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QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 08:37 AM) Nice graphic, don't know who you're referring to, if it's me once again you don't know what you're talking about, I never said the White Sox offense is fine. Obviously they have problems, I find it amusing though that certain posters on this board fancy themselves as hitting coaches and managers, while they answer phones at their computer company or financial services jobs. Oddly I thought this was a whitesox message board. Everyone is an amature manager and coach. I guess I am the first person to have suggestions Actually today I am doing my amature coaching, while I am performing some security audits on our Asia/Pac companies. I will have to try the answer phone and analyze hitting trick. Sounds like a good idea.

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 08:25 AM) Of course you can vent. 100% agree. And when IMO the venting crosses over into the lewd or absurd, am I not allowed to vent about that? Does it not work both ways?

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 06:48 AM) Rowand is in the exact same squatty stance as last year. Pitchers have made an adjustment on him, he needs to adjust in return. I wonder why so many on this board aren't employed in baseball, I'm not either. Well review video of his swing from last year to this year. Which is where I base this from. The stance is the same, the hand positioning is not. He has them more tucked into his body. His swing is not short and compact like last year. We see this a few times this year, where he uses a compact swing and gets a good hit on the ball.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 12:22 AM) oh we'll be seeing it when he's hitting big HRs against the Sox down the stretch... I got a crystal ball, and I heard Hawk during tomorrow's game.... Hawk chuckles.. "well, that's what I love about baseball, you just can't explain it! Guy is average against most of the league, then 'poof' put him against a certain team and he looks like Cy Young" this is after Joe Mays strikes out his 7th batter on his umpteenth hanging curveball More like "Well he got a cookie and couldnt do anything with it, well Mays has settled in nicely and has retired 15 in a row" then about an inning later "Look at that, Joe Crede got a cookie and just got underneath it. This is a game of inches. But man Joe has thrown some leather tonight. Thats why I wouldnt give a guy like this up for a Arod. Sure Arod is a HOFer. But can he lay out like Joe. " "Sinch it up and Hunker down its a do or dye ninth"

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 12:19 AM) "Don't tell me what you hit, tell me when you hit." ----Hawk Harrelson Actually for Timo is "Dont tell me what you popped up, its when you popped the ball up"

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 12:19 AM) It's really pathetic Ozzie's love for Timo. Iguchi might have struggled tonight...but he f***ing deserves the chance to contribute. First, he has a lot more power than Timo, especially in that situation. Iguchi's also more likely to reach base via walk, and he has more speed on the bases. I've been nervous all year that Ozzie couldn't manage us well in a pressure situation (playoffs), and he's really been managing poor during our stretch of bad games lately. I've never seen a manager leave his starting pitchers in so long. GRINDER RULE NUMBER 69 WHEN BLOWING YOUR MANAGER DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT SPILL THE MAN JUICE. JUST TAKE IT WITH A SMILE AND A WINK, AS YOU GOBBLE YOUR WAY .....INTO THE LINEUP.

Gload went 2 for 3 with a walk and an RBI. His two hits were doubles. Meanwhile Timo gobbles his way into clutch situations.

Well if you werent pissed before here are the post game clips from the team Is he f***ing nuts. What part of this game did he believe we battled and hit the ball at all. This quote proves that they have no f***ing clue. Just tip your hat every night to the opposing pitcher as you go up there swinging the bat like three blind mice. Everytime you try and figure out why this team has been so bad lately. You see quotes like this from the team and shake your head.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:59 PM) Where would they play? I am still trying to figure out what parts of this team are the "speed never slumps" part. That our offense was reworked because it needs to be more consistant. We need not to score 14 and struggle to score a few the next few days. NOW WE ARE GREAT, WE SCORE 1 RUN EVER OTHER GAME.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:49 PM) But Irish, The trade deadline is passed. There are no options. Enjoy the ride; we are gonna right the ship. The waiver deadline passed. Last time I checked its still August so we can still add someone. Lets see what our guys are doing to right this ship. The majority of our lineup has completely died. Joe Crede has a .115 BA and a .167 OBP Timo the offical fluffer has a .176BA and a .243 OBP. Pablo is .190BA with a .261 OBP Jermaine Dye is at .203BA with a .235OBP and get this a .297 slugging percentage Rowand is leading the team in Ks and hitting .230 with a .260OBP. Gooch is hitting .250 with and a .308 OBP. Uribe is hitting .231 with a .317OBP. Now look at his OBP and he is a meathead and compare him to the rest of the strikeout kings. The medicore part AJ hitting .269 The good Everett is hitting .298 Kong is hitting .333 with 1.200 OPS But why in the name of god would I give Kong something good to hit. He has Arow and Dye protecting him. The ship looks like its on its way to offensive bliss to me.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:36 PM) Hey I'm not saying I don't agree. The offense has been pretty bad for a few games. Whats your definition of a few. August? I mean if I was b****ing over a few games it might be sad. But when we dance into the 23rd of a month and we are batting 229 as a team. Its more than a few games.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:26 PM) I know we suck right now but why the negativity here? Why can't we posters right the ship with our positive vibrations?? Negativity helps nobody. We suck now but we are what we are. It could be worse, it could be January 5 with no baseball and sub zero temps. ENJOY THE REST OF THE SEASON!!! we're still gonna win it. Because I am not Ned Flanders who would smile if a bear took a bite out of his nuts. We are collapsing, sorry for not enjoying the view.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:28 PM) Oh man there was this one time, I went to the prom, and I was prom king and everything.... Oh yeah, but my date f***ed the football team on the middle of the dance floor. and video taped it. and put it on the internet. But hey, I was prom king. NOW THAT MADE ME FORGET THE BAD LOSS FOR A MINUTE OR SO. LMFAO!!!!

