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QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 12:01 AM) I'm not happy with just getting there. With the way he started this year, just getting there and getting beat before we even realize the playoffs started isn't satisfactory. All along, I've said I just want to make the playoffs. I NEVER thought this team was good enough to win the World Series. I'll consider it a successful season if we make the playoffs.

I just want to know how KW can sit in his office and think "wow, the current make-up of this team has what it takes to make a run in the playoffs"? I know he's tried hard to get some superstars....but why not add a few solid MLB players (like Todd Walker, Ibanez, etc.) to try and boost the overall offense?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 12:00 AM) 4 hours and counting to disappointment. Hasn't it been more like 31 days and 20 hours of disappointment? I thought people on here told us not to worry, KW would make some waiver trades to sure up our team?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:58 PM) Half those guys don't deserve it. Casanova over Burke, please....I'm sure Jamie hasn't forgotten how to catch. I agree. I really don't know what is going on with this organization right now....but I have NO faith in them to make the proper decisions right now.

Just wait until we hear from KW that calling up these players is the boost that this team needs.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:53 PM) hey man- when we have been playing the way we've been playing- you think crazy scenarios like this. Oh, I know. I just think a lot of people recently here thought it was completely impossible for this team to do anything worse than .500. All I want is for this team to make the playoffs....and if that means for the Indians and Twins to lose every game they play the rest of the way, then that's fine w/me.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:51 PM) Fair enough. Don't forget that he might be able to tryout for the Bears QB job while he's in town, solidifying his savior status. I only suggested they might offer a spark. And that this team desperately needs a spark. Hell, I wouldn't mind seeing LTP pinch hitting for Tmo or Willie or Blum late in a game when the Sox need a long ball. Maybe that's delusional. If there's a righty pitcher, Timo won't get pinched hit for, no matter who's on the bench.

No offense GreatScott, but I'll be a happy man if I never hear another ".500 is all they need" statement. Good post though, I appreciate the research you put in.

Tigers score 2....and the Indians come right back to tie the game in the first.

So there has been nothing about this trade since before the Sox game? Did Mr. Zero strike again?

What a great description.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 09:38 PM) And so should Ozzie. More Ozzie than KW if you ask me. However, I'm sure neither of them would be fired.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 09:38 PM) So you are going on record saying you don't think the Sox are gonna win the division? I DONT! However, I'm not going to bet on it. I'm not hedging my love for the Sox for money. I've never changed my opinion this year that the Sox were playing way over their heads to start the year, and that things would come crumbling down due to a poor offense, overachieving pitching, and awful managing. Now, it doesn't mean that I won't root like hell for them to win every game they play the rest of the season.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 09:12 PM) yeah, there is exactly 0 percent chance that we are getting Walker. There it has been said, lock the thread. Because it is not happening. Why's that, just pure pessimism that we'll actually make a move and that Mr. Zero would be right?

If anyone has an update on the situation with Walker, please post it here.

You can look at things however you want....but the one thing that's obvious is that the Indians are peaking, and the Sox are slumping. If this happens again in September, we're not making the playoffs.

And Ozzie, pitchers usually wear down the last month of the season, especially if they've been throwing a lot of pitches all season. Feel free to take them out an inning early once in a while. We have the best reliever in baseball who hasn't been used much at all recently (Cotts) and some other very competent relievers.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:51 PM) Well we dropped 3 out of 4. Our top 3 pitchers got destroyed. Our offense came alive for 2 games. Ozzie making sunday lineups on a Wednesday. Timo is leading off again. Carl not being good enough to pinch hit for Timo with men on. Vizcaino pitching like he did earlier. I see a lot to be positive about. But we beat up on a pitcher making his MLB debut! That means our offense is back.

QUOTE(infohawk @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:46 PM) I still question why El Duque was left in to start the sixth, but this game is officially off of Ozzie's shoulders. Just bad pitching and no offense. One more day until September. Hopefully we can put August behind us and get back to our winning ways. I don't have a problem with Duque starting the 6th. However, he should have been pulled after Young's homer. With our offense, there's a HUGE difference between being down 1 and being down 4 or 5. It just makes me so mad when Ozzie seems to try to milk his pitcher as long as possible, and frequently leaves his pitcher in way too long.

It would be nice to see KC finish off the Twins in the 9th. It's never a bad thing to see them lose (besides when they face the Indians).

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:41 PM) He can start by getting pissed at himself. Fielding a crappy lineup and leaving El Duque in too long. This might be the best post I've seen on here in a long time. Concise, and 100 pct accurate. Our slumps starts at the top, and that's with Ozzie.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:33 PM) Gooch needs the break, but when Harris the answer that's bad. Iguchi has had plenty of rest. Having him sit out 2 or 3 times a week isn't going to make him magically better the rest of the way. He even says he loses his feel at the plate when he sits out too much.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:32 PM) Bruce Levine has a new nickname... Mr. Zero is my new nickname for him.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:28 PM) If we blow a 15-game lead, it's going to become a big national story. I'm not too concerned about it becoming a big story. First of all, we would deserve every last bashing we received. Next, by the time we would have collapsed, it would be the playoff time....which means all the media cares about is the Yanks/Red Sox.

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:30 PM) I can't believe Ozzie field this lineup today. What is his obsession with playing Blum at first? To give PK a day off from the field. I completely understand that. However, benching 3 starters is total B.S.