Harry Chappas

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 09:42 PM) This team is displaying just terrible baseball instincts. Also be nice if they stop trying to pull everything! That old baseball iq again.....or lack thereof

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 09:40 PM) I love Jayson's eye. He has great AB's, hopefully more hits will come from them. I think next year he will be an asset as he can be guaranteed a utility role unlike this year when he was really close to being out of baseball. I think a comfort level will settle in and we will see the defense that he can bring.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 09:34 PM) Where would Pods play if they bring him back? Rios acquisition today should signal Pods going elsewhere next season. 4th OF and good bat off the bench. I think the Sox get all three guys back at below market value. Really all they need to do is fill the 5th starter role and that is it for next year.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 09:30 PM) Here comes another 'unkown pitcher from somewhere' to handcuff the Sox. I'd almost rather face freaking Roy Halladay than some of these no name guys (yes I know French is a good prospect). Yep, like clockwork. No good thing seems sustainable with this team.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 09:21 PM) Who isn't speculating about whether or not Dye is pissed? I really think Dye, Pods, and Thome are all back next year as Quentin needs to prove he can stay healthy.

I know this is unrealted to his game but I love that the cubs have to play the Rockies and Phillies while the Cardinals are facing the Pirates and Reds.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 09:13 PM) He really needs to just stay on the base and let the hitters move him over. 17-26 stealing, and that's not counting a few pick offs. I think the baseball IQ of this team is as low as ever.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 03:05 PM) Really...yeah, let him go Toronto and you solve all of your non Vernon Wells related problems. Let him walk and eat some of Wells salary in another trade and your good to go. I think it is Boston. JP is not real bright though so he will f*** it up.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 02:35 PM) The Twins acquired veteran right-hander Carl Pavano on Friday from the Indians in exchange for a player to be named later. Pavano, 33, in the midst of a somewhat revitalizing season following four disappointing years with the Yankees, adds some veteran presence to the rotation of a Minnesota team that will open a weekend series against Detroit with a 53-55 record, in third place in the AL Central, trailing the division-leading Tigers by 4 1/2 games. To accomodate Pavano on the 25-man Major League roster, the Twins optioned right-hander R.A. Dickey to Triple-A Rochester. Pavano went 9-8 in Cleveland -- matching his victory total for 2005-08 in New York -- with a 5.37 ERA in 17 starts and 100 innings. He is expected to join the team tonight in Detroit. Pavano last pitched on Sunday, making him available for manager Ron Gardenhire to immediately inject him into the rotation. He is 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA against the Tigers this season. Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. How did this thing happen is what I want to know about it? What team worse than Minnesota in the AL would want him?

My plans to walk through the outfield with Roonie Woo Woo have fallen thorugh...actually I have wedding and while I actually would love to play I am out. Beat those message board lurking losers. Best of luck and godspeed.

He won't make it past NL waivers same as Pavano did not make it past Minnesota.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 02:06 PM) Nix? 2B and with a LHP pitcher he is probably a better option than Getz.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 01:05 PM) Love this post. It's the "nookie regression" theory. Baseball Reference needs to do a study compoaring a players stats between the time of marriage and wife's 1st pregnancy, and compare it to their overall stats. Nook Logan is pregnant?

QUOTE (Shamrock4Life @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 10:48 AM) I am going to keep calling him Slayer because you can't pick your own nickname. And once you come up against one given you, that automatically becomes the one you are known by. I mean really its all in the guy code. Since Slayer is a man's man, he knew this and played his cards just right to keep his favorite nickname. Call me T-Bone going forward.

