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There you go, Alejandro. Got the ball far enough to the outfield on a line, didn't give Francouer enough time to set up and get behind the throw.

Had a great chance to get the ball in the air there....but swung at a ball that was out of the zone. Should be bases loaded now.

Beckham gets the job done, if not quite in the conventional way. No suicide or safety squeeze, lol. Does Robin really expect him to execute on the bunt? Maybe? DeAza 1/9 against Holland, struggling today.

Mr. Corbin is going to haunt the Angels for a long time. Luckily, he's at least in a different league, so it doesn't sting QUITE so much.

Whatever happened to Brett Jackson?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 22, 2013 -> 07:32 AM) I think you already have her invested exactly as you're looking to do here...500 index funds, value funds, etc...unless you go off the wall risky and start buying proshares funds, I don't really see much more you can do with the index/mutual fund market. You could look at individual stocks that pay big dividends, like AT&T, Verizon, First Energy, etc...or perhaps a bit more conservative and buy something like Coke...they pay dividends that equate to 3+% gains...and they're probably pretty safe all things considered. We already have some exposure to all the telecom stocks. First Energy, that's an interesting idea. Maybe 5-6-7 years ago, I put her in Oklahoma Gas & Electric and that was a good move both for appreciation and the yield. Coke's another decent idea. Looks like the yield is higher for FE at this point. Just don't see that there's a whole lot of ceiling left for companies like Google, Apple or Facebook. All those huge gains are probably a thing of the past, too late now to jump on board.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2013 -> 09:27 AM) Cubs are the huge favorites to sign the guy profiled in that article. Great, what else is new? Some of those guys are going to HAVE to emerge as studs, aren't they?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 22, 2013 -> 08:20 AM) Here's Micah Johnson's slash line: .338/.420/.534/.954. Right now, he's not just a speed guy, he's an all-around offensive threat at 2B. He's got 31 XBHs through the first half of the season on top of his minor league leading 55 SBs (at a 77% rate). Plus he gets on base at a high rate. If he hits like this in AA, he'd be a top 5 prospect in all of baseball, but the good news is he doesn't have to be incredibly valuable. There's plenty of room for regression in that OPS as he moves up the system for him to remain a valuable player. Also, his speed isn't going anywhere, so he should be able to sustain his SB numbers and a high BABIP even as he's promoted. No one should have him pegged at 2B on our 5 year big board just yet, but there's no reason not to be excited about him. He has the potential to be a dynamic leadoff, which is something this system hasn't produced since Ray Durham. Hold on, a player with his traits and characteristics, who might not even have a "true" position at the major league level...and, is, at best, a 2B or possibly outfielder, you can see him being #75-100, but no way BA's going to rank Micah Johnson in their Top 50 even with those same stats in AA. And he's not even cleared High A ball, that's going to be a huge jump in competition from Low A. I'll just have to wait and believe it when I see it. And he's got a long ways to go before we're penciling him for Durham HR and XB numbers. Finally, 77% isn't a good steal rate. To be effective, it should be closer to 85% or at least 80%. As he progresses from level to level, it's going to get harder and harder to sustain anything above a 60-65% rate if he keeps running like this because his results are as much based on technique as pure speed, and superhuman catching arms at the major league level will beat technique most of the time.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jun 22, 2013 -> 07:30 AM) The most overblown thing is the reaction when certain pitchers dominate the Sox over several starts. So we finally got to Guthrie. Funny how now I don't care at all. Because it doesn't mean anything NOW. It would have meant all the world to pick up those wins LAST SEASON, when we really needed each and every win so desperately.