(I’m not into the whole brevity thing).

I have also wondered whether Q!! (he got his exclamation back, and then an extra one for his extra shot last night) will maintain the level of play that he has thus far demonstrated. Q!! hasn’t been around long enough for us to really know if he is another Pujols, or another Loaiza, for example. Would rather not use a pitcher to compare, but Loaiza absolutely rocked our Sox in 2003 and just as quickly, he’s just the butt of some jokes on SSS.

Stranger than just wondering what the future holds for Q!! and the Sox, is that I feel differently attached to him – like, I will be really torn up if his cape gets snagged. I WANT to see him kick ass (preferably for us) and become a Sox legend (more than we already consider him).

I think it has to do with his demeanor – he is not a Manny (not yet at least) because part of his greatness is also in his modesty (so far). Of course, the world of baseball is his oyster and only time will tell what becomes of Q!!

In the meantime, I am just freaking loving him. His stance. His Lego hair. He is a beast.
I’m working on the Q!/Gilgamesh photo. It’s hard to pull together when you don’t have Adobe.

QUENTIN HITS GAME-WINNING HOMER IN EIGHTH INNING

Carlos Quentin homered twice for the White Sox, including a decisive three-run shot in the eighth inning that capped the scoring in a 10-8 decision over the Rangers. Of Quentin’s 26 home runs this season, 14 have given his team a lead. The only other player in the majors with more than 10 go-ahead homers is Adrian Gonzalez (16). Five of Quentin’s go-ahead shots have come in the seventh inning or later, matching Prince Fielder and Aramis Ramirez for the most in the majors.

exceeding Pecota’s 90th percentile projection have so little remaining revelence to the projection that it should just be discarded and try again next year with more data?

yet what the hey – has there been a more one-sided trade that has born an immediate unequal return such as this in recent memory? I can’t think of one. I keep thinking Lou Brock. Who has been pantsed more than the D-backs re: this trade’s immedate unequal value?

Two teams have told me that the White Sox have become very aggressive in the last 48 hours. Ken Rosenthal reported on a possible Brian Roberts deal, while others have talked about their desire to flip Orlando Cabrera. The Sox haven’t made Josh Fields an untouchable in discussions, surprising many, since Joe Crede is hurting and a free agent after the season. Discussions between the Red and White Sox (Soxes? Soxii?) regarding Cabrera and Juan Uribe didn’t get much of anywhere. The White Sox do have a lot of relievers that would interest other teams if they were made available.

There’s actually much more substance to rumors of the White Sox going after Justin Duchscherer, a fit that makes much more sense, especially if the A’s can extract Josh Fields and Aaron Pereira for the All-Star swingman.

i’m all for trading pereira. he’s totally overrated and i hear his delivery is prone to injury.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7850

According to FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal, the White Sox would get back Alex Cora if they sent Juan Uribe to Boston.
Uribe is making $4.5 million this year, while Cora is at $2 million, so the teams would split the remaining difference in salaries if the trade got done. Rosenthal believes the White Sox could play Cora at second base, move Alexei Ramirez to short and trade Orlando Cabrera to the Dodgers for Derek Lowe. That seems a little far-fetched, though. The Red Sox obviously see Uribe as an upgrade from Cora, particularly since their need is at shortstop. Cora is sure-handed enough, but he doesn’t have the same range as Uribe, even if Uribe has lost a step.

Source: FOXSports.com

Alex Cora starting at 2B? Where’s my gun?

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Anyways, I enjoyed reading that Colin. I think Q! is here to stay.

Also I think Richard looked pretty good, a few more starts like that and it could be bye bye Jose.

Bernstein just mentioned that various outlets are reporting that KW’s talks with the A’s regarding a trade for Justin Duchscherer are heating up. Fields and Poreda would likely be involved.

We really dont know what Kenny has up his sleeve.
I was at the cell when Duchererererer beat the Sox a couple weeks ago, he looked good.
If we give them Fields and Poreda, they can have an entire team of ex-sox farm hands on the field.

Thomas remains optimistic about returning before the end of the month

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080721&content_id=3167861&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

“Additionally, and this is something I never read about him and still generally don’t, is that his mechanics and way of doing things on the field are very much his own. That is to say, very particular to him. He throws a little weird (way over the top, footballishly). He rolls over his backfoot in his swing. And that stance! To all of us, it’s already iconic, a silhouette we’d recognize instantly. His peculiarity works both ways: it throws off prognosticators if it turns out he’s legit (he’s outstripping his PECOTA 90th percentile projection). But the insularity of individuality only has so much power and, in fact, it can be part of the problem. The pull toward the mean, the universal squeeze of entropy, more forcefully asserts itself against those who have no mentors, for whom the normal solutions hold no salve. Hall of Famers, of course, are by definition such and they are so incredible that they simply aren’t subject to the tribulations of the weak. They are distanced by their awesome powers, the strange savant, “Manny being Manny”. And they always have mythic proportions. The Big Hurt. Ironman. The Sultan of Swat. Or even…Q!perman. Which is why, as I’m watching him, I wonder if it will be less special if 5 years from now he isn’t the same Q I’m watching today. If it all ends too quickly, it’ll be tough to comprehend and we’ll be stuck wondering about what could have been. Who’s going to say they saw it coming? ...Is it crude to see he and Omar in the same light? “

Could’ve been like, a third as long and say the same thing.

i’m out of material. Lets somehow get dmitri young then.

Kerry Woods is on the D.L. for a bit with Josh Beckett-citis and Carlos Marmol has turned into Billy Koch.

Nice comeback against the Cardinals. Eight wins in a row now.

The Cubs are calling up former Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija to replace Kerry Wood.

Is it really happening again? Is the Internet taking itself too seriously?