Thad Bosley

That at-bat said it all about one Alex Rios.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 08:23 PM) sell off what? Rios and Dunn are the contracts that are destroying this team (And Peavy's) sell off the contracts that are actually helping the team, and keep the trash? this makes no sense. Yep!

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) Overuse - Which would have been the word to describe Guillen's use of Danks tonight had he followed your advice and let the guy who just came off the disabled list try and finish tonight's ballgame.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 07:46 PM) Insurance run, please...? Maybe next inning?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) I'm with you on that. I'd actually cancel our season tickets for 2012 if that happened. Having said that, there is no way KW trades Viciedo. He refused to give him up last year. Don't remember hearing that he was being offered in trade talks in the past. IMO, Viciedo is one of KW's last signs of credibility as a GM. If he becomes a star hitter, it will take off some of the heat from some of his other moves, such as the Hudson deal. Well, that's not exactly true. The story at the time, IIRC, was that Williams told the Nats GM Rizzo that he could have anyone he wanted from the Sox' system for Dunn - and that included Viciedo. The refusal was that of Rizzo to take Kenny up on that offer and accept Viciedo as fair payment for the "services" of one Adam Dunn.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 18, 2011 -> 08:48 PM) Teahen would make nice sense for them. It'd be a $ dump from the Sox end I'd have to think. They said the Buckos were looking for a "hitter". That eliminates Teahen from consideration right off the bat - even before you consider his ridiculous contract situation.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 18, 2011 -> 08:39 PM) thornton in a save situation? ozzie never learns Ye of little faith!

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 02:01 PM) Maybe it's my faulty memory, but I feel like '97 was totally different. 3.5 games out with lots of signs of life. This year's team hasn't played well at all for 95% of the season so far, and with a record payroll there are major implications in not dealing some guys. This team has the feel of a total failure, only because on paper they should be running away with the division. Of course, that also implies that you don't want to give up to soon because they could get hot, but it would be very very risky to hold onto Jackson/Quentin. I see what you are saying, but it's quite possible that despite how awful we've looked this season, we could conceivably find ourselves only 3.5 games out in the next week or so. And if that's the case, then I just can't see us making any moves that would even remotely appear to make us weaker vs. stronger for the remainder of this season. The only way I see trades of any useful veterans is if we take a nosedive in the standings between now and July 31st.

I'm assuming all of this talk and speculation about moving significant parts of our ballclub is predicated on the belief that the Sox will collapse in the next two weeks and be completely out of the race for the division by month's end. Because outside of that scenario, I personally don't see any useful veterans being moved for younger talent, especially unproven talent. That would completely fly in the face of and contradict the "ALL IN" propaganda of this year, and more importantly, it would signal another "White Flag" scenario. I cannot for one second imagine Jerry Reinsdorf allowing this organization to get anywhere near a situation whereby the Sox could be construed as throwing in the towel prematurely. The amount of criticism and abuse that was heaved on this organization after the "White Flag" trades of '97 was unbelievable. I could see, maybe, a trade of someone like Jackson for someone who could be viewed as instrumental in this year's race, but otherwise, I just don't see any of this happening, unless we fall out of the race in the next couple of weeks.

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. When did you get that sexual preference questionnaire where you checked off your sexual preference "choice" as heterosexual? When did you consciously make that "choice"?

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 06:37 PM) I'm not allowed to be disappointed if my son is gay? Would you not be disappointed? I think most red blooded men would be. Doesn't mean we'd show it, but are there people out there who actually want a gay child? Is there some sort of contest here today to say the most bigoted, discriminatory, and/or just plain ignorant thing possible? I mean, really - what's going on here. This discussion has devolved into some rather shameful and certainly distasteful commentary. Can we please just get back to trying to run Greg Walker out of town on the first rail or anything else White Sox related, and leave these type of social discussions for websites devoted to such topics?

