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CLE pouring it on now, 8-2 over the Tigers. That would be 5-0 for the Indians against Detroit in the season series if it holds up. Max Scherzer ERA closing in on 6 despite striking out 12 batters per 9 IP. And a season low 6 games under .500.

Please, for the love of God, make it where the McDonald's ads can be closed out at least during the live innings at GameDay at mlb.com. That's just bad. It's one thing to force people to watch commercials during the breaks, but jeez.

Ooops, still having nightmares from the game we blew against the Mariners, lol. Similar players, offensively.

I bet a decade or so ago, that same collection would have been worth $10-15 million.

Even when Flowers is playing 1B, he's successful at picking off runners. That's a huge plus with Tyler over there, the Dunn and Frank Thomas types always have struggled with that throw.

I think he's probably closer to 180 or even 185, but that's just a guess.

Center-cut fastball at 91 MPH to any Blue Jays hitter isn't going to work. And a rare hit by a RHB against Quintana.

Another "boom and bust" athlete that we never had much chance of signing, Mr. Goodwin that went to UNC. http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/...ers/cards/45953 Doing well for Hagerstown in the SAL. Once again, the Washington Nationals and Rizzo. $3 million signing bonus as a supplemental pick.

3-0 Indians again. Huge error by Brennan Boesch followed by the first HR of the season by Michael Saunders, a laser beam down the RF line. Would have been the third out of the inning had Boesch caught the ball, and a 0-0 game still.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 12:12 PM) Someone posted recently, looking since about 2008, the Sox system has produced more major leaguers than most or all the other teams. The system absolutely lacks depth, and needs better investment... but if the system is churning out talent better than most, then they aren't the worst system around. They MAY have the worst CURRENT DEPTH OF TALENT, or somewhere close to it. There is a difference. Best farm system usually means most "hyped" or most potential, but you need a combination of both. We've churned out now at least 11 or 12 players on the current roster that came up from our farm system (or were acquired and then promoted, like a Tyler Flowers or Quintana) in the span of 2-3 years. So there's that pretty good blend of veterans, players in their prime and first/second/third year players. Maybe we're a touch short in that 26-30 year old category...where players are hitting their prime altogether at roughly the same age. That's the ideal. DeAza's one of the few guys in that age range, and he started playing when he was 15 or 16 in the Dodgers' system, so he has a little bit more wear and tear on him because of his style of play and how many seasons he's been a pro, but he's still as close as you get to a player at the very top of his game, career-wise. Although the Fountain of Youth seems to be hitting AJ and Paulie (3 years running).

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:55 AM) I assume you mean in first place on June 5? It was actually June 1st in those years. I forgot to correct for 2012, we weren't 2 1/2 games up on that day, but we were in first. Three of the four times from 1995-2011 (2000/2005/2008) that we were leading on June 1st, we went on to win the division. 2004 was the exception. 70% successful rate in predicting eventual playoff participation during that timeframe, for all MLB teams in first place as the calendar turns to June.

We'll just have to wait and see what the Padres end up getting in return for him. It's like the Cubs trading LaHair...sure, he had that hot streak, but eventually he came back down to earth. Because of his injury history, teams are going to be very reluctant to buy high on him. His offensive binge could continue unabated for 2 more months and they could hit the jackpot, but what are the odds of that happening when 1/2 of his games are at PetCo? In the end, the White Sox had to open the position for Viciedo and save money or dump other players. I don't see how we can now blame them for trading Carlos after being patient with him for three full seasons after 2008. Doing what the Padres did, if it works out, great. But it's not a great business model going forward, adding players you can't really afford and hoping to sell them off for more than you paid for them. For every success with that model, the times you're stuck with a player you can't unload will negate it, unless you're on a really lucky run.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 11:47 AM) @rmooneytrib: #Rays OF Brandon Allen has been reinstated from the DL and designated for assignment. 3B option. Let's see how many unrealistic names we can try to stick at 3B which would be disasters. Kind of like finding a "pure" leadoff hitter.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,2481501.story Danks to start in the minors later this week, will come back for Dodgers or Cubs' series. Morel still is not ready to come back...looks like they want him to be 100% healthy and play for at least a full week without any recurring problems before making a roster move.

Jimmie Lee Solomon fired by MLB... http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/busine...ie-lee-solomon/

But the scariest, and most telling numbers of all, are in the fielding. These numbers don’t lie. Before the season started, some argued that the Tigers couldn’t expect to win anything as long as they couldn’t catch and throw. The counter to that was that the starting rotatition and the starting lineup were so strong that they could overcome that deficiency. Right now, the Tigers are not good enough to overcome that fielding. There’s no stat that I’m aware of that tells you how many extra outs a defensive team gives its opponent. But watching the Tigers closely, it’s easy to assume that they’re giving the other teams three or four extra outs a game. And these just aren’t errors like the two committed by Omir Santos the other night in the lone win over the Yankees. The Tigers have committed the 11th most errors in baseball (37). But beyond those, the Tigers aren’t making the good plays. Beyond that, at times the Tigers lack the range to make even the most basic plays. In a loss to the Red Sox last week, the major story coming out of the game was the blown call on what should have been strike three to Mike Aviles in the second inning. Lost in the shuffle was the fact that the Tigers committed zero errors on the afternoon. Good game, right? But Prince Fielder missed two balls and Miguel Cabrera bobbled another that didn’t go down as errors but were clear miscues by both players. Those two are the biggest offenders, but players like Delmon Young, Brennan Boesch and even Jhonny Peralta lack the range that turn hits into outs. Good teams can overcome some of those plays. Struggling teams just struggle more. And perhaps the truest number of all is this: The Tigers have turned only 34 double plays this season, worst in the American League and better than only the Padres in all of baseball. When a team successfully records one out in a double play, the error doesn’t get recorded as such even if a player makes a miscue. But more than that, a double play is often the result of quickness and accuracy. And this infield defense is neither quick nor accurate. So instead of cutting down the number of outs that a struggling pitching staff needs to record, the Tigers are extending that number — to the detriment of the entire team. I was one of those who dismissed the fielding woes as a minor hiccup during spring training. And when Cabrera started the year playing a relatively strong third base, optimism soared. But this is a flawed way to play baseball. And when only three or four hitters are hitting and only one or two pitchers are throwing well, it becomes impossible to overcome. A lot of people are figuring that the Tigers will come around because the hitting will come around. The scary thing is that the hitting is actually performing pretty well, at least statistically. Will the pitching come around? Perhaps. Will the fielding come around? Nope. This is this way it is. And it’s proving to be the fatal flaw in this baseball team. http://www.freep.com/article/20120605/SPOR...ers-worst-enemy

