Ken Griffey Jr. Is The World's Best Hitting Coach

Since Griffey arrived, the Sox are 13-6. First baseman Paul Konerko had been in the worst slump of his career, prompting Williams to acquire Griffey for insurance as much as anything else. But since Griffey arrived on Aug. 1, Konerko has hit .319 with three home runs and nine RBI.

In 20 more at-bats during July, Konerko had just one home run and five RBI. In fact, he hadn't had more than six RBI during a full month since getting 17 in April.

Nick Swisher is hitting .289 in August. Not bad for a guy coming off a .193 mark in July. Swisher has struck out only five times since Griffey arrived, after striking out 31 times in July.

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sample size, mofo, sample size!

by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 22, 2008 1:51 PM CDT 0 recs

Born leader

you can’t teach leadership like that

AIM: SouthSideCheat

by The Cheat on Aug 22, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

KGJ for Comeback Player of the Year.

"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 22, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

Of the CENTURY!

Oooh la la! Change is beautiful.......(veers off pathway with bike) Whoa!

by homesickalien on Aug 22, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up 0 recs

Since Masset was traded, the Sox are 13-6.

fixed.

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 22, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

Since Washburn was not traded for, the Sox are 13-6

by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 22, 2008 2:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

somebody has their timeline messed up.

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 22, 2008 2:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

assuming washburn would've traded for on the deadline

by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 22, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

silly rabbit. contreras got hurt after the deadline.

what your post should say is: “Since that moron Kenny Williams shat the bed and did not trade for Paul Byrd, the Sox are 9-1.”

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 22, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

get the fuck out, 9-1, i think we gotta winner here, fuck jr and masset

by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 22, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

indeed, we could do this shit all day. this may not work but

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 22, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 22, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

ha! I love that one...an old classic.

Oooh la la! Change is beautiful.......(veers off pathway with bike) Whoa!

by homesickalien on Aug 22, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

rofl rofl rofl rofl

"term: pussy, user: larry, count: 11

term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz

by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 22, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

jerry owens/dewayne wise update

jer not included in gamenotes which (usually) means hasn’t been called up.

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 22, 2008 2:16 PM CDT 0 recs

KGJ

The fire that lit the players asses!

by Option27 on Aug 22, 2008 2:37 PM CDT 0 recs

Oh yes ! ! !

by Option27 on Aug 22, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

why i was never interested in wrestling myself....

"term: pussy, user: larry, count: 11

term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz

by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 22, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

In other news

Willie Harris just hit his first career grand slam off of Neal Cotts.

"would've been a sweep if pablo was here" -Kenwo-

by Hazymania on Aug 22, 2008 3:54 PM CDT 0 recs

That was awesome...

And later, the Cubs IBB’ed Willie with a runner at 2B and 1 out. The Cubs then loaded the bases and Aaron Boone unloaded them.

What has gotten into Willie? He has 11 homers and a .781 OPS. Crazy.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 22, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

The Nationals just raped the Cubs' bullpen ERA, specifically Chad Gaudin's.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 22, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

Willie just hit another homerun! Haha...

2 homers, 6 RBI’s today.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 22, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Chad Gaudin's ERA went from 3.39 to 3.95 today...

6 ER on 6 hits (2 homers) and 2 walks in 2.0 IP.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 22, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

(Breathlessly reporting, naked from the waist down.)

Cubs getting slaughtered! Feels great. But feels bad, too – as evidenced by the fact that I must talk about Cubs because there is a deap-seated affinity there. So conflicted! Must come to an understanding to stop the voices in my head.

(Looks at wife, grins, pounces. Anguished screams ensue, followed by muffled sobbing. 9 months later, Rosemary’s Baby II is born. The Legend builds.)

"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 22, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up 0 recs