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QUOTE(quickman @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 02:02 PM) Then I suppose your on the side of not trying to improve this team, because we won't get a player unless we give up prospects. I think something like 9 out of 10 prospects don't make it. But don't tell that to all those Baj lovers out there. PS two years ago you wouldn't have traded Borchard to improve. Now look at him...He blows. Remember all the Miguel Olivo love last year and how we traded away the next version of pudge. This mini-pudge has spent most of his time going between the bigs and AAA. Prospects are just that. And plus with our track record of watching prospect after prospect wet themselves when they come up, who cares. I would rather good deep into the playoffs instead of having uber crap stain prospect number 10.

To get Kong to win this we could of brought Jizzcan with. Tell Jizzcan that this is a critical out in a critical game. Let the meatball express begin.

Abreu would look good in a whitesox uni. Kong could win this. He thinks everyday is a home run derby.

Mr. Sveum needs to stop throwing big papi low and away and low and in. Dale this is not about you.

Millwood Sabathia Westbrook Earlton Plain Dealer Hopefully the boys rest up during the break. The first assignment after the break is a tough one.

Oddly enough Arow was very hot at the point this article was done. Raising his average to .287, hitting .331 in a series of games. Then he decides he wants to make a change. Go for more power. This I would suggest is why his average and hits have gone down. Why change your focking swing in the middle of the season when you are doing well. Rowands Tinkering

Whether its Thomas or Everett. The DH needs to hit 3rd. Dye or Everett should hit 4th. Kong can strand runners and rally kill from 5th on. Arow needs to hit further down in the lineup until he gets back to hitting.

I remember seeing this retard outside the Cell last year when the sox were in first place. I remember coming out of the parking lot and seeing some dolt dressed up in full cub gear and then I heard it. The idiot was yelling Cubs WOO Cubs WOO. Now flash forward to yesterday. Inside the Cell, there he is again. In full cubs gear. Who let him into the park and why. Its bad enough when we get the cubs fans in their full cub gear throwing balls back and booing the sox, but I draw the line at the toothless bum that the northsiders adopted as a mascot. Maybe SouthPaw can kick his ass. OMG They actually made this dork a website. Terrible

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jul 11, 2005 -> 09:16 AM) After seeing Ozuna's escapades at 3B over the last few days, anyone think that trading Pablo straight up for TONY GRAFFANINO might be a good move? Certainly it would weaken our defense at backup SS, and we'd lose some speed, but we wouldn't have an error-fest over at 3B if Crede's back tightens up again. And if Willie Harris is going to go down when Gload is called up, we'd have someone we know can cover all 3 infield spots who can actually hit. (He's also played 1B this year.) I'm on the fence, not because I like Ozuna, but because I wonder how much weaker Graffy's defense would be, esp. at SS, where he hasn't really played since 2003. So, if you don't like Graffy, think of another utility guy that might be a better choice than Ozuna. I would love Graffy back here. But the simplest solution no yesterdays debacle is to have Ozuna play SS and Uribe play 3rd. Uribe has a better arm, has played third, and Ozuna feels more comfortable at SS. Ozuna is a nice replacment, he is just not a replacement 3rd baseman. This is total speculation on my part and of course wishful thinking. But there was an earlier trade for Zach Day from Washington speculation as part of a 3 way. What if that is to get something to get something. We trade Baj and Willie to the Nats in that 3 way deal and get Zach Day, then turn him and Marte into AJ Burnett. Then we are trading for AJ with Willie, Baj and Marte for the most part.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 11, 2005 -> 07:50 AM) BTW, did anyone see that Trib blurb this morning, saying Willie Harris was in the locker room after the game stacking all his baseball spikes and equipment in a big box? And that Guillen walked by and gave him a strange look? Well I think Willie has played his last days in the WhiteSox uni. He probably will be part of any trade.

