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QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) 5 outs in 5 innings for the kid = More Mack and Pods I'll take more Mack, if it means less Pods.

It would have been so nice to have just 2 of these runs over the last 2 games.

Jail?

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 05:23 PM) I think he has a triple in him. In this ballpark, anything's possible.

Make the play...come up next inning...you know the drill

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 05:12 PM) I dunno, 1 run on Monday, 1 run yesterday...I'd say it's been here all along. All along = 3 games?

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 04:50 PM) I think I just saw a SB I have the feeling Dye will make more contact as soon as he hits number 40. I have a feeling Dye should have been allowed to sit today as well.

30 pitches so far this inning.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) Didnt know Minny and Detroit played this weekend. Take care of business..... Sadly, I'm now at the point where I am rooting for a Detroit sweep.

Guess who'll be leading off tomorrow now.

Now would be an ideal time for Podsednik to try bunting, IMO.

That's one guy who can carry this team... IF ANYONE EVER GETS ON BASE FOR HIM.

QUOTE(G&T @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 04:30 PM) So that was about 30 pitches. 23

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 04:14 PM) Actually, to cross over to Canada, you do need to provide proof of citizenship or permanent residency now. A Drivers License or Social Security card is not enough. You currently are supposed to have a birth certificate with you when you cross over. Passports aren't that hard to get and everyone should have one anyway. They do cost about $100.

Jose has a chance to pass Garland today to take over the slot of #2 ERA on our starting staff. He has to give up about 5 earned runs to do it.

QUOTE(beautox @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 04:17 PM) Bernie Mac is a bad poker player. Can he play LF?

7 pitches, 7 strikes, 2 outs.

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) SWEENEY, LEADOFF HOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sadly, not quite. Very Podsednik-ish there.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 03:59 PM) Now he just needs to take him out of the lineup completely in favor of Gload/Mackowiak/Sweeney and he will finally have it correct. I would bet this dropping him in the lineup is similar to the way Ozzie dealt with slumping Carl at the end of last year...drop him in the lineup as a last chance before making a change. It worked with Everett, to some extent.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 03:43 PM) How did he call him out? Respond please. Thank you. Took me a minute to find it, but this was Ozzie about a week ago.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) Dancing? Nope, not at all. Mack is a bench player, a reserve. He is not a full time leadoff hitter. NOT is the keyword. We do not have another full-time leadoff hitter on this team. We put all of our eggs in Peter Pan's basket and lost. End of story, goodnight sweet prince. Back onto this. Ok, here's a counterpoint. Rob Mackowiak is not a full time leadoff hitter. Why? Because his numbers against lefties are terrible. .213 average this year. However, against righties, Mack is hitting .320 with a .396 OBP. Scott Podsednik on the other hand is hitting .272 with a .347 against righties. And for some reason MLB's stats aren't working right, but I would wager it's even worse if you sort the 2nd half. If Scott Podsednik is not running,w hich he is not, then there is no reason for him to be either a full time or even a part time leadoff hitter, when we have a guy on this roster who can be a part time leadoff hitter and give us much better production, even if it's just against righties. The fact that Rob Mackowiak has been a backup his career does not change the numbers he has put up this season against righties, nor does the fact that he has never been a leadoff hitter change the fact that his numbers this season have been significantly better than the lefty we have been using as a leadoff hitter. In other words, based on what they both have done this season, Rob Mackowiak right now would, against righties, be a significantly better leadoff hitter than Scott Podsednik.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 03:31 PM) But Ozzie also mentioned that BA wasn't that fast. If there's some secret formula in Winter Ball that makes you a few steps faster, the Sox have about 12 guys on the roster who need to be on Anderson's plane. I don't think the problem is that BA is inherently not fast. He has good speed. He's stolen 15 bases in a year before in the minor leagues, with decent percentages. He's not Carl Crawford, but he should be better than 2/6 in SB's with his speed. He does have the ability to learn to steal 20 bases or so at a high percentage every year, which is an invaluable thing to have. He can learn how to be faster in going from 1st base to 2nd base during a pitch. That is something you can learn.

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QUOTE(southsideirish @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 03:17 PM) How about bringing up Sweeney sooner and playing him in LF. At least you know you will have one of the best defensive OFs in the league when BA is out there. Sweeney BA and Dye would be one of the best in my opinion. I think Sweeney can leadoff. See, now that makes sense. I think my big problem would be that you were just shooting down alternative options, like I presented with Mack/Gload leading off, because "They're not leadoff hitters", but at the same time, the guy we have there right now isn't a leadoff hitter either. Sweeney in LF is almost certainly better than Podsednik in LF and leading off right now. But I think it wouldn't have hurt a month ago to start givign Mack/Gload starts in LF and leading off just to see if we could have improved the performance of that platoon. But if Sweeney can come up and have success, that's also a very good option.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 02:29 PM) Good to see Sweeney playing, but I'd rather have him playing for Pods. Did BA sleep with Ozzie's wife or something?