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QUOTE(I-HATE-CREDE @ May 29, 2005 -> 09:20 PM) This guy Tony is a real idiot. He thinks the Sox offense is hitting on all cylinders....as thier record spins slowly back to .500. Seriously, stop with the name calling and acting stupid.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 29, 2005 -> 09:18 PM) We had 18 hits in the 2 games. I wouldn't go that far, but I wouldn't expect anything else out of you. Nice to see you treating people with respect. Just because someone has a difference of opinion, doesn't mean they're not a Sox fan or don't know baseball. The Rangers hit 7 homers in the series, compared to one homer by us. We got our ass kicked, plain and simple.

It's one thing to lose both games to the Rangers....but it's another to look like you didn't even deserve to be playing on the same field as them. Hell, it looked like they were swinging aluminum bats, and we were swinging with wiffle ball bats.

The only person who consistently hits the ball hard is......Chris Widger

QUOTE(I-HATE-CREDE @ May 29, 2005 -> 09:09 PM) Are you sure you're watching the Chicago White Sox? I'm sorry, but only Everett hitting two hard hit balls at the Angels were the times during our recent road trip where I felt we might have deserved the hit. Our hitting was pathetic this week, no other way to state it. We don't hit the ball hard at all.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 29, 2005 -> 09:01 PM) Minnesota's offense has mastered bloop hitting for three straight years. I've becomed used to witnessing it. Bloop hits will occur more when you dont try and pull every f***ing pitch. Nearly every bloop by the Rangers went towards the opposite field. Coincidence?

QUOTE(JimH @ May 29, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) I was thinking the same thing. He might last this week, until El Duque comes off the DL which doesn't have to be until Friday. Walker gets sent down for Frank, if Gload comes up I can't see them keeping Perez over Harris at this point. Harris has been decent and he's been doing the job spelling for Iguchi. By no means am I a fan of Harris....but if he gets sent down, and Timo stays.....Ozzie deserves to be punched in the f***ing mouth.

QUOTE(ChiSoxFan @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:57 PM) I do love the fact that the Sox have smoked the ball hard in all 3 games only for them to be caught. Meanwhile, the Rangers in between those homeruns, have duck-snorted the Sox to death. Not to be an asshole, but did I miss the games where we hit the ball hard? I've seen more weak pop ups than anything else. Even a lot of the Rangers outs were hit hard the past few games.

QUOTE(jerseysox @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:57 PM) is this timo's last at bat with the sox? Great point, that just made me extremely excited. I'm sure it wont be though. And with that, I say a big "f*** you Timo Perez, you no talented piece of s***".

OMIT TIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:50 PM) looks like our pitching is coming back to earth......gonna be a rough 4 months if this is how we are going to play I pointed this out in the game thread. The biggest difference between our pitching early in the season...and recent games is the following: The first 40 games or so, our pitchers did an amazing job at getting the big 3rd out in an inning in crucial situations. In four of our last five losses, the winning run scored against us with 2 outs. Between Dubois' homer, Kennedy's double, McPherson's homer, and Mench's homer.....those were all with 2 outs. Remember how guys like El Duque were able to pull a rabbit out of their ass in order get out of big innings against the Twins, etc?

I hope we get enough runners so Ozzie can let OMIT TIMO bat for Crede.

Why would anyone want PK to make the all-star team this year? He's been brutal for us for the most part. I would much rather guys like Iguchi, Hermanson, and a few of our starters make it.

QUOTE(whitesox91403 @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:51 PM) This game is a blow-out. How many blow-outs has this team been on the losing end of this year? 1, maybe 2? Let's all relax, there is 112 games to go. 2 in a row against a good hitting team. I'm more impressed we beat this team twice a few weeks ago.

The talent level on this team is freakishly low right now. I can't imagine what coudl be going on if Contreras didn't look so damn good right now. I sincerely hope that he'll keep it up, it's fun to watch him pitch.

I sincerely hope this is the last we see of Shingo on a Sox roster. Billy Koch was better than he was last season. At least there was hope Koch might get his fastball back.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:47 PM) They need to figure something out, they're working around him right now. If he's the mop up guy, fine, but then he'll need to be able to throw 3+ innings and he can't do that. Exactly. Shingo has officially reached Danny Wright status with me now. Any time he gets out of the inning without allowing a run, I'm shocked.

As I was saying, please get rid of Shingo. He has nothing left.

Shingo needs to be released. I know it wont happen, but he just doesn't have enough left to get out MLB hitters.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:41 PM) Takatsu is officially our mop up guy now I guess. As well he should be. Every time I look up and he's pitching, another Sox outfielder is going to the track to catch the ball.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:37 PM) I believe we also play the Padres, and they're just about as hot as Texas right now. The Diamondbacks are also playing quite well. The only "easy" mark for us is a set in Colorado. With our hitting, there's no such thing as an easy game. Nearly every game we played against KC was a close game this year, and we easily could have lost about 4 of the 6 games we beat them.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:35 PM) If Uribe follows the Dye pattern...He won't have a hit for the next 4 games. What happened to the Podsednik from about a week ago? He looks terrible up there right now. It'd be lovely to see him take a walk. Just 1. I'm telling you, he looks awfully tired up there. His bat is dragging through the zone. Luckily, he was able to find some holes on flares in the last week to avoid any 0-20s, etc.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:36 PM) 0-5 for him today? He's looked like s*** recently. I love Pods, but he needs to get back to hitting the ball hard on the ground/line. He's done his best Willie Harris impression lately.

QUOTE(AirScott @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:35 PM) and all those hits happened late, normally the time that a reliever might come in. Ozzie has proved in his time here that he's going to put the game in the hands of the starter. Hell, the one time he actually took out a pitcher too early (McCarthy last Sunday), his decision lost us the game.

The biggest difference in the last week compared to previous games was the fact that early in the season, our pitchers were pulling a rabbit out of their ass to get out of innings with 2 outs. Lately, we've given up the big 2 out hit instead of getting the guy out (Dubois homer, Kennedy's double, McPherson's homer, Mench's homer).