southsideirish71

QUOTE(TheOcho @ Mar 24, 2007 -> 05:03 PM) Cause he's in RF?? Erstad homers, 4 - 4. Mack can play RF, Erstad in LF, and Andeson in CF. And when the season starts, Erstad in LF leading off. Anderson in CF and Dye in RF. Pods on the bench or sent away.

Any reason for Terrero to be playing again over Anderson again.

Happy Birthday Kalapse!!!!

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QUOTE(Y2HH @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 05:38 PM) IMO, it's going to come down to whatever playtime Anderson has left -- he'd better not tank, and that's all there is too it. Well if the bar is set by Terrero then the only way BA doesnt make the team is if Ozzie assassinates him.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 05:30 PM) BA = 39 plate appearances. Terrero = 30 plate appearances. I know all of you have decided that Ozzie has decided, but... he hasn't, officially. If he decides to demote BA for no good reason, then I'll be as mad as you are. But right now, BA is getting plenty of chances, and doing pretty well with those chances. So I'll wait. BA didnt start yesterday and hasnt appeared today. Considering how many ABs Erstad has had versus everyone else. You need to get more ABs for Anderson to see what he has. Terrero has enough major league time to know what you have. You need to see what you have with Anderson and the only way to do that is to give him ABs.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 05:26 PM) So weird since I just watched the dvd and heard it for real. Watching that DVD is pretty moving, especially if you were there. I can remember exactly what was going on at that point. I remember looking down from the far perch I had in the park and seeing an amazing site, 40k fans in raincoats, bags, and raingear jumping up and down high fiving each other. It was amazing.

The sockless Farmer gets to yell "SLAM!!!!!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 05:22 PM) Wikipedia walks. Well Duh, like we didn't already know that about CF. I know, but when you have the mouthpieces for the sox start to speak this, it pretty much tells tales. Just like when you see Hawk turn on a player, the minute Hawk gets on a player pretty much pack his bags. Its like Bagdad Bob turning on Saddam.

Rongey with a interesting comment, for once. "Jobs are probably already decided, they havent told everyone because they want to keep people competing"

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 05:15 PM) Guy strikes out his first two AB's, you think he might take a few pitches. Didn't he swing at the first pitch after a 4-pitch walk yesterday too? So does Brian get to have an AB today, or are we having him play against the minor leaguers getting ready for Charlotte.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 05:13 PM) Terrero flies out on first pitch. Enough of the Terrero experiment. I would rather see how Brian plays against people more than say this guy.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 05:02 PM) With the earlier tightness, I believe its all a sign of an injury. You can have tightness and not have an injury. Farmer is pointing to his mechanics. If he isnt driving towards the plate and flying open, he will leave the ball high, lose some velocity and get rocked. Its what Marte did a bunch of times.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 04:58 PM) Iguchi strikes out on a foul tip. I would like to see our non 3-4-5 hitters get a better approach and make contact more. Put the f***ing ball in play, maybe something good can happen.

Hello Chicago, Its Ranger Rabbit the pre-game host!!!

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 04:20 PM) If so, he could make a solid guy to spell Thome, with PK at DH. But that means AJP has to play, so if its against a lefty, you only replace one of them instead of both. So I don't see that happening too often. I really wish they'd consider using Pablo as a DH against lefties. With the power righthanded bats we already have (Dye, Crede, PK, Gooch), our DH does not necessarily have to be a power guy. Why Mack can play 1st also. I trust Hall at 1st, with Kong as the DH, and AJ as the catcher more than I trust Thome hitting against a lefty.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 04:17 PM) So, does Hall play a lot of first base? Is he a viable back up there? I think Ozzie and company are playing with an idea. They are trying to see if Hall can play 1st. This would lead me to believe they are thinking of using Hall as the backup right handed 1st baseman, and Perez would go. Terrero is playing himself right into Charlotte or release.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 03:56 PM) Erstad with another single. F***. Those singles are nice, they would be suited playing LF and hitting leadoff.

