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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 10:07 PM) But we all assumed he would be replaced by a major league bat and not Mark Kotsay. And they tried and got outbid. Sometimes players dont automatically want to come to the Sox. In fact at the deadline, KW tried AGAIN to bring a serious bat into the lineup, once again denied.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:33 PM) Before the game, wasn't Ozzie saying something about how he couldn't have Thome on this roster? What a joke he is at times (when it comes to his stupid man-crushes) 99 percent of the people on here didnt want Thome back while watching him last season. Hindsight is a fun game.

2 dogs. Brody (Rotty) and Sari (boxer, lab, shar pei) I named Brody that because of Mallrats back in the day. His initial name was going to be Ventura, but it was deemed too long.

Since when does Comcast block bit-torrent? I get on there all the time.

s***, is it out already? Dammit, going to game stop now.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 12:40 PM) Keep trying to convince me the next NBA Championship has yet to be decided. Because they havent played it yet, and I plan on hitting all three of them with a Volkswagen.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) <!--quoteo(post=2234781:date=Aug 10, 2010 -> 11:51 AM:name=Balta1701)-->QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 11:51 AM) <!--quotec--> DUMP HIS ASS!! SHe's too cute to be letting balls hit her (ok, insert your own joke there) Her face is beat, but thats what she gets dating a guy who wears a sideways flat-brimmed camo hat.

Chris Carter is being promoted today to the big league squad. 27 HR in AAA.

Honestly, Zapatista has my favorite steak last I checked, but im sure thats a little fancier than you were looking for.

f***. So soon.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 10:22 AM) With Dayan's inability to walk, I won't get too upset if he's sent to triple A for Teahen as long as Teahen gets the at bats of Kotsay at this point. We have some hitting LHP issues right now though between the DH spot if Dayan continues to look like he did last night and LHP expose his free swinging ways (or is sent to AAA soon, which is likely), RF, CF to a lesser degree (Rios has actually been better against RHP. although not terrible against LHP), and obviously C if AJ plays. As for the AJ point, there could be something to that. Plus, if you include last nights games, 3 of the next 4 going in were against left handed pitchers (Perkins and Liriano pitch Wednesday and Thursday), so maybe we wanted to get him in there against one of them? But I just think Castro should be playing against every left handed pitcher we see. I'm guessing Ramon only plays against one of the two lefties in the Minnesota series, but I hope I'm wrong. The book is out on Dayan. Up and in, he swings. Doesnt lay off any high heat, and cant hit it.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 10:11 AM) I actually don't have as much of an issue with our everyday lineup as most people here do. We don't have many great choices because we basically have a bad offense which is numerically boosted into a mediocre one by our home ballpark. If Mark Teahen takes the at bats of Mark Kotsay when he returns (which I doubt he will since Kotsay is already getting way more at bats than he should be, but I will try not to make that complaint again until it actually happens), the only major beef I'd have left with Ozzie's everyday lineups is that Ramon Castro should be playing every game we face a left handed pitcher, like last night. My issue isn't as much with the lineups as it is how the offense is managed in games, such as the bunting thing last night. I was wondering why Castro didnt play, maybe it had something to do with Jackson wanting AJ behind the plate? That was confusing to me as well. If Teahen doesnt take Kotsay's at bats, I will go nuts. He's a MUCH better hitter than Kotsay, especially at this point.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) Of course there are, but haven't you heard that baseball is 60% skill and 40% luck? And 0% lineup calculators.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:55 AM) It's not that hard to run the lineup experiment. You put the current lineup into a lineup optimizer, see how many runs it averages. You put the lineup you want into a lineup optimizer, see how many runs it averages. I've done this before, the lineup I put in there scored around .2 runs more than Ozzie's lineups. That's mostly because he likes hitting Kotsay 6th. Over a whole season, that lineup that averages .2 runs more scores 32 more runs. That's a big difference. I hate this argument. There are WS winning teams that arent "optimized". Lineup calculators have next to zero value to me, and probably pretty much all of professional baseball.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:55 AM) You don't bunt when your best basestealer is on base. You especially don't do it late in the game. And you double especially don't do it when the man you are having give himself up is hitting .323 since the all star break (Alexei), the man behind him has an OPS of .656 since said break (Rios), and if you get that man out, you can walk the best player on the team (Konerko, who has a 1 OPS since the break) to put the inning in the hands of a man hitting .174 since the all star break (Quentin). These are concepts that any idiot could understand. You don't bunt your best basestealer to 2nd, and you don't take the bat out of the hands of two red hot hitters to put the inning in the hands of two ice cold ones. Thats a good start, alot better than just "he sucks" or "he's stupid."

