Harry Chappas

hopefully 5 inning danks can get through 5 innings tonight

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2011 -> 08:08 PM) Beckham has struck out in 12 of his last 25 at bats. Greg Walker is just killing these guys right now. Why are White Sox left handed hitters terrible against left handed pitching to a point where their average is under.100 Thome was unable to do it now Dunn The 0 wins is not getting to Danks the fact he has never had good control finally is.

Going to be chilly out there Harrison should have no problem going 7 and allowing a base runner or two. I would love to see the White Sox batting average in the first inning.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2011 -> 12:03 PM) Trading Noah and Taj for Howard isn't dismantling the team. The Bulls still would have Boozer and Asik down low and Howard can play a ton of minutes and is on a whole nother level. Plus his style of play would fit in perfectly with Thibbs and I suspect he would work tremendously with Rose. That type of deal would be a no-brainer for me, imo. I think you try and move one of Noah/Boozer and one of Asik/Taj for a package that can get you Howard. While Thibs system makes Asik and Taj look better then they actaully are, I think it also makes Boozer look worse than he actually is on the defensive side. The Bulls still have no second scoring option and the Heat, Knicks and Nets are all going to push really hard to get better. I only brought this up as this thread is hopping right now and I wanted to point out that Taj and Asik playing well and possibly over their head in this series could do wonders long term for the Bulls. I also think many folks are getting over theis skis on how good the Bulls are right now and schdueling the parade.

I wonder what package the Bulls would have to put together to get Dwight Howard.

there really is no coaching on this team other than cooper. the baseball IQ just keeps dropping in this organization

I really do not understand the rationale for a cap in social security withholding. I also wonder what the contribution amount would be if you did not start withholding until you made $50,000 as compared to the current total.

The thing that made the second Taj dunk so impressive is he is literally standing there and the next second he is throwing it down. The thing that makes the Bulls good was what the TNT guys pointed out. When Korver and Rose went to the pick and roll, it took the three best defensive players out of the defensive set. They are so well coached that even at halftime if your game plan is working you have to change it up. The Bulls defense is also constructed to aid in the iso play. You can beat one guy but the help is always there which allows Deng to play up on LeBron. Bosh could have a great series in this regard but it will not matter. Rose looks healthy as well. The TNT guys are light years better than the ESPN puff machine. Smith, Chuck and Chris all explained why they think the Bulls will win and it happened last night. Was also funny to see the arena being taken down around them.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 16, 2011 -> 11:06 AM) There's loyalty, and then there's insanity. Juan Pierre still leading off for the White Sox is f***ing insane and inexcusable. What is funny is being loyal to a guy who has been here for a little over one year.

QUOTE (forrestg @ May 16, 2011 -> 10:37 AM) If we did have a person who could play short better than Ramirez (not counting visquel) Alexei can play 3rd as well as anyone . You are thinking of Uribe. Pierre is going nowhere. The easy answer is to put Lillibridge in LF for a week or two and see what happens. Sadly, it is not going to happen though. The bad part about it, is Pierre does nothing positive. All you need to do is look at the White Sox first inning scoring.

White Sox at-bat there 11 balls 11 strikes Swing at the first pitch Thank you very much

one pitch in that at-bat was a strike and four were not even close hope Willingham expands the strike zone

now throw the slider in teh dirt

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ May 15, 2011 -> 05:27 PM) So how is Crisp gonna torture this team in the 9th? If he gets on just put him at 2nd. He and Matsui will somehow account for a run.

I would like to see the White Sox stats against the Oakland bullpen the last six or so years.

Ellis kills the White Sox

QUOTE (fathom @ May 15, 2011 -> 05:08 PM) It does seem like it's against the law for our base coaches to communicate with the base runners. There seems to be no coaching at all except for Cooper in this organization. This is a prime Sunday get away day blown save that Jenks made famous the last couple of years.

Did they hit and run with Konerko and Quentin?

With this pitching staff all the hitting and defense need to do is be fundamentally sound and they would have a good thing going.

folks juan pierre will be in there the entire season as he is a slow starter and guillen has a history of sticking with players. sadly performance does not really dictate how guillen manges a player

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 13, 2011 -> 08:07 AM) Six days and already the Royals have to worry about losing a player to free agency... That has to be a record. I will say this model worked terrifically for Joe Crede and Kevin Millwood. It may be me but I will give up $10M to make $40M instead of giving up $10M to make $10M but that is just me.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2011 -> 12:51 PM) That has nothing to do with being worried about what he thinks of him. It is also a big stretch to equate Omar to Pierre. One of them is a Hall of Famer in waiting. In Guillen's book so is Pierre Pierre will get hot here fora couple of days like last night and Guillne will leave him in there reality be damned. The grinderliciousness of pierre will keep him in there. Pods was just as bad as Pierre in LF. There is no reason while Lillibridge is hitting to not get him in there a couple of times a week.

Sizemore knee is hurting again MLB Network reported he went in for an MRI. Need to get him out of CF

I think Thorton made the harder play in grabbing the ball while running away from it.

he got a couple of weak hits last night. He ain't going anywhere.