southsideirish71

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 10:51 PM) His whip and baa are better than Bobby Jenks, and his era is only 0.02 higher, and the guy probably thinks Thornton sucks and Jenks is the greatest. And the answer to our CF platoon problem is a 33 year old guy who cant play CF, cant hit, cant run, and was released by the Royals earlier this season and has a worse batting average than the guy he is supposed to shore it up for. f*** stats, numbers are the devils code anyways. Alligators are ornery because they have a lot of teeth and no toothbrush.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 10:42 PM) Good point on Brady Clark. I was just watching the Royals game and saw Guiel was 2-2 for the Yanquis and it made me realize how much I liked him as a player in KC. Hindsight being 20-20, we really did need to make a move or moves at the trading deadline to spark us. Oh I forgot we did add MacDougal who I hated watching up close as a member of the Royals. You are ga ga over a guy hitting .216 who is a career .243 hitter. I am confused.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 10:42 PM) Sounds good. Anybody have any idea if this guy was really on the trading block? Or what the Brewers were asking for? He is a 33 year old player making 2 mill a year, and they traded for Lance Nix He is a rental pure and simple.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 10:40 PM) Noppe. Jenks did blow the game but he's been good all year, unlike Thornton, Cotts and MacD who I can't believe some are so infatuated with. And Jenks didn't completely blow it. He only gave up the one run. We still coulda won it, but nooooo BMac comes in and BAM! But he's being misused so he's getting a free pass from some. Thornton 3.40 ERA 1.22 WHIP .222 BAA How is this not good. Again

QUOTE(jkrem32 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 10:36 PM) Point the finger in the direction it should be pointed--KW traded Young, whose future is "unknown" but has potential for a player with a "known" past that defined him as a 500 pitcher. He gets paid to not make these mistakes. Aaron Guiel is not a CF, he cannot play CF and would be a butcher in CF. You have this guy on our team already, his name is Mackowiak. The guy we should of picked up for a platoon would of been Brady Clark. He is right handed, can play left and center. Is a leadoff type guy, and would of been the right choice. He also is a line drive guy.

QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 10:24 PM) regardless of stats, taverez threw a good game, our hitters didn't look like they had a horrendous approach, they just couldn't muster a hit and sometimes that happens its a shame it was tonight, but I won't be angry about it until we lose another game in the series Anyone tonight could of thrown a good game against our team. You want to beat the whitesox. Here is the formula. Spot a fastball, 83 to whatever low and away. Do this until you get to 2 strikes. Once every 10 or so pitches bust them inside, off the plate of course. Then on 2 strikes, bounce a breaking ball in. You do that and you can shut them down. This is what he did. He threw low and away, and our pull hitters took care of themselves. This is a formula that has beaten the chicago whitesox for years late in the season. In fact we got rid of "selfish" players who tried to hit homers when all we needed is a single, replaced them with spray hitters and grinders who magically seem to have the same exact problem as the guys before.

Another person they need to fire is PFB. He is happy to get 2 runs off of a stingy pitcher. GMAFB you homer douche. You are happy that a major league team didnt beat up on the Redsox worst reliever.

Tommorrows pitcher is a rookie, has a plus 6 ERA, and he is left handed. I am going with he will have a 3 to 5 hitter, with a bunch of ground outs to the left side. QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 10:13 PM) calm down everyone it's not over until it's over more seriously though, its only game one of the series if we win the series then I'm fine with this I'm angry that we lost against the royals, but I won't let that anger carry over to this series for now Your best pitcher vs a bad middle reliever And you are not angry with this.

QUOTE(jkrem32 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:55 PM) The "heart" of this team got "transplanted" to Philadelphia He is on the disabled list. You can give this up now. Maybe you want willie harris and timo perez back too.

QUOTE(jkrem32 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:52 PM) The "heart" of this team got "transplanted" to Philadelppphia Oh sweet mother of god. Not this again. WE ARE NOT LOSING NOW BECAUSE OF A HITTER WHO HIT .245 LAST AUGUST, AND .235 IN SEPTEMBER AND COUDLNT HIT A SLIDER, WHAT AGAIN DID HE HIT IN THE PLAYOFFS, OH THAT WOULD BE NOTHING. '

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:39 PM) Yeah, like a well-pitched series of games (like, say, 3 in a row). Or some break to get this team out of its funk. Because, if you haven't noticed, our guys look like they're dead out there (seen Podsednik's face lately? Konerko's?). Just like they looked until Sizemore dropped that ball last year. This is what has been termed corpseball. It is a lifeless effort, where you make a crappy pitcher seem like Cy Young. In the 2nd half, our teams play tight, and then try to hit home runs instead of doing the little things to score the runs. Our guys are all trying to hit moon shots over the monster, instead of getitng on, hitting the other way, hitting line drives. I am quite sick of Konerko's and AJ's suicide shrugs, slash bat slams after they dont come through. Stop acting like a child, and come up with a better plan the next time you come up to the plate. AJ talked about his lack of homers all the time on the Mike North show in the first half, then something changed. His over 300's BA has plummetted and he has become a one trick pony.

Time to turn on the PFB show for comedy.

Too bad we dont have the 8 game cushion in september to turd through this year. When we decide to play like crap for a few months.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) At least Brandon, if his career never takes off, can pin the blame on Ozzie if he wishes to do so. Poor ol Brandon is being misused as a reliever. Give me a break. Lots of pitchers have stepped up in their careers and done what is needed to do. Hope the kid has a long productive career as a starter, but the man has sucked of late and there is no assurance he'd have been a stud as a starter this year though I agree he's been misused by Oz and KW. What about the O. No condemnation for a supposed good O being dominated by a horrible, middle reliever.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:12 PM) Why on earth would I be concerned? And why would we care about what a redsox fan thinks of AJ.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:11 PM) As if Sweet Home Chicago is any better. That was a classless move, and I love AJ. We dont play it during the 7th inning stretch. If you want to find people to agree with you on and to share your outrage I would say this is not the board.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:10 PM) They will likely move Sweeney to the outfield. Even though he came in for Thome, he can still mvoe to the OF and remain in the same position. My guess is Gload will become the DH. That would be a negatory ghostrider and the pattern is full. Sweeney is your DH. He cannot play the field.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:09 PM) Gload moves to left, Mackowiak in center? That is one poor defensive outfield if the White Sox do not score here, it could come back to bite them. Your concern is duly noted and filed.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 09:08 PM) Man, AJ that was brutal. Actually we thought that was funny. Then again the adults singing a bad song like Sweet Caroline and doing the wave is more what I would call brutal.

I wonder if our coaches realize that you when someone spots a fastball low and away, we are basically done.

Its time act like the 2006 pre-allstar break sox and swing the bat well

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 08:59 PM) FWIW, the NESN gun has Bobby at 94-97. Comcast should invest in a new gun. I have never seen one so inaccurate as the one they have had this year.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) This is just a night when our closer does not have it. Its just not there. These nights are going to happen, but they cant happen now. Not down the stretch. When your offense gets basically shut down by a crappy middle reliver who is making a start, you really put yourself in a pickle.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 08:55 PM) Do you put him on to set up for the DP? No you pitch to him, because you want to get rocked. Dumb..

Tie game. Meatball over the middle. Nice f***ing job tonight guys.