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QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ May 6, 2007 -> 04:51 PM) I think Konerko forgets how to hit in the off season. That is why he usually sucks in the first couple of months of a season. Last year, he was hitting .313 at this time. This was his worst April in history. I think he actually started strong in 03 before he slumped miserably in the middle of the season.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 6, 2007 -> 04:44 PM) Ya, I noticed that. He was at 89 for the first couple of hitters that inning. Jenks against their 2-4 hitters scares the heck out of me. Does he dare go with MacDougal or Thornton instead?

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 6, 2007 -> 04:33 PM) YES!!!! That's the most unlikely bail out for Buehrle you'll ever see. And JD didn't have anything to do with it.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 6, 2007 -> 04:15 PM) Probably back in the Gary Redus/Donnie Hill days. That's back when Rickey Henderson was in his prime and John Rooney once said he'd rather have Gary Redus leading off than Rickey Henderson. Gary Redus A Bedtime Story...kind of miss Berman's nicknames

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 6, 2007 -> 04:08 PM) Its amazing how smeared BA's reputation is in Chicago. Ozzie Guillen, the guy who would hit on chicks in the stands when he played, has everyone believing Anderson is some surfer dude partier who couldn't care less about baseball. Also a lot of people here talk about his swing, how horrible it is, yet can't wait to get Josh Fields in the line-up. You want to see some "lift and pull" and a lot of holes in a swing, Fields is the posterchild for that type of offense. What do we have to lose with Fields as DH? How could it be worse than the past week to ten days? At least you can determine much more accurately what you actually have for next season.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 6, 2007 -> 04:08 PM) Whoah. Nice Sox fans! No shoulder shrug, bat flung down, head down...maybe it happened between first and home. Good job Paulie! Some progress in your reaction to lousy at-bats.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ May 6, 2007 -> 04:04 PM) Anybody else here for getting rid of Erstad and Pods and letting Anderson and Sweeney be the outfield for the rest of the year I would rather lose developing young players Give it another month and KW will be feeling sorry for Erstad and trade him to a competitive team that actually appreciates what he brings to the table. I have no problems with Sweeney and Anderson playing though...we're in rebuilding mode. I would say bring up Fields to DH while we're at it, things couldn't be too much worse. Give Mackowiak and Cintron to anyone who will take their contracts off our hands.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:59 PM) wHEN they have Ozzie bobblehead day we should have a Soxtalk Bobblehead bashing contest in the Parking lot at the Cell Umm...I don't think any manager in baseball history could win this game for the White Sox. Seriously. More evidence...Uribe makes that play 99% of the time, he's good going out there into the outfield.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:58 PM) Sad statement. But actually probably true. We also don't have a SS replacement, or 2B. Valido? Andy Gonzalez? Lopez? No offense...but Cintron shouldn't be starting until he's healthy.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:55 PM) It's preparing him well for the Cardinals next year. It might be preparing him for the Cards this year. If they combined Mulder and Buerhle, with Wainright, Reyes, Looper and Carpenter could come back, they might be able to win the Central.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:55 PM) It's preparing him well for the Cardinals next year. Quinlan=Eduardo Perez

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:51 PM) What a f***ing grinder. Doing the small things to win games. Blow me. Because 10 for 23 against the Angels this year is clearly unacceptable. Why aren't we wondering why KW has a guy who has no prayer to get a hit up there in a critical situation? What else is new? Ozuna, Mack and Cintron ALL suck this year, didn't really expect him to pick up Erstad and drive in the run.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:50 PM) Gustavo Molina will never ever get a hit. Ever. At least he moved the runner over, but he had a FB right down the middle to mash. I'm willing to try Wiki Gonzalez, you have to sacrifice the defense for the offense right now. 2007 White Sox: Finding New Ways Not to Score Runs!!!

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:47 PM) Good break, good hustle. Now let's strand him! There's that Sweeney "doubles" power. Good hustle at least...I remember against Boston last year, Ryan was the only one trying to create something and put pressure on the opponent.

QUOTE(diegotony06 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:46 PM) Thanks. I don't understand why we haven't been trying to bunt more while we have been in this slump. You would think the manager would try a little smallball or something to try to ignite this offense. But what do I know. Well, outside of Erstad and Ozuna, maybe Mackowiak, we don't have anyone with the speed to make it worth trying.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:45 PM) Good inning Mark...not that it matters We're relegated to cheering for him to keep his ERA down so we can get a better package in return at the trade deadline. LOL.

