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djwsoxfan Reputation:94 Level:All-Star Since:Sep 15, 2006
	May 12, 2008 7:53 am Score: 86
	Swisher wasn't being markerted by Oakland when Kenny Williams called about him. But, Oakland didn't hesitate to trade him. Those are the trades that you sometimes have to be worried about . The difference between Swisher and Thome is, ( hopefully ) that Swishers young and his better years are ahead of him, we all realize that Thome's better years are behind him. Thats a big difference we need to keep in mind everytime Swisher or Thome leaves men on base. For Blang84 .... Hawk Harrelson is a " Company Man " whether he is critical or not has no bearing of the White Sox failure's or success. If they fired him today, that would not make the White Sox better. Turn off your TV if you don't like what he says.
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atomicpunk Reputation:95 Level:Superstar Since:Mar 8, 2008
	May 12, 2008 3:18 pm Score: 92
	DJ, calm down. All that was said was Hawk speaks TOO highly of Swisher. You dont see Farmer or Stone forming erections every time Swisher comes up to bat. Hawk on the other hand gives too much credit to Swisher, Uribe, Cabrerra, etc.
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blang84 Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Nov 24, 2006
	May 12, 2008 6:53 pm Score: 98
	To djwsoxfan, I'm not saying that Hawk's comments have any bearing on what happens on the field, and I have no idea why you thought that. He is just one of many media members who aren't being honest about Swisher's on field performance. Again look at the numbers. And I'm not going to turn my TV off because I am a diehard White Sox fan who doesn't miss a game, but many times I do hit the mute button.
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sea_fan8 Reputation:98 Level:Superstar Since:Sep 10, 2006
	May 12, 2008 8:53 pm Score: 93
	Hawk gives every Sox player a pass, it's just what he does. Swisher is a suitable CF for the Cell, but in bigger parks he needs to be playing strictly LF/1B and Brian Anderson needs to be in. Swisher has been an .OBP whore throughout his career, and he's got a lot of power, he just hasn't gotten his stroke going yet. I fully expect him to finish with a .260-25-80 line with a .360-.380 OBP.
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kenwo42 Reputation:93 Level:All-Star Since:Oct 7, 2006
	May 12, 2008 11:53 pm Score: 97
	The true dogs of this team are Mark Buehrle and Orlando Cabrera. Cabrera has been terrible in the field, can't get runners over, can't get big hits and I just seen his career numbers with the bases loaded....212? come on I could go out there and hit 200 with the bases loaded. and buehrle has been the worst pitcher on this team so far. I didn't want to sign him when his deal was coming up last year. His velocity was dropping since 2006. Good thing Barry Zito is so terrible or else it would be Buehrle's contract getting laughed at by the baseball world. both of these two bums wouldn't be here if we would have just kept Garland.
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kenwo42 Reputation:93 Level:All-Star Since:Oct 7, 2006
	May 13, 2008 1:06 am Score: 94
	What the hell is AJ doing in the top of the 9th representing the tying run? He goes to the plate and takes all 3 strikes right down the middle? TERRIBLE. Why bring a bat? My goodness i haven't seen anything like this since I gave one of the little leaguers I coached the take sign on the 3-2 because i knew the only chance we had was if he walked. (at least that kid walked and we went on to win the game). 3 right down the middle and he doesn't swing. horrible. hang your head AJ. at least go down swinging for goodness sake.
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sea_fan8 Reputation:98 Level:Superstar Since:Sep 10, 2006
	May 13, 2008 7:28 am Score: 92
	The true dogs of this team are Mark Buehrle and Orlando Cabrera. Cabrera has been terrible in the field, can't get runners over, can't get big hits and I just seen his career numbers with the bases loaded....212? come on I could go out there and hit 200 with the bases loaded. and buehrle has been the worst pitcher on this team so far. I didn't want to sign him when his deal was coming up last year. His velocity was dropping since 2006. Good thing Barry Zito is so terrible or else it would be Buehrle's contract getting laughed at by the baseball world. both of these two bums wouldn't be here if we would have just kept Garland. Cabrera has been a better fielder at SS than Uribe ever was, plus it was Uribe's D that pretty much ruined the Sox tonight, it's hard to pitch when you have a bloated retard at 2nd base that can only hit for half a month in a season.
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