Dick Allen

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 07:56 PM) Yankees imploding too. 2 run single for Maggs. 6-5. Maggs may have lost a step or 2, but he can still hit.

Just leave him in the damn game and lose again Ozzie.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 07:52 PM) That was a pretty good fastball tailing in. Somehow Casey Blake learned how to hit this year. Indians are pretty hot with the sticks right now, so it's hard to say the bullpen would be better. Anyone watching the game, even Hawk and DJ, are saying Contreras is out of sorts. He needs to be yanked. If the bullpen can't do better than what he's doing, another WS is not in the cards this year.

Hopefully, Politte was locked in his hotel room from the outside.

Is anyone warming up?

QUOTE(Brian @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 07:49 PM) Shocked that ESPN is showing ANOTHER Yankees/Sawks game on Monday night. Boston is on ESPN at least once a week.

This game is starting to scare me.

Contreras needs to come back and get a quick 1,2,3 inning.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 07:00 PM) Did Hawk say, GET ON BACK THERE? No, just a stay fair, stay fair

Too bad Byrd didn't pitch like this last October, or the Sox could have been perfect.

Thome just punishes baseballs.

Dreaded back to back lead-off walks. Please make them pay.

Go to 3rd Pods. Martinez couldn't throw me out.

I would like Pods to go on the first pitch.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 06:50 PM) Jose still looks different, but gets the job done. LETS PUT A HURT ON BYRD.... I agree. Something has to be bothering him. Hopefully, its a cold or a flu. Not something structural.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 06:48 PM) Granted he doesn't look good at times in LF, but playing the corners is a bit different than roaming CF where his speed can make up for mistakes. He can play CF for a bad team. On a team expected to be good, if he's in CF, he's going to need some help. His instincts in the OF aren't the best.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 06:44 PM) Are we forgetting that Pods played CF in Milwaukee? Give me something more to understand our seemingly unbending certainity that Pods can't play CF. What were his fielding stats in the Beer Town? He wasn't a very good CF in Milwaukee, and didn't look very good in CF the couple games he played there last year. Keep him in LF.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 06:41 PM) Cleveland announcers just mentioned that Podsednik has told Ozzie he'd move to CF if need be. And I just felt my dinner start to come up. Pods is better in CF than Mackowiak, but that's not saying much. If the Sox could acquire a LF with Rickey Henderson in his prime type range, it could work out.

Why is it every time a White Sox gets caught stealing or a hit and run goes bad, the batter then always reaches base.

Contreras looks like he isn't comfortable physically. He's not dropping down. Maybe his back is bothering him.

I wouldn't mind a walk here. This guy kills the Sox.

The Sox already have a slick-fielding weak-hitting SS. I rather have the guy with the better arm, who has more power. Unless Izturis is considered a back-up at all infield positions, maybe taking Cintron's place for the better defense.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 10:26 AM) This is the lineup I'd like to see tonight: Pods, Iguchi, Thome, Dye, AJP, Crede, Gload, Mackowiak, Cintron Ozzie takes your advice. Either that or you're Batman. Please tell him to never ever put Politte in the game if there's any chance at winning again.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 02:43 PM) GARLAND CANNOT BE TRADED. HIS CONTRACT INCLUDES A NO TRADE CLAUSE THIS YEAR. (maybe if I put it in caps, people will realize it) He can't be traded without his approval. Contreras had a no-trade when he was dealt to the White Sox. That said, I think there's only a couple of places Garland would be willing to go, and I doubt Tampa would be on that list. I also doubt Tampa would want his contract.

QUOTE(My Dixie Normus @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 02:36 PM) Give them Garland and Anderson. CC can hit #2 (and steal bases) and move Gooch to 6. Pods (L) CC (L) Thome (L) Konerko ® Dye ® Gooch (the second leadoff man) ® Crede ® AJP (L) Uribe/Cintron/Mac (R/S/L) We would hit them with so many lefts they would be praying for a right. Starters MB JC FG JV BM They would never do it but, it would be nice. That's the other problem. The line-up becomes almost too left-handed. Especially since the bench is mostly lefty.