Dick Allen

Whatever happened to the get up guy? I go to about half the games and have only seen him once this year.

He might have been talking about the Urbina trade. They got 3 of the Marlin's top 7 prospects. They did all right for Everett, but remember they are paying 98% of his salary, and these kids are in A ball, although their futures look bright. We'll see.

The Pirates supposedly are about to put him on the DL. I'm very leery of pitchers who have always pitched for bad teams. Some turn out alright, but most never live up to their alledged ability.

Chances are, if you put Koch in, you'd have to go to White eventually.

White's in. Bet ya Koch asks to be traded tomorrow

NL pitchers, who get little batting practice and many fewer at bats get bunts down. Buerhle got a bunt down against the Flubs if I recall correctly. Miguel has to get his thought process right

Botch+any major league team= Bad,bad results

He can't get a bunt down. They get bunts down in little league. I don't feel for him. He needs to do his job.

It doesn't get much scarier than that.

He's now using both he gone and he's gone. I kind of like it, it keeps you on your toes.

The Sox should pull a Billy Beane and work these relief pitchers ragged, then trade them for fresh blood.

This wasn't the first time Manuel screwed up and let Olivo hit. If the score was 10-0 with 2 out and a guy on second Graffinino would have hit there.

FYI Porzio's numbers were much better than that, in the same park. I don't like Porzio in the starting rotation either, but right now he's about the best option, and has kept the Sox in the game his first 2 starts.

I don't mind his attitude about it, but for him to regain the closer role, Gordon and Marte have to fail miserably.

There's a lot of teams looking for pitching, and many of those teams are looking at Suppan. Don't just think you can throw a 3rd or 4th tier prospect at Pittsburgh and they'll jump at it. His salary is not astronomical, they may just hang on to him.

If Koch gets his closer job back this year, it means Gordon and Marte can't get the job done. Watching him last night, gave me no encouragement that he could be used in anything but a blow out. He really sucks.

rack 'em up

I bet Hawk is a big fan of 50 cent

Hawk's signature strikeout call "he's gone" has turned into "he gone". He's forgetting the s just like a lovable former White Sox announcer.

Why do you want Benson? He's going on the DL with a bad shoulder,. They can't give Kendall away, he makes too much, and is owed too much. That proposal is a steep price to pay for Giles and the financial burden of the others. No way to that trade.

Do you think the Braves are on the list because his brother is there?

Kendall would be an albatross around this team's neck for 4 years. Thats my Navarro reference. Kendall is a better performer than Navarro but he is double the price, definitely not worth $10 million a year, not even close.If its such a great deal, how come they can't unload Kendall on anybody?By the way, if you acquire these 2 and intend to remain competitive the next few seasons, the payroll will be around $80 million minimum. Its easy to say if you were JR you would spend all this money and risk taking a huge bath financially, because its no skin off your back if it flopped. Its too big of risk, it doesn't improve your team $18 million worth.

Maybe Giles was the "mind blowing" trade Hawk mentioned. Maybe Giles said he would exercise his no trade BEFORE the trade was made, so the deal was killed. Its just speculation on my part, but it might of happened. Why do they trade players with no trade clauses, and announce the trades without consulting the player with the clause first?

The line up isn't the problem. The problem is what it costs to put that line up on the field.

Kendall has slipped dramatically the last couple years. 2 or 3 years from now making $10 million a year, it will hamstring a team on a limited budget. He will be Jaime Navarroesque in terms of production vs. paycheck. And since his salary is double Navarro's...Giles is a great player. In essence your adding approx. $18 million a year in salary. Ordonez goes up to $14 million next year. That's $32 million for 3 players. Buerhle goes to arbitration. You want to re sign Alomar, he isn't cheap. Frank will be at least $6 million. Konerko is $6.5 and you can't move him. Koch is $6 million next year. Right there your looking at $60 million which is probably over the budget already. Loaisa is $3.5 million. It can't be done.