StrangeSox

You're only talking about 10 seasons. Thats not exactly a large sample size.

QUOTE(Wealz @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 12:26 PM) Well that would count as a PLUS for having Mackowiak in center. Anderson is the position player jewel of the farm system for the moment and is incredibly important to the team's future. That's why he should be handled with care. As far as Mackowiak goes, he's either good enough to play center or he isn't. It's that simple. He's not. Anderson clearly is. Its that simple.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 12:17 PM) I read it as Brian needs to start hitting bombs now. Mea culpa. Chicks dig the long ball, man. Anyone want to figure out how many times Minn. and Det. have started their starting lineup?

Gas continues to fall. Down to 2.75 in Urbana.

QUOTE(Wealz @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 07:33 PM) Guillen's handling of Anderson, choosing which pitchers he faces, is a big reason why he has blossomed. Sure, it sucks to have Mackowiak in center at times, but that's the price you pay to make sure Anderson develops properly. You could blame Williams for not furnishing Guillen with a better alternative than Mackowiak in center. BS. Greg Walker correcting his swing is why he's hitting better. It still makes no sense to sit BA nearly as often as he does.

Great (unexpected) performances by both Mark and Pods. I think Pods' throw from LF to get the out at 2nd was a huge momentum-turning moment, and not just for this game. It just looked like everything was starting to click, and that the team really came out to play today.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 03:56 PM) Or for that matter, on terrorism? Seriously, declaring war on abstract thoughts, inanimate objects, or biological diseases is just dumb.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 02:47 PM) I'm glad Buehrle is having a quickie. Not only is it good for him and the sox and us as fans, it gives me some more time to play madden Gives me time to drive my ass back down to school

Buerhle continues to cruise.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 02:44 PM) I hope he isn't pulling a contreras. I hope he's pulling an August '05 - May '06 Contreras

Well, it does appear that Podsednik gunning out the runner at 2nd has been a huge momentum shifting play. That, and Silva sucking.

Good thing BA was rested for todays game!

I'm kinda pissed when Uribe hits solo shots because its just going to encourage him to keep swinging for the fences.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 02:33 PM) Good thing he didn't show up today.

Whew! 6IP, 1 ER so far. go Buerhle go!

Jooooeeeee Creeeedddeeeee!

AJP! Nice HR call by DJ, too.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 02:14 PM) hell yes! that was huge! Momentum shifting huge?

Pods with hussle in the field, guns someone out?!?!?! My world is collapsing around me. this team came to play today.

1 pitch, 1 out. Nice to see it happen in favor of the Sox for once. Buerhle pitching well so far *knock on wood

QUOTE(Wealz @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 10:54 AM) He won a WORLD SERIES with the Chicago White Sox for goodness sake. Won 99 games, went 11-1 in the postseason, with a team that many didn't think would finish higher than third in its division, some said fourth, before the season started. That's why no one is near Guillen's level. Kenny Williams traded for Vazquez, gave up an awful lot for him and is paying him big money. How should Guillen handle him? I don't understand what's been bad about the handling of Anderson or McCarthy. I don't understand how you can believe that. The pitching carried this team last year, plain and simple. It was OK for Guillen to leave guys in until the 7th or 8th because they were just pitching that well. The bullpen was also untouchable, for the most part. Guillen could stick Pollite, Cotts, Hermanson, or Jenks out there and it didn't matter. If you think that another manager couldn't have won with that team, you're delusional. Guillen should pull Vazquez before he implodes like clockwork. He does it almost every single start: get into the third time through the lineup, and he gets knocked around. PULL HIM BEFORE THIS HAPPENS. McCarthy is rotting away in the pen, rarely being used and often having his role change. Use him effectively. If this is what they wanted to do with him this year, they should have kept him in AAA to keep getting starts or traded him away for a good player at the deadline. Right now he's basically a waste and Ozzie has made it clear that he doesn't think that highly of him. Anderson hit poorly for about half the season. Defensively, he's always been at least good if not "great" or "one of the best in the league." Offensively, he's turned it around since the ASB, pulling his once-terrible AVG up to ~.227. Mackowiak is a butcher out in CF and screws up every time he's out there. At least once a game he screws up a play and often it leads to a run. Offensively, he's now no better than Anderson. There is NO REASON AT ALL that Anderson should be sitting on the bench, aside from every once in a while for some rest. This BS of sitting him every other day is just retarded.

Damnit. Crede not so clutch there.

AJP HBP

Awww yeah!

I love you JD.