elrockinMT Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 QUOTE (BlackJack @ Feb 22, 2013 -> 04:59 PM) Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales Sox OF Jordan Danks right flexor strain, expected to miss only a few days. I was searching to find out why young OF'ers were supposed to get chances because Jordan Danks was out. Thanks for posting this upcdate. What's the latest on his flexor problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 23, 2013 -> 11:28 AM) This was a picture of Conor Gillaspie's #12 jersey hanging in the Sox clubhouse. Posted by one of the clubhouse attendants. He has removed it from his twitter. Wow. I am kind of surprised the Sox let that happen right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Fireworks Man Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2013 -> 12:07 PM) Wow. I am kind of surprised the Sox let that happen right away. They should have given him #13 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 35 pitch bullpen session for Thornton with no discomfort, says he feels great. Keppinger played today with no discomfort recovering from ankle. Morel playing with no back discomfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Something about the word discomfort irks me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Feb 24, 2013 -> 06:44 PM) Something about the word discomfort irks me. Discomfort is a pretty low threshold. That is even below pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 10:58 PM) Beckham looks like he's doing a little Cal Ripken-y thing with his bat before he swings. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play...18&c_id=cws Long Merkin piece on Beckham's new stance But Beckham now has a Cal Ripken-esque look at the start of his at-bat, with the bat flat over the shoulders before being moved straight up as the pitcher delivers. As Beckham tried to explain, it basically takes him more directly from Point A to Point B in the swing, eliminating an unnecessary middle stop. There's more involved than just this tweak, though. Beckham put a great deal of work into his grip during the offseason months, per advice from the organization's higher-ups. "It was an unusual situation where when we looked at him and thought, 'Where would we start first?' The unusual part is collectively, we said we would change his top hand," said White Sox hitting coach Jeff Manto of Beckham. "That's unheard of. He has such a strong grip, and like an overgrip, I guess. I don't know what you would call it on his top hand. I've never seen anything like this. "That's what evolved. So, he changed that. We had mentioned to him pay attention to this, and he came back and it's great." How he holds the bat in his hands actually has made a ton of difference in Beckham's mind. The minor changes, added on to the crouch, have brought about greater comfort. "If I can go from A to B like that, that's good. If I go A to B to C, it's more work," said Beckham, as he continued to show off the important nuances of his swing. "I've basically kept the same stance and integrated that in. "I think part of the reason there was a lot of inaccuracy sometimes last year is because there was one more step to get it through the zone. You are not able to be direct and drive balls. You are going to see a lot of balls [slice] and a lot of balls [hook]," said Beckham, using his hand to illustrate the wrong-way path of the baseball. "I just wanted to kind of eliminate that and become very direct with my hands, and that way I can really backspin in both the left-center and right-center gap." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 24, 2013 -> 08:37 PM) Long Merkin piece on Beckham's new stance[/url] Let's hope this works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteward Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 "He has such a strong grip, and like an overgrip, I guess. I don't know what you would call it on his top hand. I've never seen anything like this." In all seriousness, if that is the case, maybe Beckham should experiment switch hitting. Has he ever tried it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridafan Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 When you grip the bat too tightly you slow down your hands, your ability to make late adjustments as well as your batspeed. A loose soft grip up until the bat is in the hitting zone is the feel a hitter should want. Relaxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I like him mentioning backspinning to left center and right center, especially right-center. For one thing, that's what he was doing when he came up his rookie year and he was awesome that year. Next, backspinning balls to those gaps is fun because it can be a difficult ball to read and results in a ton of doubles and triples (if not all out home runs). And finally, he will hit more home runs because getting that backspin on the ball keeps it in the air longer and more of them will carry out of the ballpark. I obviously want to see him do it in the regular season, but I'm cautiously optimistic regarding Beckham this year. QUOTE (southside_hitman @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 04:40 AM) "He has such a strong grip, and like an overgrip, I guess. I don't know what you would call it on his top hand. I've never seen anything like this." In all seriousness, if that is the case, maybe Beckham should experiment switch hitting. Has he ever tried it? His right hand is his top hand. Switch hitting doesn't make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 08:14 AM) I like him mentioning backspinning to left center and right center, especially right-center. For one thing, that's what he was doing when he came up his rookie year and he was awesome that year. Next, backspinning balls to those gaps is fun because it can be a difficult ball to read and results in a ton of doubles and triples (if not all out home runs). And finally, he will hit more home runs because getting that backspin on the ball keeps it in the air longer and more of them will carry out of the ballpark. I obviously want to see him do it in the regular season, but I'm cautiously optimistic regarding Beckham this year. His right hand is his top hand. Switch hitting doesn't make any sense. Not to mention a 26 year old guy who has never batted left handed picking it up and becoming major league quality has about a 1 in a billion chance, if that, of being successful. It's like asking a pitcher who blows out his shoulder to switch and start throwing with the other arm, maybe not quite that extreme, but the odds of success are nil. Edited February 25, 2013 by Dick Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 08:21 AM) Not to mention a 26 year old guy who has never batted left handed picking it up and becoming major league quality has about a 1 in a billion chance, if that, of being successful. It's like asking a pitcher who blows out his shoulder to switch and start throwing with the other arm, maybe not quite that extreme, but the odds of success are nil. Exactly. You would need about 2 hours of practice at it a day for a year to become even somewhat proficient at it, and a lot of times, it's pointless to even do it...Jose Valentin was constantly switching from switch hitting to solely hitting left handed because he was such a poor right handed hitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I can never decide if I should be pleased that Gordon is working on things or be afraid that he will fall into a never-ending cycle of tweak-induced slumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 09:35 AM) I can never decide if I should be pleased that Gordon is working on things or be afraid that he will fall into a never-ending cycle of tweak-induced slumps. I want to see how he performs during the season, but this is far more than a tweak. It may fall back into tweaks, but this is a drastic change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (southside_hitman @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 04:40 AM) "He has such a strong grip, and like an overgrip, I guess. I don't know what you would call it on his top hand. I've never seen anything like this." In all seriousness, if that is the case, maybe Beckham should experiment switch hitting. Has he ever tried it? I dont think teaching a guy to hit from the other side of the plate 4 years into his professional career is such a good idea. It might be just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 10:07 AM) I dont think teaching a guy to hit from the other side of the plate 4 years into his professional career is such a good idea. It might be just me. That needed to happen a decade ago, if it were going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Anybody hear anything about Lindstrom feeling elbow pain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsandz Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (floridafan @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 07:25 AM) When you grip the bat too tightly you slow down your hands, your ability to make late adjustments as well as your batspeed. A loose soft grip up until the bat is in the hitting zone is the feel a hitter should want. Relaxed. That's not what he meant by "strong". It's a reference to position ala golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Paul Sullivan @PWSullivan Robin Ventura; No. 13 is on lockdown. And No. 56 will not be given out either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 12:29 PM) Anybody hear anything about Lindstrom feeling elbow pain? I don't see anything on twitter, at least not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 10:48 AM) I don't see anything on twitter, at least not yet. Me either, but check out the tagline in this video and what Robin says. Couldn't tell if he was talking about Thornton but that's old news, right? Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales Several Japanese media here to see Sox's Rienzo, who is scheduled to face Japan for Team Brazil on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Daryl Van Schouwen @CST_soxvan Morel, who lined hit to RF & made nice play on Pagan liner, had back wrapped pregame. Said only to keep it loose after am work and bus ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Scott Merkin @scottmerkin Danks throwing a bullpen Tuesday morning. Thornton and Floyd will do the same Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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