CaliSoxFanViaSWside

Comic relief. Rookie hazing. Rooks wearing pink Hello Kitty backpacks with multicolored large wings on them.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 1, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) This weekend in Detroit! Let us bow our heads in prayer and ask for divine guidance as we smite those Tigers. I know people will say God doesn't take sides in a sports event, but this is the SOX for crying our loud I hope the results of the 1st 2 games hasn't destroyed your faith.

At least we can't say it was the kids fault. Ahhh what might have been had they called them up earlier. Thank you guys in charge.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 06:02 PM) I figuratively screamed all offseason that those 88 wins were fools gold. "Hey, with the way we started last year and the struggles of so many key guys, and the fact Mark Kotsay was our primary DH, we still won 88 games." That became like a mantra around here. You know KW probably echoed those same thoughts. And that is where "ALL-IN" began. What a f***in' Tsunami this franchise is. Must be awesome to be right so much. Oh except a few days ago when you said I was hallucinating and I proved you wrong. But did you say anything in the thread after I did ? No. How bout after I pm'ed you ? Not even the courtesy of a response.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 05:32 PM) I haven't been this mad at the results of a baseball game in a long long time. I left the house at the rain delay... and they lost? This is just one of those seasons boys and girls. I still have faith and I'm still a White Sox fan, but this one is painful. I truly believe that next year will be a lot better for the Sox - especially with a new coaching staff. I like your attitude Chet. Just stare at the booty in your avatar for a minute or so and you'll feel better.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 05:26 PM) Shockingly both Quentin and Thornton can still be traded during the offseason. They obviously weren't offered too much for them or they would have been gone, and the guys they probably would have received for them you wouldn't see play this year, unless you followed the minor leagues. Dunn isn't playing anymore. If Quentin were healthy, Rios wouldn't be playing anymore. I couldn't agree more they played way too long. Its one reason why I'm going to be an ex seasonticketholder unless both KW and Ozzie are gone. But a total rebuild means you have to draft well. Real well. The Sox were horrible in 1986, horrible in 1987, horrible in 1988 and horrible in 1989 when they last did a total rebuild. They got extremely lucky and got McDowell, Ventura, Thomas and Fernandez in the draft. They wanted Mike Harkey, but the Cubs took him so they settled for McDowell, inexplicably, the Cubs who had been looking for a 3rd baseman for many years took someone who never made it to the major leagues instead of Ventura, the Sox wanted Jeff Jackson but Philadelphia drafted him, so they missed out on a guy who never made the major leagues and had to settle for a HOFer, and Fernandez was only available because Milwaukee went cheap on him the year before. If a couple of those go the other way, it may be 6 or 7 or 8 or even more years of being pitiful. Those wishing for a rebuild will be 1st in line for your season tickets , I'm sure.

At least this can't be blamed on the Knight Sox connection. I'm proud that they all came up and are doing so well. I can't recall the last time 3 guys getting called up and getting PT did well.

Biggest comeback by the Tigers in Comerica history ,short as it may be.

Just figures ,Sox finally start hitting and the bullpen and starters implode at the worst possible time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 04:58 PM) "Hopefully we won't get swept!" I see what you did there.

Maybe it's better I couldn't watch this travesty.

Game season over. Cabrera HR.

All tied up Raburn HR.

Austin Jackson continues his tear, triples .

Betemit K's 1 gone.

Sox go 123 in 9th.

8-6 now.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 1, 2011 -> 11:02 PM) You are correct. Getting drunk can be done no matter what, but getting drunk is a pre-requisite to getting laid. If you haven't got laid in 8 months you might want to re think that pre-requisite.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 01:39 AM) At least we're not firing him for torturing the English language. I do think it's a bit ridiculous the way certain writers want to focus on his mangled phonetic pronunciation or "Ozzie-isms" to undermine him from an intellectual POV. He's never apologized for his lack of formal education...or even not learning proper grammar the past 25 years in the US. No one knows proper grammar. If I had a nickel for every would of, should of and could of I've seen and heard , I could retire .

