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QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) Was is just me or did that crowd seem a lot less into the game today than in the ALDS? I am sure it wasn't just me because I could really hear them before. I wish I was out there, I wouldn't sit down or shut up. Oh yeah and how could I forget, how about Buck and McCarver?? All I could hear was "slurp slurp slurp ERSTAD slurp slurp." Holy crap they were horrible. Thats what happens when the road team gets an early lead. It tends to take the crowd out of the game.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:36 PM) Being as hot as this team was, and resting for days, might have been a bad thing rather than a good thing as everybody thought. I think every anaylyst and person out there looked at that and tried to overpub it, just like the media does with almost everything. Fact is the Angels are a professional team, they got the job done, Sox didn't. Sox were definately rusty the first couple innings and at that piont they found themselves in a hole. Jose kept him in it, the Sox battled back, but in the end it wasn't enough. Everyone seemed to be writing Anaheim off (i'm not referring to people on this board) but analysts all over. I've watched the Angels way too much. They don't have the talent to be here, but you know what, here they are. We as Sox fans have heard much of the same from the media for most of the time and were here. You know why Anaheim and Chicago are here...cause there both pretty freaking good teams. Good teams find ways to win, whether they've had 20 hr's of sleep or 2 hr's of sleep. That said, the Sox are a good team and they'll bounce back and get em tomorrow. They play there game and do the little things and this series will be a deadlock going to Anaheim.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:35 PM) I don't think he's all smoke and mirrors but our guys were swinging at every piece of garbage he threw off the plate. Byrd's pitch count was almost non-existent through the first few innings. At the same time, he's not the type of guy you sit back and wait on. He's a good pitcher who throws strikes. With those type of pitchers the best pitches are often early in the count. This guy set an Angel record for fewest walks from a starting pitcher (I think thats with 200 or more IP). Tip your cap to the other team, focus on the next game.

Managers look smart when there players execute. When they don't they look like fools, regardless of how good or dumb a call was. Was this a winnable game, sure. What kills me is that Jose pitched freaking brilliant and picked up the loss. Giving up those outs also hurt, but I have seen worse losses, like when you have runners on 3rd with less than 2 outs and can't get runs in (which the Sox didn't do). Tomorrow's another day, they play there style of baseball and its back to an even series. If they don't, they'll be in trouble. They've got us this far, and I got faith in this club. Also, I'm not by any means saying that everyone's whining, I was mainly going off on the original poster. I'm a little short when it comes to people stupidly complaining and acting as if Byrd is this AAAA pitcher. This is a big league pitcher, who has never depended on velocity in his left and flat out stepped up. You tip your cap to the opponents and try to get them the next day.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:30 PM) Hang wiff ems? I saw pop-ups, ground outs, and horrible bunt attempts. I remember AJ hitting the ball hard (but that was off KRod) and Uribe hit a hard fly out to Anderson (off Byrd). Sox hitters looked fooled for most of the game. AJ line shot..Uribe had a line shot...Dye had a line shot early in the game...there were hard hit balls. Didn't you guys listen to Byrd during his post game interview, he even alluded to getting a little lucky out there cause the Sox hit him up in the middle innings. Plus you had a couple rockets early in that inning the Sox scored some runs.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:30 PM) OK, but here's an honest question. Did we have a 3-game losing streak after each of our 8-game winning streaks? Who gives a s***. Don't point out history to me, this is now and now is what its all about.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:27 PM) But we don't win on the West coast. Also, Crede hit a solo homer today, but he screwed up plays in at least 3 of the 4 playoff games so far. Shut up with excuses. No excuses. This team is gonna play hard regardless. West Coast, East Coast, f***ing Pacific Rim, I don't give a s***...they execute and play there style of baseball and they can beat anyone. Thats all that matters. Tomorrow's another day.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:26 PM) We were the best road team in baseball right... Win tomorrow, win 2 of 3 in LAA and we have 1 left at home One game at a time...one game at a time. Right now the Sox need to get back into a groove and go out and take care of business. They do that and this series will be notted at one, but thats what they need to focus on. And everyone b****ing and moaning, sit down, shut up, and enjoy the ride. This is White Sox baseball and they got some fight left in em. You can bet your asses they do.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:09 PM) Honestly, WTF? Crede, way to choke yet again. Dye, I don't even know what the hell you are thinking Podz, congrats on becoming utterly useless, all-star. Arow, don't bunt, just don't bunt ever again. I have never seen a bigger disadvantage in the dugout with Scioscia absolutly raping Ozzie. Shut up. There will be no whining or b****ing whatsoever. You want to whine and complain do it elsewhere. This team is a playoff team, thats won one round and got beat. They hit Byrd up later in the game and just had some hang wiff ems. And Crede sure didn't choke early in the game when he hammered a solo shot. Seriously, shut the f*** up. There's another game tomorrow and I'm not gonna deal with people jumping off ledges.

