South Side Fireworks Man

Good that we won tonight and beat a good pitcher. I just wish the Sox had more speed. A man on 2B for the Sox is not a man in scoring position most of the time. And they rarely can move from first to third on a hit to RF. It's rough when you face a pitcher with the second lowest BAA in the league and string three solid basehits together followed by a long fly ball to RF and come away with nothing. Still, they won!

QUOTE(Brian @ May 25, 2007 -> 09:30 AM) I don't get the connection to Guillen. I doubt Guillen ever threatened someone's life like that. I don't see any connection to Guillen either. Anyway, how does Dukes threatening someone's life make Guillen look like a loser?

Too bad the Twins would never consider trading Torii to the divisional rival White Sox.

X Rays on AJ's hand negative. He's day to day.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 20, 2007 -> 08:09 PM) Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing Terrero getting sent down and Owens getting called up to play LF everyday. He has a good OBP, BB, and SB numbers. Like to see that average higher though. Plus, you never know. He could be our leadoff guy for a couple years. The only problem with that is then we wouldn't have a competent backup CFer.

As I've said before, I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with some of the posters here. Sure we all get frustrated when the Sox don't play well, but people were advocating Fire Sales and blowing the team up when they were playing over .500, only 3-4 games out of first in early May, even while most of the team was hitting way below their career norms. Unbelieveable. It's as if most of these people never went through an entire 162 game baseball season before. A lot of posters here are an embarassment to true Sox fans if other team's fans ever lurk here and read their whinning.

The past week has shown that Sweeney is not ready yet to be a big league starter, and sitting him on the bench would be the worst thing for him at this point. I'm glad Ozzie started him as much as he did the past few weeks, but now I think they made the correct move by sending him back to AAA.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ May 19, 2007 -> 07:14 PM) You little kids have no idea how to love a team. It either win everything or nothing for you. When we win a game it's "YEAH"!!! When we lose it's "Fire EVERYONE!!!" You are too bi-polar. You are obviously a young, spoiled group who grew up under a Bulls Championship dynasty. I grew up in an era where Chicago had NO championships for the longest time. Instead of savoring it...you spit it out and wanted seconds. You have no clue what's its like to wait your whole life for ONE Championship. You got it and you greedy, ungrateful lot demand 162-0 seasons since. Can you be disappointed by a loss...yes. But, there is a balance to being a TRUE fan. Big deal what Cubs fans think. They are going on 100 years without tasting what we tasted a year and half ago. I'm sorry...TRUE White Sox fans DO NOT act the way the unfortunate vocal ones on this board act.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 19, 2007 -> 06:03 PM) A firesale hurts this team for a lot longer than you guys think. Sure it gives you some talent, that may or may not help you. But a fire sale will kill attendance. A fire sale + cubs doing well will bury it. It will taper off later this year. If we are fielding a rebuilding team next year, they will see less renewals on the ticket plans. And without that revenue, the salary of our team will drop. Its a vicious circle. Hopefully they can turn this around. You are absolutely correct. The Sox need to add a couple of key pieces in the next month or two, not subtract. Since the Sox don't have anything in their minor league system to help, they must overpay financially to fill holes. This is why they should be looking to pick up a couple of high priced guys by taking on some contracts while giving up little in talent in return. The Sox have been playing like crap and they're still over .500 and well within reach of first place with a lot of time to go. If they would only start playing up to their career norms, they would be right up there near the top. Adding a couple of key pieces can put them over the top. A fire sale would only guarantee the end of the current WS window and would guarantee nothing for the next few years. The Sox have to keep attendance up this year so they have the resources to replace the guys everyone is saying need to be replaced for next year. There is no one in the farm system that will help, so they need to pay for top tier talent. They have to operate like a big market team.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 19, 2007 -> 04:46 AM) And you would trust KW to rebuild this team? Why? Let's say they lose Buehrle and Dye as Free Agents...do you really trust KW to rebuild, when we've had so many blown first round draft picks and busts in our farm system? KW has a good track record as Sox GM. And if they lose a couple of free agents, they can also sign a couple of free agents. I just hope the Sox can win today, because if this team ever loses two in a row again, some people here will be ready to throw in the towel again and clamor for a fire sale.

Piss and moan.....piss and moan.....

Javy did that on purpose.

Indians lost to A's 8-2.

