Dick Allen

QUOTE (bigred3535 @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 01:25 PM) So I'm watching the Sox game on TV with a friend of mine who isn't a baseball fan. He was wondering about the guy yelling that you can hear on EVERY Sox broadcast, specifically what he's saying and if he's selling something. I always thought he was saying "PRO-grams" but my friend feels differently. As fellow Sox diehards, I figured you all would have to know who I'm talking about and might know what he's saying. I live in AZ so I haven't been to the Cell in a while and don't have up close experience with him. So...any ideas? He's yelling "Hot Dogs". He screams it at the top of his lungs every 2 steps he takes up and down the aisles.

White Sox pitchers have given up a ton of runs recently.

In the past couple of weeks KW went from a guy who if he did nothing by the deadline people would have understood, but now has several questions to ponder. I just hope he doesn't call for a meeting with Konerko and Thome.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 10:57 AM) I think a trade for another pitcxher, most likely a reliever is possible, but Carrasco might be the answer too If Carrasco is the answer, I will bow down and call KW a baseball genius. He had a nice outing, but his career numbers seem to indicate he will eventually get into a lot of trouble.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 09:44 AM) So did anything happen with this? I didn't see anything on sportscenter late last night? It appears its for Durham. Since they are playing each other, maybe they don't want to announce it until after today's game.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 09:49 AM) Do we know if this is a retroactive DL stint? They always seem to be. Its possible he misses only 1 start.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 09:27 AM) More arm fatigue? Or a different issue? Elbow tendonitis.

He's going on the DL. Carrasco will be back.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 12:28 AM) http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll...05760/1001/NEWS This has been something that has been going on for several years, and its really beyond ridiculous. Ferentz and his staff usually don't get the cream of the crop recruits. They get guys who are not as highly thought of and have been successful coaching them into good players. Apparently, a good portion of these recruits are total idiots. Something has to change. Either Ferentz tells his players that there is a good chance Iowa City police have an eye on you so don't do anything stupid, and the consequence of doing something stupid is the loss of your free education, or someone a little higher than Ferentz tells him, if your players embarrass the University anymore, you're going to pay the price. Maybe that will get him and his staff to pay a little more attention to the character aspect of a potential recruit. It doesn't appear the NFL is still trying to knock down his door after a couple of down seasons.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 08:41 AM) I was thinking about him the other day, he was mentioned to be available on mlbtraderumors.com. Last I remember of him, his velocity was down around the time that he was traded due to a shoulder problem, if he is closing now he must have regained it. The problem with getting him is Bowden wants about as much for his players as Chuck LaMar used to want for his.

Someone else KW supposedly has an eye on: Ladson also reports that the White Sox and Rays are scouting closer Jon Rauch. Rauch, you may recall, came up as a starter with the Sox and was traded to the Expos in '04. Kenny Williams made that deal with Omar Minaya.

Street hasn't been very good this year. I think he has 5 blown saves and has given up plenty of runs. If something knocks Jenks out, I would prefer Dotel close. He's usually unhittable. But maybe there is something wrong with Linebrink. He hasn't pitched in quite a long time. I just saw the thread on the arm fatigue. Arm fatigue 38 innings into the season has to be a concern. Couple that with Jenks coming off an injury most likely equals KW looking for a big time reliever, and while Street has definitely struggled this year, there is no question he fits that criteria.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 19, 2008 -> 07:18 PM) Does anybody get the sense that tomorrow is a must win now? Definitely. If they lose tomorrow and Minnesota wins, the Sox will be 0.5 games out with only 65 to play. No way can they make that up. KW should be selling parts at the deadline and calling up half of Charlotte's roster to get some experience.

I am an Iowa alum, and if the letter is accurate and Barta, Ferentz et al. lied to this girl, I hope all of them are looking for work. Protecting rapists to me should be a crime itself. I just hope she can somehow move on from this and overcome or at least be able to deal with all that comes with it. I also hope she sues the pants off the University and gets a settlement that sends a message. The Iactions of the Iowa officials with whom she dealt, if the letter is accurate, is beyond sickening.

With a great defense and Hester, the Bears offense should have some great field position this year. They won't have to be all that stellar to put points on the board. I'd rather have Harris think the Bears were going to the Super Bowl than think they will be in 3rd or 4th place in the division.

