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Thome is the only guy I actually wanted to keep. Now we have no left handed bat again.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 10:09 PM) Wow, i really didn't expect us to get this bad this fast. You know they'll break out of it...they're just going to wait until it is far too late...

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 08:37 PM) i will be the first to state that gambling might have a lot more to do with this teams overall performance than anyone can ever imagine. and that will be the last thing i ever say about that. Honestly, don't make an implication like that unless you have something material to back it up with.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 08:34 PM) the frustrating thing to me is that no one will be held accountable for this fiasco. no one. I disagree. I think this lineup will be drastically different next year. Just as KW said if the team played well with the addition of Rios that everyone could come back, the team playing like this the past several weeks could force everyone to be gone.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 08:24 PM) I don't think it would have been possible for Rios to have less of an impact on the team this year. Got to love Quentin not playing tonight due to his acquisition. Oh well, get this game over and pray. What the hell has Quentin done to earn his playing time?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 08:18 PM) thome's so awesome Honestly, they're all so awesome right now. It's impossible to single anyone out anymore. Actually, that's wrong. I single out Podsednik, who is the only guy worth a damn on the entire offense right now. He said a few games ago that they needed to come out with a little more intensity. Well it looks like at least he is trying to.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 08:01 PM) Dick Bremer takes more joy in the white sox struggling than he does the twins playing well I think they both secretly do. The Twins fans treat games against the White Sox as if they are World Series games. Must be nice to expect your team to win. I think I've forgotten what that feels like...

We have nothing but bad luck here.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 06:51 PM) I'm watching the Yankees game instead of this game because seeing Andy Pettitte possibly throw a perfecto is much more satisfying than watching our crappy hitters try to hit. Looks like you jinxed him.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 07:40 PM) Twins announcers. And it's not even in the same universe. Does it sound to you like they have their background sound turned up too loud to you?

I don't know what's worse...having to watch the games with the Twins' announcers, or our own...

How could these guys possibly be so bad? This is an amazing collection of s***.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 06:24 PM) KW would do this organization a huge favor if he can unload Konerko's contract on someone. I honestly would love to see all of them gone with the exception of Thome. If I read tonight that Dye/Konerko/Dotel have all been traded for a bag of nerf footballs, I would not lose a whole lot of sleep over it.

So did the Cubs pull Harden back?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:39 AM) This is one of the worst defenses I've seen in a long time on the south side. You don't need to qualify that statement with "On the South Side." It should just be "ever."

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:26 AM) For anyone who will gripe about Ramirez defense, you can not tell me Beckham will be better defensively. Absolutely, no way will that be the case. While I'm not sure that is the case, it is a moot point. It would be foolish to trade Alexei unless we are overwhelmed by a deal that makes absolute sense in regards to timing and money (for instance, if someone offered a top SS prospect for him).

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 06:59 PM) Yeah. Studying is annoying because all you really can do is take practice tests, so that has been my life for the past couple weeks and will be that way for the next month. Focus on the logic games. If you can master the logic games, you master the LSAT.

Wow, these guys are absolutely horrific. Not only do Dye/Thome/Konerko suck, but we can add Quentin and Beckham to that group. These guys just flat-out suck.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 10:02 AM) Going into the season with Fields at 3B, Getz and Nix at 2B, Brian f***ing Anderson in CF, and then having the balls to throw Contreras and Colon out there as our 4-5 SP's is not putting a solid team out there. We all know this was supposed to be a bit of a rebuilding year. The team shows some life so he goes out and adds Peavy and Rios. A rotation of Buehrle/Floyd/Danks/Peavy along with an offense featuring Dye/Quentin/Thome/Konerko/Rios/AJ/Beckham/Ramirez....yes, on paper, I view that as a very good team. This team has enough talent to beat anyone. They just can't sack it up and do it.

QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 12:11 AM) Ozzie is not to blame here. This team is just mediocre regardless of what Kenny Williams thinks. Kenny put together a solid team. I agree 100% with him in saying that this team is one of the best we've had in recent years. It's just not translating from paper to the field. I'm not sure if that is on Ozzie or the players. My guy tells me if you can't gel with Ozzie as your manager, you ain't never going to.

Richard will always be hurt by high pitch counts.

QUOTE (Krivanka @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 12:36 AM) I don't think it's Ozzie I think it's the players More truth has not been said more concisely.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 06:49 PM) Because you actually have to receive input from your 3rd base coach, and that doesn't work if he doesn't speak or move. I'd still take that over Cox.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 04:38 PM) In your opinion, yes. In my opinion, no. Honestly, is that how you manage the people you preside over? When they fail do you get angry and can them? I was just as frustrated with this team as you apparently are, but DFAing Contreras and Linebrink does absolutely nothing good for us right now. The rosters expand Tuesday. They can sit on our big league club and attempt to work out their problems behind the scenes instead of for some other team (Mike MacDougal, David Aardsma, etc). I highly doubt it will matter in the end, but who knows - maybe this team has a run left in them - and if so, we're going to need everyone to get their s*** together and get on a roll. So DFAing will have to wait until the offseason.

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