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Plus we're paying him something like $120,000 per game...kind of silly that he didn't let him hit in Lillibridge's turn. As it played out, another insurance run there from a homer would have been nice. I know he hit one the night before, but I think most pitchers in baseball would prefer to face Lillibridge over Ramirez there. I think with our current bullpen, no lead of less than 6 is safe.

Wild pitches, walks, 2 hit batters, the Tigers absolutely gave that game away. And they had two chances to score late and couldn't come up with a key hit to tie it (including Cabrera), whereas the Twins managed to get a two out hit. That's the difference. When you consider the White Sox are 5-10 versus Minnesota and the Tigers have lost 6/7 in Minnesota alone (from listening to their announcers, the Tigers feel even MORE jinxed than the Sox playing up there, and that's really saying something), it's not much of a surprise who's leading the division, Morneau or not. We might lead the AL in hitting with RISP, but it's WHEN you do it, as Harrelson always says.

Jesus Christ. Well, if nothing else, the White Sox are giving us reasons to care about baseball again in the final 30 games.

How can he be out there? You're joking.

Finally Guillen did something intelligent pinch-running for Kotsay. Good throw would have had Lillibridge at home....now 1/9 with RISP. Teahen quietly batting .342 over the last month.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicagowhite-sox/p...at-fork-in-road Just saw this article about the Ramirez press conference...just wow. I feel like we're selling our soul to the devil, and it's giving us at best a 25% chance to catch the Twins. 0/8 with RISP tonight. Fail.

Carlos looking completely lost up at the plate now...just not right mechanically. HOW ARE THE WHITE SOX LEADING THE AL WITH RISP at .285?????

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) we did that last night and he put it in the stands But he doesn't do that to a 97-98 MPH fastball. He can get the head of the bat out on an 87 MPH pitch, but not Jackson. Who the hell is CASPER Wells? What kind of name is that for a baseball player?

Everything to Nix, bust him inside.

Great throw there AJ. Can we make one single play tonight?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 07:24 PM) We probably have the ability to move a starter. On top of that our pen is going to still have Pena, Sale (unless he starts), Thornton, and Santos. While I realize those are young guys, they have talent and we know what Thorty has. Who ends up closing, I have no idea, but there is always a shot the Sox bring back Putz. Lets not pretend we need to overhaul the pen. It seems there are only two offseason routes to go to bring in legit talent without paying for FA's....trading Danks or trading Thornton if Sale's going to stay in the bullpen, although that's a bit riskier now with Threets out and we're back to Randy Williams again, ostensibly.

"MAKE SURE ALL LINE DRIVES GO THROUGH." Every Little League coach in America, 1900-2010. Just really really bad performance in terms of being mentally into this game from our hitting approach, Carlos defensively, Pierre now on the basepaths and executing with a runner at 3rd and one out. UGH.

I don't think anyone can feel upset we have Edwin Jackson now for 7 months instead of Dunn for 30 more days.

The White Sox and Indians are playing like this is the final game of the season and both teams were eliminated from playoff contention 2 weeks ago. Or the final game of a minor league season when everyone just wants to go home...this must be our worst offensive performance all season, and it's maddening with how good we've been offensively the last 2-3 weeks (MOST OF THE TIME). Well, we can't blame this performance on Manny, that's for sure. Tigers with runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs to start the first against Duensing. C'mon Tiggers. LOL at Nick Swisher now hitting almost .300 with 25 HR's.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 07:04 PM) Problem with Quentin is he's worthless on the road, and he is pathetic against LHP. I'm all for getting rid of him this offseason if he has any value. But then we end up with someone like Daric Barton as our 1B...there's just no way we can get back another bat that will give you 30 HR's and 100 RBI's for Quentin. We couldn't even find a DH who could put up .275, 25, 80 for less than $8 million over the last year. Losing Konerko (or Konerko having a more likely "down" season at his age)...there's just no replacement offensively for Carlos, unfortunately. He'll get one more year...Gordon Beckham, as good as he was for most of 2009, couldn't hit a lick at USCF, and that made no sense either.

No. He had him stand more upright. Jackson's a big guy...but he was slouching a bit, which was affecting his control. Now he's getting more downward plane on his pitches coming from a higher, more straight-up release point. (We saw the same type of thing with Jose Contreras in the past, although Jackson never threw close to side-arm or 3/4's) It's also allowing him to throw more strikes lower in the strike zone. Hafner looking dangerous now. He just turned on a 98 MPH fastball, granted, he was looking for it...but Hafner hasn't shown that type of bat speed for the last 2-3 years from what I've seen.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:57 PM) Edwin is our #1 pitcher. Who would have thought that when we made the trade? Don Cooper and 1/2 the scouts in baseball who absolutely love his easy 97 mph delivery. You can make the argument that he's been the best pitcher in the AL since we picked him up.

I think the plantar fasciitis definitely has something to do with Quentin's outfield play. I have had the same thing for 3 1/2 months and I still don't feel confident to run hard or jump without tearing the ligament on the bottom of the foot again...it's really a lingering problem, and imagine having it as a professional athlete. Don't score the run with 1 out and the other team comes out the next inning with the momentum on their side...always.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:40 PM) Alexei has the GG locked up. I'lll believe that when I see it. All those years that Crede and Rowand didn't win, I'm convinced it will keep going to Jeter or a better offensive player since 1/2 of the voters probably haven't watched Ramirez play since June and simply go off error totals and don't even take defensive metric stats into account.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:36 PM) Where did Carlos Quentin learn not to field the ball? Not at Stanford. Supposedly he always had pretty good or at least decent defensive metrics in the minors and with the D-Backs, and REPORTEDLY a good throwing arm as well. All offseason, the theory is that he would be "fine" once he went back to his natural position in RF. So much for that.

The only problem is playing Mark Teahen out there with his 750 OPS and DHing Quentin isn't much better...because Teahen will never hit like a corner outfielder and Quentin doesn't have the mindset for DHing yet at this point in his career. Edwin Jackson is never going to want to stick around here in 2012 if the defense continues to make errors that he has to pitch around. And we want Ramirez to hit off the Indians' phenom and yet not hit against one of their many struggling starters? I hope Manny isn't stupid enough to go out tonight in his former "hometown."

Wow...we really have relied on Jackson to shut down the opponent almost every time out. Have we scored more than 3 runs for him? Maybe once.

Pretty surprised Hafner has his OPS all the way up to 832, but I still wouldn't touch that contract with a 10 foot pole. Jackson averaging 11 K's and 2 BB's per start now with the Sox. Once again, Don Cooper's contribution, a very simple one. He got Jackson to stand more upright, thus creating more downward plane and action on his pitches. Quentin with a season like Beckham's 2009 at USCF, 7/24 HR's on the road.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 09:06 AM) Getz actually showed some legitimate promise last year and there was a time in July when it seemed like he and Beckham were the only 2 on the roster who knew how to hit. Reality with Getz though is...even if he topped out what he could do, he's a fringey starting 2b or a backup IF at best. Beckham belongs at 2b long-term and the org knows it, so Getz was basically the odd man out there. Fields was given chances and was a real drag. He had a great 2008, but struggled through injury in 2009 and by 2010 showed zero ability to adapt to hitting fastballs. He could have been given more chances, but giving him those chances meant waving the white flag, since the team flat out needed offense out of that spot. I think you mean great 2nd half of 2007 with no pressure on him.

"It's not Bobby's fault," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Our bullpen has to step it up a notch."