BigEdWalsh Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 What are you guys smokin'? That's a terrible lineup. Rios batting 5th?! Scary. Lillibridge hasn't been hitting, Morel hasn't exactly been tearin' it up (when he does play). Flowers is Flowers. I hope to hell they hit, but that lineup is not going to put the fear into anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) Greg, Peavy vs Duffy is not a huge Sox advantage on paper. Peavy's ERA as a starter this year is 5.68 I think for many there is the idea of Jake Peavy - cy young winner, bulldog, K machine -- and the reality of Jake Peavy (injury riddled 5.68 ERA back-end rotation pitcher) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Holy s***...he's getting worse: @STATS_MLB STATS LLC #WhiteSox OF Dunn would need hits in his next 15 ABs just to raise season avg. to .200. He has 15 hits in his last 125 ABs (.120). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Philips Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) What are you guys smokin'? That's a terrible lineup. Rios batting 5th?! Scary. Lillibridge hasn't been hitting, Morel hasn't exactly been tearin' it up (when he does play). Flowers is Flowers. I hope to hell they hit, but that lineup is not going to put the fear into anyone. I am be choosing Flowers as my pick to click. I hope he plays well enough that Ozzie never plays Aj again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (forrestg @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 04:23 PM) I am be choosing Flowers as my pick to click. I hope he plays well enough that Ozzie never plays Aj again. Yeah, screw AJ! He's just a catcher who's hitting .290! I hate him so much. UGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 05:36 PM) Yeah, screw AJ! He's just a catcher who's hitting .290! I hate him so much. UGH Well, technically, if Flowers played well enough that AJ never played again, that would mean Flowers was putting up like an 1.100 OPS. I hope Flowers plays that well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 04:41 PM) Well, technically, if Flowers played well enough that AJ never played again, that would mean Flowers was putting up like an 1.100 OPS. I hope Flowers plays that well too. Well, good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Except even then Ozzie would still sit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 04:53 PM) Except even then Ozzie would still sit him. Better point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 08:42 PM) Dunn and Rios combined 4 for 32 since the break -- and the Sox are 3-1. Imagine ... And ... he's got 124 Ks with a .158 batting average. We need to start a pool on picking the date when his strikeout total overtakes his batting average. I'm going with Aug. 5 at Minnesota. It's hard to hit .158. This is like a bad dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) Well Ozzie said he will start to sit Dunn if he continues struggling. Everytime Dunn goes to the plate I think of the Major League announcer saying" Dunn is 0 for his last.... whatever" lol Edited July 19, 2011 by Baron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) Rios hitting 5th isn't a good thing at all, but for some reason I'm excited about baseball tonight. Had a good day at work, my son looked great on the ice (hockey) today, I just ate some b****ing spaghetti and the fridge is loaded with beer. Edited July 19, 2011 by kwolf68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCangelosi Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 05:10 PM) It's hard to hit .158. This is like a bad dream. I told a friend yesterday I could bat .065 in the bigs. Haven't swung a bat in years. Am I on crack? I used to be a pretty good contact hitter back in the day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 06:26 PM) I told a friend yesterday I could bat .065 in the bigs. Haven't swung a bat in years. Am I on crack? I used to be a pretty good contact hitter back in the day... I do get your point, but I would say no you couldn't hit .065 in the bigs (unless of course you ARE the man, John Cangelosi himself). I respect the game too much to think anyone 'off the street' could do it even at that hilariously bad clip. I had a pretty good baseball career and was asked to walk-on for my college team, but honestly knowing what I know about the sport...if I were given 4 at bats for 162 games against big league pitching I probably wouldn't even foul one off until September. Edited July 19, 2011 by kwolf68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCangelosi Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 05:26 PM) I told a friend yesterday I could bat .065 in the bigs. Haven't swung a bat in years. Am I on crack? I used to be a pretty good contact hitter back in the day... Probably on crack. But as you can imagine, the conversation came up when we were watching the game and he saw Dunn's BA. (He doesn't follow the Sox, so he didn't have a clue to how bad things really are) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCangelosi Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 05:41 PM) I do get your point, but I would say no you couldn't hit .065 in the bigs (unless of course you ARE the man, John Cangelosi himself). I respect the game too much to think anyone 'off the street' could do it even at that hilariously bad clip. I had a pretty good baseball career and was asked to walk-on for my college team, but honestly knowing what I know about the sport...if I were given 4 at bats for 162 games against big league pitching I probably wouldn't even foul one off until September. Enuff said - I didn't play past 18 years old and that was 20 years ago! