Dick Allen

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.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:52 PM) If you are suspended you are not paid. 9 games although only 1 start is 6% of their salary where one game is only 1%. Pitchers are not paid by when the pitch but as the rest of players are. In the case of Contrearas this is a difference of $400K. Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, players are paid their regular salaries during their suspensions. I am not sure if this holds true for steroids.

QUOTE(danman31 @ May 25, 2006 -> 06:26 PM) Rogers had an ERA of 3.76 in Arlington from 03-05. Don't blame the stadium for his late season fades. I'll blame the heat then. He is a good pitcher. I hope I'm wrong and the Tigers become the Royals. But they've played the same teams the Sox have and have done a tad better up until now. We scoffed at people who said the White Sox would fade last year, and although the Sox had a history of finishing second (who cares) they fielded a completely different team last year than those teams that finished second, and last time I checked previous year's results have no bearing on the current year's standings. Leyland will not lose the team like Trammell did.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 25, 2006 -> 04:34 PM) Why does everyone keep saying that? Maroth has pitched so far over his head its ridiculous, today was more accurate to how great he is. Bonderman (the Ace) has a 4.57 ERA and is a career 4.94 ERA pitcher, 2 of his wins were against KC. Rogers fades in the 2nd half like clockwork. The rest of their rotation is garbage, Robertson career ERA 4.70 1.42 WHIP, Verlander is a rookie, you really think he is going to give you 200 innings of sub 3 ERA ball? If you were to look at career numbers for the White Sox staff of last year, Buehrle's numbers were impressive, Contreras' besides winning percentage were horrible, as was Garland's. Garcia had a career ERA around 4.00, and El Duque qualified for social security. I hope the Tigers fade, but they have pitched great, and I'd rather go by what they are doing now as opposed to seasons past when they had a bad team behind them, a manager without a clue, and a generally bad team attitude. Bonderman is a guy who scouts expect to breakout at any time. Verlander throws 98 and is unhittable at times. Rogers is solid, he may not fade because he's not pitching in Texas anymore, and he has a big ballpark to pitch in. Robertson is a #5 starter. He has his moments, and Maroth is a decent pitcher.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 25, 2006 -> 04:13 PM) What makes you think they are a good team? The fact that their pitching staff is playing way over their heads? Or the fact that the only decent team they have played, swept them. They are winning games they are supposed to win, and winning a few they probably should lose. Almost a third of the way through the schedule they have the best record in baseball. I think they have a pretty talented starting rotation. Their numbers have been good. Verlander is considered a stud of a prospect. Maroth, except for today has been excellent. Bonderman is a talented guy. Rogers has been a pretty good pitcher in his career, and has been very tough against the White Sox. Robertson isn't bad as a fifth starter. Their bullpen isn't the greatest, but they do have a couple of guys who potentially may be very good. Their line-up is very good, and they have an owner looking to spend some money on pre-deadline additions. People expected the White Sox to collapse last year, and they didn't even with El Duque in the rotation. Finally, they have a manager who is definitely running the show, and he's won before. When they got beat up by the Sox, he popped off, and they've been on a roll ever since.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 25, 2006 -> 04:05 PM) They're not that bad. They might be.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 25, 2006 -> 04:01 PM) We will crush them the rest of the season, we all know that. These tigers =2003 royals. You cant get by on your opponents being this s***ty for the rest of the season. The Tigers are a good team. If you're looking for them to fall apart, you may be waiting for a while. I think this is their 8th or 9th game against KC this year. I think the White Sox have also played KC 8 or 9 times. Vazquez has 3 starts against them, otherwise his numbers are pretty average.

Its hard to believe the White Sox blew a 6 run lead to the Royals. They are the most pathetic franchise in all of sports. They make the Blackhawks look good.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:35 PM) what happened to Morrisey? He hasn't written anything in awhile - zip on the sox/cubs series. He's undergoing cancer treatment. And is Sullivan on hiatus from the Cubs beat, or just from those stupid Q&A things?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:46 PM) He came up from AAA when Dimitri Young beat his path to the DL. I was looking at past 1st round draft picks yesterday. Dimitri Young was drafted as a SS.

I've been there and its great. On Saturdays they have duck fat fries, very tasty.