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The approach by these hitters combined with the talent is just awesome

Time to raise the difficulty level in the settings menu.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 03:18 PM) Bases loaded and nobody out for Adam Dunn.. what a wonderful situation. Dunn is so loose at the plate. That is some serious Donkey.

Here comes the BOOM...

Greg Walker was raving about the hitters this spring. How they "looked" and you can certainly see how well they feel right now.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 03:06 PM) and on pace for over 600 rbi's this season This lineup is seriously strong.

Love the MF'N TCQ bat flip.

No more talk. JUST WIN!

Chin Shoe Jew plays for CLE according to Melton...good lord

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 09:53 PM) Dunn likes the lights. Dunn likes playing the field.

That punk-a** bat flip by Millions after his gapper was for you Flav...

BTW, Kudos again to ptatc for calling it correct. As Kenny stated today, there is no "shutting down", he's gotta work though it until the recovery is within the typical timeframe.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Mar 23, 2011 -> 11:12 PM) There's nothing wrong with people posting updates on Jake's status. Get off your high horse. We all want him to get healthy and get back on the mound to help our team win. Ignore is a beautiful thing.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The news for the White Sox right-hander was about as upbeat as could be expected on Wednesday. Peavy was examined by Dr. Anthony Romeo, who performed the experimental surgery on July 14 to reattach the tendon that anchors the latissimus dorsi muscle to the rear of Peavy's shoulder. The discomfort Peavy has been feeling in that area since his last start on March 19 in Phoenix was nothing structural and just the blip on the radar everyone in the organization expected during this comeback. This piece of information was so positive that general manager Ken Williams still would not completely rule out Peavy from breaking camp with the team and being part of the opening rotation. It's unlikely, at this point, but nothing seems to be impossible with Peavy's unique situation. "I don't want to use any absolute terms, simply because this is Jake Peavy, and he has pushed and worked his tail off to get to this point," said Williams, speaking to the media during Wednesday's 6-2 loss to the Dodgers at Camelback Ranch. "From what I understand now, the medicine that he is taking is similar to any kind of medicines he would be taking even if he didn't have the lat issue, and it is working on him. "So it's the same soreness you generally have during this time of Spring Training that all the guys have. He's working through it. But his recovery time, because of the injury, let's say it's at seven days instead of four days. Now, the more he works through it, it will go down to six days of recovery. It will go down to five days, and then four. "Depending upon what kind of plan we put into play, and how long that will be, we can't shut him down from what I've been told. He's got to work through some things," Williams said.

So KW comes out and states publicly that it's NOT Ozzie's decision nor is it Coop's decision and that he's gonna go by what JAKE and the Trainers/Doctors are telling him. That is a major difference between Ozzie's power play to the media earlier this week. "Jake is gonna pitch when I tell him he can." So, again if that's the impression Peavy has always gotten, and I don't doubt that is is, Ozzie's comments about "I'm not gonna let him convince me anymore" were the start of the firestorm that lead to the media backlash. As usual Kenny/Ozzie have two different ideas....

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 08:34 PM) I really doubt that happened. It was more likely that Jake just said he felt good and though he could handle it. If they really though it wasn't good for him they wouldn't have let him. I'm sure most of the reason was that he couldn't start the season if he didn't stay on his regular turn. This all turned out to be the wrong decision but that's hindsight. At the time it seemed like he was doing well. It may actually have been a blessing in disguise for this blip to arrive now instead of later.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 03:52 PM) It's really going to be fun bumping this post when he doesn't. Jake Harden or Rich Peavy? Sorry, when did Rich Harden win the Cy f'n Young?!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) Just in case there wasn't enough gasoline on the fire... this from Chris Rongey's facebook feed. We can do without the Ozzie offspring insights this season...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jake Peavy played catch on Tuesday and said he is encouraged about the way his right rotator cuff has responded to treatment. "I felt quite a bit better than I did a few days ago," Peavy said, "so I was excited that things are certainly calming down. "To see it in just a couple days make a drastic improvement is very encouraging.'' Peavy said he plans to play catch on Wednesday, including stretching it out with long toss and "push it as far as we can without pushing it.'' A day after throwing 83 pitches in his fourth start on Sunday and looking like a near sure-thing to make the opening-day roster, Peavy revealed that he had tendinitis in the rotator cuff. He took anti-inflammatories and treatment "When I take the mound I will be as healthy as I can possibly be. Don't know that means and not making any predictions about what will happen but I will go out there 100 percent healthy.'' Peavy said he'll play catch today as long as he feels well enough. He expects that to be the case.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) It's really going to be fun bumping this thread if Jake comes back and throws a shutout in late April/early May. One step closer: After throwing today, Peavy says he feels drastically better and is encouraged. Could throw a bit more tomorrow .#whitesox The guy is gonna be fine and contribute a ton to this year's team. But people love a good angry panic so I say "knock yourself out."

QUOTE (oldsox @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 09:47 AM) "I'm certainly not the guy the Sox thought they were trading for," .... This quote in today's Trib says it all. I wonder what Kenny's reaction was when he read it this morning. What a misrable trade, and he followed that up with getting rid of Dan Hudson to the DBacks. Kenny is kind of the Josh McDaniel of MLB GM's. No.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 12:24 AM) Last time, he didn't say anything till his muscle snapped off. This time, his shoulder hurts and he told the staff. There was very little way for him to tell that his shoulder soreness after the Angels game was tendinitis until it didn't go away. It is my opinion that the crazy outpouring of wrath we're seeing is a direct result of the anxiety people have swallowed regarding Peavy's health. The moment a wrinkle showed itself, all those anxieties erupted. It's understandable, but it's far from rational. (not necessarily directed at Krush, just Sox fandom in general) +1. There is no question that each and every time Jake pitched and side sessioned this spring all the docs, KW Ozzie and Coop sat down with him and and they checked him out. The idea that Jake was out there on his own keeping secrets is idiotic. There was always a ton of dialogue about just how he was feeling and how much to work out between starts. Nobody knew quite what to do and they admitted that they shouldn't have worked him out so hard on off days rehabbing the first couple weeks. Then they scaled that program back. There was no way to anticipate what that setback was going to be, but there has ALWAYS been an understanding that it was coming. So, the setback is here. BFD. He steps down for a few weeks and ramps it back up when he's ready. He's pitched pretty damn well all spring and once they get a handle on this soreness he's gonna be fine. Why people are so unstable about all this is just bizarre.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 21, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) Nice - some actual information that is founded in reason! Let the productive discussion continue. But it's so much easier to get angry and hate on Jake...

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 21, 2011 -> 08:21 PM) You go into a users profile and within that area is an ignore feature. Look for something like this: https://skitch.com/trevorcaesar/rih34/whtso...viewing-profile Done. Thanks. Much Better.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 21, 2011 -> 06:20 PM) Thus far Hardly.