Jordan4life_2007

I'm not taking anything for granted. We are in an unbelievable situation right now. But, as that other lame team in Chicago taught us 2 years ago, it's ain't over until it's over. We gotta go for the throat in game 5. Don't give them any kinda hope they can get back in this thing. I think Jose is the right man for the job. I still can't believe this is happening.

I've run out of adjectives to describe the starting pitching. Not just in this series, but the entire postseason.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) is anyone else feeling like this isnt ACTUALLY happening? i mean we're the white sox - we always f***ing lose... now one win away and its like... this can not be happening. i dont wanna jinx anything but i am feeling so amazing right now but its SO f***ING SURREAL! I don't even know how to react. I've fantasized about this for years. Now that it's actually happening, I don't know how to react. This is beyond a dream come true.

Is this really happening? I'm so serious. I don't even know how to react right now. I'm in utter shock at the roll this team is on right now. A flawless victory tonight. 1 motherf***in win from the Series. I'm numb.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 02:28 AM) ...while guys like Politte and Hermanson have had career years. As well as Garland, Cotts, and Contreras. I was just thinking how much more dominant the staff would be overall if Marte and Vizcaino were having their normal years.

It's got to be right up there. And to think, guys like Marte and Vizcaino, who have both had excellent years in the past, have had average to bad years in 05.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 12:45 AM) I love the pitching staff and defense all around...they tend to feed off of each other. Dye is very overrated in RF, Konerko's range is limited, and Pierzynski is so-so behind the plate(but his calling game has been magnificent from day 1)...other than that, I can't think of anyone defensively that's bad. Rowand should get a gold glove this year, which is deserved, Podsednik doesn't read the ball well but has the speed to make up for it, Crede's probably the most underrated defensive player in the majors, Iguchi has been a hell of a good defensive player and seems to make up for what he lacks in range and throwing strength with good accuracy and just good baseball instincts...reminds me almost of Jose Valentin instincts wise...and Uribe is probably a future gold glove winner...perhaps even a gold glover if he is in New York/Boston/St. Louis this year. Come 07, this team could be very, very, very solid all-around defensively with Young on the verge of starting, and Anderson perhaps already starting. I'd also very much agree on Podsednik, atleast in the second half of the season and in the playoffs. He has tremendous speed, but if he isn't stealing bases productively(and he's been far from that in the second half), he's not very valuable...I am a true believer in that OBP alone does not make a leadoff hitter, but that you also need some other characteristic, be it power, speed, a combo of both, or an OBP around .410-.420 to be a productive leadoff hitter. Podsednik getting on at .360, while nice, does nothing for me if he's not getting to 2B somehow without giving up an out...you are just asking for trouble by sacrificing constantly, because timely hitting is not something that can be counted upon. That whole OBP thing is something I've thought about for a while, and I truly do not believe you need a good OBP to be a productive leadoff hitter...but that's probably something for another time with a little more research behind it backing it up. What KW did during the offseason was unbelievably huge...he filled as many holes as he could...basically every hole, plus a few others for depth...with about $15-20 mill. There were probably 6 large holes in the team going into the season(I think back and see C, 2B, RF, SU, SP, leadoff hitter), and he managed to fill those with roughly $14.5 mill...and those above do not include Ozuna as the utility infielder, Widger as the backup catcher, Vizcaino out of the pen, and perhaps more I'm not thinking about right now. The only move I really questioned at all was giving Timo $1 mill...why give a fat cop 2 boxes of donuts when he only needs 1? Wite, I agree with 95% of everything you just said. However, I just wanted to point out that Konerko has been very good defensively this season. I agree that his range isn't that great, but he's been excellent in the field.

Kenny and Coop deserve the credit for this amazing pitching staff.

A great all around performance tonight. This is easily the best they've looked since the Boston series. I think it's safe to say the rust has been shaken off. Freddy's gotta keep it goin tomorrow. I think you're gonna see a very desperate Angels team tomorrow. They know that if they fall behind 3-1 they're in a WORLD of trouble.

I'd like to give myself a nice pat on the back. I was one of a select few that had total confidence in Garland coming into game 3. I guess the people that were afraid of Garland going in a possible game 7 feel a lot better now. Not that it will come to that. I don't see this series going past 6 games. Just an outstanding performance by Jon tonight.

Only 48 pages tonight? I guess a lot of people were out watching the game.

Game 3 is beyond Huge. If we can somehow beat Lackey, and go up 2-1, it puts us in EXCELLENT shape for the rest of the series.

I spit up my soda just now.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 01:31 AM) I have only one question: If Eddings did indeed signal that he was out, then why would watching AJ run to first make him change his mind? This is a professional umpire with years of MLB experience. Do you honestly think that after calling AJ out he changed his mind? These guys stand by their calls to a fault, IMO. He never hesitated watching AJ run to first the whole way. If in his mind he had already called him out then he would've waived him off and said you're out, why the hell are you running to first?! I think you have to give the ump the benefit of the doubt on this one.

I'll take it anyway we can get it. We EARNED this one.

Why the lack of faith in Garland? He won 18 games and was an all-star. We wouldn't be here without him. Atleast wait and see what he does in game 3 before declaring you're scared to see him in a potential game 7.

QUOTE(Spiff @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 01:04 AM) I beg to differ. I'd love to agree with you man, but Rowand and Crede were clearly out. I didn't even need to see the replay to know Rowand was out. I wasn't sure about Crede when I first saw it, but the replay showed he was clearly out. The baserunning has been AWFUL these first two games. That has got to improve if we want to win this series.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 12:54 AM) Tell me about it. I keep getting im's from people just saying "BULLs***" like 20 times over and again. Whatever, I just want Friday to get here, tomorrow is going to be a long day. It would be even longer if we were down 0-2. I'll take it anyway we can get it. The haters can f*** off. If it was there team, they would have no problem with it.

A big thanks to Rex and Krush. I saw the entire game and I was still confused until I read this thread.

I think Garland is gonna step up big time. I expect the offense to be much better on the road.

I'm not even gonna be able to sleep tonight. I can't wait to get game 2 started.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 09:34 PM) Cause ticketmaster sucks. Honestly, that's the reason. All of us diehards are sitting here posting on soxtalk instead of being at the game. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Will get this one.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 09:34 PM) lol I forgot about the 8 wins in a row, what is that, the 4th time we've won 8 in a row and then lost the 9th game? Yeah, we seem to be snakebit when it comes to winning that 9th game in a row.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 09:25 PM) Let's face it, if we were going to win the World Series, we weren't going to go undefeated, that's just practically impossible. Tomorrow should be a better performance. That's a good way to look at it. Plus, we had won 8 in a row coming into tonight. We were due for a loss. I feel extremely confident about game 2.