Dick Allen

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 08:25 AM) I also wanted to throw this post out there about Gardenhire getting ejected for arguing balls and strikes... http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=1263852 Then I am also throwing out there the fact that he rested the leading hitter in MLB and his starting catcher the last day of the series against the Sox in which the Twins were trying to win the series to get within one game of the Sox, while a loss would have meant a 3 game deficit? How do you rest the leading hitter in baseball against a rival with the series and that pivotal of a game on the line? The back-up catcher is hitting .330 and bats 3rd in the line-up as well. Also he had the best pitcher in baseball on the mound. The big thing was, he won the game. My problem with some of Ozzie's decisions, like Mack in CF, is it comes back to haunt almost every game. There can't be one White Sox fan alive who has seen Mack play 5 games in CF that doesn't know its not a good idea for him to be out there. I also couldn't care less Ozzie gotten ejected 5 times this season. His ejection at Detroit was warranted. He was sticking up for his players. If he didn't go, a player would have eventually been tossed. My problem with Ozzie is the continuing battle he creates off the field with other team's players and coaches and managers. For the poster that wanted to know where Mariotti gets all the Ozzie quotes...he gets them the same way most of us do, through newpapers, radio and televison.

When I was in Windsor I turned on TSN I believe, its like the Canadian ESPN. They had a story about racist Cubs fans. I guess Jacque Jones has been getting letters and phone calls with racist-like threats. Even at the park, the people are saying nasty things. Sorry I didn't post this earlier, especially for hangar, but I'm sure its nice to know that the truth is being told somewhere, even if it isn't in the US.

This is going to be a tough series. Vazquez HAS to pitch well, and it would be nice to see Contreras twirl a gem and make Santana sweat. Chalk would be the Sox will do well to win 1, but I think they will win at least 2 of these games.

One of the Tiger fans on this site did predict before the series started that the Tigers would win the first 2 and the Sox the final 2.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 03:15 PM) Just when you need an out...Neifi Perez comes up. One of the most peculiar things while I was in Detroit was the Tiger fans' belief that Neifi was a good player. I'm pretty sure they are quickly seeing the light.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 10:12 AM) The planet where the other team uses Lefties to kill us. Of course the raw power will drop off, and th ability to score 18 runs per game. But right now, it is easy to get through the #2 and #3 guys by just using LHP. Not only that, but thome and Paulie are a double play pitcher's dream. Slow footed man on first, Konerko loves to pull the ball to the 3B. With Dye hitting #3 he not only has power and OBP, but he has the ability to drive the ball through the middle and to RF, and the IF doesnt shift the whole IF to try and take away the single. With Gooch on 2B or PODS, Dye automatically improves our chances at letting them score. The offense may not be better with just scoring a million runs, but it becomes more versitile and thats what i think this team needs day in and day out. Dye is also a DP waiting to happen. Thome gets on base more often than any White Sox player. He also homers more than any White Sox player. Not having that in a line-up on a team where scoring a lot of runs is imperative due to poor pitching, is going to hurt. Hopefully Thome will only miss a game or 2, but I have a bad feeling.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 10:16 AM) Assuming Thome is out for a few days, what about bringing up Fields to play 1b? Lets see what he's made of. He's been killing the ball in Triple A, hitting .311 with 18 homers and a .525 slugging percentage. I don't think throwing a rookie into a line-up and having him play a position he doesn't usually play is a good idea in a playoff push. The Sox have some bench guys who would outperform Fields anyway at this point.

.262 after being hot for a week or so 12 homers and 47 rbi is pretty weak production, especially considering where he plays and the NL pitchers he faces. Rowand brings a lot of intensity to any team, and while losing the rest of the season on a play that had been made by a teammate against the Cubs may not be the smartest thing, to say something to him about it, and try to change him, would not be wise. If he starts thinking too much, the aggressiveness goes away, and if he doesn't have that, he's really not good enough to overcome it. I love his aggressiveness and attitude, and he would be a great 4th OF. Other than that, I really think if you look close enough, he's really nothing more than an average regular, if that.

Ozuna 7 Iguchi 4 Dye 9 Konerko DH Crede 5 AJP 2 Uribe 6 Gload 3 Anderson 8

I really think Thome hasn't been 100% in quite a while. I also think all the Gload fans will be surprised to see that there really is a reason why he doesn't play much if he is exposed as a regular. A long-term injury to Thome would really hurt, because the White Sox have to score a lot of runs to win games. 2005 IS OVER, MOVE ON. QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 10:24 PM) I disagree. I think the lineup will be more effective without him there. If they put Dye in the 3 hole, the lineup changes drastically, and we already hit LHP better. White Sox offense with Jim Thome=Greatest offense in baseball and probably in team history even with a lead-off man who absolutely sucks. You're saying it will be better without Thome. That makes zero sense.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 09:13 PM) Do I get points for laughing at the Pods and Mack combo in the OF before they both have defensive misques in the game? A couple of weeks ago Ozzie started Pods, Mack and Gload in the OF. They predicably all misplayed at least 1 ball each.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 09:12 PM) Well hopefully we actually call people up that can help the big club make the playoffs instead of worrying if our AAA team will go deep in theirs. I was thinking more of roster expansion. I think Stewart needs to be here personally. If I was GM, Sandy would be at home learning to use his walker, and Stewart would be the back-up, but since that makes too much sense for the Sox, when the roster can go to 40, they have to call him up.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 09:09 PM) His bat speed is non-existent. He may be tired as well. He's on a pace to play his highest total of games in his career. Unfortunately the Sox are abysmally short in the back-up C department. The AAA season can't end soon enough.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 09:08 PM) And his ERA is still north of 5 He'd fit right in with the greatest rotation ever assembled.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 09:03 PM) Sweet...I might have to have my bachelor party there. There's no truth to the rumor though that I've invited Pods or Ozzie to my wedding. Hookers are legal in Windsor. They just have to come to you, at least thats what someone told me.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 09:00 PM) Oh I'm sure Lance could find one of Ozzie's relatives to get hitched to. I really wonder what the relationship is between Ozzie and Freddy. Freddy has been under the impression he was almost traded last winter, and KW has done nothing but deny it, and told Freddy to his face it isn't true. You would think Ozzie knows exactly what KW is up to. Either Ozzie is feeding Freddy some BS, maybe to try to kick start his fat ass, or KW is lying.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:59 PM) She was a Canadian...does that mean you get more "bang" for your buck? I think it does.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:56 PM) Come on guys, are you IN or OUT? I think if I would have accepted the offer from the woman who propositioned me last night, I really wouldn't know.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:52 PM) .81, .96, 2.44, 1.54 What are these numbers? What you blew the last 4 times you were stopped for DUI?

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:52 PM) Flash has got to be happy with Broadway's showing tonight. If Ozzie is the White Sox manager for the forseeable future, when does Broadway crack the Sox rotation assuming he keeps putting up good numbers? 2010?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:49 PM) What about that Brendan McCartney guy? I haven't heard about him in forever. At least there was a sighting of him last night. I was checking my milk cartons when I eat my cereal in the morning.

QUOTE(Allsox @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:42 PM) In all fairness, Brian was screwed from the second Oz called him to pinch hit. Should have left Pods in and try to bunt with two strikes. I would have made him bunt with 2 strikes. Then I would have used Anderson as a defensive sub.

QUOTE(tony72 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:40 PM) Briallant move Ozzie ! At least the defense is now improved. Pods would have K'd too.

I don't like BA's chances with 1 strike.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:37 PM) I don't care what happens in this AB, but how can one player just be so fundamentally bad? The bigger question is how many times management has to see it to do something about it?