henry wiggins

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 11:21 AM) Trashing Buehrle? Did you even read what you quoted? He said he's been a disappointment. How the f can that be denied? He said we need him for the stretch run. Maybe BECAUSE he's our best pitcher (at least tied for that honor), and we need our best players to perform. But hey, I'm forgetting, you're an expert on class, telling other posters that they aren't real fans with the scare-quotes bs. Why would anyone bother to stick around here and post if they didn't really care about this team? As for "trashing" Buehrle, did you bother to look at his member group? That's not an automatically generated group, he had to ask to have it changed to that. But your mind-reading powers saw through that ruse to his true Buehrle-hating self. Great point, bravo! My comment was in response to the "If he is turning the corner, it sure as hell better be now." That's insightful analysis? Supportive comment? I didn't think it read as such. The way it comes across as I read it is that Mark Buehrle needs to shape the f up right NOW! -- as if it were somehow in MB's control and power to do that immediately and he just didn't want to. If I read it wrong, that happens, it's the internet. The rest of your post makes no sense to me, sorry. You seem to be referencing posts I've made in the past? I don't remember what they were. If you do, frankly, that creeps me out a little bit. In fact, you seem to be bringing a lot more emotion into this than I think it warrants. How about you ignore my posts in the future and I'll ignore yours? Win/win.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 08:20 AM) Buerhle has been a major dissapointment. If he is turning the corner, it sure as hell better be now. If this team gets behind more than 6.5 games, they are toast. Yeah, they should trade Buehrle now. Who the freak does he think he is, letting down the "fans" like this?! I say we teepee his house. Also, no team has ever come from 6.5 back on July 22 to win; and this team definitely doesn't have the tools to do it. I'm giving away the rest of my season tickets, since there's no point even watching the Sox anymore. Get a grip. A pitcher who has been rock-solid for half a decade goes into the worst slump of his career, and you're trashing him? Classy.

Don Cooper said today (or yesterday, I forget) that this is a test of the team's attitude and mental toughness. He's right. If they're the least bit relaxed by last year's win, the Tigers will get the better of them at the end. Are the '06 Sox as hungry as the '05 Sox were? We'll see! It's too early to know that, only the next 2+ months will tell. It's definitely times like this that meld players into a team, though. If they come through the rough stretches without any infighting or attitude problems, and pull together on the same end of the rope (as Ozzie likes to say), they'll be just fine and will finish first in the ALC. And when did so many people stop believin'???? How sad!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) I will say this now. The division race, is over. Congrats to the Tigers, they have played amazingly. Can the Sox work out an arrangement with the Commissioner's office where they settle now for a 3rd place finish, and just go through the motions on the rest of their games? I mean, it's all over anyway, so why even pretend that they have a chance, right? Pour a bucket of teal over the preceding paragraph. My gosh, it's July 20, and the division race is over? No real polite way to say this: get a grip!

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 07:50 PM) Who'd have thought we'd actually have this discussion about 2 months back? Two months back the talk was about moving him into the Charlotte Knights lineup.

The guy and his wife just adopted a child and he's all worked up because ballclub officials didn't congratulate him?!?! Is he for real? Gee, nice to know how much it means to him to have a child. He's going to be a great dad, not like he's got any maturity issues. I hope to never see a guy like that in a Sox uniform. OTOH, the story's interesting in what it doesn't say, too -- there sure is some dissension on that ballclub, and it's about more than just an adoptive dad not getting a cake from the front office. H'mmmmm.....

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 09:53 PM) I agree with Steve. Hawk is the best. LOL! I can't stand him ... I turn the sound off and watch the game while listening to Farmer and Singleton, until Farmer gets into his "we're all doomed" mode, and then I turn off the radio and watch without commentary.

What a classy guy KW is. Thanks for posting that.

I'm a believer.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 17, 2006 -> 02:46 AM) This team needs more than Brandon McCarthy. Fixed it for you.

I wasn't posting on the board last year, but I've read the threads and it sure seems silly to deny the power of the Rally Crede ... I'm in.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 16, 2006 -> 03:16 PM) whupdeef***in doo......its almost august...i know hes still hittin like .340 in july, and he is coming around, but 3.5 months of batting .200 is something im not celebrating "Almost August"? It's July 16. There is half the month of July left. What calendar do you use? Give me a break. :headshake

It sounds like AJ is getting fined for playing hard and having an attitude. If that's the case, Pete Rose would have been banned from baseball even without the gambling. And of course, Ty Cobb should be tossed out of the HOF. Last month the Southtown ran a full-page piece on AJ, titled "The Man Who's Booed Too Much." I sent it to AJ and asked him to sign it and send it back to me, and he did. I'm going to frame it and hang it next to my ALCS and WS and parade front pages -- I love AJ, I think he personifies this team and Ozzieball.

You're right-- I looked up the article and there's not a word about the upcoming homestand, so the writer IS talking about the WS. Okayyyyy... The Tigers don't have the track record (in recent years) to justify that degree of confidence, so I guess it's optimism. How silly -- I mean, how nice!

Are you sure that headline doesn't refer to the next series the Tigers play, which is at home against KC? It doesn't say "Tigers To Open World Series At Home" and I didn't read it that way. What's the rest of the article say??