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QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:57 AM) I'd say we've just been playing like absolute s*** for the last two weeks. We built up the lead so nicely when we were playing well that we still got a nice cushion after playing like complete s*** for the last two weeks. You don't call a team dead when they've been damn good all season minus a few weeks. Is the offense bad right now...hell yeah it is but they'll hit better I'll guarantee that. The thing is every team goes through ups and downs, right now we're playing awful but we'll get out of it and soon. Basically, we gave ourself a great cushion in case of a prolonged slump. Well, we've had that slump now, and we still have what most of baseball would be considered a comfortable lead. Of course, if we struggle the rest of the season, we won't make it. Not too many teams deserve to make the playoffs if they struggle the last 2 months of the year.

I have hope that Uribe's new leg kick is helping him see the ball better. He hasn't been chasing as many bad pitches lately.

With the spin on that ball, I was pretty certain that was going to eat up Uribe. That grounder definitely would have went 5-hole on Valentin.

Wohoo!

Yuck, that's not a good start to the inning. How about a DP!

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 01:01 AM) What was the email? The collision e-mail. Lets just say I know him.

Please don't let this be a carbon copy of the Mariners game on Saturday where we basically stop scoring after the first few innings.

BTW, the guy who asked the e-mail that Hawk just read is a real tool!

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:57 AM) I'm excited. They are winning this game Plus in a few minutes heading out to see Zito vs Colon Make sure you take a sign asking the Great Erstad not to sign with the White Sox!

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:56 AM) Whose ready for some more White Sox runs????? Cause they are a coming Timo had burritos for lunch?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:56 AM) Mac just goes back and makes another good pitch...WOOT Mrs. McCarthy....shouldn't you be at the game?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:55 AM) Damn, talk about ballsy. I love that pitch sequence right there. Talk about throwing changeups and totally has Mench tied up. Too bad Widgemeister drops it. Battle through it Mac Are you more nervous or excited tonight?

Good job by McCarthy. This team is definitely jumpy right now.

Unbelievable...simply unbelievable. Is there any chance we get Mench out now?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:53 AM) That was a wicked hook Bmac just threw to Soriano. That ball just dropped to the ground and Soriano weekly grounded out. I flinched a little when it was hit, worried it would eat up Blum at 3b. Then, I realized it was Ozuna at 3b, and got even more nervous. That should have been strike 3 on Mench.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:52 AM) Except you needed 3 feet each side to be successful. My bad - had to do it. PERSONAL ATTACK! BTW, I think there should be a penalty flag icon we can post with these new rules.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:51 AM) Probably was, but than again, so was Bmac's pitch to Texiera that was called strike 3. Of course I'm bias, I'm a fan of pitching and tend to think everything semi near the plate is a strike, lol. I guess its the pitcher in me Oh ya, when you're facing a hitting team like the Rangers, you want as big of a zone as possible.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:50 AM) I still point to the law of averages. There is no way this club will continue to fail with runners in scoring position like it has the past 3 weeks. They are solid hitters (no this isn't a great offensive team, but its certainly capable of being a good one) and sometime soon the club is going to start hitting better than average with runners in scoring position. It will all even itself out, imo and I really think were gonna see this offense go on a decent tear at somepoint during the remainder of the season. Compared to the last few weeks, the last 2 and a half games have been offensive tears. All I know is the Dye is the key to this offense. He's the connecting force between the top and bottom of the order.

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 05:26 PM) Well, his job isn't to be a Sox ass-kisser (thats Hawk's department). He's just a very skeptical Sox fan. He's like fathom, only funnier. (Just messing with ya fathom) Funny thing is that I really enjoy Bernstein and Boers. I think Bernstein is even more critical of the Sox than I am though.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:48 AM) Shows what I know, stays outside and made a perfect pitch. And a very nice outside zone also. That ball looked to be off the plate by a few inches.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:48 AM) He's definately trying to go to right field here. If I were the Rangers I'd try to bust him in on a fastball here. He's so in between at the plate right now. His entire upper body is flying open, but his hands are dragging trying to hit the ball to RF. I guess we can't get too upset with RISP and Iguchi, as he hit the homer off of Seattle. However, it's been a real struggle for him lately.

Uribe seems to be distracting the runners at 2nd base.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:46 AM) Good point on the control aspect. But I gotta admit, I'm so comfortable when Guchi is up with runners on. He's just such a smart hitter. I don't know what the stats say though. I'm pretty sure in the last few months, he's in the low 100s with RISP.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:45 AM) I'm guessing Pods is taking, but if he ever wanted to let one rip this would be the time. He took a good swing on the 2-1.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 12:44 AM) He does Do you consider bunting Pods right here even though it means you have 2 outs for Guchi? I know its not the smart thing to do, but I like the odds of a single scoring two and I think Guchi is about as clutch of a hitter as the club has. Come on Pods He's struggling with his control. The last thing you do is give up an out by bunting. Also, it's not like Iguchi has been getting hits with RISP lately.