Dick Allen

QUOTE (SouthSidePride05 @ May 1, 2009 -> 09:59 PM) Is there any other site that shows current attendance figures? I'm pretty sure MLB and every other site gets their information from that ESPN site. That's pretty pathetic because it's just plain inaccurate. I just did some research, and I added all the attendance #s for all 12 games. Again, this site indicates the average attendance for the White Sox after 12 games: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance I came up with 295,295 excluding the first game of the double header. That means they counted the first game as an attendance of 1. I then added all of the Red Sox attendance figures for their 12 games. They also had a double header. They counted both games of the double header on 4/22. Their's was probably a day/night DH with 2 gates.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 1, 2009 -> 08:01 PM) He's absolutely incredible. He missed badly on that first pitch fastball but his swing on the double was a thing of beauty. I f***ing love that big lug. I do too. He's looked like he's about 50 years old for several years, talks real slow and eats a lot of red meat.

Mike Maddux is supposed to be a great pitching coach. You still need decent pitchers.

If a pitcher just hits Thome's bat, it can do major damage.

Put Thome on the DL. NOW.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:53 PM) really?? Yeah. I was stunned. I thought for sure he would be in trouble.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:47 PM) ha! this will be huff's last broadcast after that remark about a "white guy" About 15 years ago the Sox were in Oakland and they kept showing women in bikinis in the stands. Hawk said to Wimpy, "I'll tell you one thing about this camera crew in Oakland, they're the best beaver shooters in the league".

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:44 PM) Be careful, as there's a team that's likely going to have some money to spend with a huge hole in CF this offseason. Chevy is going to end their White Sox sponsorship. The Sox will have to lop off about $40 million just to pay the electric bills.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:43 PM) WOW - f***ING EARTHQUAKE JUST HIT US IN LA! woo baby, that was a good shaker. That would freak me out.

50-75 times Hawk has compared Buerhle to Catfish? C'mon Hawk, its more like 300.

Josh Fields definitely has added an inch or two to the waistline.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:37 PM) do fans of other teams experience this level of frustration? I have to believe so. This could be (insert team)talk. I'm pretty sure the threads would be the same. Everyone gets frustrated. The game is designed that way.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:34 PM) Good swing JD. It was close. Where's Jack McDowell, he usually did good fill-ins. What ever happened to Pratt? He met Black Jack. I wonder if he's crashing at his house.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:34 PM) If I got the Chicago radio signal I would listen to that instead. but alas, listing to music with the game on mute. This is seriously unlistenable. I'm downtown. AM radio comes in horribly or I'd be listening to DJ.

I wonder how much they are paying Huff to add absolutely nothing to the broadcast.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:28 PM) They have to be fixable first.... Like Jeff Nelson and Esteban Loaisa, Roberto Alomar twice, Sandy Alomar Jr. 3 times. Apparently, Jones was or at least is fixable.

Can't Comcast do better than Michael Huff? Its painful.

this.team.is.dead.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ May 1, 2009 -> 01:26 PM) Scott Podsednik, uniform #1. The new 1 dog

QUOTE (shipps @ May 1, 2009 -> 01:33 PM) I know all you guys are s***ting on Pods but I am pulling for him. In CF its gonna be a roller coaster but I think he has a chance to get hot with the bat and atleast show that he could contribute on this team. I was all for signing Pods and replacing Owens with him. He is better than Jerry, and I hope Pods does well. I really do. The reality is he probably won't. I've been his biggest critic on this board even during his "magical" 2005 season when he scored 80 runs, drove in 25 and had an OPS of .700, and the only thing he led the league in was Caught Stealing. (KW are you reading? Maybe I can help you in your arb cases) You may say his runs are the product of others, and I would mostly agree although driving yourself in does have its advantages. He scored a pedestrian 80 runs in 2005. Everyone would say he distracted pitchers so much that year. If he really was such a distraction, why did he only score 80 times? He only drove in 25. Now you can say that isn't his fault, your teammates have a lot to do with that, but isn't it strange the 8th, 9th and 2nd place hitters drove in at least double that? Pods was 0-7 with 1 rbi with the bases loaded that year. The run scored on a walk. If that were BA, he wouldn't be an MVP candidate but the reason for Swine Flu.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ May 1, 2009 -> 01:26 PM) We need a monster poll including Mack and Everett Incidentally for Mackowiak it's sad a guy who grew up a Sox fan (and was a solid hitter) will be remembered in this town for his CF duties which were not of his own doing. Its not Griffey's fault he was in CF last year. He even let KW know about his knee before the trade. Its not Everett's fault KW had him in CF in 2003 either. Its none of the players' faults. The White Sox apparently don't value defense in CF. Now it appears they don't value offense there either. They just want a guy who will play for near minimum.

QUOTE (tommy @ May 1, 2009 -> 01:27 PM) Podsednik suppose to be in the lineup, do you bat him 9th or lead him off and move Getz to two spot? I'd lead off Getz and have Pods hit second. Let him give himself up and move Fields down and tell him to swing as hard as he can. He needs to start hitting some homers. Maybe putting him in the 2 hole put too much on his mind.

Since injured players (see Pipp, Wally) aren't supposed to lose their jobs, does this mean BA is back to starting when he returns? I have always liked BA, but one thing no one mentions and I have always worried about is trouble staying healthy. Pods/Lillibridge is a bad combo in CF, but Owens/Lillibridge is worse. If Pods plays much, he's going to get hurt. Hopefully, BA will be ready by then.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 02:32 PM) He needs to clear again. Problem with putting him in Charlotte is he takes up roster space for, say, outfielders in B-Ham that deserve to be promoted and have real potential. I think the guys in Birmingham should stay there all year unless they get the call to Chicago. I almost look at Charlotte as the White Sox organization's wasteland, although Jimmy Gobble has been on fire lately. Let the young real prospects all play together and develop a bond.

QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 02:22 PM) Give the guy a chance to catch on somewhere and play...we got Lillibridge to PR in September Every team in baseball could have had him a month ago but passed. Charlotte is just as nice as any other minor league city he may find work in. If the Sox have to pay him, let him play in Charlotte and when September rolls around and if the Sox are still in contention bring him up when rosters expand as an extra pinch runner. There are plenty of guys in the Sox line-up who can use a runner. It could help win a game. He's a waste on a 25 man roster, but when 40 can suit up, he's worth having around.