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QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 12:54 PM) If we fail to sweep em, lets not absolutely set off an h-bomb in here. We could fail to sweep and still be pretty good. We might sweep them and still be sliced in thirds by Boston very soon. Sox didn't sweep cuz of lack of execution. 7th inning stranding runners, 8th inning pods cant catch balls at the wall, Dotel giving up the deep drive with 2 outs. Thats why u dont sweep, cuz u dont play an A+ game, u play a b+ game.

Per Rotoworld: "Jim Thome will have Monday off after aggravating his left foot during Sunday's game. Carlos Quentin or Scott Podsednik will DH. Thome appears to be day-to-day." Source: Chicago Sun-Times I would be downright shocked if he just missed a game or two. Ill set the over under for games missed because of this injury at 3.5. What u taken?

If you look at the sox attendance for percent full (of capacity) instead of the raw sum, then the sox are ranked 13th out of 30....68.5% full.

QUOTE (whitesox901 @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 01:28 AM) If the Sox cut prices, cut parking, etc. I think they would be in the top 5 of the AL For the sox to justify cutting ticket prices we would need to see the supply demand curve actively out of sync. The sox have provide a lot of parking for a premium price, but its all about the demand. In order to lower parking prices we would need to see an active shift in the demand for parking. For this to happen we would need to see the sales figures actually show less parking spaces being utilized per X number of fans. If that was the case we would need to data to show more people are carpooling, taking public transit, etc. Im not sure if these things are going on, but only if they are can the price of parking be lowered to spur increased demand.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 12:25 AM) Make upper deck tickets $9 forever And bleacher seats $27 As demonstrated by the Buehrle series, they could sell out some games with that. Agreed!!

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 10:49 PM) We should include mgr. and coaches. Ozzie "F***in' @$##$&!!" Guillen Harold "ZZZZZzzzzzzzz" Baines Greg "Is he gone yet" Walker Don "The Repairman" Cooper Jeff "The Human Stop Sign" Cox Joey " What Does He DO" Cora Jeff "wave in AJ" Cox

Jayson "take two strikes" Nix Scott "Climb the wall and let it fall" Podsednik Dewayne "the truth" Wise Carlos "the foot" Quinten Mark "the accessory" Kotsay

Well here we find the sox in another position to sweep a series. They failed against the Yankees, although thats quite a tall order, especially with CC on the mound. They failed against the angels when we had Danks going against an awful Ervin Santana and his 7+ ERA. Now we have a chance against for a sweep against essentially an Oakland lineup of scrubs. We have John Danks pitching who holds a career record against the A's of 4-0 with a 1.38 ERA. They have a 12 loss pitcher in Cahill going who the sox have actually seen before (early June), which really bodes well for our team. If this doesn't look like a set up game for the sweep then I dont know what is. Id say if we avoid the errors, miscues, bad luck, and sometimes blown calls we should have ourselves a SWEEP of this dismal A's team. Its essentially in our hands.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 11:35 PM) Source? Good luck finding a setup man as effective as Thornton. I'm also not convinced that Thornton would excel in the closer role, given that he can only throw two pitches for strikes and throws about 80% fastballs. I don't know if Jenks will be worth his arbitration value. But if you deal him, you'd damn well better make sure that you get a quality reliever to replace him. Because Linebrink and "T-Pain" ain't gonna get it done. The Sox bullpen is pretty freaking bad after Thornton and Jenks. The people who make the "Jenks will be overpaid next year, and we need to trade him NOW for maximum value" argument miss the same point that the Yahoo Sports writers missed about the Alex Rios acquisition. Just as CF was recently, the bullpen is a point of weakness for the Sox now (and will be even more when Dotel leaves next year). The Sox are going to have to ADD talent to the pen this winter, and trading away Jenks is going in the opposite direction. Because of that, overpaying for a stabilizing player at that position for one year is probably worth it in the end (and much less of a financial burden than over-paying Rios for the next five years). Considering the arbitration due to Danks and Floyd next year, they're looking at paying over $40 million to those two plus Peavy and Buehrle. What's the point in shelling out all of that money if you're going to field a 2007-esque bullpen of crap that will blow their leads? You're better off over-paying Jenks a few million for one more year and putting yourself in a position to win than taking talent away from your bullpen and rolling the dice with lesser players. If Kenny can find two more bullpen arms that are as or more effective than Jenks, then dealing Bobby would be fine. But, as we've seen both Linebrink and Dotel fall apart since last August and we're seeing now with "T-Pain," I don't think it'll be nearly as easy as some people think. I like this post a lot I agree with everything you said. Though you should note that this train of thought is oriented for WIN NOW mode. Which obviously Kenny is in, espeically considering his decision to hold onto Dotel. Valuable arms in the pen are a huge commodity if ur in a pennant race and Kenny knows that. If the sox are in win now mode they dont move around/remove Jenks or Thorton, including next year.

