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You know what I miss? Those 8 games winning streaks we did frequently last year. How about another one of those! Lets get going guys! Keep those Tiger's tamed!

So he is locked down until 2008. Lets stop talking about Rowands comeback now. The Phillies wanted him, and they will not let go of him anytime soon. Its frusterating seeing Anderson's bat. But he still does play good defense, and our offense is not our problem. Its the damn middle relief! Struggles that we should'nt worry too much about: Uribe and Anderson's bat. Struggles that we SHOULD worry about: OUR BULLPEN! The bullpen alone has cost them at least 10 games this year already.

Can someone tell me the status or ARow's contract?

the bullpen just isn't cutting it. i know i even mentioned go trade for another center fielder. but right now our major concern is the pen. Its obvious that Pollite is burned out from last year, Cotts isn't lights out like last year. So lets see Hermy out, Pollite and Cotts not the same. KW also traded Marte and Vizciano. This is a complete turn from last years success. Yea we still have the young Jenks and BMac coming around and Thorton surprising everyone, but this bullpen is below medeocre. Were not making the playoffs w/ this bullpen KW needs to do what it takes to fine tune it. We need a righty setup man! I'm not as worried about Cotts BUT he needs to be more consistent. Pollite im afraid is damaged goods. KW needs to find a replacement and soon. Any suggestions? Is it too early to talk trades. We did hit June.

The lineup is fine. They are just leaving waaayyy too many men left on base. They need to bring back more small ball. If there is a man on 1st and 2nd with no outs bunt them over. Im seeing to many free swings. They are getting hits. But they are just not getting timely hits! I want to see more bunting, and more run manufacturing. Take advantage of those baserunners. Having Thome and Pauly in the 3 and 4 hole is nice, but they cant rely on them to drive in the runs every game. We have to do it the smaller way also. Jose C. WILL get us back on track tommorow! Lets score some runs! Don't need 11, but at least 3 or 4.

KW and OG have to be getting fed up with BA's hitting. I know for a fact that KW is looking for other CF options right now. I've heard Tori Hunter is available. If this is so go for him! The Twins GM told a reporter that he isn't afraid to trade within his division. If this is the case KW should be all over this. Bring Hunter over. He at least has one friend in AJ. I know he doesn't have a good history here on the southside. But either did AJ and we all know how that turned out.

if there was one guy i would love to keep right now its Vizcaino. So far the Thome deal looks pretty damn good. Were not missing Rowand too much. Marte just flat out lost his nasty command. I Don't miss him. However, Mackowiack hasn't shown me anything other than a few solid defensive stops. Vazquez is waayy better than El-duque. However the Vizcaino part of the deal kind of hurts. Our bullpen is just not as strong as last years. And Vizcaino has nasty stuff. I would much rather have Vizcaino over Boone Logan. He is just not ready for the big leagues.

1000 POSTS YESSSS!!!! I joined about 2 years ago today. Thats 500 posts/year! And i love every minute of it! Now lets beat the angels!!!

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 27, 2006 -> 11:48 PM) I know the Hall says what team you go into it with, but WHEN Jim hits his 500th HR with the Sox, and IF Jim wins a World Series with us, does he go into the Hall a White Sox? Hmm thats a very good question. Well he will most likely hit #500 here, and he would win his first every world series here. It would be a very close call. However, he would probably go as an Indian. Didn't Wade Boggs win a world series with the Yankees, but still went in as a Red Sox?

yep. if we can split out west i'd be more than satisfied. lets take the first one and go from there. lets disperse the offense for all 3 games this time.

haha look at Jose C at the top! All i have to say is THANK YOU LOAZIA for that one flash in the pan season!!!

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 26, 2006 -> 03:06 PM) No need to use him right now. Good pitching performances going deep into games lately. Yep Javy, Mark and Jose are hot! While Freddy and Jon G. are slowly getting there games back. You'll probably see Thorton either tonite in the 8th or friday when Freddy pitches.

I love Harold. But he seems too quite out there. Raines was energetic and aggresive.

that would be awesome we somehow won 8 in a row again!! I just hope were not in that west coast rut again?!?

KW and crew expect him back in July or August for the stretch fun. But we'll see. Back injuries are always pretty serious. But if we can get Hermy back at full force, our bullpen can be a true force again.

Jose C. is our best pitcher right now. I dont think there is a better 1-2 punch then Mark B. and Jose C.

