Harry Chappas

Ramirez needs to move to third and Beckham short. Ramirez has too much time to think at SS and Beckham could not be any worse. I am waiting for a slow roller to stop and Ramirez to sit and watch it while the runner rounds the bases. He refuses to charge a ball now. The play yesterday was abysmal.

If Ryne Sandberg is named manager here is the rhetoric you will hear from the minion nation; ? "Rhino.....awesome. Rhino knows Wrigley and what it takes to win here. We would have won with Rhino in 69 and he carried us in 84, 89, 92, 96 and 03. If we had Rhino as player manager the last two years we would have won it all. Pinella couldn't handle the winning tradition that is expected here, he was a loser look at what he did in Tampa. Rhino, he is a hall of famer and a winner. He will go to Santo for advice in the playoffs and what it takes to be a winner. Santo has the rings to prove it. He can bring back Bowa to coach third, Bobby Dernier can work with the outfielders, Sarge can replace Joshua as the hitting coach and have Sutcliffe work with the pitchers. Jody can turn Soto back into the MVP winner like he was last year. RHINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! f*** ya." Rick Sutcliffe during the game on ESPn was talking about how Derek Jeter and Chipper Jones are great because they play every day of the season from spring to the end of the year because they feel they owe it to the fans .....Jeter yes but hasn't Chipper missed huge chuck of time in more than a few seasons?????? ESPN flat out sucks.

Lot of talk on the radio that as soon as the cubs are eliminated Pinella will step down. They feel he has given up on this team.

Just back home. Going into today I was 4-15 going to games and figured there was no chance to win that game. In the 19 games I have been to the Sox have scored more than 4 runs 3 times. Real good game except for Dye and Ramirez. Crow tasted good. The Teahan homer was cheap.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 12:25 PM) Jose has had 6 starts since the break, all of them either bad or downright awful. We either need to beat up on Cy Young 1 or Seattle has to be up on Cy Young 2 for us not to be 4 games out. With Jose and Freddy facing Boston at Fenway we aren't going to gain any ground there either. The lack of a viable 4th and 5th starter the last month is what will cost us the division. Why can't Jake Peavy throw 70 pitches for the Sox next week? It is a rhetorical question by the way.

Friday the Sox will be 4.5 games back and have a winnable series against Baltimore while Detroit goes to Oakland. They need to pick up a game or two there. Afternoon home games do not bode well for the Sox. Final Score..............13-2 Royals Hope I am wrong. I know there is an off day tomorrow but Jose is going to be left out there for at least 100 pitches which he may get to in the fourth. Jose is no fun to watch. Let's hope he makes it until 1:30 unlike the other few weekday afternoon game pitches sans the perfecto. The bright spot......Robinson Tejada is most likely not available and let's hope for some minor swelling in Soria's ankle.....f*** it Grienke will throw less than 110 pitches for the CG anyway.

I will agree with the Pods, Ramirez and Beckham talk in this thread but the reason the Sox are not winning more is because the abyss that is Dye, Konerko and Thome show up once a week and I am saying only one of them once a week or hit the random homerun. It has become an annual rite of passage they stop playing for months at a time.

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 08:09 AM) Cesar and I were the left side of the infield for two years at Mt. Carmel It was great to see him get his first win in the bigs. Congratulations Ceaz! Didn't the Sox pass up on him and Garza for Broadway or was Cesar picked with Kyle.

I will say it once again....this team shuts it down too easily. The Royals suck.

Why do I even care...

There is the K Here comes the pop out

Soria just putting off the inevitable.

Nice inning for Pena Here comes a nice easy 1-2-3 inning with a couple of head drops and an AJ f*** should just about do the trick.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:12 PM) I suppose that's possible, given that he was handed the shortstop job for this year about half way through last year. And told he would be great at it..... Maybe he needs to fight for a job to be good. He and Contreras seem to just kind of flake out and lose any ability to play rather easily.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:09 PM) How many times have we come back from behind in the 9th inning this year? Once.....last Tuesday

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:03 PM) If one of my kids had been doing well, pretty intelligent and busting his butt and looking sharp one year, then the next year seemed unmotivated and made numerous mental mistakes, I'd have to wonder what other issues were having an influence in his life. Complacancy

Gas Can Tony in the game.

What a pitiful effort. Think Tejada will pitch the 9th.....actually anyone pitching the 9th will shut these fools down. Wow did this game go to hell in a hurry. Why do teams never seem to stop playing after three innings against the Sox?

The Sox may not score again until some time Friday....hopefully Amazing how easily this team can shut it down.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 09:52 PM) Alexei is going to play himself out of this organization. You never hear Hawk this vocal about someone's effort. No he won't they will move Beckham to short and Ramirez to third. He could be the dumbest player I have ever seen.

Kenny's little talk seems to have really fired the team up. Teahan will be on base shortly

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 09:46 PM) Aced by Robinson Tejada... Sox'll trade for him within the next 18 months

How do the Royals ever lose? Other than looking at nine strikes this inning could not be any worse nobody seems to have a chance

What did Ramirez f*** up earlier in the game?

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 09:31 PM) an Ozzie blow up? Please he should have blown up at Ramirez weeks ago he seems to care as little as anyone...