Dick Allen

I went to Yankee Stadium last year and was sporting my Sox hat. There were a few comments but no trouble.

Even with 2 fake knees, I bet Mo could beat Konerko to first base.

He did and hit 26 homers last year,but he has arthritic knees, and is probably done. He supposedly needs knee replacement surgery.

He just said the place was great for left handed hitters. Damon is left handed. It is great for left hand hitters who take the ball the other way, and who are content with bouncing it off the green monster for doubles. Daubach is not that kind of hitter, and is very streaky. He was very streaky when he played a lot and his bad streaks are longer when he plays sporatically.He also mentioned Ted Williams and left field. If you knew anything about Ted Williams, you would know that he always pulled the ball.If you listen and believe Hawk, he thinks Williams would have the all time homerun record if he played in Yankee Stadium, a haven for left handed pull hitters.Mo Vaughn, He ripped up his ankle is very first game in Anaheim, tore his bicep like Frank, missed and entire season, and now needs knee replacement surgery. He did hit 33 homers and 36 homers in his 2 years with the Angels. The ball doen't carry well in Anahiem after the sun goes down, but still those are decent totals.

Most balls are hit into the right center and left center. It is great if you can pull it right down the line, but that is very rare. If you go 10 feet left of the rightfield foul pole the fence is significantly deeper, and in right center its about 385-390. Daubach did a good job in Boston, and was a fan favorite.

Johnny Damon has just ripped it up in Boston. Get a clue, for a left hand pull hitter Fenway is the most difficult park to hit a homer in

I said my next door neighbor was a nice guy. I didn't say he was better than Konerko.

Every team would love to pay big money to a guy who when he comes to bat with the bases loaded and less than two out is just about guaranteed to pop out or hit into a double play. This guy you described is not what he is this year

You ever hear Hawk say "don't tell me what you hit, tell me when you hit it". If you look at AL firstbaseman his stats are very average.

He had a great half a season last year, second have sucked. Who cares though, last year and before are in the books, this year counts.

Paulie's numbers after the all star break last year were brutal. He did have an injured foot though.

Yea, but he can't hit into double plays at the alarming rate Paulie does

My next door neighbor is a nice guy, and I don't think anyone wants to pay him 6 million a year to play baseball.

Who wants to pick up a guy making 6-8 million a year hitting .225 with no range, runs as fast as Herm Schnieder, and has a hip condition? Oh, he also picks up an extra million if he is traded.

What's with the argument about what Konerko did 3 years ago? What does that matter? What matters is what he is doing now, and now he really sucks.

They couldn't get rid of him if they wanted to anyway. The Sox are stuck with him and Paulie.

He's not healthy, he's getting lit up in AAA. They were working on his arm slot in Chicago, and supposedly he was throwing hard and he had no pain.This is according to Billy. Whatever the problem is, he doesn't have good stuff this year. Maybe it'll come back with a couple months rest, because it isn't back now.

They should sit him down the rest of the year and hope for a miracle in spring training.

How many outings does he have to have to be sharp? There are only a few games left in Charlotte's season. Koch has thrown on the side, and for the 3rd time this year said his fastball was back.

I want him to do well. Its just obvious that he sucks this year, and really has never been that great. They hit 4 balls either to the wall or off it tonight. The 98 mph fastball that was supposedly back is not. If you are a true Sox fan, do you want him in the game when the game is on the line?

Whats that mean

Koch pitched 1 inning tonight, gave up 3 hits 2 runs, hit 95 on the gun. And he picked up the loss. He still sucks.

there will be no horn blowing of any kind at the ball park zach..... GUG drowning out Farmio, AM1000 listeners couldn't be so lucky

I don't think there is anyone here not rooting for him. Its just that after stinking up the place all year to think 2 weeks off is going to make things better is "cub fan optimistic." I remember countless F-Koch posts on this board and he deserved them, but now all of a sudden he's a stand up guy. What about the time he was rightfully yanked from a game by JM, uttered an expletive,and threw his glove in the stands. What about the homerun he gave up in Tampa, when he said the guy didn't hit it very well. The one misconception about Koch is this even when he was throwing 98-100 he wasn't as dominant as some here believe. His strikeout rate last year is lower than Gordon's and Marte's this year. And his ERA was higher than Martes and about the same as Gordon's. I do agree if he came back to last year's form it would be a big boost to the Sox, but I think they can still win without him. By the way, his proclamation that his fastball is back, is at least the third such proclamation he has made this year. I do hope it is though.

Frank has cooled off against Mussina in recent years. In the early 90's he was hitting about .800 against him.