I love bringing my son to the fundamentals deck. It can make any bad game seem good. From todays game. For those who need to feel good about this game. Here it is. God I love my new digital camera.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 05:04 PM) Here is my synopsis on this game: The A's had a much better approach at the plate, they made Sox pitchers throw strikes and the Sox pitchers were wild all day long. When you walk that many hitters in key situations and have to groove fastballs on hitters counts, your team deserves to lose. Guillen has had better days, there was no reason for him to leave Cotts in to face their catcher, that was stupid. Cotts was wild and sure enough he walks in a run. Ozuna in the bottom of the ninth, that was stupid to swing at the first pitch. The guy is probably rattled, you have the winning run at 2nd base. Take a few pitches and see what happens. Anyone who wants to defend Willie Harris, I'm sorry, I'm not buying it. If you can't rely on him to get a bunt down, forget it. Further, he was trying to bunt to 3rd base with Chavez right in his face. There is no room on the team for a guy who can't execute off the bench. I don't totally blame Harris, he is a mismatch on this roster ... he is not a good bench player. I don't care what the stats say, it is yet another key situation in this series where he did not execute. Get a veteran bench player who can execute. The 3rd strike call on Everett was bulls*** but the Sox gave Oakland way too many chances to win this game and they finally did. This is a good thing for the players and management to chew on during the break. They got beat at their own game this weekend and you cannot give good teams like Oakland a bunch of walks, extra outs, etc. Oakland made most of the defensive plays, the Sox botched a few. You pretty much hit it on the head. When the As got 2 strikes on them they shortened their swings and made contact. Our guys take real big cuts with 2 strikes. On the way back home today. I hear Farmio talking about how the difference he sees is on 3-2 the As take good swings and put the ball in play, and when we get the same count we watch the pitch or take a big cut to pop it up. Our guys gave way to many opportunties. Too many walks. Garcia needs to get ahead with his fastball and then use his curve to put the guys away. From the first inning he was pitching backwards, and against this team and how they have a good eye it was going to be bad.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 05:04 PM) what was the attendance today? Well I showed up 30 minutes before the game and had to park in lot L. It looked pretty packed.

So who believes that we dont need to make any moves and we are ready for the playoffs. Remember we dont want to f*** with chemistry. I left in the 8th inning, because my son had enough with the heat. All the way down 55 I hear some good things. I come back home to watch the Jizcan walk. BTW the Oakland As are very very selective at the plate. Plus they really shorten their swings up on 2 strikes and dump the ball. Can we trade or release Willie Harris. And for the love of god Timo should not play the OF or any fielding position. 8 focking walks by our pitching today.

Bruce Levine today on the Sunday baseball show talked about how Pauly and his agent were offered a 4 year 36 million with a change to make 40 million with insentives. He turned it down at the end of last year and at the end of spring training. His agent wants to go to FA to see what his value is. So oddly enough his power numbers are up, his Ks are up and his clutchness is down. Methinks he is trying to pull a Valentin and Rob Deer himself a new Sexton type contract based soley on power numbers. The reason Carlos is gone was because of him trying to pad his own stats and playing selfish out of the two 8+ million dollar younger guys. Paulie last year hit for power, but was the first guy to hit to right to try to drive in that run. This year he has completely abandoned that approach and has pretty much decided to become a pull home run hitter. His average is plummeting again and he needs to be dropped down in the order. Jermaine Dye who has played like a stud over the last month needs to get a chance to drive in some runs. Gload is definately going to help. I think we will see that Paulie even with rest will still be a pull only home run or nothing hitter in the second half.

The offense needs to start hitting. That is the biggest concern. The pitching has been fine, the relief has been fine. Our hitting is suspect at best.

