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QUOTE (JDsDirtySox @ May 30, 2009 -> 11:08 PM) Want a good laugh... I found this on an Astros Message Board. I was listining to mad dogg sports and they believe the White Sox would be a perfect fit for Oswalt. They Suggested Roy Oswalt J.R. Towles Miguel Tejada and Jason Micheals to the Sox for Clayton Richard Gordan Beckham Aaron Poreda Brandon allen Tyler Flowers and Dayan Viciedo. They believe the Sox would be willing to go that far for aquiring a Ace SP and some bat help with Quintan headed back to the DL. The Also mentioned that a Deal with the Rays could go down when Valverde comes off the DL. They believe the Astros could show case Valverde for a couple of games and try and Target Wade Davis and Tim Beckham. they didnt go into spacifics but they believe the Astros have gone restless after the Matsui experament. If the Astros could get these 2 trades done . They would have the Beckhams , Tim and Gordan up the middle whom both can hit and steal bases which would instantly improve the teams speed, Micheal Tim and Gordan for 220 total bases stolen would be fun to watch alot of pitchers make bad pitches when the the speed is on the bags. What The f***.

Sort of on that subject, I had a friend who went to U of I I think for a year and a half and she got arrested for shoplifting. Someone from the school came and got her and there ended up being no record of it anywhere.

OMG THIS TEAM SUCKS. OH AND I WAS RIGHT, BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE SAYING THIS TEAM WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN'T SEE ME POSTING IT WHEN THE SOX WERE OVER .500 OR AFTER ANY WINS. BLOW THIS TEAM UP. Oh wait we won. Sorry, I forgot what to post.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 30, 2009 -> 09:39 PM) Will the real Brian Anderson please stand up? He would probably have an easier time doing that if people didn't ask him to after every hot or cold streak/game/at-bat/pitch.

Goodbye!

What the f***? isn't that an automatic out? Pods was damn near on the pitcher's mound.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2009 -> 09:13 PM) Wise batting for BA...I like it Yeah no. Anyone but Wise. God that AB was brutal.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 30, 2009 -> 09:10 PM) So, you're telling me that there's a team-wide hole in everyone's swings? That's quite a coincedence. No, but Anderson is not the first and won't be the last player who gets fooled by the same thing over and over.

QUOTE (Felix @ May 30, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) If you expect Brian to be an offensive force, you're insane. Fact of the matter is that he's an average offensive player and a very above average defensive player at a very important position. If you are sane and didn't get way too hyped up about a month of AB, then he hasn't lost any luster at all. If you're insane and thought he was suddenly a great offensive player, then yeah, I can see you being a little disappointed right now. But you're also insane. This. Plus, I swear to god there is a certain contingent of fans (not knight) who sits there anxiously waiting to go "I told you so!" when he goes 0-4 with a couple of K's.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 30, 2009 -> 09:05 PM) No, I'm saying that he doesn't seem to want to learn from his mistakes. He keeps repeating the same ones. Pretty much like the entire team for the past several years whenever the count goes 3-2 and they K on a breaking ball off the plate.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 30, 2009 -> 09:02 PM) They are wearing the Negro league uniforms. Don't remember what the Chicago team was called, though. American Giants, I think.

Seriously though, he obviously is a better hitter with empty bases so far (over .300-something, fewer strikeouts, smaller sample size and all) but it's not like people expect him to be hitting anywhere above 5th. And it's not like he's been an absolute failure with RISP. This thread is sort of an overreaction (if it's a serious thread) because Anderson looked wretched against Meche's curveball today.

Yessssssssssssssssss another Brian Anderson thread!!!!!!!!!! Whooooooooooooooo!!!!

Bad execution by the Royals, Alexei should've been an easy out.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2009 -> 08:39 PM) Anderson of course with an 0-2 count. 3-2 now... what are the odds this pitch is a breaking ball?

Hahaha, that base hit was hilarious, seeing Paulie turn his "wheels" on.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 30, 2009 -> 08:31 PM) Didnt look like a catch to me. I didn't think so but I saw the replay, his glove was under it that whole time.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 30, 2009 -> 08:16 PM) Come on Scotty, need you here. Nah

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 30, 2009 -> 08:12 PM) Bad swing by Brian. How did he look during his first AB? AJ-esque first pitch popout.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 30, 2009 -> 08:11 PM) Meche's curveball is eating guys up. Thinking about what Wise would look like vs. Meche makes me cry.

Meche's curveball is eating guys up.

Wow, that was nearly a beautiful play by Getz, but missed him by about a half step.

Good lord Alexei, it's like the idea of throwing him a breaking ball with 2 strikes was unfathomable to him. Although that s*** Meche threw him was filthy.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2009 -> 07:42 PM) Adam Jones is excellent already, and looks to be a top 10 player for the future. He reminds me a lot of Eric Davis. I developed a mild mancrush on him last year after seeing him play in person. I said he was gonna be a superstar last year before he really broke out, I didn't call him batting .360 going into June though. That's just f***ing insane.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2009 -> 07:37 PM) I personally couldn't tell if it was a bad jump. He was playing way too shallow though, and Buehrle pitched away from the defense by leaving a change-up over the inner half. It's really hard to tell a jump from TV unless you're actually at the game. I actually haven't seen Anderson play in person until earlier this year, I had to take everyone's word for it until then. I think it's fair to say he has almost as much range as Adam Jones (someone I get to see a lot).