outside.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 07:18 PM) He didn't say, just that he was told in ST that Peavy was hurt and he still is. He's done some sort of move after a couple of pitches that would indicate a shoulder issue. Something isn't right. He doesn't walk this many people.

Lucy is having impressive ABs.

That last one was a ball. If he were a more significant player it would be 3-3 right now.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 08:38 PM) Alexei... LOL God bless him but Konerko has to be the slowest ball player on the planet. I think Paulie would blow away Bengie Molina in a sprint. He may be the slowest player in history.

Stone said in spring training, Alexei lost 5 lbs this offseason. How does he lose weight? He's almost see-through.

Alexei is due. Its fairly warm in Dallas. Somebody tell him its May.

A hit here would be huge for the Sox and even more huge for Quentin.

How many times do we see this happen. For the love of God, you have to get the guy in from third. You have to have a plan.The baseball IQ of this team is questionable.

Are the Sox going exclusively with the black tops this year?

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 08:29 PM) The organization's negligence of OBP is showing up so far this season in a bad way. KW said he wanted a .350 OBP, then acquired guys who rarely have a .350 OBP.

I think Andruw would be even better if he just tried to hit it 450 instead of 500 feet every time.

The Sox every day leadoff man has the same sluggling pct. as he does batting average. The everyday SS has the same on base pct. as batting average. I know its early but today is the 20th game of the year.