ALL WE COULD MANAGE WAS 3 f***ING HITS. Someone should tape these games and send them to the whitesox coaching staff. The Oakland A's put on a clinic against our great pitching on how to become a good 2 strike hitter. They swing at stuff in the strikezone, and lay off stuff outside the strikezone. When they get two strikes, they shorten their swings and foul off a bunch of hard pitches to get a mistake. Our hitters however never shorten their swings up, take full cuts on 0-2 so they dont get cheated. I know that we faced Zito and all but the last time I checked they faced Buerhle. Kong basically needs to find another place to work after this season. Dye needs to be in at the 4th hole. He has been hot over the last month or so. Arow and Kong have nice long swings going for them right now. BTW we are starting to sound like Cub fans when we just say "Well garsh, we lost and all but its the Oakland A's and there is a curse and its impossible to win". The reason that Oakland beats us all the time, is that they pitch well. Play good defense, and put the focking ball in play. Oddly they didnt have a problem getting hits. 5 hits last night, 3 tonight. Outside of the Drays(whose pitching is terrible) we havent hit real well since the first game of the Cubs series. We didnt hit in two of the three games with the tiggers, we didnt hit in the cubs series, and now we are facing good pitching and cant hit again. This team will make the playoffs. We need to figure out how to hit good pitching before we arrive there or we will repeat 2000.

Jenks had one pitch that got called a ball which was a strike to walk a guy. But give them credit they used a quick bat through the strikezone to make contact on that hard pitch.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 9, 2005 -> 06:57 PM) Another mothercuking pop-up. f*** you Widge! Eveyone who gets an out from now on gets a nice f*** You! Our pitching in the playoffs will be fine. But we need to learn how to beat good pitching before this season is over. This is an example of the type of pitching we may face in the playoffs.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 9, 2005 -> 06:53 PM) Another game, another terrible performance by our bench players that were in the game. Willie yesterday, and Ozuna tonight, have a lot to do with us losing. OZUNA IS NOT A f***ING 3B!!! Uribe could move over the 3rd and have Ozuna play SS. That would make sense considering Uribe has a much better arm.

The whitesox should video tape the hitting approach that Oakland has. They swing at stuff in the strikezone, dont swing at crap out of it. And on two strikes they choke up a bit and foul off a bunch. They either get a hit or raise the pitch count. I know we are facing Zito but they are facing Buerhle. We had men on 2nd and 3rd with no out and only came out with a single run. Our hitters have got to get better with shortening their swings with 2 strikes. Crede had the hat trick the other night and tonight its Rowand. Our pitching is fine, our hitting needs to show up when its not crappy pitching.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 9, 2005 -> 12:01 AM) An elephant f***s a pig. Classic episode. Cartman as the vietnamese whore was the best. This is actually one of my favorite south park episodes.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jul 8, 2005 -> 11:33 PM) Imagine my excitement when I heard the lineups on my car radio while stuck in bumper to bumper traffic with >$100 worth of tickets in my hand. Southpark meets the Whitesox 3E8 : That does it! Shenanigans! Shenanigans!!! Ozzie: What are you doing? 3E8: I'm declaring Shenanigans on you. This game is rigged. Ozzie: Shenanigans? Kenny comes along Kenny: What's all the hoo-hah? 3E8: Kenny, I wanna declare Shenanigans on Ozzie. Kenny: Why? 3E8: This game is fixed. Timo and Willie playing at the same time. Aaron, Big Hurt, and Gooch on the bench. How much did I spend. Kenny: If that is true, then your declaration of Shenanigans is just. What do you have to say Ozzie? Ozzie: I make the focking Lineup. I AM THE GOD DAMN MANAGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kenny: Yes, man you can't just go declaring shenanigans on innocent people, that's how wars get started! Come again to the park.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jul 8, 2005 -> 09:57 PM) the more important thing is, Whats that chick doing in your avatar Jessica Simpson is checking righty and lefty to see if they havent deflated.

QUOTE(ChiSoxFan @ Jul 8, 2005 -> 09:38 PM) Bruce Levine reported on Chicago Tribune Live prior to the game that Frank had been walking around gimpy all day. Also, Rowand & Iguchi were out. It's okay to rest your starters every now and then. Oddly enough they had a rest day yesterday and they will get a couple days rest after Sunday. You can rest a starter, but to make wholesale changes to your lineup on the first game of the series doesnt bode well.