The Beast

No worries, he's baaaccckk

For a closer, I think an ERA of 6 or under is acceptable, anything above that is questioning it. This is why we are paying Koch good money. He is not why we didn't make it to the series last year, I blame it all on Konerko.

It all comes down to this. His confidence. A pitcher needs to have confidence in their command, but it is not all about speed. Remember, Koch can get people out with sliders and curves and changeups, come on now...yeah well we have to turn those negatives into believers, because I think the Billy Goat is back!

Okay, what the heck just happened there? He stikes out the side, 1-2-3, against one of the hottest teams in the league...sounds like Cooper helped him through his problem of not having his GASS anymore. Seriously, why bother trading Koch now, I mean the guy has 7 saves currently and has brought his ERA and batters average down against him. His ERA is now down to 4.41, a respectable ERA, not that great, but for a pitcher who doesn't rack up a lot of innings to bring it down, I think it justifies itself for now. I am interested in hearing what you have to say on this, after all, he is our closer, fellas. -BeastlyOrdonez30

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Ya I saw that, we should tell the Sox fans to go see Kelly Wunsch in his rehab assignment.

For a 40 year old that is amazing. Future HOFer kicked their asses tonight. 90 pitches for strikes! Woo! The Catcher was funny as hell when celebtrating, haha! -Note: Sorry mods I got post happy on that considering it was the first perfect game I've seen, so please merge that with the other thread...

I don't really give a s*** about the minors, Major League records is all that matters, half of the minor leaguers won't make it to the major leagues anyway.

qwerty, i bet the chick to the right in the avatar that u cut off is hotter.

I wonder where everyone would find that out anyway?

Excellent post JimH! Hit everything I thought about right on the noggin.

Screw Casey, he sucks in past years.

Well I guess no more threads for me. Sorry for doing anything, guys

Man we sure do suck tonight. Lets get those bats going!

Is the rumor true about the shrinkage and lowered sperm count?

Although I did not make it to the games against the Twins because of lack of transportation and funds on my own reliable self, I am still 4-2 in attendence of games this year.

Thank you sir. That will help in backing my statements against the haters.

I got my stats from www.whitesox.com...Prolly not updated, sir.

Can I have your autograph? 1.) How do you feel about being called Hot Cotts on the Soxtalk board? 2.) Who has been your biggest mentor throughout your young career? 3.) Along with the rest of the guys, what does Mr. Cooper usually tell you when he comes out for a chit-chat?

With the new lineup changes, and with Valentin being a free agent after the season, what will become of the middle infield? Obviously we have a tenative lineup right now that will probably be back to the same in less than a week...but Uribe is under contract and we have Harris too, but who would be a good fit for us in '05? Considering our tight budget, I'd like to see the Sox call up Michael Morse (who is hitting .333 at AA Birmingham) or call up Jeremy Reed (a given) who is hitting .323 at AAA Charlotte and move Harris back to his natural position at 2b? Wow, that'd be a sweet lineup...unfortunatly I don't know where I'd bat Reed, and preferred not to get bashed, so I'd like to hear your views on this one.

Good to hear from JimH against Here is a little backround info on Andres Torres: He is a career .214 hitter :puke He has 8 career SB's and 7 have been CS...shows how poorly and risky he is on the fly. Takes 16 bb's compared to 51 career strikeouts. Enough said, I'd still have Rowand in center as a backup and would rather have Harris in center.

Amazing that the Sox landed Valentin for Navarro.

Better than WCIU playing the game. What does everyone hate about WCIU really?

Buehrle is a solid player. Thats all there is to it. As a finesse 56-36 pitcher with a career 3.73 ERA, he shows consistent wins on a outing to outing basis. There is no question in my mind that he did not deserve the money that he got, because he really did earn it.

I would have gone to 3...if I had a ride...