NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Wow, with such power pitchers as Brian Anderson and Jimmy Gobble how can we not respect them? Oh wait? How about Scott "I got booed off the mound every time i pitched for the White Sox" Sullivan. How bout that lineup too. Tony Graffanino is gonna belt 40 home runs now that he actually has a job, just not sure how many years that'll take. I am just in awe of them at this point. World series here they come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 They have Jimmy Gobble??? No freaking way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxman352000 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 They have Jimmy Gobble??? No freaking way!!! wow jimmy gobble I 'm so f***ing scared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 wow jimmy gobble I 'm so f***ing scared Why? He's nobody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Actually, Gobble's a great prospect, who we haven't faced... If he did pitch tommorrow(as was originally scheduled) we might be in trouble... As it is, I'm happy to see anderson, who although he posted a 5-1 record vs. the Sox last season, got shelled in the opener... WE get to see him a second time in just over a week. I like our chances... Bring out the brooms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 He was kidding flip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxman352000 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Why? He's nobody. I was being sarcastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Gobble and Grienkie(sp?) are studs. Plus, were not facing Gobble tom. Were facing Anderson. The royals are still dangerous cause they have heart as well. Tony Pena had a group meeting in their dugout and they exploded after that. That team never gives up. Of course, I can we don't eigher.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I was being sarcastic so was i in the beginning. Also, i wish we faced Gobble, what better way to hurt the royales than to hammer all their starting pitchers, prospects, relievers, and send them away with their tails between their legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Bring out the brooms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 How remiss of me to not mention Kevin (The Rocket) Appier with his blazing and amazing 78 MPH fastball. Beware Maggs and Thomas & Konerko, with a fastball like that you may fall asleep before it gets there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Gobble and Grienkie(sp?) are studs. Plus, were not facing Gobble tom. Were facing Anderson. The royals are still dangerous cause they have heart as well. Tony Pena had a group meeting in their dugout and they exploded after that. That team never gives up. Of course, I can we don't eigher.. They are dangerous because they have heart...awww... The Tampa Bay Devil Rays had heart last year too. They still lost 90 games. Then again, I would not be surprised to see KC lose 90 games either. They are just not.that.good. No starting pitching, a s*** bullpen, an injury prone offense, and a mediocre bench. Pena is an OK manager. IMO, KC is no better then Tampa Bay...in fact, I would have to think long and hard about who is actually better between the two of them. BTW, the Sox do have heart as well...however, they do have starting pitching, atleast 2 or 3 good pitchers in the bullpen, a good offense that is not injury prone at all, a mediocre bench, and a good manager. We are easily in much better shape then the Royals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 The Tampa Bay Devil Rays had heart last year too. They still lost 90 games. Also remember those D-Rays games even sweet lou said they could had won if they had a bullpen to hold n onto those leads. They were close in about 85% of those games (should of beat the yankees, M's, A's, Twinkies etc..) The Royals are more of a team that you can score on, but they will come back and bite you in the ass. IMO, I think the D-Rays are better than the Royals, but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I'd much rather go up against the D-Rays than the Royals, though. I've about had it with Carlos Beltran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I've about had it with Carlos Beltran. Yeah, he needs to rack up points for my fantasy squad against someone other than the Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I'd much rather go up against the D-Rays than the Royals, though. I've about had it with Carlos Beltran. If I have counted correctly, that stupid son of a b**** has 3 homers. Wanna guess which team he has had them all against? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 If I have counted correctly, that stupid son of a b**** has 3 homers. Wanna guess which team he has had them all against? And we've only played 4 out of 19. Not to mention the fact that Sweeney and Randa usually go nuts against the Sox. No more Ibanez, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 No more Ibanez, though. Good call. He used to always kill us last year. Thank god he's gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Have Sox pitchers ever heard of the inside pitch? Especially to a guy who has 3 HR's against us? Why hasn't he had his uniform dirtied up yet? They hit 2 of our batter already, I think Mags was on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Have Sox pitchers ever heard of the inside pitch? Especially to a guy who has 3 HR's against us? Why hasn't he had his uniform dirtied up yet? They hit 2 of our batter already, I think Mags was on purpose. I have no quarlms about brushing back Beltran. It should have been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I have no quarlms about brushing back Beltran. It should have been done. seeing how these guys don't play again until August, by then hopefully it won't matter. the thing is, with the Royals and the Sox playing 8 of their last 11 games vs. one another, the season can go to the wire just from the head to head games. Hopefully it will be decided by then. Bigger then KC and the Yankmes IMO is this series. Remember that this team seems to always play to their level of competition. This series will say if Ozzie really has their attention........