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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 03:14 PM) Fields with the bunt single... means Wise should be bunting as well.Yes please.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 02:50 PM) Looks like another one of those "We don't win many games if we don't hit a HR" type seasons.Meche has kept the ball down and on the corners. You don't score many runs if all you do is hit grounders.

We need to start making Meche work harder. KC doesn't have much of a bullpen besides Soria, but that won't matter if Meche lasts into the 8th.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 02:37 PM) Still, Brian Anderson is FAR from the answer at leadoff. It's the SAME exact problem we've been looking straight in the face for five months now. I like him at #9, with Getz leading off. I think that's the best we've got for now.

Hahahahahahahaha, oh Wise.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 02:31 PM) is a "quality start" 5 or 6 innings of 3 runs or less?Six IP,

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 02:24 PM) Buerhle does not have it today....So far only 1 run given up, but yeah he's struggling mightily. Just hit Jacobs.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 02:16 PM) even though I knew it was in jest we still cant have it. with this being a public forum everyone reads this stuff and they can take it the wrong way.Fair enough. QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 02:20 PM) How many balls have we hit hard off Meche? 1? (Fields)More than that, they were just hit on the ground or at someone. Leadoff double for Teahen.

Looks like my last post was either eaten, or deleted. To any mods who may have deleted it: it was a Simpsons quote, meant in jest. 2 outs, runners on 2nd and 3rd. Come on, Buehrle.

Wise makes me laugh, then cry, then both. Getz with a hustle double/error.

Meche is a tough pitcher. AJ honestly shouldn't be hitting higher than 8th at this point. I'm glad to get a run in with 2 outs, when Meche was probably thinking he was out of it with nothing.

Here we go with the speed stuff again.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 01:06 PM) Gordon homers to CF. 1-0 Royals.Sounded like a bomb.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 01:00 PM) And he's fighting off some good ones....And he Ks.

Anybody find the game on TvAnts?

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 26, 2009 -> 02:20 PM) Shocking. http://www.hulu.com/watch/64512/late-night...g-jimmy-vs-anna She's hot, but wow was that clip boring.

Sounds good to me, even though he's crazy.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 5, 2009 -> 03:31 PM) I think we are being a little too video game minded with this whole Getz situation. Mind you, I'm not advocating defending or rationalizing Wise as our starting CF or leadoff hitter, OKAY, TO READ WHAT I SAY AFTER THIS YOU NEED TO SIGN THAT YES YOU UNDERSTAND THAT FACT, but: Getz is a human, and it's not like a video game where if a guys an 81 contact hitter with good batting eye you can put him anywhere and that'll translate. We know little of the mental makeup of Getz, and perhaps with Ozzie there every day around him, he may actually know more about starting him off. The sox waited a long time to name Getz the 2nd even when it had become pretty clear. He may be someone they think needs to focus on getting good at bats, and hitting in front of Q means he's going to see a lot of fastballs, I think his confidence will build and then he'll move into the first spot of the rotation. Unfortunately, Ozzie's same judgment is likely the reason Wise is leadoff, Wise seems confident and respected in the club house, and that is probably the reason they feel he can lead off. Talent be damned. So if you're not defending Wise as the lead off hitter, but think Getz might not be able to do it, who should leadoff?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 09:28 PM) why are we against having Getz leading off?I'm not. I think it's the best option by far. Anderson or Anderson/Wise platoon can hit 9th.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 09:48 AM) I agree with this. Before the elbow surgery, Dotel was a f'n bad-ass. But I don't see how that's relevant to their current ability and market value. You said Dotel was nowhere near Putz talent-wise. I thought you meant for their whole careers, which I don't agree with. Obviously Putz is better right now, even given his mediocre season last year.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 3, 2009 -> 10:36 PM) You're kidding, right? Putz 2006: 0.919 WHIP, 36 saves 2007: 0.698 WHIP, 40 saves Dotel hasn't had a season like that since 2003, before undergoing Tommy John surgery. Putz suffered a hyperextended elbow and rib cage injury last season. Unlike reconstructive elbow surgery, neither of those are expected to affect Putz over the long-term. Dotel was 29 in 2003. Putz was 29 in 2006. That's why I said to be careful of age when comparing them, since at the same age, they had similar seasons: Dotel 2002: 0.873 WHIP, 6 saves 2003: 0.966 WHIP, 4 saves 2004: 1.184 WHIP, 36 saves Dotel also pitched in a way more hitter-friendly park during his age-comparable stretch, at a time before the steroid controversy and testing caused power numbers to drop off. QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 3, 2009 -> 10:36 PM) Huh?Whoops. Meant middle and late inning relievers, not closers. My mistake. QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 3, 2009 -> 10:36 PM) If he were a FA this winter, Dotel wouldn't have made anything near to the $5 million that Putz garnered. Putz is younger than Dotel and has been a MUCH better pitcher (when healthy) in recent years.The financial market certainly has something to do with that. Putz also signed his contract in 2007, not 2009. What do you think Putz would've gotten if he WAS a FA this off-season, especially considering he's not even the closer for the Mets now? Again, if you compare Putz and Dotel at the same ages, I don't think you can say Putz is/was much more talented than Dotel.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 3, 2009 -> 05:48 PM) I'm not have time to address every uninformed and incorrect assertion that you made above. What I will say is that if you think that closers and middle relievers have the same market value and that Dotel is has anywhere near Putz's talent, you have no idea what you're talking about.Actually, KHP made some valid points. Please explain how Dotel doesn't have the talent Putz has, keeping in mind the age difference. Also, generally closers and middle relievers don't have the same value as closers, but that's not really a valid point in this discussion, given the large salary difference between Dotel/Linebrink and decent closers that've hit their free agent years.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Mar 26, 2009 -> 10:19 PM) At least there aren't any Crede vs. Fields for 3rd base anymore.The hell there aren't!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 26, 2009 -> 04:26 PM) I disagree, I think he will be a very serviceable middle of the rotation starter in the near future.What makes you think this? I haven't seen Marquez pitch at all this spring, but the results in box scores haven't been very good at all.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 26, 2009 -> 03:28 PM) A lot to overcome....potentially the worst defensive team (replacing CLE) in the division, the worst baserunning (certainly the slowest) and then the complete lack of fundamentals. At least Getz has been a bright light so far, and hopefully Konerko can follow-up his hot start and approach of focusing on hitting the ball up the middle and to the right side into a good April/May start. Isn't he due for a nice season, it's an odd year? He was terrible in '03 and '07.