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QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 6, 2010 -> 04:29 PM) Donny Lucy has 4 XBH this year (3 2B, 1 HR) in 7 G (18 PA). Juan Pierre has 0 XBH this year in 27 G (118 PA). You have to go back another 28 games in 09 to find his last double (August 18, 2009). He had 3 triples last September, but no doubles or HR. Over his last 303 PA Juan Pierre has a total of 6 XBH (5 3B, 1 2B).

Referring to Andruw Jones as "AJ" is about as confusing as it gets. Man just looking at his BR page now, JP's numbers are pretty bad since we acquired him in that trade.

QUOTE (gordonventura38 @ May 6, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Probably just because Castro is available now, and Eveland is a lefty. And AJ has played 8 straight days.

Pierre 1/4 w/ 4BB, K Beckham 1/8 w/ 3K Jones 1/3 w/ BB, K Konerko 0/5 w/ K Rios 1/8 w/ 3K Quentin 1/4 w/ HR, BB Ramirez 1/4 w/ 2B Castro 1/1 Nix 0/2 Combined: 7/39 (.179) w/ 2B, HR, 6BB, 9K

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 6, 2010 -> 12:49 PM) So that extra 1.7/2.5 million a year is just eating you up inside, huh? ~$1.17M. The Sox owe Teahen 12.5M over the next 3 years. His 2/3/4 scenario was also an impossibility.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 6, 2010 -> 12:41 PM) Did he get AL player of the month too? That went to Robinson Cano and his .400/.436/.765/1.201 April line.

Alex Rios currently has an .890 OPS; this is the first time his OPS has been this high, this late in the season since 2007. JJ Putz is currently sporting a 2.70 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 12.6 K/9, 1.8 BB/9 and 7.0 K/BB in 10 IP this year.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 5, 2010 -> 07:09 PM) It was only a matter of time. Supposedly he accomplished the feat on March 2nd or 3rd but 2K Sports didn't verify it until now to keep up the illusion that people still had a shot at the million. There were more than a few perfect games thrown within the first week the game was available.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 5, 2010 -> 11:39 AM) Wasn't it the Bears that said it about Hester and Bennett and why they were struggling in their first year's as WR not the media? The Bears' excuse for not using Bennett his rookie year was his inability to grasp the playbook.

Pierre DH Beckahm 2B Jones LF Konerko 1B Rios CF Pierzynski C Quentin RF Teahen 3B Ramirez SS

9 run second for the Brewers chases Clayton Kershaw from the game, his final line: 1.1 IP, 5H, 7ER, 2BB, 3K. His ERA now stands at 4.99 (3.07 coming into today), WHIP of 1.70, 24 BB in 30.2 IP.

QUOTE (kev211 @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) Yes, as I was watching todays episode I realized I actually kind of like him for the first time the entire series. Is it bad that I want Kate to die though? Not at all, I'm right there with you on both. I was overjoyed when she was shot, unfortunately it looks like the bullet missed her heart.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:18 PM) She's with her grandma. Kids become orphans. I don't think Sun had much of a choice whether to die or not. Still her husband is determined to die with her and her daughter doesn't pop into her head? You'd think she'd at least mention it to Jin before the water engulfed them both. Who knows perhaps she invokes the name of her daughter and her husband makes the sensible decision to swim for his life.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) PLEASE keep the spoiler tags if its about unknown stuff, and make it known that you're talking about unknown stuff! I don't want to be tempted to check it out and ruin the surprise. Why in god's name would you read the thread if you haven't seen the show? That's on you. If I Tivo the Sox game and don't want to know what happened before I get a chance to see it then I might just avoid the game thread.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) That was crazy. My biggest problem: their child is now an orphan. You'd think that would cross one of their minds before they decided to die together.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 4, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) I agree with your 2nd statement not your first. Having Rio lead off or bat 2nd is optimal. He needs to see more ABs than Pierre or Beckham. But then again we know Ozzie won't do that. At this point I'd much rather have Rios hit behind Jones in Konerko (who are getting on base) than Teahen and Ramirez one of whom's OBP has dropped nearly .070 points over the past week and the other is sporting an OBP right around .240. The 5th guy in the lineup will typically get the most opportunities to hit with men on base since your #3 and #4 hitters are typically 2 of your best (that's definitely true of the Sox's lineup right now) and I want Rios hitting with an opportunity to drive men in.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ May 4, 2010 -> 02:20 PM) There is definite cause for hope. I am just saying I am not sold on 12 innings, just like I wasn't sold that he sucked on a few bad starts. Well it wasn't so much the results as it was the combination of unbelievable stuff and outstanding command that he was featuring yesterday. Sure it was against a bad offense but he proved yesterday beyond a shadow of a doubt that the pure ability that he showed throughout his career in San Diego is still there and if he can continue to throw as well as he did yesterday it won't really matter what offense he's going up against, great hitters are going to have a ton of trouble making good contact against this latest incarnation of Jake Peavy. So it wasn't so much the results (which came against a bad team) as it was the way he went about achieving those results (which translates well against any offense) that was exciting.

