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Seriously, there are some people who need to grow up around here. I can't question Ozzie for NOT telling Gavin to be careful when Guerrero's 4/18 against him career-wise and Hamilton is now 3/4 with 2 doubles? I guess we really don't need a manager, hitting coach or a message board.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 29, 2010 -> 01:55 PM) You mean Vlad who is hitting something like .500 at home? You mean Vlad who just made an out? Seriously, what are the splits for Hamilton and Vladdy against GAVIN?

No KW, we couldn't use a .364 HOF hitting DH because he's RH. Stupid!

Nice "NON-MANAGING" job again Ozzie....!!!! Walk Hamilton to face Guerrero...stupidity and stupid-ness. Nice job throwing the ball around out there too....Hamilton could have scored or at least gotten to 3rd if he was paying attention.

Work around Hamilton to face Vladdy, RHP v. RHB?

Thanks Buddy Bell. Teahen indeed cannot play defense at any position on the diamond. At least it wasn't close and he missed Konerko by about six feet...Konerko avoided getting his shoulder separated. Then we'd really be seeing Kotsay a LOT more. LOL.

BALTA, what is his RISP average from 2007-2010? I would guess his higher numbers in that category were in the FLA/COLORADO days.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 29, 2010 -> 01:43 PM) Nice job Juan 'LOB' Pierre. And of course the irony is that Pods was one of our best RBI guys last year....his replacement can't even get a knock to save his mom's life.

Can't Santos just hit every time Pierre is due up like in Little League?

Yay, an actual hit. FUN FACT: AJ has never been on the DL in his entire career. NOT SO FUN FACT: Juan Pierre 1 for 19 with RISP this season.

Can we please at least try to cancel the post-game show?

5 hitters in today's line-up entering the game with under a .547 OPS (Beckham/Ramirez tied).... No Quentin...and the hits they just keep on coming. Does the sore hamstring serve as excuse for his below average defense, compared to what we expected? How can a physical specimen like that get hurt so often?

Ordonez with his 2,000th hit. Congrats, Magglio. Wonder if 2,500 would get him close to the HOF? Would he dare go in as a Tiger instead of White Sox?

Univ. of Iowa's softball coach is a better choice than Hoiberg.

We'll need Jones to join the (starting pitching) rotation too, with the way things have gone for some of our hurlers.

Royals, down 5-1, actually had a comeback to tie game at 5-5 against the M's with two clutch, two out hits against R-R-S. Would be nice to see the White Sox do that more often. Rolls eyes right back. Last time I checked, those homers against SEA/Aardsma/Lowe were solo homers, not "clutch two out (base) hits (with RISP)"...(since the Royals aren't a home run hitting team, either, with the exception of Guillen/Ankiel). How many times recently has someone other than Rios done that....getting a "clutch" single with a runner on 2nd base with 2 outs in the 7th/8th/9th innings?

Aaron Poreda's certainly doing f***ing great down in the minors isn't he? That's kind of the point. HOPEFULLY, Peavy gets it together, but since you brought Poreda's performance this season over 3-4 weeks into the season up, doesn't it make it equally relevant to talk about what Jake or Richard has done so far? OF COURSE, in the long-term, Peavy SHOULD be fine and it was the right move at the time. If he's not (fine), we're screwed in too many ways to count.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 10:24 PM) Huh? The conversation was about the decision-making of the Indians...or decent players on the M's, I can't even remember and am not going to bother to backtrack all the way through the thread..trading Franklin Gutierrez for what they got back was epic stupid/fail.

Interesting, because the only player that Bell should know really well (and have approved acquiring) would be Teahen, and he's been pretty decent.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 29, 2010 -> 06:53 AM) How's Javy Vazquez doing? Or Jeremy Reed? Or Miguel Olivo? Marte? Aaron Poreda's certainly doing f***ing great down in the minors isn't he? Kenny Williams has done a great job having a roster prepared to go from the "opening bell" the last two years. True or false? I think based on the results so far, the White Sox would be better off with Clayton Richard and an actual DH (Jones has been fine) like Matsui. I could care less about Poreda.

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) It's what I refer to as FADS... Fan Attention Deficit Syndrome. Symptoms: Prior wins are forgotten immediately the day after a loss; anything good a player/manager, etc. does is forgotten quickly while anything wrong they do sticks in long-term memory. Etc. Okay...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) Seriously? The Sox had three straight games where they came back late to win, just this past weekend. Their clutch hitting is still bad, but did you not notice those games they just played? Ummm.....seriously, we have the lowest BA with RISP in the major leagues (.199)...and you're crowing about 3 games that we beat the M's, who perhaps are the only team who might end up having a worse offense than the White Sox??? Brilliant...the games are at home, we're not facing Cliff Lee or King Felix, but now we're clutch??? Seriously? At least the M's, though, have a philosophy, unlike the White Sox. Defense first, pitching, speed and fundamentals, just like the Twins, Angels and Rays.

''Not mechanical. It's more my mind,'' Beckham said. ''I'm not taking my BP into the game. When I'm getting in the game I feel like I'm a little rushed, I feel like my head is moving a little faster than it should. As opposed to being calm and just sitting in the box and let the ball come to me. ''I'm going to spread out a little bit, eliminate the lower half a little bit, and that's going to keep me locked in, a little quieter. Hopefully, that will help me be more accurate with the ball and make better decisions on pitches that are close and not close. That should help. I just have to do it in the games. It's all there.'' Guillen said Beckham would play in the series finale this afternoon, so it was obviously just a rest, not a punishment. And as far as if the club did put too much on Beckham's shoulders and could be ruining him, Guillen didn't think that was the case. ''No, this kid mentally is pretty tough about it, and he grew up with the right people around him,'' Guillen said. ''I don't want him thinking about, 'I'm the man here, I gotta do this, hit .350, I gotta do this, I gotta be the MVP.' No, he's got to go out and play his game the way he did when he was a little kid.'' www.suntimes.com/sports (cowley)

''[beckham] is trying to do too much, he's desperate to try to do good. This game is a marathon, it's not a sprint. A lot of people in Chicago think Gordon is the man of this ballclub. That's a bunch of crap. He's not. This kid has a long way to go. A couple of years ago he was playing college, and we did something that I don't think we should have been doing, which is put this kid like he's the savior of the White Sox for the next 30 years. It's not easy to handle that. He's struggling right now, and I hope it doesn't carry on to him to be the man. ''He's not the man, and he never will be the man. As long as I manage this ballclub, nobody is the man. There are 25 men out there, not just one. Because it will take 25 guys to win this thing, not one or a couple to win it. This kid has potential to be a great one. But when you're struggling you've got to sit back and relax, don't forget where you come from and do the same thing you've been doing your whole life.'' suntimes.com/sports (cowley)