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QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 27, 2009 -> 05:58 PM) Except for Alfonso is still a productive offensive player, despite being an idiot. Not this year.

Alexei really is Alfonso Soriano. He screws up all the routine plays.

Castro's in the lineup cause Jose's pitching. Jose has a easier time communicating with Castro obviously.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 06:33 PM) It will be interesting what happens with Milton Bradley. The only way this offense can live up to their potential is if he's a main part of it. For as bad as they've played, they're still in a great position to win the NL Central as long as Cards don't trade for offense and/or Milwaukee for a few pitchers. It sucks that he's not going to be in the lineup tomorrow. I'll miss his bad swings and his strikeouts. Not to mention his boneheaded defense.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 06:30 PM) I would have been fine with Fields hitting there...and had no problems taking out BA for Wise based on Brian's lackadaisical offensive game. For whatever reason, this team just doesn't have "it," and won't get "it" unless we could somehow manage to reverse time in order to sign Blake, Hudson and trade for Edwin Jackson and Juan Pierre. Funny, with four former or current Dodgers, surely we would be in first place in the ALCD. Maybe even Andruw Jones, if you want to make it five. Andruw's hitting .246 now. He's kicking BA's ass in terms of OPS, but I'd rather have Brian's defense. Hudson would have been a great fit for this team. But I guess Kenny didn't see the need for another 2B when we had two awesome 2B in Nix and Getz. Psych.

Well yeah. It's easy to look back at it now when he's down low in the basement and labeled as injury-prone.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 06:25 PM) Well geez, they should have just yanked Contreras after the 6th inning and it wouldn't have been 5-2. Or we should put Jayson Nix in defensively for Paul Konerko, etc., in every late-inning defensive situation. After a loss, it's VERY easy to second guess every single move. We are just an average team and always will be this season...let's just get used to it, as it will make the next 90 games easier to deal with. They should have gotten Jose out of there because I was just glad he got out of the 6th since it seemed he had a back problem and he wasn't finishing his forkballs in that inning. He was lucky he missed outside and high. I honestly think Ozzie should have took him out. He didn't look all that good that inning and I was glad he got out of it by getting Lee to pop it up. Honestly, the Wise thought came up later in my head (after Dye stopped at 3rd), so I don't think I can blame Ozzie. But then again, he's the one who makes the f***ing lineups and I'm just a fan. He's supposed to have a better baseball mind than I am. But yet, I'm pretty sure a lot of managers would have ran for Dye in that situation.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 02:48 PM) Since the game that ended the White Sox season and provided the fire for the Cubs turnaround, the Sox are 4-2 and the Cubs are 3-4 Make that 4-3 and 4-4 now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 06:21 PM) But why did it have to be a catcher in that position? You put Wise up there, and they pull Marmol (no way they let him walk in tying run). Then, you can put Nix into the game and you save AJP if needed for their closer. Kinda of like a double switch in that regard. I guess Ozzie was thinking way too far ahead.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 05:44 PM) Because if we took Konerko/Thome/Dye out of every single game in the late innings for pinch-runners, we'd have absolutely ZERO chance of scoring in a game like yesterday's in extra innings. Second, normally you would make that move for the winning or go ahead run, but it's not so obvious there. Well would you rather lose or tie and then have a chance to win it in extras? I don't care if there's no JD. We won two games with Wise in right field at Cincy. It's not like it's the end of the world. Plus, if Wise scores, they would most likely pitch to Konerko.

QUOTE (sayitaintso @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 05:38 PM) Why does AJ always feel the need to swing at the first pitch with bases loaded and 1 out? You would think someone would tell him to take a pitch. Just go take the next 2 games from em boys. I don't know. But why didn't Ozzie pinch run Wise for Dye in the 8th? Wise scores on Thome's ball easily. It took Freel a year to get there and Dye still didn't score.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 05:38 PM) What was the count on Pods there? 2-2. He shouldn't have swung the pitch before. That ball was well outside. I would have loved to see Alexei against Gregg. Alexei can definitely deal a big blow to his 91 MPH straight fastball.

That wasn't even close to being called a strike. And God damn it A.J. I was telling myself that this A.J. and Marshall matchup is really bad and that if A.J. was to succeed, he has to be patient. A.J. likes to swing at everything and DPs are almost his forte against a sinker-balling lefty. What do you know? First pitch, double play. Man this game was more than winnable.

Murph is getting old anyhow. He's probably glad he doesn't have to work everyday.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 11:49 AM) So, Chad Billingsley hadn't given up more than 3 ER in a start all year. Gave up 5. Randy Wells hasn't given up more than 2 ER in a start this year... I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...YOU! WHITE! SOX! Didn't Wells give up 4-5 to the Twins?

He's starting to remind me of Alfonso Soriano in terms of his laziness and brain cramps.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 06:03 PM) Yeah that 3.30 era, 1.03 whip (2nd in NL), 115 K's (1st in NL) in 92.1 ip (11th in the NL) sucks. Sox fans expectations of Javy were always ridiculous because a fan favorite was traded for him. (Who is currently batting .204) Also I believe part of the reason why CQ was available was Young took a spot in the OF for AZ. That's cause he's pitching in the NL. My basis for saying he looked crappy was that he got hit pretty hard by the Cubs that first inning. Sooner or later, he's gonna revert back to his old self. If you remember, he was really good before June last season.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 05:53 PM) Let's stop talking about the fantasy bulls***, and get back to how awesome Beckham is in reality But when fantasy players start picking up rookie players not even a month into his playing career, that's speaking volumes.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 05:35 PM) Same thing they said about Bonds. Funny how this is playing out, ha. Barry Bonds was one of the best players in baseball before he went on the juice... His stats as a hitter were comparable to Griffey, if not better.

QUOTE (watchtower41 @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 01:45 PM) I fully knew it was an uneven trade going into it, I just wanted Bacon and Hunter off my team. I could careless about his above average first half, Torii is playing way over his head. My only other 3B was Andy LaRoche OF depth... Braun Beltran Sizemore (DL) Werth let's just say I had a surplus of outfielders to basically give away. This is in a 12 team head to head as well, where a lot of emphasis on drafting ACE pitchers in the first couple rounds for some teams...justifying on how I oucld have such an outfield in a 12 team league. My best starter is Verlander, but I had to take those big 3 up there with my first 3 picks as it could have been hte most lethal fantasy outfield ever created. Could have.... In one of my 10 team leagues I have an outfield of... Ryan Braun Manny Ramirez Ryan Ludwick Nelson Cruz Curtis Granderson Shane Victorino Originally drafted Braun and Ludwick. But since this league is public and extremely stupid, I picked up Cruz, Granderson, and Manny off of waivers or free agency. I also traded Broxton for Victorino.

Javy still looks crappy.

QUOTE (onedude @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 05:16 PM) Killed in high school, in JuCo, in the Minors, and now in the Majors. He's always been powerful wherever he's went. Has always had a High average wherever he's went. I'm giving him the benefit. He's a great hitter in general. If he did use steroids, he would still be one of the game's best players without them.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) don't underestimate the recovery factor for in PEDs. Players who use them probably feel alot better and sharper in that 4th AB on the 7th game in 7 days Steroids help recovery. But there hasn't been a medical or scientific claim that HGH does.

QUOTE (watchtower41 @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 02:06 PM) also fwiw, Beckham outscored Hunter by 8 last week. You could have gotten a much better 3B than Beckham with a guy like Hunter.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 01:35 PM) I like how you pointed out that it isn't proven right after I pointed out that proving it is legally impossible right now. They could always go to a far-off third world country and conduct research. That's legal right?