Dick Allen

The Cubs need someone who can come into the game in the later innings and play the OF and actually catch the ball. Maybe even play against lefties and give Pie a break. The Sox could use a right handed batter who actually can hit. Murton can't field but he can hit and has nowhere to play for the Cubs. Anderson for Murton could be a good deal. I think Anderson will be the better player in a couple of years, but I have a hard time believing he's going to be very successful with the Sox.

I saw Gload drop 2 flyballs in a week. That's all I had to see.

Fields is really going to strike out a lot when and if he becomes a regular in the major leagues. I still don't think he'll be any good, but KW said last year he'll be an All Star.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:01 PM) Even on that routine fly ball, Anderson was too lazy to get behind it in case Sanders tried to go to 3rd base. This will be the big question of 2007....it's sad that he will get 6 million from us if he gets 600 ABs. That's not exactly where I want the Buehrle/Dye money going to. If he hits like this all season and Ozzie gets him those at bats he should be committed.

Its one thing to insist Erstad be in the line-up everyday. Its more puzzling why OG insists on leading him off.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 09:48 PM) So BA is the next manager of the White Sox? They both were comparable with the honey's at the same age.

I posted this in another thread, BA's OBP in 2006: .290. Ozzie Guillen's career OBP: .290.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 09:39 PM) I'm just wondering how long we're going to keep messing around with the LF and CF position over the next few years. It would be nice to sign a talented FA one of these years, especially with Dye gone after this year. Sweeney is going to be out there next year.Both KW and OG are big fans. I think next offseason we may see why this offseason KW didn't even try to spend money. He'll have to sign somebody if Dye goes.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 09:37 PM) Sisco will never be a starter. He'd need 100 pitches to get thru 4 innings. I couldn't agree with you more.

Gload is brutal in the OF. Sisco won't be very good unless he can throw strikes on a more consistent basis, but potentially he helps you more than Gload would. Besides losing Gload opened up a spot for the unaminous selection to the Grinder Hall of Fame, Darin Erstad.

QUOTE(chisox72 @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 07:22 PM) I noticed him too....I am starting to think NASCAR buys his tickets for him just to get noticed with that jacket on ... Who the hell wears that ugly ass thing anyhow, let alone INSIDE of a building... When they first came up with scout seats, the guy I have tickets with made some calls trying to get companies to buy tickets there for us to use while we were wearing stuff with their logo all over it. Its a cheap ad. Nobody bit. It wouldn't surprise me if thats what this guy does.

Sending champagne to a team who swept a rival is at best a very minor thing. How this would warrant a 3 year suspension and steroids or cork or foreign substances on balls or other illegal drug usage gets you much less is beyond me. I hope they just let it go. He obviously didn't knowingly break any rule. If you say he broke the rule, he should be suspended, you must also think going 56 mph in a 55 mph zone while driving is speeding and you should definitely be ticketed.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 23, 2007 -> 11:49 PM) I'm just sad that Frank won't get 3000 hits. The guy was one of the best pure average hitters for a long time in his career and it sucks he'll never reach what I consider the elite plateua for an offensive player (3000 hits). One thing that frustrated me with Frank the past 5 years is that he became much more interested in the homer and his average suffered immensely because of it. He walked way too much for 300 hits.

A lot of people will be eating crow if there actually is something very wrong with his shoulder. I don't like the guy, I think he's an arrogant jackass, but its really pretty incredible how he's gone from HOFer to garbage. If there's nothing really wrong, then he is a headcase and this "exploration" will ruin him even further. I really feel as crazy as this sounds, the only way he can salvage his career is if there really is something wrong and major surgery is required.

You don't want to stay near Yankee Stadium. I would bid on priceline. Go up to $130 on a 4 star in Midtown East and you may get the Grand Hyatt which is where the White Sox stay. Its right next to Grand Central Station so the train is real easy. You may have to throw an additional $20-30 a night at the bid, because of the time of year though.

As much as I criticize Ozzie, I see nothing wrong with how he used the bullpen yesterday. It didn't work out. You can't blow guys out just to win 1 game. The season is too long. Aardsma was the correct move yesterday. I don't know what was up with Thornton, but if he's not available, then Logan was the correct move also. If you aren't going to put guys on the mound, there's no reason they should be on the team. A sweep would have been great, but 2 out of 3 in Detroit is acceptable.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Apr 23, 2007 -> 10:16 AM) Can you tell me a little about the situation when Guillen was replaced? Was it a contract year? Was he traded? How'd he take it? What'd he say? What'd management say? Ozzie had an club option for $2-3 million IIRC. Schueler was the GM and let it be known that the Ozzeroo was history. Ozzie had a lot of bad things to say about the White Sox. Pretty much the same things that triggered him to say awful things about Magglio.

Interesting fact: As bad of offensive player Brian Anderson was last year, his OBP matched the career OBP of his manager. In fact it was a little higher than the OBP his manager posted in 1997 when at the end of the season he was replaced and things got a little ugly.

Aardsma has been very impressive. Cotts has been pretty good too.

ARod with 2 homers tonight . He has 12 homers and 30 rbi. What a cancer.

You always have to be concerned when Dye fouls one off his leg.

I took the Slamtrack to Detroit last year. Its actually very comfortable. The one thing you should expect is delays. You'll have a lot of fun I'm sure.

I'm pretty sure just about every parent has said something to their child that they have regretted. The fact the the mother makes this public is just as troubling.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 20, 2007 -> 09:43 AM) Well, actually, it is. But that takes very little away from Jim being teh awesome. And yeah, once PK breaks out, someone will pay. No it is not. There is not 1 pitcher that thinks Konerko cannot hurt them.

I still think Jenks is a problem. He does have 4 saves, but I think in at least 3 of them he came in with 3 run leads. Vazquez was good, thankfully they pulled him before damage instead of 2006 after damage. I'm not a big OG lover, but I do think he learns from his mistakes. It just takes him a while. I think the offense will get better. Danks won't be up against an ace tonight, and it will be a little warmer, so it should be a game where you can get a better idea of exactly where he and the White Sox offense are really at. It would be nice to beat the Tigers and go on a big roll.