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Peavy the big dog just eating up those poor lil kitties.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 04:19 PM) "Hello, Is there anybody in there Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home?"

pods great start !

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 10:43 PM) In case anyone wanted to know (and a few people got one name right) Beckham was one of them. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/artic...sp&c_id=cws That seemed pretty obvious to me though everyone in the thread ignored it. What I said on page 2 "Wasn't the Georgia /Arizona St. game ending shortly after the Sox game. Maybe Beckham wanted to watch his alma mater eek out a thrilling victory." After that everyone believed Ozzie called out a veteran player but he never really did.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 29, 2009 -> 01:16 PM) According to Gonzales... Sox's lineup: Pods lf, Beckham 3b, KOTSAY dh, RIOS cf, Fields 1b, Wise rf, Flowers c, Nix 2b, Lillibridge ss, Torres p Isn't that two nights in a row with AJ and Dye sitting? Maybe one of those two was the "TV" guy, if not both. More like just a game that has nothing to do with with teams like the Tigers or Twins where Ozzie would use a better lineup because he doesnt want to be at less then his best for teams still in the race.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 07:18 PM) Didn't even post on the game thread until page 5? tisk tisk I was busy flying in from California to go to the game

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 07:14 PM) Now I know you are lying. Seems that way doesn't it ?

Danks with a heckuva game , 9innings 3 hits, 1 R, 7 K's, 1 BB ! Beckham 3 RBI . Lillibridge ,Fields , Beckham and Wise with 2 hits each .

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 04:20 PM) Some fan that dude in California is. Hasn't even posted in here yet. *shakes head* I was here just as a guest while working on my old computer. By the time I was ready to reconnect my newer one and shut down the old one I had 24 new updates to install. Great game. Danks was unbelievable and who would've guessed that Fields and Lillibridge would have 2 hits each ? Beckham with the late push to try to get ROY.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 01:15 PM) Why do we suddenly think it's a great idea to take on all the chaff that is ruining the Cubs? This. I can't believe anyone really wanting Bradley and Z on our team. The Sox are not even close to being that desperate.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 08:41 AM) Guys, we're all huge funs. We post on a message board for christ's sake. No need to get on each others cases. All is well thanks Thunderbolt. I get a bit preachy sometimes and for that I apologize.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 08:31 AM) I took my kids to the local park. I wasn't at the game. I did however drop 200 bucks a week ago to watch the Royals destroy Mark Buerhle and the vets, so maybe that can give me a pass. Its the end of the season. Watching the kids play is the only thing worth watching. In fact, the only reason I checked the box score from time to time on Sunday was due to the fact that Hudson was pitching. We are in a transition from the older core to a new younger core. Hudson and Flowers are part of that new core. I would like to see what they can do, get their feet a bit wet this year. I love watching the new blood play . The starting pitching should be awesome next year . Hudson has the potential to be as good as any Sox starter in recent memory . The defense and hitting can be much better with Beckham and Alexei being better acclimated to their new positions and the league in general and with Rios and Quentin having rebound years. I'm really looking forward to next year.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 07:54 AM) Then you might not want to include 2 paragraphs on what an awesome fan you are. It was only the first paragraph where I said how awesome I am .

