joejoedairy Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 this year has sucked beyond belief, i agree with that. i just wish i was here 2 years ago to see what u negative fans were writing every day when we ended up winning the world series some1 enlighten me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Pedro Alveras is becoming more and more of a possibility. Until we find out he hires Boras as his agent so we draft the most singable non-Boras player in the draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(joejoedairy @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 01:08 AM) this year has sucked beyond belief, i agree with that. i just wish i was here 2 years ago to see what u negative fans were writing every day when we ended up winning the world series some1 enlighten me The site was overall pretty damn positive going into 2005, pretty depressing when September rolled around but picked back up again when the Rally Crede reared it's glorious head. Spending the majority of the season in 4th place and now dead last with an aging core and no minor league system tends to send people in a death spiral of understandable negativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(joejoedairy @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 01:08 AM) this year has sucked beyond belief, i agree with that. i just wish i was here 2 years ago to see what u negative fans were writing every day when we ended up winning the world series some1 enlighten me It's hard to find stuff around this place... But here's what I had to say 2 years ago today... Bobby Jenks got his first major league save, and made it look pretty easy. -- He needs a couple more opportunities like that, more specifically, a couple of 9th inning save opps, and he'll be ready to step up big time in the post-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 24, 2007 -> 11:00 PM) This team is pretty darn bad. This begs the question. What's the worst team in "modern" Sox history? Please name the team and give me names of some players on that team. I wonder if at this point of the season this team could beat that team. We've been spoiled really. This team has been over 500(or damn close to it) many more times than not. Of course that isn't the barometer for success but it sure feels a hell of a lot better to win more than lose, day in, day out, regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 What do I recall about 2005...almost everyone felt good about the team going into spring training while all the critics were saying the Sox were a 4th place team. However, the phrase "the Sox did not make the sexy move the media likes" or something in the whereabouts came up about 100 times. We knew that team was going to be something good. Hell, I recall people mentioning that the question mark of the team was the backup utility infielder - turned out to be Pablo Ozuna - and that simple fact just made people say this team has the makings of something special. And, looking back, that team really didn't have any holes to fill except backup catcher (WIDGE) and the utility infielder (which actually turned out to be like a combination of Willie and Pablo). The bullpen didn't fill out the way we thought it would - Marte sucked, Cotts dominated, Hermanson was one of the best relievers in baseball for a while, Politte was ridiculous, Shingo was gone mid July, and Jenks came almost literally out of nowhere - and I'm not sure how many of us predicted that the Sox would have 4 starters post ERAs under 4, but we knew something special was coming. Going into September, we were s***ting our collective pants as Timo Perez led off for a month while the Sox were playing sub-par baseball and the Indians were playing out of their minds, but then someone - I want to say Gage (Chisoxfn) - came up with the term 'Rally Crede' to counter the 'Rally Monkey' of the Angels just before the Sox had a game with Cleveland on the 20th of September, the Indians 2.5 behind the Sox. Joe Crede had a 2 homer night and hit a walk-off home run, and the name still holds its place in history. I recall being crazy happy that night, but still a bit scared as they lost a few games after that. However, the division was clinched shortly thereafter (want to thank Grady to this day for dropping that flyball), and it was pretty much history after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 maybe we will get that stud 3B from Vandy now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Indeed, Soxfan. That's all the rest of the season is about for me. I don't care if we lose 100 games. I want Alvarez! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Worst winning percentage in 20 years. We are the second worst team in all of baseball behind Tampa. They seem to have the #1 pick locked up, so I guess we will have to settle for #2. The good thing is we should have some crazy odds for the WS next year (great time to bet in Vegas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 We are close to having the worse record in all of baseball, but we are all still Sox fans and the great thing about baseball is there is always next year. Let me feel the love! