The Ginger Kid

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 25, 2008 -> 12:14 PM) This is bad for the White Sox believe it or not. Uribe has shown that with consistent playing time he can be more than adequate at 3B. I don't want to mess up the good thing we having going... or, he could be clutch again. the bright side, I guess.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) Ump's absolutely terrible blown call hands us the game. Where's all the b****ing about umpiring conspiracies against the Sox now? Where are all you guys? Also, AJ's not really a hero, he made a terrible baserunning mistake to begin with and got the benefit of a brutal call by Eddings. Even at full speed, it was pretty obvious AJ threw his arm out trying to get some sort of contact as he was dead and not going to run anymore. he definitely pulled one out of his ass to cover up yet another boneheaded move on the field by the sox. glad we got the benefit of the call this time around - but something tells me that Eddings won't be looking to side with AJ again anytime soon!

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 10:17 AM) pull happy pressing

blowout - sox get pissed and bring the lumber - 10-3.

I have a love/hate for our bullpen. It's funny watching Dotel - he still throws it over the plate like he has a 98 mph heater, saying c'mon, let's see you hit it. But now it's 92. And Thornton, like someone else said, is more effective when he's starting an inning, but that really shouldn't make a difference. That points to mental midgetry, imo. I get pissed at talented players like Boone Logan who should be helping this team right now but instead don't have their heads screwed on right. We need a pick me up in the pen right now and his name is Aaron Poreda - please give him a plane ticket to Chicago.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 23, 2008 -> 02:55 PM) Great effort in the 8th and 9th inning today. i agree, they showed tremendous heart. really battled like they gave a s***.

golden sombrero for mr. nice guy

don't know why, but i feel the rally this time.

jd is the bomb

QUOTE (griffey17 @ Aug 23, 2008 -> 02:31 PM) still have the lead..Javys done i bet yeah, let's turn it over to the bullpen

f***. one more out please.

anybody know the last time BA got a start?

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) No s***. Many on here thought today's game would be our best chance, and we blew it. looking at the splits on the next two starters, i like our chances.

er, never mind. thanks octavio

they squandered too much early and ozzie f***ed up by leaving danks in to start the inning. oh well...they don't have a closer - keep it close and anything can happen.

ozzie guillen can be such a f***ing joke as a manager

lexi's starting to believe the hype

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 12:30 PM) I'm predicting a top 5 of Thomas, Buehrle, Quentin, Konerko, Paniagua This board skews pretty young, so you're probably right. But it's funny some of the names that were so popular in their time, back when the park was packing 40K+, who won't get in that top 5. Even Ozzie was a very popular player in his time.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 09:00 AM) No one can top Gagne's 03 season, imo. 55 Sv's, 1.20 ERA, 37 H (IN 82.1 INNINGS), and 120K's. It doesn't get more dominant than that. that is the nastiest stuff i have ever seen in baseball - period. When he would follow up a 97mph fastball on the outside corner with a 69mph curve? forget about it. EDIT: for what it's worth, i think Joe Nathan is far and away the best reliever in baseball today, regardless of Krod's totals.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Aug 15, 2008 -> 07:12 AM) Soon to be usurped by the Chicago Bears. why do i keep signing up for the NFL package every year? I need my head examined.

I'm not going to say they are THE worst, but I do think the Tigers are one of the worst. Outside of Gallaraga, their starting pitching is s***. They're pre-season chant of "1000 Runs" should've been about runs scored against. Now they're really in a bind, IMO: they have one of the highest payrolls and the only way to justify that is to remain competitive, and to do that they need to fix their pitching, which means they have to spend even more money. I think that's a sign of bad management.

love him, but his short prime was with the royals.

looks like i'm going to have to don some sox gear and head down to anaheim this weekend

finally

QUOTE (Karko's Throat Skin @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 03:18 PM) I am more optimistic about Broadway than I was about Richard. I have a feeling Broadway is going to give us some quality innings this year. What does his fastball top at? looking at his last 10 starts in charlotte, that would be quite a turnaround. He's been walking batters and getting shelled.