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QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:15 PM) 2011 Sox BABIP is insanely low. Are you Nick Swisher's agent?

The battle of worst possible MLB offensive ineptitude. Quite a different feel from the "pitching dominant" Game 163/Blackout.

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:05 PM) Only PK and Castro are that old. AJP is 34. The vast majority of our lineup and rotation are in the prime of their careers. Pierre is also clearly past his prime, especially with all that wear and tear on his body from the stolen bases and clearly has lost 2-3 steps in a decade. Dunn's also on the downside of his prime seasons, although still relatively young. And we have to assume Teahen and Beckham still have primes in front of them.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) AJP with 3 extra base hits and 3 walks in his first 100 ABs. Viciedo has 4 walks in 101 AB's. Is it too late to convert him to catcher? With that frame and throwing arm, worth a thought.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:05 PM) AJP DP coming in t-minus 5, 4, 3... No, that's Thome/Kotsay/Erstad/Mackowiak. Don't hex him.

Your 2011 Chicago White Sox. All In to break various records of ineptitude. 18 stolen bases, 18 caught stealing. Now that's REALLY hard to do.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 4, 2011 -> 12:56 PM) How about when proven talent turns 35? So you'd fire Bill Smith as Twins' GM before KW? Just curious. Because they went all internal to replace Guerrier/Rauch/Fuentes/Guerrier, took a big risk with Nishioka's contract, didn't have any back-up plan for Casilla/Tolbert at SS, etc.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2011 -> 12:57 PM) That was easy. Cuddyer and Tosoni Baloney really really suck. Kudos for Kubel being retired, though.

Now Christine O'Reilly is changing the "All In" marketing slogan to imply it refers to White Sox fans donating $10 to endow grant programs through Sox Charities. Okay. That's one spin on it, I guess.

Couldn't find anything about Martin being fired mid-game. Martin's sparring opponents as a manager also included two traveling secretaries (Minnesota's Howard Fox and Texas' Burt Hawkins) in a fight outside of Howard Wong's in Bloomington, Minnesota; Jack Sears, a fan outside Tiger Stadium; a Chicago cab driver who preferred soccer to baseball; sportswriter Ray Hagar, in a Reno indoor arena bar; marshmallow salesman Joseph Cooper; two bar patrons, in Anaheim and in Baltimore; and two bouncers in an Arlington topless bar. wikipedia.com

TRADE RIOS NOW!!! Funny to see how many Twins' fans wanted him (Liriano) traded after the no-hitter. Interesting reaction, showing their impatience. I guess we'd say the same thing if Edwin Jackson's next outing produced the same result, assuming we'd lost another 3-4 in a row.

Las Vegas odds on when Rios reaches .200 batting average? ALEXEI, that might be YOUR last radio ad as well. An ugly an effort as your defensive play this year. That was the result after how many takes? YAY, I'll take it if that's what it takes to "reverse" jinx Sox players. Pierre, you suck, suck, suck!!! Will that make him stop sucking?

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) I wonder if a manager has ever been fired while his team had a game in progress? Ted Turner with the Braves?

Fathom's double play prediction is still alive if we can actually score and get the game into extra innings. Or one of AJ's "passed balls" to allow a runner to 1st and four outs in an inning to occur. Except that's unlikely to happen with Butera. Even if he can't hit one-half his weight. Did they really just have a horrible "Ed Farmer voiceover" commercial which had "fairweather fans" in it??? The marketing department must be really oblivious if they let that one get by. Think it was 5th 3rd Bank. You would think they wouldn't want to insult anyone who'd go out to a game from here on out. While they're at it, they should discount season tickets next year by at least 10-15% for 2012.

