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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 08:24 AM) But I guess since we sucked in the 70s I should feel better about the terrible drafting, youth development, personnel decisions, and in-game managing that we have seen under the Kenny/Ozzie era. Veeck new he could never win in the free agent game so he decided to put his money in development. This is where changes need to be made but I wouldn't be surprised this organization will be stuck with waisting money on hit and miss free agents because of their hit and miss drafting and development.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 10:25 PM) Arizona needs a good leadoff hitter, Kuhn could get on base in front of Chris Young. Their leadoff hitter has 86 Ks this season.

Well hopefully someone other than the Twins will win this division. It will spare their fans the annual misery in the 2nd week of October.

I'm going to be at that game. A friend of my brother had some nice tickets he couldn't use. I think we are going to be 7 rows from the field.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:54 PM) Peavy would get hurt in the fight, but boy, he really put in a heck of an effort and after the game, he said he gave it his best. Meanwhile, Juan went to hit someone with a bat but squared up to bunt instead. I'd rely on the pitchers. We know most of the players are not dangerous with a bat.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 01:50 PM) I don't normally condone it, but I think they need to start a brawl with the Twins and kick the ever loving s*** out of them to prove that they are actually superior and stronger. As of right now, it's all a mentality, and that starts with the manager. I'll place $10 on the Twin kicking their asses physically as well. I hate posts like this. Please stop.

QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 01:56 PM) Nothing has changed (except we are worse this year against Detroit) I don't know how to explain it. This also happened with a different manager and players. They are the Twin's b****. Always will be.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) Because the sox ought to have that reputation now. If Cooper can't fix a pitcher, no one can. Most of Coop's fixes are short term. Yet he is treated like a legend.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 08:53 PM) The Sox are just mentally weak. There is no other explanation. Bingo! It will stay that way when you also aquire players from losing organizations. The mental midgets have returned.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 12:18 PM) Definitely guilty of Lillibridge, and I still don't see him as a starter (he's on a hotstreak and you've got to see it out though). He might be the next Kotsay. When you start to have faith in him...........he returns to his norm or below it.

No one should be surprised since baseball practices the same failed economics by governments. You had two commissioners who let the players' union get too powerful. Unions have failed to realize the money has to come from somewhere. Baseball owners don't appear to be the brightest bunch of people. They are content with the current worst commissioner in the entire sports galaxy even after the federal government gave them a good spanking. So now you are stuck with a sport where fans can no longer trust the validity of any accomplishments. There isn't a Lebron James or Peyton Manning in baseball without the question of them being tainted. Who knows if that stink will ever be forgotten. I don't think the average person considers a MLB game a wise choice in their entertainment dollars. There's so much entertainment to compete with that didn't exist over 30 years ago. The prices are getting on par with the NBA and NFL. Most people would prefer to spend money on the latter or on concert tickets and video games. If they want to start improving their economic model they need to start with telling the players' union to piss off.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 11:34 PM) Blame our offense who couldn't do jacks*** with RISP. Don't blame the guy who gave you 6 innings of 2 run ball. How many runs do they have to score to compensate for a potential bullpen loss and JP's defense? I'm going to go with 8.

The pen has lost too many game this year. The stink has gotten to Santos.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 11:44 PM) I already said I want Dayan to play left. He can't butcher it much worse than Juan, but I suspect he will be just a tad worse than Juan out there. Has anyone seen Dayan play the outfield yet? Maybe he still needs work. I get the impression the organization has a fear of bringing him up too soon.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 09:41 PM) I missed the game. I assume JP had another brain fart? I'd like to know as well. I'm going to assume this happened in the 10th inning.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...rumblings110607 As the Blue Jays' dump-his-contract-on-the-waiver-wire ploy proved a couple of years ago, Rios at his worst can be an exasperating fellow to have around. And Rios at his worst is pretty much what the White Sox have gotten this year. In fact, he's been the least productive middle-of-the-order hitter in the entire American League so far, if you measure production via Lee Sinins' Runs Created Above Average rankings. The funny thing is, Rios is making more contact than in any season of his career -- but his average on balls in play (.205) is down 101 points from last year. Which tells you he's likely to come out of this one of these months, once he stops blaming the local Gatorade coolers. "A lot of this is mechanical," said one scout. "He starts his hands real low, and he never gets in position to hit. By the time he does, the ball gets too deep on him and he can't do anything with it. But it's tough to watch. His body language is terrible. I hate watching him. He's a kid with so much ability, but he doesn't get the most out of it." Take it for what it's worth. I do hate his batting stance, tho.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 7, 2011 -> 11:12 PM) Yeah it is, Morel was fast tracked to the bigs because of his defense. They understand that half of the game is catching the ball, and finding and developing someone who can do it really well would be a great thing. It's obviously not. Two years in a row they had to replace the opening day 3rd basemen. If it wasn't for Morel, they would still be working on Viciedo playing 3rd. Being weak in defense and fundamentals are a trademark of the Kenny Williams regime.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 7, 2011 -> 08:42 AM) I will say, regardless of my actual feelings for the pick, that he better develop defensively. It never a priority in this organization.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 10:30 PM) Cuz when he's on the bench we lose. That should not mean he should get more playing time.