QUOTE(Hanky Panky @ May 11, 2007 -> 10:55 PM) does anyone know EXACTLY what D.J. said? He was doing a plug for the Lo-Jack "Caught Stealing" spot while a sox runner was on first base. Then he said something along the lines of "let's hope it (caught stealing) doesn't happen here. If he is going to try to steal, just let him steal the vehicle." Something like that.

May 11, 2007 Rumor control: In a May 6 column by a national baseball writer for the Boston Globe, the idea was postulated concerning Mark Buehrle being part of some White Sox purge at the non-waiver trade deadline if the team fell out of contention. After all, Buehrle could leave in the offseason through free agency. But on Friday, Williams scoffed at the notion that he would approach the White Sox with any other idea aside from making this group stronger. "If I'm ever told to think in different terms, I don't know, it's going to be a little difficult," Williams said of being told to trade off important pieces of his squad. "I've always thought of adding to the puzzle, not taking away from the puzzle. "We've positioned ourselves to where if something is missing or we have another injury and we have to go out in the market, we're in the position with some of the things we did last offseason to go ahead and be a player in whatever the market is at that point." Baseball's current parity leaves Williams believing trades involving significant pitching or impact position players are not in the offing.

The plot thickens: Ozzie on Sweeney Of course Ozzie says a lot of things. I hope Sweeney continues to play well and we'll see how this plays out.

QUOTE(Wanne @ May 10, 2007 -> 08:47 PM) How bout Gooch sits once in a while and Pablo plays second. Sounds like a plan.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ May 10, 2007 -> 02:41 PM) And all of this is with: Kong at 0.210 Dye at 0.200 Gooch at 0.220 AJP at 0.238 Crede at 0.221 Uribe not available for all games at 0.220 Thome not available for all games Watch out AL Central.....I see some crooked #s coming up from our O very soon. You got that right! Hopefully those listed above start hitting close to their norms before they're all sold off in the great "Fire Sale."

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 10, 2007 -> 08:54 AM) Sweeney is ready for this level. He is that good. He needs to keep producing and make them keep him here. Ditto all that.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 9, 2007 -> 07:10 PM) Nobody's clamoring for a fire sale...I'm just saying that it's likely to happen if we don't show some positive signs of breaking out of this, and soon. No, two days ago you said "In two more days fire sale talk will pick up." QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 10, 2007 -> 04:26 PM) Can we sell off some of our posters to NSBB and Redszone.com? Maybe in two more days, unless they start showing some positive signs.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 9, 2007 -> 07:17 AM) Yeah, now these were the over-reaction type threads I had been missing! I'd hate to be in a foxhole with some of these guys. How can a rational person go into a season supposedly with high hopes and then panic after the team plays .500 a month into the season??? The mark of a good team (and a good manager BTW) is how they weather the rough times that come to every team in almost every season. If these people think there is no way the Sox can overcome a .500 start with none of their hitters hitting and four and a half months to go they are just showing they have no understanding of a Major League Baseball season. And one more thing about having a "Fire Sale." If the Sox continue to fall behind while guys like Dye, Iguchi, Crede, etc. are hitting and playing well, then it may make sense to white flag it and get a good return on some of these guys while their value is high. But as for now, trying to sell off guys who are batting .200 will get you nothing and it makes no sense when the team is playing .500 ball even while they are not producing. Since the Sox have played .500 ball during a tough stretch of their schedule while their key guys are either injured or batting around .200, wouldn't anybody here want to see what they will do when these guys start hitting at their career norms before clamoring for a fire sale???

QUOTE(SoxAce @ May 8, 2007 -> 10:56 PM) Wasn't there a thread like this not too long ago? It's the same thread over and over.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ May 8, 2007 -> 10:34 PM) That was a hell of a throw. Soriano would have looked good playing LF and leading off for the Sox this year. QUOTE(RME JICO @ May 8, 2007 -> 10:27 PM) Seriously, after this game no one can honestly defend Guillen managerial skills/acumen. No way. Just bring up Shines already. Let the Razor Shines era begin.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ May 8, 2007 -> 10:45 PM) I know this lost was tough, but this thread is ridiculous. Two days? Please. I'll agree with Showtime in saying that if we play s***ty these next couple weeks, then I can see this organization thinking differently next month even though I would give it a month and a half/ two months tops. Thank you.

This is why Ozuna must be in the lineup. A Sox runner going from first to third!!!