tony72

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:40 PM) Time for Boone to get raped by the Indians again. Maybe it's our B players...Brian, Brandon, Boone.. no one whose name starts with a B allowed during a pennant chase..

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:39 PM) Now Boone can't throw a strike. Is this kid retarded? I'd kick him in the f***ing head if I were down there. I don't blame Ozzie as a manager..but his bullpen handling has been questionable at times.. Sti I love Ozzie for what he did last year..

QUOTE(G&T @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:35 PM) He had like 2 good outings when he got here, then he sucked. And he still sucks. I just don't understand..this team is a better one than last year...it just seems like all the pieces we have don't fit together..they don't play as a team..one side is good one day (pitching) and our offense takes a nap (hitting) ..then vice versa.. Last year everything just gelled together and everyone worked as a unit...this year..the pitchers get mad at our hitters for not scoring enough runs, poor defense, etc..and so on.. I don't understand..this team is way too talented..30 games over .500 the first three months then a losing record the 2nd half..it doesn't make sense..

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:31 PM) It's funny because our good relievers are really f'ing good, but our bad relievers are unbelievably bad. Exactly.. and it always seems like our bad ones come in in the close games or pressure situations when runners are on...

QUOTE(SoxnGiants @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:30 PM) Games not over yet. We can still come back in the bottom. Yes..one run deficit I think we have a chance..just don't let this runner on 2nd score...

QUOTE(G&T @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:26 PM) Thornton and MacDougal have pitched consecutive games. Bobby hasn't looked all that good and nobody else can pitch. Oz is really in a bad spot now. BMac has been awful. Neil Cotts..soon to be 5 to 2...

QUOTE(tony72 @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:18 PM) Every game from now on is important... One thing I notice from Anderson..when his job was on the line and it looked as if he would be sent down..he was more patient at the plate..taking pitches, drawing walks, etc..but now that the Sox have stood beside him..he is going back to a Uribe like approach at the plate..swinging like crazy at every pitch and striking out...

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:18 PM) must win game?? whats everyone's take. Every game from now on is important...

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:17 PM) A run would be nice. I think we win this game in bottom of the 9th..

QUOTE(BearSox @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 02:59 PM) comeon, change up javy, don't be stupid I love HAWK..but if I hear him say Johan CYTANA one more time I will throw my TV out the window...

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 02:45 PM) Walking would not be a bad thing for Thome. or URIBE..or ANDERSON..

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 02:40 PM) He's been real bad lately. Iguchi singles...maybe we can have DYE BUNT him to 2nd with two outs since Ozzie loves bunting so much..

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 02:38 PM) Little League Anderson at the dish. I was just about to type that he has been good lately..but then I just saw him swing at that pitch for strike three

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) It really is astonishing, isn't it? I've never seen anything like it. I think in his last 7 or so starts we have LED going into the 6th and TRAILED after the 6th... That is just demoralizing...

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 02:31 PM) C.C. has only thrown 63 pitches, as our offense has mailed it in after the first two batters. WHY IS COTTS WARMING UP!?!?!?!

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 02:28 PM) PULL HIM! He deserves this after that pathetic 3-2 slider to Marte this inning. I say leave him in..let him work through this...but this is ridiculous every time he pitches - like Groundhog Day...

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 04:30 PM) No Hawk... I like Black Jack alot though. He and Ventura would be a nice 1-2 in the booth. I am listening now..now DJ is the talking one much like Hawk..McDowell is so laid back.. Could McDowell end up being a regular broadcaster for the White Sox?

