Dick Allen

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 18, 2009 -> 12:15 PM) In yesterdays game thread or somewhere within the site Cowley talked about Ramirez shagging fly balls and putting on a show at chasing everything down. It truely is amazing what can happen when you let a pitcher who is not ready to start get themself in trouble. Actually, Hawk mentioned it as well.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ May 18, 2009 -> 11:22 AM) First of all, right or wrong, Ozzie likes to break up same-sided hitters, so he breaks up two righties with a lefty. Second, usually your best hitter is in the 5 hole and Paulie, right now, is the best hitter. Let's go boys. How's about salvaging something here. Usually, your best hitter is in the 3 hole.

Podsednik CF Nix LF Dye RF Thome DH Konerko 1B Pierzynski C Ramirez SS Getz 2B Fields 3B

When you start b****ing about the official scorer, you have officially run out of things to complain about.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 17, 2009 -> 01:57 PM) Where can I find Kalapse's handy contract info sheet? If you can't find it, I don't think it can be refered to as handy.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ May 17, 2009 -> 01:39 PM) I remember people were calling last year a success (although I wasn't one to think this) because we had found a young core of Quentin, Alexei, Danks, & Floyd. In hindsight, would people say that today? Quentin and Danks are still going to be a huge part of the White Sox future. They love Ramirez and even if he is what he now is, they only paid him a total of $4 million for 4 years. He's already earned his money last season. Floyd is troublesome, not only for what he's done his last 20 starts which makes it appear getting lit up isn't exactly temporary, but the cash they threw at him. Considering how they will always cry about not having any money, even the $14 million extensions to guys like this, is probably a huge mistake.

Fields is not taking pitches well at all.

Fields is trying to hit the ball 500 ft.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 17, 2009 -> 01:32 PM) gavin now sporting the 777 era. woo hoo Maybe he has a deal with Boeing.

Gavin and Contreras have never been able to hold anyone on. Its been that way ever since Hawk has been talking about them as first ballot HOFers. Why b**** about it now?

Lillibridge playing his way into the everyday line-up. Hope you like Charlotte BA.

QUOTE (chisox2334 @ May 17, 2009 -> 01:08 PM) joe madden messes up his lineup card putting longoria to hit dh and play third. Also, had Ben zorbit playing third. Now Andy sonastine is hitting third today now due mess up/. Looks like we have an early leader for the Terry Bevington award.

Getz is a rookie. Rookies struggle.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:44 PM) I think they get drafted higher than they should because of how good of athletes they are. And there's something about the development time they miss playing football that cannot be made up.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:38 PM) The thing that frustates me is we acquired Betemit to fill in for Fields against tough righties, especially when Fields was struggling. Now, we are in that same exact situation, and Betemit doesn't get playing time because of his poor defense. The question is: where in the hell is the scouting of Betemit that should have been done to show he's a bad defensive player? Must have been the same scout who said Swisher and OC would be amazing clubhouse people. Betemit plays against tough lefties. I really don't understand why they even bother with him on the roster.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:34 PM) I've come to the conclusion that the guy just isn't a baseball player. He's got the tools, but lacks instincts and baseball know-how. I'm leary of football players playing baseball. Most don't turn into the players they were advertised.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:33 PM) So I really don't like Fields anymore. He looks 100% lost at the plate. He's the same as he was when everyone was making a big deal out of him, except he's not hitting all the homers. He really had never hit homers at that pace previously in the minors and he probably will hit homers more frequently than he has this season, but his performance is really not shockingly worse than before.

3-2 Lillibridge should just take. The take sign is his best chance.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:30 PM) Wheres Ozzie? Graduation? Well now its 2-1 on my feed. What the f***, why would directtv have such a late feed. Ozzie Yunior is now a college graduate.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:27 PM) Is my feed on a major delay or something, its 2-0 with 2 outs? I bet Rios homers. $50?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) Ya, I was stunned Paulie was moving, at the same time, I'm not opposed to forcing the issue. I just didnt like running Dye with Thome on base, but I'm thinking that was on Dye not Ozzie. Dye I believe has a green light to go when he wants to and thought he got a good enough jump to steal 3rd. In fact he did cause he was safe, but ump made the call and it was a close play. I hope Ozzie didn't call for the steal. I still wish we had even more guys that could run on this team (not just only run, but run and hit for an average). Ozzie isn't there. Joey Cora is in charge. Joey is the biggest reason I don't want Ozzie to quit. He most definitely would be the replacement.

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) for whatever reason first place teams usuallly win on sundays. First place teams usually win every day of the week.

I'm pretty sure the Sox will need to score at least 6 to win today.

The other thing was when it was 3-2 on Thome, Konerko was in motion. If Thome k'd which happens fairly often, 2 White Sox outs would have been Dye and Konerko caught stealings.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ May 17, 2009 -> 12:13 PM) this team is just so bad right now. Bad fielding, bad pitching, bad offense and bad decisions. You have one of the toughest pitchers in baseball shaky at the start so you give him an out by trying to steal with JD? Unreal. It might not have cost any runs, but I agree, Jermaine Dye making the first out of an inning trying to steal 3rd is not smart baseball.