'Cause he's slumping now?  It's pretty easy to kick a guy when he's down, and Harris is clearly "down" at the plate right now.  I'm pretty confident that if given the AB's he's been getting over the course of the season, he'll get that OBP back up to league average.

 

 

Here's my biggest problem with Willie: He doesn't hit the ball hard enough consistently. He grounds out weakly to the right side of the infield way too much. Yes, he has good speed, but how often do you see Willie actually beat out an infield chopper? Very rarely it seems.

60-odd abs.  If a starter had a .220 avg after only a few weeks, noone would make anything of it, especially if it was just a slump for a week or so that pulled the avg down.

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FYI, Willie's career AVG is .239.

Same topic, but a different guy anyway.  Last inning was Milken, this is Gretzky.

 

I thought Rooney and Farmer were just getting free exams.

60-odd abs.  If a starter had a .220 avg after only a few weeks, noone would make anything of it, especially if it was just a slump for a week or so that pulled the avg down.

 

I believe Harris has settled himself into a nice backup player who can be a pretty nice fill-in if a guy goes down. Certainly, he's not a great starter, but there are worse options. When given consistent AB's last year, I think he showed what he could do -- get on-base at a decent clip, and play really, really good defense.

 

Like I said, a lot worse options.

Dreaded leadoff walk, f***.

My fault. Just hoping they would start calling the game soon. Don't wanna listen to Morgan.

No, I can understand. Doesn't matter how worthy the cause, I get tired of not hearing the call (or the half ass call while they chat up whatever -- sometimes just some promotion for rich guys). And I think mute is better than Morgan.

Kenny looks pissed at this corpseball.

Holy s***, stop talking about the Cubs!

God damnit trouble here in teh 5th.

2 on - no out

 

f***

Here comes the big inning. But I guess we don't need any offense tonight.

Walk, hit...this is shaping up to be a bad inning.

ESPN:

 

Kenny Williams, why do you suck more than the Cubs?

 

I mean really, how come you can't sell tickets? Is it because you suck?

Runners at 2nd and 3rd. 1 out.

FYI, Willie's career AVG is .239.

 

And Neal Cotts' career ERA is 5.09. What's your point?

 

He's got consistent AB's in just one year, and he played pretty well in that time.

WHOA

Nice play Crede.

 

2nd and 3rd - 1 out

UH OH

And Neal Cotts' career ERA is 5.09.  What's your point?

 

He's got consistent AB's in just one year, and he played pretty well in that time.

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My point is that there's a reason we signed Iguchi.

I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Cubs!!!

 

Are they playing? No. Are they any good this year? HELL NO!!!

 

Whats the big f***ing deal ESPN!??!!?

Great questions by Sam Ryan.

 

God forbid she asks about the Sox.

2 run game

GOD f***ING DAMNIT

2-0 Dodgers.

And Neal Cotts' career ERA is 5.09.  What's your point?

 

He's got consistent AB's in just one year, and he played pretty well in that time.

 

Willie Harris had plenty of time last year to showcase his skills, and he performed in a manner that the Sox decided to go after another player to start at 2nd base. That tells me all I need to know about Harris.

2-0. Not to sound negative, but Contreras completely lacks the ability to pitch over any kind of mistake at all.

FYI, Willie's career AVG is .239.

Oh. Well, his stats were good last year, and his minor league numbers....

 

Hasn't this debate happened often enough? But .226 this year -- which is what you cited -- is not very impressive.

2-0.  Not to sound negative, but Contreras completely lacks the ability to pitch over any kind of mistake at all.

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It must get frustrating when you have a corpseball offense to back you up in every one of your starts.

Why wasn't the infield in there? With Phillips' speed, there's no way they would have sent him on that chopper. Big out here for Contreras though.