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FIRE HAWK!!! Firehawk... ..... Wasn't that the name of a Pontiac at one time?

Dammit maybe if Kenny Williams is fired, Chris Sale will start throwing strikes!!!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 07:35 PM) This the year the sox have to be "that team." The one that gets mocked nationally for making an early firing. Somebody should be fired now. This is ridiculous. Seven losses in a row when you are "all in?" Lexi works the count then hits a weak pop up? This is the year the Sox have to be the team that cans people early. Or Reinsdorf has to publicly pull a Steinbrenner and rip the team or SOMETHING!!! Who do you want fired and how would it help the Sox? You think if Ryne Sanberg was standing in the spot Ozzie is standing right now, Rios, Beckham, Dunn and Pierre would start hitting? Do you think if Rick Hahn took over for Kenny Williams, Matt Thornton would become a top notch closer and Jake Peavy's arm/back/shoulder/adnoids would heal and he'd be able to pitch tomorrow and be an ace? Who should be fired because of Alexei working the count and hitting a weak pop up?

I'm not giving up. I still say the Sox win this game. Prepare for the theatrics...

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 07:10 PM) Lol catch that one f***ers I LOL'D..

Tragic...

f***ing RIOS! Dude... you're due. Hit the f***ing ball.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) Never been thought to be. So he's another Teahen?

Is McPherson any good defensively at 3B?

Maybe Quentin and Konerko can get on base for Dunn so he'll have a chance to bomb away. Then again it might have been better to have Konerko hitting behind Dunn so Dunn would see more pitcher. Who cares -JUST EFFING HIT THE BALL!!

