Dick Allen

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 09:34 PM) So is it Politte time yet? As soon as its slaughter rule eligible.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 09:31 PM) Ozzie said he's not counting on him at all, but we have to at least give him a shot IF, and that's a big if, he is healthy. BIg ups to him for working so hard this first half of the year to try and make it back, and if he's healthy, we owe him at least a shot, even if it's just for garbage time at the end of our bullpen, which is what it would be. I have no problem with giving him a shot and the mop-up role Politte can't seem to handle. Hopefully, KW acquires someone better. Its nice to be sentimental, but I'd rather win. I totally agree about his effort. Most would take the money and go home.

If the offense was like this last year, they might have set a record for wins.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 09:23 PM) BTW, Dustin had an inning of scoreless relief in AAA. If the Sox count on Hermanson at all this year, they will be in trouble. My best cast scenerio for him this season is Politte-like. Dustin is trying, I commend him for that, but if he's not 100% he will get killed.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 09:17 PM) Contreras was done when the Sox traded for him too. How long did it take for that crappy pitcher to get settled? You can't compare the two at all. Contreras came from Cuba, changed his style and started throwing strikes. Vazquez doesn't have acclimation problems, he's been around and mediocre for a while, and he already throws strikes. Unfortunately the Sox will be stuck with Vazquez this year and next, and there most likely is no chance they would offer him arbitration to pitch like he has. Maybe they will give his money to Buerhle. If Young fulfills his promise, its a worse trade than Todd Ritchie.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 08:32 PM) Dare I say....Javy settling in here... Getting 5 after they got 3 may have taken the wind out of the sails of a team going nowhere.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 08:31 PM) for some reason I don't want boston coming in on a 4 game losing streak They have a 7 game road losing streak against AL teams right now.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 08:12 PM) Vazquez needs to get us back in the dugout w/the 5-3 lead. Exactly. It would really be nice if he blew a couple of guys away, but I'd take 3 at 'em balls. QUOTE(Dan @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 08:13 PM) youre nuts. Navarro was NOT that bad. How could you put that in your sig after witnessing the beast that was Cliff Politte in 2005. Todd Ritchie is clearly worse than both said pitchers. Navarro complained about run support after a game the Sox supported him with "only" 9 runs. He lost the game. He was a bad pitcher, and a total idiot.

You could see that coming 4 batters earlier.

QUOTE(sin city sox fan @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 08:02 PM) Let's not be so hard on Javy...without the error, the Orioles get one run at most that inning. If he can hold his own for another 3-4 innings (or maybe more), I still believe we will come back and win this game. The guy makes $12 million a year. He should be able to pitch over an error, and limit the damage. Ortiz looks like he knows the roof is about to cave in.

Anyone catch the paper, scissors, rock championship on ESPN the other night?

The Sox are going to score a few runs tonight.

Hawk says there's a reason Tejada makes $16 million a year. I wonder if he can come up with any reason Vazquez makes $12 million other than udder stupidity.

As bad as Ortiz has been, he's 10-0 the last 3 years in July. I still think the Sox are going to hammer him tonight.

I think a lot of it right now is superstition. If DJ is doing PBP and the Sox have a good inning, he does more. Hawk is in the booth just about the entire game, I have a pretty good vantage point, so it isn't an incredible amount of bathroom breaks.

The Sox play the Yankees 7/14,7/15,7/16. Seattle plays them 7/17,7/18,7/19. Detroit plays Cleveland 7/24,7/25,7/26. This easily could explain why those scouts were there. The Atlanta scout, that's a different story, but just because scouts are at games doesn't mean deals are being discussed. Teams want reports on every player from both leagues.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 08:37 AM) With the Indians in sell off mode [Jason Johnson and Perez traded already] one of their bullpen arms should be on the block. Not that many teams just happen to all show up to scout the Yanks on the same day. I can't see Betancourt on the block. Though that's who I'd like the sox to pick up. Most likely it's Guillermo Mota, with him being the oldest, least tenure w/ the indians and most expensive arm of the three. Johnson and Perez were all offseason pickups, like Mota. Maybe the Indians are trading a bullpen guy. The likelyhood of the White Sox scouts being present at an Indians/Yankees game with a series coming up against the Yankees next Friday, is that they are there to scout the Yankees. It doesn't hurt that they also see the Indians, but I'm fairly certain the Sox have a pretty good book on all of the Cleveland pitchers.

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 07:58 AM) 21 out of 44, pretty freakin' impressive. I also saw that the Sox are at 87.2% capacity for the season. That 87.2 is misleading. The Sox dole out more comps than just about any MLB team. Those don't get counted in the attendance figure, so sellouts are never 100% full or even 99% full. The actual percentage of capacity number or percentage of tickets sold vs. tickets available number is quite a bit higher. This attendance has really surprised me. I would have thought 2.7 million would be excellent. They will blow that away. It most likely will be above 2.9 million but less than 3 million. The fact that Detroit is playing well helps sell the extra tickets to those games.

The Sox play the Yankees next week, they're most likely scouting the Yankees.

For the most part, he got by with cunning and guile most of last season. If somehow he could return, chances are he is going to get lit up pretty badly.

Garland has been much better. Hopefully its something that will last for a while. Contreras and Garland threw gems, now its Vazquez's turn. I feel confident going against Ortiz. Since the Sox offense basically did nothing after the first inning tonight, they should be primed for some hitting tomorrow evening.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 11:02 PM) Good news, but I find it hard to believe the park didn't sell-out more games the year it opened--was it '92? It used to hold 6,000-7,000 more people. They most likely will not get to 3 million this season, but they will be very close.

Tiger would easily get 1 hit before Ozzie shot par unless Ozzie is pretty close to scratch as a golfer right now. A lot of my friends are pretty good and play a ton, and they NEVER shoot par. Thats after playing 15-20 years. Tiger would get a broken bat hit, or some sort of cheapie in 15 years.

We read on this board that June was when the Tigers would fold. I think they went 20-7. The Sox better get a lead on them. I believe 6 of their final 9 games of the season are against KC.

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) I just hope Ozzie realized that Mack at 3b is a disaster. If you have to sit Iguchi and Crede over the next two days and Ozuna isn't ready, then please put Mack at 2B where at least he has longer to react, and Cintron at 3B. There were at least two "hits" the O's got that Crede (or Cintron) would have gobbled up but which left Mackowiak befuddled. Those balls toward Mack at third were ripped. They would have been tough plays for Crede. Cintron had an easy chance at 3rd Sunday which he screwed up.