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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 11:07 AM) What? Yes the hostage crisis was handled badly esp. when the operation failed but dropping the ball in Iran goes all the way back to Eisenhower. I'm talking about when Jimmy screwed over our greatest Ally in the middle-east and muslim world the Shah because they "violated human rights." Funny thing is because of that, Ayatolla Khoemeini got in power, and executed pro-western iranians, put women back in servitude, etc. Good work there Jimmy! Not to mention he is an anti-semitic... But he now supports women's rights!!! Except if they so happen to be living in a muslim country.

Those 20,000+ Pro-Western Iranians say h....... oops. Jimmy kinda dropped the ball on that one.

Can you hit, or would you look clueless if you had to face MLB pitching?

I hate stupid people. I had this argument yesterday on a different forum with this person who thought not only Carlos Pena was a deserving all-star, but more deserving than PK, Jermaine Dye, Adam Lind, Juan Rivera, and Miguel Cabrera. His main argument was Pena was more deserving because of his OBP and that he is a gold glove defender.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) being vegetarian does not necessarily equate to eating healthy. Some vegetarians subsist on oreos, cheese pizza, potato chips and big gulps. What's the point then?

Fielder is one of my favorite players to watch. I love a batter who goes up to bat every single time with the intent to not necessarily hit home runs, but just f***ing tear the cover off the ball. Also, for someone with such a long and max effort swing, he doesn't K an enormous amount of time, only around 120-130 times a year, which is pretty good for today when you consider how high the K-rate is for other power hitters around the league.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 09:39 AM) I know you're kidding but sometimes I wonder about your sense of humor. By the way, I think this is the only time I have said this in my life, but I agree with Jimmy Carter re: this article. Wow. (Goes and slaps himself... ). Now I'm going to go get myself electrocuted. (Seriously. ) I've learned to like Jimmy Carter. If it wasn't for Jimmy Carter, there wouldn't have been Ronald Reagan, or at least not the Ronald Reagon as in iconic figure for the GOP, pure awesomeness, etc... Also, I thought my joke was a good one. Or at least it was funny when I thought it in my head...

QUOTE (Soxy @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 09:06 AM) Jimmy Carter, I heart you. How do you have time to read when you have all that cooking and cleaning to do?

Considering the olympics no longer have baseball, and they ruined the rules of baseball this past year of olypics, I try to watch as little olympics as I can. Yeah, go USA and I might tune in when nothing is on.... But how can you get rid of baseball and have fake sports like badminton, trampoline jumping, etc???

QUOTE (rockren @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 12:20 AM) If I could find some way to replace my name with Ortega when Shawn speaks... Better yet, change your name to Ortega!

I forgot about Arguelles.... could be a good idea and sign him up while everyone has their attention of Chapman.

you beat me to it. We have worked well with Torres, not sure how well we have worked with the organization Chapman has just signed on to.

How dare she!

In other news, for those 24 fans out there, Agent Renee Walker was the catcher for the NL Squad. And yes, Shawn Johnson is even hotter now.

I heard NCAA '10 is differant than the demo and plays more like Madden '09.... If so, congrats EA, you completely ruined a perfectly good football game.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 11:26 PM) can we vote to see how many people used the name of the thread to spell teahen? my guess is most. but yeah, i'd be all for it if the price ain't steep. I didn't use the title, I just sounded it out. It's pro-nounced as T-Han, not T-Hen... So, there for, his name should be spelled with an a and not an e at before the n.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 09:53 PM) dude, she's a wise latina. the wisest of the wise latinas. how can you not think she's the best? i hope she wears a f***ing wizard hat and has a owl that floats around her head and s***; show how truly wise and mythical her powers really are. Pure gold. Someone needs to photoshop a picture of her with that description you gave.

