southsideirish71

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Well the excuse engine is probably getting warmed up. I figure that they are getting Hawk ready to start with the well we weren't supposed to be there crap next.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:36 PM) Re: Beckham discussion I find it interesting that when our guys slow down during the pennant run, they're all p*****s, chokers, etc. When a guy like Beckham picks up his play, it means nothing. Interesting standard to me. I keep on looking at his stats and his age and see Gordon from KC as a comparison. This kid plays plus defense and doesn't cost a lot. He isn't the reason our offense isn't consistent but he is the popular scapegoat.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:24 PM) Time to address the Beckham situation in the offseason. The fact we're falling all over ourselves over this month he has just had...is perhaps the most telling thing. There are enough issues to resolve on offense. I understand that a lot of people have a hard on for the kid because of where he was drafted. He is not the key to this offense. The blame for our inability to score runs can be seen from the top through the middle of the order. Our inability to recognize splits in the last month in particular for viciedo.

Need to get that run in at third. Lets go.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:13 PM) That's not how the media will report it though (which is what I thought greg was asking about) Trust me the way we will spin it is as the following. We weren't supposed to compete anyway. We had a great season because we won x amount of games.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:11 PM) Will this be big news if we blow the division after getting the lead up to 3 games or is it ho hum, the Tigers are great and finally playing to their potential? If we don't win the division it's because we choked it away. The tigers suck. We just kept them in it too long by struggling against garbage and having our O go bad this week.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:07 PM) Wow, this thread is youg-ly. Anyway, I hope Rick Hahn will be allowed to do what he wants in the offseason. I hope we infest heavily on a amateur side and development. Kenny's job needs to keep Jerry out of any baseball decisions.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 09:59 PM) Would anyone have a problem with PK being the DH and Dunn playing first? I really think he's better when he plays the field Not really. Don't have a problem with that. For me moving Beckham to the 2 hole and Youk who has fallen off a clif down a bit and moving Rios to third, Dunn to 4th and kong to 5th with Aj, the Youk splitting the Cubans.

At some point it would be nice to see the sox look to balance the equation a bit with our offense. It's the same issue as we have seen for years. When we click we hit home runs and score in bunches. When we go cold it's a series of pop ups and almost warning track shots. We need to be able to sustain the ability to score to help out the pitching. It can't be where the pitching has to be perfect to win. Look at what we've become. A pitcher has a qs and we lament what a bad outing he had. 4 runs and we start to look at tomorrow's matchups. That's sad. The offense needs to pick it up now.

When is JaredMitchell going to be ready for the majors. Watching Trout made me think of him for some reason.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Sep 21, 2012 -> 10:59 PM) yea, looking more and more like hes ready to just be a dh Do t you have to hit to be a DH.

Jake Peavy can stop running his mouth talking a good gam. He folds when it counts. Kind of like our offense,

The Cubans are having a hell game.

Huge cut no contact. No concept of putting the bat on the ball. It's just swing hard and hope the ball doesn't move.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 09:25 PM) Tank fail =( RV wanted to keep Sale in there to try and get him another win Id say. Sale should be on the bench now with a 1-0 deficit. That needs to be caught.

That has to be an error.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 09:21 PM) Who plays CF next year? Definitely not Rios. That's going to be an issue, obviously. Don't really care about next year at this point. Let's worry about this year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 09:14 PM) One of these days, they're going to tell De Aza to play closer than the warning track, right? Sale pitched a hell of a game. They need to keep this from scoring.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 09:09 PM) Psychologically traumatized fan base freaking out the next 4 games is what you posted,do you not realize you are describing yourself perfectly? I see you are trying to fill the JimH role this season.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 09:04 PM) Lift and pull I see you are still butt hurt over your buddies employment status change. I sent him flowers.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 08:58 PM) No, I have you figured. If it isn't worth complaining about, it isn't worth posting. Well thank god the board has you to identify my inequities. Maybe we can hold hands and sing.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 08:57 PM) Do Alexei and Viciedo think they can crush all of Chen's pitches? Because they swing at everything and they're all off-balance while doing it. Yes

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 08:41 PM) Too bad Sale got Butler, you could have told us how stupid Ventura is for not putting him on. Maybe I can take notes you seem to have this figured out.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 08:31 PM) They have been in first most of the season,but instead of enjoying it you b**** almost every post. If things are as bad as you seem to think they are, they should be closing in on 100 losses. Thanks Dr Phil for your thoughts.