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Carl couldn't get a sac fly today and he struck out. Kick him off the squad

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 31, 2005 -> 12:06 AM) And just because Iguchi didn't turn the DP, that doesn't mean it's okay that Marte walked a run in. He needed to at least make the batter put the ball into play. Iguchi blew it and Marte choked. Marte tried to get him to swing at a slider. The slider was never supposed to hit the strike zone. If he did that, the ball would be in play and probably 2 runs score instead of one. What? You wanted him to give up something down the middle of the plate? It was either going to be a slider low and away or a high fastball. Not his fault.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 31, 2005 -> 12:02 AM) Marte walked a run in. I wouldn't call that "doing his job." Double play is turned and that's not discussed. He was used as a lefty specialist in that situation, did his job and got a DP ball which is his job. Gooch didn't turn it.

I don't buy into this whole theory that the bats will all of a sudden warm up. I think it's a problem. We better get a huge lead before we get to that stretch. And the Sox this year have been making bad/average pitchers look like Cy Young(Westbrook, E Santana to name a couple).

31-0-0 Hermy winning. Marte did his job today, but Gooch f'd up. I vote Hermy even though Marte is my favorite player.

This is why Timo's still on the team. He gets hits when he needs to. I have never disliked Timo. Has he struggled? Yes, and he probably will be like that(which is why he isn't a starter) but he's a supersub(ala Hollandsworth who's just in a hitting slump like the rest of the team. For him, it's magnified simply because everyone wants the bench to bat over .300

Shingo needs the pitching coach to tell him what to work on in Triple A and work on it. Same with Neal Cotts. For some reason the Sox are stubborn on keeping Neal out of the minors. They need to just put him there. And get Shingo's translator back. Why the hell isn't he here? How do you expect to communicate with Shingo if he isn't there?

Designated Matt Herges for assignment. I would tell the Sox to pick him up, but he was one of the pricks on SF that didn't like AJ.

Chavez. Imagine the protection PK would get with Frank and Chavez. They would all help each other out big time and the offense would start to surge. And this is coming from the creator of Soxtalk's "Crede's Crew". If we could get Chavez, I'd be ecstatic, but I doubt it happens.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:44 AM) He's gonna be so f***ing pumped at the plate in his first plate appearance, he'll probably get a 2 minute ovation, one of the loudest you've ever heard. 1st pitch ball outside 2nd pitch fastball outside corner Frank watches it to the glove 3rd pitch fastball over the plate Frank swings and misses with a giant swing (Frank Calms down) 4th pitch breaking ball low off the outside corner at the knees 5th pitch he trys to bust Frank inside with a fastball at the belt but Frank clears the hips and hurts it. Out to left field. Standing Ovation. Curtain Call. Wishful thinking, but more like, groundout to first. It's the White Sox way as of late.

Sorry guys, I meant setup man. That's what happens when you wake up and go straight to soxtalk.com to post. But yeah, I think he'll be a great SETUP man.

Again, BMac is just a prospect. He isn't anything more. He did pretty good against a less than average offense in the Cubs and got lit up against a Texas team. He still has major things to work on. I would even be willing to say Jon Rauch was a better prospect before he blew his arm out. That same thing could happen to BMac. People are more high about him than Jeremy Reed which I think would be impossible hearing so much about him. I'd be happy to trade BMac for many players in this league.

QUOTE(AirScott @ May 28, 2005 -> 04:20 PM) in the 5 games since the Cubs series, Konerko is hitting .315 with 2 HR and 4 RBI (he has struck out once in each game). you're right about Dye though. Not a consistant .300. PK has been a guy who will do great for one game and suck ass the next. He's also very much like Willie(at least prior to this year) as in he doesn't get meaningful hits. He'll hit a HR after we're up by 4 runs and we really don't need anymore runs.

I would definately do Dye for Wells.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 26, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) I can't imagine what HS life woulda been like without there being girls at the school with me. Surrounded by other guys for like 7 hours a day? f*** that. Tons of fun. You meet girls outside of school unless you are a loser and depend on school to help you meet someone(which you shouldn't, but that's a whole 'nother story). I went to both an all boys school(Freshman & Sophmore year) and a co-ed school(Junior and Senior year) and while both had pros and cons, I felt as if going to an all boys school was much funner. There was more stuff you got away with. There would be alot more fights because guys didn't find themselves having to be gentleman in front of girls and you could say what you want to say without having to worry about a girl hearing you. Overall, it's just a much funner atmosphere IMO. That's me though. I met girls out of school simply because if you try to date girls you go to the same school with, there is too much drama.

The NHL just should've sold it for 4 billion while they still had a chance.

Probably because he doesn't have protection in the lineup. I would take a good look at him. Anyone know his contract situation?

I agree with so what that we are 33-16. When you keep on losing, pretty soon it's going to be, "we're still a .500 team". Our hitting has been atrocious. We should be swining the bats much better than this. Walker does need to be canned and they need to bring back Hriniak. This pull baseball is crap. No one and I mean no one with the exception of Pods and Iguchi has swung a good bat this year for the whole year. PK has been crap. People need to stop defending him. Let's face it, he got up for the Cubs series and went back into his slumber. Dye at least was rising for 3 weeks slowly and hit his peak against the Cubs and then he went back to his slumber.

Hawkins has left Cubdom, that means he'll automatically become the sickest setup man in the league again. I have confidence that he'll go back to being a great closer. Jerome Williams is probably insurance for the Cubs since a starting pitcher is always injured.

Yeah, Mike Jones comes from Texas. Who??

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 27, 2005 -> 12:29 PM) Last year's offense before Maggs and Frank went down maybe. Not the feast or famine garbage we saw after that. Guys need to be benched and Walker needs to be on the hot seat. This is not our 1st year with a wierd, underachieving offense. Well of course not. I think what you see from PK is the real PK when he doesn't have massive protection in the lineup. If Frank isn't in there, and Carl isn't hitting in back of him, PK is screwed. Like I've said since 2003, Paul Konerko cannot carry an offense. He's best suited when he's the #3 power hitter on the team. He is useless otherwise. I don't like Gload that much at all, but hell, bring him on. Even with the injury.

Happy Birthday to Big Hurt.

QUOTE(Steff @ May 27, 2005 -> 07:04 AM) A great team...?? Uhhh, no. A great set of pitchers... yes. What do we need.....? Oh.. how about 6 guys that can hit the ball instead of wetting themselves at the plate. This pitching staff with last year's offense would've won the division by a large margin. The only reason and I mean only reason we're winning is because of pitching. This offense minus Pods and Gooch is a dissapointment

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ May 26, 2005 -> 04:09 PM) Will there be subtitles? "Wad ju' talkin' 'bout mang?"

QUOTE(TheDybber @ May 26, 2005 -> 04:31 PM) No, I just left them out because he DID bring 6 championships, but he also had the laughingstock of the league for 5-6 years. So, it evened out. I don't think he was a laughing stock with the Bulls for more than 3 or 4 years(depends on when he acquired them). Then they got Jordan in 84 and they've made the playoffs for 14 straight years. 6 bad years isn't enough to even that out. And they made the playoffs again this year.