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QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:45 PM) What level was Morse at in the Sox system when we traded him? I'm pretty sure it was AA, maybe he'd briefly played in Charlotte but I don't think so.

Farmer's right. You have to send Ramirez into LCF as the cutoff man for Pierre and relay it to 2nd. No need to wind-up. We can't keep just giving runners 2nd base like this without getting burned.

That was over fast. If Ozzie won't bench Pierre, he should be open to bringing up Viciedo to DH for 2 weeks while they're evaluating Dunn and then maybe he can replace Juan in LF if he stays hot and Juan continues on his current "pace." In positive news, our old friend Wily Mo Pena just put the DBacks ahead 7-6 over DET heading to the bottom of the 8th at 8 MILE.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:33 PM) If they can make it happen, a DL stint might be a good idea. Get a physical and psychological exam. Get an eye exam and get him in extended spring training working on his swing. Does extended spring training still exist at this point in June? Aren't all of the players out of the complex now to the short-season teams?

Peavy making the "knife to the neck" gesture at AJ's throwing futilty. Joking... With Jackson's stuff tonight, it seems like the Nationals will have to steal 2nd and 3rd OR homer.

Well, this game is an exercise in offensive futility. No winner, winner chicken dinner on that gamble. Should have gotten hung up so the runner could try to get to 2B. Brutal. Carlos Lee-esque there. Werth has to be running.

How can you go 0 for the season on pitchouts? We've missed on 6 or 7 opportunities so far. Might as well not even bother, Ozzie.

QUOTE (Chisoxrd5 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) A nice pass by Rios. Good to see. No runners left on base that inning, either. You'd like to maybe see Rios try for a stolen base there or a hit and run. What else can you do? Hanging slider there, one of the first that got spanked by Washington.

The only situation for a White Sox signee that got this brutal was Cory Snyder, at least in my memory. I hope we're not getting past the point of no return with his season and psyche being salvageable. Need to get back out on the road. We can only have so many more anemic offensive (literally/figuratively) showings like this before some changes are made.

AJ calling a pretty solid game so far. Perfect pitch selection to get Ramos. Now let's get some runs, PLEASE? About 60 pitches through 4 innings is progress for Edwin.

QUOTE (Chisoxrd5 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:08 PM) I hate to say it, but I have never watched less White Sox baseball than I have this season. They are incredibly boring to watch. Paulie is the only everyday player worth the price of admission. Not Ramirez (offensively and defensively) or Quentin? Thankfully, Viciedo can add some excitement to this team. And we're almost back in this race. Being close the division lead makes the boring games somewhat more palatable.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:05 PM) I have to say again, I truly believe this is the most boring White Sox team I've ever seen... Hard to argue with this...I guess some of the mid to late 80's teams because they always hit about .237 and almost never hit any homers in the old stadium. 2007 and 2009 weren't very much fun, either. If Rios, Dunn and Beckham all played up to their capabilities, even Pierre, you'd have one of the most exciting offenses in the game.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 07:56 PM) Yes, but you're not legitimately trying to be positive. You're overdoing it to make a point that honestly, is not really helping. I think we should be open to the possibility of anyone here changing. Maybe not 180 degrees in 24 hours...but to find some kind of "happy medium." We all make adjustments and refine our viewpoints in order to get along with everyone else and play nice.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 07:55 PM) I honestly cannot understand how they keep trotting him out there every single day, getting the most ABs. I'm not trying to be a dick but what does Ozzie see in him? He has been so ridiculously ineffective that it baffles my mind how Ozzie doesn't see what I'm seeing. He got a walk and set the tone early by getting to 3rd with no outs. He increased his OBP. I'm actually done thinking about him negatively and won't even bother to get upset anymore, it's just wasted emotion.

This game will definitely be in the Boras/E-Jax FA road trip video highlights package.

At least we're consistent in our predictability with RISP. Didn't realize that Werth already had 6 errors this season, that's a lot for a corner OFer.

LF Morse CF C. Young RF R. Sweeney 3B Fields SS ?? 2B Getz 1B B. Allen DH C.Carter C Olivo Former Sox farm-hands "all-star" team...seems like I'm missing someone. That outfield wouldn't be bad at all, but the infield, yikes.

No comment. Really surprised they pitched to Konerko instead of going after Dunn and Rios, but he took a solid pass at an 0-2 pitch. Just can never seem to get over the hump with RISP this season.

Seems Jackson has his dominant slider going tonight. Just don't let Werth, Zimmerman or Morse beat you....should be okay. AZ has fought back now, 4-3 lead for DET. Quentin is expected to be back (from his personal leave) at some point during the game and be available to PH.

Who's the Tigers' "geographic" rival they play 6 times per season? I know the Twins have Mil, KC/STL and CLE/CINCY. Is it Pittsburgh? Sucks the Tiggers missed Hudson by a game. Already leading the DBacks 3-0, although Phil Coke isn't exactly Cy Young. Of course, they get Zach Duke. Well, we got to face him too, I suppose. Make that 4-0 and threatening to completely blow it open.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) Caulfield - you refuse the directly answer the question I asked, despite doubting that this white sox team was "climbing" on the previous page. To this point, what winning percentage would you have needed to see over the past 43 games to convince you this team was "climbing"? You also claim that Minnesota has done a better job of "climbing"... Does their recent 15-2 stretch mean more to you than the 8-25 they immediately did before that? If so, shouldn't the White Sox most recent stretch of 26-17 mean more to you than the 4-18 they put up previously? The Twins have now lost their last two - does that mean as much to you as the two games the White Sox lost up in Minnesota? There is a serious double standard at work here. Even if the Twins go 19-0 against the White Sox, they have go .500 against everyone else just to win 84 games. Does anyone honestly think they can do either of those things? How can there be an answer to a hypothetical situation that's absolute? Before the season, would anyone have predicted 84-88 games would win the AL Central with how Minnesota and Chicago looked? Beat the Twins, beat the Tigers, defend the home field advantage and play .500 on the road. Anything above .575 would be good.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 03:22 PM) Let's go back to May 6th. What winning percentage since then would you have liked to have seen to convince you this team was "climbing"? .700? .800? .900? Whatever percentage will put us in first place on the last day of the season. Since we put up a 4-18 stretch that has taken us 6+ weeks to recover from (at that point, 7-4 and on the verge of beating Oakland before you know what happened)...and we went 15-3 in interleague last year (6-3 now), this year we'll just have to settle for our current 2/3 trend. As long as we do that against Minnesota and Detroit from here on out, we'll win the division.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 01:51 PM) Indeed. I think it's extremely encouraging that we're only 4 1/2 out with so many guys underachieving. Is that indicative of the division? I don't think so. Our guys have hung in there and are in position to go on a run. Deep down inside I feel confident that will clear the hurdles and overcome the obstacles. Did Chris Rongey or Brooks Boyer hack into your account the last hour? The next thing is that people will be getting upset with you for being "fake J4L" and only posting reasonable, optimistic and patience-laden posts. Funny, though. It feels like you were killed off by Kevin Bacon's X-Men super villain and replaced by Katie Couric on uppers.

I think he's going to have to learn how to draw a slightly better representation of The Tank, but the rest is spot on. Like the idea of Lillibridge diving off Viciedo's shoreline into the water for another game-saving catch, too. Or Peavy's "lat" as the anchor. Good stuff.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 02:57 PM) Going from 11 under to 3 under is climbing. Nevertheless, it won't feel like we're really climbing until we break out of this constant "2-5 games under .500" range or band we've been in for weeks, seemingly. Hopefully, tonight. Who knows how Washington will react to the loss of their manager, though.