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 06:43 PM) Enuff said - I didn't play past 18 years old and that was 20 years ago! :-) We're virtually in the same boat. I was done by 19...then lots of softball, which completely screwed me up worse for any chance at hitting actual live baseballs again. I loved playing softball in the field, but despised hitting. Not sure why that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 05:13 PM) Well Ozzie said he will start to sit Dunn if he continues struggling. Everytime Dunn goes to the plate I think of the Major League announcer saying" Dunn is 0 for his last.... whatever" lol 7 for 79 with 40 ks. Its hard to believe anyone could be that bad. Its harder to believe a team would actually keep someone in the line up AND bat them 3rd or 4th while that is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) Well, I thought I could do it, too. I was always telling them I could get a hit in one of the games....and NO WAY could I get a hit in the major leagues. When I worked for the Augusta GreenJackets, Bruce Tanner (former Sox pitcher, Chuck's son) let me take BP one day. He kept sawing me off inside and I was flipping a bunch of balls to 2B and Crede pop-ups to RF. I'm sure he was probably throwing only 70-80 MPH. Then I had the bright idea of hitting with the fungo bat and I swung so hard that it flew out of my hands way into the stands down the 3B/LF line and the fungo bat shattered. That was the end of my taking BP with the team, lol. Those fungo bats are expensive, and there's not really any good reason for one to break, so I appreciated that they covered for me with the Pirates and got a new one sent and I didn't have to pay for it. They also timed my "fastball" and it was 78-80 mph, haha. The scout said he did like my "long arm action" and release. Edited July 19, 2011 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCangelosi Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 05:54 PM) Well, I thought I could do it, too. I was always telling them I could get a hit in one of the games....and NO WAY could I get a hit in the major leagues. When I worked for the Augusta GreenJackets, Bruce Tanner (former Sox pitcher, Chuck's son) let me take BP one day. He kept sawing me off inside and I was flipping a bunch of balls to 2B and Crede pop-ups to RF. I'm sure he was probably throwing only 70-80 MPH. Then I had the bright idea of hitting with the fungo bat and I swung so hard that it flew out of my hands way into the stands down the 3B/LF line and the fungo bat shattered. That was the end of my taking BP with the team, lol. Those fungo bats are expensive, and there's not really any good reason for one to break, so I appreciated that they covered for me with the Pirates and got a new one sent and I didn't have to pay for it. They also timed my "fastball" and it was 78-80 mph, haha. The scout said he did like my "long arm action" and release. 80 MPH not too shabby! Interesting, all I've done is taken some BP in the cage where they serve up some serious heaters, but that can't be anything like the real thing in the bigs, not even close. No way is .065 possible for a layman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Philips Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) Yeah, screw AJ! He's just a catcher who's hitting .290! I hate him so much. UGH our opponents run on aj at will. make him a dh. he can replace the Left handed,.150 hitting, dh we are currently playing everyday. Edited July 19, 2011 by forrestg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 07:16 PM) 80 MPH not too shabby! Interesting, all I've done is taken some BP in the cage where they serve up some serious heaters, but that can't be anything like the real thing in the bigs, not even close. No way is .065 possible for a layman. No 80 mph isn't bad at all for a layman. Best friend has a 15 year old kid hitting close to 90 mph on the gun...trouble with him is his grades. Funny thing is his older brother is brilliant, went to Columbia on a full wrestling scholarship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 QUOTE (forrestg @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 07:29 PM) our opponents run on aj at will. make him a dh. he can replace the Left handed,.150 hitting, dh we are currently playing everyday. AJ also brlliantly handles the staff. he's not good at throwing out runners, but he's really good at all the other stuff. We can win with AJ.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Porcello just escaped bases juiced no outs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Only the A's and White Sox could so easily blow a bases-loaded, no outs situation. Still 0-0 in DET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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