ThunderBolt

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 08:38 PM) You're so full of s***. Support your team and stop being afraid to invest a bit in them. Where the hell did that come from? Of course i'm invested in this team i'm posting on a message board dedicated to them. I refuse to blindly assume that this team is going to beat good teams just because we beat bad teams. It doesn't work like that.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 08:36 PM) Ok, so what you're telling me is that our wins against the NL are meaningless, but the Braves success in that league makes them one of the best teams. I got it now. Hanson is dominating good NL teams too, we haven't faced any of them.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 08:34 PM) These game threads are something else. The slightest hint of adversity and you guys are already selling your team down the river. Such a bunch of mamby pambies. A lot of us refused to buy into the hot streak because we did it against the Cubs, Pirates and Nats. We were never operating under the highest of expectations for this team anyway.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 08:31 PM) 3-0 now, as their #9 hitter ropes another bad pitch by Danks. Don't talk about minor league veteran Brooks Conrad like that... he sucks, yeah.

Ah, now i remember what happens to us when we play good teams.

Nice play by Omar!

Danks just handled McCann.

Stop bunting, Juan. It's not working.

Huh, that's a s***ty start.

Sweet, i get the White Sox broadcast tonight. It's been a while.

This is going to be a badass rotation to follow.

David is making his first start of the year tonight for Great Falls.

Alright! Some Holmberg action tonight!

Is anyone really suprised that Ozzie is doing this to Viciedo? We all know that he shouldn't have been brought up if he wasn't going to get regular playing time, but KW had to know what he was getting into when he made the move.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 21, 2010 -> 11:15 AM) So would you trade Floyd and Hudson for Lee and prospect? No, the reason that the Twins would make the Lee move would be because they don't already have guys like Floyd and Hudson in their rotation. You don't make a move that hurts your team long-term, just to stop a competitor in the short.

This is going to be a great series. This is where we start to prove if we can play with the better teams.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 21, 2010 -> 09:39 AM) Out. We just played 3 of the worst teams in all of baseball and still had a ton of close ballgames. They just arent very good. I'm kind of with Rock here. I still haven't seen anything from this offense that tells me we can compete with the better teams in baseball. I will admit that I’m feeling a lot more optimistic about this team’s chances of being relevant towards the end of the season, but we need another bat. This has been the case since the start of spring.

I went to see Kansas, Foreigner and Styx at Mohegan Sun, Friday night. Great show. Decent opening act by Kansas, great set by Foreigner and Styx blew the doors off the place.

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Jun 21, 2010 -> 01:01 AM) Sal can be MLB starting rotation material in a year. But one question. Wasn´t Poreda absolutely rated as can´t miss in the draft? He has really bombed after the trade but he only had his FB I guess. Sale has the FB and 2 plus pitches from what I hear. And him working with Coop can´t be bad. Poreda was a project with a plus fastball and no breaking pitches. He was very raw coming out of school.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 11:46 PM) So, does this mean then, that they will want to work on his delivery? I imagine this is something they'll start working on in the spring, not this year.

I just call him, "The Cuban Babe Ruth." It's from an early (badass) scouting report on the kid and it's not from the Chapelle Show.

I think the chances of this happening are pretty high. He's a great option for second lefty in the pen: a role that guarantees high-leverage work but not an insane amount of it. I'm only okay with this if a transition to starter starts the next spring.

It sounds like we got a great deal on Sale. His agent also seems to believe he's on a fast track. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=2550

We held Zimmerman and Dunn to 2-22 line this series. That's the story behind the streak. Our pitching.

I'd like to take on short-term salary, instead of giving up prospects. That likely means Berkman and not A-Gone or Dunn.