southsideirish71

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 12:57 PM) Still waiting for the speed and defense. I have seen neither all year. Sadly Garcia will have a nice game the pen will be expected to shut the Twins out for 3 or 4 innings and the offense will continue to wet themselves. Is Hawk talking about guys trying to do to much yet? I am sure that we will hear about them trying to do too much. Every year its the same thing. Its cold. Its early. They are pressing. They are not loosey goosey. All they need is one hit to get them going. He is in between. Just missed it, as it gets caught by the SS. Hell Hawk is already on spin control. According to him, the first couple of losses are totally on the pen. I guess no matter what, if you have a a lead after 6 you must win. 1-0 and you lose 2-1. Its the pens fault. Because its 1955 and we are not in the American League.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 12:47 PM) keep getting that pitch count up Why, baker is worse than their bullpen right now. They should take advantage while he is lobbing them up there.

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 12:46 PM) yeah it was pretty obvious that Rios just didnt pick up the ball, he must've saw it dropping or something, i agree with you there Well what was the third base coach doing in that situation. Sure I can buy that Rios was just moving into 3rd, but Cox should be screaming his head off telling him to get back.

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 12:40 PM) 1 for our last 11 with RISP, that's brutal If it isn't for lack of its, its baserunning mistakes, this team just isn't working well for whatever reason Smartball doesn't work too well with the whitesox. Players come over here, forget how to run the bases, how to use fundamentals, and how to hit. Baker has nothing today. They should seriously pummel him today.

Its going to be above 60 degrees. So just hit the godamned ball. And score runs, more than 4 would be nice for a change. Impersonate an AL team for once.

QUOTE (joeynach @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 08:07 AM) So far the only things thats really failed the sox is their bullpen. They have blown 3 late inning leads in 4 games. Its something none of us pictured because of the strength of the arms in our pen. SO either some serious regression towards the mean is in order, or our bullpen is all smoke and mirrors. Its one or the either. Its the American League. You need to score more than 3 runs to win on a regular basis. I know the Hawk is getting on the pen, but that is deflecting the real issue and thats our offense. If this offense is mediocre we will win a lot of games with our pitching.

He doesn't care about anyones feelings on this, and he isn't resigning. So this is pointless.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:58 PM) How I feel is if we're destined to not make the playoffs this season, just get it out of the way early. Let us be 15+ out of 1st place come June. Also, I want Vizquel, Kotsay, Pieree, Jones all to remain healthy so we know definitively where we stand with them come next season. The WORST that can happen is if any of the three are injured and we bring them back against next season, based upon the hope of what they'd do in '10. You realize that option C, blow all the prospects and put all your chips in is going to be Kenny's answer to this right. You aren't out until you are eliminated.......

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:56 PM) Someone explain to me the logic of pulling Jones for Kotsay when there's no one on and you're down 1 run. Technical difficulties with Ozzie's confidant....

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:55 PM) That guy is a moron plain and simple. When the heat goes on Ozzie or people he likes, he pushes the blame to another part of the team. He is basically Bagdad Bob.

Okay, Hawk is blaming the pen for this. Are you f***ing kidding me.

Ozzieball guys. Love the excitement.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:45 PM) It might not be a complete overstatement. Have you seen how we play in Toronto? Screw these schedule makers man. They always put us in Toronto when we can't hit for s***. You mean from April til October....

QUOTE (icroca @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:27 PM) F*** you Mark Teahen. Too bad I don't have a Twitter account, I'd let his dog know what I think as well. RUH ROH ESPY RUN!!!!

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:23 PM) Its the dreaded Mark Teahen Its amazing that he hits a certain way for years, comes here and looks like he never hit major league pitching before.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:22 PM) Ok, get your votes in now. will Teahen: K GIDP ? Go How about option C. Have a right hander hit.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:18 PM) I see we only have 6 hits. Its cold, its early, their pitcher is left handed, the umps are against us, we are pressing, the ump farted, they stopped throwing straight pitches and only use moving ones......that should about cover it.

Love you Jim thanks for everything on the southside. Hope you strike out though.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) Vizquel just wanted to get dirty. Well obviously sliding into your destination is the fastest way to get there. Plenty of 100 meter dashes end in a cloud of dust at the finish line.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 10:02 PM) he was enamored with the Juan Pierre of 8 years ago... Ozzie's memory must be frozen in time. He thinks he has Andruw of old, Pierre of old, Vizquel of old, and we are the Marlins of 2003 and this is the NL.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 02:40 PM) I really hope we rock on offense today. Watching White Sox offense in April every year is starting to become unfun. April numbers since 2002 2002 .294 BA .353 OBP .477 SLG .830 OPS 2003 .251 BA .330 OBP .440 SLG .770 OPS 2004 .281 BA .349 OBP .479 SLG .829 OPS 2005 .255 BA .316 OBP .375 SLG .691 OPS 2006 .281 BA .358 OBP .467 SLG .825 OPS 2007 .225 BA .317 OBP .379 SLG .696 OPS 2008 .237 BA .331 OBP .399 SLG .730 OPS 2009 .261 BA .337 OBP .413 SLG .749 OPS

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 02:24 PM) But even Terry Bevington would wax anyone on this board. Well I would consider Steve Stone a pretty good baseball mind and he thought that Pierre should of tested the bad throwing catcher instead of bunting him over on the first pitch.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 11:25 PM) I still say it's a different ballgame in the bottom of the ninth, with nobody out and a man on first. Bunt 'em over and win the damn game. Good teams get it done. Cleveland even went to the bunt in the exact same situation. You need one run; you don't need a rally. Bottom of the ninth; bunt him over and win the damn game. Something tells me that Grady Sizmore is swinging away in the same situation.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 11:15 PM) True, fathom, but Cleveland got a runner on first and didn't hesitate. Immediately bunted the guy to second like ALL managers do in a tie game in extra innings with no outs ... unless the batter is some big horse who simply CANNOT bunt. Sure guys like Grady Sizemore will sacrifice themselves in the same situation. Happens all the time.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 10:19 PM) Calm down and tell me why a bunt is so bad there. We need one f***ing run. Get serious people. It's a decent call. Well I am of the belief that you don't take the bat out of the hands of your best doubles hitter. But hey, giving up outs is awesome. Look how better the NL is at baseball.