southsideirish71

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 08:07 PM) When was the last time someone said THAT! Its a reaction to the thought of Wasserman warming in the pen.

QUOTE (SnB @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 08:04 PM) i'm scared to death of this game. Its been a while since we have had a 1-0 hold up for us.

At some point, a light bulb will go off on Ozzie when it comes to our inability to bunt. A man on second can be driven in with a single. Yet we keep trying to smash that square peg in that round hole.

Well unless our team thinks that 1-0 is going to hold up against the Yankees at their house, it might behoove our hitters to actually get some hits and maybe some runs soon. Right field awaits you, pull hitters. When you have men on, and there are less than 2 outs. You can in fact score a run without the ball going over the fence. You have already proven that tonight. Score more runs. Its not 1965 with Koufax on the mound.

Whomever plays the sox should just call up guys with 8 and 9 ERAs during the playoffs just to face our team. Our offense needs to get its head out of its ass consistently for the playoffs.

I think that we are just scratching the surface with Floyd. I would imagine that sometime, probably next spring. They will start to work a cutter into the mix. The minute they do that, he can start to offset the lefties more. Thats when he will truly take off.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 07:20 AM) Quit worrying about the Twins and enjoy the stretch run. There is nothing like a pennant race boys, they don't come along too often. Even when we have won, it usually hasn't been this close for this long. Its a real simple formula. If we keep winning and worrying about our own games, then the Twinks wont matter. This one will be sweet if we can follow through and win this. Especially after the 90 loss season, and the pre-season predictions of the battle for 5th place.

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 10:50 PM) OPS+ is not a projection. It's a real stat based on real performance. I was talking more about Ummm...Buscher has played in less than 1/2 the games Alexei has. Double his XBH and you get 26. The 15 extra base hits are largely offset by the fact that Buscher would have 2.5 times the number of walks if they played the same number of games.

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 10:42 PM) Ummm...Buscher has played in less than 1/2 the games Alexei has. Double his XBH and you get 26. The 15 extra base hits are largely offset by the fact that Buscher would have 2.5 times the number of walks if they played the same number of games. That's why OPS+ is a good measure - it corrects for park effects and the relative value of OBP vs. SLG. Projecting what a player "may" put up is bunk. If projections based on partial seasons were good, then Josh Fields would be making our fireworks budget go up quite a bit.

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 10:31 PM) Ramirez .300 /.320 /.477 = .797 OPS = 105 OPS+ Buscher .304 / .344 /.409 = .753 OPS = 103 OPS+ Park effects inflate Alexei's numbers + OBP is more valuable than SLG when it comes to scoring. Well I guess you are just ignoring that one batter has 13 XBH and the other has 41. I guess 41 and 13 are close.

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 09:03 PM) And the Twins absolutely and resolutely refuse to win the division. It's actually remarkable. Had they even played remotely decent ball they'd be 3-4 games in front. Compare the two lineups right now: Span > Cabrera Casilla > AJ Mauer = Dye (more OBP, less power) Morneau > Thome Kubel > Konerko Young > Griffey (the weak griffey we have) Buscher = Ramirez Punto = Swisher Gomez = Uribe (although The Twins' lineup right now is better than the Sox - especially the Sox lineup w/o Konerko - and the pitching probably favors the Twins w/ Liriano (who gagged tonight) and Slowey leading the way. Nathan blew 3 saves...that's the difference right now. How exactly is Buscher = Ramirez. 4 homers to 18. OPS higher for Ramirez. How about the 13 XBH for Buscher and the 41 for Ramirez.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:10 PM) So we bench Wise who has been absolutely killing the ball for the s***ty slap hitter who has apparently decided to idolize Pods and Swisher and not swing at the plate because he had 2 hits last season off of the SP. Awesome If we are basing thing from last year, Fields should be starting. Then again, we shouldnt base it off of last year.

Thank God the designated out got up there, in a pennant race with the bases loaded. There is no reason that this guy comes out of the dugout, unless its to bring the batting gloves into the dugout, or to pinch run late in the game.

Owens a track star who impersonates a baseball player.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:03 PM) they should just walk in a run here so they can face owens. Someone heard you.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 07:49 PM) Twins Lose. 1.5 up still. Cripple fight!!!!

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:44 PM) I guess we have to rely on DWise to drive in our runs. Sure thats going to work.

2008: Don't cheat yourself, swing as hard as you can.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:42 PM) We aint the twins. A combination of lift and pull homer or nothing offense plus the gas can warriors = lots of losses down the stretch.

Our offense rocks. Chicks dig the long ball.

Well this should be quick.

With the offense not showing up and the bullpen imploding I am just glad we are not fighting for a playoff spot or anything. Oh wait.

Farnsworth earned his gas can status for the night again.

Wise >>>>>>>>> All of US combined. Everyone hated this move. We all suck. PWNED.

Of course Ozzie pinch hits for him. He did hit a homer.