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QUOTE(Jimbo @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 06:44 PM) Why are we not involved in this stuff? Because Green sucks and is paid way too much?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 11:52 PM) Why?? It's a joke from the movie Probably crappy.

This is why you should always have olive oil around. You never know when snakes will be near you.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:42 PM) Anderson is still getting way too many days off, all things considered. I do agree (then again, I also agreed when he was hitting .170 )

QUOTE(Harry&JimmyRocked @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) If McCarthy and Anderson were latin players you bet bmac would be in the rotation and anderson would start everyday BA has been starting a lot more recently (nearly every day), and since KW, not Ozzie, made the decision to trade for Vazquez (leaving BMac out of the rotation), I don't think that BMac's ethnicity has anything to do with it.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:11 PM) I absolutely love this, I mentioned it in the Catch-All thread earlier in the week, Rowand would be the perfect 4th OF for thie team. I really wish he was still on the Sox but only as a 4th OF and yes I do think he'd accept such a role. It would make me quite happy if he did come back as the fourth (or third) outfielder. I think he would too, but I don't know for certain. I do know that he loves the city of Chicago and the White Sox, so I think that he might take a smaller role.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:09 PM) People have teeth in Jersey? Depends on the area

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:05 PM) There's going to be a long line at the doctor's office tomorrow. Lots of sprained ankles from people jumping off the bandwagon (not in this thread, but it's definitely happening with some Sox fans). I'll be at the dentist, hopefully the office isn't too long there. I suppose it helps that I'm in Jersey, but still

QUOTE(Contreras @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:06 PM) We don't need him making the kind of play that broke his ankle. He had no reason to be breaking his ankle over Utley when the ball was already in Utley's glove. I don't know what he watching when he was running. It certainly wasn't Utley or the ball, as they were in the same place. When you are chasing after a ball (that was his by the way), you are running full speed and watching the ball. By the time he noticed it was in Utley's glove, there was no chance in hell he was going to be able to avoid him.

QUOTE(tony72 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:59 PM) I am not saying every time pull the guy...just once - maybe the message would get through that - oh, it doesn't matter if you give up 7 or 8 runs..you stay until the 7th so we can rest the bullpen..maybe they might toughen up a little and not give up a ton of runs..I am not being reactionary..I know we are going to lose games like every team...I just think the leash is way too long on our starters. You want to win that game that day..not be worrying..well gotta rest so and so for the next game, series, etc. The focus should be on that game that day. Wouldn't work, sorry. Taking a pitcher out early isn't the smartest thing for him, or for the team, and just hurts it in the long run. It takes confidence away from the pitcher (although thats probably overrated) and puts the rest of the game (which is 9 innings if you suggest taking the pitcher out after 2 consecutive singles) on the shoulders of the bullpen, which is used to covering what, 2 or 3 innings a game. Not only will the bullpen let up more runs than the starter would if he was kept in, but it would drain them for the next game, making Ozzie go to a worse pitcher (Riske, Cotts) at the end of the game since the others (Thornton, McCarthy, Jenks, MacDougal) are resting.

QUOTE(tony72 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:54 PM) At least our bullpen can pitch... Lets see them pitch when they have to cover 8 innings a game.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:43 PM) DON'T SAY THAT!! OZZIE RULES, HE BROUGHT US A CHAMPIONSHIP!! THIS IS NOT HIS FAULT!! /most of the board Hardly. Most of the board is on the 'Ozzie sucks and always has. Why is he a manager in the major leagues?' train now.

If you want to have a bullpen pitching for the rest of the week, then you wouldn't do this.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:39 PM) The OP is 100% right. Ozzie has proven himself to be a poor manager in basically every aspect of the game. Can't motivate the team, makes horrible in-game decisions. It is hard to defend how bad he's been this year. I don't see how you can prove that.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:41 PM) WE'RE STILL IN FRONT IN THE WILD CARD STANDINGS! If anyone says they're "out", they should just stop watching baseball and go watch Dancing with the Stars, or something that requires no intestinal fortitude. ^ This is baseball, anything and everything can happen.

