Dick Allen

Hawk said fister.

I have a feeling Hawk would love to be a Twins announcer.

QUOTE (quickman @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) same with konerko , who completely sucks as a baseball player. he needs a flipping shrink, and a lobotomy. Konerko's had a horrible year, I don't think anyone defending him has said otherwise. My belief with him is his injuries have accounted for the big dropoff. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't buy Paul Konerko being a .210 hitter. My deal with Swisher is he has been awful yet people continue to stroke him.

Uh oh, DJ admitted Dye's homer was foul yesterday. Hawk is going to scold him off the air.

QUOTE (quickman @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 08:12 PM) he took a pitcher to 13 pitches, thats a good at bat besides the fact he flew out. The twins basically have three guys on there team, and the sox continue to let those guys beat them. Thats the difference, Basically our single A pitcher against there best player. game over. He can have all the good at bats he wants, it be nice for him to get a hit on the roadtrip.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 08:08 PM) Want to know one difference between Swisher and Konerko, aside from those discussed earlier? Look at Swishers AB here and the swings he has been taking. When is the last time Konerko had an AB like this? Last time up. Paulie made an out. Just like Swisher. Its great to see 7 or 8 foul balls, but in the end, they don't give you any runs for them.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 08:06 PM) Oh man....BA would have parked that last pitch Maybe Swish will park the next one.

Coax a walk Swish.

Listening to Hawk, the only umpire strike zone descrepancies occur to White Sox hitters.

Swisher is hitting .170 with a .230 obp and a.225 slugging pct. after being behind 0 and 1. He has only put the first pitch into play 13 times this year. Pitchers should be shot not throwing him a strike on the first pitch.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 07:40 PM) From the one angle CSN showed it almost appeared as if Dye whiffed on the ball. I'd have to see it again. He's a terrible fielder whether or not he had a chance on this play. Can't move worth a s***. Roberto Clemente in his prime wouldn't have caught that ball.

The good news is Contreras looked sharp in a bullpen session yesterday. Rookies in big games is asking for trouble. Richard looked pretty good for a while.

The good news is Contreras looked sharp in a bullpen session yesterday. Rookies in big games is asking for trouble. Richard looked pretty good for a while.

The good news is Contreras looked sharp in a bullpen session yesterday. Rookies in big games is asking for trouble. Richard looked pretty good for a while.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 06:07 PM) At least Hawk pauses before his rants. Blyleven is one continuous sentence the entire inning. Dude....SHUT. UP. for a minute or two. That's why I don't like listening to Scully...he never takes a friggin breath. Its like Rick Sutcliffe and Ditka, they always cut off the last word halfway through it in every sentence to start the next one. Calm down.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 06:02 PM) Good God...I've got to listen to Blyleven again tonight. @#$%& I don't know, listen to Hawk rail against the umpires is really getting old, even though I love the Hawkeroo. The over/under on Hawk's first "one of those was not a strike", is the top of the second.

QUOTE (Maxwell @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 03:21 PM) He isn't basically Juan Uribe. If he was, you'd love him for buying you dinner. Right. Good one.

QUOTE (TCQ @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 01:42 PM) Isnt it ironic that this thread was started to ask about swisher love, and i again see this unfounded uribe at third love. Yes he has the arm for it but he has two errors in only 4 games, plus a bonehead play he made the other day iirc. Everyone thinks he can play third but prior to this year where his d has been less than stellar he hadnt played there since he played 19 games there in 04. Wheres all this uribe love coming from? (Sorry to kinda go off topic didnt want to start a whole new thread on this and its partially relevent) Uribe+love+soxtalk.com=Not never

One amazing number I saw was Swisher is hitting .170 with a .230 OBP on any AB were he falls behind 0-1. That's over 180 AB so it can't be blamed on sample size.

Let's just hope for all our sakes they both put their slumps behind them soon.

I'm sure no drinking was a term of his probation whether he became of legal age or not. If its true he violated the terms, it shows what a true moron the guy is. He got a huge break, being able to continue his free education and play basketball. It will be interesting to see if the AD and Weber have grown the stones to tell him so long if he's not behind bars during the basketball season.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 11:34 AM) And every single one of those players has been thoroughly bashed on SoxTalk. We are an equal opportunity bash board. Yet Swisher goes 0 for Detroit and 0 for the roadtrip so far and there's a million excuses. He's playing out of position, proven to be false, he walks, then have him lead off. His strike outs are ignored, especially in big situations. He was great in June, but Uribe was great last September. Swisher isn't even hitting .200 the rest of the months combined, yet he's got to play firstbase. I say bunk. No other player could have the exact same season Swisher is having and get the slack he gets.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 11:26 AM) Just curious, but, who says his s*** doesn't stink? The only real positives people have been saying for him are his ability to get on base, his defense at 1B, and the attitude he brings to the clubhouse. I think those are all true positives for him. I think everyone is disappointed in his hitting. Look at everyone defending his play. Does he get the same treatment on this board as Paulie, Thome, Crede, Uribe, Contreras, Dotel?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 11:26 AM) It only seems that way to you because you insist on bringing Swisher up to bash him when someone is bashing Konerko or Uribe for their extended periods of sub .200 batting averages and refuse to ever give it a rest. No. I just don't understand the inconsistency. Thome was still getting on base when he was struggling. Go back and see what was written about him. Paulie gets bashed. Uribe has been written about needing to be released for years. Crede has started to get lambasted lately. Swisher has 0 hits on this roadtrip and a few strikeouts with men on base.

This wasn't meant to be a Konerko VS. Swisher thread, I just can't understand how this guy' s*** doesn't stink. At least Paulie has an injury excuse and the excuse some think he's old.