Harry Chappas

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 03:26 PM) I think Thornton would be the closer of the future. I'll recommend this...trade Dotel this offseason! Bullpens appear to be more and more important as the years go by. Dotel is very inconsistent but you know after the first batter what he has got now if only Guillen could see this. I think he is to valuable to move.

Does Ichiro have 3 infield hits today?

Sox have left one man on base this game.

How did no team try and trade for Ibanez?

With the off day tomorrow the entire bullpen can pitch but Floyd needs to economize his pitches and get a nice long outing in.

Jim Riggleman is a terrible manager.

Wow this Dallas Braden is steller.

Missing Sherrill for that whole series is huge. They will miss Percival as well.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Aug 19, 2008 -> 12:59 PM) I think they are using Richard because we won't need a 5th starter after today until almost middle Sept. That way they can stick Richard back in the bullpen after today. I put together a summary of the games in a different thread. Steve Stone said this yeasterda yand it is incorrect. Who pitches next Tuesday?

If Obama wins, Jesse jr. will push hard for hte Peotone airport. Obama would be a huge promotional factor for the city. People that bithc about the games will b**** about anything. I still would like them to built a retractable stadium that could be used for Super Bowls, Final Fours, and inclimate weather baseball.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 19, 2008 -> 12:05 PM) Maybe Crede and Orlando are both leery of getting injured/re-injured or lots of contact in light of their pending Free Agency? If that was the case, I think I would designate OC for assigment right now if not for the fact that Ramirez, Uribe or Getz would be hitting leadoff and we'd lose the draft picks. I have never really watched him much but that could be his M.O. and why he wasn't kept by the Red Sox. Gage is a big fan so I would defer to him on his history of playing "softly" around the bag.

I think it depends on the defensive positioning based on a right handed pull hitter. I personally think that Cabrerra is afraid of any sort of contact around the bag. Watch him on any DP attempt he flies up in the air and out of the way even if hte player is not coming hard. On throws in and steal attempts, he is nowhere near the bag and is reaching to make the tag. He is a tad below average if you ask me.

Chicks on trampolines and a Sox blowout. I need a beer, a cigarette and a cold shower. CQ and Ramirez make KW look like a genius.

QUOTE (tommy @ Aug 18, 2008 -> 09:46 PM) He pitched like 39 scoreless inning, but broke the streak already. It was 3-0 when I got home and did other things until 9:00 and read the game thread to get me up to speed. My computer was slow and I was watching chicks on trampolines . Sox Win.

Haracio Ramirez looking like Jose Paniagua here.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Aug 18, 2008 -> 09:44 PM) Ziegler still pitching for the A's 1 out bases empty bttm 9 3-2 A's Isn't Ziegler having some odd start to his career?

I just turned on the game. Getz looks like Joe Crede. I thought I had entered the Twilight Zone and he was back.

The last two days I have boycotted doing anything other than the reading the game thread. As I finished rading all 18 pages for the last ten minutes I want to point out a couple of things. Wanne the way you are talking about covering second is correct when the SS is the best player on the field (up until college). After that the positioning of infileders is based more on hitters tendancies. I did not see the play though but it sounded like a Ramirez miscue as I believe Beltre is a pull hitter hence OC would be toward the hole. I could be wrong. Ramirez is not a SS but I agree that if the pitcher misses he kills it. How when ripping on Hawk is Sudden Sam McDowell not somehow on the team. BTW is Catfish dead? What's the inning and score? Gotta tell ya chicks on trampalines are hot and Team Handball is a great sport that I think we should all start playing.

ESPN Radio had some stupid poll of who is greater Phelps or the cubs. The cubs were getting 64% of the vote, I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!

I guess if Carrasco and Richard are not over worked tomorrow it will be one of those good old bullpen days as Richard pitched the 9th today. The official listing is still TBD maybe the Washburn thing is still an option?

I stand by my criticism that the Catch-all approach has really hurt this site. Also this place is a place to vent when things are going bad. When things are going good, we take the dog for a walk, wave to the neighbor and talk nicely to fiends and what not. The problem I think with White Sox baseball right now in Chicago has to do with the fact that it seems the cub has won the world series and nobody really even looks at the Sox. Compare the early season banter for Fukodome and now Harden and Samardjia(sp?) as compared to Quentin, Alexi Ramirez, Floyd and Danks. It really is sickening how they are fawned over.

My White Sox player of the game is Gio Gonzalez. The one from last year that was so good he was traded and allowed us to right all that ailed us for one day. What an easy game to watch.

That Ramirez ab was funny in that neither of the first two pitches looked like strikes and Ramirez seemed to think so and then dropped a hammer and crushed that pitch. Anderson and Wise in. I'd like to see Quentin come out too.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2008 -> 04:02 PM) It was a joke Betsy...sorry, I should use green more. I believed you too, thought is was odd but as bad as the NL is I thought it was possible based on interleague. Your Konerko crack was a joke too right?

Anderson should have been in this game when it became 8-0. There is nothing good Griffey is going to do here other than incur some sort of general soreness. Swisher and Wise should also replace Quentin and Dye shortly.