QUOTE (Cali @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:09 PM) The Sox stink at drafting so I don't get the complaints about trading away prospects all that much.... besides Gio no many former Sox prospects are amounting to any major success in the bigs (Jury's still out on Hudson as of right now) McCarthy's pitching quite well for the A's this year. Do we face him on this road trip? Richard was solid for the Padres.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:31 PM) nice job pitching around that stellar defense Ummm....with this line-up, Kris Honel might be able to get a quality start for the Sox. Or at least one of either Broadway/McCulloch.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:29 PM) Juan Pierre is a great guy and have never heard anything bad about him....but someone get him a drug test, as Steve Howe seemed more coherent than Pierre does this year. 2001=Jose Canseco 2011=White Sox bring back Daryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden? Heck, might as well stick Bonds and Sosa out there to draw some media interest and random/casual "walk up" fans to the park.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:28 PM) Times like this you have to be thrilled that Pierre is one of the most durable players in baseball. I almost wish they had Kotsay or Erstad to "light a fire" under this team, haha. Because it's certainly not coming from Ozzie. You almost think stadium vendors who are envisioning months of lost revenue are more upset about this start than our manager.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ May 4, 2011 -> 01:26 PM) And also in Juan's defense he got on base 3 times last night and now once today. Can't really ask a ton more of your leadoff hitter. Better not to defend him at this point. You'll only jinx him worse.

By the way, why is Danks attacking Kubel when he's more effective against RHP and Cuddyer absolutely stinks this year? Juan Pierre with yet another mental and/or physical error this year. That's about 10-12 already this season.

Is that 8 or 9 CS for Pierre? Why does he always bunt with 1 strike? Jeez, this Twins' line-up without Young, Thome and Mauer is like a AAA team. Still probably will beat us, but you just can't see them being much more than a .500 club in 2011. A lot depends on how well Nishioka ends up playing SS and whether Valencia continues to go through the sophomore slump.

I really thought winning the first two games at Yankee Stadium would light a fire under this team. Didn't exactly happen. The only thing left is Peavy's return and subsequent DL trip to dim the only torch left this season in KW's holster. PLEASE STOP RUNNING "ALL-IN" COMMERCIALS FOR THE TIME BEING!!!!

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ May 4, 2011 -> 12:33 PM) 7 months? What in the holy f*** are you talking about? 69 wins and a ~.412 winning percentage as a manager...you think we can land him for next year!!!!??? I'm talking about head-to-head against the White Sox, especially their results this year having his team prepared to play out of the gate after getting knocked down by the Sox. You really think that would have happened under Eric Wedge? I thinketh not. I'll give you an example with pitching coaches as managers. Not only Bud "Paint It" Black and John Farrell, but Larry Dierker came out of the Astros' broadcasting booth and lit a fire under the Astros. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../SPORTS2490.dtl Just heard the White Sox Director of Public Relations (Lou Hernandez) quit after 5+ years with the Sox to take a job with the YMCA. Interesting timing on that move.

I don't know why for me: Javy blowing a huge lead against the Blue Jays, I think up there. I just remember it so well because I was staying at a hostel near Machu Picchu and I couldn't believe I was wasting my time with Javy. Craig Monroe hitting homers off Aardsma and Javy, the latter on ESPN. The Red Sox series before the break. Absolutely trouncing the Cardinals. There was a 2 week period in August when Jenks was hurting and we were averaging about 2 runs scored per game, not unlike our current funk. The most significant game to me, Jose losing his winning streak and getting injured against the Reds on the road. That was the beginning of the end. Numerous losses to the Twins' buzzsaw down the stretch.

I'd still go with Cooper/Stone Pony/Farmer (even though I don't like as a broadcaster) over Guillen/Baines/Cora/Walker from this point forward. I even wouldn't mind Stone as GM and either Vizquel or Cooper as manager. It would be a breath of fresh air. Or Sandy Alomar, Jr. (just no more Roberto, please!) If nothing else, the last 20-30 years of White Sox baseball have shown that pitching is almost aways the key to our successful teams. Or, they clean house and give Beinfest and Hill down in Miami a blank check to turn this organization around in the Marlins' style, minus Ozzie.