southsideirish71

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 11:20 PM) Carl is hitting .294 with risp. Well that is great for the year. However how is Carl hitting in September, in crunch time.

QUOTE(YahtzeeSox @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 11:11 PM) Remember when we held a lead in like the first 30 or so games of the season? Yeah, tell me Pods means nothing. Frank meant something too, though I will agree. But Pods means a lot as well. We were winning because of our pitching. We pitched out of our f***ing minds in April and May. Our offense barely was able to scrap a few runs together. We were beating the Indians (who couldnt hit at all) a bunch of times by one run. Well guess what they started to hit and we havent. Our pitching is no longer giving up a run or 2. Its now 3 or 4. This translates into losses now instead of wins. Pods was reaking havoc on the basepaths but wasnt exactly scoring a lot during this time. Remember all of the crap at the allstar break about how pods was one dimesional. He was fast, but he didnt score a lot of runs, etc.

QUOTE(YahtzeeSox @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 11:03 PM) Hahahaha, ok. That's why we started sucking once he went down. I will restate this stat. We hit 250s in April and May. Then Frank Thomas came back We hit 270s in June and July. Then Frank Thomas got hurt. We stopped hitting. Not because of Scotty Pods. People are not afraid of Scotty Pods, but a 6'5 guy who can take them out. Yes. Granted he was one dimensional, but still he walked a lot and people pitched around him to get to Konerko. In turn Konerko got a ton of better pitches to hit. WTF would anyone pitch to Konerko anymore. Walk him and then strike out Dye or whomever.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 11:02 PM) White Sox 1st half offense = Indians 2nd half offense You may want to put that in green.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 10:52 PM) Funny how it all starts with the Batting Coach with you lol. Didnt say it was Walker at all. It takes two to tango on this. I think Rowand hit some homers last year, signed a contract and wanted to prove he was worth it. It happens a lot. Its up to our managment as a whole to stop this type of s***.

The biggest problem I have seen is the tinkering of our hitters with their swings. Look at Rowand from last year, and compare where his hands are this year. Last year, his left elbow had a noticeble locked L, the elbow was up high and his bat was pretty much straight up with a tiny amount of wiggle to it. It was a very mechanical looking stance if anyone remembers it. As mechanical as it looked, his stroke was short and quick. His power was to right center and to left center. This year, Rowand has a different stance. His front elbow is bent and pointing down. His hands are tucked in more. His bat is inverted a bit. His swing now is more of a down stroke on the ball. I read earlier in the year on how he changed his swing to get more power. Now at the end of this year, his BA is down, his strikeouts are up and he cannot reach the outside pitch anymore. Maybe our hitters once they have success can be stopped from revamping their swings and f***ing their hitting up. He hit some homers last year, and probably thought, if I make this change I will hit over 30. Well I think it backfired. STOP f***ING WITH YOUR SWINGS, UNLESS YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS HITTING.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 10:28 PM) I don't know how many times I've said it this year, but..... If he's on the roster, he's in danger of being used. -- No surprise there Let's bring up that Blum thread. There was a ton of people defending him with the sub .200 BA, useless defense, and 4 extra base hits. Cheat, Here is the butchers bill on Blum. .105 with RISP compared to Timo .237 He is 0 for 12 this year with RISP and 2 outs. But Ozzie had his gut, and we sit here with a loss. Blum has sat on the bench and hasnt played in a while. Ozzie played everyone all the time, resting good amounts of our starters. And felt no pressure, why because we had a 15 game lead. He squandered that lead, playing Timo in just about every possible position. Now that he is in official panic mode, he is playing his go to guys and they are dying. He is afraid to make a change at this point, figuring it will backfire. Whatever Gload did to get on Ozzies bad side, holy s***.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 09:48 PM) I know most people look at the whole what he has with ties to the franchise. But he has many more ties here, IMO. So his decision would have to be based off something else. If he f***s this up and we dont make the playoffs, he will not be welcome here by soxfans. 15 game lead, I could give a flying f*** how hot the Indians are. We have lost a bunch of this lead by losing to the Texas no pitching Rangers, Tigers, and the Royals. If we play 500 ball against this pile of feces we have clinched already.

STOP HITTING LIKE YOU ARE A BUNCH OF PUSSIES, ACT LIKE YOU WANT TO WIN THIS

Bill Melton is now an Everett apologist.

here is a question. I hate Timo and all but I have to ask this. I thought the reason we had that Timo guy on this team was because he is a pinch hitter. I mean considering that he was put in as a DH, a leadoff guy and a first baseman. Now we actually needed a pinch hitter and we dont use him. What the f*** Ozzie.

Last year we had no leadoff hitter, so we trade a power hitter for a leadoff hitter. This year we have no 3 hole hitter, because we traded him to fill above. The irony.

The redsox have tied it.

Bases loaded, Geoff Blum. BALL GAME.

f*** YOU OFFENSE.

A seeing eye pulled baseball. 3-2 One more single ties it. Come on Dye, hit the ball.

Arow hit it to the SS again. Its not live, its memorex.

Can we pinch hit for Arow bring in Anderson or Gload.

1964 is getting replaced by this team if they keep this up.

I think Pods used a nine iron on that one.

Take until you get a stike crosses the plate.

This is the worst offense we have had in a long f***ing time. Another walk. Can someone get a f***ing hit. Just a f***ing hit, maybe two. 7 f***ing walks.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 07:08 PM) Well I can tell you why he did it. I don't agree with it, but I can tell you why. If he pinch hits a lefty, Walker comes in which just kills us. So he brings in a switch hitter so they have to stay with Spurling. Thats the logic of it. You bring in gload, they counter with walker, you put in Anderson. We have like a whole s***load of september callups just collecting dust, then Geoff Blum gets called in.

Ozzie is begging a firing with that kind of move. If we dont make the playoffs he should resign because he will never ever win our fans back.

f*** YOU OZZIE, YOU HIT BLUM INSTEAD OF GLOAD OR ANDERSON. ARE YOU ON MOTHER f***ING CRACK.