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QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) Yeah I don't get that at all. You have a pitcher that is really struggling and you give him a free out in the 2nd inning? Incredibly stupid. Another pathetic MLB team the Soxx should be beating like a drum. The Sox must have partied in Frisco last night...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 12:57 AM) Billy Wagner blew a 2 run lead tonight. Blown save. Yeah, closers are automatic ... not. So, perhaps there's another closer change uh? Stuff happens. But I don't care about Billy Wagner. Get Soria.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 12:44 AM) No way. I doubt KW is the kind of GM that rushes down to the clubhouse or makes a quick call and says no more Bobby. Ozzie waited for 2 epic failures . Now it's time he realizes the same for Kotsay in the middle of the order. I think Threets performance convinced him more than Bobby's suckage. I think Kenny already told Ozzie that Jenks was on a short leach. If Threets looked that good, you have to concluded that Jenks simply doesn't have it. I love Bobby but when a closer loses a game, it tends to have snowballing effect. The Sox have come back from the dead. One monkey can't be allowed to stop this show.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 12:33 AM) Jenks fields his position just fine. Mark Buehrle couldn't have made a play on Wilson's bunt. I'm not talking about the Wilson play. He generally is not a good fielder. I see you didn't comment on his inability to hold runners on base LIKE LAST NIGHT. The next time you see Jenks throw over to first to keep a runner close WILL BE THE FIRST TIME. Some of you Sox fans are just as delusional as the management.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 12:05 AM) bah, dammit Robert. Well time for Putz for a few and pray he finds it again like he did in June. Your closer just needs to come in and get 3 outs. No different than any other inning. That's just pressure these pitchers put on themselves. Seattle couldn't hit anyone until they got to Jenks. Trick or Threets had just struck on the side for crying out loud!

QUOTE (heirdog @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 03:16 PM) Misleading title. I thought the OP was suggesting trading Putz for a closer. 2 points: 1) The bridge to the closer is as important as the closer so the 8th inning guy is valuable 2) Jenks is pretty useless outside of being a closer since he needs that adrenaline/stage so basically, you try a new closer but lose out on the valuable 8th inning guy. Jenks was memorable in 2005 and hasn't been the same since. He's doesn't hold runners on base and is terrible at fielding his position. It's just time for him to move on.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 09:46 AM) The Tigers would rather go after Aramis Ramirez or someone of that sort, not Mark Teahen. Who in their right mind would take Teahen? It was a ridiculous trade to begin with. He should have went after Hudson or stayed with Getz and kept Beckman at 3rd.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 02:59 PM) Gordon, how I've missed you. My baby boy is back!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 02:12 PM) He takes that pitch instead of serving it into right field and Alex is out by a mile. hard to believe this team is in first place; their offensive execution continues to be extremely poor; twins looked like they were on the last legs and the Sox let them back into race

