Dick Allen

QUOTE (hi8is @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 02:13 AM) We do not deserve to be in the playoffs and the twins are a better team. Believe me. The old school people here know me. I am a die hard sox fan. I am also able to objectively look at things and right now.... that's where I'm at. If we where to somehow get into the playoffs - we would probably be beat right off the bat. The twins have a better shot of going past the first round than we do. They are a better team. OK. That said.... mods - moderate me like always and merge this thread with another. You all know I just love being censored. The Twins are up a half game in the win column. So if you count the game Monday against Detroit as a win, and I do, there is a tie in the AL Central at the moment. The only time the Twins are better than the White Sox is when they play in the Metrodome and its all mental. The organization as a whole bows down to them there. They act like the Twins are the 27 Yankees and they are a 100 loss ballclub every time they go to Minneapolis. Its a very defeatist attitude and as soon as something goes wrong up there, its in everyones' minds. Quit the Twinkie praise White Sox. It has cost you plenty.

QUOTE (dww879 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 08:19 PM) While I am thrilled by the result of that inning, I still find the fact that Dewayne Wise is leading off for a team that has a .5 game lead in their division with 5 to play extremely pathetic. KW will acquire a real leadoff hitter this offseason.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 08:18 PM) Now would be the time for me to admit that I'm nervous that it's only the 4th inning. I know. The Sox bullpen will get some work tonight. A couple more runs would be nice.

Everyone that wanted Uribe released=pwned

If Wise is your leadoff hitter in a game this big, KW's job should be on the line.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:44 PM) Let's just pretend the Rally Wise never happened. Ozzie's job should be on the line tomorrow....this team has quit on him. The whole organization has bowed down to the Twins in the Metrodome. I thought they would win 2, but they will not win tomorrow if they keep praising them. Its time to knock someone on their ass, and act like you're the team in first place.

The White Sox have had these 3 games circled and counted as losses for months. They need an attitude adjustment. Quit kissing Twinkie ass.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:43 PM) Good fake maybe get the pitcher thinking about the runner instead of the batter, maybe Nathan tries to get it home to quick and makes a mistake. Nathan can't see him, and I doubt he even cares.

Good fake? What does that do, Hawk?

Wise is not the guy you want hitting here. There is no way KW doesn't get a lead off hitter this offseason.

QUOTE (kane0730 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:39 PM) Hello Dirty .230 He'll need a hot streak to be that.

That's a triple if Jr. is playing CF.

Swisher is going to strike out for Uribe.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:36 PM) but javy is worse than dog s***. According to some on this board, he's one of the best pitchers in baseball.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:35 PM) It's good to see the Sox making another dog s*** pitcher look good. He has a lower ERA and better winning pct. than Javy.

QUOTE (iguchi=dank @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:31 PM) In my opinion Swisher gets to play everyday in left that ozzie wants to play griff in center, and then BA gets to come in late for griffey, that seemed to work for a while and its what we should do. Wise has had his moments and as a PH he can have a few more, but he can't start for us.. seriously, he can't be a starter in the playoffs, we need to ride the swisher and hope things turn around for him, i still for whatever reason think he can, but at least be better than d. wise. anyway lets go right here and take wise out. Unless Wise comes up huge in the next few innings, I have no doubt dirty 30 will be playing tomorrow.

Dye should be thinking RC. He has really looked silly on breaking balls for a while.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:28 PM) No one cares about pitch counts in a game like this. I'll bet you they don't let him throw 130 pitches no matter how good he's doing.

Buerhle is settling down. Too bad his pitch count will get to him later and get us a view of the bullpen.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) From the "McCain's Trying to Hide Bad Polls" Crowd: CNN Polls: CO - Obama +4 MI - Obama +5 PA - Obama +9 WV - McCain +4!!! MT - McCain +11 I really believe if the election were held today, McCain would win. I think unfortunately there are still a lot of people that when it comes time to actually vote will not vote for Obama because of his race.

Obama also loses probably more than a little if he suspends his campaign just because McCain says so, I would think. This crisis has been going on for a while and McCain had not suspended his campaign. Why now? Why not several weeks ago? Why did he wait until Palin's numbers started dropping like the Dow?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 03:09 PM) I disagree, I think this may save McCain. The Republican's had jumped the shark with their rhetoric this campaign, they were trying to beat Obama at his own game the "change" card. It started to become ridiculous comparisons of "who is the bigger reformer", "who brings more change", and at the end of the day its just strange that they thought it was a good idea to run on that idea. Now they can change tactics drastically and not lose any face. McCain will "stop campaigning" while the campaign changes directions. McCain will run on the fact that he just wants to do whats best for America, that he is and has always been willing to sacrifice for America. Here are a bunch of statements if I was McCain Id use against Obama now: "Look at what I did when I was running for President, I put aside my chances to win, so that I could solve the crises, I gave up my dream, so that the rest of America could be saved. If I lost my chance to be elected President because I cared to much about America, I can live with that. I can live with looking into American's eyes and saying I did the right thing, as opposed to I did what was best for me. Because thats what I believe America is about, its about selflessness, its about the good of everyone. And today I did what was best for America, because some times doing the right thing means you have to sacrifice." Strategy wise, I think its pretty good it could backfire but I believe right now McCain felt that things hadnt been going his way recently, so desperate times call for desperate measures. The other side of the argument is he's supposed to be such a leader and has been in Congress and the Senate for 26 years, how did he and his cohorts let the economy get to this point?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 02:03 PM) It's a very difficult decision for Obama. I assume the Republicans will claim that he cares more about becoming president than actually helping out the citizens of the United States. Of course they will, just like they had to scale back their convention for the hurricane, but when Katrina hit where were they where was McCain? Oh yeah, he was on a tarmac greeting Bush with a birthday cake.

"I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated," McCain told the Wall Street Journal in late November. This is the guy who doesn't want to debate because he needs to fix the economy. That's rich.

The good news is the Sox really only need one of these games to remain fairly comfortable in the driver's seat. The only thing that concerns me is the team really seems spooked about playing in Minnesota. Its time for that to end.