LOL we shoud get the mods to make a sub forum for all of the FIRE OZZIE FIRE KENNY FIRE WALKER FIRE COOP FIRE JERRY FIRE HAROLD threads. And we should put all of the other doom and gloom threads in there too.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 09:46 PM) this. (2 weeks into the season lol) well if ozzie should be fired then gardenhire should be fired too, they have a worse record than we do and i dont hear twins fans saying he should be gone because 2 weeks worth of baseball oh and francona too while were at it LOL I agree with you Melissa - except for the " i dont hear twins fans saying he should be gone because 2 weeks worth of baseball" part. Visit a Twins forum sometimes and you'd be amazed. Those guys are in FULL meltdown mode. They're even calling for Mauer's head and Morneau is dead weight to them. They've been wanting Gardenhire fired since the Yankees punked them again last year. We're not the only ones with this early season angst and second guessing if the manager. Oz is fine. Let's wait awhile.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 03:34 PM) And that is what we consider a setback. Now to further probe, does he pick up where he left off with the pitch count? Or does he start from scratch again? I'd tell him to go fishing in Alabama until after all star break.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 02:47 PM) I'm not normally the guy to do this, but this is absolutely the stupidest f***ing thread I have ever seen in my life. First of all, the initial post mentioned that this team has the same offensive problems that were only solved briefly in 2005. The 2005 offense was terrible. So what problems were solved? Will you go into detail? Were they not dependent upon the home run that year? I'd say 200 home runs for an offense that scored 741 runs says that they were extremely dependent upon the home run. In 2006, they scored 120+ more runs and hit 36 more home runs, but that's the team that had offensive problems. Get real. I'd say the defense will end up being, at the very worst, middle of the pack. Making generalizations 16 games into the season about how the entirety of a season will go is f***ing absurd. Alexei Ramirez is the best defensive SS in the AL, Gordon Beckham is solid, Morel has always been described as solid and 16 games isn't going to make my mind on that, Juan Pierre was great last year and I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, Alex Rios is average to above average defensively, and Paul Konerko can pick it with the best. Konerko has no range, and both Quentin and Pierzynski are pretty bad, but that's about it. Enough has been said about the bullpen? Go into detail. You really think the bullpen is going to put up a a 5.21 ERA all year? I think Tony Pena MIGHT put that up, but I would bet considerable money that the bullpen's ERA is closer to a full run less than that at the very worst and wouldn't be surprised in the least if it ends up closer to the rotation's current ERA of 3.75. If you think that the bullpen is going to be bad all year based on the first 16 games of the year, then you don't understand that slumps and streaks occur in baseball. Oh, and if you are making conclusions about how the bullpen will end up based on these 16 games, then luck of the draw itself will even out and the Sox will win a ton of games with that 3.75 starter's ERA. If there is any team in the Central that needs to be panicking, it's the Twins. Their $180 million player is showing signs of becoming injury prone and perhaps already breaking down, their rotation is extremely mediocre, and the two relievers they thought were going to be good for them have shown huge signs of vulnerability - Capps gave up a home run in his appearance last night too. So what will happen? The Sox will probably end up going 4-7 on this road trip - which will put them at 11-15 on the year - and you will continue to freak out about the White Sox and you would have sworn that a swarm of locusts came over you and that you saw a few alien ships fly over head when nobody else has seen any other type of thing. The team will be torn down, tired, and ready for a break, and then they have 6 more games before they do finally get a day off. You will continue to exclaim these end of the world prophecies, even as the White Sox start winning games and move ahead of the sliding Royals. The end of the world is nigh! as the Sox continue to win games and move ahead of the fading Indians into 2nd place. And then sometime in mid to late June, the Sox will move into 1st place for the first time and people will remember this thread and several others like it and laugh and laugh. And then the second half of the season will be fun and entertaining and a bigger roller coaster than this. I think they'll end up winning the division, but if they don't, so what? It's baseball. Settle down. Hahaha post of the month! Somebody get this man a beer. But seriously... It's WAY too early. I talk just as much doom and gloom s*** as the next guy, but usually I'm just venting. The team is good. Everyone goes through slumps. Boston and Minnesota are starting to pick it up after horrible starts and I have no doubt the Sox will too. And for all of those guys complaining about payroll and the job KW is doing - a. Let Jerry worry about how he spends his cash, and b. KW is still at a net positive when it comes to trades/ acquisitions. I like KW and I like the fact that he tries to win each and every year. It could be worse. Look at the Mariners. I'm not looking forward to rebuilding and I don't wanna make the Sox = the Pirates or the Royals. What more do you want Kenny, Ozzie and Jerry to do? He can't go out there and catch the balls that Pierre dropped and he can't go out there and save ballgames himself.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 12:05 PM) Please relegate discussion of winning Chicago sports teams to their proper venues. Right. I'm all about the Bulls winning, but this is a Sox thread. I'm a little overloaded with the Bulls right now with the wall to wall discussions on both of the radio stations. I've waited all winter for Sox stuff and I don't need it tainted with Bull/Bears talk.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:36 AM) Was going to withhold my mojo until May but feels like it's time to release the Kraken and get this season back on track with a W. I've been told by confidential sources that the Sox had a personal visit from Braco last night and the gazing/healing was a success. I recommend that all Sox fans falling prey to cynicism so early in the season spend some time with Braco as well. Goddammit you're muthaf***ing right it's time to turn this s*** around!!! This bulls*** needs to stop TONIGHT. Dammit I don't care if somebody has to grab Braco by his ankles and use him to beat some life into the bullpen GET IT DONE!!! By the way. I think this "BRACO" dude is AJ with a wig.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 11:59 PM) October 23rd, 2005 for me. Didn't feel a damn thing once the game started though. Oh, well that's obvious. I would have been out there in the cold and rain too for that game. I get chill bumps when I see the Konerko grand slam and Podsednik walk off when I watch it on DVD. I couldn't imagine being there. You lucky dog. QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 11:59 PM) I can understand why people would want a retractable roof but baseball indoors is just f***in weird to me. I've been to a couple Brewers games with the roof closed and it had such an odd feeling to it. Yeah but I'd choose feeling weird over freezing my balls off in the spring. QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 11:59 PM) Anyways, looking back I can't believe how ugly the Cell was when it first opened. I didn't care at all back than cause I was going to watch the Sox play but looking back, that place was just fugly. Now, it's an absolutely beautiful park, love it. It's hard to convince Cub fans, but I still think going to U.S. Cellular is a MUCH better experience than going to Wrigley.

Next year is the last year of his contract, right? I wonder if he's going to want to re sign with the Sox? He should be willing to sign with the Sox for the f***ing league minimum in 2013. He owes Chicago.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 08:16 PM) Discomfort reason why he was pulled. Time to shut him down until after all star break. What an albatross this has become You might be on to something. I'd like to see the Sox get SOMETHING out of the guy.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 08:08 PM) Like someone on MLB just said, the Sox face some nasty pitchers lately Actually dude does have a point though. Lets see how other teams do against Haren, Weaver, and Price all in one week. But with that being said... I'm looking forward to the Sox absolutely unloading on some poor unfortunate pitcher real soon.

Sometimes you just gotta laugh...

LOL 7 - 9... Geezus...

HIT THE f***ING BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

f*** it.... back the truck up and start unloading!!!

Sam Fuld 4 for 4. Really? I mean, really?