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QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:57 PM) Pretty impressive for a guy who was playing SS a couple of years ago. And also worked at a Cinnabon as an assistant manager.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:52 PM) http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...s-top-out-pitch Sergio is a beast!

Some fantastic advice in here from everyone, Joe. There is little upside to pursuing this girl. Someday you'll learn that dating the girls that bring in the least amount of drama/negativity/headaches will be what makes you the happiest. There truly are a ton of girls out there like that.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) You are gonna trust 57 ABs instead of 1626 ABs and never let Dunn face a lefty again? Carlos hasn't hit a homer in a month either, it's not like he's on fire. Good points. Luckily we have a hot hitting Teahen to sub in his place.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:19 PM) I know slam him even when stats show why he is doing it, even though he is usually accused of not paying attention to stats. Fire everyone, we get it. So basically Q is hitless in about 3 or 3.5 games worth of ABs against Pavano? Pretty miniscule sample size.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:18 PM) Yes, but Dunn still has a career .228 average & .797 OPS vs. LHP. Quentin has never in his entire career even reached base vs. Pavano. I mean really...17 ABs is like 3 games.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:15 PM) So take shots at him when he is right and wrong? That just gets redundant. Ozzie sucks we get it. Why kill him now too? You're replacing your All Star slugger with a .217 hitter. Seems like this game is a must win to set the tone for the series. It's not like we've had it easy against the Twins in recent years.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:12 PM) He is 0-17 against Big Carl. Yeah so? Dunn was 0-infinity against left-handers but Ozzie kept trotting him out there.

QUOTE (southsidepride15 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) Get to the playoffs. Win 11 games. It doesn't have to be a perfect season fellas. We're not going to get '05 type breaks every year and go wire to wire with 99 wins. Playing to the level of your competition (which is what the Sox do each year) is not something I condone; and yes, this team could've come out hot this spring and had the division by the throat by now. As it stands, we don't and we still are not in that bad of shape. So for now, get off the ledge and TRY to remember that we are in a mediocre (at best) division and that we are chasing the Cleveland Indians and Detroit F#$% Tigers. Have you seen our division record this year? Not very encouraging.

QUOTE (tpezz27 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:02 PM) Tonight's lineup. 1. Juan Pierre (L) LF 2. Omar Vizquel (S) 3B 3. Paul Konerko ® 1B 4. Adam Dunn (L) DH 5. Alex Rios ® CF 6. A.J. Pierzynski (L) C 7. Alexei Ramirez ® SS 8. Mark Teahen (L) RF 9. Gordon Beckham ® 2B We can't even get our All Star into the lineup against a fierce division rival?

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 03:02 PM) So Viciedo is definitely going to hit major league pitching without any struggles. Interesting. In his stint last year the answer was yes.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:52 PM) In the thick of what? The team is under .500. I love this. So simple, yet true.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) Yes I have. There's a constant hammering of Pierre outside of game threads. Becks gets some criticism in game threads where he's called a complete bust. He gets nowhere near the heat of Juan, in fact, Becks isn't criticized much at all for his inept hitting this season. Maybe because he adds value to the team with his defense whereas there is virtually no value from Pierre, a washed up veteran with no tools.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:31 PM) Beckham seems like an automatic out as do several others. He actually has a few HRs and extra base hits. And a decent amount of RBIs. He's also playing gold glove caliber defense. Pierre on the other hand has lost his speed, is a terrible fielder with the weakest arm this side of the Cairo river, has no power, can't drive in runs other than this past week, and rarely hits it past the infield and gets the most ABs on the team.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:16 PM) The biggest problem with this is we become even more righthanded of an offense that we already are. I don't eat crap made with lard.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:43 PM) He's still leading the majors. I love you.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) Its backup QB syndrome. The guy who isn't playing is always the most popular guy, because he doesn't ever make outs. Whereas Pierre is among the league leader in making outs.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) naw, i don't believe it. If something is going to overtake facebook it's going to be something organic that starts off with nothing and grows and grows. Like WUPHF/WOOF

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:13 PM) Did those come first though? Facebook took it to the next level. Someone could certainly do it to Facebook, the problem is that it would be difficult to be as revolutionary as Facebook was Both Friendster and Myspace were out well before Facebook.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:00 PM) For 13 games at the end of April, he went 7 for 51. Outside of that 13 game stretch, he has batted close to .290, including a stretch of 34 games where he had at least one hit in 27 of them. During the same 13 games, Dunn was 6 for 50 with zero home runs. That was the first example I thought to look at. I can find others if you want. So no, he was not the worst everyday player in baseball, even for that 13 game stretch. According to advanced statistics such as WAR, he was the worst player in baseball for a pretty good chunk of time.

Horrible Bosses at 83% after 36 reviews.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 12:41 PM) Yes, but who cares? They are too late to the game to try to put a dent in facebook usership. I'd give it a shot. If it fails, so be it. EDIT: And that's what Friendster and Myspace thought.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 11:14 AM) Win or lose, F*** the Twins!

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 12:24 PM) No, I just have no need for an invite only service with 1% of the population of Facebook that does nothing but mirror the functionality of Facebook. The only advantage it had was video chat, which Facebook just added...which I wouldn't really call an advantage. People don't use these social networks for video chats or group chats...that's what AIM was for...heh. The "circles" feature seems light years ahead of anything facebook is doing. And it looks so much easier to manage than facebook's "groups".

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 11:35 AM) Do you really think this is comparable? I'm talking about a trend since a certain date, not cherry-picking ABs. You eliminated 33% of his season to tell us he's doing well.