jphat007

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:44 PM) BS. You are playing a team that you maybe facing in October. You want to have the mental edge. And winning a game on August 8th would give you that? I hope our players aren't mental midgets like that.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:44 PM) You do know it's August 8th, right? I think even the optimistic posters on this site would say that you're belief we have no big games for the rest of the season is insane and naive. We are 13 games up. If we have anymore regular season "big games" it means we have choked like no other team in the history of MLB. In that case we don't deserve anything so it wouldn't matter. We are not going to lose this division. Not even close.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:42 PM) Wow. So we should treat this like a game against the Devil Rays? It's worth just as much. I'm sure the players are more excited to play the Yanks in Yankee Stadium, but its not a big game, unless they think they have something to prove, which would trouble me. Otherwise we have no big games until October.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:37 PM) Oh my! This isn't a big game? Going back to face the team you've been a big player on for your entire career? If this isn't a big game for Duque, he's half the competitor I thought he was. This is a big game for people who think we have something to prove, which we don't, or for people worried we won't win the division, which we will. I'm sure El Duque wants to win, but this is not a big game in any stretch of the imagination.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:35 PM) I'd personally rather not see him pitch in the postseason. I don't see why we can't just have the big 3 go. I didn't say I wanted him over the big 3. I sure as hell don't. But I wouldn't mind him going in game 4 of a 7 game series.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:32 PM) He's talking about the stuff he has now. His K numbers are way down from last season (one of the best exhibits of the stuff a guy has). He's had so many injury problems, that he has to throw with all guts a lot of the time. Please, please, please...don't tell me you think he's the same pitcher now that he was a few years ago? I think he can be. He pitches well when he wants to pitch well. In big games. This is not a big game.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:32 PM) Look at his postseason stats for the last 5 years, smartass. Yah, I know. They are awesome. When he starts to actually suck in the postseason, then you can say he's not a postseason pitcher anymore.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:27 PM) He's not half the postseason pitcher he was. He's not even close. And we need a f***ing offense, especially with Pods doing his impression of one of the worst leadoff hitters in baseball recently. We need a slugger before the waiver deadline passes. I agree. I mean look at his postseaon starts this year. All crap. He's nowhere near the postseaon pitcher he was, because you can only tell that by looking at his postseason starts, and man has he sucked in those this year....

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 05:14 PM) You want to bash people the first inning, open your eyes. He missed the tag. Rooney and Farmer said so. Jeter tagged him in the face. He definately tagged him. Whether it was in time or not would be the argument. It was close.

Unreal. What a play

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. I agree 100% He is not a starter. Shouldn't be consistently in the lineup as one. But I'd only take Iguchi or maybe Rowand on the team for a clutch pinch hit late.

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 07:15 PM) Iguchi is clutch... please no more Rowand is clutch crap... cause thats what it is crap. Rowand hits .333 with RISP. WTF are you talking about.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 09:12 PM) We won those games against Boston because we played solid fundamental baseball, got a lot of base runners, and were able to avoid the big inning. What's been killing us lately is that exact opposite of that. And when I'm referring to bullpens, I'm talking about being able to come from behind late in the game like we did so often against KC this year. You're right, Gordon/Rivera and Timlin/Schilling are just as bad as Sisco/Macdougal are. If you really think that the bullpens are similar, you're nuts. The Yankees and Red Sox have released a lot of the relievers that were killing their bullpen ERA. LOL. Nice try. :headshake

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 09:05 PM) Are you serious? We played awful in two games against them, and they beat us. We could have easily swept that series. The awful defense in the first game, and just terrible hitting early in the Saturday game cost us the chance of a sweep. But as bad as we played, according to you, we still took 2 out of 4 against the second best team in the AL when we are slumping at home. So why would we have a tougher time going on the road to Boston when we are much better on the road this year, and we have played decent in Boston the last couple of years. BTW, the next two teams we face are ranked 10th and 13th in the league right around KC and Tampa. So really, we are facing bullpens that are just as bad, but lets just ignore that

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) Who would have ever of thought we'd be excited about going on the road to NYY and Boston? The only chance this team has of not making the playoffs is if we have a prolonged slump. We're playing good enough teams for the next few weeks that if we play bad, they will beat us. We're not facing bullpens of Tampa or KC anymore. Boston didn't "beat" us when we played bad against them at home two weeks ago.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:41 PM) And I gave me reason why. I would love to analyze every single comment you make....but I'd rather just let it go. I don't want this board to be about people fighting with each other, and that's why I never make anything personal. If you disagree w/me...fine. That's because I don't spout off garbage and b**** after every at bat. If I did, I would expect someone to say somthing. None of this is personal. I'm just not going to sit here and let you throw out wrong info so you can b**** at the Sox.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:37 PM) Why do you make everything personal? I've gone out of my way not to go off on you. Find me something I said tonight that doesn't make sense? Still think Sexson sucks, after he looks to have the game winning RBI tonight? Where did I say Sexson sucks? You won't find it. 0 for 10 is not hot. .158 in last 7 games is NOT hot. You have absolutely no clue what you are talking about wrt anything.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:38 PM) Well, not always. Yah, that was only after he said Jenks shouldn't do two innings in a row.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:35 PM) Those Toronto pitchers we faced were brutal (I think even Rowand44 would say that). We've been losing to a lot of pitchers that we should be hitting harder than we have. Saarloos and Haren aren't exactly studs for Oakland. I wasn't talking to you. You b**** and whine about everything White Sox no matter what, so I'm not even going to bother anymore. And just so you know, Towers has 8 wins. Either dominant or crappy, and Matt Bush has given up 3 runs or fewer in 9 of his last 10 starts.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:29 PM) Offensive slumps happen for a weak or so, not 3 weeks or so. We faced 3 good Oakland pitchers. Three good Detroit pitchers. A couple of deceent Toronto pitchers. Listen. We've scored 5 or more runs at home in 10 of our last 15 home games. THAT IS NOT AN OFFENSIVE SLUMP. We just havne't been winning all the close games. It's just a little team slump, and in between, we've played great at home. You guys are crapping yourselves over nothing. We haven't had the right combination of offense and pitching at the same time at home over the past couple of weeks. Its a slump. Its only been 2 weeks worth of home games.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:27 PM) We've been slumping at home for a long time now. Our approach at home, compared to on the road, is so much different. And we are still 34-21 at home. It's a slump. It happens.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:24 PM) Question: Does anyone feel like this team has lost their swagger? It used to seem like we just expected to come from behind and win the game. Lately, it just doesn't seem to be there (not counting Baltimore). It's called a slump. Every team goes through one. We've been in a slump for the past couple of weeks and we are still 2 games over .500 in that time. They haven't lost anything.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 08:21 PM) bad news Jphat...Oakland is winning! Not a terribly bad thing. Hopefully they can move past LAA. I'd much rather play them in the first round.

Ill take that trade. Run for an out. Would have been 2nd and 3rd nobody out.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 07:38 PM) Just remember....I'm pretty sure no team had ever comeback from 3 games down in the playoffs to win a baseball series. Cleveland is not Boston. ANd Cleveland has to win a whole lot more than 4 in a row. Apples and Oranges.