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Good analysis by the KC Star today: KC Star Link

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Nov 16, 2008 -> 12:51 PM) Discuss... What is there to discuss? Not happening.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:58 PM) Book it bro. This team pisses me off and the umps are not the reason for this, but if we take this crap back to Tampa we're winning it. We just need to get Danksie to get us off the deck. I think he will... Floyd? Im not sure, but dude has been proving me wrong all year. I think the Rays either win that game 4 or we'll win the next 3. We needed 3 to get into this and we'll need 3 more to stay in it. I'm not giving up. We do need to regroup, but we still have Danks and Floyd at home, and I'm hoping that our hitters will wake up.

They have completely fallen apart here.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:51 PM) I'm glad we have a catcher who can throw out 3% of runners. Kenny is going to have to find a defensive minded catcher in the off-season who can come in late in games for A.J., a Henry Blanco type.

Keeping Buerhle in the game didn't work out, but I'm not going to complain. He's pitched a great game, and Ozzie was hoping to get one more inning out of him. It didn't work. Probably won't matter with our offense not capable of scoring without homeruns.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:44 PM) Because IT WAS strike 3...I am a major complainer as much as the next guy...ask me the next time Koharski refs a Blackhawks game...but this ump hasn't screwed us. JP Howell has been amazing. In fact, why is he a relief pitcher, that dude is GOOD. Where did he come from...how about Javvy for Howell? I'm not blaming the umpire for tonight's performance. You have 12 men LOB. That says it all. Swisher was looking to draw a walk, and that pitch was close enough for Strike 3.

Sox lose. No way do they score 2 runs in the 9th. Oh well....

This is extremely frustrating, but we all should know that the White Sox do not score on the road. Today, no HR's either so it's going to be extremely difficult to put up more than what they did today with the 2 runs. Assuming we can hold TB's offense for another inning, we need a HR from one of our sluggers to extend this game. No way do we get 3 hits next inning.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:42 PM) Why does everyone love Swish so much? He must lead the league in called 3rd strikes. The guy has sucked this season.

He was clearly looking for Ball 4. That looked like Strike 3 to me. You have to swing the bat on anything close. He didn't, and TB on the verge of being up 2-0.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:40 PM) I can see that. One more.

That was ball 4, but it does set up my prediction of looking at 3 straight strikes to end the inning.

I think he'll take 3 straight strikes to end the inning.

That 1st pitch to Swisher was right down the middle, and a ball ?????

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) Can Nick Swisher be a hero? No.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) How about an extra base hit, Swish? Man, I would love to see this guy get a big hit. He'll probably end up looking at strike three though.

Basehit!!!!!!!! Does he run?

As much as I complain about Uribe and Anderson batting here, Ozzie doesn't have any options. At least we'll have our best defensive team on the field in the bottom of the 8th to try and hold TB down.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:17 PM) Amen. We have a 15 win/3.6 ERA guy in Buehrle, a potential 15/3.5 guy in Danks, and an 17/3.4 guy in Floyd next year, and this is what our offense does. f*** Beltre- go out and get freaking Brian Roberts. Having nobody on EVER for our 3-4 is pathetic. Roberts would be a great acquistion.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:15 PM) I said it earlier...we're missing Quentin, the best overall hitter on the team. I'm 100 pct confident we'll have a 3B not named Uribe/Crede/Fields. This offense will be different next season, and I think it's obvious that you have to get rid of one of Thome/Konerko/Dye. The offense needs more balance, no doubt about it....3B/CF/2B could add some new blood potentially, depending on what the Sox do with their upcoming free agents. Next season's lineup: LF: Carlos Quentin CF: ???? (don't mind platooning Anderson, but they need to add some speed to the lineup, and this should be one spot they look to add some) RF: Jermaine Dye 3B: ???? - No idea here. I don't rule out the Sox resigning both Crede/Uribe, giving the job to Fields or some other name all together. SS: Ramirez, unless Cabrera resigns which I find unlikely to happen. 2B: Orlando Hudson has been rumored here..... 1B: Paul Konerko C: A.J. Pierzynski DH: Jim Thome

Depressing. Obviously, we know this is a softball team, there's very little depth, it's HR or nothing, and the bullpen is extremely shaky. Point is, this team has a lot of flaws, but I don't think TB is much better than them. Today, Buerhle makes one bad pitch that turns a 2-1 lead into a probably 3-2 loss. I knew going in to this series that it's an uphill battle, so I'm trying to be realistic, but this still sucks.

Wow, looking extremely likely that both Chicago teams will be facing elimination. This sucks.

Amazing, 1st and 2nd, nobody out......Now, 1st and 2nd, 2 outs. Ridiculous.

Damn. There goes this inning.