AddisonStSox Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) Plenty of blame to go around, today. As was said in the game-thread, you simply have got to beat the teams you are supposed to beat. If you want to win this division--especially this year--you have got to beat the teams with the worst records in all of baseball. This is an awful team the defending champions lost to today. Don't give me any of that, "but, they won the series, that's all you can ask for" bulls***. Tell that to the Tigers. Ask them to slow down and start settling for series victories without the sweep. Bad. Edited June 29, 2006 by AddisonStSox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Cliff Politte can stay in Pittsburgh. He's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Also to note, who was catching Count today, the Widge. His catcher's ERA in above 5. He is just not cutting and I could care less about his O, but he is not calling a good game for our pitchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygoat Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 yeah we needed to try and keep up with the tigers. They are blowing through everybody and not slowing down. We need to beat a s***ty team like pittsburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaus kinski Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Sure glad we got Politte in there quickly, we really missed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox It To Em Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 02:52 PM) Also to note, who was catching Count today, the Widge. His catcher's ERA in above 5. He is just not cutting and I could care less about his O, but he is not calling a good game for our pitchers. Agreed. Offense isn't too important for backup catchers, we need someone who knows how to call a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisoxfan79 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Well 2 and a half out and the Tigers are going to get another Sweep and no matter what we never sweep the Cubs so I expect to be 3 and a half back by Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaus kinski Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 And that bottom of the order is brutal- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 01:49 PM) Plenty of blame to go around, today. As was said in the game-thread, you simply have got to beat the teams you are supposed to beat. If you want to win this division--especially this year--you have got to beat the teams with the worst records in all of baseball. This is an awful team the defending champions lost to today. Don't give me any of that, "but, they won the series, that's all you can ask for" bulls***. Tell that to the Tigers. Ask them to slow down and start settling for series victories without the sweep. Bad. But we won the road series, that's all you can ask for on the road I've said it about a trillion times already, Pittsburgh is not even close to the same team away from PNC Park as they are at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaus kinski Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 We have got good milage out of Widger, but he has become Widger again, the guy that was out of the Major Leagues Widger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(klaus kinski @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 02:56 PM) And that bottom of the order is brutal- Uribe has been coming around lately. And BA has hit safely in like 6 of his last 7 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&T Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) I can't blame Widger when Contreras has been inconsistent for a while now. I can blame Ozzie for not taking him out of the game when there's a man in scoring position and less than 2 out, and when he proved that he had nothing working. The pitcher can't be batting in that situation. If it wasn't for the rain delay, Count never would have been pulled and this game becomes a really bad loss. And Politte sucks. Edited June 29, 2006 by G&T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonStSox Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 02:55 PM) Well 2 and a half out and the Tigers are going to get another Sweep and no matter what we never sweep the Cubs so I expect to be 3 and a half back by Monday. Bingo. The White Sox will not sweep the Cubs. It doesn't happen. It's too odd a serious for that to happen. These are the games you have to win. Lest we forgot Manuel/2004 Guillen, wins in June are worth the same as wins in September. People need to explain themselves after today's loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 01:55 PM) Well 2 and a half out and the Tigers are going to get another Sweep and no matter what we never sweep the Cubs so I expect to be 3 and a half back by Monday. Oh wow, another faithless doom and gloom projection after a single bad road loss Color me surprised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) But we won the road series, that's all you can ask for on the road I've said it about a trillion times already, Pittsburgh is not even close to the same team away from PNC Park as they are at home. So you think that the Tigers will have a problem sweeping them this weekend. Minny was able to sweep them in PNC. They never scored more than 3 runs against the Twins in any game. Edited June 29, 2006 by southsideirish71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonStSox Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) But we won the road series, that's all you can ask for on the road I've said it about a trillion times already, Pittsburgh is not even close to the same team away from PNC Park as they are at home. Two of three on the road? Yes, in most cases, that is all you can ask for. But, when playing the arguably the worst team in Major League Baseball, that no longer holds any weight. When in a hunt for both the division and the pennant, that sort of mentality will cripple a winning ballclub. That is schoolyard, homer bulls***. You need to win 3/3 from the Pittsburgh Pirates when you are the defending champions and are trailing a team that will not be going away--Le Tigre are there for the long haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infohawk Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) I appreciate everything Politte did for the team last year, but I believe it is now time to officially close the book on Cliff. That said, meh, we won the series and I'm not going to get to the point where I'm so panic-stricken about the Tigers that I demand sweeps against teams with less talent than the Sox. I'll take them, but that kind of pressure is ridiculous. The Tigers are bound to cool off at some point, but if they don't, I'm not going to be disappointed if the Sox make the playoffs but don't win the division if it happened to take 108 wins or so to accomplish the feat. Edited June 29, 2006 by infohawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 03:00 PM) Boy, the Sox have been on such a hot streak, I starting forgetting how fast the wheels fall off around here... Good to see everyone back. So true. Interesting to see some of the names at the bottom of the page that have just shown back up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 I would absolutely bet against the Tigers sweeping the Pirates at PNC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 01:58 PM) Bingo. The White Sox will not sweep the Cubs. It doesn't happen. It's too odd a serious for that to happen. These are the games you have to win. Lest we forgot Manuel/2004 Guillen, wins in June are worth the same as wins in September. People need to explain themselves after today's loss. LOL. I'd love to hear somebody tell any member of the team that they need to explain themselves after this loss. Man whoever you asked wouldn't be able to stop laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonStSox Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 03:00 PM) Boy, the Sox have been on such a hot streak, I starting forgetting how fast the wheels fall off around here... Good to see everyone back. No, no, not from you too. I can't believe some of the rhetoric I'm hearing from posters that really ought to know better. Disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 02:01 PM) Two of three on the road? Yes, in most cases, that is all you can ask for. But, when playing the arguably the worst team in Major League Baseball, that no longer holds any weight. When in a hunt for both the division and the pennant, that sort of mentality will cripple a winning ballclub. That is schoolyard, homer bulls***. You need to win 3/3 from the Pittsburgh Pirates when you are the defending champions and are trailing a team that will not be going away--Le Tigre are there for the long haul. You know what's bulls***? A pessimistic fan incapable of contextualizing a one-game road losing streak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfsteve Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 The Sox were playing too much bad baseball today.. Re-group and go kill 'em tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Junk managing from Ozzie today. Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonStSox Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) So true. Interesting to see some of the names at the bottom of the page that have just shown back up... You as well? The beat goes on. This is disappointing. I wouldn't have expected this sort of talk from you Steve, or Rock, or SS and even Tony. JimH, TQ, check your PMs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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