Dick Allen

The guy that reported this on WSI is pretty reliable.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:19 AM) This is a second injury for Pods. It isn't the same one he had originally. They claim he hurt himself playing CF against Oakland right before the All Star break.

For a team that supposedly has been in "going for it" mode, Timo leading off the past couple days and Willie Harris potentially playing LF is inexcusable. Matt Lawton was available for a song, he could lead off and play LF. Pods was injured before the All Star break, and well before the trade deadline, his situation should have been addressed long before this weekend. Lawton isn't that great, but is so much better than Timo and Willie its sickening. This season is starting to take a very familiar turn. Hopefully a major deal can be struck soon to avoid the inevitable.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 08:11 PM) And you wonder why no one takes anything you post seriously. You are flat out wrong. I have documented three sources and you are still hanging to whatever pathetic strings that you can manage. Crap like this is exactly why you have zero credibility as a poster here. Keep hiding in your fallout shelter, meanwhile everyone else is laughing at you. The Hawk was one of the worst GMs ever. He is great as an announcer, and was solid as a ballplayer, but he was a HUGE f***up as a GM. Hawk wasn't that terrible of a GM. He only was one for the 1986 season. The draft sucked, but a lot of White Sox drafts have sucked. In fact, in 1985, Roland Hemond's last year as GM, they drafted Kurt Brown with their first round pick. Barry Bonds was then selected by Pittsburgh. He traded Britt Burns to the Yankees, and he never pitched again. Picked up Bonilla in the Rule 5, traded him for Jose DeLeon, who eventually was traded for Lance Johnson. He traded for Ivan Calderon who was productive for the Sox and eventually was traded for Tim Raines. As far as LaRussa, I don't think the White Sox would have been any better the years since his firing with him at the helm than they were with all who have followed him.

More rain is forming right on Boston. Unless they want to wait 2 or 3 more hours, today's offensive explosion will not count.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 04:45 PM) The last update was definitely not a recording. And there was not one visible raindrop falling on Fenway Pawk. Red Sox officials are dragging their feet. It's obvious they don't want to make this game official before any more heavy rainfall occurs. Red Sox officials have nothing to do with it once the lineups are turned in. The fate of this game is with the umpires.

The new message was that the storm would hit within 15 minutes and last about 30 minutes. It is not raining there right now.

QUOTE(Chisoxmatt @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 04:21 PM) we have like 4 off days the rest of the year and no more games vs. the redsox. So no, we dont. I'm pretty sure he meant there is still a lot of time today to wait out the rain.

A new update from Hawk, they are waiting for another cell to pass, and after that he says it looks good. They will get this in. The only concern would be blowing out the bullpen.

I keep hearing Mike Sweeney may be going to the Angels for prospects. That would make that lineup pretty scary especially against the White Sox.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 04:09 PM) How do you think they will wait before calling it (which would suck considering)? Considering it is a sellout and no more trips to Boston for the White Sox, they are going to wait until the cows come home or Joe Crede advancing a runner, whichever comes first. That's 38000 tickets the Red Sox would have to reimburse or find seats for.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 03:49 PM) TARP IS ON!!! They slide it off to get all the water off of it, then put it back on then slide it off again.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 03:51 PM) Pedro thru 7 innings with a no-hitter. I'm already getting a great investment on my mlb.com purchase. Hows the picture with that? Is it a little blury on a full screen like the preview or is it like watching tv?

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 03:39 PM) Have they gone back to Hawk for an update? Might as well get this game in today if we can, we have a good shot at winning it. The update was a recording of the previous one, but the instacam shows them pulling the tarp off the infield.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 03:36 PM) http://www.instacam.com/showcam.asp?id=FENWY&size=S Sky just keeps getting darker and darker If you look at that picture, the tarp is being pulled off the field.

