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  1. The White Sox have actually been sighted in MINN after 3 games. Way to go Nix, at least someone's not lying down for the inevitable defeat.
  2. QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 07:07 PM) He's just swinging up there with really no plan. He's killing this team right now. I love him, but he's got to start producing. 5/31, now a .429 OPS in his return. Making Corky, Owens, Lillibridge, Wise and Anderson look like members of the '29-31 Yankees.
  3. Tigers surrendered their 3-0 lead already....4-3 and man on second with the Rangers still batting. Dye slumping a bit, and Alexei Ramirez all the way down to a .722 OPS now. By the way, why is Wise playing with Thome on the bench against a RHP? I understand they want to get some AB's for Quentin without playing him on the turf...is there anything wrong with Big Jim?
  4. How many consecutive batters did Jenks get out without giving up a hit when he had his streak?
  5. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 01:54 PM) We do know that Colon pretty much as to start that last game of the Twins series because otherwise Richard would be going on 2 days of rest. Or Jose. But Contreras, holding runners on base, Twins/Piranhas/Metrodome, not a good combination. Agree with Ozzie. And Jose always seems to get fired up facing the organization that gave up on him so quickly, only to witness him becoming the best pitcher in all of baseball for a 4 month time span.
  6. Shouldn't he be in Minnesota with the team Wednesday?
  7. Why didn't anyone ever do that with Brian Anderson for wasting his talent? Second, whenever Ozzie and the team become embroiled in controversy and the media is circling like sharks, the team historically has played much better under Guillen....the "circling the wagons" effect.
  8. The Tigers have a two-game edge over the White Sox, and despite losing three of four to the Tigers, the White Sox still improved their playoff chances by 8.4 percentage points. The White Sox took three of four from Tampa Bay earlier in the week and Detroit dropped two of three at home to Seattle. The White Sox are closing the gap on Detroit in simulations because the Tigers have more games against the tough AL East teams than the White Sox, and Detroit is 4-13 against the AL East. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEEK 16 REVIEW PLAYOFF % CHANCE TEAM 20-Jul 27-Jul % DIFF WIN DIV New York Yankees 67.2% 85.8% 18.6% 63.5% Los Angeles Angels 67.8% 86.0% 18.2% 79.6% Chicago White Sox 36.9% 45.3% 8.4% 44.6% Texas Rangers 28.0% 31.5% 3.5% 18.1% Detroit Tigers 38.0% 40.6% 2.6% 39.9% Baltimore Orioles 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Cleveland Indians 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Oakland Athletics 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kansas City Royals 0.1% 0.0% -0.1% 0.0% Toronto Blue Jays 2.8% 2.6% -0.2% 0.4% Tampa Bay Rays 28.8% 25.0% -3.8% 7.4% Minnesota Twins 30.8% 15.6% -15.2% 15.4% Boston Red Sox 78.2% 62.5% -15.7% 28.6% Seattle Mariners 21.3% 5.0% -16.3% 2.3%
  9. QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 04:43 AM) This. For years we had to watch Fordyce, Johnson, etc behind the plate. Now we have a catcher who is hitting .300 and people are down on him and his "act". Please. I wish we had 9 guys in our lineup with his "act". When AJ is gone, we will see teh effects immediately with the pitching staff. Charles Johnson (along with Pudge Rodriguez) was once the best catcher in the NL. Unfortunately, his defense had deteriorated...and offense had improved greatly...when he came to us in the 2000 season. But I would still never put him a sentence with the likes of Fordyce or Widger.
  10. Was that incident b4 or after Ramirez's throwing error? Obviously AJ felt he might have had a CS or the play should have been made on the throw (Ramirez late getting there, maybe because he plays too far in the hole...), but the runner didn't advance to 3B or score, right? Is AJ really that upset about a stolen base against him after all this time? Maybe it's just because he is so competitive against the Twins. Surprised Konerko wasn't involved, but not his style...but he played horrible D tonight. He did cancel it out for Danks with the two run homer though.
  11. QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 10:00 PM) What do people think about Dye being able to clear waivers in two weeks or so? Just to see if they could get a player like a young Ethier to replace him via trade? But probably pull him back after the offer has been made?
  12. QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 09:55 PM) Ramirez is not going to be put in CF. You're wasting your time if you actually think that's going to happen. Well...knowing KW, and since Erstad was the last guy we brought in for the position (not counting Swisher or Griffey), do you really think that KW dares to go into 2010 with Pods and Quentin as his starters with nobody else in the mix for those positions as "insurance"? Just very frustrating to go for 4+ years now without a legitimate, everyday, above-average MLB CFer, when the division has Granderson and Sizemore to show our ineptitude every series. Even Crisp and Gomez/Span are All-Stars compared to our production from that position.
