Dick Allen

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:38 PM) but...but...but...remember last offseason when some said a team would SURELY overpay for one of our starters near the July trading deadline!!!! That teams overpay for starters midseason!!!! That didn't work out well, either. It may turn out after this season concludes the worst move Williams made wasn't standing pat with our roster, but failing to move McCarthy into the rotation. I think you're right. Trade a dissappointing starter at the deadline for a piece you need, and throw McCarthy into the rotation, at worst the rotation is a wash, and you improve your team. Best case, McCarthy shines and you get some help, ie Soriano.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:38 PM) Have you watched the Red Sox lately? Even Schilling is getting lit up. They have an awful pitching staff. I heard something that a big rift between Epstein and Lucciano was Epstein thought of this season as more of a rebuilding one, he didn't think the Red Sox had the horses to win. He wanted to take a small step back in 2006 and set them up for 2007. Lucciano or whatever his name is wanted to show the fans they wanted to win this year. They might still win the WC, but with that staff, they will not win the WS. Its impossible to hit enough to overcome that.

Ballgame. Hit one down the LF line with Pods out there and Ron Santo scores from first.

Its incredible to me the starters don't have more success. Over the years, even bad starters throw a gem every now and then.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:29 PM) I believe 100% that this would've been a huge shot in the arm for this team. I think Vazquez, in particular, robs this team of energy every time he goes out there. He's still out there because of the money he's earning, plain and simple. Tell me how that sends a good message. I agree. If Vazquez or any of Garcia or even Buerhle were making $2-3 million a year, McCarthy would have gotten a shot, and one of them would be in the bullpen.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:27 PM) We could have actually gotten rid of some of the dead weight on our roster and given McCarthy a shot. Ozzie doesn't think he's any good. Considering who Ozzie does think is good, that is a major insult.

I HATE CRAIG MONROE

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:20 PM) Can somebody again tell me why Coop and Jose felt the need to mess around with new arm angles when he was already dominating? Coop was fixing him before he was broken. This is a new, more efficient strategy.

COOP WILL FIX IT

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:17 PM) BTW....where are the good posters in this thread? They have been scared off by all of us 5 year olds.

Another HBP scores. Its pretty incredible how many score.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:16 PM) I honestly think it's debatable if Pods even has great speed now. He's lost two steps, in my opinion. If Pods falls to a 20-25 SB a year guy, he's selling insurance.

Please don't let this guy score. A lot of White Sox pitcher's HBP victims seem to score.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:10 PM) For those not watching, could Pods have beat the play at first if he had more speed? No, but he could have made it closer, and if he had a reputation of running hard, he could cause a bobble once in a while.

I'd like to see Pods run as hard to firstbase as he does running into the dugout from the outfield.

caught a break there.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:06 PM) Pods gonna f*** up a huge RBI chance and make me hate him even more. DJ was talking how Pods was so clutch the other day. He is going to double his RBI total from last season though.

For those collectors out there, 4 White Sox will be making an appearance at Madison and Friends a children's clothing store on Rush St. Saturday morning. I don't collect, but I do have a WS ball, and will probably go because Konerko, Dye, AJ, and Crede will be there, and it would make a sweet souvenir.

It really would be nice if the Sox won the first couple games of this series. It might make the Tigers wonder.

Anybody been to Windsor?

The sweep of the Tigers seems like it was months ago. I'm making my first trek to Comerica Park tomorrow. Buerhle better be on.

Hawk talking about Verlander's innings. Next season, I think McCarthy's innings may be a topic of discussion. I really wish they would have given him a few starts this season.

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 06:48 PM) Alright I did some looking back. Counting this as the 10th game. In our last 10 games when we score, the next chance the opposing team has they are 10-23 in scoring that inning. Considering that there were about 4 innings or more that were blowout late innings by us and jenks or our good bullpen guys came in, the opposing team has basically scored after us about 50% of the time. That is just disgusting and just isn't giving your offense anything to build off. Your welcome, and the numbers were scarier than I actually thought. I would have thought the numbers would have been higher.

QUOTE(SoxnGiants @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 06:45 PM) That's one thing we did very well last year. Especially Buehrle & Garland. There was one game a while back when Buerhle got clobbered early, then pitched 4 or 5 innings with about 40 pitches. You know Buerhle is in trouble when he has a real high pitch count, and I would say the same thing for Garland, and with his new style, Garcia. If you're not a guy who is going to get a lot of strikeouts, you can't show everyone 6 pitches.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 06:43 PM) Pods is now 4-46 vs the Tigers this season. Pods does bring the nicest looking date to the team party though. I saw Pods and his lovely bride at the Hunt Club last week during lunch. She had no make-up on and still was on fire.