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QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:25 PM) Sox have played horrible baseball the last 2-3 weeks, horrible, probably can't play any worse, and they're 3.5 behind Tigers and 1 behind the Twins and both those teams have flaws as well. I'm not quite ready for that firesale. But the Royals and Indians!

I have no problem saying that Dunn looked great at the plate today. His bat was just a little off, but you can tell that he is seeing the ball really well.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:39 PM) What a job by Phil Umber. Another Coop masterpiece. Little early to be declaring Humber a Coop masterpiece, isn't it? Remember Scott Schoenweis?

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 08:56 PM) Most closers are pretty predictable, but they get pitches past hitters. That's all it takes. I think Sergio was extremely fortunate that Teixeira hit a sharp grounder to Konerko instead of getting that elevated. Granderson had no problem killing that fastball either. ARod didn't stand a chance with his approach, but could have worked the count a bit better.

I predicted like every pitch Sergio threw in the 9th except for like 1. He is too damn predictable.

Dunn looks like he's seeing the ball better but he's not quite there.

HORY COW They have scored an infinite amount more than they did the previous 2 games.

Paulie needs some Just For Men: Beard

You think that's funny Alexei??? Well I do too.

GREAT HUSTLE

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) This is Eduardo Nunez's first ever appearance in the OF outside of ST/minor league ball. Seems like a good time to hit it to him

Hey Morel didn't look terrible on that swing, he only like bad

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 08:11 PM) A Rod made Ozzie's job a lot easier. Ok I'll say it. Humber is why Cooper has job security. Where is Greg Walker's Floyd, Thorton and now MAYBE Humber. Jermaine Dye, Joe Crede, Carlos Quentin it's also not nearly as easy to improve hitters as it is pitchers. With pitchers, you can add a pitch. What are you going to do with hitters?

f***, Beckham was looking first pitch fastball, got it, and fouled it off.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 07:55 PM) HEY AJ, knock knock f*** OFF

HEY AJ, knock knock

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 01:59 AM) If you guys want to take situational run expectancy into account, then this should be useful: http://www.tangotiger.net/RE9902.html (these are not updated for today's scoring standards, BTW) So for instance, if the starter allows a single with nobody out in the 7th. Then the relevancy of this stat Sqwert is thinking of is pretty low. If you look at the run expectancies with nobody out, it's just like the way ERA is currently calculated anyway with some slight variations here or there. If you take the number of outs into consideration, then it changes the stat completely. So there's something else to take into account as well. So if Buehrle leaves the game with a guy on first and two out, and Will Ohman allows a two run home run, then Mark should really be charged for 1/4 of a run, not the whole run, mostly because the he a) pitched 2/3 of the inning anyway and b) he shouldn't be penalized completely for Will Ohman being bad. As for taking hitter performances in certain situations into account, that will be extremely difficult. It's a sample size issue. Just because Brent Morel might be 1/2 with the bases loaded in the 7th doesn't mean he's a great hitter in these situations. You might be able to do it with say, Paul Konerko, because he's probably been in that situation at least 50-100 times in his career. But it's not something that could be done for everyone. BTW, I think RBI and advanced statistics should never be mentioned together. And really, even 50-100 times isn't enough to prove significance. James Click has an article about something similar (that I'm sure you've read) entitled "What does Mike Redmond know about Tom Glavine?" that talks about sample size issues. Mike Redmond doesn't know anything the rest of the league doesn't know already, he just had more success against him than most did. If given enough plate appearances, he'd put up what he typically does against left handed pitching. Same thing pretty much applies to bases loaded situations, though you would expect IsoD to go down as pitchers are more likely to throw strikes, so average and slugging may go up as well, but I haven't seen anything to indicate that specifically.

Let's talk about how much the White Sox suck

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 06:24 PM) The talent is there, they need someone that these guys respect, I think everyone can agree, something is not working. That's it, you figured it out, they don't respect Ozzie Guillen anymore.

QUOTE (since56 @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 10:04 PM) This team needs leadrship. Ozzie is capapble of throwing anyone under the bus at any time. Since his obcenity filled tirade where he said he had "no closer I've tried everyone" (deflecting the blame on the players) this team has sucked. A change in the dugout could unite a talented bunch. Not to mention tighten up some of the silly moves Ozzie makes. I will forever be grateful for 2005 but this ship is off course. How is saying "I have no closer" when his team had blown 4 3-run save opportunities deflecting blame onto his players? If anything, it IS their fault. Should they not be held accountable? Personally, I'd love a job where I made anywhere from 200-600% more than my operating manager, I was guaranteed that salary, barring something ridiculous, and then I was given credit for my success while my manager was blamed for my failures. That seems like the easiest job in the world.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 09:18 PM) At the same time I'd be trying to line up a good manager to replace Guillen. Who? Who is going to succeed Guillen? Initially they'd bring in Cora on an interim basis and then who knows who they bring in. The only guy I can ever think of that got fired midseason and the team went on to succeed was Torborg in 2003 being replaced by McKeon. 1 time out of the hundreds of others doesn't seem to be good, especially when it's a veteran ballclub like this. If s*** doesn't work this year, you make wholesale changes next year. Seems simple enough to me.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 04:34 PM) Sell 'em so I don't have the headache anymore... Actually acetaminophen and ibuprofen will take care of that pretty well for you.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 09:54 PM) I have a recurring nightmare that Kenny's involvement in recent 1st round picks combined with his love of football players playing baseball cost us Mike Trout two years ago. OK I'm trying to goof around here today but just stumbled upon this gem...what a load of s***. If you knew that Mike Trout was going to be this good when the draft was going on, you'd be in a front office somewhere. Nobody knows jacks*** about anything. People really wanted Cesar Carillo too, and he's f***ing cabbage at this point. Jared Mitchell is still an extremely talented player and could develop into a fantastic leadoff or #2 hitter down the road. Or he could bust, just like Mike Trout still could too. Or Mike Trout may have busted in the White Sox system already while Mitchell flourished in Anaheim's. Coaching is a huge factor in these players' developments, especially at this early of an age, and we have no idea if Trout would have taken to the Sox coaches' teachings as well as he has the Angels'. Nobody knows something like that in advance, and suggesting you did otherwise, especially about something as unpredictable as the draft, is a goddamn joke.

Shoulda got a live chicken

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 04:01 PM) The thing I'm wondering about here is...how bad must Jeff Niemman be?? This is an interesting point, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.