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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 08:48 PM) Cue Greg speech comparing Ozzie Guillen as a player to Juan Pierre...and how almost everyone on the White Sox team except for Konerko and AJ has a lower batting average. I do remember assiduously keeping track of the White Sox stats with a handheld calculator, piece of paper and box score and recall that usually our team batting average in that time period ranged from probably low .240's to high .250's (before the arrival of Thomas, Ventura and Sosa). 1985 GUILLEN 273 SOX AVG 253 1986 GUILLEN 250 SOX AVG 247 1987 GUILLEN 279 SOX AVG 258 1988 GUILLEN 261 SOX AVG 244 Here's the problem, how low was Ozzie's OBP in all of those years?

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 08:17 PM) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-...lLwCI_blog.html James Harrison, I love you man. He's just an attention whore who says all the wrong s*** so people will give him what he wants...attention.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 07:32 PM) 4chan...lol

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 03:59 PM) How many times were the Twins favored to beat the Yankees? I'm not asking you this. Just a general question. I think last season was the first year in a while where people thought the Twins actually had a chance. They s*** their pants...like always.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 04:09 PM) Anyone have a list of available free agents once this stupid s*** finally ends? I was just looking at this: http://www.footballsfuture.com/freeagents.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 04:01 PM) What are the rules Re: Vincent Jackson's availability if they go back to the old FA rules? Would that make him unrestricted? I think he's unrestricted regardless. Not sure though. If he is restricted somehow, Mike Sims-Walker would be an okay player to get. The Bears need a taller receiver to pair up with Knox and Hester. I'm also hoping the Bears finally get a stable OLB besides Briggs. Tinoisamoa didn't really work out and Nick Roach is well...Nick Roach. If the Bears are really going to spend $30 million on free agents, they should be able to address their needs in the secondary, get at DT, and get a big target Cutler can throw to.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 03:15 PM) Things that will make Chicago fans celebrate. Vincent Jackson and Cullen Jenkins will make me celebrate.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 01:28 PM) Exactly. It's bad enough that we're doing nothing to shake up mgmt, apparently, but to do NOTHING with the roster as well is intolerable. Make F***** ROOM!!! Anyone of these will do: DL or send down Morel or Teahen or Lillibridge or Rios or Vizquel or Pierre. One of them, or another player, will likely be sent elsewhere closer to deadline time, so we should only have to do this once. I absolutely f***ing HATE the excuse of there not being enough room on the roster. We know there's 25 damn roster spots Ozzie and Kenny, thanks for reminding us again. Seriously, take some damn responsibility. It's management's responsibility to WIN, not cover your ass on bad signings and bad trades or playing the blame game.

The Tigers don't need offense...they need starting pitching.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 04:20 PM) He was on the DL for twisting an ankle running the bases....absolutely nothing to do with pitching. Had he accepted the trade the 1st time around, he wouldn't have been on the DL at all when we got him. It is his fault. It's amazing how different the past two years might have been had Peavy just accepted the trade in May. No ankle injury = no compensation for it in 09. Meaning no mechanical screw ups in 2010. Meaning less stress on his arm, meaning possibly no detached lat. Who knows how much better the Sox might have been with a completely healthy and good Jake Peavy in 09 and 10?

