jphat007

Good for Hermy! He's really worked his ass off to get back. Here's hoping it is worth it for him.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 08:27 PM) I would like to hear your views on Pods and Anderson. Pods still >>>>>> to Anderson? Pods is playing like crap and Anderson has been much better in the second half. Really like BAs walks even when he isn't swinging that well.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) Where you been????? Just couldn't take the game threads anymore. I occasionally come around. Try to keep quiet at this point, but when there is such an idiotic post just sitting there, I couldn't stay quiet.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 4, 2006 -> 08:21 PM) You have a one run lead, a man on first, and a tough lefty facing a struggling hitter with plenty of options on the bench. Instead, Ozzie leaves AJP to hit into a DP. When you have Manny leading off the inning, that lack of proactivity is pathetic. In a game between two terrible managers, it ended up being that the team with the final AB won. LOL. Somebody actually finds a way to blame Ozzie for that. You are incredible. At least s*** on him when he does something wrong. Just as embarassing as how the team is playing.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 12:10 PM) Cmon Kap, we just played a team that we were up a half game on coming into the weekend in the wildcard and Mack played 2 of those games. How much important can it get? So why do you think that Anderson didn't play him those two? And I'm being serious here. Does he have something against BA? Is BA hurt? Are they trying to sabotage the season on purpose? Do they think Mack is a swell guy and wants him to get PT? Does the staff believe that the difference really isn't that great when the two of them play? Does Ozzie feel an obligation to play Mack since we went out and got him? I wonder what the reason is? To me it seems pretty obvious, but maybe it isn't. Like Kap says, you never know.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 02:14 PM) Take everything from Doyel with a grain of salt. He's mainly a college basketball writer, not sure why he's getting into this. Got my own answer from his bio. "Which means that, when Doyel is on his keyboard, nothing and nobody is safe. Read him regularly -- but why? -- and he's eventually going to piss you off. Doyel pissed off Charlotte Observer readers (and management) for six years before jumping to CBS SportsLine in 2003 to write about college basketball. After burning bridges for three years, Doyel was pulled off that beat. Now he's writing about whatever he wants, assuming Freeman doesn't want to write about it first." Yipee, now nothing is safe from his writings. An awful college basketball writer at that. Was terrible on Tobacco road. His job was basically to stir stuff up. Piss people off. For some it worked, but it's fairly easy to just laugh at him.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 03:19 PM) There is quite a difference between: "I think Javy is struggling for Y reason and I think that the best way to solve the problem would be X." As compared to: "Javy sucks, we should have B-Mac in there." That thread just gets old after the 1,000th time. Im sorry but at a point its just no longer constructive, its just a constant whine. I do not think most of us come here to read the worst things said about players, we all think them in our own heads. Every fan thinks when one of their players k's, or gives up a home run, commits an error, "Damn f***ing piece of s*** cant you just make the play." We just do not have to read it every other day, eventually it just is noise. What a great post. IN game threads, if a player makes a mistake, they comment on it, then do it again. And then again and again and again and again. It is whine, whine, whine, whine over and over and over again.

QUOTE(whitesoxin @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:12 PM) That happened during our worst stretch of the year, however. The Yankees were going about their business as usual when they came to Chicago. I'm not saying it's ok, but the Devil Rays could have swept us at that point in the season. And during that worst stretch, as I posted above, our ERA was still only 7th in the league over the past month.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:05 PM) The White Sox pitching has been brutal the last month or so, definitely one of the worst performances in the league. Average pitching staffs don't win world championships unfortunately. The White Sox lost 3 in a row to the Yankees at one point this season as well. The Sox have been 7th in the AL in pitching the last 30 days. 4.62 ERA. Not great, but not brutal. And certainly not one of the worst performances in the league. That seems to be another big problem of late. The perception of what is happening and the reality of what is happening is also out of wack.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) You're right. I guess I do forget sometimes that the other contenders in the AL are far from perfect. Do I expect too much? Maybe. But why not? For years I've been content with the Sox just being competitive and having a chance to get to the playoffs. Is it wrong for me to want more now? I don't think so. Like I said earlier, it just bothers me that we've been so bad in so many different aspects this year. Thank god for the offense. There is nothing wrong with expecting greatness. I hope, and imagine, that the players all expect greatness. But just because you don't get there doesn't mean you aren't, or can't be, a good team. And we aren't "bad" in so many aspects this year. We are 6th in starters ERA, 9th in relievers ERA, though we know it is better than that now that a few guys are out of there. 5th in fielding pct. 3 in DER. And 1st in offense. We are an average pitching staff this year, bad by standards last year, but it's not like we are among the worst in the league. The entire AL West is in the top 5 in pitching, because they get to face terrible offenses so much.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 03:31 PM) I wish I could be like you. LOL. I'm normally pretty optimistic. Who is that much better than us? The Tigers? We've beaten up on them. The Yanks? We've been alright against them. Fairly even matchup. Would be a tough series either way. We are one of the best teams in the league against teams that are .500 or better. Might even be the best. How couldn't you be optimistic about that. The expectations are just too much out of wack. Because we upgraded on paper, it seems like everybody thought we'd be much better record wise and performance wise. Last year was a special year. This year we haven't been quite as good, but we're only 3 games behind last year's pace. It's difficult to win 100+ games in this league.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 03:25 PM) Read my response to CWSGUY. I should've been a little more clearer. And let me make this known. I'm in no way giving up on the season. Nowhere in my original post did I say the season was over. I just don't like what I'm seeing right now. Be honest Jphat, if the season ended today, would you feel good about our chances in the playoffs? I certainly don't. I know there's still 39 games to go. You just wonder if this team is ever gonna put it all together. Time is running out. I would feel that we would have just as good a shot of winning as anybody else.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 03:03 PM) this team simply isn't that good. So are we just one of the luckiest teams in baseball to be where we are? We are only 3 games behind where we were at this time last year. The Twins, Sox and Tigers are all playing about 2 games better than their numbers would suggest they should play. I see a lot of people saying that this team is like 2004 and those years. In 2004 through 122 games in the season, we were 60-62. Right now we are 73-50. In 2003 we were 63-59. Despite Detroit playing out of their minds this year, we are only 5 games back in the loss column. So, you are telling me the difference between a team that "simply isn't that good" and one that is pretty awesome in the Tigers is only 5 games? But I respect your opinion. You make it without whining everytime something goes wrong. I disagree, but respect the fact that you don't make your feelings known one way or the other after every good or bad thing that happens. Nonetheless, I can think of 10 or 11 teams in the AL that would like to suck as much as we do.

