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QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:58 PM) All good points. They better bring the lumber tommorow. Tommorow's game being labeled a must win is an understatement. If we go to Anahiem trailing 0-2 you can call it a season. We suck out west. 2-0 would probably be unlikely to overcome, but our pitching should give us a chance in each game. It's now just a matter of the Sox moving runners along, and getting a big hit once in awhile.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:49 PM) 5) Almost a disaster, Juan Uribe, who played great defensively, gets lazy at 2B (how he didn't get to 3B with 2 outs and a basehit to RF is puzzling), and is almost picked off by the throw in from Rivera. Excellent points. This one I think shows again how flat we were. I almost wish we were playing the "powerful" Yankees so we could maybe have kept our stinger for Game One. We didn't execute and your excellent points point to one thing - being flat! Would we have been flat for the powerful Yanks? Perhaps with so many days off. But maybe not against the evil empire. I'm not sure if we were flat or just didn't execute, and as a result looked that way.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:24 PM) Answer to #5... Juan Rivera HAS A CANNON!!! Remember him throwing out Crede at home on the Friday Night game that the Sox had the Green Unis? No doubt that Rivera has a strong arm....I probably should have said that it was concerning to see such indecision, Uribe didn't know whether to go to 3B or hold up, and it almost cost us an out.

With the way the White Sox played, it was amazing that they even had a shot to win the game in the 9th inning. 1) Top 3rd...Contreras, who pitched a great game after the slow start, had the slow grounder back to him, and tries for a double play instead of the out at home. A run scores, turns out to be the crucial 3rd run, the Angels lead 3-0. 2) Scott Podnesnik has to be injured. You don't go from stealing 50 out of 59 bases to 9 out of 23 to 1 out of 3 in the playoffs. Molina is great behind the plate, so I give credit to the Angels for calling the pitchout. 3) A.J.Pierzynski gets thrown out with Joe Crede at the bat. We won't know until later whether it should have been a hit-and-run or A.J. was attempting to steal, but either way, a bad SB attempt or a missed sign, not going to have a good result. 4) Scott Podnesik and Aaron Rowand unable to get bunts down tonight. 5) Almost a disaster, Juan Uribe, who played great defensively, gets lazy at 2B (how he didn't get to 3B with 2 outs and a basehit to RF is puzzling), and is almost picked off by the throw in from Rivera. 6) More of a group effort, but the White Sox did not have a good approach at all tonight, especially early on, popping up several balls, and swinging early in the count vs. Bryd who was pitching on 3 days rest. 7) Can we get a clutch hit please ? Same problem the Yankees had, so give credit to the Angels pitching... All-in-all, just as I was afraid, the White Sox looked like they were playing their 1st game of the year, and the Angels did just enough to must out a victory tonight. Let's go get them tomorrow with Mark Buerhle !

It's kind of a sad state when some of you are trying to find a way to keep a decent offense if the White Sox choose not to pay Paul Konerko....Are the White Sox going to act like a small market club after this playoff run ?

Why the White Sox didn't try and get Konerko signed before the season (for much less money than they will probably have to pay now ) only gives strong support towards the belief that they don't want to pay him long-term...or at least anything beyond what they think he is worth. I've read in the post-season, depending on how far the White Sox go, they will make anywhere between $5 and $22 million dollars....Attendence this season was at it's highest in about 10 years..... Yes, they do have a budget, and some other problems to worry about this off-season (Garland and AJ should get nice raises through arbitration), Frank Thomas and Carl Everett are both going to be on the open market as well, but I don't think it's too much to ask the White Sox organization to resign their most popular, and productive offensive player. I don't want to hear that Brian Anderson or Ross Gload will work out, or we can sign some lesser free agent to replace him - that's garbage. This is Chicago - we're not KC or Pittsburgh. Get the guy signed long-term, or the Sox will continue their recent history of PR blunders.

I generally think Farmio does a good job, but I can't stand when he gets credit for calling a HR, like he did for Iguchi in Game 2. If you listen to enough to enough of the radio broadcast, you probably hear Farmer speculating about a White Sox player hitting a HR about 15 times a broadcast....'His next HR will be his whatever', or 'If he pitches a ball in a certain location, he could crush that ball' Again, not meaning to rip Famer - I think he's solid as a broadcaster, but don't be so fast to credit him for calling Iguchi's HR unless you're also willing to say he was wrong the 15 other times he called for one earlier in the game.... That's my rant. BTW, I am going to miss Rooney!

I'm thinking that the station has thrown his name out there as way to gain publicity for his radio show, which, as you probably know, is a hard sell trying to talk politics on a sports radio station (and all he and Anne Maxfield know are the talking points).... I can't believe he's a serious candidate when there are the traditional baseball people like Steve Lyons interested..... I'm sure though that North will have some involvement given his power at the Score, and his relationship with Reinsdorf, I just don't see it in the booth.

ABC News in Chicago just reported that tickets are going for as high as $800 + I had also heard a report earlier today that club seats were going for $350 for individual seats. Is this actually true ? People hearing similar things ? Go Sox!