Is it that difficult for a NL hitter to transition to the AL?

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 10:37 PM) Yeah, he has so much common sense he doesn't call to walk Miguel Cabrera (or Justin Morneau if we wanna go back far enough) in the 9th inning with the game on the line with 2 outs and 2 bases open. How about that Linebrink clusterf*** against the Cubs a couple of years ago? But nevermind, I could fill an entire book with the idiotic decisions Ozzie makes on a regular basis. A little cherry picking there. Sounds like the players should be accountable in those situations.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 01:48 PM) There is no General Manager in baseball that's dumb enough to do that Someone probably said that about a GM getting Manny Ramirez.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 3, 2011 -> 07:44 PM) Griffeys was better. Sandberg's sucked.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 31, 2011 -> 09:25 AM) Not to mention the fact that Lester has been pretty terrible against the White Sox in his career. It's impossible to believe that they were expecting only 1 or 2 more runs would win the game. I GET the idea that acquiring a lead or being the first to score out of the gate sets the momentum for the team and builds confidence, but we're not talking the 2005, 2006 or even 2008 White Sox here. The interesting thing is that the more you read about KW and Hahn, the less you get the idea that philosophically they're in agreement with this "NL/small ball/Ozzie ball" label. And as much as we've been a team of sluggers since USCF opened, it has always been the pitching that delineated the eventual success of various seasons. One way or the other, you'd just like to see the front office, minor leagues and MLB coaching staff all on the same page. If we are to be a team of bunters/sacrificers/hit to the opposite field types, why isn't this being inculcated into our minor leaguers? When you think back to the likes of Borchard, Rowand, Crede, Josh Fields, Brian Anderson...none of them profile as those type of players. Why aren't they forced to learn those skills as soon as they're drafted, at the minor league level? In the old days, if you couldn't hit 20-30 homers per season, you simply HAD to do the other things well to stay in the big leagues. Omar Vizquel is a perfect example of this, he was a "plus plus" fielder, could steal a base, make contact, he did the "complementary" things we earlier saw with Iguchi in 2005/06. And yet we've had very few of these prospects in our system. Chris Getz comes to mind. Morel, to an extent. Maybe Sweeney. Jerry Owens, although he wasn't "raised" in our system for very long. And yet for each of them, their lack of power/OPS/SLG was often cited as the reason why they weren't good fits for our major league team...being "grindy" is only good for veteran players like Erstad and Kotsay, apparently. Then you look at the minor leaguers like Mitchell, Thompson, Viciedo, Danks, Flowers, etc. They're all "hit or strike out" types, with the possible exception of Viciedo and Mitchell as they mature. It's just very frustrating to watch players like Rios who SHOULD be able to contribute something offensively even if they're struggling and yet they've never learned how...some of the blame lies with the Blue Jays for spoiling/coddling both him and Wells, but it's been so ugly for Rios for much of his time here (yes, minus the first half of 2010...even Beckham has been pretty good 1/2 of the time, not 1/3rd.) Great post. I often wonder that the Sox philosophy on drafting is that all deficiencies can be erased or improved upon. Some things like catching a baseball, holding runners on, ect. probably aren't going to get better if they didn't happen before entering the professional level of baseball.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 29, 2011 -> 06:15 PM) And I'm not sure why anyone is suprised when we're 6-22 going back to whenever in TOR, which is basically a victory less than 1 win in 4 games every trip/series up there. I was surprised they actually scored more than 2 runs avg. per game.