Harry Chappas

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 28, 2009 -> 02:30 PM) I just got scared that Ozzie might platoon Getz and Lillibrick at 2nd base. Owens may still be leading off but I think Getz has hit enough lefties to play every day. KLillibridge is just cementing his case for AAA. With the long spring training I think the real line-up guys will be sitting the next couple of days.

Geez Lou making sure he gets this one.....

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 05:12 PM) Betemit will definitely play when someone needs a rest in the IF Lillibridge will only start in odd emergencies I think Lillibridge ends up in AAA he looks terrible. Matt's brother pitching.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) Why would they cut him early if he's out of options? Not saying he's going to turn it around but there's no upside to it. If your pinch runner Lillibridge gets hurt, you have Owens to fall back on. That's the downside to doing it, there's no upside. I'm glad fan-type passion is absent from most coaching staffs out there. The downside is he is taking playing time from players that may serve a purpose.....wanna keep him around fine. There is plenty of room on the bench.

Am I being overly negative when I say that this offense looks like it may be easily shut down again this season and could have some really ugly games?????

Wow 4.1 really nice way things are shaping up......fingers crossed. Also is Jose pitching today? and is this a B.S. WSCR game or full broadcast.

Stepped away for a minute. Did Bart go 4?

FARMIO LIKES BART!!!!!!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 12:06 PM) South Side Irish St. Patrick's Parade ending March 25, 2009 12:00 PM | No Comments Organizers of the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade on Western Avenue said today they would no longer hold the event "in its present form." I wonder what other forms parades come in. Link?

I think they have finally made the decision that Lillibridge is a better option than Wise and Owens based on his ability to play the infield and outfield. I think Kroeger or Wise makes the team until Nix is ready and then depending on how Getz is doing, Nix will get a look.

Jack Morris has better post season accolades sans the bloody sock. I am lazy but statistically how do they measure up.

QUOTE (jmg84 @ Mar 24, 2009 -> 08:33 PM) The stadium planned seems to be more for a baseball atmosphere. Where Dolphins stadium is too big and open; obviously because of the conversion from football, this one will be smaller. A name change seems like a take on what the Rays have done, basically a "rebirth" if you will... ...Regardless if the people/voters/fans support the team, anything to ignite passion into the town for their beloved baseball team is better than doing nothing. Not sure a franchise the has two world series championships in eleven years needs a "rebirth"

Hence why he needs to go down and work on other pitches and refining his control.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Mar 24, 2009 -> 03:22 PM) I don't think so at all. I just think he's falling victim to a bad rash of injuries and natural declination due to age. Now Andruw Jones, that's someone I think was on PEDs. Travis Hafner came out of nowhere and grew quickly and then became an injury machine now he has shrunken. The doubts of PED's to Hafner are probably as comparable as wheather Sosa did them. Also I think Poreda goes to AAA to work on becoming a starter as he could be a top of the rotation guy. I think he will not get enough work out of the pen.

QUOTE (scenario @ Mar 24, 2009 -> 01:46 PM) Whichever catcher we bring north (Miller or Lucy) requires an addition to the 40-man roster. So, it will be interesting to see who is removed to create an opening. Most likely one of Owens or Wise.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 24, 2009 -> 07:42 AM) I can't find the article now, but I think I read something like the Tigers were going to lose a huge chunk of their season ticketholders and sponsors. I think they are projecting to lose about a million people in total attendance alone. Isn't it somewhere in Soxtalk?????? That was where I read about it.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 23, 2009 -> 01:48 PM) Should be done every game. Those who think it would water it down by doing that are flat out wrong. Look no further than Penn State football or Illinois basketball. Seeing a solid one color never gets old. Except it would lose its luster when half of the crowd is black and half is green.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 21, 2009 -> 07:59 PM) Yeah. Bad feeling he could end up with the Tigers, if he starts slipping. MLB draft is the only draft (well NFL sometimes this happens, but not like MLB) where the best players do not go to the worst teams. That really needs to change. Det is running low on cash. Washington will take. $50M for this guy is worth it. He will be their Opening Day starter next year.

If Alexi and Getz mesh this year and do their job, what happens to Beckham........ I say this because Getz could be the player they need and want at the top of the order and have been loking for, for some time. This solidifes the defense as it allows Anderson to play center.

Gotta tell ya it was a pretty good piece. The MLB Network seems to not really bias anyone and are honest. Brian Anderson was all over it. This was the first place you would have heard Fields/Anderson at lead-off and the other media went with it.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Mar 20, 2009 -> 04:27 PM) It isn't to increase his trade value it is to get him ready to play CF everyday for the Sox I would imagine so as well.

I think you are going to see Anderson play every day and get a ton of AB's in an effort to get him enough looks to start the season or increase his trade value. As for Jose and Bart, tomorrow and Sunday are more important than today. Hitters are way ahead of them right now. Also they are the #4 and #5.

Anderson at lead-off would be no worse than Owens or Wise.

I really do not think people understand how bad Owens and Wise are.......

I think Lilly makes the team as the 4th outfielder and back-up SS with Anderson starting in CF and Getz leading off. Lilly, Betemit, a catcher, and Wise/Owens make the team and Nix replaces Wise/Owens when healthy.