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So what are people watching for the rest of the year? I think the individual things I'd like to see are Beckham and Rios finishing strong. Hopefully Santos and Sale don't get overused down the stretch. I really don't care too much about how the rest of this roster does....until Viciedo gets promoted.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:45 AM) Yeah, what would it have taken to get that Hunter Pence fella? Much better drafting the last few years. And greg, it's time to tear this s***ty organization down and start over instead of continuing to add expensive players to cover for the absolute failure that KW has been the last 3 years.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:44 AM) I just have this disgusting feeling in my stomach that Ozzie isn't going to be fired this offseason. Maybe Kenny is afraid of the backlash that would come from Oney/Ozzie/whatever the hell other idiot family members he has? I hope I'm wrong. That's why you root for the Sox to lose every game the rest of the way.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:40 AM) LOL our new pitching acquistion gives up the bomb. Nice Jackson trade for a ... relief pitcher? We have too many bats to acquire another bat. It was supposed to be the first of a few trades to throw in the towel, but KW got cold feet it seems.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:41 AM) Philly vs. Bos/NYY...which do you hope it is? I'll root for Brewers. And this Yanks team is way more likable than the Red Sox. C.C., Granderson and Tex are great guys.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:32 AM) Believe what, that Walker is doing a good job, or isn't? that the hitting coach doesn't matter

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:30 AM) So sad that he comes up barely being touched and he hits pretty well. Then the longer he is under our system the worse he looks. His swing and his stance are nothing like the kid from Georgia. Greg Walker is to young hitters as Dusty Baker is to young pitchers

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:26 AM) This. I have to stop watching games because every guy that comes to plate I just rip and sarcastically talk about. It's making me miserable. All I can say is that it's a good thing this site has a "no wishing injury upon Sox player" policy.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:29 AM) BUT IT'S NOT THE HITTING COACH!!!!!!! It stuns me how people could believe that.

This is one of our three worst offensive performances of the season. Absolutely pathetic!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:18 AM) Then he will have his best year once he gets away from this teams approach. I can't remember last time he hit a double into the right center gap. He was great at that when he came up, but now he has no chance of hitting it there because he can't get on top of a high fastball. Tonight's game is as pathetic as he's looked in a long time.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:16 AM) I think Beckham gets traded in the off season. That would be selling quite low. I pray we get him under the guidance of a different hitting coach before giving up on him.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 03:05 AM) Guys I tried. I look forward to every game and still digest so much white sox stuff. But I'm done with 2011. I'm done with the obsession with bad grindy players. Done with the off the field stuff. Done with the excuses from this team as to why they suck. Done with the "well they'll get on a winning streak" lie. It's over. The window on anything is closed. You're White Sox dark ages are coming. The next 5-7 years are going to be brutal. I need to watch real baseball. I need mlb.tv. Welcome to the pennant race. Funny how Sox and Twins might have the bleakest futures in the AL Central.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 03:11 AM) I can't f***ing believe this piece of s*** player Rios is still batting. WHY THE f*** HASN'T OZZIE BEEN FIRED! At my job, if I blatantly ignore my boss's orders, I would be fired, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. f*** this entire organization. f*** everything about it. We've sunk lower than the Cubs. I'd do anything to be in the scenario the Cubs are in. They at least get a ton of money off the books this offseason, and they have a rising superstar in Castro. Our "rising superstar" can't hit a 90 mph fastball. It's a good thing Beckham can hit a slider decently, or else he'd be on his way to playing in Japan with Fields.

So De Aza looks pretty awful at the plate also. Swing reminds me of Carl Everett's, but it's not good to see him try to pull everything.

What the hell type of swing is that by Rios?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 03:05 AM) Wow, swisher looks nothing like how he used to with the sox. Skinny?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 01:42 AM) Then bleeping sell! It's unreal what happened and what is happening. The Sox are easily looking at being 7 or 8 out by end of the weekend. THIS TEAM IS DEAD

I'm so tired of watching Vizquel bat. Someone needs to tell Oney to tell his dad that Morel is better against RHP than LHP.

Haha, Beckham blown away by 94 mph fastballs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 01:34 AM) Not according to fangraphs Compared to last season, it's not even close.

Alexei's defense has really regressed this season

Happy Birthday Soxfest

I'm sure KW and Ozzie will use Viciedo struggling against the best pitchers in the minors as proof that he can't help the Sox.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 01:30 AM) And this game is OVA! Least it's over early. I'm rooting for Rios to make a few terrible plays in the field to get him booed like crazy by the 10k in attendance tonight.