NorthSideSox72

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 12:33 AM) One other thing. In case no one noticed, the slipping lead is mostly due to Cleveland's stellar play, not our downfall. Oh we've noticed Cleveland. We also noticed while they are beating A's 2 of 3, we lost to KC at home one game and lost to them again Wed after scoring 9 runs. We are in trouble. Face facts. We all want us to win and think we can win; but the team is showing no signs of playing good ball like we did earlier in the year. See, that's the conclusion I don't get. I understand everyone here pointing out, correctly, that the Indians are playing great ball. Fine. I personally think their pitchers aren't as good as that in the long run, but that's just my opinion. But honestly, I don't see how we're not playing good ball. Again, we're 8-5 this month. The Angels series worries me a bit, but not that much. Maybe I'm too optimistic. Maybe I am seeing things that aren't there, when I say Ozzie and the leaders of that team will get the fire back. Maybe the pitching won't recover. But my bet is, given the history of this team this year, that they will. And what I'm really saying here is, I don't think we're nearly as bad off as you are all saying. Have some long term perspective. Someone said we've lost 2 of 3 to the Royals. OK, except we've won like 10 of 12 overall, right? And yeah, August sucked. And yeah, it made things worse. But we've gained some of that ground back, and we're still a 30+ over team. I hope we beat up Cleveland. I hope we show that the Angels series wasn't a sign of abilities. But even if we split with Cleveland, a very tough team right now, and do well against others, I think we'll be fine come playoff time.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 12:08 AM) cleveland absolutely can play .800 ball........10 games left againt KC and tampa...and 6 against us....13-3 is over .800 ball, i can see them going 9-1 against KC and tampa and 4-2 against us. lets just hope not For 10 games, sure. But they aren't an .800 caliber team in the playoffs. Their picthing won't hold up, IMHO.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 12:05 AM) People have been saying this for over a month now. If we don't take care of them, it's hard to have a lot of faith in KC and Tampa for giving us any help. It's real simple now...if we don't win at least 2 games out of the 6 against the Indians, we're in deep s***! Sorry, one thing I should have added. Cleveland is in fact very tough right now. We should split with them oer the 6 games if we want our postseason to be anything other than ugly. But I still think we're in pretty good shape. And I do think this manager will get his team going.

OK, that's it. This is the time to make my first post on this site. I've seen enough. Would people please get past the panic thing here? In case no one noticed, this supposedly collapsing ballcub is 8-5 in September. We're also 32 games over .500 I believe. We have a 5 game lead on first place with 2 weeks to play. We play teams we dominate during that period. Why are we in panic mode? Yeah, the defense has been untimely lately. And Garland and Buerhle have had off games. But does anyone actually think we were grand imposters of picthing and defense for 130 games, only to show our true colors now? Give me a break. One other thing. In case no one noticed, the slipping lead is mostly due to Cleveland's stellar play, not our downfall. That team was well under .500 for a while, and hovering around it until fairly recently. Cleveland will not keep playing .800 ball. They are good, but not that good. So yeah, we should be ready to battle. We should know we'll have to play near the top of our game in the post-season. But who thinks that this team and this manager won't do that? We'll battle. And I think we'll show some people what we can do. :finger