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QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 09:25 PM) And to think our pitching is suppose to be the biggest strength of this team.... It's now replaced by losing. Losing is a habit and the Sox are there.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) I have to laugh that now Thornton is brought into the game. One of these days his arm will wear out.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 09:20 PM) Simply miserable managing by Ozzie letting Gavin stay in to face Figgins. FIRE EVERYONE! I was wondering when someone would say this. All the guy had to do is get one out.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 08:37 PM) Wow, Pierre is sooooooo bad! Here's what I don't get. If you are a team having trouble manufacturing runs, why wasn't Pierre bunting? He does know how to do that.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 08:14 AM) I guess obtaining aging vets, injury prone plodders and role/utlility players and plugging them into a starting role isn't paying off. Nope. It was a high risk that these guys would rediscover their youth. I wasn't surprised at all it would turn out this way. I have no problem letting this all play out for the whole season. I don't think there is anything they can do this season that will put them over the top. Gonzlez would help but you would need another bat to protect him.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 08:33 AM) I have sided with JR and understand his philosophy but I am tired of being told I need to support the s*** product if I want them to spend. What company in the real world would ever have that philosophy?

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 12:41 AM) Ace, there is time still to really focus on what is wrong but as bad as this sounds we may have some nice vterans to sell of for some prospects later this year. Too early though. GO SOX!!! One quick note, it is sad that as of now JDanks one would be the one to fetch us the most in a trade. But as I said too early. Prospects. That's what they are. I want players not prospects. Trading Danks would suck. I hate to weaken the rotation because they can't hit the ball. I don't think aquiring one hitter would be enough.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 22, 2010 -> 09:49 PM) I said earlier they have 5 guys who would be the best player on the Sox. They probably have at least that in their farm system.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 22, 2010 -> 09:39 PM) I don't blame anyone for that. I think there was a lot to be optimistic about going into this season. The fact of the matter is that the Twins are good, and at best, the Sox will be mediocre. Hopefully after they realize it's not going to happen this season, they'll get rid of some old, tired names, and actually start the new decade with some renewed energy. I thought they were going to do that last offseason. Instead they turned into a team that would make Al Davis proud.

QUOTE (NIUSox @ Apr 22, 2010 -> 09:34 PM) Penguins-Senators going to a 2nd OT. This whole postseason has been awesome. Now, we need to have a strong 3rd and get back to Chicago tied. This is closer to the team we have been watching all year. Anything to deter us from watching from watching White Sox baseball. (Is that an oxymoron?)

They might out score the Sox.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 22, 2010 -> 12:06 PM) I agree with you about Don Cooper. I like his honesty and candor, seems everyone really admires and respects him a lot in the organization. The Larry Dierker type of pick. Although I think he came directly from the broadcast booth to the dugout, correct? I'm ready to go with Steve Stone as GM depending on where we stand on April 1st, 2012. I'm giving KW these two years....that's the extent of my patience to fix this mess. Coop's greatest talent is being a pitching coach. I think it would be easier to replace a manager than a pitching coach. Stone has no desire to move beyond the booth. The Sox tried that before and it was a bad, bad, idea. KW should be allowed to have a bad season like this once in awhile.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Apr 22, 2010 -> 10:14 AM) Yes, but Zambrano is not going to fix the entire bullpen. He's going to pitch 1 or 2 innings per appearance. And then it will take a while to stretch him back out when they inevitably need him back in the starting rotation. He was fine in his last start - 6 innings, 2 runs. You do not take a good starter and halve his innings. That is not a good baseball move. I think he threw 122 pitches in those 6 innings. He might be better as a closer. I would think this move is only temporary. It seems like Lou is pushing the panic button. To me that's like the Sox puttin Peavy in the pen.

I tend to disagree when people say that. He wanted a certain mold for the team but I doubt he wanted guys like Pierre or Jones. Wanting a certain type of player with financial limitations is what I see. High hopes that aging players will find the fountain of youth. I'm not surprised things have turned out this way so far. The way this organization does things i the off season, we should expect inconsistency every year when it comes to wins. I would like to see them model what the Rays and Twin have done. I have no problem dealing with a team having a losing season or two with a promising youth movement. I'm baffled at how they can take players from other organization and make them improve more than the home grown talent.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 01:29 AM) We should have resigned podsednik. FKW. It's too early to make that assumption. The reason why they didn't is because of health issues.

QUOTE (SI1020 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 06:20 PM) Why do year in and year out our hitters do this? Players come and go but this problem fo trying to kill the ball instead of making contact and using the whole field is there every season. I'm told that Greg Walkier has nothing to do with it, and that he's reofly a good hitting coach. The ball park itself may have something to do with it.

QUOTE (T R U @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 10:16 PM) Well there is no way we are going to hit in the .220's for the entire season, its just not gonna happen.. It makes me wonder if there is something to do with the city. The other Chicago team pretty much displays the same hitting or lack of habits. I guess that really good hitting coach from Texas hasn't made an impact. The better teams seem to have a good #3 and 4 hitter. This is what the Sox are definitely lacking, like really, really good guys that are All Stars. There's no bat in the lineup that can carry a team or make the other hitters better. Quentin was that guy 2 years ago. They need a Pujols type player.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 09:19 AM) To each his own, but I certainly don't see this place as a backup plan to WSI. Same here.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 10:03 AM) I was permanently banned within days of first signing up, allegedly for having multiple user names. Not true. That happened to me. They fixed it when I asked them to show me the evidence.

I think they are going to get their ass handed to them tonight. Stop with the penalties already.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 06:45 PM) I got banned 3 or 4 times during 2007. It started getting old after a while because it wasn't like I was flagrantly breaking the rules and never once did a mod actually tell me what rule I was breaking/give me a chance to stop first. I would just log in and see that I was banned. No warnings or delete posts either. It's seems moderation is very inconsistent. I was banned for 6 months recently and I consider this forum as home now.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 06:23 PM) I enjoy WSI, just in a different way than I enjoy Soxtalk. Apples and oranges. Definitely. I get tired of reading the fire Ozzie threads. People seem more rational here.

Aye, aye, aye. I think I'm done with that place. I mentioned the word "politics" in the Roadhouse and got banned for a political post. I wonder if moderators are bots.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 18, 2010 -> 06:46 PM) ahh, great. Once in our existence and none with any semblance of our current group of players. Reassuring. but kenny can just see what the problem is and readjust midway through! That's a great idea! these games don't matter! I don't think that's possible. All it will be is a band aid to keep from going bad to extremely bad. Mid season trades seem to help teams who are still in it like first place in it. I don't think a guy like Gonzalez would put this team over the top unless they are in first place or a half game out. I'm not sure he can pull off a Peavy like deal where it will cost you someone not currently contributing. Gonzalez may cost them good pitching. Then you have to weigh the costs of that.

I think some organizations go wrong when they draft athletes instead of baseball players. There is a difference. When guys going into the draft have certain deficits, I would think those aren't going to go away since most players started the game at a very young age. I look at guys like Josh Fields who couldn't catch a baseball. When exactly was that suppose to get better? In Little League and High School a player can get away with doing a lot of things bad except for it's hitting. All of those weaknesses show up in the big leagues. If they aren't fixed before entering some form of professional baseball, chances are it will never change. Kerry Wood is another example of that.