Dick Allen

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2008 -> 01:57 PM) Am I the only one who remembers Dye's brief stint at Shortstop in 2005 when we had 1 person get hurt and Crede got ejected? That was 3 years ago. It doesn't happen too often. The starting rotation has had a lot more 3 IP or less starts than that in the 3 years.

There's greater odds they will need to use another pitcher than there are they will run out of bench players. Unless they call up Owens to PR.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 1, 2008 -> 09:41 AM) He apparently said something like that yeah, I didn't hear it. But my assumption is that someone is going to the DL or going to AAA from the pitching staff. Though I have no idea who that would be. Its also possible that someone will be traded or released. I just think that carrying 13 pitchers and only Hall, Ozuna and Anderson on the bench, is a bit dangerous. It would probably be for only 4 games. With Masset unavailable, they may need a long man the first 2 or 3 games of the series.

I think you can still get the real stuff in Prague.

Paulie became a 5 and 10 man today.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 05:50 PM) June 23rd seems like the definite day. The thing is getting USCF ready for what could be 1 inning seems like a waste. Does everyone just get in free? Do the vendors even bother?

They probaby could resume this game when the Sox go back to Baltimore with the Sox being the home team.

I really don't like when anyone get injured, but Owens getting hurt really was a huge break. There's a good chance Quentin would be riding pine right now getting Anderson's ABs. His success is only going to give him more confidence.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 05:17 PM) DA just creamed his pants I was working out when I saw his defensive gem that most likely saved a run in the 10th I believe, but wouldn't you believe it, I missed the homer, but when I saw it was 3-3, I had a good feeling. I blame the suspended game on Uribe.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) When your boy hits above .240 wake me. No need. All I have to do is respond about Uribe. You will quickly follow.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 03:46 PM) He's clearly not, but based on those stats for his first 31 at bats, I bet we could find potential HOF guys who started off this season "not ready for the majors" based on that metric. You could find guys who had no business being in the major leagues a lot easier. Ramirez has to be freezing his ass off. For one thing he has no insulation. He probably would be cold if it was 25 degrees warmer.

QUOTE (dielac @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 03:43 PM) Still a better at bat than we would have gotten from Uribe. Wow, who could have seen this post coming?

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 03:24 PM) Huff goes yard, 1-0 O's I believe its the first homer Vazquez has allowed this season. Usually he gives up a lot of them.

If you're pitching today and don't walk anybody, you have an excellent chance of having a stellar outing.

The lights are on and fireworks just went off

QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 01:54 PM) whats the latest ETA for the game to start? I'm guessing it won't be for a while. I can see the stadium from my office and no lights are on.

QUOTE (almagest @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 01:30 PM) Ok, so I'm still waiting for a coherent justification as to how a hitter with a 79 career OPS+ is good. It seems all you can do is seize on somewhat extreme statements on how bad Uribe is and use them for evidence as to why he's good. Either that, or praise Uribe for hitting 20 homers and still somehow managing a slugging percentage in the low .400s or high .300s. When did I say it was good? I said it was better than his manager. I responded to a post that said Ozzie was ARod offensively compared to Uribe. He may not be good, but it is safe to say he's better than he has shown so far this year. He's also better than Ramirez.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 01:12 PM) I hate Juan Uribe probably more than a lot of people here, but Ozzie was the worse hitter. No question about it. Uribe is on the list though. Its not even about saying Ozzie was a better hitter than Uribe, it was about saying he's ARod compared to him, the guy who probably will have the greatest numbers of all time, even when he winds up playing most of his career in not the most friendly park for right handed batters as I believe the new Yankee Stadium will have the exact same dimensions as the current one.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 01:07 PM) Is it lonely as the only member of the Juan Uribe fan club. Not at all. At least I'm realistic. For someone to say Uribe makes Ozzie look like ARod offensively is beyond blind. If one really believes that, it shows they would either never give Uribe a fair shake or have no idea about baseball. BTW, the Cuban missle is a huge improvement. He's an on-base machine.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 12:02 PM) More: Ozzie never had a season with more walks than K's. Juan is 50 walks short of Ozzies career total in 8 less seasons. I will give it to Ozzie though, he didn't strike out much. He just sucked at everything else. I've been told time and time again on this board a strikeout is no worse than any other out. I guess that applies to everyone but Uribe.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) In regards to being a better hitter overall. Ozzie may not have been a slugger, but he got his hits here and there Then explain to me how Uribe has reached base more often in his career? Did he wake up in the middle of the night and break into where they store the stats and change them?

QUOTE (SoxWS05 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 12:57 PM) At least Ozzie could bunt and move runners along if he had to. Uribe is useless when it comes to producing those types of things. So bad he's in the top 4 or 5 in the league in sacrifices the past few years.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) In comparison Juan makes Ozzie look like A-rod How? Uribe hits more homers a season than Ozzie hit in his career, and has a higher lifetime OBP. Ozzie's lifetime OBP is.287.

QUOTE (chisoxt @ Apr 27, 2008 -> 07:35 AM) After 23 games last season, the Sox were 12-11 this year, they are 13-10. More disturbing, like last year when the bullpen got off to a great start and fizzled, there is a similair pattern this season. Also, what is it with playing at home?? Last year we started with a 5-7 record and this year 6-6? Even the games that we win at home are an intensive struggle. I beleive there is better talent on this years team than last years, but some of the same red flags are starting to pop up. 13-10 is a 91-92 win pace. That's a lot higher win total than I would ever have guessed they would wind up with this year, and they have just recently struggled. A couple things are different though. The bullpen will be better. Dotel will be a good pitcher. Linebrink has a track record. The guys last year were just a bunch of guys who threw hard and had no idea where it was going. When the weather warmed up a bit, they got torched. There would have to be so many injuries to get to a point where an Andy Gonzalez equivalent leads off, so that's a big improvement. Also Konerko and Thome will hit. The question will be the starters IMO. Every one of them presents questions. Some of the answers will be good, some won't. We just have to hope most will be good.

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Apr 27, 2008 -> 07:14 AM) Even if he has not been horrible, Ozzie has been very reluctant to bring him in the game at important times. Until Dotel shapes up a bit, I think Ozzie will have the confidence to use Wass. I agree with the sentiment that he deserved to make the team to begin with. I suppose if it will get Ozzie to quit letting Logan pitch to RH batters its OK.