southsideirish71

Well lets just put it this way, if we blow this lead. They better not have Soxfest this year or it will be a f***ing riot.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 07:07 PM) The Twins put the s***tiest line-up I have seen in the majors this year together and will win. And remember they have been one of the worsts offenses in the second half. They could barely scratch runs together a week ago. The cure for that is our starters.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 07:04 PM) Wow, Rowand looked like s*** up there. I would like to say Greg you have done wonders with this team. You have everyone below their career average all at the same time in hitting. It must be that Charlie Lau hitting style that he says he preaches.

This will be over quick at least. Not like the slow death last night. In the post game. Ozzie will blow his load all over himself praising his hitters and their attempts at hitting the venezuelan god of pitching.

Here comes a series of teases for your pleasure. Classic Corpseball is also a series of warning track power. ALMOST enough to get on the board. But alas not enough.

AUGUST 2005=THE ARRIVAL OF CORPSEBALL 2005 Thank god we have this lead. The only thing that may save us this year in still winning the division.

Well its now 2-0. Now the softball team will try and tie it every single time they get up. Here comes the flood of Ks and popups and lazy grounders to the left side.

I had a pregame prediction of 4 hits and 9 Ks and no runs for Santana. He looks to break double digits with the guys tonight. Changeup pitchers against a pull only softball home run hitting team. We may not get to 4 hits.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 06:45 PM) Don't shoot me or anything, but just possibly, maybe we aren't as good as we thought we were. I still think this is a very good team, but how will we match up against the Red Sox, or the Yankees if they get in? We were as good as our pitching shutting down teams. Boston is a bad matchup. They are a high OBP good hitting team. They work the count(like the As) and are difficult to K. Everyone just comments our pitching will shut them down. I dont see it. So we have to outslug them. The Yanks wont be in the playoffs.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 06:44 PM) Sounds to me like the White Sox circa 2000-2004. Are the White Sox really that much of different team with out Podsednik? This has nothing to do with pods. Ozuna did what Pods usually does. He got to second. It was the popup and K with men in RISP that killed us. We havent been the same team since Thomas went out of the lineup.

The score kept playing over and over Hawks retarded rant last night about how we dont need Griffey and where would he play. The best dumb comment from Hawk was when he stated, Ken Griffey Jr was one of the best hitters for 8 years. But that was a long time ago.

The only good fact that DJ had in the first, is Johan is a guy you try to hit his fastball to right and right center, and if he does surprise you with a change you pull it still fair. However this is the corpseball kids and they pull every freakin thing. They cant help it. So tonight you will be treated to a series of popups, ground outs to the left side, and Ks.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 06:39 PM) one run enough for Santana? Against the corpseball kids, 1 run definately is enough.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 06:38 PM) Dye is going yard here!! If Yard you mean a popup. Then the entire team is going to go yard.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 06:37 PM) I actually think the mood is rather relaxed in here, as most people are just sick and tired of watching this team blow at home. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who have PM'd me and said they're staying away from soxtalk.com this week, as they're expecting the worse. Well after spending over 5 hours at a game and seeing this pathetic offense choke in person. This is a hell of a lot more relaxing. I expect them to blow dog tonight, I didnt however expect Matt Guerrier to shut us down in relief.

When the score becomes 2-0 is when offically the softball team will take over trying to park pitches into the stands like last night.

A mix of smartball and dumball. Ozuna gets on like Pods, Gooch moves him over Just like the first part of the season Then Everett swings at crap in the dirt and then pops up with man on. Classic Corpseball. And he should of Kd looking on a changeup down the cock that the ump didnt call. Arow works the pitcher a bit. Then Ks. No runs, No hits, Santana gets off Then Buerhle gives up the dong. 1-0 Thats bout enough runs for the twinks tonight with the tard offense out there.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) I like this lineup! Ride Santana hard and put him away wet! You will like the lineup up until the point that stone hands kicks the ball at third.

QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 03:50 PM) Hmmm. Sox offense vs. Santana. (Insert Twins score of your choice)____, Sox 0 E - 6 Thats what we will see tonight.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 03:42 PM) I blame it all on OZ. I don't think KW wanted Adkins up. OZ liked him in ST & wanted 7 guys in the pen so he could keep the starters down to 6IP. So far the strategy has been a disaster. Adkins is bad & I don't mean good. Meanwhile he's consumed a spot that should have gone to Owens. The guy has 45BB, a .398OBP, & 32SB. What does that spell? Leadoff hitter. Anderson is not known as a base stealer & Timo sucks as one. When Pods injury kept him from being an effective base stealer the pressure was turned off opposing pitchers. Our offense was suspect with that pressure turned on. Now it's downright sleep-inducing. You have to have a guy at the top who can put that pressure on. If not Owens then Young or even Iguchi. But hell no not Timo! Send Adkins down & bring up Owens. If Owens & Anderson get the job done then say goodbye to Timo when Pods returns. Everything you say makes perfect sense. However Ozzie has some sort of unnatural manlove for Timo. When asked about his MVP, I was surprised he didnt say Timo. Timo has occupied some critical ABs this year and has played a myriad of positions he is not meant to. Timo is a pinch hitter. He is not a leadoff hitter or a starter. We had Konerko playing a tired first base because Ozzie would of had to have parted with Timo to bring up Gload at the time. Gload sat down and Timo stayed up. The only reason Timo is not in tonights lineup is because a lefty is on the mound. But I promise you the minute a righty trots to the mound, Timo will be back running slow, and one handing the fly.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 03:32 PM) Like I said, I wasn't really paying attention... I could have sworn they said Blum at some point though I liked your lineup better. Blum wont kick the ball around like Ozuna.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 03:36 PM) 3B: Ozuna 2B: Iguchi DH: Everett 1B: Konerko CF: Rowand RF: Dye SS: Uribe C: Widger LF: Anderson I know that Ozzie loves his fast guys and all. But Ozuna cant play 3rd. This is a proven iron clad fact. He will at least kick one ball around tonight. And because he plays so far back, they will bunt him to death. It should be Gooch or Arow 1 and 2 And Blum playing 3rd.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:13 PM) They're facing Santana. One run would be bliss. Two a miracle. Considering every bad pitcher gets at least 6-7Ks against us I am going with a 1 run on 4 hits with 9Ks for Santana. Buerhle is the tough luck loser with 2 runs on 6 hits and 4ks

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:06 PM) so is that enough evidence to dismiss everything else we've seen this season? fourteen games in one month is enough to discount four months of the best baseball this team has played? and again, i'm not claiming they are playing well right now. they're not. but just about every team - championship or otherwise - is going to have a bad month. This team hasnt hit this season except for like a month or so with this man named Thomas in the lineup. They have relied on overwhelming pitching, great defense and clutch hitting. But now we are scoring more than 40% of our runs via the dong. We are not playing smartball anymore. We have guys swinging for the fences. And after the clock struck August we have started sucking. Color me a skeptic but I have seen this dance before. World beaters before August, dumper after. This team needs to get back to what got them here in the early part of the season. They need to stop going for the dong with RISP and just go for a simple good contact. They need to rest or sit Crede until his bat or back get better. And they need to end Timo at the leadoff. Great hits last night, but championship teams do not I repeat do not have 217BA leadoff guys. That Yank series was won on overwhelming pitching. There is no way in the world should you win with 2 runs and a few hits in Yankee stadium. Thanks to our great pitching staff. Our offense has struggled enough to put so much pressure on our pitching staff that any mistake seems like a hundred pounds of lead on their backs. Garcia said it earlier in the season about being able to pitch free with a few runs. Not seeing our offense have 1 run on 2 hits by the 5th inning every day.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 01:53 PM) regardless, we won two out of three there at a time when our offense sucked. listen, i won't say we're playing great ball now because we aren't. but i'm not going to sit up here and cry because the team had the audacity to lose four straight games. The 6-8 record in August is what should concern you.