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 12:17 PM) LOL. Well that's gay. "LOL", indeed: "L"everaging "O"ffensive "L"anguage.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 11:59 AM) This is the worst post I've ever seen on here. I thought so, too.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 02:06 AM) I like using the word gay. I use it all the time. This is gay, that's gay, you're gay. Since it's not natural to stick your weiner in a man's anus, it should be joked about...that's the price of being gay..the jokes. They don't have it THAT bad. I mean it's like anything else a person does that goes against the natural grain, ya get ridiculed. I'm just glad I don't have to make a fake apology like GB did every time I say it. Nobody likes having to fake apologize. Beyond deplorable.

An interesting story about hitting coaches to sort of compare and contrast to the situation with the White Sox involves none other than my namesake here, (former Sox outfielder) Thad Bosley. Bosley was named hitting coach of the Texas Rangers over the winter, but on June 8th, after only two months on the job, he was fired from his position. Fired, despite the fact that the Rangers were the 3rd most productive team, offensively, in the league. So from a distance, the firing seemed somewhat odd not only because it only happend two months into the job, but because it appeared that Bosley had the results to back up the work he was doing. However, upon reading several players' accounts on their experience with Bosley from spring training through those first two months, it appears the Rangers attained those impressive offensive results in spite of Bosley's presence. In other words, the players were apparently not buying into Bosley's philosophy on hitting and thus pretty much just rejected and ignored him and did their own thing. Rangers management quickly detected the disconnect between the coach and the players and their collective rejection of his philosophy, and quickly moved to remove Bosley from his post. I bring this story up as it sort of seems to be the flip of what might be going on with the Sox. You really never hear publicly (or at least I cannot recall such a case) where any of the Sox players have stated having an issue with Walker. In fact, if anything, you've heard the direct opposite, as for example, I've seen Konerko go on record a few times saying very complimentary things about Walker's approach and philosophy. So is it possible then, if not probable, that the flaw in the Sox' overall offensive process isn't their hitting coach's philosophy about hitting, or the drills and exercises he has the players run through in batting practice, or his review and analysis of video with the players, etc., but simply this particular set of players ability (or inability) to execute? It certainly could be both, but I think by now, and especially with the way the offense has struggled, that there would have been some sort of player revolt against Walker. Heck, it only took the Rangers two months to run Bosley out of town down there in Texas. But the lack of such a revolt by the Sox players leads me to believe our problem is more about the pupils rather than the teacher.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 07:57 PM) Hector has some serious heat....93-94 mph fastball. And a decent screwball. He's definitely been impressive in his short stint thus far.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 07:48 PM) I guess...I honestly thought this baby was over at 3-0...but I guess theres a reason I'm still watching. A third of the lead sliced off by one swing by Teahen! Go Sox!

The lowly Cubs were down 8-0 after four innings tonight, and now they are tied at 8 in the 7th inning. Anything is possible.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 07:39 PM) In fairness he really hadn't had a start like this all year. It was bound to come at some point. That is very true. But sadly, it came at just the time when he is apparently being considered for a spot on the All-Star team. I hope this outing doesn't jeopardize his chances!

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 07:18 PM) Top to bottom (JR to Adam Dunn), this team is HORRIBLE, LOL Glad you find this so funny with all of the "LOL"ing you've been busting out around here.

Two real good pegs down to 2nd base by AJ this inning. Nice to see!

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 06:26 PM) @CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini #WhiteSox need less guys getting doubled off of first patting the opposing pitcher on the ass on the way back to the dugout. yeah, great teamwork Pierre. They are ex-teammates from back in the Marlins days. No big deal.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 06:17 PM) Is it way too early to declare... GAME. ?? You can if you want. Or you can let this thing play itself out for the next eight innings or so and see what happens!

Nice analysis by Stone there on the benefits which will accrue to Morel as he continues to show the ability to get these bunts down like he just did.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 04:47 PM) I don't knoew about to Atlanta, but I would not be surprised if Teahan did go. It seems that with Morel up an doing a good job with the glove and at least adequate at this point with the bat Teahan is being bounced around for playing time. He can still play a pretty decent 3B and has shown some versatility, but is good enough to be an everyday player for some team Name that team who would replace one of their starting players with Mark Teahen.