So, I'm likely to get a lot of anger directed at me after this post, but what are the chances that the Phillies don't use his option? He hasn't put up the numbers that he has in the past, plus his defense hasn't been nearly as good as it was last year. With them trying to go through a rebuilding process, is it a certainty that he'll be with them next year? If he does become a FA, what are the odds that he replaces Pods in LF, or even becomes the right handed fourth outfielder off the bench? Would he even accept the role of a 4th outfielder (even if this is a team managed by Ozzie)?

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:37 AM) Man, I thought the Dead Sox boards were bad... Last I looked the Sox STILL have the WC lead by half a game despite their s****y play. I'm kinda hoping they just stay afloat until the last week of the season when everybody gets going at the same time, just like last year. Remember, the champion isn't always the best team, just the hottest team entering the playoffs. The question beckons....is this team going to pick itself up. As I said in the other threads that you made in the Diamond Club, read this board sometimes

QUOTE(Harry&JimmyRocked @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 11:55 PM) Just another bad showing by a bad team. nothing more to say. Sure, if you think so.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 11:13 PM) I don't know why Brian Anderson gets let off the hook by so many fans. Has he proven he can hit yet in the big leagues? I mean I like his defense as much as anybody but you can't tell me he's done better than Rowand did. Again, I like his defense and his potential I guess, but Brian Anderson does not appear to me to have star potential as a hitter. I know ... Crede took a while too. We shall see but to say we'll have one of the best cf's for the next six years, I dunno about that. Even the biggest Brian supporters have to admit he has been a C- at the plate to D plus to go with his A-plus work in cf. Brian Anderson was a prospect coming into the league for the first time, so of course he's going to struggle. If you've actually watched him throughout the year, you've seen him develop as a hitter, going from striking out 22 times in the month of April to striking out only 21 times since the ASB. You've seen him gain confidence at the plate, and start taking better swings and making better contact. You've seen him hit .313 in July, and .283 since the ASB. He's a much better hitter than his overall stats indicate, he just needed time to develop. If you consider all of this, plus his defense (which has saved the pitching staff countless runs), I don't know how you can think he's being 'let off the hook' by fans. Even if you think his offense has been horrible, miserable, and dreadful throughout the year, it doesn't matter. The White Sox have boasted the best offense in the league for the majority (if not all) of the year, despite having both BA and Juan having pretty bad overall stats at the bottom of the lineup. What matters is Brian's defense saving this team runs and games, and anything that he did with the bat while is considered a plus. (just my opinion) QUOTE(BearSox @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 07:43 AM) Ryan Sweeney > Chris Young & Brain Anderson If you are talking upsides, then Chris Young > Ryan Sweeney > Brian Anderson If you are talking safeness, then yes, Ryan Sweeney is probably is the safest, since he has an incredibly smooth swing.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 10:28 PM) What is the meaning of life? 42?

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 05:32 PM) You gotta check out what Red Sox fans are saying in their boards. They are pissed! It is PHAWKING HILARIOUS what some of these poor bastards are writing. They want to jump off buildings, and fire everybody in the team other than Big Papi and Papelbon. Man this stuff is priceless! I havent laughed this hard in a long time. Read this board some time.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 10:22 AM) And to get Milledge, wouldn't he, too, have to pass through waivers? Yep, and there's no chance in hell that he'd pass waivers.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:43 PM) And yet, even he has had a few instances this year where he didn't hustle, and both times it hurt the Sox. The instances where he hustled greatly outnumber the instances where he didn't.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:41 PM) It's representative of the entire team's mentality this year. They just don't care as much as they did last year, and they don't show near the amount of effort. Tell that to Thome, who hustles just about every play.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:39 PM) No, after seeing the replay, after it was past Castillio, Joe coasted into 1st.... He's still slow though.