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Lol...we beat thei best pitcher and we suck agst their worst one. Perfect game for Gaudin...

From JD to Cintron...0-12!

I don't know who has been worst...JD or Crede...

Interesting...a Brazilian in the Sox system. I hope he can make it to the big leagues. In the country-side of Sao Paulo, there are a lot of baseball players. Most of them are Japanese descendent and they have their own league. Looking by this Paulo Orlando's name, he doesn't seem to be Japanese descendent.

What happened to Dye? Why dont start Gload in RF intead of Sweeney...this is a pennant race...guillen..your f***er...

No b****ing towards Vazquez yet...Offense has been sucking for the last few games...

Agst LHers he should switch with Thome...

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 06:03 PM) As most people in here know, I've been one of the more optimistic posters on this site all year long. No matter what the current situation has been at the time, I've always taken the glass is half full stance with this team. Now, with just 39 games to go, I've come to a pretty simple conclusion: this team simply isn't that good. We've waited all year for this team to hit its "rhythm," as Hawk likes to so often say. Well, with September right around the corner, this team still hasn't put it all together yet. At some point you have to realize what you are: a very good offensive team that can outslug just about anybody, yet a poorly coached team with an average at best pitching staff, shaky defense and terrible fundamentals all around -- especially when it comes to things like bunting, hitting the damn cut-off man, holding runners and baserunning. This team has done one thing well all year -- hit. That's it. They've been below average to bad in every other aspect of baseball. They haven't pitched. They haven't catched. They can't bunt. They can't hit a cut-off man. They can't run the bases (A lot of this is Joey Cora. I'll get to him in a second). Everything we excelled at just one year ago, we've been brutal at this year. This team has been lackadaisical, lazy and, for the most part, has lacked focus. We all knew coming into this year that we were gonna be the hunted. Everybody was gonna be comin' for us. How have we responded? Very poorly. It's like this team thinks it's entitled to something because of what they accomplished last year. Take this last series with the Twins for example. The Twins have treated this series like it's the playoffs. All their guys were ready and focused. Our guys? Well, I heard Joe Crede say this series isn't that big a deal. Not that big a deal? Are you an idiot? Mark Buehrle is another guy who brushed this series off as if it wasn't much to get excited over. Hello!? It's not May! There should be a little more sense of urgency with just a little over a month left to go in the season -- atleast you would think. I will break down my biggest problems with this team: Kenny Williams: I love the guy. He put together a World Series championship team. For that, I will forever be greatful. He without a doubt upgraded the offense and bench. However, Kenny really blew it with the Vazquez trade. I questioned it all the way back in December. You had a guy in Brandon McCarthy who was more than ready and capable to step into the rotation. Yet he trades a top 20 prospect and a decent middle reliever (I don't care about Duque) for a guy that had been known around the league as an underachieving headcase, who had already been traded twice in two years. And what really makes me mad is with Javy basically demanding to be traded, the D-Backs HAD to move him. What I'm saying is, we didn't have to give up as much as we did. Atleast that's the way I see it. The D-backs were the ones being held hostage here. Yet we overpaid. My only other legitimate beef with Kenny is the inability to find a decent backup OF. Mainly a guy that can play CF. I don't even have to get into that. We all know how bad Mack is in center. Ozzie and the coaching staff: Like with Kenny, I'll forever be in debt to Ozzie. He managed our White Sox to a World Series championship. However, he hasn't done as good of job this year. If you're gonna give a guy all the credit when you win, you have to give him atleast some of the blame, not much, but some of it when you underachieve. Why is this team so bad right now as far as fundamentals go? Isn't this what Ozzie Guillen teams are supposed to be known for? Also, he hasn't handled the pitching staff well at all. I had no problem with him leaving guys in there earlier in the year when they were struggling. Ozzie has faith in his guys. I've got no problem with that. But it's August now. It's time to stop messing around with these guys. If they don't have it -- get them outta there. Joey Cora in particular has gotten on my nerves. This guy is like a kid in a candy store when it comes to waving guys home -- even when they have no chance. You have to realize who the heck is running at the time. This isn't a speed team. You have to use a little more caution when waving guys in. Don Cooper was praised up-and-down for the job he did with last year's staff. He deserved every bit of that praise. Now, he must get some of the blame for what's happened this year. Every single one of our starters is having a worse year than last year. How the hell does that happen? He's done a great job with Matt Thornton. You gotta give him that. Why has Neal Cotts been so brutal? I've just never seen so many guys off a team that won it all the year before struggle like this. Can this all be blamed on Coop? Of course not. But like I said with Ozzie: if you're gonna give a guy all the credit when things go well, you gotta take some of the blame when they don't. Starting pitching: What is there to say? They've been the single biggest dissapointment on this team. Other than Burhele and to a lesser extent Garland, nobody can hold a damn runner. We can't make the big pitch. We can't pitch over defensive mistakes. We can't finish off guys with two strikes. It goes on and on. Defense: Nowhere near as good as last year. We've looked lazy and lackadaisical in the field. That's unacceptable for a team that was so good defensively a year ago. Fundamentals: Brutal. Pathetic. Like I said, we can't bunt, run the bases or hit a damn cut-off man. Scott Podsednik: I'm one of the few Podsednik supporters around here. But he has to be called out. Is this the same guy from a year ago? I have no idea what his problem is. The only thing he's done well this year is hit with RISP. He's a liability out there if he not gonna utilize his speed. Neal Cotts: Didn't we trade Damaso Marte? What the hell is he still doing here? Anyway, I'm gonna stop now. I just had to let this out. I've been holding it in for a while. Sorry about the length. I just had a lot to say. Oh, and it's nice to see that we're taking advantage of the Tigers' slump. Even with that...we lead the WC by one game.

Ozzie being Ozzie...they (other managers, owner) started and he is just replying. This is the most accurate statement done by Ozzie...How many times I heard here that Brazil speaks Spanish here in Texas? Still counting... The other day was if Texas was bigger than Brazil. Yesterday was if Brazil has beaches...

this offense is in a really slump since the 12 run game...

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 11:18 PM) gameday running a bit slow eh? It was supposed to be green...

Thome...please...give us a clutch hit...please!!!

It is time for our offense to show up and stop trying to score runs with just HRs.

Grudz...the new sox killer! this guy always has a good game agst us...

I dont know what Pods is still doing in this team...

What the f***?!?! This f***ing offense better wake up...

Is our offense about to get in a slump?

Another annoying game for us...

pathetic offense...

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 15, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) Ok, who was saying that we shouldn't pull Javy before this inning started? If he ends this inning, it is a good line for him 6 IP, 3 ER. He gave the tie to the Royals, but our O should be more blamed, 2 runs agst one of the worst pitchers in baseball...

Why take Vazquez out? He is pitching well. The O has not show up today...

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Aug 12, 2006 -> 10:00 PM) Sooooooooo why exactly would Toronto want to get rid of him then? They have other OFs that can play in LF. I don't think Blue jays are going to stay on the race for the next 2 weeks...I was just suggesting.

QUOTE(kevo880 @ Aug 12, 2006 -> 09:58 PM) i was wondering why he got released to? He K's a lot and no discipline on the plate...doesnt want to improve either.

Sounds to be a good a idea. What about Frank Catallanotto? Toronto is still in the WC race, but he would be a good OBP #2 hitter, not much speed though. He can play LF too!

Thome should be hitting 5th agst lefties...