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QUOTE (sunofgold @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 10:48 AM) GF is from Iowa? I did not know that. Then "if you build it, he will come." C'mon Gavin Droid. You have to fill that void. The void is the area between our outstanding starters and our sucky starters. Just get a quality start in there. We should be able to 'put it on the board' against the anti-Jake. Just.win.it! GO.WHITE.SOX! Floyd is from Maryland. Gavin is far from a robot, he's too inconsistent to be one.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 10:35 AM) I am a little confused on the Ozzie vote. It could mean that Oz is a joke, poor manager, not liked, and not respected because of it. Or, it could mean he is much better than he is given credit for and the delta between the respect he deserves and what he receives, is greater than any other manager. The latter would mean that he's underrated, which is definitely NOT the case.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 10:25 AM) I'd be much more scared of the Tigers making a big move on Ryan Dempster than Carlos Quentin. Ryan Dempster is meat in the AL. It'll just be like when the Tigers traded for Jarrod Washburn a few years back. He was great in Seattle, sucked with Detroit.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 08:31 AM) Oh, when did you meet him? I got his autograph once. He told me that he was scheduled to be hurt 3 starts at a time.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 09:37 AM) Greg, do you really think many of the players give a s*** about Ozzie's Castro comments anyways? Alexei seemed like he didn't give two s***s about it...and he's from Cuba.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 09:13 AM) You would think that the Tigers would want to hold on to their pitching Dombrowski will do just about anything to upgrade that team. Ilitch wants to win badly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 08:14 AM) Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin Dunn rolled his ankle on Tuesday's homer. Unsure for Thursday. Actually showed us video of how it happened postgame He did swing pretty damn hard on that one, lol.

Love the Floyd and Hawkeye comparison. xD

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 09:07 AM) Maybe the votes against Ozzie were misunderstood. Heath Bell means no disrespect. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,3301758.story Why didn't Ozzie just leave him in the game, it was 10-2? Bell sucks anyhow, you're not going to shatter his confidence by letting the Red Sox score a few runs off him.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 11:52 PM) Arias looked scared s***less on that last play. That's just how he plays defense. He makes everything look so rushed.

Wow, I completely missed the perfect game. Blah.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) Cubs changed rotation around, so Sox won't face Samardzija next week. Looks like somebody pleaded to the manager so he wouldn't have to get beaned.

Knowing him, he'll be hurt after his first 3 starts.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) Well, to be accurate, that is his OBP over that span, but yes, he hit .379 over that period But over the past two weeks he's been making some weak efforts and has visibly been pouting immediately after seeing the result. A few times he hardly bothered to run. We get it, PK is infallible and above all criticism. I respect the hell out of PK, I think we all do. But damn dude, just run to first base, especially when it's on the last play of the damn game. We know you're slow and that you will probably never beat anything on the infield out, but there is a 0% chance you beat anything out if you never even try to run.

It was just one of those days for the offense... Nice defense by Furcal. He pretty much saved the game for the Cards.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 03:39 PM) Every time I see Jake yelling on the mound all I can think of is... "That's my secret...I'm always angry"

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 12:28 PM) understood and I agree those guys haven't played all that great this year (compared to their career averages at least) but still no way carroll should be ahead of any of those guys. and beckham with a UZR below 0? no way beckham has played a below average defensive second base this year. Obviously, this is a discussion for another thread, but I always take sabermetrics with a grain of salt. 1/3 of a season's worth of UZR should always be taken with a grain of salt.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 01:13 PM) I was just reading that and wondering the same thing. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/major...12/2613554.html Doesn't seem like that big of a deal...

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 02:20 PM) I used to be just like you about 10 years ago, trust me...and then I actually gave one of their devices a chance... I've ordered two iPads and like 3 iPhones online at launch and two of them arrived at my home prior to the release date in stores... Somebody would have to gift wrap a free iPhone for Joe in order for him to give it a chance.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 12:08 PM) its's hard to take fangraphs serious when you see Jamey Carroll with a higher WAR than Adrian Beltre at 3B and higher WAR than Pedroia, Ackley, Kendrick, and Beckham at 2B. he is the definition of a "replacement level" player and even worse than replacement this year despite what the formula says on a sidenote, I do agree though that AJ is the best catcher in the AL thus far this season Caroll's value is inflated by his UZR, so you'll have to take his WAR with a grain of salt. But speaking of the other guys you listed, none of them have played all that well this year... Catcher WAR values aren't involved with UZR unless they play a non-C position as well.

Hawk and Stone were talking about how there are lots of great seats left for the Cubs series...so yeah, looks like we won't be selling out.

Haters gon' hate on A.J.'s 11 home runs. The stats don't lie. A.J.'s been the best catcher in the AL this season. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...0&players=0

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 11:16 AM) List needs more Luke Scott. Agreed.

You'd think Bobby Valentine would have won the least respected manager vote. Although I'm not surprised Ozzie came out on top.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 03:44 AM) lol@q. I'm surprised somebody as young as you would take this attitude. I'm 28 and I love these "new" styles that you see today. Suit and tie EVERY day is boring to me. It's 2012. Not 1996 with Jordan and his $20, 000 suit and gold loop earring (that he still wears) he wore after every single game. Those glasses annoy the hell out of me. It's like dude...they don't even have lenses! You don't look any smarter wearing free glasses frames from Burger King.