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2013 -> 07:25 AM) He sure didn't show that kind of love to MN who he was with much longer. Unless he's like Gavin Floyd and just feels so comfortable with Cooper and the coaching staff that he prefers to say. That said, it's almost impossible to imagine him not being priced out of the market...and the wisdom of spending that kind of money on set-up guys (see Dotel/Linebrink) has always been dubious at best, especially for a team not likely to contend again until 2015 or 2016.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 22, 2013 -> 07:02 AM) It's the Yahoo contributor network. Why would you trade for Alex to have him in CF leading off? Makes no sense. Re: Hamilton, I love pure stolen base threats & especially so when they play up the middle. They need to get on base at a good clip though, and I'm not sure what the Sox people would think about Hamilton being that guy. If they think he's that guy then he's definitely someone you target. Just imagine the (completely unlikely) nightmare a 1-2 of Hamilton & Johnson would be. And if you add a speedy little shortstop to that picture, you have a 9-1-2 of speedsters playing SS, CF, 2B. That's like a dream. Then you just need to get some run producers 3-4-5, and maybe a 6 hitter. I do feel confident ATM in our ability to produce 7 & 8 hole hitters on our own, so that's nice. We have to relax about Micah Johnson until he's putting up those SAME results for Birmingham. Yeah, we've got a lot of athletic ability in our system.....but are they baseball players rather than just athletes playing the sport of baseball? We'll find out. It's exciting to think of Johnson, Tim Anderson and someone like Billy Hamilton on the same roster, but they've all got to get on base at 330+ clips to be effective (due to their lack of power). It would be reminiscent of those early to mid 2000's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim teams.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cincinnati-re...ZW4tVVM-;_ylv=3 Color me not impressed. This article suggests that the Reds will trade Billy Hamilton to us, get Rios, get cash/subsidies AND prospects back. No thanks. It's not even clear that Hamilton is going to be much better than Micah Johnson in CF. There are many who feel that Donald Lutz, mentioned in the article and one of the first German-born players in the majors, will actually end up the better overall player. Is anyone out there who has watched him play 100% sure Billy Hamilton's going to be an improvement over, say, Jerry Owens? Acquiring a player like Hamilton (who is more of a prototypical lead-off hitter than DeAza, Walker or Mitchell) does give us THAT one missing element to our line-up. However, it also signifies a complete failure in our drafting process to produce that type of player internally (and ready to play starting in 2014). We simply have to bring back a potential impact bat for Rios. Or know that we're going to use some of the freed up monies to sign one. We can't afford to whiff on this, we need a 2012 Josh Willingham or 2013 version of Shin Shoo Choo to be respectable again (eventually). Right now, the Reds are relying on Derrick Robinson (who the Royals in their infinite wisdom cut), Xavier Paul and Donald Lutz with Heisey and Choo on the DL. That's an OF that screams of weakness/regression. Clearly, they COULD use a solid veteran like Rios (or Dye in the past) to anchor one of their corner OF spots. CF? Their scouts should know better than that...as well as making him a lead-off hitter again.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 11:07 PM) I liked the pick initially, but I'm souring a bit. He's another raw project and I'm not sure the Sox can develop a guy like him. That said, I love everything I've read about his personality and work ethic. I have hope he can do what's necessary to improve. The Kannapolis assignment will test his confidence. I just hope he has a good approach at the plate and let's the skills catch up naturally. Like someone said above, it's best not to think of him as a shortstop long-term. If he improves leaps and bounds, great, but otherwise expect him to move at some point. Ah, that was me, although on draft day, 85% of the reports that came out questioned his arm strength for the big league level and argued he'd be more likely to ultimately end up at 2B/CF. Obviously, he's worth more at SS or CF than 2B. Maybe he'll have a little Alexei Ramirez in him (starting in the OF, then moving back to SS), minus the brain cramps.

