Dick Allen

Have the Sox ever scored 5 runs in a game that Santana was the opposing pitcher?

Where did Greg Hibbard go?

Did you read that Freddy has been throwing side session recently, and that he usually doesn't throw them? Evidently it is making him stronger and adding a couple MPH to his fastball.

I think the Sox should trade at least 2 of their starters, maybe 3. Get a lot of prospects and sign a guy like Lidle. If the Sox are going to have guys pitch like #5 starters, they should pay them like one.

They always mention Sandy's avg. with the Dodgers, they fail to mention he hit .240 for them after April 20 and he doesn't walk at all. He really is worthless.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 07:06 PM) Greg, ask Hawk what he thinks of Brian. I think him and DJ already think he's one of the 3 best defensive outfielders in all of baseball. Offensively he's hitting over .280 or so since the ASB (IIRC). The guy is a top notch prospect who continues to get better and he is one of the few guys that is actually doing things right. You don't expect a 9 hole hitter to dominate, you expect them to play top notch defense and be able to bunt and ocassionally come through. The past month BA has probably had more big hits than anyone not named Jermaine Dye or Joe Crede. There was a Baseball Prospectus piece a month ago or so, and their numbers had Anderson having the greatest year defensively ever, better than Willie Mays. Mack in CF has cost the Sox at least 2 runs tonight.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 05:53 PM) Minorsfan nailed this one. The Sox called up Owens and put him on the DL. According to my source, they didn't have to send anyone down for him. Owens is now being paid the MLB minimum though, so congrats to him. You would think they would have to make a roster spot available for him. This works out better.

I think throwing some lefties at him is worth a shot. They haven't had much success the other way, although you need to keep Minnesota from scoring runs, and Mack in CF is as bad of idea as Ozzie has ever had. Anderson needs to play.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 05:26 PM) No sir, it is not. I'm sick of him. It doesn't appear like Ozzie's act will be a very long running one, but unless he does something so stupid there is no other choice, he won't get canned. I think he will quit sooner than most think. Maybe then his sons will go out and get jobs.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 05:23 PM) Btw, Anderson had the best at bats against Johan outside of Thome's HR at the game I went to, and he also had 3 good at bats and a hit against him last weeekend. But yeah, Rob has a great shot, after all he kills lefties. At least we have our best defender in there at CF though. Lefties hit Santana at a .263 clip. Righties bat .211. It could be a little skewed, because most lefties that hit against him are front line guys, but you do take his change-up away.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 05:20 PM) Alomar catching. Sox lose. I'm sure he will be catching Buerhle tomorrow, or maybe after seeing the Tigers taking batting practice off Buerhle, they realized the catcher isn't the problem.

Ozuna, LF Iguchi, 2B Dye, RF PK, DH Crede, 3B Gload, 1B Uribe, SS Mack, CF Alomar, C Jose on the mound

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 05:13 PM) Is BA injured or something? If not just wow. I'm getting more sick of Ozzie with every passing game. Anderson has been hitting well. Ozzie has to get him to hit poorly so he can always use him as an example when teams accuse the Sox of cheating. Playing him infrequently will do that. That said, I really think Mack has a better chance off Santana, but its not worth the defensive downgrade especially with Pablo or Pods in LF.

This is a really weird situation if you ask me. Call up Owens to send him on a minor league assignment. I hope the McCarthy alleged shoulder problem isn't an issue here. QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 05:09 PM) I don't think it has anything to do with Pods. I think it's more that they want a possible pinch runner on the bench for the playoffs (I don't see how he'd make the 25 man roster though). Owens has basically been the AAA Pods this season. Boy I can't wait to see him play.

The SunTimes recently reported his sprained ankle may keep him from being called up when rosters expand. It would be really strange to have him called up a week before that without playing for a while.

Maybe they are trading him to Boston for Rudy Seanez. Back when the Riske trade happened, Gammons said KW really wanted Seanez, but settled for Riske. Seanez was DFA a week ago.

