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Dunn not playing? count me in.

It's all just sad. Soon it will be cold and dark and most of us will be missing baseball. then we'll start looking forward to next season -- until we remember we're doomed with Dunn and Rios. For three more years.

I'm down with LaRussa/McEwing. Or Dave Martinez. Or hire somebody from Scioscia's staff. Madden, Roenicke and Black have all done fairly well.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 4, 2011 -> 02:02 AM) An expensive .500 team is the worst position to be in. Far worse than rebuilding. you are absolutely right. Dunn is the 275-pound choke hold around our necks.

as long as the Sox are stuck with Rios and Dunn, it's going to be very difficult to fix this team. first order of business should be to fix the farm system. the foundation for the last decade started with homegrown guys like Buehrle, Crede, Rowand, Lee, Maggs. Supplemented that by getting Garland and Paulie when they were young, top prospects from other teams. we don't have many young guns like that any more. Buddy Bell needs to be on the Purge List with Kenny and Ozzie. But the Chairman won't get rid of all of them. So it's going to be ugly for a while. I expect that they'll trade Danks and quentin to save money and try to get prospects for them. As long as Kenny is the guy evaluating the prospects, look out.

A pulse! Credit Greg Walker for that blast!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) Ever since Dunn was moved down in the line up and then out, the Sox have been scoring at a pretty decent clip. Amen. With merely average production from the DH spot, I have to figure we'd have three or four more wins. I believe Dunn has six RBIs since the all-star game.

they both need to go. ASAP.

here you go. Sox down to add two more pitchers. 2011 Mesa Solar Sox Organizational Affiliations: Cubs, Orioles, Pirates, Twins, White Sox Home Games: Hohokam Park, Mesa Manager: Joe McEwing (CWS) As of August 30, 2011 Pitching Coach: Steve Mintz (MIN) Hitting Coach: Jeff Branson (PIT) Trainers: Nick Frangella (CHC) Mark Shires (BAL) Pitchers Team B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2011 Club Jeff Beliveau* CHC L L 6-1 190 01/17/87 Johnson, RI Tennessee (AA) Chris Carpenter CHC R R 6-4 220 12/26/85 Bryan, OH Chicago Cubs (MLB) Andrew Cashner CHC R R 6-6 200 09/11/86 Conroe, TX Chicago Cubs (MLB) Cole DeVries MIN R R 6-2 185 02/12/85 Eden Prairie, MN Rochester (AAA) Scott Diamond MIN L L 6-3 215 07/30/86 Guelph, ON, CN Rochester (AAA) Terry Doyle CWS R R 6-4 225 11/02/85 Concord, MA Birmingham (AA) Sean Gleason BAL L R 6-0 190 08/21/85 Moraga, CA Norfolk (AAA) Marcus Hatley CHC R R 6-5 220 03/26/88 Honolulu, HI Tennessee (AA) Brett Jacobson MIN R R 6-6 205 11/09/86 Phoenix, AZ New Britain (AA) Trey McNutt CHC R R 6-4 220 08/02/89 Birmingham, AL Tennessee (AA) Bruce Pugh MIN R R 6-3 180 07/18/88 Pasadena, MD Ft. Myers (A+) Chorye Spoone BAL R R 6-1 215 09/16/85 Pasadena, MD Bowie (AA) TBA BAL TBA CWS TBA CWS TBA CWS TBA MIN TBA PIT TBA PIT TBA PIT TBA PIT Catchers Team B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2011 Club Chris Herrmann MIN L R 6-0 195 11/24/87 Tomball, TX New Britain (AA) Josh Phegley CWS R R 5-10 215 02/12/88 Terre Haute, IN Charlotte (AAA) Brian Ward* BAL R R 5-11 200 10/17/85 Santa Monica, CA Frederick (A+) Infielders Team B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2011 Club Brian Dozier MIN R R 5-11 190 05/15/87 Tupelo, MS New Britain (AA) Brock Holt PIT L R 5-10 165 06/11/88 Stephenville, TX Altoona (AA) Junior Lake CHC R R 6-3 215 03/27/90 San Pedro, DR Tennessee (AA) D.J. Lemahieu CHC R R 6-4 205 07/13/88 Visalia, CA Iowa (AAA) Joe Mahoney BAL L L 6-6 240 02/01/87 Albany, NY Bowie (AA) Tyler Saladino CWS R R 5-11 180 07/20/89 San Diego, CA Winston-Salem (A+) TBA PIT Outfielders Team B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2011 Club Xavier Avery BAL L L 5-11 180 01/01/90 Decatur, GA Bowie (AA) Robbie Grossman PIT S L 6-1 190 09/16/89 Cypress, TX Bradenton (A+) Aaron Hicks MIN S R 6-2 185 10/02/89 Long Beach, CA Ft. Myers (A+) Brett Jackson CHC L R 6-2 210 08/02/88 Berkeley, CA Iowa (AAA) Brandon Short CWS R R 6-0 190 09/09/88 Mechanicsville, MD Birmingham (AA) * Denotes “taxi squad” member activated only on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Apologies to Dave Nicholson. Only struck out 175 times. That is the franchise record. But not for long. You can put that one on the board, yes.

