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Umm.....obviously? In fact, I wish I had tickets so I could give them a standing ovation myself.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ May 20, 2011 -> 12:53 AM) Justin Greene gunned down three separate runners at home. Has anyone seen him throw, does he have a cannon or did he just get lucky tonight? Well, they probably wouldn't test him 3 times in 1 game if he had a cannon arm.

I do it right after the 499th person.

Good news.... @CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini Hafner, Cabrera out, Buck too? Lotsa Wahoos in the M*A*S*H unit tonight. Could aid a Gavin bounce-back game.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 19, 2011 -> 04:37 PM) Yeah you're definitely one of the younger regulars for sure. The "Soxtalk youuth movement" really happened over the last several years with a large group of posters graduating college. I remember when I first started posting here there were people in and just out of high school but I honestly can't think of hardly any people in that group at the moment. As you can see from my join date, I've been here since I was 17. I actually started doing "forums" at about 14, and signed up with SouthSideSox at 14.

@CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini Daryl Boston now hitting fungoes to no one. Juan Pierre not available? lol

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 19, 2011 -> 04:46 PM) Pretty sure that was a joke. You are right. I completely skimmed over where he blatantly said "joke".

QUOTE (Cali @ May 19, 2011 -> 04:43 PM) Morel not starting is pretty ridiculous. I would make a joke that Morel is white and therefor Ozzie is prone to bench him, but McPherson is white too. I'm confused. But at least, when Morel gets back into the games, his defense rhythm will be off, and he'll strike out 4 times.... Being white has nothing to do w/ it. Kotsay was his baby last year, and he was white, while Andruw Jones was outperforming him majorly, and still got less playing time, and Jones is NOT white.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 19, 2011 -> 04:40 PM) Yes, these starters are tough on righties. Morel has hit righties better than lefties this season. Dallas McPherson has done jack squat to earn starting playing time, while Brent Morel has actually been hitting this month. Dallas McPherson isn't going to be with this team long term, and he has no business starting 2 games in a row when there's a developmental candidate who wowed us on defense 2 days ago sitting on the bench. One game? Fine. And I wouldn't be mad if McPherson had earned it by performing yesterday. He didn't. That notoriously tough on righties starter killed him yesterday. This.

People over 60 know how to use the computer? No s***? Anyway, if we are doing the youngest, I don't think I win, but I bet I'm younger than 90% here. I'm 20.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 19, 2011 -> 08:34 AM) Rienzo with the sexy K/9 numbers but he is walking alot of hitters (over 4 BB/9) as well. Reminds me alot of Neal Cotts (as far as those numbers) when he was in Birmingham. In the interview with Buddy Bell, he said Rienzo is a raw pitcher, and he goes out there with the idea of striking out every single batter. Bell said he needs to learn that he needs to attack the strikezone and let his defense work, and not just try and nibble to get the strikeout every time.

No Morel or Lillibridge? Wow Ozzie....wow.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 19, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) Heads up, this video is NSFW. Apparently, the Green Men couldn't make it to the game last night. Lucky for Ben Eager, a young lady took over their job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqGJ5biohPc...player_embedded Video doesn't work. But this one does (also, censored) http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_..._game_2/4755644 The article above contains a link to uncensored picture. She has them pierced!

Dunn would have to go on a helluva stretch to hit 40 HR by seasons end.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 19, 2011 -> 01:31 AM) Haha. I guess the quickest way to answer this question as best we can would be to have everyone say who they ignore. I'm willing to start if everyone is fine with it. Yeah, let's do it. I ignore 0 people.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 19, 2011 -> 03:35 AM) Pretty vague about the whole Latin American situation...almost like he was trying to distance himself from any type of connection. I still don't understand why our Venezuelan situation is so poor with Ozzie as our manager. I guess there's Infante, and we have Rienzo from Brazil (where have you gone, Anderson Gomes, Paulo Orlando and Joe DiMaggio???, lol) Encouraged to hear about the progress with Jordan Danks. He might be playing himself into the discussion again for the starting LF spot. Of course, the problem there is he's blocked by Viciedo, Rios in CF and Quentin in RF. Unless Quentin's traded, but that's certainly not a foregone conclusion at this point in time. 25% chance, at best. And then there's the inevitable linking always made between him being in the organization and his brother sticking around, but that's even less likely IMO. If nothing else, he's a valuable trade chip to have around to package with some other players. I'm kind of wondering if the Sox will use Jordan to their advantage on John. Like maybe give Jordan a strong look next year to make the big league club so Johnny can get the joy of playing with his brother, and maybe use that to try and guilt him in to staying. I'm sure it will play in to his decision in some form.

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ May 19, 2011 -> 01:49 AM) I notice you cut this part out: Not at all suggesting you're one of those people, I just thought it was a funny addition, especially since it was randomly included in the middle of the interview. Here's the link: http://www.southsidesox.com/2011/5/18/2177...eets-buddy-bell I cut it out because it didn't pertain to the interview at all, and I put "per SSS" in the byline, so as to give them credit.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ May 19, 2011 -> 02:29 AM) Missed the game, but got home and saw we won 1-0. I joked that I hoped Peavy went the distance rather than came out of the game after 2 innings with an injury. So glad to see he pitched well. If he can come back from that injury and be the Peavy he used to be, that's going to be marvelous. Here you go.... http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?g...&mode=video

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 19, 2011 -> 02:19 AM) I don't want to see that at all. We're not paying Dunn $14 million a year to be a platoon guy. And we are also not paying him $14M to blow. Until he starts to hit the ball with some power, we may as well insert someone who can. I'm not talking about benching him, I am saying don't play him vs. Lefties, which means what, he still starts 3 out of 5 games?

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ May 19, 2011 -> 01:42 AM) Can't we send Dunn down and bring up Viciedo? What are the terms of MLB contracts regarding being sent down? Might as well send down Beckham while we are at it. I'd really like to see a DH platoon of Dunn and Viciedo (LH vs. RH), and have Viciedo in LF or RF while Dunn is DHing half the time. This should give Dayan 4-5 starts a week.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 19, 2011 -> 01:48 AM) There is no such thing as a hit and run with a runner on 2nd. Your not opening up a big enough hole on the defense, and with that angle, the batter swinging can only make the catchers job easier. Plus, whether you like him or not, Ozzie ain't that dumb to hit and run with Beckham at bat, no matter what the situation is. With the full count and Beckham failing to get the runner over with the bunt, plus with Lilli having good speed and he did get a good jump, it wasn't a terrible idea. Ok, so then chalk it up to Brent making a boneheaded baserunning mistake, and Beckham being worse than we imagined.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 19, 2011 -> 12:20 AM) You don't hit and run with a runner on 2nd. Lillibridge was going for the steal. And he would have probably gotten it too if Beckham (why is he still starting everyday, this is the worst he's ever been) doesn't chase badly and give Marson an easy throw to 3rd. You don't think it was Ozzie's call? If not, then I blame Brent for being so dumb as to make the 1st out at 3rd, and Beckham for lounging to get a pitch that was way away. It looked like a H&R if I've ever seen one.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 18, 2011 -> 10:42 PM) Did some one say Ozzie tried to hit and run with Adam Dunn today? No, he had a hit-and-run with Beckham batting and The Bridge on 2nd. It was a stupid call, and it failed miserably.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 18, 2011 -> 08:17 PM) To be fair, Andruw was very very streaky. When he was good, he was really good. When he was bad, my god he was bad. I remember numerous times last year where just about everybody wanted Jones released. Kotsay wasn't streaky, he was just always BAD.