Dick Allen

Corky has hit better than he has in 6 years. I really don't know what everyone expects.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 26, 2009 -> 09:31 PM) Fields just ran into one right there. What a horrible hitter. He's tremendous. The only thing holding him back from hitting .320 with 50 homers is Greg Walker.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 26, 2009 -> 09:03 PM) No offense to you, but I'd take Baseball-Reference's word before yours. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pierza.01.shtml AJ's numbers are very similar to what they were in SF. I guess that was Greg Walker's fault as well. He is hitting for more power. If he hit 6 homers a year with the Sox, people would be complaining about that.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 26, 2009 -> 08:38 PM) Evidenced by what? We have seemed to have our fair share of lift and pull hitters over the years. Its not what he preaches. He's not going to make Jim Thome a singles hitter. Jermaine Dye has had a lot of success working with him as has Konerko who was dead in the water with Gary Ward. Carlos Quentin was a MVP guy last year. He's been hurt this season. He works with a hitter's strengths. The White Sox have been a power hitting roster for a long while. The problem with this kind of roster is the inconsistent run totals from game to game. They probably do rely on hitting homers to score too much, but that's not on the hitting coach. If the White Sox acquired some .320 hitters, I think they would be just fine under Greg Walker. Its a fallacy that Walker has everyone swinging from the heals. Who has been a significantly worse hitter when they came to the Sox and who has been significantly better after leaving the White Sox and working with another hitting coach. Please take aging into consideration, and don't use Nick Swisher, because one of the reasons they dumped him was because he refused to listen to White Sox coaches. His hitting coach was Steve Swisher. The answer is nobody. Scott Podsednik hit significantly less homers with the White Sox than he did with the Brewers.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 26, 2009 -> 08:02 PM) We've seen results under Walker. It's more of the approach he preaches that everyone is tired of. The problem is the approach his naysayers say he preaches, he doesn't preach.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ May 26, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) This isn't a dig on Richard or your post, I am genuinely curious. Say Richard sticks, and Poreda makes it to the rotation next year. Has any team ever gone with 4 lefties in a starting rotation before? In the late 70's the Sox had Baumgarten, Kravec, Burns, and Wortham. All lefties.

QUOTE (sayitaintso @ May 26, 2009 -> 07:51 PM) I'm expecting a DL stint in the very near future for TCQ. They can call up Lillibridge to take his place.

QUOTE (onedude @ May 26, 2009 -> 07:46 PM) I don't see it either, at least no advantage, and he's moving when the ball is out of the pitchers hands. Its obviously working for him, therefore the pitcher has to do something to make it less successful. I don't think its bush league, dusting him is akin to a pitcher dusting a guy after he homers off him.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ May 26, 2009 -> 05:17 PM) any word on Quentin? He's going back to Chicago and he's out until at least Monday. I think he's going on the DL. I had what he supposedly has, and it took a while to go away, like 2 months. I have flat feet, about as flat as they can get, I don't know if that means anything. He, of course, is getting more treatments, but I had some. Its brutal. It makes you so jealous of people walking around with no apparent pain.

QUOTE (forrestg @ May 26, 2009 -> 02:30 PM) opposite field hits may mean his timing is off swinging a little late or he needs to cut down on his swing. Many right hand power hitters power alley is to right center. If he's striking out too much not hitting the ball for power and averages sound more like we need to get rid of Greg Walker. With his firing I think at least we, the fans could at least feel as if Sox management is at least trying to make the team better. This is the post of the year. Its Greg Walker's fault Josh Fields strikes out. Why wouldn't it be Don Cooper's fault Mike MacDougal couldn't throw a strike? Maybe they should fire him to show fans they care.

He did a good job. Hopefully, he can carry it over to a game when he doesn't get a huge lead to play with, I do think that make it a lot easier. I really believe he will have a much better career than Floyd.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2009 -> 10:19 PM) Gosh, Brian is awesome defensively. Hell of an effort by Danks tonight. BTW, F. Sanchez with quite a game vs the Cubs. I saw that. Floyd made him look silly.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2009 -> 10:18 PM) No excuse to keep Danks in to go over 110 pitches. Anyways, I missed the hit by Fields. What was it? Didn't they used to yank Danks at about 90 pitches, even last year against the Cubs I believe? It was a single to left.

Coop looks like he just ate a bad burrito.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 25, 2009 -> 10:04 PM) I don't believe that was ever said or hinted at. All that was said was that "Greg Walker ought to be happy with his performance tonight" or something closely along those lines. Walker has been blamed for the White Sox offense for years. And there have been plenty of posts when guys like Quentin or Ramirez are mentioned as guys who seem to have had more success than expected, that it had absolutely nothing to do with him.

What, Ramirez is putting time in with Walker? Fire Walker right now.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:39 PM) Minnie Minoso played for 51+ years?! HOLY s***! He played in 1980, and the White Sox signed him to play in 1990, but the commissioner blocked it. 1990 the Sox won 94 games and were battling Oakland. Oakland picked up Baines and Willie McGee at the deadline. The Sox signed Jerry Hairston so he could get some service time for his pension and Minnie. Ozzie was livid.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:42 PM) I think you're missing my point. Maybe the Sox should give Lillibridge a better opportunity. He's only had about 150 major league AB.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:36 PM) I know it's a bad comparison. I don't care one bit. After 3 years of complaining about Anderson being benched when he's actually starting to learn stuff, of course I' going to be behind Fields, because this obsession with dumping him is absolutely foolish. Again totally different. If BA doesn't hit, he can still help you. If Fields doesn't hit homers, he isn't a major league player.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:33 PM) After 166 games, Robin Ventura had a .634 career OPS. Yes, he was younger than Fields. But hell who cares...players never make adjustments or learn. Robin had 1 year in the minors. Bad comparison. He also didn't fan at the alarming rate Fields does.

Is Pods hitting .300 yet?

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:30 PM) As much as we semi-jokingly talk about this, I just can't see Ozzie putting BOTH Wise and Pods in the same lineup considering they are both LH. If Quentin goes on the DL, it sets it up perfectly.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:30 PM) Ignoring posts ftw. Rowand played 180+ games by the time he was 24. Fields has played 164. We are talking offense. I'm counting AB not games entered as a defensive replacement. We know Fields has none of those.

QUOTE (tommy @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:28 PM) Calling a Fields hit. BP is not televised.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:23 PM) Why would you completely ignore Rowand's 4th year and give the 145 ABs for Fields? Rowands fourth year he hit .310. I don't think Fields is going to hit .310. If anything, it makes Josh's .215 look like he should be a Knight.