southsideirish71

Its funny how some people believe that items such as a book, or a video game, or a movie are going to turn someone into a satan loving murderer. Anyone who is this weak minded that a simple suggestion turns them to a dark path was meant to be on that path anyways.

Here is the little piece of reality that our sox fans should look at when deciding to root for the tigers. You are rooting for a team that will make more and more money the further they go. How much of a windfall did our team have by winning the world series, how much did our payroll go up. That money can be reinvested in the club making them tougher to deal with. For that reason I hope they get swept out with Oakland.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Oct 6, 2006 -> 09:26 PM) No worse than "Boomer" was with the BoSox vs. Us. "A ground ball to Graffanino, OH NO!!!!!!!!" Thank God I was at game one so I didnt have to listen to that clown. Unfortunately I didnt have tickets to game 2 so I had to listen to boomer and Piazza do stupid baseball talk.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Oct 5, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) Does anyone know if QuesTec is now a permanent fixture at the Cell or was that a one year thing? It rotates. And thank god its gone.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Oct 5, 2006 -> 09:56 PM) Maybe if Brian Anderson hit over .200 the first two months of the season his manager wouldn't have gotten sick of the thought of putting this automatic out in the lineup. I cannot for the life of me understand the love of this guy. I can understand people writing, "I still have faith in Brian if we have patience. He might learn how to hit in the bigs." I cannot understand people that wanted this guy to have 500 at bats. BA was AWFUL at the plate this year. He was great defensively. I cannot understand why you make statements like this. You crap on Anderson, yet think piles of dung like Mark Redman and Aaron Guiel are the next whitesox in waiting. You should really watch more baseball outside of the KC area before you make these statements. How about this, if you think that Brian is terrible then you f***ing hate Joe Crede. Because before a few years ago Joe Crede stunk at the plate. You must hate Uribe, because he still cant hit. You probably never liked that Robin Ventura guy because he was horrible when he first came up.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) Does anybody with inside knowledge of the Sox know anything about Uribe? Is he a hothead? Does he not take instruction well? He seems to have a ton of offensive tools but has the totally wrong approach. Will he not take coaching to spray the ball all over the field? He's a great defender? What's his problem not using those tools offensively? I mean you can tell he has potential the way he takes a whack at the ball? Too impatient at the plate? Trying for hrs too much? SEND URIBE TO WINTER BALL WITH A HITTING COACH The solution is simple. Take a 7 inch spike, before he gets settled into the batters box, have the 3rd base coach call time, drive said spike into his front foot imobilizing hiim from flying open and doing his tazmanian devil spin. Now in reality, either A.) Fire Greg Walker and hire Papa Jack or B.) Hire Hrniak as a special assistant to work with Uribe and keep Greg away from him.

QUOTE(IggyD @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 02:16 PM) Yes, I think it is BS too. Doesn't your statement contradict itself? If she knew, then how could she not have imagined? IF she knew… And that also begs the question...what else are they hiding? Hmmm... the Conspiracy thickens....and now a few words from the PNAC document.....lol This thread and all conspiracy threads started by you can be explained by the following Formula. RT | THS Its simple. Here is rational thought, here is an impenetrable wall, and here is the Tin Foil Hat Society.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 06:08 PM) Exactly my point. Thomas didn't hit .219 and the ankle didn't matter. Can you argue it's a business of results? I know we "had" to make changes after winning it all. But did he make the right changes? BA .... sucked. Rowand was missed. Blum ... starting today for Padres, could have remained, was Mack that good? Marte and Viz ... could they have been helpful especialy with Hermy hurt? Frank ... again, he is carrying that team single handedly. I am just saying Big Hurt is making KW look VERY BAD with each and every home run and each and every stellar performance. If Oz gets lambasted, why not KW for this move which can be second guessed. And I do love Thome. He was good this year; but did we need him when we could have had Hurt and addressed other needs like letting Aaron continue to play balls out and run into walls in cf.???? Geoff Blum? Marte? Rowand? You should buy the baseball package and watch more games, because you are missing a whole lot here. Basing baseball decisions on the commemorative 2005 DVD is not a good way to go. On the 1985 Bears commemorative video Willie Gault catches everything. Everyone looks good on the WS DVD its just a fact. 38 year old guys of the 270 pound 6'5 stature who have a bad wheel over 2 concecutive seasons are not the cornerstone of a championship team I would make. But you keep telling yourself that everyone knew he would be healty and all of the other teams such as the twins who passed on him because of health reasons who were going to get a bargain didnt have your insight. If you are trying to convince people that 6'5 270pound 38 year olds with a foot that keeps breaking is a sound investment for an important position

