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QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 2, 2006 -> 04:04 PM) dont sell us 2 short. We still will have the highest payroll to work with in the AL Central and that will always keep us in it. Especially if we reload our team with some young guys this off-season and shed some of the bigger contracts.(Garcia, one of Vazquez/Count) We just have to spend money wisely and we will be alright. Spending money on Vazquez right now is not wisely spent money.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Sep 2, 2006 -> 08:05 PM) We will never get Jake Peavy....No one would trade him. Although this would be a decent time to go after him with his record being down a bit. We need some nasty arms to compete with Det and Minn next year...Peavy is that type of talent we need, but Im not holding my breath. We have nasty arms. I don't care what people say about this season's numbers, Jon Garland, Mark Buehrle, and Jose Contreras makes up a damn good top-3 rotation, and I've been sold on Brandon McCarthy since I sat down and watched that game against Boston at this time last year. That kid is absolutely freaking nasty, and if he has that changeup working, it's one of the 3-4 best pitches in baseball, up with Santana's changeup, Rivera's cutter, and so on. We have nasty arms, they just need to remember it. Both Garland and Buehrle have gone through dead-arm periods this year, which hopefully won't be repeated next year. Jose...I'm not sure yet what he's going through right now. But if those guys are healthy and ready, that's as good of a top-4 as any other team in baseball. QUOTE(wcw2323 @ Sep 2, 2006 -> 10:38 AM) Charlie's numbers have been nothing but impressive for the last two years. His record is 28-11 during stops at B'ham and Charlotte. He led the IL in wins with 14 this year and was fourth in ERA, just over 3.00. He also started the AAA All-Star game! He has proven himself to be successful at every level, so why not in the show? Charlie suffered from first time jitters during his brief stint earlier this year, but who wouldn't?. I think he would be great as a long reliefer, spot starter next year. Move B-Mac into the rotation and let Charlie take his spot as the long reliefer, mop up guy for the first year. Then move him into the rotation in '08. What a great asset to have in the bullpen. He can chew up innings and recover very quickly. It gives him a chance to get his feet wet. The one problem with that idea is that knuckleballers sometimes need more work just to stay in a groove. We've talked a bunch this season about how BMac's change is a touch-pitch, he needs to throw it a lot to keep the touch on it, a knuckleball is even more so. If he gets only 2-3 innings every 5 days, those 2-3 innings may really suck. My big hope is that Haeger comes up right now and absolutely dominates for 10-15 innings in relief or maybe in a spot start, solely because that will prove to anyone who asks that he can get big league hitters out with that knuckleball. That's the big question anyone is going to have when they think of trading for him...can he get big league hitters out. A couple shutout innings is a good start. He keeps that up, and suddenly he goes from a risky piece to a fairly proven piece in a trade. I wouldn't be mad if he was with the squad next season, but I'd worry about him in the McCarthy role this year, for the same reason BMac has struggled. If we could get something valuable and young for both Javy and Freddy, then I'd live with Haeger in the 5th spot, but that means we get a real good deal for both starters. Otherwise, I'd either try to deal Haeger for the best thing I can get, or start him in AAA again next year and try to keep him as a starter.

The single best thing that could happen to the White Sox right now is a collision between Rob Mackowiak and Scott Podsednik. And it's nothing against either of them, I hate seeing people get hurt. But keeping Mack out of Center Field and Podsednik out of left field, by whatever means necessary, would give this team the best chance to win every game. Seriously, someone at Soxfest next year, ask Ozzie why the Hell he keeps doing this. And distribute tomatoes to throw up at the stage when he gives that answer.

Finally, I come home for some decent news after a long, entertaining day of driving (went to Santa Monica beach!). Mark with a quality start. Not a shutout, but at some level I don't care, K.C.'s lineup is no longer a bunch of pushovers...all I want from now on are quality starts, because our offense is good enough to win with those most of the time. Detroit loses, and we close back to where we were before yesterday. And we have a shot to win the series now. Thanks for everything you did, Mark and the pen and the offense. Now let's polish it off tomorrow.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 07:49 PM) I can't remember the last time Cintron got a hit. HEY OZZIE....PLAY OUR f***ING STARTERS! He's 1/4 today.

