Dick Allen

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 21, 2008 -> 11:51 AM) In 52, injury-hampered games. Its amazing how guys like Konerko, who have done loads for the White Sox and have played hurt all year gets so much s*** on this board, but guys like Fields who continues to strike out at even higher rates than last year just get excuse after excuse. Just remember, on September 14 last year, Fields was hitting .229 with a .284 OBP. In other words, Juan Uribe-like. I think you know how much crap he gets on this board. He gets his numbers up in some of the most meaningless games the White Sox have played since the 80s and his continued inability to make contact is still ignored. Reggie Jackson and Jim Thome are both well over 500 homers. I'd bet my houses (I currently have 2 for some stupid reason) that Fields won't get halfway there.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Jul 21, 2008 -> 12:38 PM) yea we should never want guys like Reggie Jackson, Jim Thome, or almost any other power hitter. I'm not saying he'll be as good as those guys but to discount a power hitter based solely on # of strikeouts seems shortsighted to me. As for the question, i wouldn't trade Fields until i knew i had a deal with Crede in place or another LEGITIMATE option and not some of the journeymen names that have been thrown around Please don't put Josh Fields in the same sentence with those 2. When they were his age, they weren't hitting .251 with 9 homers and 71 k's at AAA in a bandbox.

Fields hasn't been good this year, and also has been injured. His defense is no better than the defense Crede has shown this year. His errors are about the same and Crede while most don't want to admit, has saved a lot of runs. Offensively, Crede has been better in the major leagues this season than Fields has been at AAA. In fact, Fields has struck out at a higher rate in AAA than Jim Thome has fanned in the major leagues. For this season, the decision was correct. Next year,Crede will be gone and chances are Fields will be up in Chicago.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 21, 2008 -> 01:04 AM) "Miller Liiiiiiiiiiiiite" is the best. He still around? Yes, and if you ask him, he'll give you his business card.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 04:33 PM) There will be a shortage of moving vans in a few days. But winning IS everything But onw word before we pass judgement -- DUKE There's a little more evidence here than they had at Duke. The alleged victim is a student/athlete herself, so here credibility is probably a little higher. This is a program that has had legal problem after legal problem. It needs to be cleaned up. At least put Ferentz on a short rope. If he or anyone else had anything to do with trying to cover up a rape, I hope they can and will be charged with something criminal, and they all lose their jobs. If he's just an innocent bystander, its time he take resposibility for all the jackasses he's bringing in to Iowa City. At least when other schools had a team of criminals they won, and I say that in jest. The arrests need to stop. There's no doubt in my mind Iowa City police are targeting footballl players and basketball players, so they will just have to get by with obeying the law. If they can't, there should be zero tolerance, and if the behavior continues, the zero tolerance needs to extend to the people responsible for bringing them to town.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 02:08 PM) Intentional or not, you don't get to hit that many guys without getting something back. My point is if you don't like it, don't pitch in after they have hit 5. Send a message early.

My buddy was in Vegas last week sitting by the pool with a Sox hat covering his freshly shaved head. BA came over to say hi to him.

Konerko got hit with a change-up. I think Hawk is looking for something that isn't there. Guys get hit. If you don't like it-retaliate before they give you a warning.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 02:57 PM) I meant 3 runs even in the 3 games- there's no way. Just think if there was a twinstalk.com. 0 runs against Texas so far today. .5 game out of first place. It would be razorblade time.

The only thing I can say after watching the Easter Seals commercial featuring Ozzie Guillen is "what?"

The Orioles have lost 14 straight Sunday games. They now have a promotion that if you have tickets to a game on a Sunday at Camden Yards, if they lose, your stub gets you 2 freebies.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 02:38 PM) The dumbass missed christ almighty Do you think Ozzie will treat Carrasco like Sean Tracey?

QUOTE (tommy @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 02:35 PM) If it was broken would he be walking at all? I'm thinking if it was fractured, he would have been down longer and they probably wouldn't want him putting any weight on it.

He put some weight on it. I bet its a bruise.

This is not good.

Ken Rosenthal on Fox yesterday was saying the Dodgers talks with the White Sox for OC, I thought he was going to say Uribe, went nowhere.

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.