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QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 02:02 PM) Fathom is at the hospital awaiting the results along with about 15,000 other folks. LSD is closed due to the crowd outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital I work across the street. I'll keep you guys updated....

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) these day games absolutely kill my productivity... I better have EVERYTHING I need done this week finished before first pitch tomorrow Thank god I am not a Cubs fans beacause Day Games = No Productivity How do Cubs fans keep their jobs?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:42 AM) Career splits from baseball reference. AB R H HR RBI SO BA OBP SLG OPS tOPS+ Innings 1-3 791 95 196 31 128 127 0.248 0.288 0.431 0.719 88 Innings 4-6 1006 130 259 53 151 128 0.257 0.299 0.464 0.763 99 Innings 7-9 824 111 228 36 120 127 0.277 0.341 0.46 0.801 112 Innings 10+ 41 6 11 3 12 7 0.268 0.304 0.512 0.817 111 Clearly gets better as the game goes on, OPS, OPS+ etc all go up by a fairly large amount. DO NOT SHOW THIS TO BORAS

I'm not sure, but I would think Wise deserves his own thread for this. Ozzie said Wise can run backwards faster than Konerko runs forward.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 03:40 PM) LMAO, Im sure the Phillies will be all about that day dreaming at work

INSTANT FIX FOR OFFENSE - > get rollins and or victorino from phillies.. they needs starting pitching so package arround Fields, Cabrera, and SP

Detriot is pounding Zito right now. Is there anyway he lets the Giants restructure his contract? Otherwize Giants are our like 18 million a year till 2013. Its one thing if a player is not any good, but he cant get anyone out and for whats he is making you would think he would have it in him to restructure.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 10:19 AM) my personal choice would be Chone Figgins, if available. The Angels could use some more pitching... the question is do we sacrifice someone like Contreras for Figgins, and hope one of Broadway/Richard/Massett/Egbert could step in his place? EDIT: Looking at it again, with the emergence of Saunders and Santana, the Angels don't really need someone like Contreras. Where would Figgins play? I am pretty happy with Crede, Ramirez, Cabrera, Quentin, Dye, and Swisher is coming arround. If we give up a starter I dont think the upgrade at any of those positions is worth more than the downgrade at starting pitcher. Thome and Konerko are hurting our offense and Figgins will not replace either of those 2. Thome is starting to come arround too and Konerko will hopefully turn it on when he comes of the DL.

Clayton Richard He is doing well in AAA as seen by the 3 hitter he threw last night. Could Sox look to make room for him next year?? He is 24 years old and just got called up after dominating AA.

I wish BA was starting, but on a brighter note... 11 Game Hit Streak for AJP!!! Keep it going!

OC - SS AJ - C CQ - LF JT - DH JD - RF NS - 1B JC - 3B AR -2B DW -CF

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 03:38 PM) I gotta say the hall will choose an Indians cap...but you'd have to wonder if the choice would change if he won a ring on the south side and maybe WS MVP honors... a boy can dream can't he? I'm more concerned that Big Frank gets in first.... Frank >>> Thome Frank has 2 MVP and a World Series not too mention all those ball park frank hotdog commercails

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 03:16 PM) Thome won't have a choice at what hat he wears in the HOF. ohh I thought you get a choice .. my bad

Will Thome retire as a Cleveland Indian with all the boos he gets from Cleveland? How often does that happen where a player gets booed by the team he represents in the Hall of Fame.

If you had only one spot open in AAA, would you keep Richar or Getz? Who is the better prospect?

Pirates may start dealing soon http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/54092 too bad we play them beforehand......

QUOTE (letsgoarow @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 12:11 PM) So you hate every sox player? Because i guarantee every player in Sox history has had a bad game. I actually didn't mind Marte, but that game was really bad. When someone mentions Marte, its the first thought that comes to mind.

QUOTE (letsgoarow @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 12:48 PM) Ive never understood the hatred for Marte by Sox fans. Always negative. Walk off walk vs the Cubs!

I got a feeling Brian is about to see a lot more playing time with the defensive play he made last night.

Anderson in 2 spot!

QUOTE (ChiSox35 @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 02:21 PM) Jon Garland is a pitcher. He could probably be put to use after we're done dealing Danks, Konerko and Thornton to the Yanks and Giants. Can someone decode this for me?

QUOTE (ChiSox35 @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 03:21 PM) Jon Garland is a pitcher. He could probably be put to use after we're done dealing Danks, Konerko and Thornton to the Yanks and Giants. ????????

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 02:37 PM) I love the criticism about starting threads from guys who came to this site a lot later than I did. Please tell me that someone else brought up Freddie's name first? Or just shut up. Man, I never used to get defensive, but I really hate reading that kind of crap on this site. Just respond to the post, or ignore it, please. You won't find me ever criticizing someone on that score. ************ Now, as to the topic. Danks threw 139 innings last year. So far, he's thrown 74 this season. If he pitched every 5th game, that would be about 19 starts between now and the end of the year. At 6+ innings, another 120, by the end of the year. Can he do that without risk? Well, I'll leave that up to Don Cooper to decide. But here were Danks' ERA by month last season: May 4.03 (5 starts), June 4.18 (6 starts), July 6.20 (4 starts), Aug 7.62 (6 starts). This year, based on only 2 June starts, it's May 2.73 (6 starts), June 4.63 (2 starts). Meanwhile, Gavin Floyd, while he's had more years in the majors, is already beyond his record for innings pitched in a season with this year's 78.1. His previous peak was reached last season at 70 IP. Check it out yourself. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=5922 Now, I have no interest in supplanting either Danks or Floyd as long as they continue to perform as they have this year, and as long as there is no threat to their long-term arm health. But baseball is about having a Plan B in place if something happens to Plan A. And since this is now a season where we need to be prepared for the postseason and not just the regular season, we need to strongly consider what would improve our chances in October. Freddie Garcia may or may not be a pitcher that could do so. I don't want the Garcia of 2006 back. But I would love the Garcia of 2005 on our roster again at some point this year. And I would think that we would have very good odds of getting Freddie back compared to other clubs if his arm was strong again. First, we are as strong a contender as anyone. Second, he's already helped us win one WS ring. Third, isn't he still Ozzie's son-in-law? Or is it brother-in-law? He's also got the Venezuelan connection, doesn't he? Anyway, no one's going to answer this debate right now, because no one knows whether Freddie has anything, or is just living a fantasy. But I certainly hope Kenny Williams checks it out. A pretty strong case can be made he was our best postseason starter in 2005. He won the division clinching game in Detroit, the ALDS clinching game in Boston, a complete-game win in Anaheim, and the WS clinching 1-0 game in Houston. Which reminds me -- he was a road master. Are you including his 106.2 AAA innings??? I got him at 176.2 total innings in 2007 so reaching 200 is not a stretch.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 11:23 AM) I don't remember that. This was all I could find: http://media.www.dailyvidette.com/media/st...ox-635686.shtml Is that what you mean? Eh...by Guillen's standards, it's almost encouragement. Guillen didnt drop any swear words??

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 12:16 PM) The Yanks sure loved Loaiza when he was there. Has anyone actually seen Loaiza pitch this year? His fastball was in the mid 80s when I saw it, and he had very little in terms of offspeed pitches. The rumors must be true, he was brought in to hit.