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What team in baseball would claim Floyd with that three year guaranteed contract, knowing that even Cooper's struggling with him??? The "legend" of Don Cooper is taking a bit of a hit this year, not unlike Alan Greenspan.

How many more starts will Gavin get before the Charlotte commuter jet? 2 or 3? Game, set and match. Losing ugly!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:21 PM) Why exactly was Getz positioned so deep towards 1st with a right hander up. Between the pitch calling and some of the defensive positioning you wonder what the hell is going on. Probably Floyd completely missed his location. I don't think they'll bring in Gobble for Martinez (or Choo), but they might wish they had in 5 minutes.

Floyd with 80 pitches already. Who do we go to this time, Gobble or Carrasco? I think Carrasco's arm will fall off by the end of June at this rate...

Crede was a big one...I'm thinking, because I really didn't listen or pay attention for the last 3 months that season. For some reason, Owens, Andy Gonzalez, Fields and Wasserman had big roles...I guess Iguchi was really slumping or not looking good, right? And Pods was probably injured as well.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:10 PM) and why has it been for the last three years that this team has struggled at the plate and yet he's only felt the heat once? 2007=injuries 2008=we had great starting pitching, and then offense kicked in after TB/TOR series 2009=it was revealed on Wikipedia that Walker had a 2nd (in addition to Zapruder) secret recording of the Grassy Knoll on November 22nd, 1963 and conclusive documentation that KW was a "silent" investor in Wilder's gay dance club "Burn" in metro Phoenix

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:08 PM) I wish I knew what Greg Walker would have to do to get fired. This team doesn't even hit the ball hard. Hell, we've had only a handful of "Stretch" calls this year. Harrelson did get one in yesterday afternoon...I was waiting for a moment of humor when the ball didn't even make it to the warning track.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:07 PM) I would love to know how many Sox have been on base for Quentin in his ABs during the last two weeks or so. 2 quick outs, this offense is so boring. That's an insult to the word boring. Atrocious, egregious, debacle, miasma...all words that come to mind.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:04 PM) no, because that pitch was low and away and he could've interfered with Shoppach getting a quick throw . Lillibridge couldn't even interfere with the Girl Scouts selling Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Clusters at this point.

I wish a herd of Getz Bison would run over Lillibridge and send him to the DL...heck, put Nix out there at this point. Interesting note: Jimmy Gobble is wearing Danny Wright's old pants....not exactly a positive omen for The Gobbler.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 11, 2009 -> 06:58 PM) i would have rather seen a hit and run attempt rather than a straight steal Because Lillibridge has already gotten 3 or 4 runners thrown out in that situation by swinging and missing on hit-and-runs, most of the runners embarassingly being out by 15-20 feet. I think it has been twice with Anderson, once with Pods and once with Fields, at least.

I wonder if there has ever been a #2 hitter in a May game (already with 50+ at-bats) with a .161 average in MLB history??? Have to check with Elias Sports Bureau or Stats, Inc., on that one.

Floyd=Contreras Very much confidence, momentum-based pitchers...although Gavin won some games in the 2nd half to stop losing streaks without his best stuff, especially coming down the stretch. We know what Contreras accomplished when he believed in his stuff (of course, he has a nastier FB and forkball then). Fields down to a 687 OPS compared to 740+ OPS for career...okay, a hit. That'll work!

Well, Gavin's only about 4 runs higher per game than his ERA last year...6.50 at this exact at-bat. Yep, Floyd was 4-2 and a 2.50 ERA one year ago, basically, May 6th.

The White Sox have turned only 18 double plays and the Indians have turned 46 (according to Farmer)? That can't be right. I know the Indians' pitching has been worse than ours, but that's quite a disparity.

Here we go again...also a reminder, White Sox outfielders, please hit the cut-off man in the air instead of shorthopping Getz every time. It's either that, or an overthrow. We need to work on pretty much every aspect of baseball...longest ST in history, and we're still making so many silly mistakes on a daily basis.

An 80 year old relative in my house asked why Dye wasn't at 3B on that hit...said Choo wasn't even going to throw the ball, just wanted to keep the hitter at 1st. We really can't afford to give up any runs, even against Cy Pavano.

Hopefully Santos Rodriguez can be the next Boone Logan, but with better mental faculties is "man up" than Logan or Marte.

Are you Scott Boras? This sounds like a combination of Tom Cruise's character in Tropic Thunder and Boras, with a little Jerry Maguire thrown in for good measure.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will fix him.

I love how the Sun Times editor writes blaring headline "Guillen rips Sox" when the opposite was really the case, he seemed, from all accounts, somewhere between resigned and crying, certainly frustrated, but definitly not "fiery." As many have argued, having to send Contreras down to the minors after everything he did to start the season, and then having no real options to replace him with, as well as having to run Lillibridge out there in the line-up, not good. ''A very no-life day. That's what it looked like to me,'' manager Ozzie Guillen said. ''I know when you're struggling it's not easy to get pumped up and smile and enjoy this game. Padilla pitched well, but at the same time, I didn't see any life. ''We're swinging at good pitches,'' Lillibridge said. ''We need results now. We need to string some hits together. That's what we want.'' ''We have good hitters,'' Guillen said. ''When things don't go your way, that's when you have to step it up. It's hard because we've tried everything. We've tried different lineups [19 so far], but then it becomes inconsistent. Someone gets hurt or that lineup on that day doesn't work. ''We'll hit, but we have to get going. I expect to have a better road trip than the last one [1-4]. Hopefully it's a wake-up call to play better. ''Hitting is contagious and winning is contagious, but losing can be, too. I don't want to keep hoping we come here and win. We've been through worse than this. I know it's still early, but it's better to work on it early.''

Nix has a .261 career BA, 331 OBP and around 740 OPS in the minors over 8 years. He might be great defensively up the middle, but he's not an option for the outfield. He has to play 2B/SS. Ramirez might as well go down with Contreras...and he can take Lillibridge with him. Unfortunately, bringing up Josh Kroeger and Eider Torres isn't going to guarantee an AL Central title.

I thought Lauman(n) was in charge of scouting for the draft now...not sure what input Buddy Bell has on the draft itself, it seems he's more responsible for the system itself and inculcating the correct fundamentals and finding the best possible coaches/teachers. Still waiting for announcement of Wedge firing. Detroit will be in first place soon enough...they have the best overall team, best bullpen, best combination of starting pitching and relievers. They're getting older and not great defensively, but the infield (aside from M. Cabrera) and Granderson is strong.

Could be Williams too, to reward him for his comeback and pitching so well in ST. It doesn't really matter who they bring up if our offense doesn't wake up soon...poor Fathom's guy Betemit gets some PT and then proceeds to make an error. It's looking to be a long year, just doesn't feel like 2008 at all, especially with the way there's pretty much no home field advantage for this team. Last year, that was the biggest difference, and the quality of pitching we got in the first half of the season.

I wasn't. The Cavaliers were on the road in Atlanta. That's why I am trying to understand how the worst team in the AL pretty much outdrew us...it can't be because of that tremendous crossover of Blackhawk fans waiting for the 930 start in Vancouver. PS: Maybe if KW and JR can get Obama to a game, we'd break the 30,000 mark. I have a feeling if the Bulls were in the 2nd round, the White Sox crowd would have been low 23-25,000 for a Saturday night.