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Konerko useless again?

I wonder if those people who wanted Konerko TRADED still think the same way. Today's game is exactly what Paulie needed. He's always killed Millwood. He really needed a confidence booster like a 4-4 game to get him back on track. Hopefully, this game isn't a one hit wonder. Paulie's had a couple of those this season.

That was an ugly 9th. Logan should of been pulled in the first place, it shouldn't of gotten to that point.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 02:30 PM) Maybe they could just lend him to some NL team for a few days to rehab. The Giants sound good. After all, Brian Wilson is the worst all-star reliever I've ever seen. How does he have only two blown saves in 26 chances with a 4.46 ERA?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) Just got Twittered (not as dirty as it sounds). Cowley reporting Jenks is throwing without pain and will go on a rehab assignment tomorrow, and should be back by Friday. That's awesome. Three cheers for no more Linebrink/Dotel in the 9th! Hip hip, hooray! Hip hip, hooray! Hip hip, HOORAY!

QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 04:01 PM) They are the best team in the NL, but there's no way they are the best team in baseball. As for Marmol, I wonder if they will seriously consider sending him down. Is Marmol another version of Rich Hill?

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) Good grief, is this Bartolo Colon Jr.? You should of heard Farmio. He was complaining that the Rangers listed him at only 200 lbs. I really needed the laugh.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 10:06 PM) He's done nothing this year for you to say this. He's been good overall. However, he leads the team in walks. He's not a great pitcher on the road. And recently, he's been inconsistent.Therefore, this start did not surprise me.

Do we ever have a good game plan against pitchers we've never seen? We looked like bIind peopIe at the plate. Gavin pitched like a pussy, what a surprise. You might as well have started Carrasco.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 06:10 PM) To me, there are five teams that look noticeably better than the other 25: The White Sox, Cubs, Angels, Rays, and Red Sox. There are ups and downs, three game losing streaks and so on, but those five teams just look really good to me. The Phillies would probably be #6 for me, their record isn't great but they will get going and are very dangerous. The Red Sox are way better than the Phillies.

QUOTE (Cowch @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 06:10 PM) The pitcher we're facing tonight has TERRIBLE numbers. If we can't win, I will be very upset. Does Jorge De La Rosa ring a bell to you? The White Sox can hit anybody if they feature a fastball and a bad/no change up. However, we can't hit anybody with a good straight change or an effective off-speed pitch.

Anybody know anything about Mendoza? Looking at his game log, he really struggled in his previous start.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 05:56 PM) Maybe you can say something of substance... Boston, LAA, Milwaukee, Tampa, Toronto, Oakland, Cubs, Arizona all have better starting staffs IMO. I'd have to look a little bit more to see if I could find more teams. I'm a guy who takes quality over quantity. So I look at a team like Milwaukee with two #1 starters and I'm pretty sure I'd rather have their rotation. And Bush, Suppan, and Parra have pitched about as well as Contreras and Vazquez. Maybe the the Sox have the best #4 and #5 starters (Vazquez and Count) in the league but come playoff time that doesn't really matter much. Out of all of those, I would only say the Angels' rotation is better. Arizona's fallen off big time. Johnson, Owings, and Davis haven't done much since their hot start.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 05:37 PM) This entire post is absolutely ridiculous. Are there even 10 teams in baseball with 5 adequate starters?

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QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 05:16 PM) Im looking forward to watching Hamilton get frozen on a wicked Gavin curve... And I wish it would be in the first inning. Because when Gavin has his stuff from the get go, it's pretty hard to hit him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) If by long night you mean long 4 hour game that we win, 12-11, OK. But even if he gets clobbered how do you know the Sox won't outslug them? So if Gavin has a bad outing we suddenly have 3 iffy starters in Jose, Javy and Gavin? How the heck do we have one of the best records in baseball? Sometimes, it's Gavin's tendency to pitch like crap on the road. That's all I'm saying.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 01:59 AM) The Sox are one of the best fastball hitting teams in the entire majors. If you throw 93+, you, at the very least, probably won't shut the Sox down. On the flip side, anybody who throws like Jamie Moyer has a chance to dazzle us.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 12:15 PM) The roster is all set. If you count up the players, there's 33 including Ortiz. Well, considering that the AL gets to vote for a DH (one more guy than the NL), they get less reserves. So yeah...

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 10:35 AM) Our bullpen is one of the best in the league. yes they can pitch over that. Buehrle is known for not being able to pitch over mistakes, but when he did Konerko muffed it. Im not denying that, I know Konerko screwed up, Im just not going to lay all the blame at his feet You can blame the entire team, but with that strike zone yesterday, do you think any team would of had moderate success? You can also blame Swisher, Crede, and Alexei for playing some questionable defense in that inning, but if it wasn't for Konerko's play, they aren't forced to make those plays. Therefore, Konerko has the most blame in this. I'm not saying he's up for 100% blame, but he's got at least 75-80% in this.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 10:32 AM) They better have a ton of WD40, cause his rust has been on him all year. I think this is gonna be another 2003 kind of year for Konerko. You're gonna get 20 homers out of him and he's gonna hit below .250. Hopefully, he doesn't screw the team up anymore. Just hope he's not costing his team anymore games. There were a couple of weird defensive alignments in that 8th. What was Crede doing so far off the line to a right handed pull hitter? What was Swisher doing so shallow against a power hitter like Guillen? Did our coaching staff fall asleep?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 07:39 AM) i just saw the highlights....no doubt in my mind brenly was joking about it being windblown He was joking, obviously.

There is no way the Sox will or should get rid of Konerko. I think he needs a couple of days off... If anything, he should of had a longer rehab assignment. He looks bad all around right now. The rust was really pilling up over those two weeks.

Floyd might get clobbered. He better have his best stuff or he's gonna be done after 2-3 innings. If he starts messing around in the first and walks a bunch of guys, it's going to be a long night...

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 10:22 AM) Did Konerko throw the cookie to Guillen and Teahen? Did Konerko fail to throw the ball in resulting in a inside the park homerun? Im not denying that the floodgates opened after his error/non-error, but there is such thing as damage control, and the bullpen did not provide it. You know this team's tendencies and Mark Buehrle's tendencies. They can't pitch over defensive mistakes. Knowing that, Konerko has to make that play. It wasn't like the throw was terribly bad, he just dropped it.