Controlled Chaos

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) I think its time that Ozzie trash the clubhouse... you know, rip up a few couches... toss some tables, etc. Scare them; they need it... I honestly don't think it'll matter. I think he has ruined his ability to freak out like that and have it have an effect on the team. He freaks out too much...It's lost it's luster. This team is going to have to get out of this funk on their own.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 01:45 PM) Watch your language. That kind of thing isn't allowed around here anymore. And no one is rooting for the Sox to lose. We're just wallowing in their persistent, consistent failure. Is fish a bad word where you come from?

The only boos should come in this fishin thread. You're all acting like a bunch of assholes. Practically rooting for the team to fish up and do bad. I can see being pessimistic, but Jesus....

Come on Mark. Be this guy again!!!

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) except the 05 Red Sox made the playoffs. Have we not made the playoffs yet?? The Red Sox were 10 games over .500 at this point last year, we are 19. The Red sox didn't have pitching, we do. The pitching isn't playing up to it's capabilities, but it's there. We also have an offense that has shown it could lead the league in almost every category. They just need to snap out of their funk. There's a difference between a team playing bad with bad players and a team playing bad with good players. There's light at the end of the tunnell for us. These players have proven they can get the job done. We just have to hope they all figure it out soon.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 03:53 PM) I've yet to hear an explanation of how, if it's not Soriano in LF and Pods in CF, Soriano's going to fit into the lineup. What, as a backup for Iguchi? Dude everything is speculation, so why are you asking people to provide facts?? the spec is that pods goes and soriano plays left...

I just want to drop Andersons name right now!! No more talking about him at all....He's not going anywhere!! Don't do it Kenny!!!!!

QUOTE(BigNDfan80 @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) What if the White Sox planted the rumors to drive up the price and either force Detroit to give up more or eliminate them from the Soriano race. If you read this whole thread you'd see that is a distinct possibility.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 03:37 PM) His future is about as guaranteed as McDougals. How long until he's on the DL again? I have to admit, I'm very upset with Williams right now. Our already thin system has traded its best starting pitcher. If McCarthy is traded I'll be even more angry. That's unless we're unloading Soriano to a ballclub with a pitching prospect comparable to McCarthy. I want to know if we're actually intent on developing a minor league system? Using it as bargaining chips is great and all, but having some pitchers available to replace our current rotation would have been nice as well. You seem to care more about the farm than the Sox.

The more I think about it, I just can't see Anderson being moved with Pods goin gto center. The SOx know Pods defense is suspect and they know he can't play center. There's is no way that is part of the big plan.

I don't want to lose Anderson or Bmac. What happened to Soriano for 2-3 prospects? Now we are giving up two starters? Sounds sketchy....

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 08:48 AM) Well, they are 3-9 since 7/7. By Mid september, this team will be hovering around .500 I'll take that bet. You think the Sox will be .500 by mid September??

I knew about this rally. It was on the news for days leading up to it. They had predicted 50,000 to 500,000. Which I laughed at and said to my wife....that's a pretty big range ain't it....

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Jul 21, 2006 -> 12:32 PM) I think when people do things like that, it just shows how much of a fan they are. Let's put it this way: would you rather have a fan that stops following the team and ignores all the bad when they are sucking? Or would you rather have a fan that can't get the team out of his head, good or bad, and might decide to get emotional when the team is sucking? I prefer the latter, because it shows that the person really cares for the team. We all are guilty every now and then of doing just that, but I think it just reaffirms our love for the team. Maybe you think I'm wrong, but thats just the way I feel. First off, I think any fan that stops following the team, cause they're sucking, isn't a fan at all. In fact I'm not sure how a person like that could be a Sox fan unless they just came aboard last year. I prefer an emotional fan too...never said otherwise... I just thought this was an interesting thread from last year and if I can convince any of the sox fans out there not to take a turn to negative town, I'm going for it. One interesting aspect was we had a 7 1/2 game lead and about 1/2 the posters thought it was over, yet now we are back 5 1/2 and we have posts questioning if it's insurmontable?

I was YEARS ago....but hey Welcome anyway!! Pull up a chair....

I'm totally l337 now!!

Bump. First post in this thread still holds true!! Don't turn your back Sox fans.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) I have come to the conclusion on the direction that Soxtalk will be heading...down. I do not mean the site in itself. The admins are awesome and the site is great and a pleasure to navigate. But the attitude of the posters here. My gosh. This is an incredibly negative place that I have no interest of reading. Choke avatars "The Season is over" Everyone from struggling players to great players like Crede and Thome and even Guillen getting the full brunt of insults and pathetic, illogical conclusions to their abilities. Enough is enough. My God we won the World Series last year and so many people are still ready to jump ship and declare the season done. Good. Go. Join another fanclub or site and leave. Is there some kind of emotional high you receive from predicting doom? I feel that so many here WANT the White Sox to lose just so they can be proven correct. If that's what you want, wow. Great fan you are. Now, am I saying we should be blindly optimistic and not realize what our team is doing right now? HELL NO. Our pitching has not been as good as last year, we have been horrible at bunting and doing some small things. But we are FAR from done in the division. Why??? Bacause we have good players...if you didn't notice we won the F'in World Series last year. Good players have a history of pulling themselves out of slumps. See last September when so many of the same people declared Cleveland the champs! But there you were crow in hand cheering on the champs when the season was done. These same players turned it around. Plus its friggin JULY!! Now if this was September...yes, I'd be more worried because time and history would not be on our side. But for now I will enjoy MY TEAM a team I have rooted and cried for since I was a boy. I team I screamed for last October. A team that made our dreams come true. But since so many wish to create nightmares...I am choosing not to read them anymore. There is no more insight; no more logical discussions that set Soxtalk above the rest. Its all negative, extreme reactionary posts from now on, I guess. Thank you for the good time and I will be back come fall when we are in happier moods...hopefully. Toodles, Ribbie Wow...I made a eerily similar post last year. Right on Ribbie, but no need to leave.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 03:00 PM) yup Congrats on the prediction.....Murray tell what he's won.....

QUOTE(SouthSidePride05 @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 02:56 PM) You know things have gone downhill when just a few weeks ago, if the Sox were down by 5 going into the 9th, I'd have a good feeling they'd come back. Now down by 1, I feel only a miracle will allow the Sox to come back. I think that's more of a testament to your character than the Sox.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 02:43 PM) Hawk gets owned... This coming from the guy with the widgenator sig. By the way what did Hawk say?

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 02:38 PM) remember last year we had that feeling like we never gave up...this year its how will we lose this one. Speak for yourself. That is the feeling of cub fans. We ain't the f***in cubs. It was hilarious to see them at the game AJ went yard. It's like all the cub fans were just waiting for it to happen. They knew they were gonna blow it, they were just waiting for it. That ain't me man....If we lose we lose, but I don't expect it or wait for it to happen.

I normally give guys a long long rope....It's coming to the end for the widge....

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 02:15 PM) I think we all know what's going to happen right here. Contereas will get the out?