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Wow..filthy! Can we hope for a storm to postpone this game?

Hudson has some pretty nasty stuff.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 12:06 AM) Cintron instead of Mackowiak? It makes no sense that Mackowiak isn't playing tonight.

There's a pretty strong storm that's supposed to hit KC in the next hour or two.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 11:59 PM) I cringe on almost every ball that is hit to Cintron simply because I know his reputation. You cringe on every ball hit to him, but you'd rather see Ozuna play SS?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:32 PM) I'd be very happy with that. And just like that, we've hijacked another thread and brought it to wrestling. It brought us success last night. Let's see if The Rock can regain his fastball tonight.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:22 PM) His only competition for the Gold Glove this year is Mike Lowell, so Crede is basically sitting on a 50/50 chance of winning one this season. It's funny, but if he wins the GG this year, it will be more because of what he's doing on offense than it is defense. Crede had a better defensive last season, in my opinion. Our 3 best all-around players this year have been Dye, Crede, and Konerko. QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:30 PM) Mr. Perfect will do. You know I'm calling you that or Curt the reason of the season.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 06:16 PM) Rumor in today's Trib is that Aramis Ramirez will use an option in his contract and opt out of the last two years of his deal to test the free agent market after this season. The Angels are definitely waiting to grab Aramis if he becomes a FA.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 06:08 PM) What kind of deal is Matthews looking at this offseason? And who is his agent? No one likes GM Jr. more than me, but he's going to make himself far too much money for basically a one year phenom. Some team will give him a lot of money to be their CF for the next 4 years. He would be a nice fit with the Astros, as they need some more speed and Taveras will likely be traded.

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 04:57 PM) He'd been playing LF with SD but hadn't gotten a lot of playing time. So, tough to say without seeing many of their games. He played a lot of LF with Texas and I thought he was ok. On the issue of Owens, Stewart, Logan ... I'm not sure those guys will be called up, seeing as they'd get little to no playing time here and the White Sox would essentially be sabatoging Charlotte's playoff run by taking three of their better players away. Even if Charlotte gets KO'd in the Int'l League playoffs, by that time it'd be 9/10 or 9/12. That's why I was thinking in terms of veteran outside help, someone who's used to coming off the bench and has a good clubhouse reputation. Ya, I think those are the guys who will definitely get the call after their season is over. Even if it's just for a few weeks, it could give us some pinch running options, etc. I've always been a fan of EY. He still has some good speed, and I was surprised to see the Padres released him. Nothing like releasing a good clubhouse guy for a terrible clubhouse guy (Todd Walker).

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 04:49 PM) Guillen is becoming known for not wanting a bunch of extra guys sitting around so I don't expect many, if any minor league call ups. Complicating the situation, Charlotte is a virtual lock for the Int'l League playoffs, sitting on a 12.5 game lead in spite of a recent 4 game skid. Their season ends around 9/5, with playoffs extending it further. In other words, they probably won't be adding anyone from Charlotte. There's only one guy from Birmingham who's on the 40 man roster, reliever Edwardo Sierra, and he hasn't had a good year at all. The 40 man sits at 37. They can add a couple of, ahem, rehabbing/injured veterans who've been cut loose from other teams and call them up on 9/1. Name to watch? Eric Young, just released by the Padres. Veteran guy, right handed bat, good pinch hitter and can handle the bat. Great clubhouse presence and plays LF a lot better than Ozuna. I can also see them adding a pitcher, someone who can eat innings in a mop up role. I saw Young was released, and immediately thought of him with the Sox. How is his outfield play these days? I definitely think that we'll see Owens, Stewart, and Logan called up some time this season.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) I'm pretty happy with Uribe this year, minus the defensive miscues he's been having. I think this benching will get his head on straight and we'll see even better D out of him the rest of the year. He's right around .250, which is what I wanted out of him after that terrible start. I think he still has another hot streak in him this year, so I bet he'll finish up with an average possibly in the .260's and about 80 RBI. That's something to be happy with out of the SS position. In the paper, Ozzie said he was concerned because the errors keep happening in innings after he makes an out at the plate. Personally, I don't think he's being lazy at SS. Rather, he's lost his release point on his throws. When he tries to lob it, it ends up sailing. Then, on the plays he has to gun it over to first, it's always in the dirt.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 03:38 PM) i don't recall what he did Sunday, but I do remember the others - and they were screwups. But did they turn the game? How many times did rallies die on Anderson's bat? Mack is a significant defensive downgrade from Anderson. Duh. But when one considers offense as well in the positive (where Mack is a full 100 points higher in average and is better on the basepaths), and looks at the whole season, I recall only one game where the big negative difference was Mack's play on something Anderson would have made. And he won at least one game I can recall. Therefore, all things considered, I think Mack's impact on the team over/under Anderson is minimal. Which is exactly what you want from your bench. But how about the argument all year that we've had enough offense from the other 8 players, and we needed a defensive force out there in CF? Trust me, I cringed at Anderson batting for the first few months of the season. However, time and time again, Mackowiak has proven he's not a CF. If Ozzie wanted to get his offense into the game, there's a spot in LF where we're not getting more production that what Mackowiak has given us this year. And FWIW, the first two games I mentioned with Mack saw those plays absolutely impact the final outcome of the game.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 03:21 PM) I just don't agree. I doubt more than 1 game was turned significantly due to Mack's presence in CF, and he has won us at least one game I know of. So I don't see the huge impact. Off the top of my head: - Cubs game on Barrett's triple - Tigers game where he let IRod tag up on routine fly - Orioles game from Sunday