There's another game tomorrow. Angels beat us at both of our games. Hopefully the Sox can go out and execute and do the little things tomorrow. If they do it will be a tied series going into Anaheim. LETS GO SOX!!!

http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep11.html Here's mine (which I sent to him): 1) Who in the Sox organization was once known as the "Korean Babe Ruth"? Man Soo Lee 2) Ozzie is indirectly related to one of his pitchers. To whom, and how? Freddy Garica...uncle in law or something along those lines. I think it was his niece who married him (so whatever that makes him). 3) What song plays every time Podsednik comes to bat? Not a freaking clue 4) The "Go Go, White Sox!" song was written for what team? 59 Sox 5) During the opening video montage, one sequence goes like this: jets come screaming over the park, a flashback to an explosion on the field duirng "Disco Demolition," then Carlton Fisk making this famous play. What is it? Not a clue 6) Where does one look at The Cell to see the pitch speed (radar)? Left field 7) Can you find a mural of Shoeless Joe Jackson in the Cell? Where? Yes, Outfield I think (I'm thinking right field) 8) In one of the most memorable finishes of the season, A.J. Pierzinski hit a walk-off homer on the next pitch, after a seemingly for-sure foul-out. What team was it against? (LA Dodgers off of Yhancy Brazoban) 9) The White Sox beat a team this year without batting in one run. Who was it, and how did it happen? Can't freaking remember, but It was on a balk or something like that 10) Why is Carl Everett known as "Jurassic" Carl? Cause he don't believe in dinosaurs 11) Who has the most stolen bases on the Sox behind Podsednik? Aaron Rowand (???) 12) Konerko, Ross Gload and Blum have all played 1B for the Sox this year as starters or backups. However, two other outfielders played first base for the Sox this season, one successfully, one not so successfully. Who were they? Jermaine Dye and Timo Perez 13) On opening day, after the opening new video montage, the Sox had replaced AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" as the theme song with another rock song from the early 90s, to the horror of many of us. It was switched back after a few games. What did they try to replace it with? Don't remember, just remember a bunch of posters whining about it. 14) This series spelled the end for previous season hero Shingo Takatsu. Who was it against, and roughly when? Cleveland (they owned him) although he didn't get released after it, that was the beginning of his demise. 15) When Hawk Harrelson was out for a few days because of eye surgery, a couple of former Sox players took turns in his place in the booth with DJ. Name one of them. Don Pall, Robin Ventura, and Jack McDowell all did it IIRC 16) When Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez, during a Sox series there, said this Sox outfielder was "putting on a clinic," to whom was he referring? Rowand in CF 17) In one of Hawk Harrelson's most famous on-air tirades this season, he went nuts over a home plate umpire's decision to toss a Sox player from the game. Who was the player, and for what? Joe Crede, who allegedly leaned into a pitch and it was against Oakland. Jermaine Dye ended up playing ss in the game with Widger at 3rd 18) Who is the most hated sports columnist among Sox organization and fans? Marrioti 19) What's a Baltimore bounce? No f***ing idea, but I think its one where it bounces off the plate. 20) Juan Uribe drew a lot of flack for a move that Ozzie approved of during a Cubs/Sox game at Wrigley. What was it? Telling Derek Lee the ball was foul by raising his arms Have fun!

Happy Bday to all of you. Man what a popular day to be born Hope you all had a great bday

QUOTE(SnB @ Oct 9, 2005 -> 11:52 AM) i've always liked fox and never liked cbs. Just seems like a much slicker presentation on fox. CBS is freaking horrible. They rank dead last in my book.