QUOTE (almagest @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 05:24 PM) Giving a guy on your team with lots of power the most at-bats is never a bad idea. The idea of lineup optimization is to get the most out of the guys you're dealt with. If your team only has two good power hitters like the Sox do, it's not smart to hit one of them in the leadoff spot. Solo homers are fine to me too, but I'd rather see a 2 run home or a 3 run homer, wouldn't you?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 02:33 AM) At some point though, you need to have a good hitter leading off because they will receive the most plate appearances. Juan Pierre is a perfect 9 hitter because he gets on base fairly well, has good contact skills (those work particularly well in hit and run situations, which is actually when you want to run those to try to creatively score runs) , and has the speed to "scare" a pitcher, if you will. Understanding what I do about Viciedo, he seems like a perfect 5 hitter. That leaves Pierre, Rios, or Dunn on the bench. I think there is a timeshare that goes on, but knowing all of that, I think Quentin makes the most sense leading off. He runs well enough, gets on base well, is in scoring position quite often, has instant production possibilities, and may perhaps relax when he doesn't have anyone in front of him potentially trying to steal. He has a great eye but loves to drill the first pitch. He will have that opportunity because pitchers love to start a take with a strike. My thoughts. Oh I'm not saying good hitters shouldn't lead off. I'm saying that ideally, you don't want a 30 HR guy in the leadoff spot (like Soriano a couple years back) if you have better options. For instance, I'd much rather have Alexei leadoff than Quentin. Given that the majority of Quentin's value as a hitter comes from his ability to get extra base hits. With Alexei's mediocre walk-rate and his ability to hit for a good average, his OBP is at least average for a leadoff hitter when he's hitting well. If I could have my way, I'd use this lineup. 1. SS Ramirez 2. C Pierzynski 3. LF Viciedo 4. 1B Konerko 5. RF Quentin 6. DH Dunn 7. 2B Beckham 8. CF Rios 9. 3B Morel At this point, there's nobody that's hitting well enough to hit second, which is one of the most important spots in the lineup. Of course I'd love to have Konerko or Quentin hitting 2nd, but then you're risking a lot of run production. So A.J. gets that spot by default. Konerko is by far your best hitter with the most power, thus you give him the best chance at driving in runs with the 4th spot (nearly half of the cleanup hitter's PAs are with men on base). Quentin and Viciedo are interchangeable. I assume Viciedo's going to hit for a higher average, so it'd be smarter to hit him 3rd. Dunn has to hit somewhere. Out of Rios, Beckham, Morel, and Dunn, I feel like Dunn is still the most dangerous out of the bunch. Beckham has been far better than Rios and Morel this year and with a history of hitting well in the second half, I feel like he should be given the 7th spot. Morel is probably the worst overall hitter on the team. No power, no patience, so he'd naturally be hitting last.

Wonder how much money is going to the Brewers. K-Rod still has about $5 million left for the year I think. K-Rod has his $17.5 million option guaranteed if he finishes 55 games and he finishes 110 over the past two years. He's finished 34 this year. Unless Axford starts sucking or gets hurt, I don't think that option will kick in.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 11:00 PM) Things tend to go down after the All-Star game, in fact the Mets and Brewers just made a trade. If anything goes down we'll know tonight or tomorrow. Why do the Brewers need K-Rod? Axford's a solid closer. Are they really going to pay K-Rod all that money and have him setup?

Leadoff men only have guys on base in 36-37% of their plate apperances. Most of that comes from leading off the game (20% of your PAs to begin with), but having a power hitter there kind of wastes his ability to drive in runs with that power.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 04:05 PM) Beachy is a guy that the Braves seem to suddenly love who just came out of no where. His stuff isn't dominating either. But results are results. From the looks of it, he's got incredibly good control to go along with a good fastball.

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 09:54 PM) Isn't Beachy's upside pretty minimal? If his upside is his 10 K/9 and 2 BB/.9 ratios, that's pretty damn good.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 03:33 PM) Where do I find a player's wOBA? I can't seem to find it anywhere on baseball reference. FanGraphs.

I wonder what Hawk thinks of gays...

SLG is uesful anywhere. But if you want a lineup that produces more runs, you'd much rather have that SLG down in the 4 and 5 spots. OPS is misleading in that it treats SLG and OBP as equals. wOBA corrects for that. OBP is more important than slugging for any hitter.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 10:07 PM) Glad Cano won, he deserved it and cool that his dad was the pitcher. I was surprised how much power he really has. He hit some absolute bombs in the first round.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) I gotta say I really DIG the snake skin numbers and lettering on these BP jersey's. Very nice touch. PETA alert!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:46 PM) All I know is it would devastate me to know that I would never see a grandchild because my only child (assuming I just had one son) decided to be gay. And that the family name would essentially die when he died. And let's not get it twisted. Sexual preference is a choice. It's not like coming into the world black, white, etc. I'm not so sure it is... I used to think it is when I was in middle school, but I didn't know any better. Maybe some people choose to be gay (don't really know why they would if they didn't like men), but I'm absolutely positive that the majority of gay men are gay because they like other men.

Was hoping Bautista would put on a show. I guess not. Guys who have timing mechanisms in their swing probably have a hard getting the timing down. Especially guys with leg kicks. Holliday and Bautista both did poorly.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 09:55 PM) He has played on the team with the most distractions. And I was very surprised that he is the first to accomplish it while wearing a Yankee uniform. If there's one thing that Jeter does better than anybody else, it's being able to handle those distractions and hit like he always does no matter what the situation is. Jeter's not really clutch, he just doesn't choke (most of the time). His postseason and regular season numbers match up pretty well.