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QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 12:40 AM) No dis to the Illini, but they mentioned last year's basketball team and did not mention anything White Sox!!!??? What a joke. :fyou They mentioned the El Train and McDonald's with no mention of the Sox. I find both of those more offensive and upsetting.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 23, 2005 -> 12:29 AM) Are you talking about ESPN's 50 in 50? I just saw that segment and there was no mention of anything White Sox. Unreal. Correct on all counts.

Broadway's 2005 Year to Date stats: 1-1 2.83 ERA 9 G 9 GS 0 CG 0 SHO 47.2 IP 51 H 18 R 15 ER 3 HR 18 BB 51 K 1.38 WHIP 9.63 K/9

In his last 3 starts, Brandon is 2-0, and has lowered his ERA by 1/3 of a run, allowing only 13 H, 2 BB, and 5 R, all earned, striking out 15 in his 18 1/3 innings of work. McCarthy's 2005 Year to Date Statistics: 2005 Charlotte IL 22 AAA 6-7 4.11 ERA 19 G 18 GS 0 CG 0 SHO 111.2 IP 98 H 52 R 51 ER 16 HR 31 BB 120 K 9.67 K/9 1.16 WHIP 2005 Chi White Sox AL 22 MLB 0-1 7.17 ERA 4 G 4 GS 0 CG 0 SHO 21.1 IP 23 H 17 R 17 ER 6 HR 8 BB 15 K 6.33 K/9 1.45 WHIP

Chris Young has made his way up most lists. I don't know who is higher on BA's list, but I've seen a couple other lists that had Young rated higher.

I'd like to see the Sox make a run at Chipper Jones or Melvin Mora if either becomes available, and B.J. Ryan or Billy Wagner if either becomes available. That would give the Sox a legit closer, and an offensive upgrade at 3B.

For you guys that are saying that there was no mention of the White Sox, to be accurate, they made a brief mention of the White Sox having the best record in the AL when they showed the graphic that said how long it had been since each Chicago team other than the Flubs had gone without a playoff series win. I do however agree that they had absolutely nothing in terms of White Sox history or players or tradition in it, and that that is complete bulls***. I think Mac, Jurko, and Harry might hear from a certain Sox fan about it in their Critics at Extra Large segment tommorrow.

I hope Felix Hernandez gets pushed back a day for you.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 21, 2005 -> 09:32 PM) Great win! Small ball?? hmmm. Well, JD DID get a bunt single.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Aug 21, 2005 -> 08:31 PM) An admin should totally rig this poll.... You mean like when Luis Vizcaino had 1000027 (probably not the exact number) votes which was something like 358% of the vote in the poll on who should be sent down to Charlotte?

Okay, so the Sox have lost a few games in a row. This has dropped their record to a MISERABLE 74-45 and their divisional lead to a MICROSCOPIC 9.5 games. This, of course, is more than just cause to panic, so I don't blame you for doing so, but I think that as a whole, we should have a little more confidence in a team that until recently owned baseball's best record for about 3 1/2 months straight.

He's on our team, so he sucks by default, because the Sox are the worst team in baseball.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 19, 2005 -> 09:36 AM) hahahah As you can tell by these splits 454543464646464646 54568989887987977 48752132 412566432598987 the sky is in fact blue. NO f***ING WAY! This changes EVERYTHING! I now see that the sky is in fact blue. How could I have been so blind?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 19, 2005 -> 11:49 AM) doesnt he have to go through waivers??? Why would he have to go through waivers? It's not like he's on the 40 man roster or anything.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Aug 19, 2005 -> 10:10 AM) It is and it isn't. I'm more concerned about the "old ways" re-emerging without Podsednik. Not much stealing, no hit-and-running, not as much first-inning scoring, huge reliance on the long ball to score. The pitching staff has slumped a bit, which wouldn't be as big a deal if the offense didn't look so helpless most of the time. I'm not AS concerned about the last 5 games as I am about the last 5 weeks or so, when the Sox have looked average at best. And if we Sox fans were "Cub-like", that would mean we wouldn't even DISCUSS wins or losses, just who we talked to on the cellphone, how many chicks we talked to in the bleachers, how LIT UP we got and where we went after the game. I heard a great historical comparison today to a team that won the WS and went through what the White Sox are going through right now. The 1984 Tigers. They didn't have much power, and did a lot with their pitching and defense. They jumped out to a huge early lead and down the stretch, played about .500 baseball. Their best power man was their 1B, who hit about 35 HR. So, just because they're playing poorly now (with a key member of the team on the DL) doesn't mean all is lost.

