southsideirish71

Kong K's WTF

0-2 to Kong.

Kong hit the f***ing ball hard.

Gooch needs to get on, stay on first and let Thome end it.

If we lose this game, its because our hitters did nothing with men in scoring position. We had numerous chances to win this game.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) Jason Michaels = Coco Crisp Part 2. You have a guy who rakes left handed pitching. So we throw him a cookie.

Pods with another popup.

Plate presence by our hitters is bad today. Stop swining at crap out of the zone.

QUOTE(GoTribe @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:52 PM) YES! Belliard GREAT PLAY!!!!!! Thank God! To the 9th we go!!! I am having deja vu that I am on the ESPN board with the cheerleading from the oposition.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) Its also how he has used Cotts and McCarthy before as well... but no one remembers that right now. Mike, Cotts was a starter who was converted into a reliever. He was in the majors for a few years before he made it to the back of the pen. Marte was the guy being tossed in the fire last year, Cotts was used in the 6th and 7th before pitching his way into the back of the pen when Marte failed. McCarthy was a starter. He didnt relieve until 2 2 hit games against boston and texas. Then he came in to mop up after El Duque got rocked.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:31 PM) Maybe Ozzie wanted to throw Logan right into the fire, to see what he's got in close games. Isn't that how Ozzie used Jenks when he was called up? Jenks was throwing 100 when he got called up. You make a mistake on a 100mph pitch not that many people are going to destroy it. When you are hitting 90-91 at the most and you are sitting fastball you can destroy it.

Uncle Cliffy needs to pitch ahead, because his velocity is also down.

QUOTE(Misplaced_Sox @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:24 PM) He missed his spot it happens AJ was outside and he left it over the middle Boone can still pitch He needs the work if you want to know what you got for maybe a playoff run Boone should not be in late in a game with a 1 run game going. I would rather have thorton and his 94 mph fastball going against Hafner in that situation.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 01:39 PM) And he looked so good 2 weeks ago... Well the tribe are hitting line drives, we are popping things up.

Why is pods elevating every pitch. I thought he was a fast guy who got on base and made things happen. Maybe someone fell in love with his new found power during the post season.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 12:33 PM) It also gives ALOT more pitches for Thome to kill. Jim got s*** to hit that AB. Dye out????? Its a bit cold for spiders.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 12:30 PM) Pods is going to be the wipping boy this season. If he goes for the fences, sure he will be. What makes him dangerous is to get on base, and to create havoc. We have more than enough guys to hit the dong. In his rookie season he got on base, his 2nd season he got homer happy trying to do too much everything suffered. Last year he got back to getting on base, hopefully this year is not the year of Pods trying to hit the dong.

Pods thinks he is a power hitter now. He was putting the ball in the air yesterday like crazy. Put it on the ground or hit a line drive. Get on base. That is your job, it is not to dong the ball.

QUOTE(hi8is @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 12:20 PM) contreras has been pitching great, you gotta just tip your cap to cleveland this inning. Getting to 3-2 on Ben Broussard after getting 2 strikes is pitching good.

Conteras needs to throw strikes. This f***ing high pitch count, walking people, in danger with the bases loaded crap is circa pre-second half Count.

QUOTE(rudylaw @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 09:10 AM) I was in the upper deck yesterday and I had never seen so many stupid people in my life. I know that there will be more and more of this with the bigger crowds and all of the new "Sox Fans". People around me yesterday new nothing about baseball what so ever. They were dressed head to toe in Sox gear and seemed very proud to be White Sox Fans. However they did not know who Cintron, Mockoviak, or Boone Logan were. All they did was complain about how bad of a pitcher Garcia was and that he should be traded after yesterday. It was horrible listening to that for 9 innings. Well only 6 inning they left in disgust after the 6th. They said I am not going to pay to go to any more games to see the garbage. I had a drunk guy next to me scream, Why did we trade Rowand for garbage after mack didnt get to a ball. I turned to him and said, hey moron remember that long home run that you jumped up and down about, that was the piece of garbage we got for Rowand. Then he told me Anderson sucks because he didnt get to that line drive. I told him well he had a hard time getting to that line drive from the f***ing dugout. Then he decided to argue with me that the guy in center was really Anderson, his proof was the fact that mack is a righty and Anderson was a lefty. Maybe he was too drunk to read the large lineup printout on the scoreboard. My brother leans over and says, you are a converted cub fan right. Well welcome aboard, but we sox fans actually know who the players are, and have some clue. This is not an open bar, so if you want to get f***ed up and then spout stupidity, please keep that for yourself.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 4, 2006 -> 04:48 PM) He gave up a double, but aside from that he got Hafner to hit into a double play and while he didn't impress me with his command, no one really seemed to hit him hard. I didn't see a lot of movement on his pitches but the hitters are the true sign and they had trouble squaring up. The true test will be how he does as people get enough film on him to come up with a good scouting report. Than we find out whether he can be a main stay in the pen. You have to like the fact he gets a lot of GB's and people haven't hit him hard (including spring training). Still, we will learn a lot about Anderson, Thornton, Logan and a few others as this season progresses. Prior to the trade deadline Kenny will know what he has and whether changes need to be made. Jas, We have to give boone a few outings before we know what we have out there. I was watching him warm up and he threw one that hit the wall. He was obviously very nervous.

I just got back from the game. Freddy was frustrating. He labors on the mound going deep in counts, relying on his fastball and his sinker to get out of it. In previous years he would throw a lot of breaking pitches early to get strikeouts and then revert to his fastball. Today he looked like he was playing lob league. He was getting behind hitters putting himself in dangerous hitting counts but didnt have anything on his fastball to get past it. When you get behind a major league hitter and can throw a 94 mph fastball you have a chance, when you throw a 88 mph fastball down the middle of the plate on hitting counts you are going to get lit up like today. The other thing that was a bother today was that Freddy had some hitters in 0-2 and 1-2 counts, he couldnt put the guy away. He would either draw full on the hitter or would give up an 0-2 screaming line drive. He looked like he was frustrated. One other thing that contributed to his poor outing was the fact that Mack didnt play great defense in center. There was a line drive that I am pretty sure Anderson would of ran the right route to. It rolled to the wall a few runs scored. Mack came in on the crack of the bat and the ball kept going out. That was a play that should of been made. I understand that Ozzie is going to rotate people in an out, but after the kid goes 2-3 lets see what he can do. We need the CF defense right now more than the lefty-righty matchup.

Happy B day Aboz!!!!!!

QUOTE(THEWOOD @ Apr 2, 2006 -> 02:14 PM) 15 minute mile?? What in the hell were they doing, walking?? You would be surprised. You get people who make this mad dash out of the gate, and then wind up walking or just running at a snails pace the minute they realize that they havent even hit a 1/2 mile yet.