QUOTE (SockMe @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 06:20 PM) very impressed by Nix First and Last time. Though he was facing a lefty.

Look its really freaking easy to see. He needs to pitch UP IN THE ZONE. Look hes got a good (not great fastball), pretty straight, usually between 94-96 MPH. Hes out pitch is defiantly his 12-6 curveball. But here is the thing, they both only work when he keeps the ball up in the zone (I realize that the curveball winds up breaking down to knee or below knee high). The fact remains when Bobby is throwing his fastball thigh high or higher in the zone for strikes (swinging or looking) the curveball is going to get people out its that simple. The release point is going to be the same and to the hitter the curveball is going to at first look like fastball coming straight, then we all know it falls off and winds up somewhere shin high. The point is that only works when he keeps the release point up high. If he is throwing his fastball around the knees its no good, the fastball is hittable at 94-96 there and it doesn't set the curveball up for a bad swing. The evidence is simple. Look at 10th inning tonite. He retired the first two batters in high release point fashion, then look (on mlb gameday) at where Sweeney and Everbridge got their pitches and subsueqent hits, all down in the zone. It was the same story on Wed night in Seattle in the 12th inning. Look at where Hannahan got his pitches, down, for a base hit. Then Rob Johnson got the same, down, and he hit a screamer towards 1st that Kotsay made an amazing grab on. Bobby just needs to pitch up in the zone, keep his release point high and its all good. Its that simple.

Do I really care WTF he does 10 minutes before the game in his locker, he could be surfing internet porn constantly in the clubhouse. As long as when hes on the field he busts his ass, plays 100% all the time, and performs up to his capability I could care less what he does.

Wait has he seriously been picked off 7 times year. Can I get a link on that. If its true that pretty freaking pathetic and pods most likely is baserunning himself out of a job.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 01:07 AM) Bad, very bad trade. His pitches just hang over the plate. I can't believe Ozzie used him over Dotel. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT. I was also following on Gameday and I was wondering what pitch he throws at 90 MPH that just kind of starts belt high and ends up thigh high. Then I noticed its 90 to 91 MPH.....its his freaking fastball. He has a hanging motion on his fastball. WTF is he doing on this team....let alone in the major leagues.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 12:33 AM) I can't believe he got out that inning. Yeah that was pretty awful. I hope he is not allowed to pitch anymore today.

So far he has thrown 2 running fastballs to Righties and gotton away with it. Hes playing with fire.

Please Scott no running fasbtall to Gutirez.

Im getting so bored. At least Linebrink is coming in...u know ur getting action. Just stay away from the running in fastball to right handed hitters...AKA the Brink Meatball.

WOW Jenks missed his spot terribly, AJ really wanted that ball up and out and u can tell why. Thank u so much Kotsay.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 11:40 PM) How the hell did Pods get picked off 2nd base? I don't remember that. It was a home game thats for sure

I can now remember Pods getting picked off of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base in the last month. Thats freaking sad.

Come on Carlos dont swing at the slider its never a strike. Anyone else see an ATOM ball coming.

Fly ball Jimmy all we need...be the smart hitter u are.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 11:07 PM) Seriously? I'm not sure anyone can second guess either decision. He's been extremely effective tonight with a very reasonable pitch count. He has a no-hitter and a perfect game under his belt and you are acting as though he is Charlie Haeger or something. No but that him him around a bit in the 7th, then in the 8th they got a leadoff hit and the top of the lineup is coming up. That usually means its time to give them someone new to look at.

Bad Bad Bad sweeney seeing MB for the 4th time tonite,,,,BAD. Playing with fire.....