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YOU HEARTLESS STIFFS 4 RUNS TO BUERHLE, THANKS ACE THANKS FOR LETTING THE INHERITED RUNNER SCORE VIZ THANKS OFFENSE FOR f***ING UP THANKS CORA FOR MAKING WAVING WENDELL SEEMS LIKE A PATIENT 3RD BASE COACH

This is f***ing sick. Take the starters out. Put borchard, anderson even f***ing Timo in. The starters have no f***ing balls and dont want to win this division. I have never in my life seen a team who is up just give up. f*** the white flag trade in 97, this team is giving up.

Uribe doesnt take the man at 3rd, throws the guy out. WTF. Bad offense, bad defense, and bad baserunning. Corpseball 2005

Another dumb f***ing running mistake. Holy s*** did they give up. Is that what this is.

Kicking the ball around. Farmio is saying our defense doesnt look good.

Either our starters are tired or hurt. f*** the we dont need a 6th starter. Get McCarthy in the rotation he will pitch like it matters.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 01:14 PM) why doesnt mark just tell the other team that his change is coming. Jeez, 2 walks and no k's where oh where did the real mark go? None of our pitchers are tired. Thats what they tell Ozzie when he asked them. So if they are not tired and they are not injuried maybe its an alien that took over their bodies. Thats the only logical explanation.

Our ace just gave the lead up. They are hitting him pretty hard. Maybe our f***ing pitching can show up or get a pair.

He says he owes it to Hermy also. If we are up by one, he is going to Hermy says Ozzie. Whats with the diving outfielders sliding all over like snakes.

Waving Wendel kills another rally by forgetting what the stop sign is.

Section 554 4 tickets game one. I am in the park thats all that matters.

10 machines and 2 servers at work with megabandwidth nothing. My wife on our comcast connection with one computer got 4 tickets in 1 minute section 554 for Division game 1. YES!!! Now win this f***ing division already.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 10:24 AM) If nothing else, you do have to give Ozzie some credit for 1 thing...aside from Podsednik (and of course Thomas)...he's managed to keep basically the entire starting lineup from hurting themselves on stupid plays. Yeah, you have the occasional Crede/Uribe hit by pitch injury, but in terms of people overworking themselves and pulling a muscle or something like that, he's managed to avoid it. Especially when you have a guy as injury-prone as Dye on your roster, that is something we should give him some props for, even if it has cost us a few games. What would cost us more games...giving people a day off every week or two, or having a guy go on the 15 day DL because he overworked himself and sprained/twisted something or he just didn't give a small tweak time to heal properly? They have a day off tomorrow. Last time I checked we are fighting for a playoff spot. But I guess if we dont make the playoffs, we can look at our stellar health as a positive for next year.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 10:14 AM) You know what burns me? Not just that we've let our massive lead slip away and been a .500 club since July, or that Cleveland is the White Sox of the 2nd Half, but seeing things like Cleveland socking it to the A's, whom we just cannot beat. Aaaaagh! Well on the stupid news front, Ozzie is resting starters again. Gooch who has a day off tomorrow is being rested so we can get the electric willie f***ing harris in the lineup. Keep resting the starters Ozzie and keep watching the lead go down. :puke

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:52 AM) Here's the only thing I have to say in regards to this game today Also, no Iguchi in today's lineup. Well it seems that Gooch gets rested after getting 3 RBIs and a homer last night. Keep resting the starters Ozzie. They will have plenty of rest if they blow this.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:32 AM) So you thought the pitching was going to continue the way it was, even though the ERA's for Buerhle, Garland and Garcia were above the norm, and then of course the likes of Hermy, Politte and Marte in the pen? Did I think that the sox would shut down teams with their pitching, NO. Hence why I kept harping on our offense needs to pick it up. There were plenty of people discounting our playoff competition because their pitching didnt match up. They were counting on our guys just shutting the opposition down. Now the better question is did I think that our big 3 would start to give up more than 5 runs a game, or better yet give up 7 or more runs to the royals, NO. Hermy I thought would have problems because of his back, he relies on a sinker and breaking pitches and with his back he doesnt follow through all the way and leaves the ball up. Thats a bad formula. Buerhle, Garland, Garcia should be able to keep our playoff competition to 4 or less runs. They should be able to shut down teams like the Royals and Twins.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:26 AM) It's kind of ironic that the Angels are the team that Sox are most often compared to. The Angels hit better than us. They do the things we are supposed to do. Colon is also a shutdown type pitcher.