Great read. I have to agree with it, because that's all I've seen. It's ONLY a 5 game losing streak.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 03:30 PM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38738 We suck. We suck. We suck. Griffey. Griffey. Griffey. There, now we're all caught up. Post of the year!

QUOTE(Reddy @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 07:59 PM) why is it everyone hates pauly so much? he's one of the best offensive 1st basemen in the league... you're all yelling and screaming to aquire another bat. ok fine, we get another bat - then with that added contract let bat X and pauly walk next season? wow so much for an offense at all. .270 with 30 homers and 80 ribbies (rounding) at this point in the season is awesome - wheres the problem? and with that comment of his he was just defending his teamates. i've got tons of respect for pauly and always have. he's the team leader and he's got the offensive numbers to match. without pauly we're just not as good a team. straight up. so lemme hear why y'all wanna dump him. i'm curious. Good question. I don't understand it myself.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 08:08 PM) (Sad thing is, it'll be posted many, many more times, and still some posters won't be clear about it.) What's sad is that I know you're absolutely right about that.

Not a chance. He's on the 40 man, and thus would have to clear waivers prior to being traded, and there's no chance Brian Anderson clears waivers.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 11:47 PM) You probably think that the offense has been stellar all year long and this is just a recent think as of this series. In April we hit .255 as a team Our opponents are held to .229BAA 20% of our runs are via the dong In May we hit .254 as a team Opponents held to .252BAA 29% of the runs are via the dong Big Frank comes back In June we hit .271 as a team Opponents held to .241BA 28% of our runs are via the dong In July we hit .279 Pitching starts to slip. Opponents batting .275BAA 24% of our runs are via the dong Frank is on the DL In August we hit .234 Our opponents are held to .254BAA 40% of our runs are via the dong in August We need a bat like Griffey in the lineup I don't think the offense has been "stellar" all year long, far from it, however, I also don't think that our offense has been horrible either. They've been about average, and with the stellar pitching that the White Sox have had for most of the season, that's all it has needed to be. I wouldn't call allowing a .275 BAA great either, and the pitching was part of the reason the Sox had trouble in July. Obviously, the hitters have had trouble this month, and that's why the team is struggling now. However, I don't feel the need to say that everyone on this team sucks just because of a few bad games, and there isn't a logical reason as far as I'm concerned for saying such things.

Why be negative when there is very little to be negative about? Every time there's a slump, up go 50 threads about "(insert player's name here) needs to go!" or "Our offense sucks and can't score any runs!" or "KW needs to get Griffey here YESTERDAY!". Players are going to have streaks where they're good, and streaks where they're bad. If a few players go on bad streaks at the same time, the team might lose a few games in a row, but obviously this team is capable of winning, or they wouldn't have the best record in the AL (and in baseball if St. Louis lost today), and a commanding lead in the Central.

Now I'm "sipping the kool aid" because I'm confident that the best team in baseball since April will come out of a slump that has taken place while one of the teams most important players who produces a great deal of runs has been on the DL? Okay, I guess I'm just a homer fan with no idea of how baseball works. You guys are right, the Sox are going to go into the playoffs and get their asses handed to them, no contest.

Our offense sucks, our starters suck, our bullpen sucks, everything sucks. Our guys were really lucky to ever even have the best record in baseball. The pitchers were performing WAY above their heads, and the hitters can only play corpse ball. All they EVER do is pull baseball, pull baseball, pull baseball. As soon as the playoffs start, the season is over, because the pitching can't cut it and neither can the hitting. It's only a 5 game losing streak. I'm sure every team has had one this season. It's not the end of the world, it's just a slump.

I wonder if he'll ever be able to start at the ML level. He proved tonight that he can throw his heat for at least 3 innings, and he's still very young. If he could start down the road, he'd help make the Sox rotation even more formidable. I know the Sox see him as their future closer and that he's had trouble in starting roles in the minors, but other prospects whose organizations viewed them as closers have become starters after having problems in starting roles.