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Send the wrecking ball to Konerko's house. Holy Jose Canseco, this is painful. Has Harrelson left the announcer's booth and pulled out the bottle of whiskey?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 02:11 PM) No extra base hits for Morel in 43 at bats. You can't have that from your 3rd baseman. You're going to get Balta and NSS on your case, be wary, thee!

"Losing to Bruce Chen is like losing to the batting practice pitcher AFTER he's spent the previous night getting wasted while ogling the Hooter's waitresses."

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) Yes it was someone on the Twins. Someone here is using the quote as their sig. Blackburn, Nick. Go Pierre Go, you've got to steal here. We need to prove to ourselves we can actually score a run against this guy.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) How the hell are we going to win 3 of 4? Barring a miracle, we lose 2 of 3 to KC. Minnie will mop the Sox. Teams in the Central are laughing when they pitch to our lineup. List the pitchers our lineup have made look like real pitchers. 3 in this series alone. All three of those KC starters SUCK and the Sox at home can't hit them. Not facing Baker and Liriano? Well, if Humber can take out Pavano right away, then 3/4 is possible. But we can't beat Blackburn to save our lives recently. Duensing has been awfully tough, too.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 02:03 PM) Leighton Meister is not bad to look at either Then I'd have to recommend Country Strong and Monte Carlo. Make sure to go with g/f, you might be arrested for going to that movie by yourself.

QUOTE (chisoxt @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) Peavy....? Is that the same guy who couldn't hold the eight and ninth place hitters on a last place team in check with two outs and runners on last night?? I think he was inspired by Misti May's Brazilian thong style beach volleyball uniform. That alone is worth 50 points on his batting average every year...wanting to keep her happy with an MLB salary.

I think I'm going to have to watch THE ROOMMATE with Minka Kelly for the 2nd time rather than see if we'll get no hit. It's one of the few movies I've seen below 10% at rottentomatoes and I dare not look at the IMDB rating. Well, I can always just put her video on mute (who needs to hear her speak, really?) and be entertained by Farmer and DJ. DJ really wanted to go down there and head back to CF and rob that homer Rios inexplicably let hit the top of an 8 foot wall when he's one of the tallest outfielders in baseball.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 01:56 PM) hey greg if you can hit we need a guy for our hardball league on sundays I think the 8 hour commute from KC will take the starch out of his Viciedo-esque, laundry line drive swing.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 01:54 PM) Do we even employ scouts? Jerry Krause is crossing the Orinoco River right as this is typed. Probably got confused and is accidentally looking for the Fountain of Youth instead of Latin prospects (which would be an improvement on the plot of Pirates 4).

I'd actually guess that greg775 would have a better chance of getting a hit today than Dunn against Chen. Sorry for hyperbole, not sure what else you can come up with when this guy's no-hitting you in front of a crowd of 15,000 aggravated fans who can't even conjure up the energy to get back to booing Dunn wholeheartedly again.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 01:48 PM) I've been wondering if we'll see a Swisher situation at the end of the year where he's dumped for basicallly nothing, or in this situation, we'll have to take on someone else's bad contract. John Lackey or Zito. He'll immediately play like an MVP from the point we trade him, guarantee it. Actually, the Giants would never make that move. The Red Sox might.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) I am usually very positive, but if we lose this game I might completely flip. Don't go over to the Dark Side yet. There's always the Twins series to really get us riled up coming up next. Seriously, it will suck to not have anybody to argue with. We need someone to bring greg775 off the ledge if we get swept by Minny at home (not even as pessimistic as I get when we play the Twins do I envision a 4 game sweep). That would be horrific.

And the problem with benching RIOS now is how bad he's (LILLY) been struggling offensively, as Fathom noted, especially against RHP. Rios should have played yesterday and Lilly today. Maybe Ozzie was confused or lost his glasses when he was making out the line-ups. Or Dolores stuck Brent's name on there and Ozzie didn't notice. We just have to have one more outfielder on that roster. DeAza probably, or Milledge.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 01:38 PM) The Sox beat Doug Davis Rodrigo Lopez- yes, that sucked, I was there Jeff Francis- The Sox won both games against him Bruce Chen- it's been one inning, and either way, Chen is 2-0 so far agaisnt DET & CLE Are you Chris Rongey? Joking...I think. Statistically, Chen has been hit harder by lefties (not named Dunn). CORPSEBALL quote....or too early? Wonder if we'll get 20,000 today? We barely made it over that mark last night.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 01:31 PM) it really is pathetic Doug Davis Rodrigo Lopez Jeff Francis Bruce Chen the guy from Colorado come September when another season is pissed away they will have nobody to blame eventually some team in the Central will be good and then the Sox will have to hear about how good they are and how the Sox can not compete oh well what are you going to do Collmenter? Or was that Ariz? Guess we beat him 8-2. Hernandez with the Nationals, too.

Two mistakes we see over and over again. First pitch fastballs (that's twice to Hosmer) to a first-pitch fastball hitting team. Rios' continual failure to play defense fundamentally. Drifting back with the ball instead of going back to the wall immediately and feeling it with his hand. It's an 8 foot fence. There's no excuse to not either keep that in the stadium if not catch it. Somehow Lillibridge manages it and he's a lot shorter than Alex.

WHY? WHY? WHY? Make an adjustment, White Sox. Move up in the box, try a heavier bat or even use the Scotty Pods/Ichiro walk-up happy feet approach. The guy's throwing 83-85 MPH. When he reaches back for all he's got, it's a slow Buehrle fastball.

Well, one good thing about today. We don't have to face Liriano. Apparently, Mauer will start at 1B tmrw for the first time this season as well.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 01:13 PM) Jackson Mr. Inefficiency. Send him on his way. Who would want him the way he's pitched the last 6 weeks? Hard to understand how a guy with his stuff has given up 113 hits in 100 IP. Always behind in counts and forced to throw fastballs...part of the problem. No command of his offspeed stuff until the middle innings, if then.

Is it our goal to spot the Royals a 2-3 run lead every time we play?

Uh-oh, Jackson 3-4, 5.74 career ERA against KC. Chen has actually pitched pretty well this season. Not close to a slam dunk for the Sox. Joe West threw out Leyland last night. Seems like the Tigers feel about that crew the same way Sox fans do.

"One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet," said Birmingham catcher Josh Phegley. "He mingled with us. We felt like we were going to go out there and battle with him rather than [be spectators]." "A true professional and great person," said Birmingham manager Bobby Magallanes. "I don't know what other words you could use to describe him. He took care of the guys, really respected everybody. We'd be a fool if we didn't go up and pick his [brain]." When Peavy was a Minor Leaguer some 10 years ago in the Padres system, he remembers big leaguers who came down on rehab assignments and the hunger he had to be those guys. Some of them presented helpful advice. Others big-leagued the younger players, and Peavy was determined to be a mentor. He didn't take these starts lightly, because well, Peavy doesn't take anything lightly. "I certainly wanted to be the guy who was down there as just one of the boys, and played as hard as they played," Peavy said. "It's still about winning. I told them we would go after things the same way in Charlotte as here, and find a way to win." Scott Merkin mlb.com/chisox.com

I swear to God there'll be at least 2 key moments in the game that Dunn will come up against "CY LEFTY" Chen and K before Konerko can even get a chance to drive them in. For heaven's sake, at least move him down to 6th or 7th against LHP.

Or....everyone on the White Sox with an OPS of under 800 this season is also "failing" too. Which means the entire roster with the exception of Konerko, Quentin and maybe Lillibridge still.