They just had a recording of the last update.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 02:20 PM) They might because the red sox need to fly to detriot and we need to fly to chicago. If there's severe weather in the area, they aren't flying anywhere.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 09:51 AM) First off I've never claimed a number. If you are saying 100's then that makes sense given the average contract value of a MLB player. Especially considering how often players move from the 40 man roster to the ml's & vice versa in the course of a season. All I've stated is that they first call GM's around the league to determine interest before requesting ML waivers on a player. Whereas you've argued they don't & they use ML waiver requests to do that work for them. I likewise doubt the confidentiality of these waiver transactions. Newsday reports that Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Piazza and Tom Glavine have all cleared waivers. In addition they report Pedro, Beltran, Benson, Mientkiewicz, Zambrano, Graves, Cairo, & Castro, Posada, Chacon, Womack, Lieter, Rodriquez, Franklin, Escalona, Small, & Flaherty cleared. I don't think they left any stone uncovered there so that amounts to 19 players on 2 40 man rosters. Most? No. Some. So much for the confidentiality of ML waivers. Heavy contracts missing from Newsday's NY teams ML waiver list are: Floyd, A-Rod, Jeter, Matzui, Giambi, Sheffield, Martinez, Johnson, Pavano, Wright, Mussina, & Williams. You can only have 7 guys on waivers at a time I believe. It takes a few weeks for everyone to go through. Most players get placed on waivers. Stark reported it, Gammons reported it, Phillips, who used to be a GM reported it. Just accept it.

QUOTE(OZZ-fest 2004 @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 08:55 AM) Now that Podsednik has injured his leg and may have to go on the DL, does Kenny pull the trigger for Griffey? Kenny wants Griffey, the teams agreed on a trade. Cincinnatti's owner does not want to get rid of him.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 13, 2005 -> 08:43 PM) Well does everyone remember the Ozzie "you dont play the game the right way you dont play with me speech" where he said if you dont run out a fly ball or play solid you will be on the bench no matter who you are. Meanwhile, Uribe tries to park every single pitch into the seats. Ozuna kicks the ball all over. And now in the OF decides to give up on a ball that he thinks is foul yet is fair. If he was a man of his word he would of marched out and removed Ozuna. Then of course we pan to Ozuna and Rowand and Ozuna is laughing about it. HA HA HA I FOCKED UP AGAIN. HA HA HA That was BS from the moment he said it. Ozzie used to jog to first everytime he hit a routine grounder. Hawk even called him out on it back in the day.

This game was a loss. Last night the White Sox should have won.

QUOTE(3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 @ Aug 13, 2005 -> 08:33 PM) These fans are idiots, they don't call em the Red Flubs for nothin... I went to Fenway a couple of years ago. These people actually watch the games.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 13, 2005 -> 08:32 PM) Maybe the White Sox should just stick to drafting OF'ers, 'cause it seems like that's the only thing they do well. Carlos Lee and Maggs Ordonez (both minor league FA findings), Aaron Rowand, Jeremy Reed (whose having a decent -- not great -- rookie season), and hopefully Sweeney, Anderson, and Young. Then, after you've completed the draft of 50 OFers, trade the ones that succeed for pitching. The most successful one, Ordonez, they exposed to the Rule 5 draft. I wasn't a huge fan of the Schueler regime. I was doing an Irish Jig when he resigned, and I'm not even Irish.

Jermaine Dye with the Frank Thomas Memorial Useless Homerun award as he homers in the ninth after doing nothing with guys on the past several days.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Aug 13, 2005 -> 08:26 PM) McCarthy has rediscovered his preferred 12/6 arm slot. His pitches were a little flat for his ineffective starts. His recent performances are much more indicative of his abilities. I still think he will be a very effective pitcher when all is said and done. His spring training was not a fluke. He was dominant. When he is more over the top, his pitches are much harder to pick up. 12/6 augments his height. He may be, and I hope you are right. I just think quickman is right. Hope this guy is a #4-5 guy, and if he is more than that its a bonus. We have been burned the last 12 years or so waiting for these guys to be anything more than that.