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QUOTE (danman31 @ May 13, 2012 -> 10:30 PM) Normally I'd agree when Will Ferrell is involved, but I laughed pretty hard a couple times at that trailer. The Other Guys really was surprisingly not so bad, some might even argue good or at a bare minimum, entertaining. Nobody can hate on "Old School," except for Greenwich Village film critics. I thought Everything Must Go was one of his better dramatic roles. By the way, has anyone seen Casa de mi Padre yet, the one where he speaks Spanglish the whole time (not to be confused with the terrible Adam Sandler movie).

While we're on the topic of serious questions, has a team ever made the MLB playoffs with a record below .500 at home? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theh...500_playof.html I found this article about teams whose regular season record was below .500 or right around that mark (and made the post-season) but couldn't find a list/article answer whether any team had made the playoffs without playing .500 at home? I'm guessing or assuming there hasn't been, but throughout all of baseball history, seems like it at least COULD have happened at least ONCE.

HomeLevine and CampbellStatsVoicesTicketsFan gearSportsChron .Ozzie Guillen on Wilton Lopez flap: ‘I would have chased his a– all the way to Puerto Rico’ Wilton Lopez gestures as he leaves the game in the seventh inning against the Miami Marlins. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/files...os2-462x600.jpg A combustible situation nearly spilled into something much worse, and in the end, the only thing to come from the Hanley Ramirez-Wilton Lopez dustup in the Marlins-Astros game Wednesday night was more colorful language from Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen. Lopez hit Ramirez with a pitch in the top of the seventh inning, prompting the Marlins third baseman to jaw at Lopez all the way down the first-base line. When things settled down and Lopez was pulled from the game, the Astros’ righthander turned to the Miami dugout with a gesture of two fingers over the eyes. It was a mocking of the Marlins’ “lo viste?” (“did you see that”) hand signal that they give each other after hits, much like the Astros’ spotlight gesture of a few years back. While neither Lopez nor Ramirez commented, Guillen was less than pleased. “Very mature,” Guillen said sarcastically to Marlins reporters. “That’s all I can say. Very mature. He’s lucky I wasn’t Hanley. I would have chased his (behind) all the way to Puerto Rico. But that’s part of the game. He’s a kid and it’s not a big deal.” (Puerto Rico seems to have just been a random draw from the gazetteer for the Venezuelan manager regarding the Nicaraguan pitcher and Dominican infielder.) http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2012/...to-puerto-rico/

Ozzie Guillen Cusses Out SR610′s Paul Gallant By ANNA-MEGAN RALEY, SportsRadio 610 May 8, 2012 3:05 PM Paul Gallant, sportsradio 610 Paul Gallant is one of our station’s newer editions. He’s a young, eager to learn Syracuse graduate, who doesn’t always think before he speaks but is maturing and developing into an important piece of SportsRadio 610. That being said, Paul asked Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen a very fair, very well-asked question as a follow-up to controversy that was sparked by comments about Fidel Castro last month. Listen to this audio. The question isn’t bad, but the answer is a verbal eruption against Paul. Although there are times I’ve wanted to rip Paul this way and don’t, Guillen’s comments are hardly warranted. After being asked about any backlash to last month’s controversy, Guillen explodes with some f-bombs. “F******* grow up, mother f******. Are you kidding me?” Guillen responded when asked. http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/05/08/ozz...s-paul-gallant/ It's Ozzie's "wrestling persona" kicking back into gear again. http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/05/09/bri...illen-was-fair/

We've had some walk-off wild pitches, balks and bases-loaded walks, though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2012 -> 07:23 PM) How many other pitchers could come up midseason after skipping AAA entirely? If you plugged Reddick into the OF before he'd ever done a stint at AAA, what do you think he'd have done? Oh wait, I can check that...he went 20 for his first 121 when called up from his first stint in AA and AAA, then wound up repeating AAA a couple times. Which supports the idea you have to be patient with your players... And if you look at the Red Sox outfield right now, they probably need Reddick back more than we need him. That said, Boston's even moreso in a position than the White Sox where they have to "win right away" with young players and can't afford to be very forgiving for dragging down the line-up when their starting pitching's so vulnerable. The main point is we should have been stockpiling young position players and depth, too. As important as young starting pitchers are, we've seen for the last 3-4 seasons what happens when your offense is short at least 1-2 hitters. And, having Reddick would have given them the luxury to trade Dunn, because even if he hits his statistical averages from here on out, we can never recover during his contract from the damage that 2011 imposed on the payroll and fanbase unless things dramatically change in the next 12-18 months. And it doesn't seem like that change will come from the minor leagues, either.

We might as well have Crede and Rowand starting tomorrow. At least the fans might take notice for a couple of weeks. Better than Manny Ramirez soaking up $4+ million for 6 weeks of Viciedo's numbers this season. http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance Yay, we snuck past the A's for 28th in MLB attendance this weekend. Seattle and Tampa Bay are in direct sight, and KC within hailing distance.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2012 -> 06:12 PM) You wanted Teahen's contract this badly? All I'm saying is that Stewart had something like a 7.88 ERA against all MLB teams not named the Twins at the conclusion of 2011. Why would you trust the same guy who recommended both Stewart and Frasor (and Frasor pitched about as "averagely" as possible, about like David Riske when we had him)...wouldn't you get a second opinion? If we plugged in Reddick into our outfield (dealing Santos to the Red Sox instead) and had the luxury of sending Viciedo down right now, we'd be in first place and have the depth to move Dunn eventually and maybe even get something decent in return. I'll agree with Marty on one point. How likely is it that we compete in 2013 or 2014 when you're going to be in process of "on the job training" for 2-3 starters at the same time, and nobody knows for sure how long Sale's elbow will hold out?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2012 -> 03:39 PM) After today, he'd fit right in. I'm sure the guy KW hired from Toronto was responsible for this acquisition. They tried to spin it, but KW didn't know he wasn't playing winter ball. He's certainly not looking like the future ace they wanted Sox fans to believe they were acquiring. I'm just curious why he would trust Paddy with such a huge acquisition? After all, the evidence from the Frasor/Stewart deal was far from being in favor of the Sox. I wouldn't be surprised if Jaye or Webb ended up being better than Molina, the way things are going. No matter how good your control is, your stuff still dictates at least 50% of your success at the major league level. Maybe Molina can be better than Axelrod, but he's looking more like back end filler than a frontline starter.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2012 -> 04:30 PM) His saber stats so far this year are above average. And that means what? Just like Rios in 2011, DeAza has been pretty bad overall in CF defensively. He has better range and closing/make-up speed than Rios, but he's been far from an average MLB CFer to the "eye test."

