southsideirish71

Mike "Thriller" Jackson, I am sure he was the nicest man in the world, but when he played for the sox his time was over. Nothing better than watching him waltz in from the bullpen and you had that sick feeling of a 3 run dong is about to happen. You watch, helpless and the inherited runners were going to score. He warms up, throwing that 86mph fastball and his featured meatball(slider). He goes 2-0 and here comes the 86mph fastball. Whammo. Then watching this guy trot out night after night getting destroyed because he had to hit some record while we were still in a divisional race. The day he was released was a great day. He would come into games that we were up by 5 or 6 runs and give up the farm so it was either a loss or a close game.

Walker wouldnt be bad as a lefty DH, if he could play 3rd he would be nice. The guy just hits. Better us getting him than the Injuns.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 12:28 PM) Bruce Levine is about as accurate as.....forget it LOL A quote that forever describes the one the only BRUUUUUUCE Levine.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 12:08 PM) Every single one of our starters has a lower ERA and a better record than their Cleveland counterpart. Good pitching can beat good hitting, but our offense still needs to score runs. If we fail in the offseason its not going to be because of our pitching and defense, it will be because some pitcher shut this offense down. Kenny hopefully realizes this and gets a bat.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 10:29 AM) He isnt saying anything he hasnt already said before. bruce is pretty convinced that Griffey is the only one that the Sox are pursuing. They should of left seattle with Ibanez. He is a hell of a lot more attainable than Griffey and hits lefties and righties similiar. He has more of a line drive swing and can fill a few positions in the lineup(OF and 1b). I would be amazed if the KGJ thing would happen, I admire KW for going for it, but hopefully he has a backup plan. Our offense has struggled for a month now. Its a bit concerning before we go to battle in the playoffs that our offense can be shut down so bad. Bowden just ripped the Nats for not being able to score. However that team has outscored the Whitesox over the month of August by over 25 runs. We can thank a great pitching staff for keeping us in this and semi-afloat. Hopefully they can step it up in the playoffs.

The funny thing is the Nats just had their GM hold a close door meeting and he ripped the team on how they couldnt hit and all. Our pitching has been stellar, because their numbers are better than ours. they have scored more runs by about 28 more runs than we have. How our pitching is valued. If it wasnt for our stellar pitching, what a disaster this could be.

These guys have got to pick up the pace in September and going into October. Stranding runners like we have on 2nd and 3rd with less than 2 outs will kill us. When we get an opportunity we have to really capitalize on it. Pods will help us have more guys on base and all, but the bottom of our lineup needs to get this going a bit more. Our pitching has been stellar holding the opposition to a .245BA, but our batters cannot hit .232 as a team or we will be one and done. Everyone keeps saying, Oh dont worry about so and so. He is our 7th through 9th hitter. They arent supposed to do anything anyways. Our lower guys have got to perform better than August or we are sunk. We cannot have guys hitting blow .200 for terms of a month or more. Hopefully the DL time will help Joe get whatever he is going again. After a .103BA for the month his .240 would look like a godsend. Uribe is batting now .203 for the month of August. I understand he is a free swinger and all but he has to really work on his hitting selection. His defense is great and all, but having two or 3 guys hitting at such a bad clip is murder to any rallys. Rowand is batting .198 for the month. He is a fastball hitter who has been fouling offf a lot of good fastballs. Then he is meat after 2 strikes. He needs to put those balls in play more. Hit them to left and right center. Hopefully these guys start to warm up a bit in September, because its not like they can just flip a switch in the playoffs and just turn on offense.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Aug 28, 2005 -> 09:21 PM) It's nearing September. They have a big cushion. They are a team built on pitching. Arms are dead right now and need rest, Adkins, whether s***ty or not, will provide some pitchers rest. The logic is simple: protect what makes the team win. It's not as if Anderson was hitting .600. He had one good game on a rookie pitcher. I support the move. We could put Crede who isnt going to play anytime soon on the DL and still keep a bat up here. The arms are dead is great an all, but the playoff roster should be thought of in a logical way. If Jon Adkins is on the playoff roster a lot of people would be livid.

Can we demote Adkins on Wednesday and bring a bat up that day if we dont make a trade. The idea of having Jon Adkins being in the playoffs with his stellar ERA and ability to give up runs at a crazy pace makes me ill.

They are talking about Slogans and Nicknames for the team "These guys cant hit" after our these guys can play

Can we release Adkins. He comes into every game and gets destroyed. He cant get major leaguers out.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 28, 2005 -> 04:01 PM) I think Crede will be out for a bit, so at least we won't have to see him pop up pitches down the middle for a while. Dont worry we have others on the team that can hold his popup title in check until he comes back.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 28, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) What, you don't think we can mount a 6 run comeback?? If we played 27 innings and our offense clicked, we may have a chance.

But WHERE WOULD KEN GRIFFEY JUNIOR PLAY

Thank god we gave Uribe a 3 year deal. The tasmanian devil spin himself into the ground trying to park every pitch is funny. We have two Joe Credes on the left side now. Love that 240 BA for Uribe.

Can we make a move for someone who can hit, more than once in a blue moon. Stranding a guy at 3rd with no outs is pathetic.

JOO BISH, YOU HAVE A GOOD FOCKING BIRTHDAY

QUOTE(That funky motion @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 11:36 PM) This is another case of the use of a closer in a non closer situation. Will managers ever learn! Great avatar. I have the boomerang channel so I can watch those old cartoons.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 11:33 PM) She might be the nastiest person I've ever seen. Cathouse is a fantastic show though. Should would make a man out of SF1. Happy B Day SF1

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 11:31 PM) Happy birthday. Did you get yourself a hooker? Air Force Amy

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 11:30 PM) Go ahead, tell me I am not GOD! If you give me the lottery numbers tomorrow night right now. Then you are god. LOL

Gooch is clutch.

Just a single.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 11:24 PM) OK....I will be livid if Rowand isn't brought in to hit here. Rowand is very good against lefties. Please Ozzie, find it in your heart to replace Timo! With his change a righty is worse off than a lefty.

Ron Mahay sucked as a pitcher in college. But that guy could absolutely rake the ball. I thought he was a shoe in to make the majors as a hitter. Then he got PWNED in the minors and couldnt hit. As a lefty he started pitching again and got a few mph on his fastball. In college he was hitting low to mid 80s. On the gun in the majors they have him at 88-89.