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Posts tagged "jeff manto"

Let's all share happy stories about how Adam Dunn is fixed

Let's all share happy stories about how Adam Dunn is fixed
Adam Dunn has been hitting enormous home runs with prodigious frequency of recent.  He’s got 14 in total (here’s another one), which is the most of anyone not named Josh Hamilton. Better yet, the last three Dunn blasts have all come against lefties, which brightens up a batting line that otherwise suggests that his struggles against... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 22, 2012 at 10:30 am
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Gordon's return

Gordon's return
Wednesday night made it three games in a row for Gordon Beckham batting in the #2 slot, and it’s fairly unlikely that it was accidental. There was a time where Beckham’s skill-set at the plate seemed to be made for the #2 hole, but the Sox have been waiting for him to hit enough to... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 11, 2012 at 5:45 am
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Holy moly, that's a lot of strikeouts for everyone

Holy moly, that's a lot of strikeouts for everyone
Previously, I referred to the ballooning strikeout total of White Sox hitters as somewhat refreshing, given all the years of emphasizing contact over all other concerns.  Now that it’s lasted for more than a week and exploded in scale, it’s every bit the horrible illness one would expect. The White Sox have struck out a... Read more »
By James Fegan,
April 20, 2012 at 5:22 pm
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Mark Parent is the bench coach...the bench coach

Mark Parent is the bench coach...the bench coach
Mark Parent has been saying things recently, things that some would consider disturbing depending on where they fall on the “plunking is a necessary evil” or “no, it’s just evil” debate.  However, I would offer that the Parent quote Scott Merkin put in his recent article is objectively disturbing. “Take advantage of what they give... Read more »
By James Fegan,
February 6, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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Why the White Sox probably won’t be particularly competitive in 2012

I accepted an invitation to start writing once a week at Southside Showdown, and started things out by telling my new audience that the 2012 team would probably be pretty bad.  Not definitely, not almost definitely, just probably.  Hooray for first impressions! You have to click the title for the link, so you can be whisked off to a different... Read more »
By James Fegan,
January 18, 2012 at 8:24 am
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Selling low on Gordon Beckham

Selling low on Gordon Beckham
By now you’ve probably heard Gordon Beckham’s name bandied about in trade rumors pertaining to the White Sox rebuilding effort. It’s notable because it’s not everyday you hear “Trade the 25 year-old cost-controlled 2nd basemen!” during a rebuilding effort, and because it wasn’t that long ago that Beckham was capable of acting as the centerpiece... Read more »
By James Fegan,
December 13, 2011 at 10:21 am
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Jeff Manto speaks--and now we have to try to calm down

Jeff Manto speaks--and now we have to try to calm down
Fair warning was given on this, but new White Sox hitting coach Jeff Manto will not be handing out miniature run-expectancy matrices for everyone to put in their wallet. He doesn’t believe in getting on base above all, and accordingly, doesn’t believe in taking a walk just because it’s there and adds to the possibility... Read more »
By James Fegan,
November 5, 2011 at 12:31 pm
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Frasor and Pierzynski headline a day of absurdities

Frasor and Pierzynski headline a day of absurdities
The White Sox picked up Jason Frasor’s 2012 option for $3.75 million on Monday, which is confounding for two reasons. 1) For a team that’s made no secret of a desire to scale back it’s budget, spending $3.75 million on a guy who figures to rank behind Sergio Santos, Jesse Crain, and Addison Reed among... Read more »
By James Fegan,
October 31, 2011 at 10:25 pm
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Hot, sexy assistant coach hires!

Hot, sexy assistant coach hires!
The hiring of new 3rd base and bench coaches for mediocre baseball teams normally gets a lot of people hot under the collar, but the potency of ancillary coach arousal is only doubled by the uniqueness of the Robin Ventura situation. Because Ventura was hired with no experience whatsoever, offering the notion that the 2012... Read more »
By James Fegan,
October 10, 2011 at 10:40 pm
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