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 08:15 PM) I won't say that. Even the very best get shut down from time to time Agreed. But I've never like Konerko clean-up. I like him no higher than 6th. I'd take my chances with Q unless of course Kenny pulls the trigger on a mega-star to bat clean-up.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 08:09 PM) The hitters just were not focused tonight. At least we get to see Therapist tomorrow. All I wanted a split so the twins would gain no ground. But the Sox should have on the verge of sweep with better defense and offense execution. All we need was for Konerko to get the ball in the air, not even a hit and he couldn't do it. And ironically, he says we don't need anything. I like to Fielder batting clean-up and Konerko batting 6th. Win,lose or draw it time to cut the strings with Paulie after this season.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) He said first start of the season, not major league. I know what he said. I can understand the nervousness if it WAS his first major league start but it wasn't. That's my point. This is supposed to be the best pitcher in their system. Can't keep making excuses.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) We have traded away Richards, Ely and Gonzalez just to name three who haven't done all that bad. I hope Hudson is just experiencing nerves and will show us something in his next satrt, if he gets one And all of those pitchers got better when they went to the NL and in a different culture. it was just too good to be true the Sox were going to have a 5 man rotation like that all year long.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) Oh come on, relax. Hudson has good stuff. Making your first start of the season isn't something to just wave off. He was obviously over throwing and wasn't ocating the ball today. This was not his first major league start.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:33 PM) GODDAMMIT!!!! Dan Hudson looks like another great career minor leaguer. I have no faith in Williams developing pitchers he drafts. Too bad, we're going to really miss Peavy.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 02:53 PM) The last first round pick to play for the Phillies in the majors was Greg Golson for 6 plate appearances in 2008. He didn't have a hit and struck out 4 times. He was drafted in 2004. Their last top 10 pick was Gavin Floyd, and he was a colossal failure in Philadelphia. They had obvious hits in Chase Utley and Cole Hamels, and both Pat Burrell and Brett Myers were solid but not spectacular. And the Phillies really haven't had a lot of really high draft picks, and those haven't been particularly kind to Philadelphia. Burrell was 1st overall (a good pick, but he was never a superstar), JD Drew was the 2nd pick overall and didn't sign, Gavin Floyd was 4th overall and busted big time with Philly, Adam Eaton was the 11th overall and he was traded for Andy Ashby (and Eaton has been rather mediocre in his career anyways), and Brett Myers was 12th. Utley was 15th and Hamels was 17th, so as far as mid-1st round picks go, the Phillies have crushed, but they didn't do a lot with their very high picks. The reason the Phillies have succeeded really has little to do with stockpiling high draft picks and, as you mentioned, it has to do with player development. Ryan Howard was a 5th round pick, Jimmy Rollins a 2nd round pick, Victorino was a 6th round pick by the Dodgers, who was then picked in the Rule V by Philly, Jayson Werth was a small free agent signing, Carlos Ruiz was an amateur free agent signing out of Panama, and a lot of the others have been big free agent signings or trades. All the Phillies have done was to collect as much talent as they could wherever they could get it from, and then use excess talent to bring in others that they have needed. The Twins do the same thing, but with fewer resources, so they really focus on player development. As they've grown successful and built a new stadium, they've found more resources to retain guys on the MLB team, but they still focus a ton on player development in the minor leagues. The Sox really have to get back to doing that, and it may take a complete overhaul in the organization's philosophy to do so. They've done a great job of getting guys with more upside in the system, but, as evidenced by the struggles of Beckham and Quentin as well as other players throughout the minor leagues, they still haven't fixed it completely. I agree with this completely but it's going to take Reinsdorf and the real owners of this team to want to change. They seem to be content with the status quo. Their philosophy is stay competitive until Labor Day and then the Bears will come in and take the heat off of them. I actually saw an interview with Reinsdorf where he said it costs too much money to win championships. So, the only way the Sox were going to win is when all the stars were aligned as they were in 2005. I get criticized everytime I mention payroll but facts are facts. To get the kind of compelling ballplayers we deserve is for them to raise the payroll. Don't tell me it's the 7th best. Chicago is 2nd or 3rd largest baseball market so the White Sox payroll should reflect that. Their commitment to player development should be such where they commission scouts to search the world for talent. That talent can be stockpiled for future trades as well as retooling. This simply won't happen until an extremely wealthy White Sox fan comes in and relieves us of current ownership.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 09:45 PM) I thought it was a perfect display of a city with two of the worst hitting teams in baseball. The Sox won 4 in a row. Mark it on your calendar. Who knows the next time we see that. While this next series should be easy, that's when the Sox lay down. The Flubs handed the Sox the game on a silver platter. This game may have turned our season around. We would have been 61/2 out with 100 to play. Horrible at bats by Ramirez, Konkero and Quentin. Had Lou been forced to pitch to Rios, Sox win.

I see no joy in this... The few games the Sox will win this year will be by the homerun. I would fire Guillen and Williams tonight. This is light years from a multi-dimensional offense.

Why does consistent excellence seem to elude any organization owned and operated by Jerry Reinsdorf. It is very clear that he is a businessman first and sportsman a distant 10th. Frankly, he's not very good at either one. What a shame this great city is stuck with him and the McCaskey family. They are international embarrassments.