Career vs Hochevar: Pierre 0 PA Beckham 2/6 w/ HR Jones 0/3 w/ 3K Konerko 2/10 w/ 3BB, 2K Rios 1/9 w/ 2K (.111) Pierzynski 2/12 (.167) Quentin 1/6 w/ K Teahen 0 PA Ramirez 4/8 w/ 2B, 3BB, K Combined: 12/54 (.222) w/ 2B, HR, 6BB, 9K

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2010 -> 11:20 AM) Some other positives. We are something like 2nd in the AL in homers, and first in all of MLB in stolen bases for the first time in at least two decades...if not longer. We're 3rd in HR behind Toronto and Boston and 2nd in the majors in caught stealing. We have far and away the least strikeouts at 131, the Giants are next at 146, the D-Backs are last at 238 and we're right at league average in walks at 92. This is good. We also have by far the lowest BAbip in the game at .230 our lack of strikeouts way heavily into this. This is also a good sign.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 3, 2010 -> 11:53 PM) Peavy was bringing it. Hit 95 a few times tonight. Saw him as high as 96 a couple of times. Pitch f/x had him topping out at 94.8 MPH with an average fastball around 93.

Gotta ride Rios Career vs Peavy: DeJesus: 0/4 w/ K Podsednik: 4/9 w/ 2BB, K (.444) Butler: 1/2 w/ HR, K Guillen: 1/5 w/ HR, 2K Callaspo: 1/6 w/ 2K Kendall: 3/16 w/ 2K (.188) Maier: 0/2 Betancourt: 1/7 w/ 2K (.143) Getz: 0 PA Career vs Meche: Pierre: 1/1 w/ BB Beckham: 0/3 w/ 2BB Jones: 0/3 w/ K Konerko: 11/35 w/ 2 2B, 2HR, 5Bb, 3SO (.314) Kotsay: 5/31 w/ 2B, BB, 2K (.161) Rios: 12/21 w/ 2 2B, 2 3B, 2BB, 3K (.571) Pierzynski: 7/30 w/ 2B, 2BB, 3K (.233) Teahen: 0/4 w/ BB, 2K Ramirez: 4/14 w/ 3B, 2K (.286)

The Royals are averaging 3.08 runs per game over their last 13 games. They've scored more than 3 runs only 5 times over that stretch.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 3, 2010 -> 06:15 PM) Bingo. fathom was the first one (first one I saw anyway) that brought up the park factor. And your season line is more than reasonable. I wish we had a better option. It sounds like I'm advocating Pierre for the lead-off spot. That's just not the case. Park Factor has been one of my top arguments for not acquiring him over the past few years. I posted this in the Juan Pierre Trade thread back in December: QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 15, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) One thing you'll notice watching Pierre play at home; our park is not suited for him one bit. The ball tends to hang up in the air due to the odd wind currents and there isn't a lot of room in the outfield unlike the 3 stadiums he's played in for the majority of his career so a lot of those shanks that would normally drop in front of an outfielder or the ball lofted into the gap that just gets down between the 2 defenders won't be happening nearly as often in the 81 games he'll play at the Cell. It's going to be hard for him to pick up many extra base hits or cheap singles at the Cell and since he's not really capable of driving the ball far enough to get it out of the normally easy-to-homer-in Cell he won't be able to take advantage of that either, our home ballpark really isn't built for his style of play. Now it's May and he's hitting .188 with a .000 ISO in his 12 home starts. The Sox really need to do a better job tailoring their roster to fit their home ballpark.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 3, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) He does if he's hitting .280, let alone .300. I mean it's really that simple. JP is a career .301 hitter in 6064 career plate appearances coming into this year. He's hitting .202 this year. Has he declined so much over one 6-month off-season that his average has dropped 100 points off his career mark? I'd say hell no. I think he'll finish around .280/.325/.345/.670, his ISO could very well be lower than .065. There's just no way he's "done" at this point in his career but he Cell is just one of the worst parks imaginable for his game, not a lot of room in the outfield for balls to fall in front of outfielders or squirt past them in the gaps for hustle doubles or cavernous gaps to pick up triples especially compared to Dolphin and Dodger Stadium, unfortunately he's not strong enough to take advantage of easy homeruns available at the Cell.