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QUOTE(Jay @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:15 PM) It's the only way to get him off of the field. I don't really have anything against Erstad. I'd like Erstad as a fourth OF and backup 1B. I wouldn't mind using the rare managerial trade to ship Ozzie to anywhere on Earth, either. I'm tired of having a manager that thinks what "the team needs" is an automatic grounder hit right to the second baseman every at-bat with weak-to-mediocre defense in center field. Anyone else believe that Ozzie is watching Erstad's game tape from 2000? I can't believe that I spent all of 2005 thinking that Ozzie and "grinding" was part of the reason we won. I feel dirty! Which is one dollar more than you could get for Brian Anderson. Parents can "gift" a car to a child for $1 and a change of the title, but we can't find a taker for BA I'm afraid. Even the DET announcers mentioned he was "nonchalant" about fielding Inge's "double." Everyone in baseball (except BA) knows that Inge can run as well as any corner infielder in MLB. And I've NEVER seen BA try to change his approach at the plate. I don't care if you sit on the bench or are part of the bullpen unexpectedly (McCarthy's excuse), you can't take Crede/Rowand 2002 swings and just flail away up there without making an attempt to shorten up your swing and go the other way, like Crede did against Zumaya yesterday. QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 06:59 PM) uhhhh...??? Simple. There's "potential" and there's a baseball player. BA is like Borchard right now, a gifted athlete who happens to have chosen baseball. Even if he's no longer a great player, Erstad intuitively understands situations on the field, and does what it takes to get the job done, such as hustling out of the box to prevent a double play. I think Ozzie realizes BA would just be another "free swinger" at the bottom of the order and he was hoping that Pods and Erstad at the top of the order would rub off on the mentality of the rest of the team. I think Uribe has that ability to at least understand how to get a runner in from 3rd with two outs or less...at least he does it better than anyone on our team, despite his other AB's throughout a game.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:39 PM) But Garcia's injured and will never pitch in the majors again. It was a different trade, but Hirsh looks fantastic for the Rockies so far. The funny thing is that many "insiders" were predicting Jennings would be the second most valuable commodity after Zambrano on the FA Market next offseason. I think Buehrle might be #1 right now, possibly over Zambrano based on "value" to a team. Zambrano might end up a huge bust with a team like the Yankees, Red Sox, Mariners or Angels.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 06:16 PM) Lets see how we do against the Royals, who have played us tough and have cost us in the past before we talk about the Twinks. The twins and the Tigers last year have made a history of beating bad teams, and playing decent against good teams. The key to this year is beating teams like the Royals. If we play like we did against the Tigers this weekend against good teams, and roll the bad teams we are gong to the playoffs. If we struggle against bad teams this year, its going to be tough. The royals are a better barometer of how we have progressed. Our killer instinct against bad teams has be poor. As far as Aardsma today. How he got beat, thats okay to me If you get beat on a fastball or pitching to a hitter. Tip your cap. If you get beat by walking a bunch of people and then giving it up. Then you feel like you got punched in the stomach. With our pitching we should have the twinks record if not better. The Tigers were 45-30 against the AL Central last year. We don't need to put up our 2005 record, but we need to go 12-7 or 13-6 against the Royals, that's for sure. We're one game under against the Central right now, I think. The encouraging signs are Buehrle, the fact that we actually won 2/3 at Oakland and now we've taken 2/3 against DET and almost swept. If we could only figure out how to contain the Indians' offense and/or beat Sabathia, we'd be okay. We also have 5 blown saves to lead the AL, with three leading to losses (Cleveland Game 2, at Oakland and now today). In the overall scheme of things, we should be 3 games over .500 (10-7), because we came back at Oakland in Game 3 against Duscherer and Street and we didn't deserve yesterday's game at all. Of course, coming into today, New York is 0 for 5 in saves (as a team). Pretty amazing. Well, they say you can't win it in April, but you can lose it, and 1 1/2 games behind is definitely not out of the race, right?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:25 PM) Wrong. It's winning the World Series, which three of the four teams you just named off haven't done it in a while. I have a ton of respect for what the Twins have been able to do, and what the Indians have put together, but ask 98% of their fans, and I'm sure they would love to have a 100 million dollar payroll and a World Series Championship in the back pocket. Your logic just doesn't make sense. If the fans show up, there is 0 reason to cut payroll. 0. Neither does trading Freddy Garcia for a busted project and a AA project.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:21 PM) win it in the 13th I wonder how long Ozzie will stay with Masset?

