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    2011 White Sox closer

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    J4L-- I'm giving Ozzie and Kenny the benefit of the doubt, because I absolutely believe both should be fired if the Sox don't make the playoffs this year of "all-in".

     

    Plenty of time to figure this out and there's plenty of talent on this team, but at the end of the season they have to be on top of the standings, or it's time to make organizational changes.

     

     

    2011 White Sox closer

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by flavum

    QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 05:55 PM)
    Makes perfect sense. We are 2 1/2 and 2 games up on the Twins and Tigers respectively despite our bullpen doing everything it can to cost us games, so you want to send Sale down and call up some average right-handed relief prospect who isn't ready for the majors. I'm sure that will solve our bullpen problems and help us maintain our lead over our real rivals.

     

    Yes.

     

    I want a decent arm to be in middle relief. Thornton and Crain in setup roles, where they belong. And Santos to close, because he has closer stuff and a closer demeanor.

     

    I think Sale is best served starting in the minors, and I'm not changing my opinion.

    2011 White Sox closer

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by flavum

    Just going with pitchers in the Sox organization, this is the pitching staff I'm looking forward to:

     

    Starters: Danks, Peavy, Buehrle, Jackson, Floyd

     

    Bullpen:

     

    Humber--long relief

    Pena-- long relief and slop

    Ohman--LOOGY and slop

    Carter-- inning here and there and setup when Crain and Thornton are taxed

    Thornton--lefty setup

    Crain--righty setup

    Santos--CLOSER

     

    I want Sale to be in the minors starting and I'm going to be consistent about this the rest of the season.

    2011 White Sox closer

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by flavum

    QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 04:51 PM)
    Haha, yesterday everyone was "SALE YES!!!!" and now he's the worst bullpen arm of all time and should be sent down.

     

    This place has an attention span of roughly 20 hours. Quite comical

     

    So everyone thinks the same way?

     

    Based on what I've seen from Sale so far, is that hitters aren't fooled by him as much as they were last year.

     

    The long term plan with him is to start. I'd like him to go to the minors the rest of the season to get 130-140 innings, and possibly be ready to go into the rotation next season.

     

    It doesn't matter that he had one good outing last night. I want him to learn to be a professional starting pitcher now. We can get by with Ohman and Thornton as long as neither is the closer.

    2011 White Sox closer

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by flavum

    Ok, it's been cute and all, and I guess we're lucky to be 7-5 after 12 games, but Sergio Santos needs to be the closer for the next 150 games.

     

    Enough.

     

    And I'm almost ready to say Sale needs to go to Birmingham to start 23 games.

    Evaluating series wins/losses/ties

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    As I mentioned in the game thread yesterday, winning series only matters in October. I hate when Don Cooper mentions winning series during the regular season, because it gives the team a false sense of security in the third game of a series if they have won the first two.

     

    The season is 162 opportunities to try to win 90+ or however many games it takes to make the playoffs.

     

    But I do like the angle of taking it a home stand or a road trip at a time to evaluate where they stand record-wise.

    AND THAT'S AN ALEXEI WINNER!!!

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by flavum

    QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 08:02 AM)
    The sad part is that we get a walkoff homer and the thread is now 14 responses long. Yesterdays post game threads are now 75 and 142 posts long. Soxtalk really does love losing...

     

    When the game ends bad in the 9 o'clock hour, you'll get a lot of comments. When the game is slow paced and ends after 10:30, you won't.

    White Sox vs. Oakland A's

    in 2011 Season in Review

    Posted

    They have 36, 3-game series, and the other 54 games make up 2 and 4-game series. How about just ignore how many games you play a team at one time, and try to win every one of them? Obviously, it's not going to happen, but the mindset should be to take the field THAT DAY to try to win a game. Rinse, wash, repeat the next day.

     

    I just think if you win the first two games of a series, they fall into a false sense of security knowing they "won the series".

     

    Don Cooper says this all the time, and it drives me nuts.

    White Sox vs. Oakland A's

    in 2011 Season in Review

    Posted · Edited by flavum

    QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 12, 2011 -> 01:52 PM)
    Yup. The sox have finished 3 series, and are 2-0-1. Just keep winning series.

     

    I would like to rid the world of this mindset.

     

    Winning series only matters in October. They have 162 opportunities to try to win 90+ games, or whatever it takes, to make the playoffs.

     

    Winning streaks win divisions.

    Why Did We Pull MB last night?

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    If Ozzie was managing to win, he would have let Buehrle finish it. If the Sox were 3-6, perhaps he would have let Buehrle finish it. With a 6-3 record, his mindset was to use his closer and hopefully build confidence in him.

     

    Now, I don't agree with this mindset. I think Buehrle should have finished what he started in a 1-0 game that he was dominating.

     

    The proof will be in the pudding come late September. If they come up short, then Kenny and Ozzie have to go. I'll say that right now. "All-in" means you have to leave the table if you lose your chips.

     

     

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