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QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:22 PM) So we have a pitcher that doesnt do well pitching over errors, gnat farts, and other things that he cant control. So we put a butcher in CF because he happens to have been born with a left appendage. Here you go kid, 2 hits including a triple and a damn webgem. Your reward, some pine. The other guy who is a butcher in CF he will play the majority of the time Please blame your parents for the wrong gene mix to make you right handed. Mackowiak did homer off Radke the last time he faced him there for Mackowiak >>> Anderson. Career Vs Radke: BA: 1-2, 2B Mack: 3-8, 2B, HR QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:33 PM) I would LOVE to hear a reason for Mack in CF tonight. I usually dont go that hard on Ozzie,but unless Anderson broke his arm diving for that ball yesterday, there is no excuse for Anderson not being in CF. We'll never get a f***ing answer from Guillen simply because of the pussies who run the media in this city. It's unbelievable that Ozzie could do so many god damn interviews every week and not a single member of the media has the balls to call him out on his love for Mack/hate for BA. Mike North did an interview with Oz this morning, not even a mention of Mackowiak. It's sickening that we'll never get answers to all the questions we have. I only have 3 and I'll never get a real answer to either. 1.) Why would you EVER start Rod Mackowiak in CF over Brian Anderson? 2.) Why was a REAL 4th outfielder never acquired for this team? 3.) What the f*** happened to Freddy Garcia's arm?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 04:53 PM) If that is true...then our Center Fielder in 3 of the last 5 games will have been Mackowiak. Yep, appearantly the platoon is back on.

I love Dan Bernstein, he's one of the only guy out there who actually gets it. The fact that Rob Mackowiak is starting in centerfield again today after the way Anderson has played for the past 2 months and yesterday especially is a f***ing joke. This is why I can't stand Ozzie Guillen.

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 01:47 PM) Nope. If he gives up an average of 2 runs per outing we will have 96 runs allowed over almost 230 innings. That's an ERA of 3.75 which will be considered if and only if Garland has at least two more wins than the next Pitcher. Also, if the Sox do make the playoffs it will help him a ton, since the Twins will not have made the post-season, and Toronto never got even close. Come to think of it, Garland is sounding more like an MVP than a Cy Young candidate. Haha, you're assuming that Garland gets 7 more starts the rest of the way which would basically be the most he's going to get and in those 7 starts he has to go all 9 in every one of them while allowing an average of 2 ERs per game, how is that realistic at all? Math time: Currently: 25 GS, 165 IP, 82 ER Scenerio 1: 7 GS, 49 IP, 14 ER (AVG: 7 IP, 2 ER) Scenerio 2: 7 GS, 56 IP, 14 ER (AVG: 8 IP, 2 ER) Scenerio 3: 7 GS, 63 IP, 14 ER (AVG: 9 IP, 2 ER) (This is what you're assuming) Scenerio 4: 7 GS, 49 IP, 21 ER (AVG: 7 IP, 3 ER) Scenerio 5: 7 GS, 63 IP, 0 ER (AVG: 9 IP, 0 ER) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SC1: 32 GS, 214 IP, 96 ER: 4.04 ERA (Most Likely Scenerio IMO) SC2: 32 GS, 221 IP, 96 ER: 3.91 ERA SC3: 32 GS, 228 IP, 96 ER: 3.79 ERA (Your Scenerio) SC4: 32 GS, 214 IP, 103 ER: 4.33 ERA SC5: 32 GS, 228 IP, 82 ER: 3.24 ERA (The Perfect Scenerio) Even if he pitches complete game shutouts the rest of the way, his ERA still will not be low enough to garner any sort of Cy Young consideration. Also, I do not consider a guy who was absolutely terrible for his first 12 starts of the season a legit Cy Young candidate anyway.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 12:17 AM) I could care less about the Cy Young award. It seems like the award is getting more and more like Gold Gloves. The Cy Young will come down to Halladay and Santana. It is amazing what not hitting a batter can do to a pitcher. So true, Johan has already been f***ed out of 1 Cy Young by the Twins' offense, it'd be a damn shame if he got screwed again this year as well.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 11:56 PM) Hey dumbass, when the manager wants to take you out of a game, you are supposed to hand over the ball and leave quietly without making a scene. Who in their right mind would write some crap like that on the clubhouse chalkboard? What good can possibly come of it? I don't see how anyone can fault Gibbons for his actions. I want a firey coach who will go after guys if they're acting like douchebags. That is exactly why he is my favorite manager in baseball.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 11:01 PM) Lately he has been an average joe. No, no he has not. He's put up .308/.430/.569/1.000 in August, there ain't a damned thing average about that. Everyone loves to harp on the 3 HRs and 8 RBI but that's directly correlated to the bottom of the order and leadoff hitter sucking for the past month especially. He has 8 2Bs already this month after hitting 4 last month, he may not be knocking in runs at a crazy rate but he has scored 14 runs which is only 4 less than he scored in July and there's still a week left in August. That is not average.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) Have I entered the twilight zone? On what planet is our lineup more effective without Jim Thome? It's impossible to talk about Thome, everything I see him do and his stats say he does just isn't respected by the majority of Sox fans it seems. Just remember, he's not a clutch hitter.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 10:16 PM) yeah, not the fact that his homerun pace has dwindled. Thome and Konerko both have 6 HR since the break, you should probably be saying the same thing about Paul as well.