4-3 against the Royals this year. YAY! Only one more victory to equal our total from all of last season, sadly.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:49 PM) Holmberg is still just 21 and in AA, but his K rate fell off the planet when he moved to AA. I wouldn't be so sure he makes it. So what are your thoughts on Anderson? (Not in 2 games, just in general.)

QUOTE (TRU @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:39 PM) just looking at that makes me want to masturbate You'll have to settle for a threesome with Paulina Gretzky and Jonathan Toews' g/f, haha. As long as j4l isn't around to corrupt it with Snooki images or LeBron platitudes...or maybe beatitudes fits better?

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:34 PM) You are too sensitive Mr Caulfield From having lived there almost a decade, from 1996-2007, I have SOME sympathy or maybe it's empathy or both combined. Same thing with the Chiefs' franchise, which was basically like the Blackhawks or Bears now to Chicagoans but multiplied by 5X because of the loss of the Kings. If they didn't have KU and MU to cheer for, Kansas Citians would be suicidal sports fans.

QUOTE (QuickJones81 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:26 PM) Which begs the question, who are the short list of GMs that you think Hahn could outsmart? Any that are desperate to make the playoffs in order to save their jobs, such as Dayton Moore in KC.

QUOTE (QuickJones81 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:24 PM) My discontent isn't with the moves last year. I was fully in favor of each of those three when KW made them. The lack of a return for TCQ is what is disappointing. Has KW really had a good track record of getting ample return when he's in a seller mode? Maybe Flowers and Podsednik are positives, but Santos, Quentin, and Jackson didn't really pan out in terms of return. OTOH, there were lots of rumors we weren't even willing to pay his arbitration price, because of concerns about 1) injuries/HBP and 2) offensive inconsistency. So letting him go for nothing would have been even worse. But yeah, Swisher, Javy, Edwin Jackson/Teahen, Quentin and Santos didn't bring much of anything back in return. That's a lot of talent to replace.

Puig 1/1 with another run scored. Still at a stout .460. 29/63. Hopefully he'll not "fall apart" the rest of the game like he did last night after the early homer. At-Bat says he loves to face curveball, hates the cutter/slider. Would agree, after watching Marquis toy with him last night. Looks like they are giving him a steady diet of offspeed stuff low and away....when they finally came in, he drilled it but right at the CFer for his 2nd AB.

Does anyone have any tips on any good mutual funds for an 84 year old woman who doesn't necessarily need the money to be invested hyper-conservatively (like a CD or VTIP, treasury inflation protected bonds)... I have her in American Century (KC fund), Vanguard (500 Index, Value, Growth&Income, yeah, I realize there's a lot of duplication and repetition), Oakmark (Select and Oakmark Fund) as well as Legg Mason Value Index/(LMOPX) Opportunity (my biggest disaster, as Bill Miller's status as a guru has ended up a mirage, a lesson learned about chasing the one manager who beat the market 13 years in a row...although it's recovered somewhat after massive redemptions the last five years or so). I put her in some Vodafone because of the high yield about a year ago. Basically, she has too much money in cash/checking/savings getting zero interest, CD's are pointless....so looking at different options to present and don't want to get sold something by Edward Jones so prefer to make decisions independently. VTIP would be a decent hedge against inflation, but obviously hasn't done as well as most equities in the last year. And yes, normally, she should be mostly in fixed income/bonds/CD's/TIP's, etc. And only 10-15% in equities, got it.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 06:55 PM) Caulfield, rumor is that Gordon girl is going to play Betty Brant. Plus the Black Cat(Felicia Hardy) is going to be in it. Spiderman will have a lot of hotties to choose from

The sad thing for the Royals is it's a Friday night and they have a sellout crowd or close to it and they're just getting buried. They can't get out of their own way this season.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:05 PM) Goes to show you that you almost always overpay for a rental player...not that it really breaks my heart all that much, but you don't really get much if they aren't hot when you get them. It's impossible to fault KW for going out and getting Youk, Liriano and Myers. I'd say 7 or 8 times out of 10, they win the division with those moves if you kept playing out the season over and over again in a computer simulation.

QUOTE (QuickJones81 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:00 PM) Considering his 5.40 ERA when we had him, that's not much of a consolation. And yet he's one of the best pitchers on the Pirates this year. Just goes to show Coop can't get through to every single pitcher we acquire. Or that the NL Central isn't that strong, but the Cardinals and Reds might disagree with that one. The problem is all those guys like Jenks, Crede and Quentin...we needed them year to year to compete for the playoffs, but we never had the opportunity to sell them at their highest values because most of those seasons we were in the race and/or they were injured or it would have been like surrendering the season.