Harry Chappas

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:25 PM) That wasn't Macko. He's in RF. I know. How did this alignment come about? Hawk is blowing the Royals they are 6-13 and not good and haven't been for god sake.

Am I stupid, but what happened to Mackowiak? How f***ing hard is it to play the outfield? Any chance of rescinding the Thorton contract? Is that 4 blown holds/save opportunities?

Hey Hawk, throw strikes and they may go away.

Start an inning with a guy and go with him. The leftie/rightie s*** is driving me f***ing nuts.

Why not DH Ozuna? Is Bannister right handed?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:45 AM) Ah my favorite writer Joe Posnanski... I wonder how much better the KC pen would have been with MacDougal and Sisco still coming out of it? How about Ambrose Burgouix or something like that.

I honestly do not think Guillen understands that a PH does not have to bat. He never does the double pH switch. This game is poorly managed by Guillen.

Sisco is our 5th best reliever. This game is all on Guillen and his horses*** use of the bullpen.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 23, 2007 -> 02:45 PM) In all reality this is what should happen. The game should end Whitesox 9 - Royals 2. The whitesox should be held to 4 runs over 6 by Meche. Then the Royals bullpen comes into the game, and bombs away. Except hte White Sox have never see the guys in the KC bullpen except Riske and therefore it falls to the old never seen him before Cy Youngification of an ordinary pitcher. Hawk, "The Royals got some good young arms out there in that bullpen." Sweeney is good for at least 3 RBI tonight as he simply kills Mark Buerhle. These are not overly negative facts, these are proven points.

When McCarthy showed he wasn't going to be an effective reliever they should have sent him down to get more work in. The cubs have doen this with Angel Guzman as they intend on streching him out and having him replace Miller very soon. Why not do this with Anderson for a week or two to get him at-bats rather than have him rot away until Erstad is injured and then he is forced into action cold and uninterested.

I am to lazy to look but who was the jouryman 2B that is at AAA.

QUOTE(knightni @ Apr 23, 2007 -> 11:22 AM) The main thing I see is that Ozzie sets up young guys to fail, not succeed. Why else would he throw a young situational lefty out there against RH batters in an extra inning tie game? Because they (Oz/KW) wanted an excuse to send Logan down to AAA. Masset looked gassed and it was he v. Granderson or Logan v. a PH. When Logan walked the first batter he killed their chances as he would've walked Polanco to get to Infante/Ph. The pen needed a day.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 23, 2007 -> 09:35 AM) Weather will be in the 70s at game time. Going to have to find new excuses for those hitting under .200

There really is no such thing as the Sunday line-up anymore. Our bench players are much better than those that formed the old "Sunday line-up".

Simply amazing what a good bullpen can do. Erstad good.....couple of bleeders. The steal attempt was stupid Seay threw over there 5 times. Thome trying to score was idiodic the play was in front of him. 4 through 7 were sad and looked pretty sick. Pitching is everything. Too bad we couldn't have only give up a run and saved the pen. McDougal, Jenks Thorton all pitched two days in a row (two of themn only to one batter though). Hopeful we can hit a guy with a 1.8 ERA and has dominated in the past. Line-up should be interesting.

Where was Papelbon?

Santo may take a run at Jacque Jones.

Runner trying to steal.....ball four is called. Runner slides past the base and is tagged out. He is out. If he stops walks and stops on second he is safe. Out for over sliding. That is insane. Now the fans start to throw stuff on the field. Only at the shrine. Murton swings first pitch and ends the game. Wow. Santo is going to take a swing at someone.

The funny thing is that he has similar stats as Whitey Ford and Ford is in the HOF. He should turn into Ron Santo and demanded to be put in. Thomas and Shoeless Joe should have their statue together. Blend the ages together. Ironic that they both have stories about the World Series. Joe has the Black Sox issue and Thomas was injured and couldn't play. Was Joe on the 1917 team?

That really sucks. Looked on their board and seems Sox fans have sent their well wishes. Seemd like a great guy and poster.

Also, don't forget one is right handed and the other is left handed.

I believe Cotts went to ISU but is from further south than that and Buerhle is basically west of ISU and a tad south. I think the thought on Buerhle is the reverse of Scottie Pippin, be fair to yourself and get an offer. If it is beyond what we can do have fun. If we are close welcome back. Remember Pippin signed a deal that Reinsdorf told him was bad for him but he wanted it anyway. If Buerhle is as good a guy as he appears something will get done.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 05:01 PM) You know, if they had gone out and found an actual replacement for Brian Anderson there would be no problem here. The only problem is they went out and signed the same exact player only 8 years older. Darin Erstad is not nearly the defensive player Brian Anderson is. The fact that Erstad hit in the 7th last night with the runner on second is all you need to know. He is considered for some reason to be the savior. I am not sure who could lead-off right now but why not put Mack there. Couldn't possibly do any worse. With Mack in left and Anderson in center they now have a legitimate defensive team. Sure they may only hit .215............oh wait. Put anderson 8th and leave him there. If Erstad can not hit Durbin tonight he should be released. He needs to hit Gaudin, Westbrook, Byrd, Carmona, and the last three guys from Texas. They are all undominating that should be pounded. Ozuna and Anderson should play against lefties and Mack and Erstad should pound righties.

When Vazquez and Buerhle start the Sox are 6-0, 1-7 when they do not. Also Ron Washington makes Guillen look like Casey Stengel. That work he did to his bullpen last night was masterful. I also like the fact that he made Konerko beat him twice. Although Hawk thought it was a bad move, that was what I thought was good. Otuska (sp?) should have been in the game for the 8th.

Between Guillen and the inept O it is a miracle we can win a game.