  13. The defense certainly didn't help today. One of those "close" losses....but not a heartbreaker. Danks isn't quite as good or consistent as he was the last two months in 2008. Quentin's ball goes out in 2008 at the end of the game. Konerko makes those scoops or at least stops the ball from getting past him. Ramirez also made a sloppy throw. We're 2nd or maybe now last in errors committed in the AL. We have a bright future, still, but it doesn't seem this is the year...just frustrating with how beatable both the Twins and Tigers are...both teams are begging to be wiped out by a massive trade (Haren/Halladay), but there are so many potential flaws and weaknesses in this team. Our offense and pitching really came together for about a month, but now both have slipped, especially the offense recently. We're barely hitting .240 at home, there's simply no excuse for that at all...or explanation even. The home field advantage we enjoyed last year has disappeared almost completely. KW is in a very tough position....if we are swept by the Twins and lose to the Yankees Thursday, he should hold off or maybe trade Dotel and then ride out the season, trying to find out what Getz and Fields can do everyday. Maybe put Ramirez in CF and rest Quentin a lot and see if Pods can hold up over a full season of play.
  14. Quentin 5/28, .472 OPS so far in his comeback. D. Wise numbers. Hopefully he'll snap out it, because we can't win the division without him putting up at least an 800 or higher OPS.
  15. Tigers left the bases loaded. 1-0 DET in the bottom of the 5th at Arlington.
  16. Giveth and taketh away. Konerko's now well past his RBI total for all last season with about 35% of the season left.
  17. Now 12th in AL in defense, 74 errors. 32 more errors than the Twins, who are 2nd in AL defense. Yet another reason for KW not to mortgage the future on this deeply flawed team. Konerko should have AT LEAST stopped both those balls.
  18. Maybe all the positive media attention from was the jinx for the White Sox? Funny to read that article now...but at least we didn't go down 4 games. Should have great crowds or sellouts against the Yankees this weekend hopefully.
  19. This is not unlike the situation in 2005 with El Duque and Brandon McCarthy...until Hernandez broke down the Contreras and Brandon carried the team down the stretch with some huge starts.
  20. Floyd on Friday either Richard or Danks on Saturday (Danks on normal rest, Richard on five days) either Richard, Danks or Buerhle on Sunday (you'd have to think Danks' start Monday would determine what direction they go in, although they could push back Mark, you'd have to think he would go on normal rest Sunday, and he obviously loves to pitch in the big, showcase type games against teams like the Yankees and Red Sox)
  21. QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 11:09 PM) The decision to potentially use Colon over Richard is incredibly disturbing. Unless they're shipping CR’s ass out of town next week, he needs to be in this rotation. What does the organization have to gain by using Colon over Richard? They stand to lose more by dropping a young, hard-throwing lefty whose experience success at the back-end of a major league rotation, for an aged, fat pitcher with one pitch.. He doesn't even really have that one pitch, because at 84-90 MPH, it's below MLB average. Bartolo's just getting by with movement, and he's mixing in a few more offspeed pitches than earlier in the season, which was the focus of his "rehab."
  22. So if Colon pitches WED and Contreras on THUR against the Yankees...they'll have the decision to start Richard on an extra day's rest or rest Danks for an extra day, same with Buehrle, who would go Sunday (you know he loves to pitch against NY) or be pushed back into the next series. Interesting decisions coming up. I guess it's better to go with Contreras agains the Yankees than the Twins...
  23. QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 09:49 PM) I wouldn't be shocked if that was the last game Richard ever pitches for the Sox. KW's ego almost DEMANDS he makes a splash every year at this time. I just worry that getting Halladay might end up being a disaster for this franchise....if we could do it without giving up Beckham/Ramirez/Flowers/Danks/Viciedo, though...I might be okay with it. Haren would be a much better acquisition for the long-term competitive stability of this team.
  24. We need to give Quentin time to get his hitting stroke bat. Between the wrist injury and now this, he likely won't be "good/okay/fine" until spring training next year. Trading him would be insane now...at his lowest possible value? And no team wants to risk giving up talent with the injury history he's had.
  25. where did anyone read that Colon would start against the Twins on WED? the twins' website has jose contreras listed as the starter? they are holding Jose for the first game of the Yankees series? if they don't go with Clayton and use Colon, it will be worse than skipping Buehrle for Cotts at Yankee Stadium in 2003
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