ThunderBolt

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 12:10 AM) Will he pitch in the Majors this season? He shouldn't. They'd be better served to work him out in spring.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 12:09 AM) Let's use the money we allocated for Morgado and others to go get some of those Cuban defectors. If we were to come out of this with Aroldis Chapman you’d never hear me speak the name Morgado again.

I'd put the kid in AA. They have to operate under the assumption that his stuff alone puts him on that level. Plus, i wanna see Viciedo rock that b****.

Nationals got their man. Assuming they get Harper next year, and Jordan Zimmermann is healthy comes 2011 they've got a decent core to build on.

I forgot to give AJ his due. AJ!!!

If this day will prove anything it's that Scott Boras is once again a bastard.

With Morgado not in the fold. The White Sox really need to go lefty centric (ideally, a power arm) in the draft next year. It’s a weakness in our system that we tried to cover with Morgado and Holmberg, but not signing one of the two and trading Poreda has not helped the problem.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 11:55 PM) right. and he deserves to be fired. gmafb I predicted this. Jacobs up. Linebrink in. And Boom Goes The Dynamite.

With the Poreda trade we realistically have a huge lefty problem if Thornton does get hurt. I fear Randy Williams could be victim to the dreaded small sample size. And it speaks to a weakness in our system that our best option after him is Wes Whistler. On a positive note, yay for Nix and Rios! You too, Pods. I hate on you, but i love you.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 11:48 PM) Rios isn't going anywhere for a while. Which begs the question: assuming Nix keeps hitting, does Getz deserve (note, not get) to have his job back? Clearly, Getz has been playing very well, but Nix glove and pop add a dimension to this team that he can't.

Rios and Nix can stay here for as long as they'd like if they continue to hit and field like this.

QUOTE (JDsDirtySox @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 11:44 PM) That is the one rule that I want to see changed in baseball scoring. The Reliever who F's up the game and then backdoors a win. YUCK. The official scorer should be able to award any pitcher he wants the win (the most deserving pitcher). The same could be said for the save too. Help me on this crusade. You do realize Adam Russell would never have a major league career, if this was the case? ALEXEI!!! YES!!! Ball GAME!!! WHITE SOX WINNER!!

Nice play by The Kid.

HAMMERTIME

Wow, Jenks and Brinkey’s numbers are eerily similar this year.

Not looking forward to Jenks/Butler. First, two should be doable.

Not Beckham's best day ever.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 11:36 PM) LOL at teams now trying to pick Pods off wherever he's standing. Pods actually nearly got nabbed on his porch by the paper boy earlier this morning.

Please give us a Jenks cushion.

YES!!! PODS!!! f*** YEAH!!! YOU f***ING HERO!!!!

Wonderful

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 11:26 PM) a reliever screws the pooch and the manager should be fired. got it. This wasn’t Linebrink’s fault. He’s been doing this s*** for an entire year, this was obviously a batter he should not be facing. This was on Ozzie.

It's alarming to me that Jacobs can only hit one pitch, and Ozzie leaves in the guy who plays perfectly to that strength. It speaks volumes that Ozzie could screw up this obvious of a move.

Have any of these f***heads read a f***ing scouting report? This is a f***ing fireable offense, Ozzie.

This is on Ozzie.