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Todd Walker vs. the Sox a few years ago. It was too complete the sweep as well. That was a walk, not a HBP.

Rooting for a Dusty Baker offense is bringing back all sorts of painful memories. Seeing Patterson leading off yet again is almost too much to take.

Probably b/c he was playing like crap when he went on the DL before, so it was unlikely his replacement couldn't match his .577 OPS. That doesn't really make any sense, unless you're suggesting the mental impact will play a big role. What Soriano was doing at the time of his 2 injuries is irrelevant when discussing how they'll be without him. They'll be playing with the same team they played with last time he got injured, the same team they did fine with.

LOL. You're telling me every player the Cubs have ever signed was clean? Hell, that minor league pitcher (Hernandez?) in the system was suspended for 50 games earlier this season. Should we release him? SIGN BONDS!!! Yeah, because that's the exact same thing.

Oh well, he's fat.

When healthy, Harden is better than Sabathia. When healthy, Mark Priors better than both. Is Mark Prior healthy?

What the hell are greenies?

Kasper: "Murton grounds to third" "Murton, two hopper to third" "Murton hits a little dribbler to third" "Murton grounds right to the pitcher" Did he even hit a fly ball when he was called up last time? You already posted that.

Dunn in right field sounds like a disaster.

If this doesn't move Fukudome to the top of the order I'm going to flip out. Fukudome Theriot Lee Ramirez Soto Derosa Murton Johnson/Edmonds Still looks pretty good.

Let Edmonds and Johnson play full time. That is perhaps the worst possible solution.

I think people are overreacting a little. Soriano is a good player, he's not a great player. The loss of Gallardo is much bigger than this and the loss of Pujols is comparable. If this team collapses due to the loss of a mid to high .800's OPS guy with poor defense, then they have other problems.

ESPN says minimum of 6 weeks.

Someone needs to tell Sutcliffe that Lee had a broken wrist, not hand, and that there's a pretty big difference between the two.

I don't care if he 'kept getting injured', he'd never OPS'd even .900 in a season at any level and now he's OPSing nearly 1.100 when he will turn 30 in a month. It's a load of crap any way you slice it. Becareful with that argument. D Lee went multiple seasons without an OPS over .900 and about the same age posted an OPS of 1.1. Were you calling that a load of crap? Obviously Ludwick isn't as good as Lee, and he won't end up with an OPS of 1.1. But he could still end up at .9-1.0 Are you really comparing Lee's pre-2005 performance to Ludwick's pre-2008 performance? Really?

Wow, the Mets are such a disaster. Billy Wagner just served up a game tying 3 run bomb with 2 outs in the 9th.

Why are people even visiting a Sox forum? I couldn't care less about the White Sox.

Did Sutcliffe really just say Dempster has great control?

He did, he K'd him.

He'd be out over a month, definitely. Didn't Chase Utley only miss like 3 weeks with a broken hand last season?

How serious is a broken hand? Not as bad as a broken wrist, right?

I see your Pujols and raise you a Soriano.

Haha @ most of those guys, especially Tim Redding. Since the break of last year (when he came back from being out for most of the last 3 years with injuries), Redding's put in over 150 innings, 3.88 ERA, with a 1.38 WHIP. His BBs are down and Ks up from last year, thought not still great obviously. Marquis's career best WHIP is 1.35, but is currently around 1.65. I don't think I need to rehash his ERA or other peripherals. Considering we wouldn't have to give up Pie or anyone like that, I could live with Redding so long as he displaced Marquis from the rotation. If he can't stay healthy (his main problem), then Marshall (or Hill if he gets his act straight) replaces him. Either way, we upgrade from Marquis, who is a good bet to physically last the year and not go down (while ironically taking us down). If we can't get a bonafide # 2 starter (which should be our #1 priority), then I would look for a *cheap* option to improve the #5 slot in the rotation (assuming someone in house hasn't stepped up and pushed Marquis out yet). Redding is an upgrade over Marquis, and should be as cheap as any other alternative out there. That said, if I'm Washington, I know I can't get anything good for Redding with his injury history, so I ride him while he's pitching decent. You act as though a 1.38 WHIP is good. Redding might be a small upgrade over Marquis, but what would be the point? The Cubs don't need another mediocre back of the rotaiton type starter, they need a front of the rotation guy. Redding isn't even better than Marshall.

When healthy, Harden is better than Sabathia.

I think it's Wario. Or maybe Jose Valentin.