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QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:58 PM) You all are missing the real J Dye. Listen to the baseball commentators and they will tell you also that Dye is a solid defender and has a great throwing arm Look man, we all love JD. But some of us need to realize that he's no longer a gold glove right fielder. Yes, the knee problems took a toll on him and it's very obvious. Unfortunately for him, it has made his defense in right field well below average. He has trouble making plays on pop ups down the lines. He also has trouble getting a line drive hit over his head (not the ones that are unplayble). He only does a couple of things well and that's rob the home run (that's from experience) and taking away some line drives hit just in front of him on some very painful looking dives. He doesn't need much range for those and that's why he still does them well. The announcers and ESPN embrace these plays because they look cool. They just don't show him running in place when trying to reach a pop up between he and Chris Getz.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:43 PM) Actually Jermaine Dye is a very good defensive outfielder Lol no he's not... He's been the worst right fielder in baseball the last 3 years according to Plus/Minus with a -72. He's made 72 below average plays. Only Pat Burrell has been worse in terms of outfielders and he plays left field. And according to UZR he has cost the Sox 7 runs this year in the field.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:35 PM) Salmons isn't close to a top 10 SG in the league. I'm pretty sure Ben would not worry about him. And guys, if you thought Ben's 15FGA a game were bad(I don't know how you would), wait until you see Salmons realize he is the best shooter on the floor. He took an average of 13 shots per game last year while averaging 38 minutes. He doesn't like to pass the ball, but that didn't make him throw up a bunch of shots either.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:35 PM) That is a small back-court. Rip COULD play the 3. Then what happens to Prince? Does he play the 4...? He would get his ass kicked.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 12:01 PM) Quentin is not much of a defensive upgrade from Dye. And Beckham and Alexei are still learning their positions, they are both likely to get better as the season goes on. Actually, Dye is one of the worst outfielders in baseball. Quentin is at least mediocre to a bit above average.

We better hit Jeremy Sowers. We have before and we need to do it again. No way in hell should we lose today.

Said no. And I'm glad nobody voted for the WC option so far.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:32 PM) No. Yes. Same old Ben, different jersey... no doubt about it. So I'm guessing the Pistons will trade Rip away and have Gordon there at full-time along with Stuckey at the point?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 03:24 PM) Sounding like BG is going to be a Piston. Let's see if he can guard or shoot on John Salmons.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 09:28 PM) They just don't do that for short delays. How short are these delays? Is it just scattered showers?

Can't they just call it?

This team would have to play like the 07 Rockies to have any chance of getting into the playoffs. We're on the easy part of the schedule right now. It's going to start getting very rough...

Beckham is literally unstoppable right now.

I was just glad that they got this game going again. Don't want to waste a 7 run outburst off of Cliff Lee.

The Indians sure got a great player in return for DeRosa. The guy only has an arm. Absolutely zero control.

Dotel and Thornton got way too carried away in that 9th inning. Nevertheless, Floyd was on the spot tonight and the offense really made Chris Perez pay for f***ing with Alexei and JD. The bad news: We still haven't hit Carl Pavano well enough yet.

I want Beckham in there after A.J. in the 7th spot.

That bottom of the 9th was not necessary. Good win though. Thank you for trading Chris Perez to the Indians St. Louis!

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 29, 2009 -> 02:47 PM) You mean that is what happens when the country that you grew up in forces you to play even though you are injured. Im sure that Yao playing in the Olympics did not help the healing process. If Yao didn't play in the Olympics, he would have disappointed 1.3 billion people in his country and pissed off the government. You don't want to piss off the Chinese government. I don't think he had much of a choice.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Jun 29, 2009 -> 02:52 PM) Rowand has a .799 career OPS, just a couple ticks below Torii Hunter's mark. His OPS+ is also 105 compared to Hunter's 107. Hunter is obviously the better fielder over his career, though. Anyway, I was a Rowand detractor, but a near-.800 OPS from a centerfielder is pretty danged good. Another comparison: Venon Wells .804/107 Outside of a couple of years, Torii Hunter's been a mediocre offensive player who is overrated almost every single year. Same goes for Rowand.

Pavano's 2-0 against us. We're like the only team that hasn't hit him. We're f***ing due.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Jun 27, 2009 -> 09:54 AM) Aliens? Speaking of aliens... Why does Dan Patrick have that extraterrestrial theme song on his openings? It's really scary to hear that crap at night.

QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ Jun 28, 2009 -> 10:12 PM) the only thing that is making Kevin Slowey a Cy Young 'contender' is that he has 10 wins (8-0, 4.07 at home/ 2-3, 5.01 on the road) I can't wait until you guys are out of that dome.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2009 -> 09:40 AM) Joe Crede syndrome. More like Aaron Rowand syndrome. Rowand has had two good offensive seasons in his career and yet we all love him. Gotta love the white guys who try hard and play good defense.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 28, 2009 -> 11:30 PM) I was chattin' with some Cubs fans at a bar just a few hours ago. I was wearing a Sox hat. So it wasn't hard to put two and two together. They asked me "How the hell did your GM swindle not one but two all-star caliber pitchers for crap?" They were obviously talking about Danks and Floyd. It was kinda strange. We tend to take our own team's players, managers and GM's for granted. But when you hear fans of other teams talk about your GM in that way, it's a good feeling. I hope KW is around until he simply wants to quit. He's earned that and then some. He got Floyd for crap because Philly kind of gave up on Gavin. And I guess KW overwhelmed Texas in the Danks deal. Plus, I think the majority of the Sox fanbase disliked that deal as well at the time. I don't know if this applies to Danks, but I'm pretty sure Coop had a lot to do with Floyd being what he is today. And let's not forget that Buehrle might have swayed Danks in several ways in terms of working faster and using the cutter.