QUOTE(MHizzle85 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 03:04 PM) So i'm guessing you saw this happen first-hand? Find me one account that says Gibbons started the fight, there aren't any. Everything I've read describes it as Lillly's doing not Gibbons' but since Gibbons had a confrontation with Hillenbrand last month, John's going to take heat for this even though he was not in the wrong. And as for Vernon Wells being unhappy playing for the Blue Jays, where has it said anywhere that Gibbons has anything to do with that? If I'm a black superstar like Wells and I'm forced to play in Canada with only 2 other minority players, I'm not so sure I'm going to be all that pleased either.

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QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 12:58 AM) Whose Dewon Day.... never heard of him before? He pitched for the Lansing Lugnuts in the Blue Jays Org. last year, outside of that I got nothing. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/D/dewon-day.shtml

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 08:43 PM) or even becomes the right handed fourth outfielder off the bench? Would he even accept the role of a 4th outfielder (even if this is a team managed by Ozzie)? I absolutely love this, I mentioned it in the Catch-All thread earlier in the week, Rowand would be the perfect 4th OF for thie team. I really wish he was still on the Sox but only as a 4th OF and yes I do think he'd accept such a role.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) The guy has had two fights with his own players in a span of a few weeks. It doesn't just seem that he's an asshole, but that his players think very little of him. And when you're an over-the-hill manager, you probably shouldn't get into fist fights with professional athletes. You get your face busted up that way, and Gibbons learned the hard way. He didn't start s*** with Lilly, he's trying to talk to his player but Lilly was being a little b**** about it and ended up sucker punching his manager.

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 08:37 AM) Man, I thought the Dead Sox boards were bad... Last I looked the Sox STILL have the WC lead by half a game despite their s****y play. I'm kinda hoping they just stay afloat until the last week of the season when everybody gets going at the same time, just like last year. Remember, the champion isn't always the best team, just the hottest team entering the playoffs. The question beckons....is this team going to pick itself up. Don't get greedy. I'd settle for not getting swept. Last year the White Sox won 99 games as well as the Central Division, over the offseason they add another starter the their already "best in baseball" rotation, one of the best power hitters in the game and 2 of the best bench players around, the team is improved and energized and yet the fans are supposed to settle for being 22 games over .500 and tied for the lead in the wild card (loss column). I'm sorry but I don't see any reason to "settle" with this team, the expectations were high comming into the season and based on those expectations, this team has fallen flat on it's face.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 10:13 PM) I don't know why Brian Anderson gets let off the hook by so many fans. Has he proven he can hit yet in the big leagues? I mean I like his defense as much as anybody but you can't tell me he's done better than Rowand did. Again, I like his defense and his potential I guess, but Brian Anderson does not appear to me to have star potential as a hitter. I know ... Crede took a while too. We shall see but to say we'll have one of the best cf's for the next six years, I dunno about that. Even the biggest Brian supporters have to admit he has been a C- at the plate to D plus to go with his A-plus work in cf. Brian Anderson since June 11th (over 2 months) 42 GS | 149 AB | 21 R | 19 RBI | 15 2B | 3 HR | .282/.337/.443/.780 .282 batting average over 2 month's time? I'll take it.

QUOTE(juddling @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 11:38 AM) i didn't see any highlights or anything but if i understand this right....after getting an 8 run lead Lilly proceeded to give up 7 in the third. When Gibbons went to pull him, Lilly refused to give him the ball and when it was taken from him Lilly threw a temper tantrum. Once in the dugout, Gibbons told Lilly to never 'show him up' on the field, Lilly started to walk away, Gibbons grabbed his arm and a punch was thrown. actually....to me it sounds like Lilly was the ass who deserved the punch in the nose. This is true, though it won't stop assclowns from jumping to conclusions regarding the confrontation. I've said it consistently over the past 2 seasons, John Gibbons is my favorite manager in baseball. If Gibbons is fired after this year it will be the Blue Jays 4th manager since 2002, Buck Martinez, Carlos Tosca, John Gibbons and Gibbons' replacement.

The other fellas in the PGA have a nickename for Phil, DIGJAM, seems to fit pretty well. Damn I'm Good Just Ask Me.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 01:21 PM) The time to savor the world title was the time between the last pitch of the WS and the first pitch of the 2006 season. Just ask Kenny Williams.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) Seriously, we swept the Tigers. Beat the Yankees. If that didn't produce a #1 for the week, I don't know what more we could have done. Who had a better week? Won back to back series against two teams in the top 4. Comletely agree, it's all about when this thing is updated and at the time it was put together the Sox were on top of the baseball world.

Nick Punto wasn't even a major league caliber player up until this year, he's finally producing at the age of 28, there's a reason why the Phillies gave up on the guy and dealt him to Minny to begin with.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) I hope that Javier Vazquez can grow some cahones and become as dominant a starting pitcher as we have all been told he can be. Otherwise it's just dreaming of what might hav ebeen with Young. Don't forget Orlando Hernandez and the good pitching he is now showing in NY with the Mets either. I think he lasts longer than 4 or 5 innings of good ball El Duque has a 5.29 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, .292 BAA and has gone 6 or less innings in 16 of his 24 starts this season all while pitching in the worst league in professional baseball history. How exactly is that good?

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:19 PM) The Sox need some speed at the bases, someone who will steal a base late in the game to push in that crucial run in the late innings. I hate this "power" offense. If no homeruns are hit, we generally don't score. This team is reminiscent of the 2004 team. Lots of similarities. Who in the minors has some speed? Jerry Owens, think younger, faster version of Podsednik.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) Ozzie is becoming really really annoying. JMO, of course. Welcome to the club.