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QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 09:07 AM) And according to Mr. Reifert's blog, "As of 9 am, just 500 tickets remain for today's game. Sales for the four-game Boston series remain brisk, so act soon if you intend to attend." 31 k last night is going to be the lowest of the homestand, how awesome is that??

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 09:00 AM) We'll see how Randy "1st Ballot HoF" Johnson is pitching come October. I would like to believe ours will "blow theirs out of the water" but there are some very good pitchers on their staffs who know the regular season is just meant to get to the dance, not a goal in itself. Think about Johnson - Mussina at Yankee Stadium and tell me Buerhle - Garland would "blow them out of the water". More accuratly we are talking edge or slight edge. Giambi v. Konerko Cano v. Jeter v. Uribe A-Rod v. Crede Matsui - Williams - Sheffield vs. Dye - Rowand - Pods Currently the Yankees have more .300 than any other starting lineup. They are still very potent and getting better. Johnson sucks this season and he's 10-6. Moose is in decline and he doesn't scare me at all. RJ is still decent but he's not what he used to be. Honestly I believe our pitching does kill there's, the only thing they have on us pitching wise is Rivera imo. Why'd you leave Iguchi out vs Cano that wasn't cool. Difference of opinion, agree to disagree

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 08:58 AM) my girlfriend bought me one since i said you never let me have one. it was scrumptious Cotton Candy rocks don't let anyone tell you differnent.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 08:56 AM) The problem is that you have to get Carl Everett ABs somehow. He has been by far the most clutch player on this team in 2005. I completely agree, problem is scott has hit lefties fantastic this year, is probably the most valuable player of this team offensively and overall has just been awesome. Right now with Frank really looking lost Carl should be in there instead of Frank for his 2nd day of starting in a row instead of sitting out Pods. Let me add I think ozzie's done an absolutely fantastic job of working Carl in there, I just personally think Scott needs to be out there everyday.

QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 08:51 AM) By the way, we have lost 5 of our last 6 at home, which is kinda hard to believe. Damn A's

QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 08:50 AM) Lineup: Ozuna 3b Guch Frank Konerko Everett LF Dye Rowand Widger Uribe Pods is really starting to become a platoon player, this makes no sense at all to me. Anytime there is a lefty out there now scotty has the day off.

Hopefully Freddy does what he did against Cleveland and we take the series, GO SOX!!!!!!

Willie Mays is the one guy I would have loved to watch play.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 07:25 AM) Player by player we lose to the Yankees and Red Sox I completely disagree with this. Overall their lineups are better then the Sox but our pitching staff blows both of their's out of the water.

This team's light years better then the 2000 team and I'm not trying to knock that team. That was also a fun year but overall they have nothing on the 05 team.

There's no downside to being 12 games up.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 11:25 PM) Well we have a nice big lead in our division. And you can make mistakes with a 99-100 mph fastball that you cant make with a 53 mph frisbee. If he doesnt walk the world, he can be filthy in a short set. I completely agree but with Bobby's history I'd prefer to take it slower with him, don't want to mess his mind up again, he's got to special of an arm to mess with his head. Now, if Dustin does go down and Bobby proves he can just absolutely dominate then sure give him a shot but that's only if he proves what he can do up here for a while and if Dustin's hurt. Hermy doesn't throw 100 like Bobby but he's blown 1 save and has been absolutely fantastic, he shouldn't lose his job because of an injury.

I'll say this again, if Jose throws like he did today(meaning he has good control) he won't get hit hard very much, he'll be pretty dominating for the most part. Some times you just have to tip your cap to the opposition and this is one of those cases, they hit a pitcher hard that usually doesn't get hit.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 11:17 PM) Reading tomorrow's tribune article, it looks like Jenks might be the closer sooner, rather than later. That's an interesting article. They really love Bobby, there's nothing not to love about his arm, if he throws strikes the way he did he's going to be outstanding. Problem with making him the closer this year is most likely he'll have some growing pains but who the hell knows, stranger things have happened.

QUOTE(KJean @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 09:43 PM) Thank you! And I have a question, if anyone is still reading this thread. I've noticed that for both yesterday's game (7/18) and tonight's game (7/19) Crede has been batting without any gloves. And as far as I can remember he always uses gloves at bat. Is there any reason for the change? And does this have any effect on his success at bat? Just wondering! Yup, I noticed that too. Maybe he just feels more comfortable at the plate without batting gloves, I'm not sure the reason though.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:55 PM) Rowand stop copying everything I say. Yeah, wtf is going on, everything I'm saying in my posts you're beating me to it.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:52 PM) Over Schilling, Clement, Wells Miller? Schilling hasn't proven he's healthy, Wells isn't very good at this point, ditto Miller. As for Clement his era keeps on going up and up, 2nd time around the league he's going to get hit much harder, I think JC's era will be lower by the end of the season.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:50 PM) Hell yeah. So what's your problem?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:46 PM) Ok let's see here. On Baltimore he would be. Texas yes. Arizona yes. Almost any team in a pitchers park would have him in their rotation, because he wouldn't give up as many HR's. Just answer this, at the end of last year, if JC had an ERA of just above 4 at this point, would you have taken it? Add Boston in there as well.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:42 PM) It also means that he can develop, and that we probably won't have to sign a closer off the FA market again for quite a while if all goes well. I've said this before but having Bobby, Damaso, Neal, Hermy, Cliff, and now im even happy to have viz back for next year just makes me extremely thrilled, the bullpen is in fantastic shape for this year and next.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:32 PM) Which is unfortunately something that a lot of White Sox fans don't have a great deal of. I'm not going to lie and say it's an easy thing to do but you have to, that's the only way young players are going to learn and get better. Hell, look at Jenks, I love what they're doing with him, he might take a few lumps this year but this learning experience will give him a shot to be a key cog to next years club and he's got a shot to be an absolutely dominate reliever, he's special and you can't give up on him if he gets wild this year or gets hit a bit this year, cause those things probably will happen, doesn't mean he won't be a great reliever some day cause he's got a great shot to be one.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:26 PM) And yet when he came up to the majors he struggled like McCarthy. See the comparison, and the benefits we're seeing with Cotts now? By the way in Neal's very short first stint he had an era of 8.10, bmac 8.14 so basically the same damn thing. Have patience.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:24 PM) And Neal Cotts didn't pitch in AAA ball, he came straight from Birmingham. He has never pitched in Charlotte. Damn aussy beat me to it.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:21 PM) Contrary to Cotts, BMac never had previous AAA success Neal never pitched in aaa, try again.