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That guy would be a perfect fit for the Sox pen.

Mental Midget Syndrome

Everyone shouldn't be suprised the Sox weren't going to get him. It was talk and nothing more. No luck there. The real luck was when the Sox outbid the Cubs on that one Jap player and he chose the Cubs.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 09:59 AM) This. If anyone should have been a raging asshole after all that happened while he was here, it was Dunn. He has been nothing but class. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I think he's a great example that modern day "everyone gets a trophy" athletes should pay attention to. He was never defensive about his lack of performance and would not shy away from the media talking about. I could never dislike Adam Dunn despite not living up to expectations. The guy is a class act. My biggest regret is now that can't use him in the pen. He can't be any worse than BlowSorryYo.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 27, 2014 -> 11:28 AM) What makes you think they are making a bunch of 1B/DH types? If anything, the system had a lack of that depth just a year ago. Let's look at the 1B/DH guys in the system that even remotely qualify as worth noting: --Andy Wilkins, who has been a 1B for a long time. He was a 3B, and is supposedly a good defensive 1B. He's a fringe prospect. --Rangel Ravelo has a serious bat, also a 3B convert and therefore likely to get pretty good at 1B defensively. --Keon Barnum has been a 1B/DH power guy all along and has serious raw power. And that's it. Who are you talking about? Two too many in my world.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 12:57 AM) The AL is moving away from big mashers at DH. They are expensive, they have to be pinch run for, they have zero utility and there doesn't seem to be a ton of year-to-year consistency from the full time DH's. Bring me ballplayers, guys who can play one or multiple positions and play them well. Let the DH spot be used to get our everyday guys off the field the soothe the wear and tear of the season. You have trouble using a DH as trade bait to the NL.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) Good call by Robin. Once a runner gets on vs Bella it turns all to hell. Guy who brought up his struggles with runners on before the season couldn't have been more right. I don't get why he is not DFA's or GTFO. He sucks.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 04:38 PM) Royals designated LHP Bruce Chen for assignment. Chen gets the boot after being pummeled for six runs in an extra-innings loss to the Twins on Thursday. The left-hander had been used sparingly since returning from the DL, so the move isn't terribly surprising. He'll pass through waivers easily given his $3.25 million salary. Per Rotoworld That's a qualifier to enter the Sox pen.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 10:07 PM) You really think Adam Dunn could be the difference between winning the division and finishing 2nd? Looking at past lineups, I guess it comes down to sub par CF defense from Crisp + Dunns bat vs. above average CF defense from Sam Fuld + his bat. I'm not sure if that difference even equals one win. 2012 says NO. He's washed up. Fans have hope there is another KW GM who believes in lightning in a bottle.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 10:17 PM) Watch him throw a wild pitch. Almost happened on an intentional walk.

Cleto's names should be changed to Clusterf***.

Luck had to run out after getting cheap hits off hanging curves.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 09:37 PM) Francona has to lead the majors in managerial air time. That was an unnecessary pitching change.

The ability to catch a baseball was always down at the bottom on Kenny's list. If you can't hit you still have to catch a baseball.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 09:23 PM) 101 Oh so they are doing pitch counts now? I heard they (from Cooper) don't do that but it must be in the early season when its anywhere from the 40-60s that those arms are exposed to higher pitch counts.

So why did they take Danks out?

How many future 1B/DH can this organization produce? I interpret it as not being good at catching a baseball. The Tank experiment started at 3B then OF. I often wondered if the glove wasn't there to begin with how much can there be improved at a higher level of baseball? Or is it the quality of instruction is not there? In the KW era it was all about getting athletes instead of baseball players. There was a lot of bad defense coming out of the minors. Hitting is important but so many other deficient things show up that change a season or post season. I have no idea what Hahn's philosophies are and Buddy Bell was in charge during the KW era. Is that a good thing? It appear they believe in hone grown pitching but they seem to not be efficient outside of that. If you look at the team's better player, they did not com from the system or they spent very little time in it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 02:51 PM) If Danks is exhausted now, then shutting him down now could also lead to him being exhausted at around this time next year. If he's that tired, then skip a start, that's fine and maybe a good idea to keep him from getting hurt via overexertion, but don't shut him down. I never understood the concept of shutting someone down in any sport. If they didn't love to compete they wouldn't be athletes. Trying to plan to avoid injuries doesn't always work either.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 27, 2014 -> 05:34 AM) Ned Yost calls out Royals fans for not coming out to the park http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...cle1306960.html Losing is a habit. I guess they will show up next year if the team wins the division.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 11:47 AM) I think that we have a DH on Saturday. The first game (makeup game) is at 12:10 PM Chicago time but the TV game is on WGN at 5:10 PM in the MDT zone I guess this thread will not happen next year since WGN America will no longer have Sox or Cubs.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 27, 2014 -> 06:52 AM) I want to vote Norberto Martin. Why isn't he an option? I wanted a punch the bullpen in the nuts option.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 10:59 PM) Robin should quit after this season and give another former player a shot at it. He deserves a break from this bullpen madness. Make him third base coach for a season if he wants to be in a big league uniform, still. Ugh, I'm tired of former players. Few have success. There's probably enough of them ruining the minor league system as well.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Aug 25, 2014 -> 07:59 AM) Twins too, maybe Indians and Tigers, I'd be far beyond satisfied, amazing how underrated he is to this day, what a great player, that's what happens when you shut up and play the game right IF we didn't have Adam Dunn, he would put up decent numbers as a DH. In Sept, put Dunn in the pen.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 09:24 AM) Yeeesh. Aren't you an admin? Don't confuse this site with WSI. I think they've given up over there.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 09:30 AM) Yeah, it's unfortunate seeing people say that. I always liked Beckham and wanted him to succeed, but it just wasn't meant to be for the Sox. Another guy that comes to mind when thinking about this is Uribe too. He had turned into a pretty terrible hitter by the end of his Sox career and he's gone on to have a really nice career. Uribe was never anything close to a good hitter. It didn't matter in 2005. You put Beckham in the 2005 lineup, his inability to hit would not be a problem. Uribe and Beckham are apples and oranges.