The-Legend-Of-Pujols Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I would sit out Konerko and play Thome. Thome is having a great year so far and you cant take him out of his rythm. You cant play both and IMO I would rather play Thome during the Interleague stint. Whats your take on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg The Bull Luzinski Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I was hoping one could be shifted to CF and Brian Anderson sits on the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Thome, thread over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I want to see Thome play, but I'd rather see PK play the bulk of the time in the NL parks. I just want the Sox to do all they can to prevent any future injuries for Thome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHarris1 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I don't want to risk Thome injury, AT ALL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObamaKnowsBest Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Konerko is the Sox leader and I don't think hes missed two games all year if any. I don't see them sitting him. Only if he asks to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Paulie's save a lot of errors on bad throws this season. Thome hasn't played first in almost a year. I would stick with Paulie, unless Thome happens to be on an incredible roll offensively. Since Thome has been in the NL, he probably is more familiar with most of the pitchers. I guess I would basically have to see how both are going when the series are to be played. If anything, maybe platoon them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mplssoxfan Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Hasn't Ozzie already stated, many, many times, that Thome will not be playing in the field at all this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ May 31, 2006 -> 05:41 PM) Hasn't Ozzie already stated, many, many times, that Thome will not be playing in the field at all this season? He's backed off that. Thome has been taking grounders during BP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Thome should take grounders at 3rd too. Just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Back to the field: With Interleague Play moving to National League parks as of June 16 for the White Sox, Ozzie Guillen is still weighing his options in regard to the usage of Jim Thome. The White Sox start with a weekend series in Cincinnati, followed by six straight Interleague home contests against St. Louis and Houston. The action then moves to three in Pittsburgh and the return weekend set at Wrigley Field to close out June. The White Sox manager spoke Tuesday of having the luxury of being able to use Thome in any of those series, with all three away ballparks featuring natural grass. While Thome probably will start no more than one-third of those nine games in the field, Guillen definitely doesn't want to completely shut out the American League's most productive hitter. "My problem is there are two ways," Guillen said of Thome. "Put him on the field and hopefully nothing happens on the field. And another way is I can sit him for nine games straight and just pinch-hit. "There's no way I'm going to sit this guy. I already talked to [Paul] Konerko about that, and he's willing to do what I want him to do." Guillen pointed out how easy it is to manage a team with a lack of egos, as exhibited by Thome and Konerko's willingness to follow his decision during Interleague action. Guillen added that the decision is different with Thome, who has been taking ground balls from third-base coach Joey Cora, than it was in 2005 with Frank Thomas, who no longer could play the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 We could always just shift guys around, both Thome and Konerko can play 3B and Pauly could also play catcher, so instead of having to sit Thome or Konerko we could always bench one of Crede or Pierz instead. Also if you can play 3B, you can play LF so why not stick one of Thome, Crede or Kong out in LF, shift Pods to CF and bam no problem. C: Pierz 1B: Konerko 2B: Iguchi SS: Uribe 3B: Thome LF: Crede CF: Pods RF: Dye Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 31, 2006 -> 03:55 PM) We could always just shift guys around, both Thome and Konerko can play 3B and Pauly could also play catcher, so instead of having to sit Thome or Konerko we could always bench one of Crede or Pierz instead. Also if you can play 3B, you can play LF so why not stick one of Thome, Crede or Kong out in LF, shift Pods to CF and bam no problem. C: Pierz 1B: Konerko 2B: Iguchi SS: Uribe 3B: Thome LF: Crede CF: Pods RF: Dye Awesome. We could also put Dye at SS and Call up Fields to play RF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 31, 2006 -> 06:55 PM) We could always just shift guys around, both Thome and Konerko can play 3B and Pauly could also play catcher, so instead of having to sit Thome or Konerko we could always bench one of Crede or Pierz instead. Also if you can play 3B, you can play LF so why not stick one of Thome, Crede or Kong out in LF, shift Pods to CF and bam no problem. C: Pierz 1B: Konerko 2B: Iguchi SS: Uribe 3B: Thome LF: Crede CF: Pods RF: Dye Awesome. Pablo should probably pitch too, so we get a little more offense from the 9 spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg The Bull Luzinski Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 31, 2006 -> 05:56 PM) Pablo should probably pitch too, so we get a little more offense from the 9 spot. LMFAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 31, 2006 -> 05:56 PM) We could also put Dye at SS and Call up Fields to play RF. QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 31, 2006 -> 05:56 PM) Pablo should probably pitch too, so we get a little more offense from the 9 spot. So what we've got here is the ultimate NL lineup. Pods - CF Iguchi - 2B Thome - 3B Konerko - 1B Dye - SS Fields - RF Pierz - C Crede - LF Ozuna - P Who says an AL team can't play NL ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Crede could shift to short probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Leave Dye in right, move Crede to short and let Fields play left. Hell yeahs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 I think putting Thome in for one third of the games is fine and well -- have him pinch-hit in the others. I worry about injury, too, but no more than I do with other players. Thome's not a Cub after all. He takes balls during batting practice and by all measures is in shape for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Do you think Konerko could honestly play 3B for a few games? Move Crede over to SS and sit Uribe when this happens? Honestly, how much do you think it would cost us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 QUOTE(T R U @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:44 PM) Do you think Konerko could honestly play 3B for a few games? Move Crede over to SS and sit Uribe when this happens? Honestly, how much do you think it would cost us? Could he? Probably as well, at least, as Pablo plays Left. Will he? No, this is unlikely as anything. Guillen's not going down that road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 QUOTE(T R U @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:44 PM) Do you think Konerko could honestly play 3B for a few games? Move Crede over to SS and sit Uribe when this happens? Honestly, how much do you think it would cost us? No, he really couldn't and it could cost us big time in the long term due to him getting injured over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 This is a big concern for the games against NL teams. I'd play Konerko at first and use Thome solely as a pinch hitter, only because we acquired Thome to DH and only DH. If we let Thome play first, he's probably going to get hurt. If we play Paulie at first we know we're going to go at least .500 in NL parks. Why put Thome in the field? It's a dumb idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baines3 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 I would shift the lineup around, so Thome and Konerko's power could still be in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Keep It Simple Sox fans Platoon Paul and Jim, keep everyone else in their spots. Move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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