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:24 PM) How about the unbelieveable game Freddy had? He pitched great, our pitching has been good this month. I feel bad for him and our pitchers. They have pitched well and well enough to win a lot of games. Its hard to throw a 1 hitter and lose. But I remember making comments about our pitching being good but our hitting was going to be our downfall only to have people tell me how bad every other playoff contenders pitching staff was. Medicore pitching can shut us down, great pitching can make our hitters look silly. If these guys get their collective heads out of their asses maybe hit a ball the other way. Maybe not swing at somethng at their mellon or in the dirt. They might have a chance to hit.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:19 PM) i know but they have faced good pitching. This was never a good offense anyways. OUr offense is now ranked last in the majors in August. We are getting shut down by some medicore pitching also.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:15 PM) Seriously though, what is the sick infatuation with trying to be the first one to "call it" if we somehow don't make it? (Relax, we're making it.) It really is the way that people make it sound as if they want it to happen that bothers me. I'm fine with pessimism, I can be pessimistic myself, but it seems to be going above and beyond pessimism.... My big frustration is that I have seen the offense bad all year long. The only reprieve was when frank came back and our offense did well for 2 months. He goes down before the trading deadline and you knew the offense would stumble a bit. But this is out of hand. They keep talking about chemistry, and we see no help away. Its like seeing a runaway train. You see it coming down the tracks and you yell.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:17 PM) Take a step back. We got shutout by a damn good pitcher today. Santana was awesome. If they get shut out by Mays tommorow than that will bad however a ton of teams have been shutout by Santana. Josh our hitters havent been close in a long time. This is not a bad game, or a bad series. They have been bad for a long time.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:11 PM) So you b**** and whine because you having nothing else to say? Well give us the positive spin tonight. What should we post. Wow Arow nearly hit the ball straight. The ball was round and so is his bat so its not his fault. They want to bring the injuns in closer so they can play games that count in September so it matters. Timo is so clutch, damn that airport inspector that snatched the lucky rally fattypanties. If those hits were a few feet longer they would of been homers, then again if your aunt had balls he would be your uncle.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:10 PM) Agreed. The "Hell Yeah" in the subtitle gave it away. Sad Really Or it could be a play on words because Nite is from the chat crew and that Nuke always starts a winner thread with a HELL YEAH. But that might take a second to realize that.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:08 PM) Support? You know what really needs support? The White Sox offense, I'm still not convinced, even though people say we're out of our slump..... I still don't see guys going opposite field, if Pierzynski would hit the ball the other way, he'd be close to a .300 hitter, there's no doubt in my mind. Kenny needs to add another bat, until then this team is just a pretender. You guys can be optimistic all you want, I'll be the realist. I got ripped to death in threads about posting hitting charts showing how many hits were to the pull side of the field. I was ripped for showing the lack of OBP, singles and doubles as a concern. Now all of a sudden the balancing act of 1 run victories swings the other way and people start to see it.

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 11:03 PM) The addition of Pods means a lot, no not that our hitters start hitting with runners in scoring position but he gives the team a different outlook. A lot of people are down right now, im tired of being down, we can sure as hell go on a 9 game winning streak while the twins and tribe go on a 9 game losing streak. A 7 game lead in any division is great but because the way we are playing it sucks, f*** that, 7 games is good for us too. All I am saying is lets get some positive energy around here s*** can turn around very fast. Comon people. The man that really made a difference is on the DL for the year, and its not Pods. We had pods in April and May when we hit in the 250s. When Frank came back, we hit 270 and 279 in June and July. Why because he makes things better for the people around him. He goes on the DL and we are back to 250s. With him and Pods on the DL the offense just dies. The tribe is hitting in the 300's for the month. THey are pitching just a little less than we are and their schedule is much easier. Hey there is always the Wild Card.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 10:56 PM) Go ahead, rip into me. You should know by now that I could care less about being ripped on for being optimistic. You got to admit it seems that nite is enjoying this. Nites not enjoying this. He is just pissed off. Just like everyone is. People are venting. Let it be.

QUOTE(letsgoarow @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 10:51 PM) this site has never been so pititful.... its depressing The minute the sox actually get more than a few hits and score a few runs in a game, not via one fluke inning via the dong we will get more impressed. Its one thing to have this team shut you down, its another when Chacon and other crap just dominates you like you a a AA team.

QUOTE(letsgoarow @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 10:49 PM) against the red sox, yankees, and twins.... we get back pods very soon.. The Red Sox and Yanks have bad pitching. The twins have good pitching but no hitting. Yeah Pods will stop our hitters from magically hitting in the 220s and trying to park homer after homer. 43% of our runs this month are via the dong.

QUOTE(letsgoarow @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 10:45 PM) We are fine. We have the best pitching staff in the majors, the second best record in the majors, the most home games left in the majors, and a very easy schedule the rest of the WAY...... GO SOX EVERYONE SMILE....... Too bad we have probably the worst offense in the majors right now. Oh to have a mediocre offense just now.