Club Seats for Game 2

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 2, 2005 -> 05:10 PM) It will be the same time on Wednesday. NL Game (Atl) @ 12, Sox @ 3, Yanks @ 7 Has this been officially announced ? If so, this sucks.

When will MLB annouce the game times for the entire series, or at least the Game 1 (3:00 CT), and Game 2 on Wednesday ? ? ?

I thought I had read a few days ago that ESPN also has some 1st round playoff games ? If so, aren't some of those in the evening ? Any hope here ? I know FOX is catering, as expected, to the Yankees, it just would be nice to have that Game 2 in the evening.

The Score (670AM) is saying that regardless of who they play, the White Sox will open up on Tuesday at 3:09 PM. Obviously, that sucks for those us at work, and hoping to actually watch some of the game... Where is the Score getting this information? Does anyone know the times for Game 2 ?

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Oct 1, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) Allow me to make the case for El Duque: RISP, 2 outs: 59AB .186BAA, .619OPS. CL&L 18AB .222BAA, .652OPS. RISP, all: 126AB, .230BAA, .701OPS RON, 2: 44AB, .205BAA, .635OPS RON, 3: 22AB, .273BAA, .711OPS RON 1,2: 29AB, .207BAA, .599OPS RON 1,2,3: 13AB, .077BAA, .225OPS Vizc can't touch those numbers. This is a HUGE decision & I can only hope that Ozzie chooses the crafty vet over a sporadic RH RP. Are those numbers on the season or in the 2nd half of the season ? I ask because Vizcaino did have a better 2nd half than El Duque.

Loved the monthly calenders, anything new for the playoffs ? Thanks!

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Oct 1, 2005 -> 04:21 PM) Agreed. We spent the $ on El Duque for the post season. His numbers are slightly better than Vizcaino's against BOS & LAA. There's no reason to choose Vizc over El Duque. I'm not a big Vizcaino fan, but he has pitched well in the 2nd half, has a rubber arm, meaning he can probably pitch 1-2 innings or multiple games if needed. Do you prefer an aging, possibly washed up pitcher to completely change his role and come out of the bullpen based upon what he did in the playoffs for the Yankees a few seasons ago ? Did I mention that El Duque has been pretty brutal in the 2nd half ? Again, not necessarily in support of Vizcaino (or Marte), but I'd probably stick with my bullpen over El Duque - at least in the 1st round of the playoffs.

QUOTE(SouthPaw @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 06:10 PM) Thanks! I'm going to make it my new ringtone. How do you do that ?

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 03:49 PM) Win 1 game, and only NY could tie them with 97 victories, but that would require them to win out. I don't know how they would determine Homefield throughout in this situation, but who cares. 96 wins should be enough. Probably right, I'm asking because I have tickets for Game 2. We are assured of Game 1 and 2 at home though right against somebody because the Angels can't catch us for most wins or even tie us.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 03:46 PM) Dude! GO CELEBRATE! Your original quote was wrong. A 1 game playoff for a division crown ONLY comes into play when the loser is out of the playoffs. The only scenario where that can happen is if the loser is runner up to the WC team. The best the Indians can do is 96-66, & the worst the White Sox can do is 96-66. If the NYY go 97-65 they would win the ALE & not the ALWC. And..Boston would have no more than 93 wins, meaning Cleveland is the WCard.

What do the White Sox have to do now to have homefield in Game 1 and 2 ?

What is the pitching matchup tomorrow for Cleveland/TB ?

The following pitchers are on the playoff roster: Mark Buerhle, Jon Garland, Freddy Garcia, and Jose Contreras. Dustin Hermanson, Bobby Jenks, Neil Cotts, Cliff Politte, Luis Vizcaino. The following pitchers should be on the playoff roster: Brandon McCarthy, Damaso Marte Pitchers On the Bubble: El Duque Hernandez The followign position players are on the playoff roster: A.J Pierzynski, Chris Widger, Paul Konerko, Tadahito Iguchi, Juan Uribe, Joe Crede, Pablo Ozuna, Scott Podsednik, Aaron Roward, Jermaine Dye, Timo Perez, Carl Everett The following position players are on the playoff roster bubble: Willie Harris, Geoff Blum - The way I see it there are 2 roster spots for 3 players (Hernandez, Harris, Blum). Agree or disagree ? Other thoughts ? - Are Brian Anderson or Ross Gload eligible for the roster ? ? Any other considerations ? - Anyone else I'm missing here ?

This really doesn't seem that difficult to figure out. The White Sox don't plan on signing Konerko unless it's to what they offer. As far as we know, they haven't been willing to talk during the season with him, and Kenny Williams keeps talking about a low-quality free agent market, which means that the best free agents, like Konerko, are going to get bigger contracts, since more teams are fighting for less talent. Expect him to get to the Angels/Dodgers or one of the NY teams. They will blow away anything the Sox offer.

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 09:44 PM) Correct, and if we tie with the indians, there will be a 1 game playoff at Cleveland on Oct 3, Monday for the title Thanks again! So, in reality, 6 is more-or-less the magic number since we clinch outright then.... Does anyone have the pitching matchups for the Tigers series ?