JUSTgottaBELIEVE

think about this, the sox expected win-loss sits at 46-27 right now. this statistic is primarily derived from run differential. why do you think we are 5 games worse than expected? it has to be attributed to the inconsistent offense. we really need more pure hitters. OPS, slugging, etc. are all great stats but we need guys that can consistently hit for average and get HITS. i think that is the biggest flaw on this team. we don't see any consistency from our hitters. god, what i would do for a hitter like mauer. just an absolute hitting machine, not for power but just a solid line drive hitter, gotta love those kind of guys. are there any out there available before the trading deadline? about the best fit i could see for this team (at a reasonable price) would be a randy winn. hit .300 last year and is hitting .303 this year. would be a very nice 4th outfielder and a guy you can plug into CF if you need to as well

i love it! -14 degrees with the wind chill at lambeau for kickoff, let's see some football! GO PACK GO

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 12, 2008 -> 06:14 PM) Over 200 yards rushing for Grant - if anything, he buried those early fumbles in Grant's Tomb. This has been a great game to watch! yea i have to say i was awfully worried after they went down 14-0 5 minutes in, but the seahawks defense could not stop the packers offense all day. they absolutely picked yardage at will both in the air and on the ground. now lets go giants! and we get the NFC championship in lambeau

haha! i love it! great comeback by grant and the pack! 169 yards and 3 TDs, go ahead and blow up ryan grant you're the man

make that 91 rushing yards and 2 TD's in the first half nice comeback by the rook

what a tough kid! two fumbles on his first three touches and then he rolls up close to 100 yards in the first half. what a stud

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 23, 2007 -> 10:00 PM) Seattle made the playoffs last year. But there was a few year stretch where the Super Bowl loser missed the playoffs. yea well 8-8 and getting knocked out in the first round in the NFC is pretty awful

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2007 -> 09:58 PM) I'm not ready to worry about it yet, but isn't there a history of Super Bowl losers not making the postseason during the following year? thats what im referring to...

the NFC North looks like the packers division to lose...bears are experiencing the "Super Bowl loser" jinx

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 23, 2007 -> 04:00 PM) That defense was f***ing horrible. The corneback played it like crap, and the safety took the worst angle possible. GB is decent, which is probably good enough in the NFC, but I'm still not that worried. Their defense is good but not as good as the Bears', and over the long haul I can't see their offense putting up a large amount of points. if the bears offense doesn't get it going, the packers are going to beat them in 2 weeks. green bay's offense may not be great but its definitely average to above-average which will be good enough to score at least 10 points on the bears and probably more if rex is turning the ball over. i'm not so sure i can say the same about the bears offense as far as the bears scoring 10+ points on a good packers D.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 07:45 AM) Still listed as TBD on whitesox.com. i wonder whats taking them so long to determine it

anyone know what the start time for the sat. 9/29 game is? it says TBD but i thought i heard someone say it got moved to 7:05? can anybody please help me because i cant make it if its the good old 1:05 start

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Aug 12, 2007 -> 03:35 PM) 36-9 to finish with 90 wins. /thread well really i think it will only take 88 wins to win this now very very mediocre division either way 34-11 = done and yes... /thread

not this again... are these guys just teases or are they ready to make a serious run? http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?date=20050811 the crazy thing is that it may only take 88 wins to take the division this year which would still require a near impossible 34-13 record from here on out for the sox (which is a 0.72 win percentage) gonna need to rattle off a 8-10 game win streak not these 4 game streaks here and there

danggunnit mark, josh /thread

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 09:00 PM) Fields is all kinds of f***ed up tonight yea seeing fields out there everyday makes me appreciate crede that much more not saying that fields has been horrible but right now he is no joe, particularly in the field

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 08:59 PM) Why is Josh Fields trying to bunt to get on? josh is having himself a rough game

here i thought jumping out to a 3-0 lead early things were looking good to take the series but here comes bad pitching combined with bad defense and now its looking bleak 7-3 in the 5th

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 05:49 PM) yes and no from now until sep. 13 the indians schedule is as follows: white sox - 7 games yankees - 3 games detroit - 5 games tampa bay - 3 games KC - 3 games LAA - 4 games Minnesota - 6 games Seattle - 1 game over the course of those 32 games i could easily see them going 15-17 a similar thing can be said about the tigers as they play the yankees a whopping 8 times over their next 32 games and for the twins, they probably have the easiest remaining schedule but if the sox play good enough ball to catch the tigers and indians i would suffice to say that they have played well enough to catch the twins too all this being said, the sox still need to 1. win tonight 2. win roughly 22 of their next 32 easier said than done, that will be no easy task for this team or any team for that matter, but if and i say a big if they are able to accomplish those things over the next month here they could find themselves as little as 3 games out come middle of september yes, it is dreaming, and yes it is far-fetched; however, it is still a possiblity despite the unbalanced schedule looking at this, basically the sox are going to have to get very, very hot (which we already knew) AND we are all going to be big yankees fans for the next month (as they play the tigers 8 times and indians 3)