So I am in line at 7-11 and I look down at the back page of the Chicago Sun-Times and the headline is Don't Call Him Slayer Bulls***, bacon is what you call the fat kid that can't hit a lick, think Ogilvey without the attitude. Slayer is the bad Mo Fo that gets pitchers off the game so the AARP eligible RF can get something to hit or the prancing CF can win games. A man that strikes fear into otherwise fearless men. I am not good at downloading images but Joe Cowley with an f'u to Soxtalk Here is the link Gordon Beckham's hair refused to comment for this story. If it could, what stories it could tell. » Click to enlarge image While Gordon Beckham is a South Sider, his roots are still all Georgia, meaning he's a Southern gentleman. (AP) » Click to enlarge image Gordon Beckham the local ladies really liked his "Southern swoop" when he was turning heads at Georgia. (AP) PHOTO GALLERY Gordon Beckham RELATED STORIES Sox give nightmare performance Colon missing again, but he's not missed Three takes on the White Sox White Sox recap On deck: Indians at White Sox Inside the Sox: Updates from our blog As a matter of fact, it is the only part of Beckham's life that has not been bothered in the last few weeks as Beckham-mania transforms from the innocence of spring-training hype all the way to center stage of a pennant race in the Second City. Reporters have shaken the Beckham family tree, calling anyone who falls out for an interview, as well as his numerous coaches from Little League to college -- basically, anyone remotely associated with the 2008 first-round draft pick turned White Sox third baseman/rock star almost overnight. The person most affected by all of this? Poor Chris Getz, who has watched his locker area next to Beckham become a holding tank for media waiting in the home clubhouse. A usual day for Getz is to get dressed and get out of the way, usually walking off shaking his head and laughing. ''The reason I'm laughing is, obviously, so many people are in there to talk to him that they're filtering off into my locker, which is humorous,'' Getz said. ''I feel kind of bad for him ... well, I don't feel too bad because he's doing great, but the kid is just getting hounded. ''It's not his makeup to say no. That's kind of a tribute to him because it shows that innocence that he still has.'' It's that innocence that only adds to his likable persona. Case in point: How many 22-year-olds can explain their way out of supposedly being nicknamed ''Slayer'' for his prowess with the ladies? Call it Southern charm, but Beckham has done just that over the last week when it was first brought up on ESPN's ''The Scott Van Pelt Show.'' ''Every time I hear someone say 'Slayer,' I know what it means,'' Beckham said. ''For some guys that nickname might be great, and they think that's hilarious. But for me ... I mean, I appreciate people trying to come up with my nickname, but that one is a bit too risque, not real accurate or true.'' Not that Beckham doesn't appreciate the ladies. He's admittedly ''single and looking'' and even has a crush on a certain young actress who recently became single. His Facebook page has maxed out at 5,000 friends, with date requests and wedding proposals blowing up the text screen of his cell phone on a daily basis. ''I get a pretty good amount of those,'' he said. ''I respond sometimes, I usually just thank them, maybe put a smiley face, something light.'' In other words, something that leaves them saying, ''Ahhhhhhh, he's so nice.'' Nice is important to Beckham. While he is now a South Sider, his roots are still all Georgia. That means being respectful, a Southern gentleman. ''Very Southern gentleman,'' Beckham said. ''Let me put it straight: If a girl takes me to meet her parents, it's over, they're in love with me. That means calling her dad, 'Sir,' all that, but both parents will love me.'' Basically, he's the antithesis of a former highly touted Sox prospect, Brian Anderson, who would just as soon put the moves on a date's mom than meet her. But Beckham, he's from a different school. And the media and fans are eating it up. ''[The attention's] not overwhelming,'' Beckham said. ''I need to remind myself that I have to stay rested. I have to be ready to play the game. But to me it's all part of the process. I'm just following the line, just marching.'' Which brings us back to Beckham's hair. Yes, his hair has grabbed a lot of attention. It's full and bold, as if it's insisting, ''This is my damn spot, right here,'' on his forehead. But his hair is also sad. Beckham has changed nothing about himself in his climb to stardom, except his hair. He's living a lie. The short cut he has now is not what he's comfortable with. ''I had the Southern swoop, but I cut it because, well, I just wasn't sure how it would play out,'' Beckham said. ''I have no clue why, but my hair has been a hot topic. I will say that it would be a bigger hit if I had the Southern swoop I used to have. The ladies down [south] really liked it.'' Unfortunately, the media still can't get the hair's side of the story. Not for a lack of trying ... just ask Getz. to the story but headline is priceless

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 04:07 PM) Dye hasn't been this bad all-year. He'll get out of it. He is down to .274 which is fine as long as he turns it around or stays there. He was over .300 at the ASB if I recall correctly. I'd like to see Thome moved to the 3 hole as Beckham and Pods would take the shift away by being on base and move Dye down

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 04:06 PM) Someone already said this, but managers are extremely wary of subbing for their catcher early in the game in case an injury occurs later on. Therefore, at least one of Flowers and Armstrong should be here when rosters expand for that very reason. I pointed it out earlier at this point though the chances of AJ going into the game are very slim give Pods another shot. oh well 3-5 were 1-11 well at least they were productive last night

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 04:02 PM) Wise probably just bought himself a start with that swing. At this point in time Wise is here until the season ends might as well hope for the best.

Why not hit Wise for Castro?????

Aybar has two bunt singles, a homer, a caught stealing, a stolen base and a sac fly......ozzie wants him now!!!!

I wonder if every Angel will have a home run by the end of this game.

Sox have had two base runners since the walked in run in the third. Wow did they pack this one away rather easily. For the fourth time today I will say this game looks amazing identical to the July 9th Thursday afternoon game.

Leave Dotel out ther to get hammered what a s***ty job he and Danks did today. He could not put anybody away.

Catch a break on the pickoff and piss down your leg.

Danks needed a better effort than that. Dotel needs to step up