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QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 26, 2011 -> 11:27 AM) Na, just another reason people grasp to turn a blind-eye to his overall uselessness. I don't care if it was one of the greatest hits this team has ever seen. It's still bad baseball, and in this newly formed pitcher's era, it ain't gonna fly. So let me get this straight, you want less offense in a more pitcher oriented league?

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 26, 2011 -> 12:29 AM) All true. But those stats don't paint the whole picture...and the whole picture sucks. Allow me to throw the other paint on our masterpiece: All the 0-fer nights All the ground balls Basically anything that wasn't a HR or a laserbeam double was an out 3 hits to knock in his glorious, stat-padding walks All those f***ing Ks Useless against lefties A great stat-padding night once a week to make you forget all the previous failure. Any parallels to this year's DH? I mean we all knew Dunn was gonna be the same all or nothing hitter that Thome was, but now it seems everybody but Paulie suffers from Thomeitis, pullitis, longswingitis, uselessitis...whatever you wanna call it. It only wins ball games some of the time, but in no way is it a model for grinding down pitchers each night. Been goin on for way too long now so I'm all in favor of moving the fences back at least 100 ft in every direction til we pull our heads outa our asses and rid ourselves of this awful ghost. Do you have a counter for all of these things? Because it's obvious you forgot to do some fact checking. Thome hit as many grounders as he hit fly balls in his career and the trend was generally the same his time here in Chicago. You made it sound like grounds into more double plays than Konerko, but he had seasons of 4, 10, 18, and 8 GIDPs from 2006 to 2009. Konerko during that time? 25, 21, 17, and 15. Singles accounted for 52% of Thome's hits while he was here in Chicago. So basically, he hit more singles than home runs and doubles combined. Thome didn't pull the ball all the time. In fact, he had more hits to center and left field (291) than he had to right field (183) during his stint with the Sox. Thome's numbers with RISP: 2006: .339 2007: .313 2008: .306 2009: .253 He's not the reason the Sox pitchers faltered in 06 during the second half of the season. He's not the reason why the bullpen blew up in 07. He was part of the reason why the White Sox won the 2008 division title. He was not the reason the White Sox choked in 09. You can think whatever you like, but there's nothing wrong with having a hitter who can only hit for power and draw walks. Jim Thome is a Hall of Famer who produced very well for the Sox, you can't blame him for his teammates' failures.

Ray Allen + Bulls = championship.

Oh how quickly people forget about game 163 when they're still riding the coat tails of 2005.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 25, 2011 -> 09:41 PM) That's just this series. Wade is still great. I wouldn't read too much into 4 games. His style of play just doesn't seem to be sustainable as he reaches his 30s. The same thing is gonna happen to Rose.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 25, 2011 -> 06:10 PM) Yes, we have Rose. But the Heat have two better players than Rose who are in their primes. That's kind of a big deal. Wade might be coming out of his prime. He's looked terribly old this series.

Feliz continues to luck out.

Damn it. At least it wasn't a DP.

Feliz is clearly not healthy. He has absolutely zero control and is walking just about everyone.

Feliz is walking 7.2 per nine innings. TAKE SOME DAMN PITCHES!

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 25, 2011 -> 03:33 PM) kind of funny that oz is changing pitchers when he blew his chance to manage in the top of this inning. He's trying to make up for it. Fortunately for him, it sort of worked.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 25, 2011 -> 03:31 PM) That was the worst piece of managing since the hit-and-run with Dunn at home a couple of games back. Dunn is not a situational small ball hitter yet the Ozeroo thinks he is. Managers are suppossd to put their players in the best poistion to succeed Guillne seems to get hem into the best position to fail McPherson than Vizquel is the right situation there as now McPherson is in the game anyway and Vizquel is the only bat on the bench. Tony Pena...seriously Guillen really does not care about this game. In a situation that would have wasted Dunn anyways, bringing in Vizquel in that situation is a no-brainer.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2011 -> 03:29 PM) What happened? Rios misplayed a double that went over his head.

God damn, Tony Pena again? Ozzie's trying to lose this game.

The only thing Dunn can do against lefties is draw a walk. That's it. He has no chance to make any kind of meaningful contact against them. It's like Mark Kotsay is in Dunn's body.

That was kind of expected.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 25, 2011 -> 10:38 AM) I did not stay up to watch this game, but Tony Peña needs to be designated for assignment. He brings nothing to this team, he subtracts. We have a long road ahead of us and we can't afford to let this guy cost us any games. The only things keeping him around is his ability to throw hard and Kenny Williams' pride. We should have DFA'd him instead of Gray. We might still have D.J. Carrasco if it wasn't for Pena.

Pena's gone! Unfortunately, we gotta deal with Sale.

I'll take 6-4, I guess.

I'm drooling after looking at Arron Affalo's Basketball-Reference page. He's exactly what this Bulls team needs. Too bad he's an RFA.

Adam Dunn decided to hit the ball.

Tony Pena is freaking terrible.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 24, 2011 -> 11:30 PM) That's what someone else said. What am I forgetting about Tomko/AJ? Were they the Giants teammates that fought? I don't think they fought, but Tomko didn't like how A.J. would play cards instead of working with him on pitching or something.

3 more outs to get and this game will be official.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 24, 2011 -> 11:17 PM) I have never seen it work, not once. I'm not even sure what it's supposed to do. Watson is capable of creating his own shot. So he could free up Rose a bit, but the defense is so bad when that combo is out there that it neglects anything Watson can create on offense.