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The weird thing is that Fields and Betemit were clearly our best hitters in ST. Betemit has been kidnapped by the Triad, and Fields can't hit a Pavano fastball...as Hawk always says, show me a major league hitter who can't hit a fastball, he better find himself a new career.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:36 PM) Pavano has been getting hammered most of the year! Floyd looks like crap again! FWIW, he has won his last two starts, even though his overall stats look crappy, he's been "decent" recently. Joins the list of Harrison (2X), Bergesen, Adam Eaton, Brian Tallet, Brandon McCarthy, now Pavano can be added to the Wall of Infamy for the Sox offense. .311 BAA Floyd this year so far. Only 4 homers, all by LH hitters.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:35 PM) Why would it be so gutsy. He won 17 games last year with an ERA under 4 in the AL. Unless you are dying to see Lance Broadway get Felix Diazed every 5th day I would rather see if Floyd is salvageable. 3/5s of our rotation is a mess right now and the team isnt hitting at all. I wonder if KW was ever offered Edwin Jackson? In retrospect, that would have been the best possible move. Matt Joyce was just a throw-in. Everyone was questioning whether he could improve his peripherals, but he's been as good this year as Floyd was last year early on.

Should be 2 runs already if not for Dye's lackadaisical baserunning... Fields=throw him 90% fastballs belt high or above Ramirez=throw him 90% curves, just don't hang one

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:29 PM) Everyone on this board says it's a great deal. Why wouldn't The Nats or Pirates take a chance considering how hard it is to get Free agents to sign with them? The Nats, maybe. The Pirates, no way, not in this economy... If his ERA climbs to Contreras territory (8+), it would be a REALLY gutsy move for another GM...maybe the Yankees would take a shot, too. Dodgers or Angels other possibilities.

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:28 PM) when are we going to learn to just BET against this team? we could all retire.. That would be dangerous with the Indians, because they always kick in into gear when they're pretty much dead and buried. Thome is listening to SoxTalk advice to morph into a Lillibridge/Fields opposite-field singles hitter.

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.