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 12:23 PM) Um two? There's 3 teams at least 5 games ahead of the Sox right now and if only one of them goes in the tank it just means the other 2 teams will get that many more wins when they go head to head. It's going to be virtually impossible to make any sort of run due to the unbalanced scheduling. yes and no from now until sep. 13 the indians schedule is as follows: white sox - 7 games yankees - 3 games detroit - 5 games tampa bay - 3 games KC - 3 games LAA - 4 games Minnesota - 6 games Seattle - 1 game over the course of those 32 games i could easily see them going 15-17 a similar thing can be said about the tigers as they play the yankees a whopping 8 times over their next 32 games and for the twins, they probably have the easiest remaining schedule but if the sox play good enough ball to catch the tigers and indians i would suffice to say that they have played well enough to catch the twins too all this being said, the sox still need to 1. win tonight 2. win roughly 22 of their next 32 easier said than done, that will be no easy task for this team or any team for that matter, but if and i say a big if they are able to accomplish those things over the next month here they could find themselves as little as 3 games out come middle of september yes, it is dreaming, and yes it is far-fetched; however, it is still a possiblity despite the unbalanced schedule

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 11:32 AM) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?date=20050809 probably the funniest thing about that is the royals with an 11-game losing streak which eventually would end at 19 games! wow

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?date=20050809

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 8, 2007 -> 11:00 AM) What is is OBP with runners in scoring position compared to with no runners on? Can someone help me out with that? i was actually quite surprised with the splits from thome this year better than i had expected with men on late in games By Situation AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS On Second 20 2 4 0 0 1 4 15 0 3 0 0 .200 .543 .350 .893 On Third 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 First and Second 20 7 8 2 0 2 13 4 0 5 0 0 .400 .500 .800 1.300 First and Third 10 6 3 0 0 3 12 3 0 3 0 0 .300 .400 1.200 1.600 Second and Third 3 8 2 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 2.000 2.750 Bases Loaded 8 8 2 0 0 0 7 2 0 4 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 1B Only 50 9 16 4 0 3 6 18 0 17 0 0 .320 .500 .580 1.080 None On/Out 54 2 19 4 0 2 2 6 0 15 0 0 .352 .417 .537 .954 None On, 1/2 out 103 6 21 2 0 6 6 24 2 39 0 0 .204 .364 .398 .762 Close and Late 38 7 11 2 0 1 9 11 1 15 0 0 .289 .451 .421 .872 None On 157 8 40 6 0 8 8 30 2 54 0 0 .255 .381 .446 .827 Runners On 118 42 35 7 0 10 51 44 1 37 0 0 .297 .482 .610 1.092 Scoring Position 68 33 19 3 0 7 45 26 1 20 0 0 .279 .469 .632 1.101 Scoring Posn, 2 out 16 12 6 1 0 2 14 9 0 3 0 0 .375 .600 .813 1.413 Men On, 2 out 28 15 9 2 0 3 16 15 0 7 0 0 .321 .558 .714 1.272 Man on 3rd, Lead Off Inning 52 0 18 3 0 2 2 5 0 15 0 0 .346 .404 .519 .923 Glossary Groundball - results vs. "groundball pitchers." Groundball pitchers defined as such before the season begins based on the past five year's performance. A groundball/flyball ratio of less than 1.0 classifies one as a flyball pitcher. A ratio of greater than 1.5 classifies one as a groundball pitcher. All others are neutral. Flyball - results vs. flyball pitchers. Average G:F - results vs. a pitcher classifed as neither a groundball or flyball pitcher. Finesse - results vs. "finesse" pitchers. Finesse pitchers defined as such before the season begins based on the past five year's performance. If the pitcher's BB+SO/IP is less than 0.93, he is classified as "finesse." If it's greater than 1.13, he's classified as "power." All others are neutral. Power - results vs. "power" pitchers. Average F:P - results vs. a pitcher classified as neither a finesse or power pitcher. Close And Late - results in the 7th inning or later with the batting team either ahead by one run, tied or with the potential tying run at least on deck.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?date=20050806

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 4, 2007 -> 07:10 PM) nobody in this division is playing good ball since the all-star break it's really quite amazing: indians - 10-12 tigers - 9-13 twins - 11-10 royals - 10-11 sox - 11-12 how long can that continue? somebody needs to get hot at some point right? *correction tigers - 9-14 sox - 12-12 (we've gained 2.5 games since the break on detroit by playing .500 ball wow)