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:47 AM) I'm not smart enough to manage a baseball team, not even remotely close, and I am guessing the same can be said for most posters here. Which is why it concerns me that Ozzie makes mistakes so elementary that even most of us here can obviously recognize them. So why dont you just put yours out there. It's one thing to continue to keep saying something is wrong, its another to try and put something out there that you think is right. Based on your critique of Ozzie, it most likely would be better than what he puts out there and the moves he makes in the game. i'll edit this so you dont once again think im being "pissy" and attacking you. One of your main points was that Ozzie makes terrible lineups. How about you start with that? Just post the lineup you think you would want that day, and everyone else can put theirs as well. It's pretty low risk for criticism since you cant really prove what would have been better.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) You were defending Jenks or trying to make a point of all the "negativity" or something like that. And you wouldn't be depending on Konerko and Rios, you'd be depending on Quentin and Rios. Nobody in their right mind would pitch to Konerko with a base open. Still two of our best hitters, especially with runners in scoring position. It couldnt be a more ideal situation.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:38 AM) Oooh, you're extra pissy today. Do you work for the Sox btw, or is it just some close friends that do who you feel you must stand up for? I was being serious, its a pretty good experiment. You seem to think his rosters and in game moves are crappy, I think its worth putting your opinions out there. Sorry for suggesting it.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:36 AM) Pierre will only fail 25% of the time. That's like saying the guy hitting .750 is a bad hitter and shouldn't be allowed to hit in big situations. Sure, it's contextual and you don't always do one thing or the other, but it seems like Ozzie is always bunting Pierre over. And can we please stop trying to defend Jenks? Putz has been a hell of a lot better than Bobby this year. People have more patience with him. Who's defending Bobby in that post? The collective Soxtalk attitude after a tough loss is either DFA someone, fire Ozzie, or talk about how much KW sucks for not putting a good team on the field. Its par for the course. And I usually hate bunting for that reason above, but with the ridiculous mud pit that took shape at first base and the confidence that I have that Rios and Konerko could get a hit with a man in scoring position, I wasnt very upset with bunting with Alexei there. Honestly I would have rather put on the hit and run if I had Omar up at bat.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:28 AM) He's just not a very good manager. I know the 2005 forever people will never come to my side on this one, but Ozzie not only loves running into outs and makes poor lineups, but he also chooses to not run so often on the rare occasion he actually should (with a fast guy like Pierre on base in close and late situations). The idea of offensive baseball is to not make outs, because you only get 27 of them a game. Yeah, having people that can run is nice, but at the end of the day, the more people you have on base and the less outs you give away, the more likely you are to score. It's a simple concept, but also one that Ozzie Guillen cannot grasp. You should start your own thread called WSF101's managerial debut and put in all the starting lineups and actual moves during the game that you would use. Then let us all critique said moves and rosters as you go along.

Those O's have a horseshore up their collective asses. I've never seen so many gork shots, bleeders and ridiculous plays win a series for a s*** team like that. It happens, move on to the actual important series of the week.

You're about 15 posts with great information about the weakness of flash too late Strange.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:29 AM) Should Bill Mueller have bunted? Really? I'm not going to go and research all of the great bunts in WS history, because its a waste of time. You know its the correct move to get a player into scoring position at any cost in that situation. And the Red Sox are gay anyway.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) Simon was absolutely shaken....his mannerisms, his control, everything about his demeanor on the mound was screaming "take me the f*** out of this game, Buck". Did you see how quickly Showalter ran out to the mound to get Simon? He was ecstatic that Ozzie made the decision for him. I'm fine with Vizquel PH but not when doing so forces a move that is a positive for the other team. And the bunts, you spend enough time on this board to know that this has been a sore subject for several seasons and, imo, the argument is much stronger this season when you have the league leader in SB being sacrificed to 2nd base. If he steals 2nd it gives you one more opportunity for the middle of the order to get that hit you were referring to and, ya know, "considering the offense this series", we shouldn't be giving away outs. Simon wasnt shaken enough that he couldnt throw 3 fastballs up to Viciedo which would have him screwing himself down into the dirt. IN that situation you want a hitter up that give you the best chance to win the game regardless of the other team's pitching decision. Vicedo wasnt that guy, especially last night. I could have struck Dayan out last night.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:11 AM) Taking out Viciedo was the right move. Alexei bunting with Pierre on 1b late in the game with Weiters behind the plate is a terrible move. Even poorly planned plays will have some probability of still working, bragging when they do is the same as thinking "hey, i won on this slot machine, I'm going to triple my bet next game!" It has nothing to do with who is behind the plate. Stolen bases were extremely hard to come by this series, especially since the Baltimore grounds crew turned the area around 1st base into a mud pit. I would rather take the sure thing and give my #3 and #4 hitters chances to hit a single and drive in a run. If that was the 7th game in the WS and you NEEDED a runner in scoring position no matter what, you definitely bunt the guy over there, and thats why the Sox did it that night. It was the correct move.