MattZakrowski

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) how many of those were converted to runs? Just curious, I dont know. I wouldn't know where to find that for individual teams, TBH.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) Im pretty sure Ozzie is the only manager in the majors that uses the sac bunt, so he is the only manager giving away outs He has done it more than any manager in the American League (t-1st SH)

QUOTE (Tannerfan @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 07:29 PM) And you know this as fact? Maybe not literally in every game, but over time it works out to scoring more runs.

Pierre's stealing at a rate that makes him roughly a wash, but other than him and Andruw Jones of all people, every other player's SB rate is below the league average of 73%. And sac bunts are not good. Even with AJP's .277 OBP (note: Ozzie should start Castro more), .277>.000. Outs are a limited commodity. You get 27 in a game, 3 at a time to score as many runs as possible, and giving them away through sac bunts is not productive.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 07:13 PM) What does giving away outs have to do with the bullpen blowing games? If he hadn't given away so many outs, we would have scored more runs, giving the bullpen a larger cushion.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 07:03 PM) or calling the pitches, however somehow the last 3 losses are all his fault. Giving away outs. If he would stop, the bullpen (which has kept us as close as we are almost all season) wouldn't be in that position so often, so yes, he's helping us lose games.

QUOTE (IceCreamPants @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 10:40 AM) I'm not. People may call me a bad fan but I just move on and dont put too many emotions into when the Sox play like this. I would get to angry if I did and I wouldnt enjoy baseball anymore. So I have to just say to myself...who cares?... when they get on negative rolls like this. I just turn them off when they have that bad look. We all know the look. Its a sense that is undeniable when it comes. When they have the gray clouds over them they are unwatchable unless you want to be pissed off. I don't think it makes you a bad fan, and I don't think it makes me a bad fan because I can't stop replaying the Thome homer in my mind over and over again. Everyone should just do what they want and let others do the same.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 11:30 PM) agreed. this should be moved or locked. it serves no real purpose except for people to whine about Thome not being signed which has been happening too much as it is. Yeah, and those people clearly don't understand baseball. Home runs

Yeah, I'm just going to crawl into a hole and die now. NBD.

I can't believe people like preseason football, I'd rather watch almost anything else.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 01:23 PM) My wife and I have been talking about moving to Florida sometime in the next 5 years and I just saw a job opening that is right down my ally, but it's just a little too soon. DAG GUM IT! STRETCH! GET ON BACK!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 12:41 PM) a, c I'm curious as to why making the playoffs makes a difference (unless we would make it due to a drastic shift in his baseball philosophy).

Nothing makes you appriciate school more than the alternative. I hate work, and can't wait for Aug. 30th.

I'm tired of running into outs. No more Ozzie please.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 02:28 PM) The reason you can get away with winning only one is simply the difference between 4 games out and 6 games out. 4 games in a little over 6 weeks of baseball can be made up, though it is difficult. 6 games back over the same time span with only 3 left against Minnesota and an arguably harder schedule is damn near impossible. Obviously, winning 2 or 3 is preferred, but the Sox simply can't be swept. It's not that it can't happen, but I really don't think this team is that good, and Minnesota is really good.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 01:06 PM) Yeah, there is a huge difference between 1/3 and 0/3. We get swept, and we are in deep trouble. We win only 1, that's still bad, but not catastrophic. Winning 2 of 3 would be fantastic. 4 GB against a team that has proven that they're better than us? This is a must win series.

Also Bonds pre-pharmacy was amazing.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) I'd love to see him play 81 games in a hitters park. Best hitter I've ever seen. Frank Thomas says hello.

Kotsay being Kotsay, but we're back in this b****.

Does Ozzie's basket have Mark Kotsay in it?

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 09:14 PM) Wow... Are there still people on soxtalk that think the Jackson trade was a bad idea? I'm still on the fence, but the trade looks a lot better than when it was made IMO.

I like baseball a lot more when the White Sox win. Let's sweep these clowns!

Game's back on.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 01:08 PM) I dont know, it appears Santos, Putz, Thorton, Jenks, Threets and even Chris sale can give those guys a run for their money. The two "soft throwing" guy in our pen are Linebrink and Pena and both are mid-90's. But they're all great/good/compitent pitchers, so I like it a lot more.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 09:25 AM) So I have a question. For a dollar I can make one player healthy for the rest of my franchise season. This begs the question, did Madden make it so more players get injured in games, just so we minions spend our money to make them healthy? I don't like this idea of charging for such things, because they could have done anything to the algorithms to alter the frequency of such events just to extort money from users who already dropped 60 bucks on their video game. I think we have an ethical dilemma here. EA's so sleazy I wouldn't be shocked (though I think the injuries needed to be more frequent in past versions). The thing that irks me personally is that to get NBA Jam on the PS3/360 (Not even a full version, mind you), you have to buy NBA Elite 11.