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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 12:13 AM) Cool. Glad they put out the s*** squad for games on WGN. Maybe I'll just sleep in (and yes, waking up before 1 pm does not constitute sleeping in for me) Something's got to give. Historically, they're more like to get to a World Series than lose eight consecutive games to the Tigers. The last time that happened was 1949-1950, when our Chairman was a young man idolizing Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 05:38 PM) How is Hawk handling this? Is he still blatently optimistic? Does he criticize at all? I don't get to hear hem very often. Isn't this a FOX National game? Don't think Harrelson and Stone are broadcasting.

There's just no way Edwin Jackson deserves to have 7 earned runs in the box score. Between Pierre, Rios and Ozzie leaving him in one inning too long (3 more runs) especially based on his workload the last 2+ seasons, he should only have 2-3, maybe 4 earned runs, even though he really pitched poorly, the outfield defense has been just brutal this season.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 05:28 PM) Perhaps you should take over for Ozzie. The clubhouse would love you with your glass half full attitude. Unfortunately, those first couple of games of the season don't offset the last 12. If that kind of inconsistent offense meant anything to overall wins and losses, we'd have beaten the Twins every season up until 2010 based on the respective talents of both offenses head-to-head. Last year was the first season you could argue the Twins clearly had the better team/talent.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 05:27 PM) Jackson's stuff has been awful since the 120 pitch outing in the home opener. That move to leave him in that long sure paid off. He's given up a ton of hits in his last few outings. He'll be fine if he can rediscover his slider and change-up. He's basically been a one-pitch pitcher recently.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 05:25 PM) Awesome...I'd take Buddy Bell at this point. Cora does nothing to show he deserves anything more than a clubhouse attendants job. The low baseballIQ is attributable to everyone on this team. The pitchers I will give a pass with as they saw this s*** last year. I think things would be worse under Cora or Buddy Bell than Bevington. What is ONE thing Bell has done since coming over here that's led to any positive results from our minor leaguers? Cooper might be a disaster, but at least it would be interesting. With Cora or Bell, it's just more of what we've already seen for a decade.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 05:19 PM) Who's effin' stat sheet is he looking at?... .307 was the team's average for the first 9 games. Obviously, it's a lot lower overall now after 21 games.

Guillen, you SUCK for not pulling him for Gray four batters ago. INEXCUSABLE. Rios, you SUCK once again. Nice throw. NOT. Cabrera, you're an ass for running through the 3B coach's stop sign when your team's up by 7 runs.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:48 PM) Who would have ever predicted coming into year that Quentin and Beckham would be only respectable defensive players? Hey! Konerko's saved at least two or three balls in the dirt today that should have resulted in the runner advancing to 3B.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:39 PM) Morel, yeah. Morel is 14th worst. AJ is the next worst, as the 35th worst player in baseball. Beckham is 42nd worst. But Morel is not a "qualified player" yet this year, so he doesn't show up on the list. The funny thing is that we were 5th in runs scored coming into today, STILL. Living off the first 9 games, but these last 12 games have been among the worst streaks in White Sox history in terms of offensive ineptitude. But it's not even the offense, it's the fact that our defense has let us down so many times this season (along with the closers) that we should still be over .500 and right in the thick of things. When things aren't going well hitting-wise, you have to do the little things to win, and we're failing miserably in that area, from bunting to defense to stolen bases. Pierre is getting more than his share of the blame, but it's going to start finding its way to every member of the team besides Konerko, Buehrle, Quentin and Vizquel.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:38 PM) I really don't know whether to be pissed or just laugh. You'd think at some point that these guys would be embarrassed...hell you have other team's announcers mocking them like they did in Tampa. I really don't know what to say at this point...so I'll probably say nothing which is probably best. All I do know is I need to just walk away from these dipsticks and check back at the end of may as to whether I want to cancel my Extra Innings and invest any more emotion. If heads don't roll soon...I'll lose all respect for JR. What a lifeless POS team...and they've been this way for the past 3-4 years. I want to put it on the players (which it should be)...but if you have a bunch of lifeless, clueless coaches...who is held accountable? I didn't know you could cancel Extra Innings...? I was tempted before when I lived in the US, but I never actually tried to cancel because I still enjoyed watching other teams play.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) Deserves a re-post. Ouch. Glad I have no razor blades around me... Luckily, the White Sox gave Dan Johnson his grooved homer pitch or he'd be at the bottom of the list.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:33 PM) so we're looking at being 6-7 games out by May.. lmfao. Well, the Twins are in the process of finally passing us today and the Yankees in NYC loom. Hard to see it turning around soon. 5 1/2 games back if things continue like this today. One thing's for sure, they're not going to get over 25,000 for any of those Orioles weekend games. Of course, Brady Penny's now throwing 95 MPH for the Tigers. Figures. Let's see how long he stays healthy.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:30 PM) According to WAR, Carl Crawford is the worst player in the MLB this year. Rios if the 5th worst, and Pierre is the 7th worst. Lol, that's sooooo bad. And then there is Quentin who has been the 7th BEST player in baseball this year. And Beckham and Morel have to be closing in on them. Beckham did have the best at-bat of anyone so far today, but obviously he's struggling just like everyone else in the line-up. Hopefully we're not talking Gordo being in the bottom 5 of the MLB OPS numbers again at the end of June...if Rios and Dunn don't pull out of it soon, you just don't know where you'll get any offense besides Konerko, Quentin and Ramirez.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:27 PM) He does have toe pain that he's complaining about. He's had it for 5 years, but decides to complain about it now. I'm pretty sure Carlos was experiencing more pain with his plantar fasciitis but he never has complained about it. What next, Juan Pierre needs glasses or Lasik eye surgery?

