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If the Sox continue to slump and not make the playoffs, I think it's safe to say that PK won't be back. If that's the case, then I don't want to see Everett and Thomas brought back. Rather, a new batch of players could be brought in with that freed up money.

I'll be happy anyway the Sox make the playoffs. Even if they get swept and lose every game 10-0, it's better than not making it at all.

We're not the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, or Cubs. Basically, that means that no one cares very much about the Sox. I don't think the national bashing will be all that bad.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 03:39 AM) Seems like recently neither the Yanks or Indians will lose, only us. Those teams have been find any and every possible way to win lately. They definitely sense that they're in the stretch run.

If our team motto is win or die trying, then if the Sox don't win, Ozzie should be fired.

The most disturbing thing I've been seeing in the paper is that some of our players aren't confident in their ability. Just tonight, both Pods and Duque say that they don't have confidence in aspects of their game. Right now is not the time for these players to buckle under the pressure. If they can't do their job, get them the hell off the field.

If you get fox sports, do yourself a favor and put the USC game on. Quite possibly the greatest offense you'll ever see in college.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 02:58 AM) All media outlets are doing a choke watch now. ESPN, Foxsports, etc. So f***ing sad. Good, the Sox deserve it. If they do blow this lead and miss the playoffs, they deserve to be the laughingstock of MLB.

Cleveland wins 5-4. KC had a chance, but bad managing and one of the worst ABs you'll ever see from Huber result in Indians win.

Oakland being the worthless assholes we've always known them to be, as they've lost 4 straight to Cleveland and Boston. Why is it that every day, we feel like the worst is going to happen that day in regards to baseball outcomes, and it comes true?

If he keeps starting, we won't have to worry about the playoffs.

Indians on the verge of blowing out KC tonight.

3-0 Cleveland, with men on 1st and 3rd. 3.5 lead, here we come!

Lead might as well be 3.5, as Indians are about to put up a big crooked number in the first inning.

2 batters up for Cleveland, 2-0 game. This is how you beat a s***ty team! The Indians are playing so loose and with so much confidence.

Yankees win 1-0. Blue Jays had the first two guys on base against Gordon in the 9th, but couldn't do anything. This nightmare just gets worse by the day, doesn't it?

Yankees are still up 1-0 after 7 innings. Chacon continues to be a huge addition to the Yankees starting rotation.

I love these posts.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 08:48 PM) No doubt about it. You would think a team would be able to make some damn adjustments after you've seen him a few times. But this is the White Sox we're talking about. There's not a hitter on the Sox that you watch and think "wow, he made some great adjustments at the plate".

Yankees are up 1-0 after 2 innings.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 08:44 PM) Well, we all know El Duque is beyond done. But we would've lost this game regardless of who pitched. Johan Santana is this team's daddy. He's 4-0 against us with an era of like 1. This team can't hit elite pitching for s***. Well, we face him again, so that's another loss.

QUOTE(Toto Testosterone @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 08:40 PM) 2 months? Try 15. If only Ozzie's managerial ineptitude was limited to his Dusty-esque treatment of Duque - except, Dusty grossely mishandled Prior, a young & then-healthy stud not a 45 year old cripple; and it's not as if Dusty had Jenks, Cotts, Polite, Hermanson, Bajenaru and (since-may, anyway) Vizcaino at his disposal...... then the Sox would be in GREAT shape. Alas, Ozzie has failed in just about every sense, including what was supposed to be his only strong suit - ie. kicking ass and forcing people to, among other things, stop blatantly swinging for the LF fence, Uribe and Crede in particular. His failures are well-documented and most of them were FIRST-guessed, too. Trust me, I never liked Ozzie's managing. When I mentioned the 2 month aspect, it was just to state that I disliked him even before we started struggling.

If the White Sox blow this lead and don't make the playoffs, this season will have harmed this organization a lot more than any 81-81 season could have ever done.

If Ozzie starts Duque again, you're going to see an unbelievable backlash against the manager by the fans and the media.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 08:10 PM) f*** YOU OZZIE you have got to be kidding me. If he starts next, I dont know what the f*** I am going to do. This is insane. Not even the biggest Ozzie apologists will be able to justify Duque starting again. He's the worst manager I've ever seen, and I was saying that 2 months ago. He's done nothing but support my feelings lately that he's absolutely clueless and needs to stop favoring certain players.