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 1, 2011 -> 09:40 AM) Many players have cost this organization games when it was appropriate for Ozzie to be starting those players. You're right . We had that stinky stretch from April to May where we lost 18 out of 24. Still the division was there for the taking if management had stopped relying on Dunn and Rios much earlier. Not April and May but by the end of June early July hell even the All star break or trade deadline would have made a difference if we can use how De Aza and Viciedo are doing now as a guage.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 1, 2011 -> 08:41 AM) I missed the play in question (I had resigned that we were losing this game in the 5th inning), but given everything it's one of the worst in-game moves of his career. I won't disagree that Ozzie makes terrible in-game decisions in general. I just don't know how many other managers make good ones. The sad thing is that the team couldn't really be playing much better right now in terms of W/L over the past three weeks. Det just can't lose enough for us right now. In a vacuum, all of us would obviously take 2/3 from any series (and certainly 16 of 24) If we lose friday the season is over. I know you get a lot of undeserved grief around here for supposedly Kool-Aid views. I kept watching because I always do and the previous game they had come back twice from 3 run deficits to win and the Knight Sox connection has dramatically changed this team. If you watch TV sports news I really didn't see the move discussed at all except for Comcast calling it a "curious" decision but not going into detail about it. MLB network said nothing about it at all but they have so many games to cover and spend only a few minutes showing highlights for each game. I have yet to read online or blog accounts of the move though I will shortly. Southsidesox.com is the best when it comes to commentary on the Sox. Don't we have to face Verlander on Friday ? I won't say that's a make or break game so I might be even more optimistic than you but if we do lose on Friday just gotta win the remaining 2.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 1, 2011 -> 08:33 AM) Ozzie Bevington doesn't believe in stats. It's all about his gut. Maybe he should use his brain once in a while. Eh, nevermind, scratch that too. It's just so crazy now seeing Soxtalkers saying numerous times they truly believe Ozzie is putting his own agenda before the team. That thought has crossed my mind too but that would be a banned from baseball offense if proven which of course it can't be. But I really wonder sometimes if that isn't the case.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Sep 1, 2011 -> 08:08 AM) Maybe back in early July you could roll Dunn up there hoping he gets pitched around and draws a walk. Everybody in baseball, including bat boys and mascots, knows that Dunn cannot hit a baseball right now. Well, I guess everyone but Ozzie knows. If Dunn is having an historically bad year, Ozzie's move have Dunn PH was an historically bad move. The funny thing was I saw it coming I said to the guy I was watching the game with " do you think Ozzie will put Dunn up here" as sort of a half joke. My mind had already processed 1) Ozzie prefers veterans 2) Dunn is LH, pitcher is RH, Lillibridge is RH and 3) despite his very good August stats has been nothing more than a defensive replacement the few games prior to his start . A second after I asked before my friend could answer the camera switched to Dunn in the on deck circle. At that point I blurted out " No way " !!! Then I saw things in the game thread about Lillibridge had homered off Nathan last time the Sox played the Twins which I had forgotten and RH's hit Nathan better which I also was unaware of but surely a ML manager should know and at least have at his fingertips from advanced stats and/or coaches.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 11:41 PM) The average Sox fan obviously isn't an internet message board user. Ozzie is not hated by most. Nobody has yet proven to me how a team can have a better record than we have with Peavy, Rios and Dunn. I just think we're the hardcore die hards here on Soxtalk. Baseball has always been my 1st love as a sport though I played way more basketball. The Sox always my favorite Chicago team from early in my youth. That World Series win means everything to Sox fans less demanding than most of us. It means a helluva lot to me too as I come from a long line of Sox fans but enough is enough already. I was so used to the Sox losing year after year and being the butt of jokes with their uniform changes and lived through times where it appeared there would be no more Chicago White Sox baseball when there were strong attempts to move the franchise. When you grow up with all that I can understand why that WS win means so much. Soxtalk has a much younger though still die hard core. If they had gone through with the Sox what many older fans have their perspective would be different. All that being said. Last night was the straw that not only broke the camels back but blew the camel into millions of little pieces.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 31, 2011 -> 06:30 PM) "Hopefully, further in my career, I'll be the guy that they want up there," Lillibridge said. "I always want to be in there to get the opportunity to win a game or at least give us a chance to win. But I trust in [bench coach] Joey [Cora] and Ozzie and the decisions they make." "Dunn can go up there and hit the ball out of the ballpark or walk," Guillen said. "Obviously, he struck out, but that's the matchup I liked the best. Unfortunately, it didn't work." Maybe Ozzie hasn't noticed Lillibridge has more HR's than Dunn in far less AB's . Classy response by Lillibridge.