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QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 04:10 PM) If Dunn gets a hit he's looks like a genius What's the odds of either one happening.

QUOTE (bozzie @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 04:31 PM) . . . good way to keep the KoolAid flowing, Northside . . . can anyone say censorship? . . . What a noob....after awhile this site can get quite boring with so few subjects. BTW, unless you own the site, anyone and anything can be censored.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 04:09 PM) The sad thing is, the Sox had a respectable 16-12 August after starting 0-4. That 11-22 start just won't go away. I think the biggest myth bought by managers and players is "there's plenty of baseball left".

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 04:25 PM) Lexi's been jerked around by Ozzie more than anyone in the batting order. He hasn't been great, but he could benefit from a defined role at this point in his career, IMO. But really, with Quentin out, it's freakin' obvious who should be batting behind Konerko. As for Ozzie's ideas about protecting Vic, the better solution may be to bat Viciedo 3rd and Konerko 4th.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 04:23 PM) the offense scored 6 runs, you should win every one of those games peavy is just a flat out terrible pitcher, the team is hindered by having to pitch him and pay him It think it's time Kenny stops paying big money for NL talent.

Detroit took the lead.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) This is correct. Probably the biggest Sox-killer of my lifetime. I don't think he's the Sox killer when there's Dunn an Rios.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 10:56 AM) Last time I checked, neither the Tigers or White Sox were known for their second half runs. I get that we just swept a god awful Mariners team and won last night against a Twins team that I don't even recognize. But we've seen this movie before. They're going to HAVE to beat Detroit. And when I say that I'm talking a minimum of 5-1 against them and play pretty much lights out against everybody else. That is my biggest concern. They could beat up Detroit and get "Chen'd" by the Royals.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 12:33 PM) KC has and can win games. And they enjoy being spoilers. They've done it to the Sox more than once.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 09:49 PM) .500 against the division...woo... Cle 7-3 Det 5-7 KC 5-6 Min 6-7 Do this the rest... Cle 6-2 Det 4-2 KC 5-2 Min 3-2 Tor 2-1 20-9, I'll give them a fighting chance. Tigers would have to go 14-13 to tie. Damn, running out of games. What people haven't realized is Detroit has had trouble playing .500 in the division.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 09:49 PM) is this the first time we've been 3 above .500 all year? i don't remember Beginning of the year. 6-3.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) I can't think of a single solitary poster on this board that said keeping Viciedo in the minors was the correct thing to do. Names or you're hallucinating. Edit: greg and elrockin don't count. I did. There's that service time thing. He has to learn how to catch a baseball. He spent more time with Charlotte's hitting instructor meaning less time with Walker. Maybe the Charlotte staff and KW thought he wasn't ready. There's no way to know if they same players would have put out the same performance if brought up earlier.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) He has no power to the opposite field. I don't see how he can have any power with that batting stance.

Morel with a Dunn impersonation.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) Stewarts last start this season, I hope. They'll be down to a 3 man rotation, or 3 1/2 counting Peavy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 08:03 PM) You know what's comical? Kenny traded Hudson last year cause he didn't want to have to count on a young pitcher during a playoff run. So then, he turns around and trades Jackson for a very unknown commodity in Stewart who ends up pitching in some important games down the stretch of this year. That's just another reason why they need a new GM. Stewart will need a ST under Cooper (if he's here next year) to improve.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 11:39 AM) Of course Ozzie could have not played those players...... Unfortunately the bench players don't always make suitable replacements. Out of 25 players few on this team can hit a baseball. At the same time maybe Kenny didn't push for some of these guys that recently came up from Charlotte is because he trusts that staff better than the Sox staff.

They all need to go. This has become too much of a soap opera. I think Ozzie really wants out but will stay if Jerry says so. The farm system has regressed under Kenny. He's gotta go. There's a recent pattern of veterans coming here and regressing. Get rid of everyone. Cooper is probably the only guy worthy. If we lose a certain popular player or players due to contracts like Dunn, Rios and Peavy, I'll probably be "all out" next season. They'll have to impress me. I can't see this organization keeping one or the other and still make progress. Underachievement has existed under two managers this century. Maybe Reinsdorf need to go as well. The "we'll make the team better if people show up" philosophy is extortion.

QUOTE (tonyho7476 @ Aug 30, 2011 -> 09:30 AM) Joe Madden was 1. Ozzie is Number 6 Most Popular Manager The polls don't really mean much in a sport where money talks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 09:22 AM) Gotta disagree here a bit BS...His plate discipline has clearly been improving as the year went on. BB by month 4 9 5 13 14 It was May when he really started raking and taking some walks, and when he went into his July/August injury slump that was when he started taking more walks than ever before. Which probably never would have happened if he was on the Sox. His poor plate discipline would have remained untouched.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 05:44 PM) He strikes out a lot but I like Flowers. I vote for dealing AJP to a contender now and going with Flowers/Castro next year with Flowers the regular. Wasn't Castro putting up a Dunn type average in the minors?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 07:08 AM) Sample size, gentlemen. Definitely. I wonder if the organization has made a similar mistakes since some of the prospects have come up and and failed almost to the point of being out of baseball. Viciedo still needed to learn how to catch a baseball and it looks like he was better off working with the hitting coach in the minors. With Kenny signing Dunn there was no roster spot.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 09:08 AM) If the scenario was: KW has no authority right now to fire Guillen because of an edict from ownership, Consequently, KW has no authority right now to force Guillen to follow his instructions (because he can't fire him for open defiance of KW's decisions), and Guillen makes clear that he will not play Viciedo if he's called up, he'll bench the kid like he did last year, and maybe insult/run him down a bit for good measure Then KW's hands are tied from above and below in the org. We have no idea if this is really accurate.

I know Rios is in everyone's doghouse but the guy has been hittin lately.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) If the Sox have this epic "late run" that gets them back to 1 or 2 games out the day the season ends, it would also be easy to dismiss the run as coming in garbage time. Now that the pressure's off (their chances at the division are pretty remote), you have to take W-L performance with a grain of salt. Probably not so since it is technically a 3 team race and Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland still have plenty of games to play against each other.