QUOTE(diegotony06 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:42 PM) Just turned the game on. Does anyone know if we have attempted any bunts? I'm curious to see if we have. Ozuna easily could have bunted into a DP, Willits got a perfect one down. Of course, it figures that rookies and 2nd year players execute better than our veterans.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:38 PM) He should have tried to add more speed and youth to this aging lineup, especially improving their lineup against LHP. Has Uribe really been that much better than last year? Maybe I'm just forgetting how much we sucked last year. At least when Hall returns, we can put him at 1b. Ozuna also was a force last year before getting injured (between .350-.400 for much of first half) and Mackowiak was a high OBP guy who wasn't at least an automatic out. And Cintron was a clutch hitter in his limited time. It's not only the middle of our line-up, it's the entire team, pretty much.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:36 PM) Erstad has been an offensive upgrade over Anderson. I imagine Hall healthy would be an offensive upgrade over Widger/Alomar. Pods was playing better this year than 2006. Uribe is better this year than 2006. So how is it KW's fault that Konerko, Dye, Iguchi and Crede aren't hitting? Was he supposed to trade all 4 of them and bring someone else in? You can argue that AJ, Iguchi and Dye are all getting older, but Konerko and Crede? I don't think anyone saw both of those guys going in the tank simultaneously. Willits is the player that I hope Sweeney can become...although Ryan will never be as fast, hopefully his gap and eventually HR power will make up for it.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:33 PM) Any chance the Mods can get KW to Soxtalk for a Q&A session like they do with prospects. Here's my first question: Bull: We played homerun derby in the second half of 2006 and got crushed. Yet you did not improve the offense. Kenny Williams, what were you thinking? KW: *Silence Bull: Your big offensive acquisition for 2007 was a guy that pretty much did not play in 2006. Was there not any change left in the couch cushions at the Cell this off season to sign a real player to help the team? KW: *Silence ........... A Crede pop-up...wow, wish I had a dollar for every time I've seen that this year. Colon at a whopping 52 pitches. Who'd a thought he would be more efficient than Buehrle? We are absolutely dead in the water, with the exception of Erstad. It feels like the Titanic after hitting that iceberg. Nobody can even stand to watch or argue about Erstad and Anderson anymore.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:30 PM) Now Buehrle can't find the zone. WOOT! God I wish I had some Sunshine. Good pitch Buehrle 30 pitches this inning, 70 for the game....although I guess it doesn't matter, the offense can't score either 1 or 2 runs against Colon. Wow, the Angels bring up Aybar and he plays like he belongs, at another position. They have 3 shortstops, we don't even have much of ONE.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:25 PM) Game Ova! Therein lies the problem. Buehrle doesn't think he can give up a single run, so he's TOO fine with Guerrero. Then he loses his release point and fails to locate against Quinlan, who kills LHPing. Hudler is already talking about holding the lead for the rest of the game.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:20 PM) Ichiro is going to get a fortune this offseason. With all of the holes we're going to have in the next few years with our lineup, we'd have nothing left to afford anything better than the 2 million dollar reserve crap we have right now. Erstad's making $1 million, lol. KW has talked a lot the past couple of seasons about getting old fast, but this team slumped before everyone was ready for it to happen.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:19 PM) If we lose Buehrle, Dye, and Gooch next off season, it will be worth it if we get Ichiro. Ichiro in that situation would just be like Belle in 1998. An attraction to sell tickets, but it wouldn't be enough to put us back in the playoff hunt because we don't have a replacement for Buehrle...we will get prospects like Floyd and Gio back for him, but there are no guarantees that type of deal will work. Ichiro's the kind of player (like Soriano) that might have been enough to make a difference 2nd half in 2006, but KW wasn't willing to sell out the future. As things are looking now, there was a bleak future and he would have been better off putting all his eggs in the 2006 basket.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 6, 2007 -> 03:18 PM) I vote this offense as the worst offense of all-time. Book it. None of these hitters finish the season sniffing .275. Unless Pods stays on the DL the entire season, lol.