Or they're making Molina another bullpen arm, lol.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2012 -> 04:23 PM) De Aza has been much better defensively as of late. He's misplayed at least two more in the last 5-7 days that I can remember.

Addison Reed's ERA is now 5.23 and will take another two months of scoreless innings to return to Sergio Santos numbers from 2011, lol. Not sure why Ventura left him in so long there to give up 6 runs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2012 -> 04:20 PM) AJ right now is right where he should be, mid - .700's OPS, which is what you expect from him over a full season. De Aza is not putting up .825-.900 OPS numbers, he's putting up an .800 OPS, which is exactly what I was predicting/hoping he'd do coming in to this season. The only 2 guys who really are "overperforming" in this lineup are Dunn and Konerko, and both of them only slightly. Okay, a day or two ago, DeAza was at 830. The problem is DeAza's cost us quite a few bases and runs defensively as well, nullifying some of his offensive production. The one glaring difference though, is subbing out Quentin's numbers for Viciedo's, and how bad Morel has been. The improvement from Dunn and Rios has pretty much been nullified by the two Cubans sucking and Morel. Because Beckham's sadly enough still hitting for a better OPS than he did last year.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2012 -> 03:15 PM) They were 8th in average, 7th in OPS and 11 th in the AL in runs last year. Looks like they are about where they should be. Not with Dunn, Rios and Beckham having 3 of the most god-awful (historical and based on career results coming in) seasons for their positions offensively, and Morel not far behind for 3B except for the final 6 weeks when the Sox were already well out of the playoff hunt.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2012 -> 03:11 PM) Dunn, Konerko, and AJ are sitting there with OPS's very close to their career numbers. Rios is sitting at .733 which is respectable but ideally .800-ish is good for him. Then, we have 4 guys in our lineup at about .600 or below. And our bench has effectively given us nothing. So, again, we've got a couple guys performing slightly above their career trend, then 1/2 our lineup performing poorly enough that you'd expect them to have to improve just by regression. So it's very true...whatever inexcusable stat you want to point to, it's truly inexcusable...but yet, we're still sitting just slightly below average in the AL in offense. Except AJ's regressing to his mean, and can we really expect DeAza to consistently put up 825-900 OPS numbers? It all depends on Beckham, Viciedo and Ramirez, because Morel's back issues are probably going to keep him from developing any degree of consistency offensively...assuming he stays on the major league roster.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2012 -> 02:59 PM) Why didn't they trade Addison Reed when they had the chance? Thanks for jinxing Reed there, lol.

So much for trading AJ and Thornton when they were "hot." Guess we can wait another two more months of Malaise Ball before the trades start coming. It's mostly frustrating because the Indians and Tigers are both playing badly enough that they're trying to keep us in the race and force KW to stand pat for the fourth season in a row.

By the way, we haven't won a single series since the Seattle one April 21st and 22nd. That was 3 weeks ago. 6-13 since then, if we lose today. Great pick-up KW. Fukudome should be playing everyday in front of his appreciative fans. Apparently we need to change the majority of our line-up and bench to get more consistent clutch hitting...because changing managers and hitting coaches hasn't had much of an effect.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 13, 2012 -> 02:37 PM) Sure is...I don't know what their problem is at home...it's disgusting Calling the White Sox "disgusting" isn't an overreaction? LOL. What did you expect coming into this season? To be in first place?

It might help if Jones hadn't pitched 2+ innings yesterday... Francouer's first HR this season. Giavatello's first hit of the season.

Yes, that's it. If we had better attendance and fewer boos, Matt Thornton would pitch better at home. It's all because of the lack of fan support at home that's causing us to be 5-10 at home or whatever our record is.

Okay, fine. I just wake up to listen to the freakin' game and two minutes after I turn it on, Matt Thornton does that? Great, he's the best left-handed set-up guy in the history of the game. Every hitter who has touched him up this season and last was just extremely lucky. He could probably get us back 2 Top 100 prospects, and that would be a steal for another team just to get away with that, possibly they'd need to trade another bench guy to replace Escobar to go with the prospects. Matt Thornton's velocity isn't down. He actually should be the closer over Addison Reed, because all of his blown saves are just bad luck these last two seasons. The more I think about it, the less the luxury tax matters for the Red Sox because they're right back in the AL East race...

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 13, 2012 -> 03:12 PM) I hope MT is shipped of soon he is not getting the job done anymore. Who would pay $12 million (and has the room on their payroll) for a mid 30's relief pitcher who's clearly a one trick pony? At best, you can just dump most of his salary, but getting anything decent back in terms of a prospect? Forget it. Giavatello was something like 8/19 against us last year and he's continuing that trend this season.

So much for trading Matt Thornton this year. He deserves those boos after how he's pitched recently.