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  1. Curt Schilling Captain Cheeseburger Fatabia Randy Johnson Julian Tavarez Manny Zambozo Mascots of certain Teams below The muppett musical of flag swinging, kazoo playing, battery throwing, bongo banging hippies in Oakland Ronny Woo and his associated clown convention Ned Flanders and his drum at the Jake The entire Red Cub nation and their NESN counterparts.
  2. QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 09:27 AM) I am looking forward to Al Sharpton's apology to the Duke players. And Jesse Jackson's.
  3. This ump is retarded, he cannot follow a 99 mph two seamer that comes back over the middle of the plate. Sexton has stone hands. QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:17 PM) You have to wonder if Hernandez were two years younger, whether he would have been on the White Sox. It's no coincidence in my mind that he loved Garcia, who was pitching for Seattle in 2002, then happened to sign with their organization. This is why I remain hopeful for our future in Venezuela. Most pitchers take two seasons from the year they're signed to join a major league organization. We're coming up on that time period. Well lets see what the Ozzie Guillen academy does for us.
  4. QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:15 PM) I blame no one on this site; just ESPN. I wonder if Berman blew his load over that. These Red Cub fans are much like their blue clueless bretheren.
  5. Someone throwing this hard, with that type of slider. This is not fair. Its like a video game.
  6. First rule of fight club, is that no one talks about fight club.
  7. QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:43 PM) i love hearing blackjack b**** about Street not touching the rubber Farmer is doing the same thing.
  8. if it goes over the fence we can score. YEAH OUR HOME RUN APPROACH RUNS INTO ONE.
  9. QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:18 PM) White Sox in 2006...after starting 1-4, went to 4-4 and then 13-5. What are the odds of that happening this season? They were hitting the ball like crazy last April.
  10. QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:10 PM) Not if you ask Greg Walker. I heard him a few weeks ago on the radio, saying that Iguchi got into some bad habits batting second. I am not kidding about this. Those bad habits are not getting around and getting under the ball enough to hit it out of the park.
  11. QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:07 PM) Ok, it's not that smart to even think about being knocked out of the race 1 month into the season. Not even remotely. Seems each of the last few years, someone has gone down big in the first month or two and still made the playoffs. Astros, A's, Cardinals I think, etc. Those are in crappy divisions. We cant do that in our division, its the best in baseball.
  12. Jermaine in launch mode. Long looping swing trying to score without having to run.
  13. QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 03:52 PM) 1) Anderson can't bunt to save his life 2) Every ball he pulls will end up in a double play on the infield...he can't instinctively go to the opposite field to advance a runner 3) Too many swings without contact...hit and run would be a disaster 4) Too impatient 5) Can't hit a breaking ball 6) He can't adjust his swing to hit sac flies You have just described our 3-4-5 hitters right now.
  14. QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 03:46 PM) I have a feeling the BA supporters' defense will be it's totally unfair to judge him because he's not getting regular at-bats. It's a given. I just wish he would get at least ONE swing per game that makes you believe he has a chance to hit the ball hard somewhere. For some reason, he reminds me of Rowand when he's in a really big funk. He reminds me over every hitting prospect that comes up to the majors after being taught softball 101 by the group of lift and pull geniuses that liter our minor leagues. LONG LOOPING SWING
  15. So basically with a .216 team BA. Every pitcher we face is the equivalent of Cy Young. The numbers pretty much are about that.
  16. Here you go guys. We had to work hard on this. The whitesox are officially the 2nd worst team in the AL with a .216 team BA. We are 12th out of 14 teams in runs scored. 4th in homers though, so some lift and pull is working.
  17. QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 03:05 PM) Watching Kennedy makes me think I should be a big league pitcher. If you are a lefty and can spot low and away you can 3 hit this team. You may get decked by other teams, but this one. Pure pitching excellence. You will make sportscenter.