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 03:20 PM) Mediocre is being generous. I like Rob, so I tried to be nice. If people don't think that he's hurt us in CF though, I'm not sure what games they've been watching. He's very much below average out there, and that magnifies the defensive struggles in LF this season also, as well as Dye's decreased range.

I noticed that Alomar set up much farther off of the corners than our other catchers do. A few times, Buehrle hit the mit, and it was still a ball. I like that approach, as it gets Buehrle to pitch away from the heart of the plate.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 03:17 PM) That "depth" you thank KW for INCLUDES our back-up outfielder, Mack, who got two hits, stole a base and was generally clutch AGAIN last night. The guy is hitting what, .310 or so? With all the problems we have, I don't get your obsession with that. Its just not that important, and frankly, given what Mack contributes offensively, isn't even a significant drop-off when he plays. Our lack of a back-up CF is absolutely important. It's come back to haunt us about 10 times this season, and we would likely have had 2 or 3 more wins if there was a better defensive option out there. Mackowiak has been excellent at the plate this year...but his defense in CF is absolutely medicore. When you say we have a lot of problems, a lot of them come from our awful outfield defense this season. Our starting pitching has struggled this season, but they've gotten no help from our LF defense and CF back-up. A lot of rallies have started against us do to miscues out there.

We already have our SS if for some reason Uribe is gone. Cintron would be the guy to take over for Juan. I don't see Uribe leaving though.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 02:55 PM) I think Dye is the kind of person that would move to LF if a better defender for RF were found. The guy is a classy, classy individual. He took less money to come here because he made a verbal agreement with KW. You're not going to find many guys like him in baseball. I honestly thought I had read it all on this site....and then I read the last few pages of this thread. He's been our best overall player this season, and he actually seems to be getting better at the plate as he gets older.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 03:09 PM) It was a blurb in the Sun-Times Sox notes today. What, is this because of the spate of errors lately? Ozzie was livid about Uribe's lazy throws lately. Good for Ozzie!

My uneducated lineup prediction is, as follows: Pods 7 Iguchi 4 AJP 2 Dye 0 Crede 5 Gload 3 Uribe 6 Mackowiak 9 Anderson 8

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 04:44 AM) His name is BJ. Can anyone revert me to some of the things Dukes has done that make him such a cancer? Dukes has a very serious anger management problem. He's gotten into many fights with his teammates. Since I have a great source within the organization, I can safely say he's one of the worst cases of a player with an attitude problem in sports.

Non-Sox...I didn't think it was possible, but ESPN literally showed Ortiz having an infield hit, even though the Red Sox got hammered tonight. That was the only highlight they showed in the segment about the standings.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 03:37 AM) They'll trade him in the off-season. Can hardly blame the Rays for doing so. He's burnt his bridges there. I know it's not entirely his fault, but the sooner they get him away from their young prospects, the better.

Can Josh Fields play RF?