Chances are Crede isn't coming back. What should worry Sox fans is his designated replacement, Josh Fields, has stunk up AAA this season, and apparently either keeps getting banged up or has an injury he can't shake.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 06:07 PM) I foolishly decided that anonymity is not for me. Not for me either.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 04:43 PM) I personally believe #7 should be retired, and the announcement should be at Wrigley on January 1st. Yeah. Pit Martin had a great Blackhawk career.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 04:28 PM) Keep the blinders on all year if you want but as of 07/18/08 I think we can all agree that Paul Konerko has had a miserable season. I don't think anyone would disagree with that. The problem I have is he hasn't been healthy so its really not fair or intelligent to write off his career based on his play while he had a bad hand or for a couple of games after sitting with an oblique problem. He did have a down year last year, but it really wasn't that horrible and so did just about every White Sox. So his "downward trend" is based on a season the whole team was down and he still put up decent numbers, and half a season of playing injured. Its beyond silly.

The bottom line is booing Konerko would be a classless act. If you have no class, and must boo, by all means boo. Its just a shame that all White Sox fans, at least nationally will be lumped in with the drunken knuckleheads that wouldn't say squat to Paulie's face.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 11:27 AM) Who exactly are you responding to? You quote me but argue points that I never stated. What chart exactly? What do owens and fields have to do with konerko? What does jermaine dye have to do with this discussion? Are you saying he had a down year last year followed by a good one this year? Not sure how that compares to konerko at all. Maybe if dye was hitting barely above the mendoza line you would have a valid point. I'm still searching for the post where I said swish had a huge year..... Did he have a better year than Konerko, yes, is he entering his prime, yes, that's pretty much all anyone has said. If you want to make a point in this discussion, please enlighten us to how konerko's numbers do not suggest regression, that can be your starting point. So you're running away from all of your posts last year saying how Owens was only going to get better. Richar was only going to get better. Fields was only going to get better. All of your posts where you mention "the wrong side of 30" are also silly. 30 isn't old for a baseball player.My point is Konerko is 32, to take his down year when he was 31 and saying that he has peaked and its obvious he's going into the tank is argued using Dye, a guy who had a down year when he was 33 and seems to have comeback fine. Using the regression charts in your mind, Dye should have been considered toast after last year. Konerko has been hurt this entire year. Get it through your skull. You need to throw away this year's numbers up until now. Please enlighten me as to how Swisher's numbers wouldn't indicate regression. By your chart, I mean the career curve you actually think you know everyone will take, even though you are almost always wrong, he would be on the upswing. Maybe I'm missing something from his performance.

On RCN, they show one game in HD. Its pretty sweet.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 09:43 AM) So he's been in a 2 year slump? Come on. We all want Paulie to succeed, but it obvious at this point his production has seen its peak. And once again, Swish is about to enter his prime, we havent even seen his peak yet. Because Paulie had a down year last year? Didn't JD? Isn't he about the same age or older than Konerko. How do you know you haven't seen Swisher's peak? You thought Jerry Owens, Richar and Fields were guys that had to be playing this year. They were only going to get better. Konerko is fine when healthy. I'll take a .259 avg. with a .350 OBP with 30 homers and 90 rbi in a "bad season" anytime. Is Swisher did that, he would be considered godly around here. Paulie's "slump" of 2007 .259 31 homers 91 rbi .351 OBP Swisher's "huge" 2006 35 homers 95 rbi .254 avg. .372 OBP. About the same, and I would take Swisher's 2006 over his 2007 which I would take over his 2008. But he's going to a peak, Konerko is falling off the ledge. OK. Dye is 2 years older than Paulie. Last year he hit fewer homers, lower average and lower OBP than Paulie. According to your charts, he should have been taken out to the back and shot.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 08:36 AM) Its also going to be hard for you to base your entire argument on the fact that Konerko was hurt the first half of this year considering his numbers were trending downward already last season as well. Hasn't Swisher's numbers been trending down? Konerko is 32. He has plenty of time left. He can't run. He can do everything else. He's been injured. Almost the entire team trended down last year. He's a couple of years younger than Cabrera.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 18, 2008 -> 08:25 AM) Konerko is on the downside of his career and the trend is he wont produce those numbers on the back of his baseball card, Swish is entering his prime and odds are he will improve on his career numbers. Swish is also superior defensively. Its not exactly rocket science why people prefer Swisher. And Owens, Fields and Richar are only going to get better.