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QUOTE(Y2HH @ May 22, 2007 -> 07:56 AM) Erstad also brings a presence to the clubhouse, in addition to busting his ass to play everyday. BA is out drinking with Bmac...too busy to notice, or care. Erstad was one of the few hitters doing ANYTHING the past month -- even if he wasn't doing a lot, for 1M$, he was doing more than Konerko, Dye, and Crede -- who all make on average 4X more than Erstad. Konerko, $12 million Dye, $7 million Crede, just a tad under $5 million QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 22, 2007 -> 08:47 AM) Erstad at this stage is probably average at best, but he does get big hits. I like the way he plays and for what they are paying him, it was a fine signing. The guy has driven in 5 less runs with one of the most pathetic offenses in baseball than the great Pods did in his HOF season of 2005. I know, RBI are not indicative of what type of hitting you are doing, or so I've been told on this board, but when Pods was the greatest leadoff hitter of all time he was 0-7 with the bases loaded with 1 RBI on a walk. Pretty clutch. I do know that I admire the fashion in which Erstad plays and probably would have been fanatical about him when he was an elite player. The one thing I don't get is why Erstad is getting MORE criticism than Williams? Is it Erstad's fault that Brian Anderson has been a disappointment and that KW and Ozzie felt they needed to go out and get a veteran as insurance? Is it not KW's fault for relying on Pods and Anderson too much, and not having satisfactory replacements (Mack/Ozuna platoon, Sweeney, now the .333 hitting Terrero) in the organization???

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 22, 2007 -> 08:24 AM) Houston and the White Sox could make tremendous bed fellows as they both are in the thick of it and a bold move could help them greatly. If Houston wanted Crede which I doubt, what would they do with Ensberg? I could see Lidge for McDougal (prior to his last couple of outings that is) and another prospect, maybe Logan. Obviously I wouldn't mind getting rid of MacDougal about now, but moving a lefty who throws 93-95 pretty consistently, I'm not ready to go there yet. I think Logan will come around in time, and we definitely need him as insurance, because it looks as if Sisco's future is in the starting rotation for Charlotte or Birmingham.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 22, 2007 -> 01:18 AM) Erstad's OBP sits at .315 after tonight. Among CFers who play everyday for their teams in the AL, I could find two CFers who had a lower OBP than that -- Corey Patterson and Coco Crisp. If you did this for leadoff hitters, I'm sure it would be even worse. Erstad has been every bit as bad at the plate as most of us expected. In fact, the line he's putting up right now -- .269/.315/.353 -- looks exactly like what various projections systems pegged him at. I'm glad Erstad has made most of his hits count, and he's done a pretty good job in CF outside of the weak arm. None of that changes the fact that he's still a bad offensive player, and unfortunate as it is, he's the best option the team has out in CF right now. If that $6 million option is activated, though, there are going to be a lot of (rightfully so) pissed of people. .339 OBP as leadoff hitter, .296 BA That's the biggest $1.25 million bargain in the FA market. Tomo Ohka didn't work out so well for the Blue Jays at that price. Yes, we all prefer (if he returns) that he make $3.25 million instead, but where is the outcry for Mackowiak and Cintron soaking up their millions of dollars on the bench??? His OPS is 720+ as leadoff hitter. Not great, but, once again, HE'S not the one who is hurting us offensively, not by any stretch of the imagination. And to compare him to Bret Boone and 40+ year old Steve Finley (whoever did that), PRICELESS. Makes me want to bump these threads too.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 21, 2007 -> 11:25 PM) I loved our offense this game. MacDougal needs to throw strikes. Two Fridays ago, the White Sox fielded a lineup in which the top hitter was Darin Erstad (.258), next was Tadahito Iguchi (.236) -- and not one of the other seven hitters was over .216. The White Sox as a team entered Sunday's series finale with the Cubs batting only .223 -- leaving talk-show callers screaming for the head of hitting coach Greg Walker. "You know when you sign on as a hitting coach that there is a termination date," says Walker, who already has received votes of confidence this season from both general manager Kenny Williams and manager Ozzie Guillen. "There's going to be a day when I decide -- or they decide -- that I'm not going to do this anymore. Right now, the White Sox family thinks I'm the best guy for this job. As long as they feel that way, I'm going to come here and keep working just as hard." Those in the industry point to the usual contributing factors as to why so many hitters are off to such slow starts, among them: The natural arc as steroid testing becomes entrenched in the game. Cold and wet weather early in the season. The recent influx of good, young arms like San Diego's Jake Peavy, Detroit's Justin Verlander, Boston's Jonathan Papelbon, Philadelphia's Cole Hamels, Seattle's Felix Hernandez, the Angels' Jered Weaver, Pittsburgh's Ian Snell, San Francisco's Matt Cain and others. from cbssportsline.com

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 21, 2007 -> 11:15 PM) Damn that's a shame. Hopefully it's nothing serious, because he was starting to build up a little momentum. I think it was a Nancy Kerrigan/Tanya Harding hit by one of Ozzeroo's henchmen.

