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QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:42 AM) Are hawk and DJ advocating a trade for tejada? He'd be the best possible addition this team could make.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:42 AM) Too bad he couldn't realize this before unloading Lumsden. Terrible trade. We might as well start MacDougal now, and take advantage of him being healthy.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:40 AM) I don't rip on PK very often, but that's just BS coming from a guy of his caliber. He's got to get that run in. fk me. He used to be such a professional hitter at the plate. Now, he's in complete pull mode. All he does is either K, homer, pop up to the right side, or hit a weak grounder to 3rd base.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:39 AM) The offense was so due for a long tough stretch. Most of their numbers are still better that what you could have reasonably expected. If they hit like their career norms the first half of the season, KW would be the #1 seller on the trade market. And that's why I hated the stupid argument that we shouldn't worry about our starting pitchers, as they'll revert back to their career numbers. Ummm....wouldn't that mean our hitters would revert back also?

This is absolutely awful. It's amazing how we finds way to actually look worse from one game to the next. Maybe it's time to put Dye 4th, and PK 5th in the order. I don't get why we seem afraid to make changes.

PK has turned into Rob Deer. Our bad base running is going to cost us another run.

Nice swings by Thome. You can tell you're in a slump when there's a big play, and you still manage to mess it up a little.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:33 AM) I'll hold the players responsible, since they're the ones ultimately responsible for getting the job done. Everyone sucks right now. If the "team" doesn't pick it up, they're going to be awfully disappointed with how this season ends.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:30 AM) I've thought of that, and wonder if they would give him that much more velocity. I doubt it. Man, our hitters are taking a ton of strikes, and swinging at balls.

Last year, McCarthy was a huge spark plug for the team. We were slumping when he made a big start at Texas, and his great performance got this team back on the right track. However, by the time he'd be ready to throw 100 pitches in a game, we might be 5 or 6 games back.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:26 AM) Ozzie needs to try something. His response so far has basically been *yawn* "so what?" And his team is playing the same way. Maybe he should act like this is unacceptable and light a fire under them. That's what he gets paid for, isn't it? That what he's supposed to be good at. Because he sure as hell isn't good at the in-game part of managing. Don't worry, he'll be fired up next time we play at Texas.

THE CURSE OF THE WIDGE!

QUOTE(bulokis @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:22 AM) I dont know why we dont shake this lineup by adding new people, trading our under achievers and get some young blood in here. Its not like last year that we are so worried about our chemistry. I think we can all agree this team needs a spark. We look unbelievably old and slow on the field.

If we do shake up the roster, I hope it's with guys that are signed beyond this season. I honestly wonder if giving up someone like Garcia, for below market value, might change the complexion of this team.

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:19 AM) Magglio fishin rocked liriano to the wall, scored both runners. The atmosphere and confidence levels of these 2 teams is so different than our sox. sad Don't forget that the Yankees are winning also.

Garcia is just brutal. When you have no velocity, your breaking ball doesn't get the hitter off-balanced.

Is it possible for a team to be terrible at every aspect of the game?

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:11 AM) they seem to be very stubborn on some points, and the starting pitchers is the biggest Plain and simple, if these 5 starters don't improve, we're done. McCarthy won't be taking the spot of anyone in the rotation this year.

So that's what it looks like when a pitcher shuts a team down after a couple of runs.

QUOTE(Butter Parque @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:08 AM) when will we finally hit rock bottom I don't know, but another 2 weeks of slumping, and the season could very well be over.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:06 AM) Or our leadoff hitter hits a grounder up the middle the other day that the secondbaseman dives for and throws him out easily. The White Sox I believe lost their edge winning the WS. It happens to a lot of players and teams. I'm going to watch the 2005 DVD, and remember what it was like seeing a team play with an edge.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:04 AM) In more ways than we can count, this is looking like a pre-2005 White Sox team. Those teams usually tanked in August...not July.

I can't wait for Tejada to beat us all series. This team is absolutely dead right now. How come every other team has no problem scoring from first on a double, and we can't even score from second on a single?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 28, 2006 -> 11:57 PM) Our rotation is in shambles right now. We have 3 automatic losses. And recently, Contreras is racking up the losses even while pitching decently. Our offense is worse off than our pitching, in my opinion. If we continue to score 3 runs or less whenever we face a good pitcher, we'd doomed. We're going to face some great pitchers in the 2nd half of the season.

Great to see our pitchers continuing to get us back in the dugout after we allow a run. Garcia's pitching slower tonight than he has in a month.