Harry Chappas

Ozzie Guillen needs a bench coach that can help him manage the game and know the opponent. Baines seemed to be good at this and even Raines but there have been more than one time where simple moves were flat wrong. Pagan's average from one side of the plate v. the other Relief pitchers that were brought in for the LH/RH where the pinch hitter that was brought in was a worse Sox match-up (see Toronto Saturday game) I think Cora is not a good bench coach and adds to the debacle of this season. Guillen does some things very well and should stick around.

Seeing how this season is really out of control, sorry there are to many things that need to be fixed including 2 outfielders, a shortstop, and all but one bullpen pitcher for the White Sox to believe they have a chance. This weekend could really help my psyche........why you ask???? I am one of those people who hates the cubs as much as I like the Sox, both cause me a tremendous amount of angst. Well this weekend the Brewers host the Royals and the beloved Sox host the cub. A sweep by the Brewers and the Sox and the Chicago baseball season is essentially done. You see, the jist of why I hate the cub so much can be typified as follows; They traded a good player and a player they needed to win and there is little negative media vibe. Barrett was thought of as a drag to the team. Nice media spin to benefit the cub but is this not a White Flag deal or at least at this time treated as one? The cub are still in the race and have zero catching depth. Blanco's career may be over. The media does not grill them at all. Listen to the media and you'd get the impression that the Sox are 50 games under and the cubs in the thick of it. They both have the same number of losses! The Sox are being treated as an organization in ruins becasue their division and league are very very good. The cub are trearted as a legitimate franchise because........they are 8 out in a terrible league. Come on, Ted Lilly has an ERA of 4 in the NL and Marquis is slipping into 2006 form each and every day. Instead of telling of the success the White Sox have had over the last 17 years the media covers them like they lost 90 games last year and once again they suck, come on. Sorry if this sounds like a typical b****ie, whining, jealous Sox fan but hey I need to get fired up to throw hands at the cell the next three days and this is what I choose. Go Sox!

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jun 21, 2007 -> 01:43 PM) Had we actually been in the hunt this year, this would have been a God-send. No use for him this year. The intriguing thing is to try and get him to be competitive and if he shows anything try and trade him at the break. Based on the looks of our OF this year and going into next they have to seriously look at anyone that can catch a ball hit in the air and bat .250.

What is the waiver process at this time? How close do we pick? Very interesting. Didn't the A's get hot without him?

Is there any story behined the name Gavin?

KW has the chips. Every team in the NL except Washington is still in the race. He could change the face of the NL race by trading Dye, Iguchi and Buerhle to one team. How would Atlanta or St. Louis look with those three. If nothing else Dye and Iguchi insulate a team from injury and gives them a dynamite bench which when packaged with Buerhle should net soem pretty good results.

Stay healthy and light it up this weekend and then who cares. I liked Owens but he is a ways away from being a productive major league hitter.

We get to see Owens bat again. Awesome!

PLEASE TAKE TWO STRIKES!!!!!!!!

Please take at least three pitches.

Maybe the rest of the fools on this team saw how to work a count. God I hate this team, it was nice to see a guy look like he had a clue.

The 2-1 pitch should have been crushed this team sucks really bad.

Dye, wind blown save of the foul out then K's nicely done to atttack and looking for someth ign to drive. Now the LOOGY to get them out of the inning. This team is down right miserable.

Think Uribe will feel the wrath that Iguchi gets for lackadasical play...... 2nd and 3rd nobody out.

QUOTE(briguy27 @ Jun 20, 2007 -> 02:35 PM) come on aj, make it 5-1....or 3-1 also works damn, guy on 2nd, 1 out, and cant get him in. or swing first pitch and end the inning

I gotta tell ya. Joe Crede may be a man without a country very so. I don't think he gets non-tendered but his value to the Sox organization will continue to drop if Josh can sit at the .270 range as the power and OBP will be better than Crede.

This season is the baseball version of Groundhog Day the movie. Nothing really ever changes unless the opponent really sucks and gives the game away. I bet AJ sees 2 whole pitches at the most.

Why no bunt? How come a player that can hit and not bunt feels Guillen's rather (Iguchi) yet s*** players like Owens, Cintron and Uribe get consistent time. Jerry Owens has no business being in the majors over Sweeney BTW. sad.

Garland seemed to be doing really well..................................................1-0 Fish. There is the ballgame. QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 20, 2007 -> 01:34 PM) Can someone name me a mediocre shortstop who was rewarded $10-$11M in arbitration? Why does Hawk feel the need to make s*** up? What was he talking about?

This line-up made me choke on my lunch. Owens - Cintron combined OPS .980 Cintron CS.....ugh

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QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 20, 2007 -> 11:52 AM) Mark just said on ESPN 1000 that waiting until the end of the season before discussing any sort of extension way a mutual decision, Buehrle had an equal hand in putting this thing off. My guess was they thought there would be a season. Now that it is over, start the talks now until July 31st then move or sign him. Why not talk now?

My dislike for the cub has Barrett at the top of my list of guys I want to get red hot. I hate(d) barret with a passsion by the way. I wonder who the cub is targeting as their next catcher.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 20, 2007 -> 10:51 AM) You say it's a risk KW can not take but in reality it's his best course of action, you're not going to get big time major league talent from a 1st place team looking to make a run for a championship. Either you re-sign Buehrle (which I really don't think is going to happen), you trade him for a couple highly touted prospects or you let him walk at the end of the season and enjoy your 2 draft picks. Prospects are hit and miss but when you're making deadline deals with contending teams, they're really all you're going to get in return. I agree with you 1,000% if the Sox do not want to sign Buerhle and the Mets can not work out a deal in the 72 hour window of opportunity. If a long term deal is struck, then you need to get more than three prospects who haven't shown enough in their cup of coffee time to warrant a #2, possibly NL #1 starter locked up for the next 5 to 7 years which thus far will yield 14 wins and 200+ innings. The struggles of the Mets at this time needs to be used against them.

Am I the only one that thinks if you can work out a contract extension with Mark Buerhle his value increases dramatically. I guess the value of the three prospects is something special but this is a starting pitcher that they can lock up for 5-7 years if they'd like. Do the Sox ask for 5 of the Mets prospects in exchange for Buerhle if he signed for whatever it is the Mets want to give him? I may be over valuing Mark Buerhle but I am not sold that the three guys mentioned are all everyday players and Buerhle is an All-Star and all of 28 years old. They may end up as Hafner, Sizemore and Willis. They also may not, and that is risk KW can not take at his time with this organization. Low level prospects for one of the most popular players in team history will be tough for the bandwagon fanbase to swallow. How is attendance at the Jake? How'd the Mets look last night?