Dick Allen

It looked like a strike, but if you listen to Hawk and DJ, the umpires only blow calls against the Sox. This is not true.

QUOTE(Ndgt10 @ May 27, 2006 -> 05:18 PM) KW sure did rape the skanks with that Loaiza for Contreras trade. Do you remember the idot Brantley's reaction? He couldn't believe the Sox traded a guy as great as Loaisa for garbage like Contreras. He still gets paid tons of money to voice his incredibly stupid opinions on ESPN.

Its hard to believe this game is 2 hours 10 minutes old. It seems like it started a month ago.

Matters.

This could be the longest 1-1 3 inning game in history.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 27, 2006 -> 04:03 PM) Ugh, Thome is K'ing a lot lately, I don't like that.. When he goes bad, he Ks at an alarming rate. He'll get hot soon enough and hit a lot of souveniers to the fans.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 27, 2006 -> 04:01 PM) We got any good SS in our minors? I cant recall any off the top of my head. Enough of bringing guys up from Charlotte who will be overmatched. There isn't a SS in the Sox system who could hit or field with Uribe right now, even when Juan's struggling

Uribe did have a guy right on him, but he rushed the throw. Bad defense by Mack and Juan cost the Sox a run.

I hope Geddy Lee is at the game today. The Sox always win when he's there.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 26, 2006 -> 12:16 PM) Since May 23rd last year, Garland's line has been this: 13-12 W-L, 212 1/3 IP, 231 Hits, 105 ER, 33 HR, 47 BB, 112 K, 4.45 ERA Which is basically what he's been his whole career except his hot streak at the beginning of last year. With every start it looks more and more likely that's basically what he will always be. Its not awful, it might be worth $7 million a year, especially knowing he may get on a roll for a while, but its probably not worth the $10 million they owe him next year, or the $12 million the year after that. I know Ozzie is a bit perplexed by Garland's admitted lack of confidence. I really think Ozzie is starting to think of Garland as a pussy. I predict he gone after this season.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 26, 2006 -> 09:19 PM) Good get for the Royals if its true; I know its a GM job and one of only 30 in the world, but if this guy is the rising star the article pegs him to be, I don't know why he would take the KC job unless they paid him ungodly sums of money. He should wait for an opening with an organization that can eventually win. KC is a long way from contending. Its one of those jobs where no matter how good you may be, you will most likely fail, and 5 years from now, when your contract runs out, you will be looking for another occupation.

I still think the White Sox consider Fields a 3rd baseman. If the plan was to move him to the OF, you would think they would move him immediately. He's a lot more valuable in a trade as a 3rd baseman.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ May 26, 2006 -> 08:51 PM) No doubt you take the good with the bad. Trouble is, the most used word describing Anderson lately is the 'p' (pathetic) word. If you added Podsednik's center field defense to his hitting and compared it to Anderson's center field defense and hitting, which would you take? Of course this would only be worth conjecture if Fields shows he can crush at the major league level. Pods isn't exactly ripping the cover off the ball the last few games. Anderson is going to get every chance to show he can hit. KW loves him. In the meantime, Mackowiak will play against right handers, and he's been hitting lately. The formula is working so far.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 26, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) The funny thing is when a crappy pitcher toes the rubber at the cell, they show his 2005 stats and his 2005 stats only on the jumbotron. Cliff Politte was good last year, this year he uhhh, well last year he helped us. Shingo was good for us one year, then we ditched him. We ditched Koch after he blew. Lets not hold on to garbage for sentimental reasons ie: Mike Jackson pitching in a meaningful games in a playoff race because he needs to get some silly record. Clifford is now at 7.13 Its going to be a little harder for KW to come up with a replacement now than it would have been this offseason, when even I, a guy who gets ripped constantly on this board for not knowing anything, could see Politte wasn't going to be aces this season. QUOTE(daa84 @ May 26, 2006 -> 08:48 PM) KC retook the lead again at 7-4 and is about to blow it yet again....i dont know if its worse to be a cub fan or a KC fan I would say its easy to be a KC fan. They don't even have anything on their roster that could even tease you into thinking they have a chance.

DJ needs to quit praising Politte. He's not preaching to Cubs fans. Sox fans know what's going on.

Politte sucks. He needs to be replaced on the roster.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ May 26, 2006 -> 04:29 PM) Life as a devoted Cubs fan must be complete and utter hell right now. The 3000 or so that actually paid attention to what happened are probably too hammered to remember it tomorrow anyway.

QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ May 26, 2006 -> 09:28 AM) I think the CBA does not allow an increase in a penalty. They also take forever to hear an appeal for a fine. I recently read Moises Alou saying he still hasn't had an appeal on his fine for his incident w/ an umpire in 2003. I didn't know they couldn't increase the penalty. I work in the commodities field and know of someone who was disciplined by the CFTC $50k, he appealed and upon further review his fine when to $200,000. AJ has mentioned he's getting a little sick of his supposed reputation. He may just pay the fine to keep everything on his front quiet.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ May 26, 2006 -> 09:25 AM) TIFWIW, but when PTI interviewed AJ, he said he was going to fight any fine or suspension all the way because he didnt do anything wrong. If the fine is $500 or something of that sort, I really don't think AJ will think its worth the effort. If he appeals it, he may end up getting suspended.

In several past suspensions, the fines were sometimes comically low like between $500-1000. AJ probably has a fine like this that means nothing to him, and probably not worth fighting over. Barrett and Anderson do get paid their salaries while serving their suspensions. I would imagine JR isn't going to take any money out of Joey's pocket either.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 26, 2006 -> 09:15 AM) I believe we control Crede through '08. That makes him staying even more concrete. With the premium KW is putting on defense, it would take something too good to be true to get him to move Crede, unless Joe just fell apart.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 26, 2006 -> 09:08 AM) A little light for Barrett, but they took it easy on the other guys. Also, why the hell would AJP get a fine? With the Kenny Rogers fiasco last year, I think Bud is a little scared handing out huge suspensions. Rogers had his reduced from 20 to 13 games last year, his fine changed to a charitable contribution, and had the right to hold MLB responsible if his time missed caused him to miss out on any incentives.

I think Crede is a FA after 2007. Boras is his agent. The prospects of re-signing wouldn't appear to be very good. Its way too early to speculate on what KW would want or could get for Crede because he's not available right now. If its just for some prospects, if Crede continues to play like he's playing now, he would help the Sox attempt at a championship far more than the prospects would, so I would expect KW to hang on to him and worst case scenerio take the draft picks if he signs somewhere else. As long as the Sox were in contention, there would be absolutely no reason to trade him unless the Sox got major league players that filled needs.

QUOTE(Steff @ May 26, 2006 -> 08:55 AM) Scott went after Barret. Watch the tape. He will get a suspension. And Anderson will get more than 3 games. It's been 6 days - 4 days of review - not weeks. With appeals it will be weeks. 4 days of reviews is ridiculous as well.

Pods should not be suspended he was getting Barrett off of AJ, or at least attempting to. If you recall when Ventura went to the mound after Nolan Ryan, Ryan got no time even though he gave Robin several noogies. Obviously, I haven't seen the tape in detail, but the only White Sox player who should or could be suspended by what I saw is Anderson. I heard Joey Cora might have to sit for a while, but I never saw his involvement. I also think MLB has really dropped the ball on this, waiting 5 business days to announce penalties, which will certainly be followed by appeals. Punishments, IMO, should be handed out promptly, and if players want to appeal, with modern technology the appeal could be done in a day or two. Enough of letting these things drag on for weeks.