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 03:33 PM) Ahh, I see the "Frank never did anything for us in the postseason" crew has already arrived. Hah, some of you guys really crack me up. f***ing FRANK THOMAS!!!! What a game!!!! Greasy, make sure you don't mention that Godchild Paul Konerko went 0-for-9 with 1 BB in the 2000 playoffs. Because, if you DARE say a bad word about Pauly Konerko, you're fishin' for some trouble. Don't bring up "O-E-O, MAGGLIO", either, who hit just .182 in the 2000 playoffs. It was all big jerk Frank's fault we lost in 2000, and don't you forget that!!!! The entire 2000 team did their best to see who hit the highest popup. Frank Thomas was not the reason we didnt do well in 2000's playoffs. It was due to our inability to hit as a team, not becaues of one player. This Frank Thomas love/hate thing is kind of funny. You have two distinct factions on here. My view is simple, I liked Frank Thomas as a player. He was a high OBP, line drive hitting guy. I wish all of our hitters took his approach at the plate. I loved Hrniak when he was here. But unlike some on here, when he played the whitesox I hoped he went 0-12 in the series with 12 strikeouts. Once he left our presence rip the rest of the league apart for all I care. As I said before in the general thread, thank God that the phillies didnt make the playoffs or this place would of been destroyed with the Rowandites. The twinks are going to have a hell of a time winning that series now after their god lost today. I wonder if we can get KW to look at Pappa Jack for roving hitting instructor. The redsox let him go. Maybe he can help some of our hitters get a better handle on how to get on base more. Oh well.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) Oz catches so much flak from fans. Should KW be fired for letting Big Hurt go? It's a business of results and Big Hurt is fricking amazing. He leads the A's single handedly to a Game One win today?? My gawd. Why is he not a White Sox and why are we not riding Big Hurt this postseason. p.s. poor cardinal fans. They have to listen to Berman do the game. Should KW be fired for letting a 6'5 270 pound guy around 40 who has broken his foot 2 times in 2 years go. You have to be kidding me. When healthy Frank is a great hitter, but to gamble a season coming off of a world series championship on a guy who may have a bad wheel isnt a good call. KW did the right thing. Good job by Thomas on keeping healthy. Thank god that the Phillies didnt make the playoffs or we would have to hear how Rowand was the sole reason that they made it and we didnt.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 03:49 PM) You'd have to say Trot Nixon is a top ten option in the outfield .268BA this year, .275BA the previous year. 13 dongs in 2005, and 8 last year and a 7 million dollar price tag for bad stats in RF. Uh no he is not a top ten option. I may be willing to take Pappa Jack whom you guys let go as hitting coach you can have Greg Walker for free.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 11:21 AM) All part of the game... but Boras is not the only one playing. Crede is toeing the line, and will do so until its decision time. KW is, as usual, putting out all sorts of vague, deceptive hints. I wouldn't believe a word out of KW's mouth when it comes to personnel moves. Unless he is standing next to someone who is putting on a Sox uni at a press conference, his words should be taken with more salt than they put in that kung pao chicken you ate last night. But even Joe must realize that KW wont go year to year with Bora$$ until we get to FA. Eventually he will be traded, specifically with his value as high as it can be. Its not like KW is going to call Bora$$ or Crede and say, well Joe we need to make a deal or we are going to trade you. He is just going to make a strong overture to sign a long term agreement with Joe, the minute its rejected. He will be signed to a one year deal and then probably will be sent off at that point. Its sad more so because of the comments from Joe himself. If he just wanted to go year to year and didnt want a long term deal thats one thing, but saying you want one, and then having Satan as your agent who spends his time trying to get his people to FA. He will advise Crede to go year to year to year unless he gets $$$BLOWNS$$$ away.

I thought Mr. Crede was quoted as saying that he wouldnt let Bora$$ be an issue with him staying with the sox, and that he made the final decision. Then right after that, he decides to go to the devil's friend for medical advice. Nice.

This is another sexual predator and my view on all sexual predators is the same. They are animals that dont deserve to be part of human society, there is no cure, there is no amount of rehabilitation that allows these creatures to be part of our society again. Now I am sure the American Psychiatric Society thinks a few shots of Prozac and some therapy and Mr. Pervert will be fixed, but lets say no and just warehouse them. You either warehouse them in a max facility in general pop so they can be as popular as a sex predator can be in a prison. Or you dig a hole in the back of the prison, toss pervert in the hole, and then toss dirt on pervert. Either way is the only way to deal with these types of animals.

