tony72

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:59 PM) I love Crede, but he's hit into quite a few bases loaded double plays this year. So has Konerko..

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:55 PM) Awww yeah! Mark..please DO NOT GIVE THESE RUNS RIGHT BACK !! PLEASE !!

QUOTE(tony72 @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:53 PM) Wow! If we take the lead..it is so important for Mark to put up a zero..that is what has been killing this team and has been so demoralizing..we get 2..our pitchers give up 2 or 3..we get 3 and so on.. Please put up a goose egg Mark..

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:52 PM) I'm sure D. Jimenez has been picked off with that play. Sean Lowe says that it works. Wow!

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:51 PM) Holy crap! Two consecutive reaches!!! Is Uribe on the Twins now?

QUOTE(tony72 @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:46 PM) Mark looks decent today..hopefully this isn't one of those days our offense decides to take a nap... I think we win today..

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:45 PM) What difference does it make whether you're optimistic or pessmistic? It has no bearing on the team whatsoever. Mark looks decent today..hopefully this isn't one of those days our offense decides to take a nap...

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:43 PM) Apparently I told myself I wouldn't watch today after how bad I felt last night when we lost...what is wrong with me? Am I a glutton for punishment?

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 01:37 PM) Its nice to see them actually stealing. What ever happend to those days? are they coming back? Eh it doesnt matter, timely hitting doesnt exist for the 2006 White Sox.Uribe is such a selfish hitter...

Is it just me or does it seem like the year after either the White Sox or even the Cubs is always a let down? 1983 ..then 1984 was a let down.. 1993...then 1994 was the strike.. 2000..then 2001 was terrible.. Same for the Cubs 84 to 85..89 to 90..03 to 04...I think I read that neither team has every had back to back post season appearances.. I am not being negative..but even before this year started and a lot of people were chanting "Repeat!..Repeat!"...I knew realistically there was the possibility the season would be disappointing.. I am not saying that doesn't mean this is frustrating and hearbraking even..but I kind of was prepared just from the experience of Chicago's Baseball Teams the year after the playoffs.. If they make it..I'll be estatic..but if they don't..what can I do? I can only try not to let it bother me so much that it ruins my days..weeks, etc...you only live once.. Try not to take all this so hard..I have been watching this team for twenty years and there are so many ups and downs and I wish I hadn't let the bad times interfere with the enjoyment of my life.. Don't mean to be too philosiphical..but if you don't try to take the bad times with this team more in stride..you are not going to enjoy things you should enjoy in life.. Still..it's not over until the last day of the season..

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 10:12 PM) That was all Ozzie's fault. I am so mad at Uribe right now....and I feel bad for Dye...

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 10:09 PM) This is the worst loss for the White Sox since the game in 2003 that Loaiza started against the Twins when he had a cold. This one really hurts..

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 09:56 PM) It's like they're trying to find a way to make each successive loss more heart-breaking than the one before it. And succeeding. I just feel like the bottom of the 10th is going to be 3 guys swining at the most ridiculous pithces trying to be the hero and going out 1 2 3....

QUOTE(tony72 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 09:53 PM) I hope Uribe is benched a couple days..one good sign..Ozzie didn't leave the Count in to give up another 6 or so runs so we could at least still have a chance to win.. There's a guy on second in a tie games..where's NEAL COTTS?

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 09:51 PM) Lead off man on, not surprised if that happens. I hope Uribe is benched a couple days..one good sign..Ozzie didn't leave the Count in to give up another 6 or so runs so we could at least still have a chance to win..

QUOTE(TheOcho @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 09:48 PM) So Jenks staying in or ...? Brian saved us a couple of runs in the 9th remember... Juan is the one I am annoyed with tonight..we would already have a winner if it wasn't for his error... Plus..he just looks awful at his at bats...

Garland is a pitcher..not a bed wetter...take some notes you two...

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) Anderson coming in here? Ozzie loves his matchups, as Walker is much better against righties. Can we have a miracle and have Anderson get a hit? Briallant move Ozzie !

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:37 PM) Its a good thing is Mackowiak on 2nd. He the best baserunner on the team. Make him bunt with 2 strikes. He'll still probably take strike 3 looking. Mackowiak would be good in left field..just not center...Pods does just look tired and worn out this year..I wonder if it is married life?

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:31 PM) And you too Mack. Uribe cannot bunt ! Once again let's just give up an out Ozzie!!

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:05 PM) Wouldn't work, sorry. Taking a pitcher out early isn't the smartest thing for him, or for the team, and just hurts it in the long run. It takes confidence away from the pitcher (although thats probably overrated) and puts the rest of the game (which is 9 innings if you suggest taking the pitcher out after 2 consecutive singles) on the shoulders of the bullpen, which is used to covering what, 2 or 3 innings a game. Not only will the bullpen let up more runs than the starter would if he was kept in, but it would drain them for the next game, making Ozzie go to a worse pitcher (Riske, Cotts) at the end of the game since the others (Thornton, McCarthy, Jenks, MacDougal) are resting. I don't know that a bullpen can necessarily be overused..sometimes I think a bullpen can be underused like a muscle.. Sometimes a bullpen can get rusty if it doesn't pitch enough...maybe it might be better with more innings (not 8 of course every game) but 3 or even 4 sometimes..the pitchers might actually get stronger from the work.. As for confidence..I just hope in October we are not watching the Twins and other teams on TV in the playoffs and saying "well, we didn't make the playoffs but at least our pitchers have high self esteem ;O) )...they are making millions, they are there to help us win, not to be treated like Dr. Phil by the manager...

QUOTE(Balance @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 08:59 PM) Well, I just sent in my non-refundable playoff ticket money, so I guess I'm in. I wish I felt better about it, though. IN.. I will always be with this team..win or lose..even if they don't make the playoffs they are still my team.. But I think we might get in just because the problems the other teams have (Minny, Boston) not because we go .600 the rest of the way..but we go .530 and Minny goes .520 and Boston .500.. But I will continue to root for this team next year if they don't make it (and the year after that, 2008, etc.)...

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 08:55 PM) Lets see them pitch when they have to cover 8 innings a game. I am not saying every time pull the guy...just once - maybe the message would get through that - oh, it doesn't matter if you give up 7 or 8 runs..you stay until the 7th so we can rest the bullpen..maybe they might toughen up a little and not give up a ton of runs..I am not being reactionary..I know we are going to lose games like every team...I just think the leash is way too long on our starters. You want to win that game that day..not be worrying..well gotta rest so and so for the next game, series, etc. The focus should be on that game that day. I admit, it probably wouldn't work...but arent' you tired of seeing the same thing over and over again from our starters?

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 08:52 PM) If you want to have a bullpen pitching for the rest of the week, then you wouldn't do this. At least our bullpen can pitch...

A starter get pulled right away such as in the first inning when it is obvious they are going to lay an egg pitching that night.. Say for example tomorrow Freddy goes in the very first inning (after we give him an early 2 to 0 lead) and gives up back to back to back singles right away... I would love to see Ozzie or Cooper just go in and pull them then and there and just embarass the h--- out of that pitcher, although it would wear our bullpen..I would just love to see the message sent.this crap is not going to be tolerated! If you can't pitch you sit! What are we 'saving' our bullpen for if they always have to come in in the 7th or 8th down 4 or 5 runs? It might send a message to Freddy, Jose, Javier, etc to man the heck up and pitch !