  18. Sox offense, hit the f***ing ball...that is all.
  19. QUOTE(iamshack @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 11:59 AM) Right, and all this is REALLY easy to say right now, after the fact. I wonder what you said after Scottie hit the homer in Game two. Because if it were up to you, you would have replaced him, and who knows what might have happened. Again, the second guessing around here is a f'ing joke. To all the extreme armchair generals here, I want you to keep track, for one entire month, every move you would make in every one of our games. Type it in here, in real time, and allow us all to curse your pathetic ignorance everytime you are wrong or something doesn't happen as you thought it might. We make our comments in chat, thats in realtime. Maybe someday you can join us, and enlighten us on the hug-the-bear method of managing.
  20. QUOTE(iamshack @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 11:41 AM) I'm going to just agree to disagree with you. Try managing or dealing with a staff and then get back to me. You can spout off about professionalism all you want. But there is an art to manipulating a group of human beings that is entirely lost on you. What might have hurt us strictly by bizarre chance last night might help us tenfold in the future by how Ozzie handles some of his players. How hard is that to understand? Well I was a manager of a engineering team. I found that being honest with someone's skillset, and helping them develop as a person by not putting them in places where they have a higher probabilty to fail is a good way also. Not everyone is an expert at everything. Pods is not a defensive stud. In a 1-0 game its okay to replace him. If he doesnt understand that then he needs a shrink. I have had good people that have worked for me, that I have had to take a specific part of a project away, and give it to someone who has key technical knowledge in that area. Guess what, they were okay with it. And it motivated them to become better at that specific skill area. But then again maybe I should of taken a chance at shutting down my business because I didnt want to hurt one of my employees feelings.
  21. QUOTE(iamshack @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 11:27 AM) Oh that's such a machismo bs way to look at things. "They're professionals." How long have you been watching sports where you honestly think most players handle being demoted or being replaced in a strictly "professional" manner? They're human beings like everyone else. And while they must accept what their manager tells them to do, that does not mean that it does not affect their performance later on. And if you think it's weak that it does, well, aren't you just Ivan Drago's trainer in Rocky IV. Mr. Tough. It's well-known that Iguchi DOES whine when Ozzie benches him. When Toby Hall was signed and Ozzie said that AJ would sit against the lefties in our division alot more, guess who started WHINING about it? AJ. What about in 03' when Paulie couldn't hit a thing and was benched for it? He clearly was affected by his inability to perform well. What about when Jerry used to pull Jon Garland in the 4th inning every game when two men got on base? No one is saying these players should be whining about anything. After all, they are professionals, and they get paid extraodinarily well to do their jobs. But they are also human, and things affect their play. I'm merely suggesting Ozzie is trying to get the best out of his players at times by rewarding them for their efforts, even when perhaps it is not the best strategy in that situation to win the game. What are you talking about, demoted? Its a defensive replacement. It happens all over baseball all over. Thank god we are not in the national league, or you would be upset if we pinch hit for the pitcher because it may bruise his ego. Its a defensive replacement late in the game. He is not taking ABs away from Pods. How hard is this to understand. You know what doesnt help with ones confidence, jumping up to catch a ball, landing, closing your eyes, and feeling an object that you know is the baseball smack you in the melon. Because if I am pods, stay away from ESPN highlights for the next week or so.
  22. QUOTE(iamshack @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 11:10 AM) Yeah, I got your point. And I got it last night when Fathom and Kalapse said the same thing. Once again, I am not arguing that that is not the correct strategy in that situation. I'm arguing that Ozzie manages a team of human beings here and it's not quite as simple as a lot of people try to make it. If you've ever managed people before, you know that there can be extraordinary benefits which come out of keeping your employees happy. I simply think Ozzie is trying to build Scottie's confidence up, and reward him for his solid play. The difference in the team Podsednik makes when he is playing well and he is confident is so huge as opposed to when he is struggling and beating himself down. I know the vast majority of people will disagree (and most have already), but I'll take the once in a blue-moon blunder in the field by Scottie if he is stepping to the plate with confidence 600 times a season. Well maybe Paulie will get a complex about being slow when Ozzie pinch runs for him. So lets keep Ozuna on the bench. Or maybe just maybe Gooch will get suicidal if Cintron starts a game. Maybe AJ will drop dead of a broken heart if someone else hits for him late in a game. Who cares. These are profesionals. Being taken out for a defensive replacement is common place in baseball. The very idea that we have to put a butcher out in the OF in a 1-0 game because of a fragile ego is sad at best.
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