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QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 16, 2007 -> 05:27 PM) I for one, am glad that BMAC ended up in the doghouse. Danks/Masset will help us much more. That is true, but I don't think any of us want to see a pattern where Ozzie continues to have issues getting along with players that eventually the only solution is to trade them.

I'm still waiting for Thome to do anything clutch in the 9th inning. However, he's the least of our offensive problems now. It's almost like the opposite of the first few months last year, when we had like 7 of our 9 offensive hitters doing well. Brian Anderson will never be a full-time starter under Ozzie again. I don't know what Anderson/McCarthy have done off the field, but I think Ozzie's doghouse is a one-way street.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Apr 16, 2007 -> 02:05 AM) Bring back Olivo. Just kidding. I still don't know how to make that the color green. He'd be ideal as a back-up catcher.

I have more confidence he'll regain his velocity than I did with Koch when similar things were being said. I really have to question the strength/condition program these guys are on, as they all have velocity issuues when season begins. I know a lot of guys have that issue, but it seems like more than half of our guys deal with that.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:49 PM) Fathom, you need to update your violation dates in your sig. Man is your sig going to be long this year. I don't think it was a blatant violation today. I'm only going to do it for games that don't need an explanation for why it made the list.

QUOTE(mmmmmbeeer @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:46 PM) Are you from Chicago? Did you play baseball? Have you played in the weather this team has been facing? Apparently not. You're stiff, you've got no feel for the ball, your eyes are watering while waiting for the pitch. It isn't easy. Our catcher's bat speed has been drastically reduced? Where do you get this stuff? Yep, played probably more baseball in this weather than just about anyone on here. The offense also sucked in Oakland for the most part as well. You don't think AJ's bat speed has slowed down? He looks the same as he did last year at the end, when everyone blamed it on him being tired. QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:47 PM) The swings this team took today were utterly pathetic. How does an 82 mph curveball that's high and out of the zone get us swinging all the time? Tadahito... pathetic. AJ... pathetic. White Sox pitching? Yes. Since Iguchi's been here, he's always struggled against high breaking pitches like that. It's just a hole in his swing that's hard to fix.

Something needs to be done to make us tougher vs LHP.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:41 PM) Fathom it's posts like this that really bring you down. I mean, seriously. I've said this all along: our 3rd baseman is incredibly overrated, our catcher's bat speed has been drastically reduced, our 2nd baseman struggles against LHP, and we have the worst LF and worst CF in all of baseball. We have no ace on our pitching staff that we can count on to go out there and shut teams down. If Jenks doesn't get his velocity up, then we have issues at closer. We're a solid team, but we've fallen down a far way from Hawk saying we were the most talented team in 2006.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:40 PM) Unreal. Baseball just makes no sense at times. With the lineup we had today, there was no way we could expect to score a fair amount of runs. Something has to be done with the lineup we have against LHP.

Wow, do we suck. This team's talent is incredibly overrated.

Borowski didn't come close to stopping....should have been a balk.

So we let Iguchi bat, but ph for our best hitter so far this year? Interesting managing we're seeing.

Wow, that's pathetic. Thome should have been leading off the inning.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:31 PM) We're gonna one hit them and lose. Unreal. I know what you mean. So much strange stuff so far. Every game besides for one this year has been damn close.

Great job by Aardsma. He brings the most intensity to the team right now. In comes Borowski. Ozzie finally gets to use Pods.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:29 PM) oh yeah, cintron strikes terror in the hearts of managers But leaving Mackowiak in guarantees that C.C. will stay in for one more batter.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) I know the lineup looks like s*** right now, but our bullpen and starting pitching has me feeling very good. The relief has been better than I expected (especially control wise). However, until we can start hitting LHP, I don't think we have a chance in hell to make the playoffs.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:27 PM) Wedge wouldn't be stupid enough to use his closer would he? The Sox have guys with much better chances at getting runs sitting on the bench than are in the line-up right now. Yep, who would you rather face? Molina, Anderson, etc. or Thome, AJP, etc. I think Borowski will be in though.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:26 PM) This is the third game within the last two series Guillen has failed to substitute one of his players late. Mackowiak did have a good hit, but if this matchup happens 100 times I'd still prefer Cintron at the plate. And maybe you get them to pull C.C.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:26 PM) Have you seen Cintron hit so far this year? He looks terrible. Mack was at least good in ST. He hit the ball hard. Shouldve been a base hit. I think Ozzie made a mistake when he kept Mackowiak on the roster and let Perez go. I'm not sure what Mackowiak's role on this team is. Cintron has to be on it cause we have no back-up SS.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 07:25 PM) I love non-managing. It boggles my mind how bad of a manager he is.

Tough luck....Mackowiak should have never been hitting there though. Great managing again. Please fix this roster KW.

Oh good grief Ozzie.....you have a righty hitter on the bench.

Cintron better be hitting for Mackowiak.

Very symbollic of our hitting right there. Way to keep the head in there PK.