Early on in the 2006 season so far it has been the offense that has sparked this team's winning ways. The pitching started off cold, but now they are taking off as well. Last season it seemed like we won many 3-2, 4-3, 2-1 games. So far early on in the year it seems like we are scoring 5 to 6 runs per game. Thats very solid, and with this rotation and defense, it can go a long way. Here are the batting #'s for our starting lineup for the first 15 games: Scott Podsednick Avg: .204 (but is coming around) and 3 SBs. I was worried about his groin issue, but it looks like the Scotty Pods of last season is back. Tadahito Iguchi Avg: .314, he is still sacrificing himself to go along with 6 BBs and 6 RBIs. I'm glad Ozzie put him back in the 2 hole. Jim Thome Avg: .333 with an OBP of .538, 7 HRs, 18 BBs and 19 runs scored. And 14 RBIs. Wow what a beast! Paul Konerko Avg: .351 with an OBP of .415, 5 HRs, 16 RBIs, he also has 5 2Bs. Yeah Pauly is continuing on from last season success! Jermaine Dye Avg: .282, with 10 BB and 9 RBIs. These are the #s we expect from JD! A.J. Pierzynski Avg: .283, with 4 RBIs and 5 runs scored. As long as AJ can carry a decent stick we should be fine. His true value is behind the plate. Joe Crede Avg: .314, with 12 RBIs, and 5 2Bs. Crede has been a great surpise early on, showing that he not only capable of getting clutch hits, but he can also hit for average. Juan Uribe Avg: .200, 5 RBIs and 4 runs scored. Juan hasn't spurted out of the gates like some other players, but he'll come around. His HR on Wednesday was nice to see. As long as can move the runners over and continue flashing his leather at SS we'll be fine. Brian Anderson Avg: .132, and 17 SOs. YIKES! The rookie is off to a bad start. But sometimes it takes rookies to get going. Lets not forget how long it took for Rowand to get going, or the 0-43 Ventura start. As long as BA can flash the leather in CF for now, he'll be okay. He'll come around. He's our 9th place hitter, shouldn't worry too much about this. As you can see for the most part our offense is getting it done. With Pods coming around we should be even more dangerous, because now we'll have the speed to go along with the power. But we all can agree that our offensive MVP for the first 15 games has to be the new comer Jim Thome! Keep it going big guy!

If Buerhle left the White Sox it would be the biggest loss in White Sox history. We can't be like the Cubs and let Maddux go at his prime. Buerhle is only getting better at 27 years old. 5 years at 12/13 per is should be doable. I think KW and JR know how important MB is to this team, organization and the city of chicago and its surrounding communities. Buerhle is open to start talking about his future now. So KW should get on that ASAP. Like i said before, there was reason to wait until the offseason for Konerko. There is no reason to wait for Buerhle. We all know his value. Get it done KW. Get it done soon.

You know we have a damn good rotation when currently Buerhle is our 2ND best pitcher. Yep there is no stopping Contreras right now. And Vazquez looked pretty damn dominant today. Wow this rotation is damn good. Another bright spot is Bobby Jenks, he is looking better each time out there, he already has 6 saves. Thorton is starting to come around actually. Still not too sure about Logan? BMac is just down right awesome! However, Cotts and Pollite still worry me. Do you guys think there burned out from last season?

Beane traded Hudson and Mulder for prospects why wouldn't he just trade the 3rd head of the former 3 headed monster? I can see Beane trading Zito, esspecially to a desperate team like the Cubs or Yankees. The A's can still contend w/o Zito this year, and they will be better off next year when he will leave via free agency anyways.

If not 5-50 than easily 4-50. Buerhle just doesn't seem like the money hungry type. If its a reasonable price, he'll stay.

Oakland's south paw Barry Zito just may be traded by the A's very soon. According to ESPN, with Zito off to a poor start and with Oaklands stacked farm system. Beane just may trade him. Beane is likely looking for a top outfield propect, a top pitching prospect and an infield prospect in a pacakage. Many teams are interested in Zito. With exception of our Sox, Zito fits in to almost any team out there. Teams that just may go out of there way to aqcuire Zito are the Tigers, Indians and Cubs.

Buerhle is our ace! And a fun loving team leader. He has been our most consistent pitcher over the past 6 years, if KW was smart he would lock him down now! You know what you get with MB. With Konerko it was different because he has a poor season in 2003 and he bounced back nice in 2004. KW wanted to make sure he didn't have another 2003 type season before he locked down Pauly longterm. With Buerhle you know your going to get 15+ wins every year and 200+ innings pitched. I say he's worth a 5 year $50 million contract. Get it done soon KW!

There is this Cub fan in my class who says, "If the St. Louis made it to the WS last year, we would have lost" And I respond by saying, "Houston beat St. Louis, we swept Houston, were the champs! Better than Boston, New York, Anahiem, San Diego, Atlanta, St. Louis and Houston. hahaha you just can't take it" Another thing that works if a sCrub fan is talking smack, just say "1908" That usually shuts them up. Or you can pull a Patrick Roy and say "I can't hear you i have a WS ring stuck in my ear" Ahhh its a beautiful thing to be the champions!

Its going to be a 3 way race between us, Twins and Indians again. Sorry Detroit, your just not quite yet there.