I wonder how many weeks of streching out will it take Bmac to go the 5 necessary to be a starter. O RLY Ozzie.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 27, 2006 -> 06:02 PM) How are we unsure about his defense? He can sleepwalk his way to better defense than half the SS in the league. Why are we worried about his contract? This team will have a $100M payroll next year. We don't really have much need to shed players who are still productive (yes Uribe is productive) and relatively cheap. Uribe has walked 13 times this season, one was intentional. He's been brutal, and hasn't responded to coaching. BUT...Uribe walked 15 times in September and October last year, which just happened to correspond to the addition of a leg kick at the prompting of Frank Thomas and Walt Hriniak. I think the Sox bear some responsibility for not attempting to get Uribe the coaching that he apparently responds to. Whatever salary, or pride that has to be swallowed, to hire on Mr. Hriniak will end up being less of a cost than finding a replacement for Uribe, and trading him when his value is at it's lowest. Greg was quoted as saying that the leg kick was a red herring, and that it really didnt fix anything. And that Uribe adopting a spread stance like Pablo would solve all of his problems. The minute they ditched the leg kick Uribe became Taz again. Hrniak would be a welcome addition to our coaching lineup. I think getting some of our hitters specifically our younger hitters who have a hard time putting good wood on the ball constantly would be greatly helped by Walt. He preaches contact and a level swing. I think if Walt was here in say April, I dont know if Brian would of had the terrible start to this season. Greg's offensive methodlogy is good for one thing, hitting home runs in large quantities. However it is not good for grinding it out and beating tough pitchers who dont give up the dong a lot. We need another voice to help our hitters put the wood on the ball more than just sitting up there and taking full home run cuts when all we need is a single. I say ditch Walker, hire someone who preaches this methodology, and bring Hrniak as a special consultant to work with Uribe and some of our other youngers hitters.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Sep 27, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) Man after the way B-Mac pitched tonight I am so glad we didn't have him in the rotation. It would have killed our playoff chances. It will take him at least 4 months to stretch himself out to make a start anyways. Wait you mean he was able to go 5. How is that possible.

When Cotts masters more than say a pitch and a half then he can think about more than being a middle relief guy.

My 2006 Playoff tickets arrived via DHL today. Now after looking at them, I really want to throw up. I still remember standing up against the screen in game one of the ALDS nervous about the offense and hoping we would put up the runs. After the first inning I they answered my worries. It was warm and I was wearing shorts. A few weeks later I was in my winter jacket, and a plastic temporary raincoat on, freezing my ass off in the rain, watching a world series I never thought I would ever be able to see in my wildest dreams. I got to watch Konerko hit a grand slam, and then Pods hit a walk off. And now a year later the happiness of all that, is now replaced with sadness of what could of been. Hopefully KW and the sox can right this and we can get back to the dance, because I like a lot of you got a taste for whitesox playoff baseball. I want another soxtober.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 01:53 PM) Ozzie has already said he'll play the regular starters the rest of the year, as they have salary bonuses to still play for. Ozzie Baker is in the house.

At what point do we actually get to see the kids play for the rest of the season. I dont need to see Pods again, ever. Lets see what Fields and Sweeney can do.

See you later Joey.

QUOTE(diegotony06 @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) Tim Kurkjian also said he spoke to a source close to the Whitesox and said that they really miss Rowand because of the enthusiasm he brought to the clubhouse and also Carl Everett because last year he would come in the clubhouse and if the players were watching tv before the games, he would shut the tv's off and say "alright guys no tv, we have to concentrate and get ready to win a ballgame today". Maybe Carl was right at the beginning of the year when he said we have no vocal leader that will take charge in the clubhouse. Just something to think about. All I know these guys are making way too much money, to not at least bring 100% to the remaining games. I could understand if they were all ready eliminated, but they aren't. And although it would take a miracle to make the playoffs, they are still in it, and a win last night would have cut the lead to 4.5 with 9 to go. But these guys have mailed it in already. It just really is disgusting and a shame. The fans supported this team and it just laid down!!! The manager is the one who should be turning off the TV and telling the guys to focus, not the players. The leader should be Ozzie, not any player.

QUOTE(whitesox1976 @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 09:52 PM) Hopefully during the offseason the White Sox will regain the spirit of 2005. If by spirit you mean to fire the windmill that sends runners to their demise, and the hitting coach that lets our O die.

The question is, can we possible man up and get some hits off of Cy Meche tomorow night.