July 9, 200421 yr Is Thomas officially on the DL yet? If he does, i suggest they bring up Borchard to play DH/RF with Maggs. On a side note, how come the sox would activate a postion player (Maggs) and demote a pitcher? Why does Ben Davis deserve to be on this team more than Felix Diaz?
July 9, 200421 yr 1. ozzie likes having 3 catchers 2. his relationship with garcia had something to do with it 3. diaz needs to be starting in aaa until scoty loses his job or gets it back for sure im thinkin that these are the three reasons and yeah, its time for borchard
July 9, 200421 yr Is Thomas officially on the DL yet? If he does, i suggest they bring up Borchard to play DH/RF with Maggs. On a side note, how come the sox would activate a postion player (Maggs) and demote a pitcher? Why does Ben Davis deserve to be on this team more than Felix Diaz? How about Jamie Burke! I am not sure he even should be allowed to play AA ball
July 9, 200421 yr How about Jamie Burke! I am not sure he even should be allowed to play AA ball :headshake
July 9, 200421 yr How about Jamie Burke! I am not sure he even should be allowed to play AA ball :headshake
July 9, 200421 yr It's Borchard time! Why it makes even more sense is because it would allow Maggs to DH for a while just in case he hasnt quite come back all the way yet
July 9, 200421 yr It's Borchard time! you guys are forgetting! we have Ross Gload to play right field! maybe he'll win a gload glove
July 9, 200421 yr from chisox.com "Coming soon? With Frank Thomas apparently destined for a trip to the disabled list and the White Sox set with 11 pitchers before the All-Star break, a Joe Borchard callup could be on the horizon this weekend. The South Siders held on to the talented 25-year-old in a recent trade with Seattle for Freddy Garcia, and the switch-hitting centerfielder is paying big minor league dividends. Borchard knocked out his 16th home run and 19th double during Triple-A Charlotte's 4-0 victory over Buffalo on Wednesday. Borchard has 48 RBIs and could be an added boost for the team's recently sagging offense. "
July 9, 200421 yr from chisox.com "Coming soon? With Frank Thomas apparently destined for a trip to the disabled list and the White Sox set with 11 pitchers before the All-Star break, a Joe Borchard callup could be on the horizon this weekend. The South Siders held on to the talented 25-year-old in a recent trade with Seattle for Freddy Garcia, and the switch-hitting centerfielder is paying big minor league dividends. Borchard knocked out his 16th home run and 19th double during Triple-A Charlotte's 4-0 victory over Buffalo on Wednesday. Borchard has 48 RBIs and could be an added boost for the team's recently sagging offense. " im pretty excited about the prospect of borchard in CF soon(or any field)...he might just provide that left handed power this team drastically needs
July 9, 200421 yr im pretty excited about the prospect of borchard in CF soon(or any field)...he might just provide that left handed power this team drastically needs i think Borch would play RF. Rowand has better range in CF BTW, does anyone know how Borchard is from each side? Like what side does he have more power from and hits for a higher average from
July 9, 200421 yr yeah, id want borch in right also this is what my line ups would look like while frank is on DL and maggs is building strength Harris - 2B Lee - LF Maggs - DH Kong - 1B Jose V - SS Rowand - CF Borchard - RF Crede - 3B Sandy / Burke / Davis - C and Rowand - CF Lee - LF Maggs - DH Kong - 1B Jose V - SS Uribe - 2B Borchard - RF Crede - 3B Sandy / Burke / Davis - C
July 9, 200421 yr i think Borch would play RF. Rowand has better range in CF BTW, does anyone know how Borchard is from each side? Like what side does he have more power from and hits for a higher average from He's better from the lefthanded side.
July 9, 200421 yr If Thomas gets the word from the Dr that he doesnt need Surgery, then I say we send him to the DL and let them make that ankle as good as possible and call up Borchard to take his place.. Let him get some time with the club and see if he can do it this time, and if he cant well Thomas will be back soon anyway but if he goes nuts, damn what would we do then?? Maybe it Makes a Maggs trade even that more inticing
July 9, 200421 yr He's better from the lefthanded side. which is good because you usually face more RH pitchers.. I think its time to give Borchard a shot to prove to everyone why Jeremy Reed was expendable and JB was not given away..
July 9, 200421 yr If Thomas gets the word from the Dr that he doesnt need Surgery, then I say we send him to the DL and let them make that ankle as good as possible and call up Borchard to take his place.. Let him get some time with the club and see if he can do it this time, and if he cant well Thomas will be back soon anyway but if he goes nuts, damn what would we do then?? Maybe it Makes a Maggs trade even that more inticing with franks problem, time off wont help much... the bone chips are there and the shots are to try to deal with the inflamation its best to just get it over with and begin the 6 weeks off now you dont wanna trade your other offensive star in the wake of this either, if anything, it makes a maggs trade less likely
July 9, 200421 yr If Thomas doesnt need surgery you dont agree 15 days off, and a lot of treatment, wouldnt help out any? Ide rather have him take the 15 off now then play on it and f*** it up even more
July 9, 200421 yr Aboz, you say Borchard is a better left-handed hitter, but is he drastically worse hitting from the right side (like Jose Valentin last year vs. righties), or just a little bit worse? And I for one would be really excited to see Joe Bo given a shot at the big leagues again. Then everyone would stop staring at the back of my jersey saying 'Who's Borchard?'.
July 9, 200421 yr When Jose went down. Uribe got his chance. When Maggs went down. Perez and Rowand got their chance. With Frank goin down. Borchard should finally get his chance.
July 9, 200421 yr I'd like to see Borchard in the lineup right now. And someone mentioned sending Burke down and got one of these: Burke almost cost us that game today with his defense. He was horrid in those first 2 innings.
July 9, 200421 yr Burke almost cost us that game today with his defense. He was horrid in those first 2 innings. :puke
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