QUOTE(Rooftop Shots @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:21 AM) A small blessing that I saw, was, that in a way, Cleveland helped us a little bit by putting Oakland a little farther back.I believe that when we're on, we can beat anybody, but it seems like even when we're on, something wierd always happen to us when we play Oakland. Our chances? If we're hot, I will feel confident no matter who we play in post season except Oakland. Even if we get hot, Oakland seems to have the upper edge that still weighs on us mentally. We Don't Need That Team In Post Seaon! Thanks Cleveland!!........ Thanks for helping us!! The fun for you is now officially OVER! STARTING TODAY....... IT"S TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( "DIVE!!!!!!!!" Oakland has better pitching than the Angels. But I would rather face Oakland. They cant hit, and the Angels can. The angels are probably the most dangerous team in the playoffs because of the sheer amount of ways they can beat you. I would rather face Boston/NY/Indians/Oakland before I would face the Angels.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:17 AM) El Duque vs. Santana? I agree, how comforting I really think B Mac shold take over El Duque's spot. How much does he have to sck for Ozzie to do soemthing about it? How many times did Timo play this year. That should answer your question on suckage and playing time.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:12 AM) I agree with Chaos. If the Sox can go and win both series against Cleveland, that will give them a HUGE lift going into the playoffs. I also think this is a team that is built for cooler weather. Running, bunting, sacrificing, etc. That's more how you score runs in the playoffs than in the regular season. See Marlins, Florida. D-backs, Arizona. Walk-offs are great, but most games are won on singles and sacrifices. The Marlins and the Dbacks won with shutdown pitching. Guys who could strike out guys and could miss a lot of bats. Buerhle and Garland dont fit in that mold.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:09 AM) Santana vs. El Duque. I'm confident. Hopefully El Duque wont be distracted with the noises coming from the Twins dugout because of the fight for bats in the bat rack.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:05 AM) I'm not calling you a 'dark cloud' or 'not a fan' and I'm not talking about anything from March. I'm talking about battling at the end of the season to get prepared for the playoffs and how it can benefit the Sox. If the Sox take 4 or 5 from the best team in the AL since April 22nd....then that will be a huge lift mentally. That's my point. The fact that it is this close now...makes them mentally prepared. Do you really believe the Sox can't beat Cleveland?? Do you think Cleveland is that superior to the Sox? I believe the Sox can beat Cleveland and I believe they will. Then the momentum will be with us....right when we need it to be. Not in July....Not in August, but in October!! Who gives a s*** about the 15 game lead...you don't get points for winning the division by a sizeable margin. Will your confidence rise if they take the series with Cleveland? If they stop a team that has been the best in baseball since the allstar break, will you then be excited about their postseason chances? I hope so, cause it's gonna be a helluva ride and I'd hate for any Sox fan to miss it cause they were worried about how we played in August. f*** August...it's over. Screw the 15 game lead...it's gone. We have a battle in front of us. I don't know about you, but I never though it was gonna be easy anyway. Lets win this f***in battle now and take the momentum right to the world series!! Actually when we had a 15 game lead, I thought it was going to be easy. I never thought that they would give this up like this. I think our offense has been terrible this year, but I never thought that the pitching would falter or the defense to lose so many games off the lead. I never thought that these games with the Indians would mean anything. I thought we would be within a game or so of clinching at this point. Then I opened up my eyes and looked as they s*** the bed.....

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 05:22 AM) In March, we would have all been cheering our asses off to be in the position we are in. We're on top, yes starting to look back, but it's better then Cleveland's position, IMO. We have to have faith... even if the possibility exists that we don't make it. Kap if we were looking from March sure a 5 game lead would look sexy. But If I was to tell you that we would be 15 up on that team and then go into a nose dive in August and September and the lead would be 5 after a loss to the Royals. You might not be so happy with that. If they were losing a tough battle its one thing, but we are giving games away. That is what gets the frustration levels going.

I think Ozzie has hung out a bit too much with Dusty Baker. Dusty is overly reliant on his vets. Not matter how much they suck. Dusty has a special vet that he thinks is a super player(Holly). The only way he doesnt play is that the GM trades him. Dusty makes comments about the guys who got him here. Its like the f***ing twighlight zone.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 11:03 PM) Were Dye, Hermanson, and Garcia at this meeting? Well Garcia and the rest of the pitching vets told Ozzie last week that they are definately not tired so there is no reason to go to the 6 man rotation. El Duque tells him he is ok and he thought he pitched well on Sunday. What next Timo tells him that he is really a 300 hitter? Ozzie listens to his players a bit too much. There is a reason we hired him, and that was to manage. He should make decisions that is best for the team. Not take f***ing polls and have democratic secret ballots. Jenks gives us the best option at the end of games. McCarthy gives us the best option in the rotation. Its called playing the hot hand. Its what most teams do.