QUOTE(knightni @ May 21, 2007 -> 10:16 PM) Jenks 58mph strike on gameday Supposedly he had one at 99 in the Cubs' series. Since our gun is slow, I'm guessing he's around 95-97 now.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ May 21, 2007 -> 10:07 PM) Just testing you. Can we have ONE easy 9th inning the entire season? JE-SUS. Well, I guess two blown saves against Oakland would be fitting for Jenks.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 10:03 PM) heh DJ "Terrero playing some hardball, out there giving 149%" I think Terrero knows the clock is ticking on his big league career...and he's definitely playing like it.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:57 PM) That's as pissed as Big Jim gets. Contreras, Dye and Thome going off on the umpires in ONE game, what are the odds of that?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:57 PM) That's as pissed as Big Jim gets. Shades of AJ versus Escobar.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:54 PM) Nice fastball by Logan there. And yes, this is getting ridiculous Boone should be purely used to face lefties. No clue in the world why he was allowed to face Swisher. Do we have any RH relievers? Good God, this is like the mess last year with Politte, Nelson, Riske, Tracey and Montero. I guess they have to try Nick Masset next, because there's simply NO excuse to walk ANYONE in that situation, let alone two batters.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:47 PM) Well Mike, you ARE better than this. What's your deal? So much for Pablo's defense. This is the at-bat of the game. Let's see if Logan can come through. At least we can bring in Jenks if they go to a RH hitter.

QUOTE(knightni @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:39 PM) Not going so well so far. The Rangers still suck, and KW would have never have had the cajones, but Sosa in LF wouldn't seem so bad the way he's going right now.

QUOTE(Dan @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:26 PM) Gallagher is the A's trainer? the former White Sox player or comic? it's a veritable offensive explosion!!!

QUOTE(BMac Attack @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:24 PM) Did Hawk just REPEAT the "Crede is the best 3B in the league" comment? I thought if you said something like that you just never acknowledge it and hope it doesn't ever come up again. now in 13th place in runs scored 167 runs scored in 41 games, we're back over 4 per/game

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:16 PM) yay We're making the big pitches when we need them tonight so far, with the exception of one pitch tonight by Jose. QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:13 PM) i sure hope oz brings aardsma in soon bwhahaha, take that, KC unfortunately, all 3 of Aardsma's blown saves have led to losses for the White Sox this year

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ May 21, 2007 -> 09:05 PM) Positions of the nearest ice cream man/men in the ballpark. If we score one more run tonight, we'll have pulled ahead of the Royals for runs per game by percentage points. 13th and rising....Seattle and Baltimore are next.

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ May 21, 2007 -> 08:41 PM) Luis Terraro, welcome to the game. biggest hit of the season for Mackowiak

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 08:30 PM) Way to pitch over that call. that's about as emotional as Jose gets out there...

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 21, 2007 -> 08:21 PM) Thome has a 1.462 OPS with RISP. Grinderstad has 16 RBI's in 33 at-bats, but Uribe has 15 RBI's in 24 at-bats. Over the last four weeks, Erstad has had the MOST clutch RBI's, like Sunday against the Cubs and tonight.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 07:54 PM) Neat inning. Has there been any update on Joe? Day-to-day, but no DL? No Fields?

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ May 21, 2007 -> 07:50 PM) ERSTAD Again. By the way, KW, please bring us a REAL LFer!

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 07:49 PM) LOL, nice throw by Swish. Erstad=most clutch hitter on Sox this season

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 21, 2007 -> 07:22 PM) For anyone not following the minor league thread, Brian Anderson was pulled in the third inning. Was he traded?

QUOTE(Capn12 @ May 21, 2007 -> 07:19 PM) Wow, that was well played there, Mack. There's the "real" Gran Titan, challenging with the fastball...way to pitch over Rob's "error"!