Dick Allen

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.

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.