Gregory Pratt

QUOTE(diegotony06 @ May 20, 2007 -> 11:37 AM) I'M GOING OUT ON THE LIMB AND PREDICTING A WHITESOX WINNER!!! I FEEL MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT FACING ZAMBRANO THAN I DID THE FIRST TWO GAMES. I FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT TODAY I AM PUTTING $500 ON THEM TO WIN $1000, HOPEFULLY I WON'T LOSE!!!!!!!!!! I'd never bet money on this team.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 20, 2007 -> 10:39 AM) Phil is being rather selective in his article, and the fact is teams that stand pat generally decline the next season. Keeping the 2005 team in place would not have made a difference in 2006, and there are still issues in 2007 that need to be addressed. Mediocre baseball has been played for too long now to think the White Sox are one of the top teams in the league without any doubt. I like the line about Jerry Krause Disease. While I don't know if its quite like that yet, I've noticed KW thinking his s*** doesn't stink since the title. A bold move or two, maybe even taking on some payroll may shake this team up enough to get better. The thing that concerns me is we are now all resigned to the fact that our free agents will be leaving once their contracts are up. This was the pre-championship attitude, and it seems to have returned very quickly. Well when KW publicly whines about contracts, and JR has his "No more than three years!" policy, there's reason for pessimism.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 20, 2007 -> 10:41 AM) If you're going to the game, bring a coat. Its freezing down here. All right baby, mmhmm we've got our excuse for the poor offensive showing, should the expected occur.

I don't believe in the future of this organization. I believe we're going to go cheap after this year and will suck because we don't know how to develop talent or draft it. I hold out slim hopes that the scouting department is going to genuinely change but I won't believe it until I see it.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 20, 2007 -> 09:42 AM) Today is my daughter Caitlin's christening. My jagoff Cub's fan brother will be over celebrating their world series win this weekend. I would like to shut him up with a Massett nice start. Win one for pride. Win one for the gipper, whatever cheesey line they need. That's the spirit! Hope your daughter and you have a good one.

Means little to nothing right now.

You know, I was about to say, "Cheat's right, you can't expect the bullpen to be lights out every single game with no laughers in between," but then I thought of the Minnesota Twins of the last few years and got pissed off.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ May 19, 2007 -> 01:20 PM) Its a known fact, every fan of every team hates their manager. Sometimes its warranted sometimes its not. Overall when I compare Ozzie's strengths and weaknesses to that of other managers, I think we got one of the better guys running our team. Post of the thread

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ May 19, 2007 -> 05:47 AM) Hard for me to feel confident against anybody when I know an offensive explosion for us is like 4 runs. Precisely the problem with this team.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 18, 2007 -> 11:44 PM) We have two pretty much identical players. Mack and Cintron. We have our designated bunter, and terrible defensive player Ozuna. We have Ozzies favorite bad player. Luis In fact, the worse you are the more Ozzie needs you as part of his super team. What's wrong with you? "Ozzie's favorite bad player." Yeah, right, because Ozzie slobbers all over him, right? No. But hey, let's just rip at Ozzie for no reason. Oh! "Walker too. f*** him." Rightrightright. Listen. KW constructs the team. Who else could Ozzie bring up for CF? Owens? So you can b**** that Owens is "Podsednik" and he's got to get his "speed rush, f***ing Ozzie!"? It's not Ozzie's fault that KW built a poor bench. It's not Ozzie's fault that at this moment, his OF is one of all fourth OFers and his fourth OF is a AAAA OF because KW screwed the pooch last offseason.

I hate you. And your little dog, too. I keep waiting for this offense to wake up. Is that too much to ask for?

Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6KsuWf9AYU Song http://youtube.com/watch?v=gtTP9maASoE

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 18, 2007 -> 09:53 PM) They are also playing without Thome, and for some reason, the genius GM has a roster that has even had to resort to Brian Anderson DHing in his absence. I just don't think Walker has gone from a decent hitting coach, if you look at individual numbers the past couple of seasons, to the village idiot overnight. The Cubs worked with Ryne Sandburg on hitting for power, and the Twins did the same with Kirby Puckett. I really doubt Walker wants Sweeney swinging from his heels. He probably wants him a little more aggressive. Thome was with them as they declined every month since last June. Thome was with us when we sucked early this season. Thome;'s absence isn't the source of our ills. Everyone else's absence is. Come on, DA. Someone has to be held accountable and you can't fire the players. But you know that this organization's hitting approach as a whole is bad

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 18, 2007 -> 11:20 AM) He saves children, but not the British children He saves children, but not the British children He saves children, but not the British children I got ripped when I posted that video awhile back. "Not funny," blah blah blah. Glad to see someone else appreciate it. -- Haha. -- Happy birthday Spiff man.

PS: Texas' coach isn't on the seat like ours because I doubt Texas' lineup has degressed every single month since last June

Greg Walker still needs to lose his job.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ May 18, 2007 -> 09:10 PM) Today's Baseball players = not known for toughness

Ozzie on Podsednik. Isn't that funny?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 18, 2007 -> 05:07 PM) Ozzie was sort of nice to him the other day. What are you saying? All I read there is,

Mmhmm PS: Guillen defended Anderson until about late May of last year. By the way, I thought the SoxTalk rule was no profanity -- edited or not -- in the titles? I don't care either way. I'm all for calling Ozzie a dumbass and someone calling you a dumbass for calling Ozzie a dumbass in addition to a "motherf***ingdips***," but I'm just asking for clarification on how SoxTalk will operate with profanity from now on.

Hope that wakes him up!

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 18, 2007 -> 04:45 PM) According to Guillen in his post-game interview, MacDougal pitched the ball well. Was he watching a replay of yesterday's game? Protecting his players. I'm not mad at Ozzie for today. I think all of you who are wrong as hell, but that's just me.

http://www.godhatesf**s.com/fliers/may2007...ell-funeral.pdf I know no one here's a fan of Phelps. What a parody of himself Phelps has become

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 18, 2007 -> 10:14 AM) I think Brandon McCarthy and Brian Anderson would disagree with you. You know what I meant. But let's rephrase: Ozzie protects his good players, and his hardworking players.

Protecting his players. He's very protective, you know that.