"The White Sox just are NOT THERE." Tigers' radio guy. 26 years since the Tigers have beaten the White Sox eight times in a row. Their 84-85 teams were pretty darned good. And the nightmare continues. Cue Munch's "The Scream" or Scream 4, whichever is preferable. One of the best defensive plays of the year from Ramirez and we still don't get the out at home.

First triple of Alex Avila's life. Thanks, Rios. I'm almost wishing we had DeWayne Wise or Brian Anderson back, along with all the money KW's been wasting on Rios for most of the last 3 seasons.

Rios and Pierre absolutely need to be pulled off the field. Right now. Ozzie needs to take control of this season before the Yankees sweep us and the season's already in jeopardy.

Pierre absolutely is atrocious now defensively. Jordan4Life might be the prime suspect if he ends up disappearing from his hotel tonight. And Jackson can't throw a consistent slider to save his life. He's completely forgotten about the change-up he was using proficiently last year with us.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 03:54 PM) He is just about done w/ his adjustment period. His numbers in May will be considerably better than April. Or we'll be back to a Uribe-ish/Teahen/Vizquel 3B platoon all year. Cue the bring back Joe Crede threads.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 03:51 PM) The velocity on all his pitches are down this year. http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?play...&position=P Unless you're able to compare it "year over year" to April 2010 or April 2009, it doesn't mean very much. Not very many pitchers are throwing quite as hard in April's cold weather as they will in the heart of the season. The main attribute of Jackson (and Colon in his prime) was the ability to sustain and increase his velocity over the course of an outing, getting better as the game goes on.

If nothing else, Penny dated Alyssa Milano. That's enough for me to give him props. Any girl who looks like that who's also really into baseball is cool with me.

587, 606 and 486 OPS numbers coming to the plate. Ouch. And then there's Rios. AJ=Thome/Dunn/Kotsay/Erstad, 4-3 out syndrome. Austin Jackson going through the dreaded "Sophomore Slump" that Beckham and 90% of rookies succumb to. Except on defense. Dadgummit.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 03:37 PM) Rios is swinging in the same spot every time, regardless of what type of pitch it is. Maybe it's time to reconstruct his swing, as there's nothing to lose right now. Which is a scary proposition, because this is precisely what Walker said he wouldn't do in 2009 after we'd acquired him....not until the off-season. So now what? You just have to wait...if they have to send Beckham down for swing reconstruction, it will be ugly. Rios doesn't strike me as the type of player who will be easily willing to do something like that, either. It's not as simple as merely changing his hands and bat position, I think he's too comfortable with that to change when it has been "imprinted" into his muscle memory. If it's anything like what Tiger Woods has gone through 3 times in his career, it will take 12-18 months to see any real progress and signs of light at the end of the tunnel.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 10:41 AM) The Sox are only in it every year because they have the most resources in the division (their payroll). It really has nothing to do with KW; it's actually the opposite. KW is the reason we have this ceiling where we are in it almost every year, but not winning it. For all the good trades KW has made, he and this organization has drafted horrendously and developed players horrifically. The Sox will never be a consistent winner with KW because the Sox don't draft and develop. Unless you can spend like the Yankees and Red Sox, you need to draft and develop well. And actually the Sawks and Yankees do draft and develop well. It's also boggles my mind that the Sox are willing to spend so much on payroll yet they consistently neglect spending on foreign free agents and the draft. Like Ordonez, Carlos Lee, Tadahito Iguchi, Shingo Takatsu, Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo? If there's ONE huge issue every Sox fan SHOULD have, it's with the Wilder/Dominican fiasco and the fact we haven't been able to get any prospects out of Venezuela when it's Ozzie's homeland. Nor, in the end, has Ozzie been able to use his connections to get any free agents here, other than maybe someone like Omar Vizquel. I guess you have to give Guillen SOME credit for being able to get the Freddy Garcia deal done, that's one occasion that can be cited. Who's the last Dominican prospect we developed? Jesus Pena? And for Venezuela, Clevelan Santeliz? Pretty abysmal. If Sale and Beckham both become stars, that's a huge improvement from the draft picks of 2000-2007. And certainly, we've never gotten involved in a "posting war" for one of the Japanese stars, but you could argue that unless you're the Red Sox or Yankees, doing so hasn't been so wise unless we're talking about a "once in a lifetime" player in his prime like Ichiro Suzuki.