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If Armondo gets himself hurt... there is a chance they might make him close.

QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 27, 2007 -> 11:26 PM) Hey whats more important a Sox winner or Erstad doing good again? Without Erstad sucking no one wants to say anything positive ??? 6 responses in the winners thread is crapola around an hour after the game ended. Might have something to do with the bulls playoff game.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Apr 27, 2007 -> 08:25 PM) Yet you, Tony, or anybody for that matter, can't come up with a legitimate upgrade that wouldn't have costed a ton in money or players/prospects. well... Aaron Rowand is a triple away from the cycle... but he isn't very good he just grinds well.

If Thome is out for an extended period... Reggie Sanders probably wouldn't be too difficult to pry from the Royals.

With the injury situation... I would think BA won't need to go to NC to get PAs. Or are Rob and Dye ok?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 07:26 AM) Yet Kenny Williams saw something in him to give him a chance. He saw enough in him to not only trade his starting CF in Rowand, but what looked to be a can't miss prospect in Young, in the same off-season. Is it possible he just wanted to upgrade DH and pitching and centerfield just happened to be the assets available? If he could keep Young and move anderson for vasquez... I'm pretty sure he would have done that. How do you know KW wasn't panning to have a stop gap for 2 years untill Ichiro and Jones hit the market?

wgn is saying 99mph... hawk says 102mph

damn thats an effortless 96mph

No way! Pablo v. Zumaya will go down as one of the greatest at bats of all time!

Tie game. Pablo, you're forgiven.

pablo with some bad baserunning.

PABLOWNED!

so are the easiest outs in baseball the eleven following a grand slam?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Apr 21, 2007 -> 12:21 PM) Can our bullpen pitch 7 or 8 scoreless innings? Contreras getting the next two out provides some hope...

The bulls game can't start soon enough.

the way jose has started I wouldn't worry about the offense...

QUOTE(GreenSox @ Apr 20, 2007 -> 05:41 PM) Last night, Ozzie actually bunted someone so that Erstad could {flailingly attempt to} drive them in from 2nd. It's surreal. And get this... the stubburn jack-a-motrain has the gall to pull the same dang thing tonight. Its not like it led to the winning run or anything...

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 16, 2007 -> 04:06 PM) He delivered in Cleveland, just not a run. As Kalapse eluded to, getting on base in a 1 run game is pretty big. It's not ridiculously huge, but it's big. As for the rest of your statement, you are pretty much spot on, and I didn't realize how close you really were. Last year, in the 9th inning, he had a .167/.405/.267/.672 split with 1 homer and 4 RBI in 42 PAs (that is 12 walks, so it's partly because he wasn't getting anything to hit too), and his splits in extras were even worse, .125/.300/.250/.550 with no RBI at all. I don't know when his homer was, but that's far fewer than he had in any other inning throughout the course of the game. However, he was absolutely money in the 8th, so if people are arguing that he's not clutch, they are absolutely wrong. Splits of .306/.443/.857/1.300 with 8 homers, 14 RBI, and 12 walks in 61 PAs...yeah, he's clutch, he just hasn't done really anything in the 9th. Look I have nothing against Thome and I don't want to pile on one of the few guys contributing on the offensive side. But in Cleaveland he hit right into the shift and Barfield made a bad throw. He hustled and made a good play... but I wouldn't call it "clutchness".

Do you think part of the reason Uribe was so bad last year and so good in the first week or so of the season this year is because he no longer has BA behind him in the order? Now that he doesn't have an automatic out behind him in the line up, he doesn't need to press as hard.

Jaun Uribe>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the world

Ozzie said against most other teams he will break up the three lefties leading off.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 07:54 PM) Can you make an excuse for having Timo DH, play 1st base and just being on the team in general while Ross gload was in AAA hitting 350. Oh thats right, he couldnt play right field, well Timo couldnt play 1st or DH, but at least Ross could hit. he could pinch run

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 02:54 AM) Liriano made it eventually and everyone knew he would, Mussina was better but Schilling was equal to Buehrle at best. Remembering pointless information from 9 months ago isn't my strong suite. However, my point still stands.... Ozzie Guillen is the reason he was an allstar (and there is nothing wrong with that).

QUOTE(ScottyDo @ Mar 31, 2007 -> 11:58 PM) previous to june when the all-star roster was being decided, he had an ERA near 3. if that doesn't qualify you, what does? I'm not saying he wasn't good during that period... just that there were better pitchers who deserved it more then him... Refer to Mussina, Schilling, and Lirianos numbers over the same period and tell me he earned it more then them. Look I didn't have problem with him being there. He was pitching pretty good at the time and coming off a great world series... but the fact remains, if anyone else is managing that game Mark is watching from home.

QUOTE(ScottyDo @ Mar 31, 2007 -> 11:47 PM) Let's not forget he made the all-star game last year for a reason. The allstar appearance was because Ozzie was the manager. The only guy less deserving of a spot was that cat from the royals.