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Oct 10, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) I’ve got to disagree with the folks who say that the players will be unaffected by jet lag. You don’t go back and forth across time zones as frequently as these guys have in the past few days without it affecting your body to some extent. That is undisputed biologically. They'll be tired, but when they cross the lines, adrenaline will be enough for them to get by. I think they are more concerned with Byrd having to pitch when he's not 100% (he was up in the pen today, so he won't be quite 100%).

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 10, 2005 -> 09:19 PM) BAN THE ANGELS FAN!!! Haha, I'm confident in our Sox. They are more than capable and if they play there style of baseball and execute they can go the distance. At the same time I see a lot of people writing off the Angels and I think thats a mistake. They are a battled tested team that plays a very similar style of ball to the Sox. Its gonna be one hell of a battle. I'd say our pitching staff is better than theres, but I'd probably give a nod up to their offense (even though it hasn't been all that good) just because if Vladdy gets hot he is the type of player that can carry a team (and they can execute and do the little things just as good as the Sox, imo). Its definately a matchup between the 2 best teams in the AL and I hope the Good Guys in Black can pull it out!!! Afterall I got my airfare purchased and am gonna bust my ass to get tix to the series when they go on sale.

Trust me, the Angels aren't gonna be tired from jet lag. Maybe if it were a regular season game, but no team is gonna be tired for a post-season game. Adrenaline is all the energy they need.

I dunno, we'll have to figure something out. I'll be at all of them though and I plan on getting there early. All the season tix holders in my section were joshing me today cause they always see me in my Buehrle jersey (went there the day the Sox clinched the playoffs and they were all saying they are ready for me next week). I told em this better be the last time I root for Anaheim all season.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Oct 10, 2005 -> 08:42 PM) No reason at all we shouldn't win game 1. The Angels have had to go from NY to California and now to Chicago all in a span of 3 days. Their pitching staff should be spent. Its not going to be that easy. Don't ever count the Angels out though. They are a good team that can manufacture runs and Byrd could battle. Shields didn't pitch tonight so he's available and Krod is available as well. Anything can happen and the Sox may be a little rusty. I hope the Sox can get rolling early cause in a close game the Angels will be really tough to beat (especially with Contreras on the mound, simply because the Angels can run all day on him). Hopefully Jose C just flat limits the baserunners and picks up his 2nd postseason win of the season!!!!

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 10, 2005 -> 08:48 PM) Yeah, Contreras vs. McPherson. -- We didn't exactly get the best of that matchup. Ya, Count was awesome that game. He was pitching like he is right now and than McPherson just hit a total bomb (Dallas was the only guy to do anything off Jose that night...he had a hit earlier in the game IIRC).

The Angels talk out here is that he already had it looked at by Dr. Yocum and no news has been given back. It was a shoulder related injury though, nothing to do with his back (which is tender as hell). That said it could of been his back injury that led to the arm/shoulder injury. You know it has to be bad if Colon left though. Also, Byrd is gonna be on the mound tomorrow. Washburn's feeling like crap and the Angels were indicating that they won't be adding another pitcher to the roster and that they aren't too concerned about whether there arms will be tired (obviously early on they will be, but if the Angels can pull out a game early in the series) they'll be able to let there arms kind of ease back for the most part. For those that don't know, Byrd was warming up in the pen today though (don't know if they showed it during the telecast or not). He was up in the 2nd inning when Santana was struggling.

I'll be there. I think we should have a nice tailgate on Friday for everyone thats gonna be there. The games are scheduled for Anaheim Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (if necessary).

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Oct 9, 2005 -> 12:27 PM) I look at it 100% differently. What, are you a mem ber of the White Sox? Having a 35 jersey, or 56 just tells everyone who your favorite player is, or that you appreciate the work that player has put in. I'm with you and Krush. I'd never put my name on the back of any jersey, unless I played for the team (ie my old baseball jerseys).

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Oct 9, 2005 -> 04:27 AM) I got my jersey last month for my b-day, authentic home uniform, and the folks chucked in a White Sox Jacket while they were at it. And YAS's idea is a good one, if that indeed happens, which we all hope it does. Nice, glad you were able to find one. I felt bad you couldn't find one your size while you were out here.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Oct 8, 2005 -> 02:40 PM) Had it. Its not worth the hype. Ya, the sigs way better

Nah, this is coming out of my pocket. Luckily aside from a car payment I got like no other expenses since I still live at home.