QUOTE(minorsfan @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 04:15 PM) I heard he is getting the call up today, can't confirm in print but have some inside info. I am sure it will come out later today. If he's getting called up, does this mean Thome is being DL'ed?

It absolutely boggles my mind people actually think the White Sox hitting coach needs to be shown the door. If Greg Walker is doing a bad job, what's Don Cooper doing besides stealing a check? At least the hitters have performed better than anyone could have hoped this season. The pitchers have a collective ERA equal to the Cleveland Indians, and look at their record. FYI I don't blame the pitcher's inability to consistently pitch good games on Cooper. I think he's a good pitching coach who people gave way too much credit to last year.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 11:03 AM) Pretty pathetic that we couldn't sell out a Friday night game against a division rival late in the season, during a pennant race. The game should have been sold out weeks in advance. I was very surprised by that, considering there were fireworks as well. It was pretty close to full though.

QUOTE(Chet Lemon @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 09:40 AM) I was a Neal Cotts fan as he came up through our farm system and I thought he would be great out of the bullpen even before the '05 season, but he is worthless know. I was in KC about a month ago watching him pitch after a rain delay, and it was a joke. Not to mention ever since then. Is it possible to option him to AAA until he shows he can get guys out? I don't know who to replace him with, but this guy pushes me to the ledge as much as Marte did. He's awful right now no question, but he isn't going to Charlotte. Their season is over in a week, and then they have playoffs.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 09:00 AM) Yeah whatever happens this season, if we don't win World Series it's probably going to be seen as a failure from the majority of our fans. And I just find that dissappointing, especially when you have a look at how many good teams there are in the A.L this season. My dissappointment comes from not being able to play .500 the second half, and the way most of the pitching staff is getting hit hard. If the Sox were just 1 game under .500 since the All Star break, they would be at most 3 1/2 out of the division lead, and 1 1/2 at least over Minnesota Its not fair to compare any season to 2005 whether you're an optimist or pessimist. That was, at least up until now, a once in a lifetime season. If the White Sox finish in 3rd place in the division, I don't think you can think of it as anything but a total failure. If that makes me a bad fan, so be it, because there is a whole bunch of White Sox personnel OG and JR and KW included that would think its a total failure as well. Making the playoffs would be a successful season. DJ had a great point the other day about the theory of the toll the playoffs have on pitchers. He doesn't buy it, and pointed out that most of these guys have played winter ball before and that didn't slow them down. I agree with that. I think the problem may be after you win a WS you get caught up in everything that goes along with it, and you may not be as mentally or physically sharp going into the next season, and sometimes that has a tendancy to snowball, and your season turns into a struggle.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 08:03 AM) or Disco Demolition. or Elvis Night. or Rat Pack Night. Rip 'em all, but leave Elvis night alone. Thank you, thank you very much.

The Sox are having their best offensive season in team history and doing it while breaking in a rookie CF who couldn't hit sour apples the first half of the season, and doing it while having a lead-off man in the line-up for no apparent reason. Walker is fine, and he isn't going anywhere. In fact, I think Ozzie Guillen will be long gone before Greg Walker isn't the White Sox hitting coach.

Did anyone catch Hawk conceding the Central on channel 5 yesterday? It was actually shown on Detroit TV. Hawk said the Sox wouldn't catch the Tigers.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 11:57 PM) The problem Flash is how our Offense hits in the 2nd half year in and year out. At the point the temps heat up at Coors East, our guys stop hitting and start with a lift and pull thing going on. When we face a good pitcher who has a good changeup we are meat. We will go up there like blind robots swinging for the fences, trying to guess which one of the 2 pitches Santana will throw against us. Konerko didnt see a fastball last game and looked stupid swinging at changeups in the dirt. Other teams put up some sort of offensive attack. There is no reason that he has an under 2 ERA against us in the last 2 years. Outside of us helping him with our attack. 2 strikes, swing for the fence K. Santana was hittable the last time the Sox faced him in Minnesota. I think he only k'd 5. Maybe it was due to a blister, and hopefully that hasn't healed, because if Santana is on tomorrow night, the Sox are going to have their work cut out for them not to be swept.