Harry Chappas

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 1, 2008 -> 10:21 AM) if dempster can keep it up for 2 starts he will have a shot at making the all star team, because the cubs begin a stretch from may 12 to may 28 of arguably the sorriest offensive schedule ever over a period of 16 games.....san diego for 4, pittsburgh for 3, houston for 3, pittsburgh for 3 more, and the dodgers for 3... even beyond that htey get the offensively struggling rockies for 4, then out to SD, and LA where hitters go to die....then they finally start playing the big boy league and the NL east They play Pittsburgh 9 times before June 1st.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 02:47 PM) Fields at 2B would make a sense. I would say Ozuna but he looks as lost as anyone. I go back to your post in the blog thread. Move Fields for a younger middle infielder with speed that can get on base.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 02:15 PM) Tony, don't get my hopes up!!! If I was KW, I would send Alexei down, let him play every day, even shuffle up the positions so he gets experience in the INF and OF. Then bring Fields up. Owens shouldn't touch any of our 4 OFers right now, and then you have a legitimate power PHer and maybe DH him against guys who are super tough on lefties Ramirez, Owens and Fields serve no purpose with this team as they all need regualr AB's. The Sox need a Mackowiak type.

Owens does nothing for this team as he will not play befor Quintin, Swisher or Dye and should not play before Anderson. Find anyone in the world that can play second and get on base to lead-off.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 01:49 PM) This team just isn't very good. The OC experience has been a massive bust so far, Thome has been worthless after the 6th inning, and Dye know looks like he's never seen a pitch before in his life. With the Tigers having Granderson back, and the Indians getting strong performances from Cliff Lee, I don't see anyway this team can stay on top of the AL Central. They will wait for the magic of the softball line-up to take hold. If the pitching holds like this they have a shot. I think KW needs to make a move very soon and that move is for a speddy, left handed hitting second baseman at any cost or blow this whole thnig up. I am also thinking they really overpaid for Nick Swisher as he seems to be a-lot of action and production other than an occasional walk. This team is about as unclutch as possible. KW really should be looking to to whatever is necessary to get Brian Roberts or someone with that skill set. This weekend will be really long if hte approach does nto change.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 01:48 PM) This team needs a day off, thank god they're getting one. They look horrible in almost every facet of the game, and whats worse is our pitching is keeping these games from looking far worse than they actually are. I've been negative on this team as of late, and their play the last week is why. This is as non-fundamental and sad as it gets. Botched bunts, unable to make contact when all you need to do is make contact, etc...it's just BAD. Get the day off and shake up this lineup. They were off Friday and last Monday?

Once again the Latino players on this team are useless as one of them is unable to properly travel with the team and the others feel that taking a pitch is somehow disasterous. The bench is f***ing joke right now with Ramirez, Ozuna and Uribe as they are all useless at this point in time. Please bring up somebody with a baseball IQ who can also show some effort. Sorry but I am not seeing this offense magically reappear. There are way to many hitters that have shown that they are on the decline.

unclutchness thy name is the White Sox

Take a pitch assclown. Ozuna is a shell of the player he was. Ok here is Swisher's RISP attempt.

Pablo Ozuna?????????????????????????????????

2-7 when scoring 3 runs or less 12-4 when score more than 3 runs This team is resorting to 2007 as the days pass.

This offense is almost comical how sad it is.

well at least Thome made him work for that strike out. Pat Neshak to make Dye look really, really sad as the Openign Day appraoch Dye used was lost with his four day vacation which will take him a week or six to get his timing back.

Morenau comes through 4-3 twins......why give him a f***ing pitch to hit there????????? The baseball IQ of this tems is really sad.

Need to throw strikes.

One of Moreanau or Mauer is going to do something that the middle of Sox order is unable to do, come thorugh in the clutch.

In an effort to continue to belabor this point, I am not seeing a hitter that has everything that is needed to be a number two hitter. He does nothing special and actually has had a bad appraoch at the plate. He appears to be a shell of the player they thought they were getting. The lack of prodcution by the offense is really sad. 4 runs in 16 innings. Gomez bunt hit and will be stealing. Wasserman injured his leg to add insult to injury.

Blackburn is not going to give Swisher a pitch to hit.

QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 12:56 PM) Whose fault is that, Alexi's or the teams?? They didn't say but I would say the team's.

Hall has looked good at the plate today.....1-2 count

Farmer: Ramirez unavailable for Toronto due to visa problems. Send him down and take Owens or Bourgoise.

Thorton with 3 K's and fly out that inning. Thorton needs to take Dotel's role of importance in the bullpen.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 12:44 PM) He's been very "unclutch" since the Joba hit. The clutch thing is kind of funny to me in that a hit there to drive in a run is just as good as doing it in 8th or 9th, just a bit more demoralizing to the opponent. That is where I think the Hawk "tell me whne you do it" line is dumb. Runs early in the game can change the opponents way of thinking. 100 total RBI spaced evenly through a game are better then only having 35 and all of them coming in the 7th through 9th inning. Dropped third strike and Lamb is safe........ugh. The Twins will score here in typical "twin" fashion.

Crede and Dye are having terrible games.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 12:40 PM) Well, "my realistic with trade" lineup would be: Roberts I posted this in the blog thread. I also think Quintin should be batting second right now or even lead-off. With Cabrera hitting 9th. Come on Joe.