back to .500 without a knock from the bottom six slots in the batting order.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 04:13 AM) Worst individual season ever. He's making Jaime Navarro and Paniagua look like Mark Buehrle. Great Joe Bread and Water reference. Had forgotten about him. Ha. Now Dunn leaves for defense. Couldn't risk taking his bat out of the lineup.

1. That is 156 Ks. What is the team record? 190 by Dave "Swish" Nicholson? 2. Takes a lot of balls from Dunn to complain about a called third strike. 3. how many 3K games is that?

Dunn now with 155 Ks and .164 batting average. When will the Ks overtake the batting average? Pick the date.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 27, 2011 -> 03:44 PM) Look at Adam Dunn the previous 5 years or so. He's no heavier now than he was then. No one was calling him fat on opening day. Maybe the problem is his conditioning and that he hasn't addressed it most of his career and it finally caught up to him. We can only hope its that or something else that is correctable during the offseason or you're looking at a guy the Sox may have to release to get better. There is no reason to keep someone that is performing like Dunn on a roster unless there is some hope he will get better. There's no way the Sox will go through this entire contract allowing him to take a roster spot if he doesn't improve. I hope you're right. hard to see The Chairman swallowing $42 million down the drain. think of Adam Dunn every time you pay an extra buck to park or buy hot dog. No way he hits 15 hrs this year. With Lilli passing him in HRs and Dayan promoted, he's going to get more of what he has earned: Time on the bench.

Peavy has done a s***pot of talking for a guy who has done precious little pitching in two-plus seasons. He and Dunn need to return to the National League ASAP. Can't cut it in the big leagues.

Good luck trying to sell season tickets with Dunn on the team for next season.

That's whiff 151. Won't be long til the whiff total eclipses the batting average. tough to do. He's simply awful.

Let's see what Mr. 35-100 has. I think I know.

QUOTE (MAX @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 05:26 AM) Jones actually had a worse year than Dunn in 08. not quite. Dunn is historically bad, the worst in 100 years.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 05:15 AM) I'll always take a 35HR & 100RBI "one trick pony" You don't have to take him. You've got him. And he's easily the worst player in the major leagues.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 05:02 AM) It's almost like you have never heard of Adam Dunn before this season and this is the first you've seen him. If you want to believe he will be a .160 hitter with about 15 HR each of the next 3 years, then that's fine, I'll be sure to buy you some more coloring books and crayons for X-mas then. Dunn has been a one-trick pony who has played on crappy, losing teams for a long, long time. they couldn't wait to get him out of Cincinnati because he doesn't have enough pride in his craft to get in shape. You can believe in the fairy tale that he'll bounce back next season. But he's putting up the worst season in 100 years because he's lost it. As bad as he was in the first half of the season, he's been WORSE the second half. he's done. Finished. An embarrassment. Props to Konerko.Sox would be lost without him.

make number 2000 extra unforgettable paulie

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 04:52 AM) I can't help but think what difference the extra 20+ homers Dunn should have had by now would have made on this season to date. Get those thoughts out of your money. the Donkey has been neutered. He's done.

bad play. But unlike Dunn, at least flowers A) hit the ball and B) hustled his ass off.