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 seeing how these guys don't play again until August, by then hopefully it won't matter. the thing is, with the Royals and the Sox playing 8 of their last 11 games vs. one another, the season can go to the wire just from the head to head games. Hopefully it will be decided by then. Bigger then KC and the Yankmes IMO is this series. Remember that this team seems to always play to their level of competition. This series will say if Ozzie really has their attention........ My thoughts exactly. If I see Cross Eyed Carl crush my heart one more time I might cry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Bigger then KC and the Yankmes IMO is this series. Remember that this team seems to always play to their level of competition. This series will say if Ozzie really has their attention........ If we played to the level of our competition, we'd be playing like s*** right now and this attitude would overwhelmingly good attitude of the Sox would not be on the board. The Royals are not a good team. They have put together rallies late and have had some damn good comebacks and are still a sub-.500 team. You cannot get comeback every night for 162 games, as it eventually wears on you. IMO, unless someone steps up or they make a big trade within the next month or two, they are already done, and by done I mean they are a s***ty team and will not be a threat to win the division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 If we played to the level of our competition, we'd be playing like s*** right now and this attitude would overwhelmingly good attitude of the Sox would not be on the board. The Royals are not a good team. They have put together rallies late and have had some damn good comebacks and are still a sub-.500 team. You cannot get comeback every night for 162 games, as it eventually wears on you. IMO, unless someone steps up or they make a big trade within the next month or two, they are already done, and by done I mean they are a s***ty team and will not be a threat to win the division. At this point in time, I have to disagree with you. Though we beat them 4 out of 5 it wasn't easy. The Royals never rolled over and played dead. They have a solid lineup and apparently they can really thump. They earned my respect the past two weeks. If they are such a poor team, why was it such a struggle for us to beat them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 At this point in time, I have to disagree with you. Though we beat them 4 out of 5 it wasn't easy. The Royals never rolled over and played dead. They have a solid lineup and apparently they can really thump. They earned my respect the past two weeks. If they are such a poor team, why was it such a struggle for us to beat them? Two reasons they were so close. #1 - Pitching, or more specifically, our lack of real good pitching. There was not a starter in the series who did not give up 5 runs, and in two of the three cases, those runs came late in the ball game(when the bullpen should be fired up...something Ozzie will learn with time). And don't get me started on Koch. #2 - Their offense is clicking right now. IMO, that's almost like stating the obvious. If you score 19 runs in a series, including 9 in one game, you think you'd have the pitching to come away with 1 win...and they didn't. Their offense right now is doing all it can to help, but the pitching is doing nothing to help support it. The offense, in time, will go into a funk and the pitching will have to be there to get it out of a rut. If it is not there, you can count on a huge slump where they could lose 18 of 20. I see them being a team that is very streaky...at this point in time, it kind of reminds me of the 2003 Sox offensively, and the 1998 Sox pitching-wise. We have to continue to win, because just as easily as they could lose 18 of 20, they could also win 15 of 20 with just a little pitching. However, that lineup is one injury away from losing a lot of its strength. If Gonzo, Sweeney, Beltran...any of them...go down with an injury, they are in a world of hurt. As I said in my prior post, you cannot come back in every game. If the pitching doesn't step up soon, they.are.done. I personally think they already are, but I could see them rebounding. I just don't think they are that strong of a team. I don't see them matching up real well against the other strong teams in the other divisions...I don't think they can handle the Yanks, Red Sox, A's, or Angels, and they will have big problems with the Mariners, Rangers, Blue Jays and Orioles, and could even have trouble with Tampa Bay too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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