Dick Allen

How can the Sox lack intensity? What would jphat say to that? Down 4 in the ninth. Here come the pinch hitters.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:48 PM) We'll have a 2-0 lead going into the 6th. This thread needs more wrestling. Whatcha ya gonna do brother

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:45 PM) the jews Hey Mel, how are ya?

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:44 PM) maybe all of the Vazquez > Garcia thoughts on this board may play true on Sunday. I doubt it though. Vazquez has no room for error Sunday. He's going to need to pitch the game of his life. The White Sox still have only 5 wins this season scoring 3 or less. Getting 4 off Santana is going to be difficult.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:42 PM) He said "right now". How far back is "right now"? Morneau is having a good all around season, but is no means near the best player in baseball right now. Would be funny to see what people post if Anderson dives and makes the catch. "Nice pitch Neal", etc... Overall, doesn't seem like we are gonna score more than 3. We come back to tie or take the lead and Freddy gave it right back. Freddy isn't a big game pitcher, he just says he is. Morneau has been the best hitter in baseball the past 2 1/2 months. Ozzie gave the Twins biggest run producer the opportunity to put the game away, and he was burned.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:41 PM) Always have to try and get the last word in, don't you? Its a characteristic of a good poster, and dare I say it, a 5 year old.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:37 PM) It's no use my friend. No use at all. They see only what they want to. One, I never said it like that. Nice try. I said he was better up to that point in the year, which he was. That's all you've got? Two, how's Bobby Jenks doing this year? Jenks isn't doing too bad, although he hasn't been lights out lately.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:35 PM) Last 7 games: .273 average, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, OPS of .792. If he is the best player is baseball now, the game is in trouble. Or the guy who hit .364 in June, .410 in July and .288 in August with 17 rbi so far. If Jermaine Dye is an under the radar MVP candidate, so is this guy.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:33 PM) Just reminding you of last year. Thought I remember seeing you say it wouldn't happen again. It isn't worth coming much anymore really. That's why all of the really good posters don't come to the game threads anymore. It's just a big whine fest from 5-year olds. Sorry we miss you in the gamethreads giving us such wisdom like Buerhle is better than Santana.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:32 PM) He got him to pop it up. Ozzie did the job. Cotts did the job. I don't think any pitcher is good enough to direct where weak little pop ups go to. Guys who have been as hot as Morneau have been get hits like that. Frank Thomas probably has at least 10 extra points on his career batting average with little dinks that fell within 2 feet of the RF line. Don't pitch to the hottest hitter in baseball and let him beat you.

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:29 PM) just think Santana is going on Sunday... The Twins have won his last 18 starts in the Metrodome, and he's up against Vazquez. Tomorrow is the game to avoid a sweep.

When guys are as hot as Morneau has been, it makes no difference if its a lefty or righty he's facing. That and the fact that 11 out of the last 17 lefties who have faced Cotts have gotten hits, Ozzie has to be brain damaged.

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:26 PM) we were setting up a double play if i remember correctly... now this move baffled me like no other FIRE OZZIE

This is hard to understand.

They are walking someone to get to Mourneau?

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:22 PM) Cliff was hurt. What's Neal's excuse? Cliff wasn't hurt. He was just meat.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:19 PM) does anyone better epitomize the contrast between this year's team and last year's than Neal Cotts? Although he's just a memory, Cliff Politte.

I haven't heard Hawk throw out an equidistant yet. What gives?

The Twins bullpen is spectacular.

QUOTE(BFirebird @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:08 PM) Uribe should have been PH for...I don't know about Anderson. Mack in center is just brutal...especially in this park. You have to roll the dice in that situation. If the Sox don't score another run, Willie Mays in his prime in CF won't make a difference.

It would be nice if Pods was standing on 3rd. He has a hard time picking the ball up. On Konerko's double yesterday in which Pods scored, he did pull up at second for some reason before taking off again.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:04 PM) He has absolutely no sense of urgency. He's saving every lefty for Nathan. I think I'd rather take my chances with this guy.

Ozzie bats the 2 guys who have absolutely no chance of hitting this guy.

Until last season when they were nails on the road, the Sox had a much better home record than road record. Are our announcers complaining about getting pitches, Hawk a few times and Farmer tonight, an admission that the White Sox have been guilty of the same thing? I think when Garcia is out on the mound, there is an incredible amount of meatballs to be hit. The Sox are lucky the Twins have only scored 4.

I would just like Ozzie to say Freddy didn't do the job, just once. And yank him tonight while they still have a chance to win the game.