southsideirish71

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:52 PM) Oh yah. If we play like crap for the next two months it certainly doesn't raise the playoff hopes. Wouldn't be a good thing to go into the postseason losing a bunch. But that doesn't make this a big game for El Duque because of that. I guarentee he isn't thinking about anything like that. He turns into a different monster in the postseason. Does it suck that he thinks liek that during the regular season? Sure. But that's the way it is. You should check his Postseason ERA from last year. Mr. October is a thing of previous Octobers. The man is pushing the old age home.

This is why Mr. October shouldnt pitch this October. He is 40+ yeard old and is s***ting the bed. They are going to put up a 6 spot on this guy before 5 innings.

QUOTE(alexgtp @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:34 PM) WHY TIMO!!! WHY!! He is not a DH!! ughhhhhh WHY!!! This is a focking joke right. Timo Perez is our DH, and he is batting 5th. Well so much for Paully seeing a decent pitch tonight. No protection, 4 walks.

Ventura Grand slam off of Gossage 2 out bottom of the ninth back against the wall grand slam to win the game. I remember the fireworks and then the reaction of the fans. Going down the ramps after the game and it seemed that the place was shaking. That was the most electric I can remember the place being. I remember not wanting to leave. New ballpark, new memories.

Just got back from the game. WHAT A FOCKING CATCH AROW HAD. He looked like that guy from the Natural running through the wall. That is a man with some STONES. Nice effort by Garland. He pitched like an ace today. I didnt think we were going to have any homers with the wind howling in like it was. Konerkos was a clear line drive shot. Very impressive. Credes was a long arch that just kept carrying into the teeth of the wind. It would of been a moon shot if the wind didnt hold it up. Offense needs to step it up on the road now. We will need some runs and hopefully we can get Everett back in as DH. No more of the Timo Perez DH show.

LISTEN JOO BISHES, I AM DA FOCKING MANAGER, YOU DON PLAY MY WAY, YOU DON PLAY HERE. DIS WEEK ON FOCKING DIS WEEK IN DA BASEBALL.

GOOCH FINISHES IT OFF, DUSTIN GETS HIS 27 SAVE. BUERHLE GETS A WIN OUR OFFENSE NEEDS TO WORK ON GETTING MORE THAN 4 FOCKING HITS.

memo to dustin, dont walk hitters batting 171 to get to Ichiro.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:18 PM) I hate it when Timo starts but there still aren't many guys I'd rather have up then him with the game on the line in the 9th. And no I'm not joking. As a pinch hitter, not a problem I agree with you. As a starter NO NEVER NO WAY.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:15 PM) So... Timo went 0-fer again. He's down to .223, and his OBP is creeping towards, if not already there, the .260s. But, we don't need Ross Gload. CWS the scary thing is that if Everett goes on the DL, Borchard gets the call, not Gload. Per Chicagosports.com. KW thinks he just may have come around. Good lord.

QUOTE(brijames @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:15 PM) Gooch is flat out this teams MVP. Buerhle probably wants to give him a hug after that. LOL

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:11 PM) Thank god Iguchi doesnt know to much English .. were Walker can screw up his swing You owe me money for copyright infringement. I have been making that comment all year long. LOL

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:11 PM) It looks like Scotty is starting to come out of his stolen base slump. That's huge. Gotta feeling this is going to be an ugly ab for aaron resulting in a k. Prove me wrong arow. Scotty Pods has looked good on the basepaths again. That is a great sign. Gooch coming through. BTW has anyone heard a status on Everett.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:08 PM) Gotta love that 1-2 of ours. If our 3-4-5 could get it going we would be in business.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:06 PM) When's the last time you saw a team with the best record in baseball fire a coach? I'd say Walker has more job security than any other hitting coach in baseball. Well we all like to talk about how bad the possible playoff opponents pitching staffs are and how our pitching staff will shut the other team down, and our guys will get all sorts of hits off bad playoff pitchers. Yet we struggle to get hits against the mighty mariner pitching staff. BTW THANK GOD FOR GOOCH. AT LEAST OUR 1-2 PUNCH CAN DO SOMETHING. GOD.

QUOTE(Ozzie Montana @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:03 PM) Man, Moyer has underrated stuff though our offense is not good right now but the guy has great endurance and stamina for a 40 year old. Moyer is a guy who wants you to swing at garbage. He is around the strikezone. Our undisciplined offense with the low BA and low OBP doesnt fit well for success.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:02 PM) How's the game going, fellas? I just got home, did sort of well playin' cards. Buehrle pitched well I saw. Offense pretty anemic outside the first inning, huh? Well we had men on 1st and 2nd with no outs in the 7th. Crede flys out to LF and then Kong gets doubled off. That pretty much killed a rally.

Oddly Uribe has a .205 BA at home. I cant figure out why. 3 runs on 3 hits. Nobody works the count.

It would be nice if the offense showed up one of these games and took some of the pressure off the pitching staff.

All we got is 3 focking hits. You have got to be kidding me.

Nice line drive swings tonight. If the pitch is away hit it up the middle and oppo. If its center in, then pull it. Take a few pitches. When they get in hitters counts, pick a zone and attack it. Dont swing just because the count is in your favor.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 10:57 AM) I actually am optimistic about Uribe, as he's been taking better swings lately. With a 206 BA and a 230 OBP at home Uribe can only go up.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 10:49 AM) Chicagosports.com also had a quote from Ozzie saying how we need to get more people on base. It's not like we haven't been hitting a lot of homers recently. It's just that too many of them have been with no one on base. The team is near the bottom on the AL in OBP and near the bottom in singles. I see this as more of a chronic problem. Our guys need to go deeper in the count and take smart cuts. If they get 2 strikes, shorten the swing up a bit and put it in play. Too many strikeouts with men on.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 10:44 AM) At this point, I'm not even concerned about who it is. I'm not even complaining about Timo. This team needs some useful bats on the bench. They have none. OK Widger is having a nice back up catcher season, but that's it. Blum is your best bench player(which is really sad by the way), and he should be the one we're upset about being stuck in AAA. Brian Anderson, Ross Gload, some guy who clears waivers. we need help. You can't have Uribe/Crede/Pods hitting back-to-back-to-back in the playoffs without a decent option on the bench. Well chicagosports.com reported that if Everett goes on the DL, Joe "no tool" Borchard will get promoted to the show.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 09:40 PM) He was much better higher in the order last year, I thought a poster stated earlier. All I know is that the current lineup isn't doing much of anything. Hell, we had two solid offensive showings with Timo batting leadoff. Maybe we should just bench Uribe when we play at home altogether. He is batting a wonderful .206 at home with a lovely .230 OBP. Crede is next with a .213 BA at home. Away from the Cell Uribe is batting .275 with a .322 OBP. Crede is .286 away from the Cell. Maybe the swinging for the fences comments isnt just speculation.