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 10:52 PM) So now AJP is bunting? So we can go into extra innings!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 02:19 PM) Buddy Ryan had more to do with the Bears winning the Super Bowl than Ditka. Buddy leaves and the rest of the Ditka reign is dissappointment. Ozzie managed a world championship team. Nobody can ever take that away from him. My problem is now you see him on ads, television specials, and popping off in the media about something almost daily. I don't know how many times I've heard him say his job is to win games. I just wish he'd put all the side stuff away, and concentrate on finding ways to help the White Sox win games. He is the same kind of huge personality Ditka is. He is loyal to "his people" just like Ditka, his tactical game decisions appear questionable, just like Ditka, and all the stuff that came with winning in a title-starved town seems to have, at least to me, made him lose his focus just like Ditka. Ozzie can get it back. He'll never be a genius in-game manager IMO. But he can get his focus back. Ditka loved the spotlight and 21 years later it still shines on him. Ozzie loves it too, but he's not going to be able to maintain his popularity with bad seasons, the one difference between him and Da Coach. It is easy to question a manager's in game decisions after they are made. Hindsight is 20/20. Last year Neal Cotts and Cliff Politte came in from the bullpen and almost always never let the base runners score. This year it is completely the opposite. If the Sox are leading by one run and Ozzie puts in a usually dependabe reliever who comes in and gives up a home run..it is easy to criticize a manager after. It is not Ozzie's fault if a guy does not come in and do the job he is supposed to do.. Is it Ozzie's fault Freddy, Jose and Mark's era are up by over a run from last year? It's not his fault if players are not doing what they are making millions to do... The only criticism I have with Ozzie is some of the off field and on field antics that may distract from the game at hand. One move he did make I did not like was back when the Sox were playing the Rangers on a Sunday and had already lost the first two games of the series. The Sox were only leading 1 to 0 at the time and Ozzie berated Garland in the dugout for not hitting the Texas batter. They were on a losing streak with only a one run lead ! and what if Garand had been tossed from that game because Ozzie had to "settle a score" with Buck Showalter. Garland was the only dependable starter at the time and it seemed it was more important for Ozzie to be Tony Soprano than win the game. This is my only criticism of him..his actions that take away from the game. But his decisions in the game..every manager makes poor in game decisions..look at Joe Torre in 2003...do you go to your job every day and make the perfect decisions 100% of the time on your job or do you sometimes make mistakes?

QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 11:20 AM) Yep, I agree 100% as well. Well said. I agree too..he was part of the formula that helped bring us a championship for the first time in 88 years..yes he has made mistakes this year but so does every singe manager ! For those who want Ozzie gone..let's remember some names.. Jerry Manual Terry Bevington Gene Lamont... Are you sure you want Ozzie to leave?

Jermaine Dye is quickly becoming my favorite player not only on this years team but one of the top Sox players since I have been a Sox fan... Cheers here for Jermaine Dye !!! Way to Go Jermaine !!

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 09:23 PM) My point is.........fairweather fans will almost always says Jim Thome cause he's the new big bopper and every one knows him. Anyone that followed this team in and before 2005 has witnessed the magic that is Crede. And most will say Crede. I don't hate fairweather fans. They get us free agents and create more of a demand for the Sox, which is always good. I will be a Sox fan if they never win the World Series again....I was one for 33 years before they won one to begin with... And I believe that even if they don't make the playoffs the days of under 2 million are over....we should always draw well over 2 million as long as we are contenders...plus the season ticket base for the next few years will still be twice of what it was pre 2005 so all games will still have 20,000 plus no matter what.. The future of this franchise is a very bright and healthy one even if they miss the playoffs this year..the problem is that the American League is really competitive right now..a lot of teams are going to win 90 + games the next few seasons and not make the playoffs in the AL while NL teams will be going to the postseason with 82 wins..... 23 games over .500 is not a bad team....they have not played great lately - but please..this is not a bad season if you win 94 games...

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 09:23 PM) My point is.........fairweather fans will almost always says Jim Thome cause he's the new big bopper and every one knows him. Anyone that followed this team in and before 2005 has witnessed the magic that is Crede. And most will say Crede. I don't hate fairweather fans. They get us free agents and create more of a demand for the Sox, which is always good. I will be a Sox fan if they never win the World Series again....I was one for 33 years before they won one to begin with... And I believe that even if they don't make the playoffs the days of under 2 million are over....we should always draw well over 2 million as long as we are contenders...plus the season ticket base for the next few years will still be twice of what it was pre 2005 so all games will still have 20,000 plus no matter what.. The future of this franchise is a very bright and healthy one even if they miss the playoffs this year..the problem is that the American League is really competitive right now..a lot of teams are going to win 90 + games the next few seasons and not make the playoffs in the AL while NL teams will be going to the postseason with 82 wins..... 23 games over .500 is not a bad team....they have not played great lately - but please..this is not a bad season if you win 94 games...

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 02:06 PM) Our left fielders could learn from Ford on that play, as he sprinted back to where the ball would land. Good AB Juan. Uribe is so good at working the count ..

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 02:03 PM) Well done Mark! Our leadoff hitter's starting this inning. YEAA ! We scored and didn't give them back !! YEA !!!