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 07:56 AM) But you are. This is why you are posting this nonsense. Enough with the self richeous crap. I am sorry I wasn't in the game thread oh overlord of soxtalk fandom. I decided to take my kids to the park, it was a nice Sunday and all. I don't think people need a lesson in fandom from anyone. I'm very sorry you feel offended by my post. My fandom was questioned therefore I responded not in a negative or sarcastic way but in a way in which I could express my thoughts. Obviously if you were at the game my original post was not directed at you . I was merely pointing out the the "play the kids" theme I hear is just frustration talking and inevitably will produce more of a losing team which in turn will not be as supported as a winning team.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 07:02 AM) If you were a true fan you would have. lol. As a long time Sox fan, I do what I can to support them. I pay for Extra Innings on DirecTV to watch them. I buy tix to game in Anaheim and Dodger Stadium. I have a file in my bookmarks dedicated to Sox blogs , fan sights. Palehose 6, 7, 8 and 9. minor league affiliates pages , just about everywhere I can read info on the Sox. A total of 46 bookmarks on the Sox alone . Thousands of Sox baseball cards dating back to the 1950's. World Series DVD and memorablia. A Sox program from the 70's in which my dad and a couple of my brothers had their photo taken on an ad for Family Night. About 10 different Sox hats and various clothing. I usually read a whole thread before just jumping into it to get everyone's perspective. I rather be humorous than dour in my posts and prefer not to be thought of as that cranky old dude. I don't get too high when they win or too low when they suck. I rather be positive than negative and trust me as old as I am I have seen a whole hell of a lot of bad seasons worse than this one. All Sox fans to me are great but you 20 somethings cannot understand being a Sox fan all your life and never seeing a team in the World Series , living year after year supporting a team that never had a chance to win the pennant before they made divisions to give more teams chances at the postseason like my father and grandfather did. So excuse me if I point out that it appears to me a few people talk the talk but don't walk the walk. I'm not saying I'm a better fan or a truer fan than anyone here just more seasoned and appreciative of seeing the Sox going through a time where they are more competitive.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 27, 2009 -> 11:11 PM) They are so die hard that they were at the games watching. Where were you during the game? Obviously not supporting the team with ticket funds. You want me to fly in from California ?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 27, 2009 -> 06:19 PM) It's not worth it Ace.... I'm just glad we got a victory from the Bears AND the Sox for Hudson today. I'm sure that pie to the face couldn't have felt more satisfying for the rookie. Me too. I'm just a little disappointed after reading all the rhetoric that a Sox team done for the reason with a huge key for the future success of the franchise pitching can't attract more of the supposed die hards that inhabit this sight. Didn't want an argument at all just saying how I feel.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 27, 2009 -> 04:52 PM) Congrats Huddy. I like how this stat sheet looks. Power and RBI for Rios and Quentin. Get those 2 guys back to normal next season and all of our problems except the bullpen go away. That's exactly what I've been thinking . Rios and Q healthy and productive and Beckhams and Getz' 2nd season and the offense goes from crap to pretty good.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 27, 2009 -> 03:35 PM) You do realize there was 103 post in the game thread right? And the season is over not to mention everyone is watching the Bears game (or their other favorite teams) right now on football Sunday. A whole 103 huh ? So what's that like 50 more posts than the shortest game thread of the year ? Yes the season is over that's the whole point of most of the let the kids play posts. I also realize the most people post in game threads while watching the game so having the Bears game on can't be too much of an excuse. That's why you have a remote control.

For all the Soxtalk chatter I've seen about letting the kids play it seemed odd to me when push comes to shove there's not a whole lot of interest in watching Hudson pitch weather it's in the game thread or lack of posting a winners thread or commenting in said thread.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 27, 2009 -> 10:39 AM) Ozzie confirmed before the game today that it was a veteran who he was calling out, and not one of Ramirez/Quentin/Beckham/Getz/Flowers This is a quote from WhiteSox.com :"Listen, I have [Alexei] Ramirez, Carlos Quentin, Gordon Beckham, and I got [Chris] Getz," Guillen said. "I have [Tyler] Flowers. I have seven or eight kids, and the problem we have in baseball is that the people who run this thing, they let players do whatever they want to do, and that's why they do whatever they want to do. "My job is to teach those kids that it is not the way to do it. I never tell my players what to do or how to prepare yourself, but when you lose a game and all of a sudden you look around and they are watching another thing, that means you are teaching the kids, 'Don't worry about it, this is the big leagues. If we lose a game, who cares? We are out of the pennant race.' "I have to teach these kids it's not the way we should handle this stuff," Guillen said. "If I let that thing go away, then I don't have the power and the right to tell the kids in the future what to do because it was like, 'Well, two years ago, you let them do it.'" If those are the quotes you're referring to I don't see anything in there that said it was a veteran or say's it wasn't one of the kids. No one was exonerated and no one was implicated. Could be a mix of vets and kids were watching a game and Ozzie didn't like the example it was setting .

In the last home game of the season the Sox offense came alive to back a strong effort by rookie Daniel Hudson. Hudson, who picked up his 1st major league victory pitched 6 innings walked 5 ,K'ed 4 and gave up only 2 earned runs against a Tiger team striving to fight off the Minnesota Twins for the lead in the Central division. Carlos Quentin had 4 RBI with a double and a 3 run bomb, both to right center field. Scott Podsednik had an RBI triple to continue to lead the Sox hitters in batting average with runners in scoring position. Gordan Beckham drove in Pods with a double . Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye contributed run scoring singles.

Wasn't the Georgia /Arizona St. game ending shortly after the Sox game. Maybe Beckham wanted to watch his alma mater eek out a thrilling victory. I frankly don't have a problem with it. The game is already over. What are the players supposed to do ? Sulk ? Ozzie is from Venezuela and didn't go to college so he can't imagine what it's like being a fan of the school you like or attended. Not only that but the only football he cares about probably isn't played with that funny shaped ball Americans like so much but a white round one you kick around. I read the TV's were already on and maybe some staff members were watching the games and so you come in after a loss and sit down and watch and unwind after yet another bad loss.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 26, 2009 -> 08:38 PM) There's something really wrong with the clubhouse because a few guys want to watch football after games... after we've been mathematically eliminated? (eyes rolling) Beckham must have been watching Georgia eek out a win over Az. St. I don't see what the big deal is. Ozzie never had an alma mater to root for.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 26, 2009 -> 06:26 PM) Linebrink suckage once again. 11-5 Tigers. Fixed.