QUOTE(bmags @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 03:50 PM) well, i didn't really listen to the radio last year because i heard it was so painful. I have to say singleton doesn't sound very awkward at all. This is pretty enjoyable sans farmeyo Singleton sounds last year like he was working at 88.1 at Argo High School. I still remember how bad some of his calls were. In Tampa bay. Theres a hit, pause, its a line drive, pause, over the left fielders head, pause, pause, its over his head, its a home run, yeah a home run thats what it is. It was a no doubter. This year he sounds better.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 12:06 AM) Sox sign AJ s***, I've already drastically limited my whining following Jermaine Dye's signing. Even Cubkilla himself must applaud Williams' commitment to our club. DAMN NEGATIVITY! I have a good memory.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 11:57 PM) Man I loved that AJ move, I remember getting into my car on the way to work (probably 3:40pm or so) and hearing George Offman report that AJ had been released by the Giants. I jumped up out of my old Imperial and yelling to my brother on the other side of the front lawn "WILLIAMS BETTER f***ING BRING HIM IN!". Williams bringing AJ in for an interview to see if he was "White Sox material" was just too perfect, of course AJ aced that exam. That was the one move before '05 (Dye right behind that) which I absolutely LOVED at the time and I first started getting optimistic about the 2005 season after that. I still remember the debates with a few posters on here that were worried about chemistry. I wanted AJ because he typifies the type of hitter that I think complements our thumpers well. A line drive guy who can hit gap to gap. To me you need 4 types of hitters to balance a line up. One high OBP guy who can get on base. A guy who has absolute control of the bat, cant hit and run, hit to the right side, make contact. Your protypical thumpers who lift and pull. Then your gap to gap guys who keep the line moving after the thumpers get through. Between that move, and I remember being at Soxfest when they were asking Kenny about Iguchi before he was signed and he acted like he never heard of him. It scared the crap out of me to think that Willie Harris was going to be our starting 2nd baseman.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 11:52 PM) I was there too bro, and my memory may not be as good as it used to be considering my old man age I'm sportin now, but I can't recall a TON of negativity. Hell alot of posters liked El-duque mostly because of his playoff experience that would've helped us. There was doubt and negativity of course, but I don't think there was a ton. It was more optimism. If I'm wrong though, it's all good as well. We are all human and maybe the weed smokin and drinking has effected my baseball knowledge. Everyone liked El Duque and had positive thoughts on that one because he wasnt the Felix Diaz/Jason Grilli/Danny Wright/Arnie Munoz pinwell of hell known as the teeball stand.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 11:42 PM) Where does it say that I didn't see it? A lot of posters just saw his age and injury history and couldn't care less about how it was better than our 5th spot of a year before. The loss of Lee and Ordonez for an injury plagued Dye and some one year wonder Pods was not well received either. We were just going on the cheap. You don't recall this? Oh yeah, there was a ton of negativity prior to the 2005 season. A TON! And not one quote in that statement or my previous statement was BS. Total truth. I welcomed the Pods for Carlos trade, because I hated our lift and pull approach. I was sickened watching Carlos Lee hit what he thought was home runs shots, only to get thrown out at 2nd trying to put on the fake hussle. Between him and Valentin who I didnt like the most was hard to figure out. Carlos was fine, until he and Walk worked on turning him from the guy with the long hitting streak ripping doubles all over the park driving in runs, to a monolithic home run hitter who had some sexy numbers but had a propensitity to fall over trying to hit the dramatic homer, when we had a man on 3rd and less than two outs. Now of course hindsight is 20/20. I was hoping that we would balance our all or nothing hitters with some smart line drive types that would get on base, and would hit to all fields. I was a huge proponent of AJ, whom I thought would be a doubles machine hitting to the left side a lot. I never thought how much the offense would sicken me the entire 2005 season sans the playoffs. Before Pods was traded, we were all talking about Frank Catalanato as a possibility for left because of his line drive abilities. The big debate before that season was if we were going to sign Dye or Hidalgo. It was a wash at the time on which would be better, now of course it seems that we won that in a landslide.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 11:36 PM) Mackowiak for Brady Clark rumor in tomorrow's Tribune. It makes a ton of sense. Now thats a move a few of us can get behind.

If you are going to bat prancer first and then Erstad 2nd you might as well just ditch that, have Thome lead off and have Kong follow. At least that way you would get our top 3 hitters as man ABs as possible. Because with prancer and erstad you really cant be serious that you want baserunners. Check their OBP. Thome will be batting a bunch of times with 2 outs and no one on base.