Harry Chappas

Bunting is only good agaisnt an ACE or when the batter sucks and the next guy up is a really good hitter with men is scoring position and the runner on base is a smart base runner. Bunting to get to a .280 power hitter is stupid in my book especially if the bunter is fast an unlikely to ground into a double play.

Good to see Bloomquist and Callaspo hit another team. Grienke with K's in the first.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 11:59 PM) The Angels got absolutely screwed tonight by the umps. Nick Green got 5 strikes. Angel Hernandez was in two places at once? Griffey get 5 in the Sox game although only one was actually called a strike. Umpiring in baseball is atrocious.

Bunting for this years team is worthless. My feeling is Guillen is thinking that if the defense and health of the rotation are there next year an enemic offense will be fine.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 17, 2009 -> 08:14 AM) Found this cool website that shows how tough it would be to take the division now, we have to go 13-3 just to have a 50-50 chance of winning it If we finish: % chance of playoffs 16-0 99.7% 15-1 95.4% 14-2 79.1% 13-3 49.5% 12-4 18.1% 11-5 2.8% 10-6 0.1% 9-7 or worse 0 http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/America...l/WhiteSox.html If the Sox learn to hit they will win the division.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 03:54 PM) Do you guys think Minnesota is going to steal the division in the final year of the s***dome? Are the Twins the ones who will overcome the choking Tigers? Don't you actually have to be good to choke? 2005 was almost a choke job but the Injuns were playing incredible ball as well. The Rockies now would be a choke job if the Giants swept them and then if the Giants lost to the cub, that would be a choke job. The 2006 Tigers was a choke job in the World Series.

Do pitchers effectively even come back from torn labrums. What ever happened to Ben Sheets?

Tigers will sign him and he will win two games down the stretch.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 11:41 AM) I'm not sure exactly how that works, especially with the call up this year. I believe Sept call-ups do not impact his service time.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 09:57 AM) I prefer to think of it as a differential. We have 2 more with SEA, and DET has 2 more with KC. Gaining one game would be good - that could be the Sox going 2-0 and DET going 1-1, or the Sox going 1-1 and DET going 0-2. Either one works. Meantime, we need to hope MIN can lose a few as well. I want Min to stay in it, they have 7 against Det. The Tigers play Cleveland 3 times and Royals 2 times other than that, it is Twins 7 times Sox 6.......they have a game in hand. The Sox play Cleveland 3, Royals, 3, Tigers 6, Twins 3, Seattle 2 The Twins play Royals 6, Sox 3, Tigers 7, Cleveland 1 The team that gets hot wins the division......again if the Sox hit they will win as their rotation is pitching better than the others.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) KC is playing really good ball right now. I wouldn't be suprised if they win a couple more vs Detroit. That being said, we really need to take these next 2 vs Seattle. The Sox pitching can win them the next 17 games. If this team especially two of Dye, Rios or Quentin, hit at all, the Sox will win this division. I know I am just a small town girl living in a lonely world looking to get on a midnight train going anywhere but what the hell.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 09:30 AM) Thought it had some interesting bits in it; On another note, how many of you want us to pick up his option for next season from what they've seen on him so far? He is as ideal a number 5 for a team that hopes to contend as there is.

Stars aligning????? Sox missed Weaver, Lackey and King....Detroit was given a gift by Toronto as they needed to push back Halladay to face the Yankees for no reason, jagoffs......Grienke pitches Thursday against Detroit and the Sox miss him.......Peavy is back........ There is hope in cubville as they think they can take down the Cards and Giants, are behind 3 teams and 5.5 out. These next two games are wher the hope rests..... Why do they keep doing this to me?

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 13, 2009 -> 05:07 PM) Can we stop saying this? I know believing so is convenient because it absolves Rios from being horrendous and Peavy from not pitching in early September, but it's not as if Williams was ignoring 2009. I know it's an excuse because, look at in these terms -- if Rios was performing well and we were within a few games of the division lead with Peavy set to return, would people not say that Williams was thinking of 2009? Of course they would. But now that Rios has looked terrible, we're 6 out of the division, and Peavy isn't pitching, we can conveniently throw out the "[they] were mostly for 2010." Obviously they're important players for 2010 and beyond, but to ignore this season is foolish. If Peavy didn't get hit with the line drive he would have made 3 MLB starts by now. Sadly neither Peavy or Rios would have really helped an offense that is incapable of scoring runs...I know Rios is playing like crap but he is right in line with the other unperformers offensively. These moves were made beacuse of the positive long term impact they would have as well as the positive impact they could have this year.

The Bears pay nothing to play there and get all of the revenue from theoir games. The sweetest of sweetheart deals. The Park District could care less what the field conditions are for the Bears. Remember when New England installed Field Turf in two weeks. The point was brought up to the Bears and they said the CPD would have to pay for it. The park district will not do it. Why the Bears don't........they are still the Bears.

Halladay bumped back a day to facethe Yankees...David Purcey will now face Verlander. Think they are pissed about the Rios thing?

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Sep 14, 2009 -> 11:48 AM) There are few finer men than Derrick Brooks who have played pro football in the last two decades, but does he have anything left? A player with his pedigree, his class, his humility, his character, his leadership is currently out of work...the only reason a team would not have him on their roster by now is he just can't do it anymore. I hate that, because DB is one of my all time favorite non Bear players, and would love to see him help this team. I just don't know if he can (at least on the field). Brooks is a cover 2 genius. I am not a fan of Urlacher by the way. This is an ideal situation for Brooks as he knows that defense as good as anyone.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Sep 13, 2009 -> 07:35 PM) What lovefest? Most people are expecting him to be gone after this season. We're not comitted to pay him $60 million either. That's where the concern is. He batted fourth yesterday...that lovefest.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 13, 2009 -> 05:29 PM) Cause the organization could care less about him turning it around for next season, since they know he won't be back? If the money we were allocating for Dye goes to Figgins, then I won't be upset. I kind of hope Podesednik is brought back I never really thought that much of him and now i think he has figured somehting out... He would be a great 4th outfielder with Figgins. I would like the DH spot to be for a guy that needs a couple of days off. I really hope they bring Kotsay back to hit RHP that sucks.....you know, the AA f***ers Guillen was talking about.

Yet the $10M Dye lovefest is allowed to loyally continue. They should make up some injury and say he has had it all year to at least try and get him a decent contract.

I saw nothing in this team that lead me to beleive they should make the playoffs. Yet when this day started if the Tigers lost and Sox won I would have had interest and belief. The Sox rotation really has a shot of being great next year which is good. Say what you want about the bullpen but the Sox are 2-3 in their last five and have not scored more than 4 runs. This offense is abysmal and down right pathetic yet Rios is the only guy called out.

Nix can look as bad as anyone. He does not know how to adjust during an AB.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Sep 13, 2009 -> 03:58 PM) I am so f***ing sick of Jermaine Dye sucking day in and day f***ing out. Get him out of there! at-bats do not get any worse than that..... Again when does Guillen call him out? If he is hurt sit him down he has no value at all to this team.

Rios should try and bunt for a hit......although then he would have to run it out.

Would be really nice to see Dye and Rios do something. They are sickening. After reading Guillen's quotes I get the feeling the Alex Rios era is no going to end well. He is doing nothing much more different than Dye. Also Rios did not ask to come to Chicago, Toronto chose to pay him and Chicago took a gamble. Maybe he just sucks.