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Thome just f***ed that ball up.

Alexei with the famous fetal position slide.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2009 -> 10:06 PM) I love it! Keep him in the 2nd spot for the next 5 years. I love how this is exactly what half the board suggested even before the season started.

Alexei!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 25, 2009 -> 10:04 PM) i saw something on the news today about how airline prices are really low right now I hope he's not wearing a cup.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2009 -> 10:02 PM) You're going to feel stupid when we recall Lillibridge and his fly balls to right field actually make it out of the infield. I imagine we all will. I love it when Getz hits like this.

If Josh Fields swings at the 1st pitch one more time, i'm going to fly out to LA and kick him in the balls.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2009 -> 10:00 PM) But why not send Fields down to AAA and let him get his confidence? His biggest problem is hitting 91 mph fastballs, and he'll see plenty of those in Charlotte. He has an option left, and he's doing himself and the team no favors by being with the big league squad. I don't think being demoted has ever helped anybody's confidence.

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:52 PM) I'm not sure what his problem is this year, but I wouldn't give up on him just yet. He's pretty much has AJ's approach at the plate except with a massive hole in his swing.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:49 PM) Paulie hasn't looked good in his 2 at bats tonight. Paulie's looking really motivated to crush the ball. None of his swings tonight have been natural.

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:46 PM) I'll give him Chris Young, although he isn't exactly a "star." Or a very good baseball player anymore.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:47 PM) UPDATE: CQ WAS SCARED MORE THAN HE WAS INJURED, PER KW VIA HAWK. Bulls***, CQ is fearless. The injury was scared of him.

QUOTE (scenario @ May 25, 2009 -> 09:07 PM) Charlotte tomahawking the AAA Tribe 11-1 in the 8th. Where did all that offense come from? Lillibridge? Kidding, by the way Gordon Beckham: YOU ARE RIDICULIOUS.

Call to the pen. Danks better holds this lead.

We have a weird team.

1-0 Pirates on an Rbi single by Laroche. Top of the 1st.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 25, 2009 -> 08:00 PM) As bad as Podsednik is, he is the only thing close to a lead off hitter. I am not a fan of Pods and I like Anderson but Getz is worse than Pods right now. A leadoff hitter is a guy that takes pitches and gets on base. Pods is doing very little of both.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2009 -> 07:51 PM) Yep, and they suck. It's too bad, as they have the best announcer in baseball, Darren Sutton. They've improved, but you're right. The team is an utter contradiction. They're ran top to bottom by sabermetric guys, but they're entire roster is littered with guys who swing at EVERYTHING. They need to purge half of those guys, starting with Chris Young.

I've adopted the Diamondbacks as my (sorta) National League team. I really like the concept of a moneyball team actually hiring a moneyball manager. It was a bold move, and i love that kinda stuff.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 25, 2009 -> 07:43 PM) Even simpler than that: it's ref***ingtarded to platoon him when his platoon partner is a 32 year old bad baseball player and of the two Brian is the righty which means the 32 year old gets the majority of the starts. I don't understand how we can be so damn defensive about first round bust Lance Broadway and a struggling kid like Josh Fields, and then let Brian Anderson continually get screwed around even when he performs..

Just finished Crichton's The Great Train Robbery. It was a very entertaining book. I'm very happy to hear that his post-death work is in a similar vein.

The draft is MLb Network exclusive, correct? Which means it will not be streaming online, and i'll be watching a draft tracker again this year?

Brian Anderson's done everything in his power to prove he's worthy of the full-time job this year. If Ozzie and Cora don't see this, KW needs to trade the kid and give him a decent shot elsewhere. I like BA, i want him here, but managment doesn't.

QUOTE (tommy @ May 25, 2009 -> 05:06 PM) Podsednik CF Ramirez SS Dye RF Thome DH Konerko 1B Quentin LF AJP C Fields 3B Getz 2B Danks What does Anderson have to do in order to start ? I'm guessing show that he can leadoff ? Hit a two-run bomb? No, wait that's not it.

With a little luck, Mr. Gilmore will make that Javy V trade even better then it already is.