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Did you see the angle Swisher took on that Youkilis double? Haha

They don't think Mussina should be in the HOF?

That just means that when one of them isn't the DH, they'll be in the field!

And they'd still only score 1-2 runs per game.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Feb 17, 2010 -> 10:56 AM) I just wonder if we aren't putting too much value on Damon? We're not putting value on Damon, we're putting value on NOT wasting a starting slot on a garbage player every day of the season.

I don't think this is going to happen. No playing time for either Kotsay or Jones.

Given that Konerko will be nearly impossible to move, an Adrian Gonzalez trade will almost undoubtedly NOT happen, because it would leave us with an excellent option for DH.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) What about Alexei's flip and Uribe's World Series dive? http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200...12&c_id=cws http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/media/play...b_tp350&v=2 How about PK bare=handing the catch at first on Alexei's flip?

Lillibridge could split time at DH so we can rest Andruw Jones and Omar Vizquel. Yeah, Omar at age 42 would probably be best as a defensive sub, but he's a hall of famer, Ozzie wouldn't do THAT to him.

Nah. Way overpaid and has no power, which is what we need. Crowds the outfield. Nah.

Lillibridge makes the most sense according to Ozzie's model.

Well, there's always 2011.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 09:56 PM) The Yankees, Angels and Twins have been doing it for years. Not with benchwarmers.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) You will get no argument from me that it is not ideal. I agree with that. I'm simply saying that the fate of this lineup does not necessarily hinge on the DH, especially if the big boys do their job. The Rays scored the 5th most runs in the league last year (7th overall) and Pat Burrell had an OPS of around .680 as their full-time DH. It's not ideal, but it doesn't mean it won't be good enough...especially in the Central. I think the bottom line is this: Instead of signing a starter, we're going to use bench players to DH. Doing so means we're intentionally crippling ourselves. The Rays didn't use Burrell as a DH because they thought he sucked but they'd be "good enough" anyway.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 02:30 PM) me. u's act like thome is god or something, hell he may be awful and get hurt. our offense isnt going to suck or be better, just bcuz of thome. and yes ill take jones and kotsay and whoever needs a day off , over thome. im sick of hr or nothing, old base cloggers. just my opinion, and eveyone has their own opinoin and no one is right or wrong. plz no It's NOT homerun or nothing! He walks 100 times a year! He'll reach base 50 more times next year than jones or kotsay, easily.

I don't think some of you realize that if we DON'T get Thome (or trade for someone), our DH spot is going to be MARK KOTSAY and ANDRUW JONES. I'll rephrase: OMAR VIZQUEL WILL SEE TIME AS OUR DH

I'm blaming KW for this. He acts like he knows better but wants Ozzie to be in control. Ozzie is a lunatic, and clearly under the influence of some kind of drugs during these interviews. The roster isn't his job. There's no excuse for KW deferring to Ozzie's ridiculous opinion on the roster.

This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard anyone say involving baseball.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jan 23, 2010 -> 03:17 PM) When you say you tried "for the life of me", what did you actually try? I just Googled "Iguchi amazing play" and the first link was: http://www.extremesportclips.com/video/114...field-Play.html Tried: Tadahito iguchi Tadahito iguchi play Tadahito iguchi diving play Tadahito iguchi diving catch Tadahito iguchi diving throw Tadahito iguchi best play Tadahito iguchi best defensive play Thanks for the link

This Jones/Kotsay thing is a bad joke. Why are you doing this Kenny?

I want to show my friend Iguchi's diving play, but I cannot find it online for the life of me. Does anyone have a link? Much appreciated.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 06:52 PM) Really Ozzie? Jason Kubel, from your favorite Twins team, DH'ed in 80 games; Joe Mauer DH'ed in 28 games; Justin Morneau DH'ed in 12 games. Why? Because they are GOOD. You want to DH Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay, Omar Vizquel, and maybe giving an outfielder a rest (the only one who should ever be DH'ed in the first place is Quentin). It's like Ozzie has been given boxing gloves and now he wants to go play basketball with them on. I've noticed our collective rage growing over the last couple months.

If they don't bring Thome back, whoever is really responsible is an idiot. Even if they win the WS without him, NOT signing him at this point is just stupid. The "flexibility" defense baffles me every time I read it.