Avengers > MIBIII Actually, all three Men in Black films, even the first. If anyone gets really bored and wants some gratuitious T&A fun, check out Hassel the Hoff and David (Anchorman) Koechner in Piranha 3DD. I want to say it was so bad it was funny, but it was just bad bad bad. Well, at least it was free to watch online. Still wondering why they made the last Piranha movie, let alone this one. With the proliferation of XXX movies on the internet, there's just no way to "shock" or interest teenagers anymore, like when I was growing up in the 80's, movies like Flashdance, The Blue Lagoon or Tarzan with Bo Derek were titillating entertainment. The Girls Gone Wild generation. Speaking of vicious fish, just watched JAWS II on HBO last night and that movie really doesn't stand the test of time at all. Give me a movie like DUEL or HIGH NOON any day of the week over most of those late 70's/early 80's flicks (not counting Star Wars, until you get to ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the Raiders of the Lost Ark movies).

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 11:40 PM) 7th Rd. - Jose Barraza - C - HS He is the 98th best prospect in California and the 472nd best prospect in America – per Baseball America. The only prospect in our top 10 picks I haven't seen much info about other than great power and arm. Beck and Johnson are good friends, played alot against each other. He just devalued my degree with his bad twitter grammar, haha. Guess I'm going to have to cheer for another rival of the Hawkeyes, not unlike Chris Getz. Definitely seems like they went with some players who slipped because of injury/non-performance, classic KW stealth mode there (picking Jeremy Reed would be the opposite, a player who peaked collegiately). Indiana junior second baseman Micah Johnson was taken with the 291st overall pick — the 13th in the ninth round — by the Chicago White Sox in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. Johnson is coming off a season in which he hit .225 with one home run and 10 RBI, but he hit over .300 in each of his first two seasons and was a preseason All-American this season before surgery to repair an elbow injury. He played in just 24 games, starting 20.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 11:37 PM) I love our first three picks, and I really like the amount of projecable arms we've selected thus far, especially Hansen. It seems as though they went BPA in Hawkins at 13, then really focused on power arms and middle-infielders. Beck and Hansen could turn out to be steals. As a graduate of the Georgia Southern MS Sport Management program, go War Eagles!! Todd Greene and Joey Hamilton were legends, and the tradition lives on with Roache and Beck(s). And one of the two most famous I-AA football programs in history, along with Youngstown State and Marshall.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:32 PM) I'm actually stunned Ozzie has gotten as many votes as he did. Me thinks there are a lot of Ozzie fans out here who don't post a lot. Cmon guys, speak up like I do. I love Ozzie. Greg is like one of the Ron Paul supporters who can't believe his candidate didn't win a single caucus or primary. But now he's still trying to spin all the mounting losses and put them in a positive light. At some point, there's a line of demarcation between "loving the 2005 team, including its manager" and "loving Ozzie Guillen." Two separate things.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:33 PM) Starters need to step it up, Looking at Humber, Floyd, and somewhat Danks. ESPECIALLY DANKS. Earn that contract and be the 2/3 starter you're paid to be.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1198260...re-stephen-drew Looks like Drew has a mutual option for $10 million in 2012/13. $1.3 million buyout. Would be a one year rental, in all likelihood. I wouldn't give up Mitchell for him though, especially considering he would be going through a position change and moving from the NL to the AL, all in the heat of a pennant race. Still, probably the most interesting name (along with Youkilis) mentioned so far. But what's his status healthwise, anyone follow the DBacks?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:00 PM) Here's what I read. See the last paragraph. I could see where he would say he works for the White Sox. Its an insestual relationship. Legally I'm pretty sure he's not a White Sox employee. I do know he isn't on the White Sox payroll for his PBP job. Maybe the pay him something to consult. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,0,33900.story It's like Chris Rongey saying he's an employee of the White Sox. While Bob Grim works for the White Sox (Director of Broadcasting) and is his supervisor, he's not actually paid by the Sox. Incestuous, by the way. At any rate, I can see where Harrelson would definitely FEEL he works for the Sox, and less for WGN/Comcast. And technically, the other reason he can say that is the team is a minority shareholder in the broadcasting network that he is employed by, so it's like defining what "is" is.

Well, that was definitely the original plan after 2008. To shore up 3B with the departures of Crede and Uribe, and for Viciedo to be ready perhaps as early as the 2010 season. Didn't exactly go according to plan in BIRM. Throw in Tyler Flowers as the power-hitting catcher putting up 20-25 bombs, good defense and a .220ish average, definitely workable.

The lastest on Morel? He was 1/4 at Charlotte, hitting .320 and amazingly, recorded another walk. By the way, wonder if they'll abandon the Stewart as long man role and give Bruney another shot? He's been pitching awfully well for the Knights. Just don't see any upside at this point in having Zach on the major league roster.