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 09:50 AM) We are close to having the worse record in all of baseball, but we are all still Sox fans and the great thing about baseball is there is always next year. Let me feel the love! B) We might have the best worst team of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 04:50 PM) We are close to having the worse record in all of baseball, but we are all still Sox fans and the great thing about baseball is there is always next year. Let me feel the love! B) f***ing Cubs fan. Oh wait... this *IS* the Sox we're talking about! What a s***bag year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 19, 2007 -> 04:12 PM) Welcome to 2007-2009. I think you hit the nail on the head and I'm not saying that out of frustration. Looking at things, not emotionally but rationally, I think it will be hard for a team on pace for 71 wins to improve the necessary 10 games to finish .500 in any of the next three or so seasons when there's such little help available in the minors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(Jeremy @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 01:32 PM) I think you hit the nail on the head and I'm not saying that out of frustration. Looking at things, not emotionally but rationally, I think it will be hard for a team on pace for 71 wins to improve the necessary 10 games to finish .500 in any of the next three or so seasons when there's such little help available in the minors. A poster was banned on another White Sox site for saying essentially the same thing. By the way, I agree with you. The next 3-4 seasons look dreadful unless KW can pull multiple rabbits out of a hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(Jeremy @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 07:32 PM) I think you hit the nail on the head and I'm not saying that out of frustration. Looking at things, not emotionally but rationally, I think it will be hard for a team on pace for 71 wins to improve the necessary 10 games to finish .500 in any of the next three or so seasons when there's such little help available in the minors. Or you can spend 300 million dollars on talent in the offseason, and hope the rest of your division sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 01:42 PM) Or you can spend 300 million dollars on talent in the offseason, and hope the rest of your division sucks. The rest of the division does suck. I can't believe how much the Sox/Cubs thing has turned on its axis in the last year. Very depressing indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg The Bull Luzinski Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 04:29 AM) maybe we will get that stud 3B from Vandy now ... unless BorASS becomes his agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg The Bull Luzinski Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 11:50 AM) We are close to having the worse record in all of baseball, but we are all still Sox fans and the great thing about baseball is there is always next year. Let me feel the love! B) Tampa seems to have strange hold on that title. They are nearly 50percentage points below us in winning percentage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSoxFan Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(Yossarian @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 02:40 PM) A poster was banned on another White Sox site for saying essentially the same thing. By the way, I agree with you. The next 3-4 seasons look dreadful unless KW can pull multiple rabbits out of a hat. LOL! I wonder what site that was. I guess I'm not too worried about next year because this year has stank from day one. Literally. I can't imagine another year happening like this, even with the current lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 08:31 PM) LOL! I wonder what site that was. I guess I'm not too worried about next year because this year has stank from day one. Literally. I can't imagine another year happening like this, even with the current lineup. It started with the first batter of the season, shockingly enough. At least Buehrle re-signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSoxFan Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 The Buehrle re-signing has been the only bright spot. Also, he's provided the only two highlights of the season to me: his no-hitter, and that unbelievable play where somebody blooped into center, tried to stretch into a double and was tagged out by Buehrle, who ran over and covered 2B. Amazing. And I'll give Javy props for living up to his potential--I was surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 QUOTE(Yossarian @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 02:40 PM) A poster was banned on another White Sox site for saying essentially the same thing. By the way, I agree with you. The next 3-4 seasons look dreadful unless KW can pull multiple rabbits out of a hat. Heh. Probably the same one I got banned from a few years back. I like that people are allowed to express their opinions here. QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 03:37 PM) It started with the first batter of the season, shockingly enough. At least Buehrle re-signed. Amen. At least with Buehrle around we'll have a beloved player as the face of the franchise even if we do have some rough seasons and ultimately rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 25, 2007 -> 08:37 PM) It started with the first batter of the season, shockingly enough. At least Buehrle re-signed. Hey wait, didn't that batter hit a leadoff home run right off the get go? (went back and checked... Pablo was the leadoff, hit a double, then Erstad hit a home run - but Grady Sizemore led off the season with an HR for Cleveland). We should have known then when we got a 5 spot put up against us in the top of the first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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