There is a different whipping boy every few weeks or month. That's just the way it goes around here. There will always be somebody that most everybody is whining about. I remember many saying how they hoped we got rid of him in the offseason. First it was Garland, then Vazquez, then Buerhle, now Garcia. Hopefully that doesn't mean Jose is next but it wouldn't surprise me. By the end of the year I expect to see a seperate thread about everyone of our players being shipped out. It's hilarious.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) You ever played baseball? You ever watch Frank Thomas play in his prime? Good hitters get cheap hits when they shouldn't. Yes. I'm sure Morneau was trying to do that. He hits the ball very, very hard for his hits. He doesn't dink and dunk. He popped it up. It happens. Not anybodys fault. But I suppose everyone around here has to blame it on somebody.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:38 PM) May I add Pods is a better leadoff hitter than Sizemore, and Garcia means to throw a high curve? We're polar opposites though, so I'm not arguing anymore with you tonight. LOL. Let's not bring out all of the stupid stuff we've said. It would take me the rest of the night to compile for you.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:37 PM) That's far beyond the point. And after Morneau fouled off that ball low and away in the dirt, it was pretty obvious Cotts was overmatched. But he wasn't overmatched. He got him to pop up weakly. That's being overmatched?

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) cry me a river. Hey, doesn't matter to me. I said I feel sorry for them and the mods/owners/etc.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) Last 7 games: .273 average, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, OPS of .792. If he is the best player is baseball now, the game is in trouble. It's no use my friend. No use at all. They see only what they want to. QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) Sorry we miss you in the gamethreads giving us such wisdom like Buerhle is better than Santana. One, I never said it like that. Nice try. I said he was better up to that point in the year, which he was. That's all you've got? Two, how's Bobby Jenks doing this year?

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:34 PM) Really good posters = optimistic posters that agree with what you say? No, many of them were not very optimistic at all. They just didn't whine every 3 seconds when something went wrong like a 5-year old.

Morneau CRUSHED that ball. terrible job by Cotts and Ozzie. LOL. I feel sorry for all of the great posters/people on this board that don't come around here much anymore cause of what has happened to this board.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:31 PM) Do you lurk around this thread just to come in and try to start a fight with people who don't think this is the greatest team in history? Just reminding you of last year. Thought I remember seeing you say it wouldn't happen again. It isn't worth coming much anymore really. That's why all of the really good posters don't come to the game threads anymore. It's just a big whine fest from 5-year olds.

QUOTE(atrain081 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:30 PM) it doesn't change the fact that you put a man on base to get to the best hitter in the league with two outs. If cuddyer gets the hit, it's on cotts. this is squarely on ozzie He got him to pop it up. Ozzie did the job. Cotts did the job. I don't think any pitcher is good enough to direct where weak little pop ups go to.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:29 PM) Ha...11 out of the last 17 lefties to face Cotts have a hit. I honestly think this is the worst managed game I've ever seen....and that's hard to do with Ozzie. This sounds like last year all over again. I remember the Ozzie threads like they were just yesterday. Then when the season was over, I remember another thread that you started. How'd that go again...?

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:27 PM) Good job Ozzie! We don't deserve to make the playoffs. He got a weak little pop up. Happened exactly as they wanted. Unfortunately it just found a hole. Cuddyer coudl have done the exact same thing.