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:17 PM) grilli's been known to walk a few. Twins actually fail to rally and lose 3-1 to the Royals. Anything is possible. Of course, now KC is "hot" (2 of 3 versus Twins in this series), right when they come across the Sox for the first time on the schedule.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:12 PM) Yep Looks like we have Grilli if we can get Perez out. PK owns Grilli lifetime, which means he'll probably backwards K or pop out. EDIT: Thought for sure that one would drop too, just like Magglio's! WHEW. At least the Sox bullpen is fighting back and just not packing it in.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:03 PM) After today it'll be very hard for anyone to argue giving more playing time to Brian. Even Crede adjusted his swing to face Zumaya yesterday. Why the HELL does BA take the same exact approach in EVERY situation during a baseball game??? Does he ever actually think out there?

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:00 PM) I'd hate to lose another game this year where we were one pitch away from winning. That rarely happened the last two years. 05, not so much....06, it was a pretty regular occurrence with Cotts, Politte and then Jenks in the 2nd half of the season.

QUOTE(Sox It To Em @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:56 PM) lead-off double kill me now You mean a single and a mental error on Anderson....JESUS!

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:55 PM) Haha, don't cite them as authorities, man. They're terrible. AJ can bunt....about as well as Anderson played that ball. That's why BA shouldn't play, how can you NONCHALANT a ball in the bottom of the 10th???????? RIDICULOUS ATTITUDE.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:48 PM) I feel like the biggest jinx. Turned the game on with 2 outs in the 9th. White Sox now tied for AL lead with 5 blown saves.

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:44 PM) let me introduce you to john danks That second pitch to Thames was definitely a strike and changed the composition of the entire game...oh, well. Get that run back. And the Konerko DP ball stings a lot more. You know that will come back to haunt you somehow, leaving a runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:07 PM) h0ly hamburgers, Dye working the count, then getting a hit. What a concept. Did that pretty well against Millwood last week, or when Buehrle is pitching in general.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:04 PM) No idea how Leyland lets Rubelo hit there, but good for us! PR Anderson?

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:03 PM) Ahhhh, nothing like facing the Tigers' version Wiki Gonzalez in a big spot, huh? Wiki was a much better hitter for the Padres than Rabelo or Molina will ever be. Didn't Lopez used to pitch for the Blue Jays, or is that my imagination?

QUOTE(G&T @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:53 PM) Garland walks Guillen. First baserunner since the first, I think He wasn't going to give in to Guillen. Intentional unintentional walk.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:52 PM) Sox giving a great pitched game away (they must think Danks is pitching). 15 LOB with several in scoring position. No, you're reading the box score wrong...has to be. You don't add each LOB throughout the order to get it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:48 PM) They wouldn't IBB walk someone into scoring position. If anything, they would have brought in Seay. I don't think you take out Verlander for Seay in that situation...Leyland doesn't tend to overmanage like Ozzie in that situation.

QUOTE(Wanne @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:48 PM) Paulie needs to sit for a day. He's really beating himself up between the ears. Nice strategy with the bunt Oz. And you still have to play to get the lead on the road. Konerko is supposed to be our best hitter, and he came through yesterday.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:46 PM) My thoughts exactly. Come on Paulie! Does anyone doubt they would have walked him anyway? Why would they pitch to Thome?

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:44 PM) And it used to be bigger. In 2003, they moved the walls in. That should really be a base hit. I think he might have had it beaten out, but I guess the error because the ump did call him out originally.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:39 PM) it's early in the season, but I'm very pleased with our starting pitching. The best thing is that we're not scoring runs in bunches...setting the tone that we have to scratch and claw for whatever we can get, and it's really forcing the players in the top and bottom of the order to play more fundamentally sound to compensate for Konerko, Dye and Crede struggling.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:26 PM) I doubt it. Probably Rodney. Thome is on pace to break the AL record for Walks with 183 (held by Babe Ruth - 170). I think they will have to use Mesa or Grilli if the game is tied. Rodney has been looking so bad, I don't think that Leyland trusts him after yesterday's game. What's Jon's pitch count? It has to be around 70-75, no more.

QUOTE(chisox72 @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:26 PM) I too am enjoying seeing Mack in the lineup lately. His defense is far and away better than Prancer and his bat isn't too shabby either... I just wish PK and JD would stop looking like s***.... I wonder if Dye or Sheffield will both end up with really subpar years...under 25 homers and under 90 RBI's. Maybe... I'm convinced Rabelo and Molina are the same player and they just go back and forth between clubhouses.