southsideirish71

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 09:20 AM) Sorry if this is elsewhere. This is part of an article on which managers are on the hot seat. "Ozzie Guillen, White Sox. Britney Spears' first husband, Jason Alexander, lasted all of 55 hours; Guillen will get a more extended honeymoon after leading the White Sox to their first World Series title in 88 years. Then again, if the White Sox underachieve, Guillen's characteristic bluntness could rankle his players. Ozzie is Billy Martin without the booze. Enjoy him while you can; his volatile reign will last only so long." Ken Rosenthal is FOXSports.com's senior baseball writer. Thanks Ken for your input, you can go back to being a douche on Foxsports.com again. Send our love to Dayne Perry.

Cintron left the game with stomach sickness. Farmio stated he may have the stomach flu.

Ozuna just had a walk off. LOL How the hell does that happen. He barely can hit the ball out fo the infield, then goes yard.

Thorton 1-2-3. Pitched ahead, and dominated. Using his glove for more deception according to farmio.

Its nice to see a reliever come in, throw strikes and strand the inheritted runners.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 03:43 PM) First pitch -- WP to the backstop. Booone settled down after the WP and then comes back to K the batter. Nice

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 03:39 PM) Yes. RBI single by Brady Clark. 4-3 Brewers. Well the good news is that the Indians are a good team, so Freddy should nut up.

QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 03:11 PM) I just checked MLB.com and Doug Eddings is on the roster of ML umpires. Number 88 on the roster, number one in your heart. At least they broke up the worst crew in the majors last year with Froemming and Wendlestadt. Crew A Marsh, Randy - cc Hernandez, Angel Wendelstedt, Hunter Jackass Holbrook, Sam Last year I had the same feeling seeing Froemming and Wendlestadt in blue as you would if you watched the WWE and saw Vince McMahon as the "guest" referee. A screw job was going to happen.

THOME IS A f***ING BEAST!!!!!! This is the guy I used to get scared s***less about when he came to the plate.

The wind is blowing out like crazy. Anything in the air and hit deep according to farmio will go. Thome hits a bomb 1-0 sox.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 01:04 PM) go sox, go freddy (haha, its funny because i was checking something on comcastsportsnet.com and there was a web poll question:who will win more games, the cubs or sox? the results were cubs:52% and the sox:48% im sure that will happen.) That was actually a secret poll not to find out who would win more games, but how stupid cub fans are. The codename for the poll was 1908.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 11:56 AM) Looks like in a few years, the Naperville sun can compete for this. LOL

Lets see how Boone does when there are 40k screaming white sox fans. His nerves under that type of pressure is what I worry about. His arm and his talent look good so far.

Happy B day Kap!

QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:59 PM) I know this is gonna sound weird, but she kinda reminds me of Gene Wilder... They both have big beaks and all but I dont know if I would go that far.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) Haha, I saw your post at Southsidesox. It would be freaking sweet if KW could rob Bowden again for Ryan Church this time. Hell, Bowden seems to want a prototypical leadoff hitter with speed so bad -- send him back Jerry Owens for Church. The dude trades a ton of talent for a disgruntled and horrible second baseman who said that he didn't want to play LF even before the trade. Now he sends one of his best outfielders down to the minors. How in the f***balls does he still have a job? Just wait until I cyber-rape you in the chat room. I keed because I care.

QUOTE(Misplaced_Sox @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:30 PM) I mostly lurk and not post but he seems like a head case Boy at least I am not the only one noticing Jabs issues.

Ozuna has speed, which gives Ozzie an option at the top of the order that he likes. Pods is a distruptor, and that is something that Ozzie wants at the top of the order. Steal bases, move up on an infield hit. Get on for Thome and Konerko and Dye. However when Pods went down last year, Ozzie used Timo a lot in his place. Ozuna platooned a bit, but Timo got a lot of ABs. I would think that with Mack being moved to the 4th OF role, he will platoon with Ozuna. Ozuna getting some tough lefty assignments, while Mack getting a good amount of ABs. Mack has done a lot of leading off this ST. Either way, both of them change the look of the team significantly from Pods. We need a healthy Pods to make our offense start. I think Scott has a trickle down affect for our offense. When he gets on, it makes Gooch focus more on getting deeper in the count, so Pods can move. Gooch also focuses on contact more and shortens his swing. When Pods is on, Thome, Konerko and Dye will see better pitches to hit. Pitchers shorten their strides a bit, leave pitches up, throw more fastballs. These are things that SABR people state time and time again as fiction, however I see how pitchers react when he is on base. I see the pitch selection, and the zone that our hitters get when he is on and is running free. It is imperitive that Pods is at the top of our O. Ozuna can fill in for a game or so, Mack can fill in here and there, but our offense changes dramatically when he is out of the lineup. I just hope his twinge is just a natural part of the aches and pains of ST. He hasnt pressed too much this spring and hopefully its just part of working his body into shape.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 04:18 PM) Hopefully Jeff mows us down. He's fighting for a bullpen spot. Seemed like a nice guy. There are a lot of nice guys in baseball. When these nice guys face the sox I want them hit and hit hard.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 04:15 PM) Thome goes to LF, hits the top of the fence for a double. LOVE seeing Thome use the opposite field. Love it. If he and AJ use LF we are going to be sick this year offensively.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 04:02 PM) If Whitesox.com wasn't lying, Jenks should have the 8th and 9th. Unless they had him in a minor league game today. He was scheduled for 2 innings.

Cy Vargas has been replaced by Terry Muholland. We should start raking right about now.

QUOTE(SoxRock05 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 03:47 PM) I think they want a lefty/lefty matchup. Cliff Lee is also a lefty.

It should be Bobby Jenks for the 7th and the 8th.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 03:39 PM) Was Jenks the pitcher who allowed the runs? mlb.com is still showing vazquez pitching. Only 2 hits so far through 6. How many of our regulars are in today. I see that Gload is in LF.