Dick Allen

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 02:33 PM) Given who's in front of Rogowski at this point, including him in a deal would be absolutely ideal. He has almost as many steals this season as Owens. My how Jerry Owens' star has faded. KW was beeming about him at Soxfest, calling him a CF.

Crawford is great, probably can play CF, and if the Sox sent Anderson back for more seasoning in Charlotte with the intention of bringing him back up in 2007, could slide into LF and make Pods trade bait. I mentioned him a week or so ago, but I don't think KW would trade for him. He'd would have to give up a lot, and leave the Sox with very little to dangle if they have more holes to fill, as well as handcuff them financially. Anderson's lack of hitting is not the problem with this team. Fix the bullpen enough where if McCarthy has to start for Garcia or Garland, which I believe is likely to happen, you can have something out there for the 6th and 7th inning that won't let the game get away. Pick up someone you can and will actually use in Gload's spot. See if anyone is stupid enough to take Politte off your hands. Thome, Konerko and Dye aren't going to be able to all hit 45 homers this season. The offense is going to slow down. KW needs some more pitching in the bullpen to slow down the opposition.

QUOTE(DannyCooksey @ May 31, 2006 -> 06:43 PM) Hawk also claimed during Monday's broadcast that Ozzie Guillen was the greatest split-finger fastball hitter he ever saw. That's laughable. He topped that one off by claiming that Darrin Jackson led the '94 Sox in hitting. That's just pure stupidity, followed by unabashed laziness. Hawk broadcast games for the '94 team. How could he not know that Frank Thomas led the team in hitting that year, winning his secong staright MVP??? The worst part??? He has a phonebook size media guide staring him in the face that would save him from such foolish remarks, but he is too lazy and arrogant to actually open it. He is worhtless. I can't stand Hawk. Actually Ozzie was pretty awesome at hitting splitters. I think Hawk got DJ and Wimpy confused, as Wimpy led the 1983 White Sox in hitting. I get on Hawk from time to time, but he is entertaining to me and I am happy we have him instead of the broadcast school product you see so often these days.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:57 PM) hes a gold glove cf'er, i dont think he would want to play rf....but when it comes to money, they play anywhere i guess A-Rod's playing 3rd, even though he's a better SS than Jeter.

Take AJ out now. Only bad things could happen to him.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:49 PM) I don't think it was Rios. I thought it was Wells they were trying to trade. It definitely was Rios. They were pissed off at him for something.

Listening to Hawk and DJ describe Cleveland pitchers, its amazing anyone ever scores a run off them.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) correct me if im wrong, but wasnt toronto trying to trade rios last year because he wasnt hitting for enough power. im almost positive i heard that they wanted to trade him because they werent happy w/him. I remember that. He definitely was available. He's not anymore

QUOTE(fathom @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:42 PM) I think if you asked everyone on this site who was the one player they were sure wouldn't match their numbers from last season, it was Politte. According to one statistic, he was the luckiest pitcher in all of baseball last season. Just be grateful he was so good for us last season. Shockingly, many on this site thought Politte would match last year or come close. I received a lot of criticism for displaying my doubts.

This game is over, leave Politte out there until he cries.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:38 PM) Texas is 4 games up in a weak division. They're not going to unload what's good for them. They need pitching.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) Bullpen help wasn't the problem yesterday. The two automatic outs at the end of the lineup were. Over the long haul, the BP is going to be much more important. We don't have the automatic out in CF tonight, yet the White Sox offense has a goose egg, and Garcia has 2 more earned runs against him than he would have if the automatic out was in tonight's game.

Who cares about another CF. Lets get some bullpen help.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) I'm trying to figure out why Minnesota wouldn't trade Hunter to the White Sox. The guy's a free agent at the end of the year anyway. If the Sox want him, they can sign him at that point. The White Sox haven't made a trade with the Twins since 1986. They also haven't made a trade with any team in the AL Central since the division's existence. Trading one of the faces of your franchise to a team you will see 19 times a year generally doesn't happen. It would really make Minnesota look bad if he was successful and beat them consistently. If he signed as a free agent, that would be the player's choice, so it wouldn't haunt the organization as much. I also think Hunter has a $10 million option for next season.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:15 PM) Is it being a bad fan to hope Politte gets rocked here, and makes the Sox consider another pitching roster move? If they don't realize he can't get the job done by now, I don't think a 4 or 5 spot here will help get it through their heads.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:14 PM) Why is Cliff still on this team? Absolutely worthless right now. He pitches in blowouts. He also could be used for beanings.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:13 PM) You know things are bad when people are clamoring that a different player should be in the game....the same player who's one of the worst hitters in the majors. His not being in the game has cost the Sox 2 runs.

Politte is in. Ozzie has waved the white flag.

Make Mackowiak the every day CFAs Ozzie always leaves Freddy in too long if the Sox don't have the lead.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:06 PM) I'd say its just about time to get Freddy out of the game. He's not eligible for the win. So either it gets out of hand or the Sox get the lead to pull him.

QUOTE(ThinWhiteDuque @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:05 PM) This isn't that surprising. We have 3 major holes in the lineup (LF, CF, SS)...The offense will struggle when the 3-5 slots aren't mashing. The problem is you can't expect Thome, Konerko and Dye to keep up their current pace.

With as soft as Freddy throws now, he could probably go 150 pitches.

I was supposed to meet someone in Cleveland for tonight's game. Thank God I cancelled.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ May 31, 2006 -> 07:41 PM) Why would anyone, meaning from the team, bother? He's had only two bad starts all year. Last start he was tatooed, and he's getting hit tonight as the league adjusts to his adjustment. The way guys run at will against him, Freddy isn't the kind of pitcher who will be effective in the long run giving up a lot of hits. Guys just don't drop that much velocity unless they A. stopped using steroids. B. Perhaps aren't under the influence of greenies C. Have some sort of injury or D. Father time has caught up to him. He's obviously won using this style so far, but I don't think it can last. He needs his fastball.

Has anyone from the White Sox ever explained the reason for Freddy's lost velocity? Its pretty alarming.