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Man, I never thought I would be rooting so hard AGAINST Hudson, but it looks like all your Jackson haters are making me wish bad starts towards Huddy.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 10:35 PM) Has he moved into top 10 prospect position in our organization? Oh, I have no idea, but he is surely one of a handful of pitchers we have that exploded this year. We don't have many very encouraging hitters this year, but for the most part, pitching has been great from a lot of young guys.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 08:42 PM) Good days for Trayce, Dayan, and Heidenreich Don't forget Rienzo. He is dominating this year.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 04:18 PM) Nope, sorry. Unfortunately ESPN can't do statistical analysis if the company depended on it. Here's the low down from a person who actually understands statistics instead of a bunch of brodogs at Bristol who just REALLY LOVE SPORTS: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/08/esp...blows-call.html I don't agree with that article at all. It's too subjective of a thing to say they are right, or to say they are wrong. No one will have a perfect definition of a "close" play. Let's see these guys do a study over a 2 week, 184 game span and let me see what they get, and then right an article damning them for being stupid.

Honestly, we should all be fortunate enough that they gave us 6-7 great weeks of outstanding ball. This team could very well be a 4th or 5th place team right now, and we would have stopped watching 2 months ago, but I am glad they at least gave us reason to watch. I feel like since our insane run, we have been playing with house money.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 03:50 PM) Oh, then it's completely different. For close plays other than balls and strikes, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they were only right 66% of the time. I am not surprised either, but that doesn't meant it's an acceptable number. If umpires can't get the calls right at least 80-85% of the time on close calls, then we need to have some replay review system.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 03:44 PM) I thought Questech or whatever says the average umpire is right on calls 95% of the time? I believe that QuesTec judges balls and strikes. The ESPN study I am referring to did everything BUT balls and strikes. And of those plays, only 66% of the time did the umpires make the obvious right call.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) The average umpire has a 5% error. West was at 8.7% today and that's kind of a guesstimate. Actually, ESPN did a study during a 2 week period, and then discovered that umpires made the right call only 66% of the time. They reviewed every close call of all the games over that 2 weeks. It was like 184 games or something.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 02:07 PM) I'll stick with my 7 percent odds, also considering the home team has a great advantage to begin with. We currently have a 42% chance to win this game.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 12:58 AM) Alright I missed the last two innings cause I was talking to this chick who offered me a crazy deal (and no not THAT kind....yet) but how did the Royals tie it? And who was/were the pitcher(s) for us? Well, we had a lead late in the game, and that's how they tied it.

Morel was 1/3 with a 3B, and a BB.

Becks! I knew it was a good thing to wear my black Beckham jersey today! I was not sure if WGN Sox games would be playing here in Muncie, but they are, so I am pretty excited I get to see the Sox right now. Screw going out to parties tonight!

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 04:58 PM) Well excuse me...you can't afford to lose games now! Season. Over. Well, Ozzie DOES have a point, but I still think we baby the s*** out of pitchers (not just Sox, the whole league) so much. He threw 7 pitches yesterday. Yeah, I understand he had a warmup, but they have bullpen sessions during the week too. How much more of a workload could that be over the normal side sessions?

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) I think Kenny is targeting Manny and he's gonna try and get him soon: Per mlb.com: If Manny does get by all NL clubs on waivers, the American League clubs who could potentially benefit this summer from Ramirez with reasonable shots at the playoffs probably include -- in order of claim priority as of today -- Chicago, Texas, Boston, Minnesota, New York, and Tampa Bay. If multiple AL clubs were to place claims, the one with the worst win-loss record would have the prevailing claim. Here's where it can be a little tricky: The standings are viewed for the purposes of claim priority as of the time the claim window closes, which is two days after the player is placed on waivers, not when the window opens. In other words, Los Angeles wouldn't necessarily be able to time the waiver request to steer Ramirez to the team it wants to deal with. Who will want Ramirez? If Ramirez does go unclaimed in the National League, the White Sox may very well make the prevailing claim. Recall that Chicago reportedly made a run at Ramirez on July 31 (after failing to get Washington to part with Adam Dunn) but got nowhere with its demand not only that it wouldn't give up any player of consequence but also that Los Angeles would have to cover all but $1 million of Ramirez's remaining salary. Ramirez earns $20 million in 2010, the final year of a two-year, $45 million contract he signed in March 2009. Of the $20 million owed for 2010, only $5 million is actually payable this year, with the remaining $15 million deferred without interest ($3.33 million due in June 2011; $3.33 million due in June 2012; and $8.33 million due in June 2013). Deferred compensation would be prorated based on when the dollars are earned (not when payable), and so any team picking Ramirez up for what amounts to the final fifth of the season would be obligated to him for about $1 million over the remainder of the season, and about $3 million more spread out over the next three seasons (with the Dodgers on the hook for the rest of the deferred portion). But in the event of a trade, those allocations could be negotiable. The point of the dollars discussion is that the money shouldn't be a major impediment. So if Chicago decided not to put in a claim, then Texas, Boston (surely only to block), Minnesota, New York, and Tampa Bay might find reasons not to do so themselves, but probably not fiscal ones. And again: If Ramirez were to go fully unclaimed, Los Angeles would be free to discuss a trade with any club. So I guess RME JICO was wrong when he told me this when I asked that question a few weeks ago..... QUOTE (RME JICO @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 02:18 AM) It can't be variable and change within the 48 hours, so it has to be when the player is actually put on waivers. That is the order of precedence that teams can acquire them. So the start of the 48 hour time period.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 10:58 PM) Sounds like Sox are extremely pissed off at Joe West. How do you know?

Morel went 1/3. Wilkins went 2/4 with a 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB.

Ok, disregard my comments about wanted updates on players. My nerdlinger roommate told me to empty my cache, so I did, and it's fine now.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 09:09 PM) per cowley: Freddy Garcia is pitching Game 1 - TBA for Game 2. E. Jackson is not coming back. Psh, p**** pitchers now a day.

This would mean that Jackson would start tomorrow, and push the starters back 1 day, but it would also mean that we would miss Greinke then, right? I understand it will f*** our bullpen (or Pena I guess), but at least we would miss Greinke. Also, I think Sale should be able to pitch 2 innings or so tonight. He is a starter afterall. Throw Pena for 3, Sale for 2, and then you have 5 innings covered.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) There's always the FutureSox Twitter. Hmm, cool. I'll have to remember to get on twitter and check that, but thanks.

Not to be a pain, but could someone please try and post what Morel, Wilkins, Phegley do on a day-to-day basis? I am at school now, and for some reason the boxscores do not load properly on my computer, even though I use Google Chrome on laptop and at home. Even when I try internet explorer, it messes up and I can't read it. And guys like Arroyo, Reed, Petricka, and our other top pitchers line when they pitch would be great too. Thanks if anyone does this.

I am going with the under, and 9 K's for Edwin, 9 Ks to 2 BB.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 12:18 AM) Not really. Thornton is a legitimate option. He still had to choose between Jenks and Thornton. Not really. I think the closers job was always Jenks or Putz. I have heard that Thornton is not comfortable closing.

Oh boy, Ozzie must have been so giddy at the news that he could slip Jenks back in to the closer role with an excuse.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:56 AM) Now that the Sox are completely out of it, and chance Morel get s cup of coffee in a few weeks? I asked Brent, and he basically said "not this year" as if he was already told he wasn't being added to the 40-man roster because he is behind Teahen, Vizquel, and Viciedo.