Reasons to feel okay

[Sox It To Em]

Very good posts.

 

ITS A GAME PEOPLE!!!  Quit letting it affect your lives.  If you don't kick your dog after a Sox loss, it doesn't make you less of a fan, it means you have perspective on life.  Be mad that people are dying in Africa from diseases that we eradicated 50 years ago, be mad that people may never get their lives back after Katrina, don't be mad at a game.  Get out of the house and do some good in the world.  If you are blessed enough to sit for 3 1/2 hours watching a game, and still have that much negative energy, you need to rechannel it, and do something positive for people who do not have the luxury of being able to waste that much time on something that isn't survival oriented.

 

Its called perspective folks.

 

You mean you are trying to say that there are things more important than baseball? Why must you spread such lies?!

[Clarkdog]

It was said last night. If the Sox played thier game - they would be okay, and that it would all come down to pitching.

 

The Sox did play their game - and they were in a position to win it. But their pitching was not as good as Cleveland's when it counted.

 

The Sox walked six hitters last night. Three of the walks came around to score. That, Travis Hafner and Aaron Boone was the difference. You cannot walk that many men to a team hitting as well as Cleveland and expect to hold them down everytime.

 

There is no doubt in my mind these are the two best teams in the AL right now given the way they played last night. They were competing at a level I haven't seen anywhere else in the AL. The Sox have a lot of reasons to feel good about the game despite the loss - they could have lied down. They didn't. They battled and simply came up a little short.

 

Today, they need to get out in front of Cleveland early. Force the action on them without any free passes and don't let Travis Hafner beat you. The Sox did not pitch him well last night and he killed them. I'll take my chances with Aaron Boone.

 

Good pitching beats the Indians. The Sox have the pitching to beat these guys, they just need to execute. They didn't last night.

 

Look at it this way, if Pauly gets on top of the hanger that Wickman threw last night we're all celebrating a White Sox winner. He didn't - but we were in a position to win that game on the last pitch. All you can aske is to be in the game. If the Sox are in the game - they have typically found a way to win it. Better pitching and they do.

[LauraJ14]

It was said last night. If the Sox played thier game - they would be okay, and that it would all come down to pitching.

 

The Sox did play their game - and they were in a position to win it. But their pitching was not as good as Cleveland's when it counted. 

 

The Sox walked six hitters last night. Three of the walks came around to score. That, Travis Hafner and Aaron Boone was the difference.  You cannot walk that many men to a team hitting as well as Cleveland and expect to hold them down everytime.

 

There is no doubt in my mind these are the two best teams in the AL right now given the way they played last night. They were competing at a level I haven't seen anywhere else in the AL. The Sox have a lot of reasons to feel good about the game despite the loss - they could have lied down. They didn't. They battled and simply came up a little short.

 

Today, they need to get out in front of Cleveland early. Force the action on them without any free passes and don't let Travis Hafner beat you. The Sox did not pitch him well last night and he killed them. I'll take my chances with Aaron Boone. 

 

Good pitching beats the Indians. The Sox have the pitching to beat these guys, they just need to execute. They didn't last night.

 

Look at it this way, if Pauly gets on top of the hanger that Wickman threw last night we're all celebrating a White Sox winner. He didn't - but we were in a position to win that game on the last pitch. All you can aske is to be in the game. If the Sox are in the game - they have typically found a way to win it.  Better pitching and they do.

 

 

 

Good, a voice of reason around here!