Gregory Pratt

I'm not necessarily talking about making them faster. I don't think anything can help our 3-6 there, 3-7 with Crede. There are so many questions regarding this team. Why have they just fallen apart offensively since last year getting worse every month?

I've wondered if the sluggishness of our team might be related to the ban of amphetamines but I doubt it. Still, it's interesting

Lineup changes. What else can he do, publicly? Send some of the crap down for more crap? I'm sure he's doing more. Privately. Like, in the clubhouse. He should announce that all, though, I guess.

This is a stupid thread. We're blaming Ozzie for the bad roster? "Just go out and get the team to play with energy!" What, should he get them amphetamines?

Gee, thanks for clearing that up for me.

How can you say, "He did" and then repost his exact words where he says, "If this is my last year here, then I'm gonna have fun." I took it to mean, "I'm going to kill myself worrying so much about this team after every loss."

Does "sliding into second like his wife were turning the double play" count as "bad work ethic?" (I'm not being sarcastic or anything. I really want to know.) I wish him well. Good hitter, and he helped net us a world series. I've got no problems with Lee.

That's not what he said.

Some of it, perhaps, ridicules us, or at least some of us. I don't care. I can have fun at my own expense and this whole thing is amusing. Oops, I meant Reifert

They're injured enough to play, have egos and the truth is -- what options do we have for most of these guys?

Iguchi's finger is hurt. Konerko's hip is bad, and he's a headcase. I think he might just have some physical issues right now but as can be seen from 2003 he's prone to going cold. Dye may or may not be in good health, but I doubt Ozzie has to do with him not being motivated as it's his contract year and if he needs Ozzie to "motivate him" then he's an idiot. Crede's back is all sorts of f***ed up. Uribe's become a worse hitter over the years. Pierzynski's getting older, has caught a lot of games over the years, and has been changing his offensive approach over the years. I don't know if he's always been as lazy to first, but I wouldn't blame Ozzie for anything with him. I don't know. There are our biggest problems. Our bullpen can hardly throw strikes or heat. Few of them are, I think, motivational. Motivation can only take you too far and when you can't hit the Chad Durbins of the world, there's something seriously wrong.

Cintron sucks.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:27 PM) greg what was that you were saying about ruining the thread? EDIT: pratt that is shut up

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:25 PM) I'm as pretty as you are straight. I outed Bill O'Reilly as a terrorist on my blog today. Guess karma's outing me. (((

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:23 PM) now girls... He's not pretty, mister

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:22 PM) I must say that I like the pacing of this draft better than the seemingly eternal NFL draft. And best of all, no Chris Berman cliches or waiting for Berman and his girth to have a heart attack on live TV. Yeah, but when it happens, it'll be the greatest draft!

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:20 PM) Shut up. Shut up.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:14 PM) We might as well bring a little game thread in here. Why ruin the thread?

I think Guillen, Sheffield, and Howard are all right, to a point, but the truth is: blacks aren't playing baseball like whites or Latinos because of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ in other sports.

He has nothing but a fastball...hasn't been playing baseball too long...was an "under the radar" pick...has weak secondary pitches... ...and we took him first round? I'll be happy to admit I was wrong but I think this is a bust pick. What the f*** is this? -- Maybe the thing that bothers me most is: Cooper will have him throwing with less velocity to harness "control." f***

I think Hoffman would get a lot more credit if he'd been a playoff King like Rivera but he didn't really get much of the chance besides he plays in SD and not NY.

Just about everything in your post is wrong but I'm on my way out so I've got to gooooooooooooo

Bring back Disco Demolition

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 04:00 AM) A K/BB of 5, K/9 of 9, and a WHIP of 1.13? And since April ended, or his last 13 appearances, an ERA 1.42, WHIP of .71, K/9 of just under 9, and K/BB of 12? I think he's starting to look just fine, but maybe that's just me looking too deeply into the numbers here. I kinda doubt that though. Regardless of whether he retires with record or not, he will likely be the greatest closer of all time, with perhaps an argument for Hoffman and Billy Wagner. You think an argument can be made for Wagner as the greatest of all-time?