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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 10:07 AM) The series is already taken. A sweep is what the Sox need. Have you changed your stance regarding the recent winning streak? Yeah, I was going to say...looks like someone is coming around, eh?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 19, 2010 -> 11:27 AM) The only possible justification for this is that Ozzie thinks Peavy will pitch like 2007 Peavy and we won't need PK or Rios in the lineup to pull off the win....or that Jake is hurt and will pitch so poorly that it won't matter that we have PK and Rios in the lineup. And sitting them both in the same game will kill two birds with one stone... Maybe he was thinking the former....

QUOTE (scenario @ Jun 19, 2010 -> 10:01 PM) Interesting to see the ex-Sox factor in the 9th inning of the Twins-Phils game today... Jim Thome cracked a two-run homer in the top of the ninth off Jose Contreras. Then Ross Gload hit a game tying homer off Jon Rauch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to send it to extras. Wow! I knew that but didn't even really think about how bizarre that is! Damn Phils!

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Jun 19, 2010 -> 08:29 PM) thats probably true but this recent great pitching is fooling people into believing that the offense is good enough to win the division. we cant keep relying on the pitching to give up 2 runs or less That may be true, but I think this offense, as originally expected to perform, is good enough to win the division. The problem is, as it stands now, it isn't good enough. It is, however, good enough to win in the postseason, in my opinion. So I don't believe a major overhaul is necessary, but more some improved performances out of Alexei and Gordon. I have come to grips with the fact that this is about what we can expect to get out of Quentin. It appears that AGon is not going to be getting moved as the Padres' pitching staff might very well keep them in contention til after the break. That leaves Fielder and Berkman as the two biggest bats available, and I am not really sold yet that the Brewers are prepared to move Prince at this time. One thing I will say though, is that despite the fact that this SP is saving our asses right now, they owe us this. For all the games that they have underperformed, they owe us a stretch where we can put some wins together even if we are underperforming on the offensive end.

What has happened the last few years is that 3-4 AL teams have absolutely whipped their NL opponents, and the rest of the games seem to be split. Outside of 2007, the White Sox have consistently been one of those teams that has beat up the NL.

Nice work, Rock. I am entering my rest week here....3 weeks in the books...

The only possible justification for this is that Ozzie thinks Peavy will pitch like 2007 Peavy and we won't need PK or Rios in the lineup to pull off the win....or that Jake is hurt and will pitch so poorly that it won't matter that we have PK and Rios in the lineup. And sitting them both in the same game will kill two birds with one stone...

You're going to sit PK and not put Viciedo at first, which seems like a position we could hide him at a bit...

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I'm very happy to see so many peeps getting happy about White Sox baseball.....start believing folks...this SP is for real....

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 11:20 AM) They were clearly biased against the US during that game to the point that I've heard from friends watching with Mexican commentators, British commentators, etc. that they were all ripping on the ref and saying that the US got screwed not just on that call but throughout the game. Hell one of those yellow cards could have been a red card (where Altidore had a clear run if he wasn't fouled) and probably would have been called a red if the US committed a similar foul. I'm not stating that the calls weren't poor. I'm stating that I don't believe they were deliberately biased against the US. Harks was saying he thought the foul on Altidore could have been a red card, but Darke wasn't so sure, and pointed out that Altidore was running at an angle away from the goal at that point. It probably could have gone either way. Again, I am certainly not saying that the refs didn't screw us - they took away a perfectly good go-ahead goal and couldn't even really verbalize what their call was at the time - but saying that we got screwed and that we got deliberately screwed because of some conscious bias against us are two really different things. Trust me, I have ties to a player on our roster. I want us to win as badly as anyone. But I just don't think the ref deliberately was out to get us.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 10:09 AM) Because he got paid to make sure the US wouldn't win so he was making s*** up. I'm not even really kidding. That's nonsense. The guy gave Slovenia like 5 yellow cards. They made some bad decisions, but I really don't think they were trying to be deliberately biased against the US.

Donovan said the referee wouldn't tell them what the call was. WTF

The ESPN guys just said the ref gave the US a foul there.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 10:01 AM) Well the TV called offside. If they called a foul, I dont' know how the f*** it was on because the only contact I saw was the guy bear hugging Bradley. No, the commentators on tv initially guessed they said offside. But they never really concluded what the call was. I heard them say on the second replay that they thought a foul was given. But they never stated who it was given on or what the official decision was.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 10:00 AM) Why do they have to win by 2 for sure? If England wins, all we need is a win, right? If England loses, than all we need is a win, right? So ties are the only thing that could potentially push the cards and at that point it comes down to pure goal differential so we don't necessarily know that 2 goals would be enough, right? Well, Slovenia won 1-0 against Algeria. A win by England against Algeria and a Slovenia - England push would give those 3 teams 5 points. If we win 1-0 against Algeria, we would be tied in goal differential with Slovenia and possibly England, depending on what score they potentially beat Algeria by. What is the next tiebreaker after goal differential?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 09:57 AM) His calls cost us a player and potentially a goal in one play. Than another play cost us a goal in what was a freaking awful awful decision. No one was offside on that call. I've played soccer my whole life and still do and unless there was some invisible player, no one was offside on that call. They did not call offside. The post-game stats showed us as having 0 offsides called against us. Had to be a foul given.

Darke and Harks can't seem to figure out what he could have called...apparently he did call offside...really, really unfortunate....that could be the difference between the US advancing or not...

The defender had Bradley wrapped up in a bear hug practically....who did he actually call the foul on?

That was f***ing unbelievable....

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 09:02 AM) LOL it never even hit his hand. Yes it did, it came off his head and grazed off the top of his left hand. Regardless, it was certainly not intentional, and as the announcer said, "one of the worst decisions I have ever seen."

Someone posted last night, the SP has like a 2.00 ERA over the last 10 starts or something. That's the reason they're winning, and it has nothing to do with anything else.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 17, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) You had a good run, Nix. Hope there's a place for you somewhere. Can't wait to see Dayan get everyday playing time! Oh man, I was thinking you were going to go ballistic...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 17, 2010 -> 10:14 PM) Helen Keller was a socialist too. Actually a USSR apologist. It's funny, because every kid grows up learning how she learned to write and went to college but after that it just stops and we know nothing of her adult life. Hah, still reading that book, aren't you?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 17, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) Don't get me wrong, I am as excited as the next guy. Just don't wanna go through another G. Beckham horror. Just to make this clear....Gordon came up last year and became a top rookie of the year candidate....it was NOT an issue of a player being rushed. His has been an issue of a player not making the necessary adjustments to those made by the league against him.