Gene Honda Civic

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 07:49 PM) Bold Prediction: The Sox won't score another run this evening. Far from turn-around. yep, that was a bold prediction.

El Conde es mi héroe

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 08:24 PM) He's not taking very good swings, is he? AJ, Everett, Iguchi, and Rowand are definitely cold. I don't even fault Ozzie for this. But you can fault him for not playing the Hot Hand there though... Uribe would have looked great there or at #2 early in the month, and Crede would look good there now.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 07:37 PM) This game thread is dead today.. COME ON GUYS!!1 It's a Friday night. Some people have lives.

What about Crede's HR?

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 07:13 PM) i hate boobs i think blasphemy!

Minnesota -3.5 vs. (11) Purdue Um... WTF?!?! I pounded Minnesota at the window the last couple of weeks, but they're playing real competition now.

QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 03:24 PM) I don't think anyone think's we can go 6-4 down the stretch. But I'm with ya buddy. Just hated seeing your thread looking so lonely. It's not going to take 6-4. Win 5 of the next 7 against the Twins (who are are 20-33 in the second half in games not started by Johan) and Tigers (who are are 25-41 in the second half) and the Sox will have 96 wins. -- 96 wins will make the playoffs. If the Sox can't take at least 4 of the 7 remaining against the AL's second-half whipping boys, which would still mean the division and Wild Card were in play on the final weekend, then they don't deserve to make the playoffs.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 09:51 AM) I just saw this on CNBC. These people have no luck whatsoever. I wonder how far back this sets back the recovery in NO? THEY LIVE BELOW SEE LEVEL!!! This has nothing to do with luck. It has everything to do with piss poor location.

The Sox have played 18 innings of extra-inning baseball at home this season. They have scored 2 runs. Both were on HRs.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 21, 2005 -> 09:14 PM) We've got 6 outs left in tonights shutout. Tomorrow is Santana. When was the last time the Sox scored in the early innings? -- We're staring a solid 20 inning scoring drought right in the face. Well they scored a run, but I would say that 1 run in 20 innings classifies as a drought. (league average would be about 10 runs)

That's funny cuz you didn't show up until they had won 80 games.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 10:26 PM) It is f***ing true, whether you believe it or not. Here's a pizza trophy.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 10:19 PM) Choking isnt losing ground to a team playing .900 baseball. Choking is losing ground to a team playing .500 baseball. You must have missed the game tonight then, specifically the 8th-11th innings. That was the definition of choking.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 08:13 PM) Whoever started that thread about when the Sox will score next is right on target. Will it be tonight or tomorrow or when? That would be me.... It hardly took a lot of foresight. I also said they would go scoreless the first time through the order tomorrow.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 08:07 PM) Ozzie's right - McCarthy's got no bizness being on a post season roster. :headshake In Ozzie's defense, McCarthy is facing nowhere near a major league lineup tonight, let alone a playoff lineup.

BUNT HR's are the new black.

SWING FOR THE FENCES!!!!! ONE RUN WILL WIN IT TONIGHT!!!

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 07:41 PM) Well, it tells me that their starting pitching has been incredible, while ours has been mediocre. It tells me that it's simply not true... Cleveland has scored more runs in less games than us in September, and has a higher OPS than us. If what you saw was that we had outhit cleveland .281 to .275, that's simply a shows how useless batting average is for measuring offense.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 06:24 PM) I wonder how long it can stay up without sagging . . . I would say that the Rally Crede sagged last night. 8-0 :puke

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 04:57 PM) Everett, I agree with. He better not be back. What happened to the two-strike approach? Not good enough to just hit singles anymore, eh Carl? Jurassic doesn't believe in X-tra base hits either. His non-HR Xtra base hit % (oh yeah, I just made that up just now) is the lowest of any regular on the team.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 04:31 PM) BTW, I have a feeling we'll see the return tonight of Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, and not Ken "Sox Homer" Harrelson. He was fairly critical of this team this morning, especially about our past approach against Santana. He said we should stack the lineups with lefties. If we have a righty lineup tonight, and they struggle, Hawk's going to be quite critical. How ass backwards would that be? Hawk goes out of his way to praise the likes of JP Howell, Scott Elarton, Kysle Loshe instead of taking the offense to task, then speaks his mind when they are up against a bona fide Cy Young contender. I don't buy it.

best play of the night is Bruce Chen BAL (+170) over Mike Mussina NYY

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) McCarthy didn't help the Sox get to where they are now, so he won't be in the playoffs. Ozzie loves his veterans, and he definitely doesn't seem to be McCarthy's biggest fan. If McCarthy gives up 4 or more runs tonight, he won't start for the Sox again this season. The Sox are 5-2 in games started by McCarthy.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Sep 21, 2005 -> 10:25 PM) Boston lost tonight, so our magic number over the number 2 WC team went down to 8. It's really down to 6 and root for the Yankees. Boston and NY play at the end of the season, so there are 3 [guaranteed] losses to be distributed between the two of them. NY can win 99 games if they win all of their remaing games, and Boston can win 98, but they can't do that at the Same time. Here are the most wins they can finish with. Series Most possible Wins Result Boston NYY NY Sweep 95 99 NY wins 96 98 Bos Wins 97 97 Bos Sweep 98 96 If the Sox win 6 games, they will have 97 and guarantee at least a 3-way playoff. They take care of business against Minnesota (who just shut down Radke) and Detroit (who just shut down Bonderman) and they will have a spot locked up before they go to Cleveland.