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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"!

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 21, 2007 -> 01:50 PM) Stats like this are so useless. They're only used to misrepresent. Correlation does not necessarily equal causation. You could do the same thing with practically every starter. What's the Sox record when - Thome hits a HR? - Dye has an RBI? - Buehrle pitches 7+? - Joe Crede has an extra-base hit? - Jon Garland issues 1 walk or less? The Sox record would be significantly better in each of those cases as opposed the the games in which they don't meet that criteria. So what? In the rare case that Podsednik does anything useful, the Sox have been good. Great. What good is that to the current Sox? He's not likely to be useful ever again. Get someone who is. The point is that we need a leadoff man with speed who can get on base and run wild. That's it.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 21, 2007 -> 04:18 PM) One thing I can tell you is that the Sox have inquired about Rocco in the past and have tried to work out deals for him (this was as recent as a couple weeks before the regular season began). I have no idea if they have had any talks since. I also know the Sox talked to the Brewers about Brady Clark, but were unable to work out an agreement and he eventually went to the Dodgers. What purpose would Brady Clark serve? If we're not going to play Sweeney (and I understand the club's reluctance) everyday, then the player should clearly be better than a platoon of Ozuna and Mackowiak. I don't see how Brady Clark fits that bill. We might as well get a younger player with some upside, rather than recycling more veterans like Mack, Everett and Erstad.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 20, 2007 -> 08:11 PM) Yeah, I don't want Griffey anymore. For a while there, I was thinking it was 1998. Japanese center fielder Kosuke Fukudome (.320-9-35 in 44 games for the Chunichi Dragons this year). He was mentioned in the Phil Rogers article today, except it was for the Cubs and not Sox.

QUOTE(diegotony06 @ May 20, 2007 -> 05:45 PM) It's about time he came out and called this team out!!! More comprehensive comments from KW, on Ozzie, state of team... http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 20, 2007 -> 05:31 PM) I personally would like to see Griffey Jr. patrolling LF for us. But what would it take? I think of all our MLB pitchers, Contreras is the one we'd miss the least. Contreras has an ERA of about 2.5 since the Opening Day start and we'd miss him the least? What? He's the only pitcher on our team that has shown the ability the last couple of seasons to go on an extended run of shutting down other teams...Buehrle and Garland hit too many bats, and Vazquez is simply inconsistent at this point, at best. With one good start from Masset, that doesn't automatically mean you can pencil him into the rotation for the rest of the year and shed Contreras like that.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 20, 2007 -> 04:47 PM) I think its pretty obvious the Sox should pick up an outfielder via trade (whether its a high profile guy or a bit more a stop gap guy). With Dye an impending FA, Erstad/Pods being older guys who have had injuries the reality is we could very well have 3 new starting outfielders next year (maybe two of Fields/Sweeney/Anderson) make the roster but even that is an if and I'm not saying its a good thing so the Sox should be able to go out and get at least one outfielder (I know Kenny said he doesn't have a read on this team yet, but its obvious that they need another outfielder, even once Pods is back they truly need one). So here are some names I think could be interesting: Xavier Nady (strong arm, solid bat, not a star but I think he's a decent role playing outfielder whose a good defensive corner outfielder). Ben Broussard - Mariners - Nice left handed swing and he doesnt play as much in Seattle as he should. He had some pretty damn solid years in Cleveland before struggling half of last year with the Mariners (he's been doing good in limited time for the Mariners this year) and is a guy that would hit 15-20 homers for the club and again would fit in nicely and could play left or right (albeit I'm not sure how good he is out there as he's primarily been a first baseman). Randy Wynn - Giants - Would look real good in the two spot and can obviously play all 3 outfield positions (preferably left because he doesn't have much of an arm). Not sure how interested the Giants would be to move one of there few hitters that is producing. Than there are the bigger names: Carl Crawford: Legitimate upgrade, but I think it would take a major package to land him and the only way I could see the Sox making this deal is if they got a 3rd team involved and were able to parlay a guy like Crede into some prospects (plus give up a guy like Gio and probably one more guy). Even than I don't know if they make that deal, but if they were able to parlay a package involving Crede for Santana they could potentially get the Drays to bite (assuming the Sox offered up another prospect or two to sweeten the deal). This may be a bigger move than the Sox would like to make, but Carl Crawford makes an assload of sense, especially given his affordable contract and the fact that he would offer the Sox a lot of insurance if Dye does leave (and would be a very good long term solution). Ken Griffey Jr: Will the Reds make this move, who knows. Griffey is a legitimate middle of the order bat and is a good defensive outfielder (no longer what he once was, but he's a solid right fielder). The negative is he's up there in age and if you are going to make a big move I think you should really get a guy that can help this team for the next few years and I don't know if Griffey is that guy (however, if the Reds end up selling on the low end, than I would be a buyer on this type of deal). Rocco Baldelli: The Drays have a plethora of young outfielder and Baldelli is struggling so far this year. However, as a whole he's a better than league average player with a good deal of upside who can play all 3 outfield positions and do it well. I think he'd improve greatly from playing at the cell and would also see less injuries moving away from the horrid artificial surface at Tropicana. The question is are the Rays willing to give him up for a reasonable package (no Gio Gonzalez...but instead a couple of, Broadway/Haeger/Phillips/McCulloch/Egbert/Russel) etc. You also have to ask yourself at what point isn't it just a better deal to give up a bit more for the better player in Crawford (if it is in fact an option). Also, like Crawford, Baldelli is signed to an affordable deal and is young so he should grow with the team and be a nice long term solution. Alexis Rios - I rank Rios in between Crawford/Baldelli. The guy is a very young player who can hit for average and do a lot of things well. The question is what is the asking price. If the Jays would accept one or two young pitchers plus a guy like Brian Anderson than I think the Sox should consider making the deal. However, the Jays should be able to get a very good player for Rios (again the Sox could also move another guy, such as Crede, to have the ability to get a guy like Rios). I'd rather trade for Willy Mo Pena. Nady and Winn would be fine with me, although I don't think it would be easy for us to get Winn. What do we really have to give up that will help the Giants to contend this year? They're not going to take Mackowiak, Ozuna or Cintron, for example. I'm sure most teams aren't in the business of trading starters to create platoons. And trading Phillips, Haeger or Broadway isn't enough to bring back Winn in trade. Not to mention that type of trade makes little sense for SF. Broussard, no thanks, we might as well bring back the RH part of the platoon in Eduardo Perez. Broussard simply isn't an outfielder, he's a 1B/DH. Crawford would be too expensive and wouldn't be dealt in May, Baldelli and Griffey are injury prone and Rios is a rising start, the cost would be prohibitive with Alex. I wouldn't be shocked to open the paper and see Carl Everett had taken Terrero's place on the roster, or even Timo Perez.