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QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:42 AM) That's because I don't spout off garbage and b**** after every at bat. If I did, I would expect someone to say somthing. None of this is personal. I'm just not going to sit here and let you throw out wrong info so you can b**** at the Sox. Again, I ask you to come up with something that I'm totally wrong about. I already admitted I was a homer off on the Sexson quote I made earlier. I might be pessimistic...but I know baseball as well as anyone on this board.

When's the last time we hit a ball hard tonight?

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:40 AM) Where did I say Sexson sucks? You won't find it. 0 for 10 is not hot. .158 in last 7 games is NOT hot. You have absolutely no clue what you are talking about wrt anything. I said Sexson was on fire, and you went out of your way to say how he was struggling. Now, you're really just trying to pick a fight.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:39 AM) Yah, that was only after he said Jenks shouldn't do two innings in a row. And I gave me reason why. I would love to analyze every single comment you make....but I'd rather just let it go. I don't want this board to be about people fighting with each other, and that's why I never make anything personal. If you disagree w/me...fine.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:38 AM) Chill out. If you followed him at B-Ham at all, you'd know that he was doing it a ton down there. He's fine. No, I know he did that frequently. I was just making an observation that in games where he went more than one inning, his stuff dropped drastically. It was great to see him maintain his stuff tonight. I wasn't b****ing, I promise!

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:37 AM) Joel had a 6.06 ERA entering this game with 19 GS, there is no reason why they only scored 2 runs. They get RISP but don't do ANYTHING with em. Their just not getting it done, no excuses. He hung pitch after pitch tonight. PK and Crede, especially, had great pitches to hit. We also hit into two DP that killed potential rallies.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:36 AM) I wasn't talking to you. You b**** and whine about everything White Sox no matter what, so I'm not even going to bother anymore. Why do you make everything personal? I've gone out of my way not to go off on you. Find me something I said tonight that doesn't make sense? Still think Sexson sucks, after he looks to have the game winning RBI tonight?

That was the best showing by Jenks over a 2 inning stretch.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:34 AM) At home, not on the road. Sweeping two 4 game sets at Cleveland and Baltimore is not easy no matter how you slice it. This team has just sucked at home for the last 2 months, plain and simple! You can analyze it anyway you want, but it's definitely not good. BTW, I was being sarcastic. I don't think this is a slump at all for our offense. We have a lot of guys who don't get on base very much, and a lot of guys who aren't good line drive hitters. When the homers aren't flying out of the park....we're not scoring.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:32 AM) We faced 3 good Oakland pitchers. Three good Detroit pitchers. A couple of deceent Toronto pitchers. Listen. We've scored 5 or more runs at home in 10 of our last 15 home games. THAT IS NOT AN OFFENSIVE SLUMP. We just havne't been winning all the close games. It's just a little team slump, and in between, we've played great at home. Those Toronto pitchers we faced were brutal (I think even Rowand44 would say that). We've been losing to a lot of pitchers that we should be hitting harder than we have. Saarloos and Haren aren't exactly studs for Oakland.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:31 AM) Yep. One we need to shake out of. Unless we get a lot of guys finding their home run swing in unison, we're going to continue to struggle.

Ugh, I don't like seeing Jenks go two innings right now. He definitely doesn't seem to bounce back good when going out for the 2nd inning, in terms of maintaining his velocity. I'd rather just have him be a one inning dominator right now.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:30 AM) Wow, this is sad. IT'S JUST A SLUMP!

That was one of the worst hitting innings I've ever seen in my life.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:29 AM) Fastball right down the middle on a 2-1 count, and he takes it. UGH Yet we've swung at every single 3-2 count tonight. If you're going to swing for the fences, you have to get people on base also.

Are the Sox going to go down without even putting up a fight?

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:28 AM) Great AB against the new pitcher, Aaron. Just as I was about to say how happy I was that Nelson was out of the game.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:25 AM) It's called a slump. Every team goes through one. We've been in a slump for the past couple of weeks and we are still 2 games over .500 in that time. They haven't lost anything. We've been slumping at home for a long time now. Our approach at home, compared to on the road, is so much different.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:24 AM) i've been saying that for the past 3 weeks or so. You just don't feel like you KNOW they're going to come back now. Definitely. Even yesterday, it just seemed like we were waiting all game for the Blue Jays to comeback and tie the game. Thankfully, the Jays couldn't get a damn runner home in RISP.

Good job by Jenks. Great to see him throwing strikes. Hopefully, Ozzie won't have him pitch another inning.

Question: Does anyone feel like this team has lost their swagger? It used to seem like we just expected to come from behind and win the game. Lately, it just doesn't seem to be there (not counting Baltimore).

bad news Jphat...Oakland is winning!

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 02:19 AM) 2 runs from a pitcher coming in with a 6 something ERA, they should've scored earlier. This offense f***ing sucks. And as John Calipari said "Larry Bird isn't walking throw those f***ing doors!" We're playing with the players that will be on the roster the rest of the way, and someone needs to provide a spark.

Someone might want to tell Hawk that they were just playing no doubles. I guarantee you that they wouldn't have been on the line that much if they weren't up in that situation.

Where are Baltimore's relievers when we need a rally? Someone needs to tell Pods to act like the badass he was for 100 games this season, and get his swagger back.