Man, Sotomayor's ass must be all wet and nasty from all that ass-kissing that was going in the Senate hearings today. I really don't care about her, Barry could have nominated anyone he wanted to and they'd get into the SC. I just would prefer not to see her paraded around as some godly woman because she's Hispanic. How about you focus on s*** that matters?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 07:29 PM) let's just trade Colon for Halladay, I mean, both are former Cy Young winners, am i right They better not ask for Steve Stone as well. That's a deal breaker right there.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 07:56 PM) Name on player on the White Sox that doesn have a hole in their swing. Thats baseball, any player can get out at any time. Outside of Pujols, every hitter in the league has a pitch he cant do anything with. That's completely false. A lot of hitter struggle with certain pitches and pitchers, but a good hitter can hit any pitch in the strikezone if they have a good approach at bat and are smart enough to be able to look for the certain pitch.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 07:51 PM) He's a rookie SS, he will get better and is already a pretty good defensive SS. Shying away from contact? No range? I disagree with both of those assessments. His footwork is a work in progress which is why he tiptoes around the bag during a dp, but once again, he turns a very nice one so who cares. His range right, left and out are VERY good, better than we've had in YEARS. His RF and FPCT are very respectable if not good for a rookie SS. As far as his hitting, dont let your opinion get in the way of facts. He's an extremely good hitter for a middle infielder. Since he's been moved to the 2-hole he is hitting .317 .379 .863 in 46 games. Thats good for the 4th highest OPS on the team behind Dye, Thome and Konerko. He's on pace for 22 HR and 84 RBI as a #2 hitter. Maybe your eyes may dislike his approach, but the numbers speak for themselves. He's having another great offensive year, you don't see me denying that. I don't think he'll consistently be a good offensive player in the future through. His approach leaves a big weakness to breaking balls inside and he just hasn't shown me that he's a smart hitter. And he is no SS. He definitely shy's away from contact on DP's. He's had plays where he dropped the feed because it was obvious he wanted to get out of the way, he's had plays when he did 360 spins to get out of the way, etc. Plus, he doesn't have any leadership qualities you want in a SS. He's a 2B or OF.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 07:28 PM) And you're willing to end up with Jayson Nix playing SS everyday if Beckham can't handle SS at the major league level and has to be moved to 2B? Right now, we have a position of strength with our middle infielders (including Fields), but there's no certainty Gordon can play short, whereas at least we have more legitimate options for 2B and 3B that can be tried. If other teams see Beckham can't handle SS, the price tag for replacing that position with another impact-level player will be very high indeed, unless we get another Uribe/Eckstein/Everett/Wilson/Santiago/Berroa type of "filler" SS not in the long-term plans. I'm not going to condemn Beckham's play at 3B and extrapolate it around the diamond or point to other players like Nix and Uribe that seem to be able to move all over the field without any negative impact defensively, but some of the mistakes at 3B in terms of judgement make you wonder how he'll do at SS when he'll have 50% more plays to make on an everyday basis. Finally, there's almost NO way that Halladay would lock himself into a long-term contract extension right now in the middle of this season with the White Sox, when every player/agent is going to wait this economic crisis out and see what will happen over the next 2 years, with the economic climate for huge contracts perhaps returning once again. Why would Halladay want to be "stuck" with the White Sox if we fail to make the playoffs in 2009 and then end up going with a $65-80 million budget in 2010 with youth being the centerpiece, but rebuilding "on the fly" the context? Not only that, but the Garcia extension was secured partially because of Ozzie's connection to him, at least that seems fairly likely. We have no "in" with Halladay that's comparable. You make good points, but a couple of things I should have stated. If I were to trade Alexei, Poreda, Richard, and prospects for Halladay, I'd try and get Rolen to come along with him, and at least half of Rolen's remaining contract. However, I still probably wouldn't oppossed to an Alexei, Poreda, and a throw in for Halladay straight up. Second, Halladay won't sign an extension, he's gonna hit FA. However, I'd use all the resources available to me to make sure he stays with the White Sox. If we don't get Rolen along in a deal, Beckham and Nix would man the left side. Considering Nix would likely be the more stable defender at SS, he'd be the easy choice. However, we would have to get another infielder who can play SS and can hit right handed pitchers. Or, we could try and make a trade for Teahan and take the risk with Beckham at SS (if he can the routine plays at SS, that'd be more than adequate. And that has been something Alexei hasn't been great at). Also, I'd defenitely shop Dotel and Linebrink, and trade whichever one brought the most back in a trade.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 07:36 PM) I'm frustrated with Lexi's defense to this point, but I couldn't disagree more regarding his approach at the bat. Despite another horrendous start, he's now hitting .281, and he's walking at more than twice the rate as he did last year. His OBP will continue to improve, and he remains uncommonly dangerous as a middle infielder. I think his concentration level at the plate looks VERY good recently. Oh, he's hitting now, but pitchers haven't adjusted yet. Alexei can hit anyone's fastball, the league has learned that. What the league hasn't learned yet is that breaking balls away aren't much more effective because Alexei is on top of the plate and has good plate coverage with his arms. He has mashed a lot of outside sliders over the leftfield wall this year. From watching him this year, the easiest way to get him out would be to throw breaking balls inside, aim them at his hip. There is really no way for him to hit the inside breaking ball with his current approach. Plus, he is very streaky up there as well. And before, as I stated, he doesn't seem to have a good baseball IQ and he can often get out-smarted at bat, and he doesn't also do the right thing with certain pitches. Plus, he's far too much pull happy for my liking.

I'm guessing he'll make his first appearance on Thursday. There's an article on Kanny's website (posted on 7-9 at 2 in the afternoon) saying he will be joining the team on Thursday. It's kinda confusing since the 9th was a thursday, so I'm gonna assume they meant next thursday, which would be this thursday, the 16th.

Justin Greene really deserves a promotion. Perhaps we are waiting for when Jared Mitchell is ready to play.