Ok, now only 2 of those runs are showing up as earned.

Hey, the Yankees are beating the Twins almost this badly. yay! Another day of 1/2 game in front of the wild card. I wonder if the A's can catch us.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:23 PM) Did you hear that Sweeney was called up to only play CF? And yet...he doesn't play CF. So would Anderson have had the balls that Mack has screwed up? I haven't been here to ask.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:23 PM) They shouldn't. Cintron's error should at least make 3 of the runs unearned. I think the rule is that you can't just assume that a guy would have been out, IIRC.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) hey at least Jose's ERA isnt going to suffer with that blast Actually, according to Gameday, all 7 of Jose's runs are now earned. His ERA is up to 4.53. Every one of our starters is now above 4.50 in ERA.

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 05:27 PM) Yes you are correct. I'll give you those points. I still think that pods sucking so much this year is still having an adverse effect on gooch because its been much different situations this year than last for him. Plus there's ALOT of pressure when pods continues not to get on first and makes an out. And of course, the fact that Pods is not on base and when he is on base is not a base stealing threat cuts down on the number of fastballs that Iguchi sees compared to last year.

Thankfully, JD keeps it from being an 8 pitch inning.

I've got a really bad feeling about this game...and the first 2 batters have just made it worse.

Well, that didn't take long

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Do you guys think Mackowiak hates seeing himself in CF as much as we do? Seriously he has to feel like he's let down his pitchers out there so many times this year

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 05:02 PM) I can pack the array to kick out profanity every so often, and the occasional homophobic comment, and I could put variables that include every player and manager in baseball and have ozzie insult it randomly. That should pretty much make the simulation pretty accurate. Don't forget the bean balls.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:55 PM) He should be playing for that guy who went AWOL in LF. That's crazy talk! We can't put Podsednik on the bench, Mackowiak needs his rest! Wait a second, something's wrong with that logic...

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:47 PM) Santana getting rocked in detriot. 3 runs = getting rocked? QUOTE(chisox72 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:52 PM) Thats great, because Ozzie's decisions tonight are giving our team the best chance to succee...wait, no, just to suck and drop another game behind them..... Look at the bright side. Carlos Silva is pitching against the Yankees, so after tonight, we'll still have the 3rd best record in the AL!

QUOTE(chisox72 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:42 PM) Of course, Ozzie HAS to play his match-ups...after all, its Cy Hernandez on the mound.... Brian can't hit righties anyhow, look at this past few games.... Brian Anderson must be rested for winterball. At any and all cost. We must DOMINATE winterball. And occasionally a lefty will pitch in Winterball...so Brian Anderson will be ready!

Podsednik, LF Iguchi, 2b Dye, RF Thome, DH Konerko, 1b Pierzynski, C Crede, 3b Satan, CF Cintron, SS Contreras, P (Slight editorial in there) DeJesus, LF Grudzielanek, 2B Teahen, 3B Sweeney, DH Brown, RF Shealy, 1b Back, C Blanco, SS Gathright, CF Hernandez, P

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:28 PM) Guillen is never going to have good english grammar. He could speak Esperanto with a Spanish accent for all I care if he would stop putting Mackowiak in CF.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) It's Mack and Cintron, trust me. Can we try Cintron in CF and Mack at 2b? I'd have more confidence in the unknown than in what we've already seen.

QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:28 PM) Is there any other place to find the lineups before gametime? I fruitlessly checked whitesox.com. If Riefert doesn't post them...sometimes Chicago Radio stations will read them...if not, you can just open MLB's gameday and wait. 1-0 Yankees over Twinkies on an ARod home run. 1-0 Det over LAA. Both in the 2nd.

QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) Does Reifert's blog list the day's lineup before every game? Not every day, he posts them when he can.