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QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 10:20 PM) Swisher ending the season on a somewhat positive note would be nice, even though I don't think he is going to be here next year, according to some. Swisher, Jenks, are not going anywhere. I'll put a 100% gurantee on that. KW will not give up on a guy that he gave up 3 prospects for after an off season. Never gonna happen. Not to mention his trade value is squat and it would be like selling a $1 for $.10

QUOTE (daa84 @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 10:18 PM) he's had a big problem with the long ball this year, no doubt....but i frankly think hes been better than most people and ozzie give him credit for..... no, not really. He is either Cy Young or Ryan Buckvich. Too bad you can't trust him on any given night.

man i do not get Dotel. I've said it before, there is absolutely 0 middle for him. Its either 1-2-3 on 10 pitches with 3 k's or 7 walks and 4 homeruns. Nothing in between.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 08:16 PM) His velocity is down, he isn't the same because of it, and in 2 years he'll be at-best our SU man. Yeah, velocity is down to 95 from 100. I guess nobody in the majors can hit a 100mph fastball with no other pitch. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. He threw 1+ perfect games with that "s***ty velocity" last year and has a sub 3 era this year. But stick with the grand idea of trading away the good guys in our bullpen. Maybe we can package Thorton and Jenks for Gomez or something. That'd be awesome!

Michael, that is why you were in the minors for most of the year. Mmmkay?

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 07:54 PM) What does Jenks do for us now? He isn't our closer of the future, and I'd trade a good middle relief pitcher for a guy who will be just an absolute player some day. He might get to double digits in HR, 3B, and 2B this year. hahaha, are you stupid? Is there a different Jenks on this team? The only Jenks i know is on this team is the 27 year old one, making 500k, with 2 40+ save seasons (3 if not injured this year). After seeing this disaster of a bullpen, you're idea is to trade the youngest, solid'est guy we have? Man, you should apply for GM, pure genius.

FINALLY.....JD.....HAS COME BACK.....TO CHICAGO

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 07:48 PM) It is called a season not half a season! again, did you miss the first half of the season? Linebrink got hurt, Jenks got hurt. When did the BP start to s*** itself???? hmmmmmmmmmm

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 07:44 PM) What? Then who do we hire? The mythical manager who takes this same team and wins 100 games. He will ride in on a stead accompanied by a leadoff hitter who has a .450 OBP and 60 SB

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 07:44 PM) KW hell of a team and bullpen congrats for nothing again! did you miss the first half of the season?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 07:43 PM) I can only dream. If we get swept this weekend for a winless final week of the season, you have to can his ass. for no reason other than emotional response.

my god. If macdoofus could learn how to not be a f***ing idiot, he'd be amazing. His throws a 95mph wiffle ball

Hey guys!!! no worries!!!! WASSERMAN is getting ready!!!!!

hahahahahahah god i love it. We have a chance to go up .5 games and we s*** the bed....again. Well done Sox, well done.

I hate that we are the only team who can't beat the twins up there. I suggest a petition for next season, no talk about "those pesky piranhas", not getting down calling it the "house of horrors". Enough of that s***.

a jizzle pizzle

wonder what OC would say to explain 2 errors in the same f***ing inning. Man i hate him

KC has bases juiced and they blow it. niccccce

i would rip OC to shreds after this inning. what an asshole

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 03:33 PM) I don't necessarily disagree with you. I dont see how 6 or 7 extra innings this season could ruin Greinke's whole career, but I'd rather have my team look out for themselves and make decisions for their benefit too. What about the other side of the spectrum? Last night, Cubs bench 5 regulars, dont use their top setup man Marmol so he can rest for the playoffs, so they use crappy relivers which gives a game to the Mets, which could cost the Brew Crew or Philly a playoff spot. Do you try to fine them for looking out for themselves before the integrity of the game? Is it different when you are trying to win a champ. that season? I'm sure the Phillies and Brewers arent pleased either way... And their going to do the same thing this weekend against the Crewers.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 01:02 PM) So I guess the question remains, if what we did in 2005 worked for us so well, why has both Ozzie and the team in general moved away from that approach? He hasn't, its just the guys brought in haven't worked. Do you really think people expected Cotts/Pollite/Jenks etc would all be monsters out of the pen? Its all about luck in the end. We got career years out of our starting 5 and bullpen. Solid defense and solid offense, it all came together for about 150 games. Imagine the 2008 White Sox with even career averages for Thome/PK/Swish in the beginning of the season. We'd be up 10 games right now.

The funniest thing about this, we had the chance to win 2 of those 3 games. If that happens, all we will hear is how amazing and how much fight this team has. It was a crap shoot between 2 teams to see who would choke worse. We lost that battle. The truly sad thing is, the twins will most likely get swept or win 1 game in the playoffs. The sox on the other hand, when hot, could beat any team. Nathan looks like he's going to have a heart attack on the mound and has blown 6 saves. Jenks loses it on a bad call by AJ/Bench and has 4 blown saves. The situation could be flipped for both of those guys.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 01:33 PM) It's not like the Twins haven't had their fair share of injuries either. They've been without their main set-up man for the whole season (Neshek), and they lost their 3rd best offensive player in Cuddyer for a majority of the year. I firmly believe that Span is their MVP. Hence the reason they have the same # of wins we do. If those 3 games are played at the Cell, we don't get swept. Simple as that really. Both teams sucked ass and had injuries. We had more/worse injuries and psyched ourselves out of winning in the dome.

Fact: the Twins have 0 rings. Sox have 1. Fact: Twins have 6 wins in 17 PS games and 1 series win. Sox have 11 wins in 12 games. with 3 series wins. The loss of Q, Linebrink, Jenks, Contrerass, and Crede cost us the season. Nothing else, there is no overcoming the extent of those losses, i don't care what anyone says.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 09:37 PM) Don't tell that to some folks on this board who STILL claim he is untradeable. yeah, lets trade a solid guy from our bullpen we are paying 500k. We could just replace him with waserman, same difference. so stupid