bobryansson

As you can probably guess from my screen name, my dad was a Sox fan and lived his life, growing up in Bridgeport with Mayor Daley #1, without ever experiencing a World Series championship. These are my thoughts, based on how I was brought up to behave as a fan. I hope that I can pass them, as I have passed my love of the Chicago White Sox, on to my children. There are 2 ways to look at cheering/booing, from the "I need to express my feelings." point of view and the "What will support my team?" point of view. In addition, and I think it still matters, is the idea of good sportsmanship. I think that the latter two thoughts (team support and sportsmanship) trump the first (the need to express feelings). I try to control myself accordingly. Does anybody think that Bobbie and Ozzie and the team aren't equally frustrated and disappointed? Does anybody think that they don't know the fans won't be happy with serial poor performances? Does anyone doubt Bobbie's effort or his desire to win? Is booing going to help him get better? Don't we really "owe" him the support inherent in accepting a bad spell? It's very difficult to be a player in the MLB. What is the boing except a lack of the ability to control when and how emotions are expressed? It is a game. It's fine to get hugely angry at the events as they unfold, but it is wrong to direct booing at the player when the outcome is bad. I think it is only OK to boo when there is a lack of complete effort and when there is an example on the field of poor sportsmanship or cheating. Silence while exiting the game is fine, as noted in a post above. Obviously, this is America and fans do pay a lot of money to see these game, so there is a "right" to boo, but I think it is wrong and we, as fans, need to control ourselves. Sorry for the long post. This is just, as you can tell, at "hot button" issue for me. Thank you to those who've gotten through this. Steve

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 07:13 PM) Diaz needs to get the goose sh*t outta his eyes. gooses***?

Per Comcast, Sox are 0 for 39 when down after 8 innings.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 08:51 PM) So it would of made it eaiser to sleep tonight if we lost 6-5 after leading 5-4 entering the 9th? Please. Don't interpret it that way. You know better. It's not the total runs, though more Sox runs would've been nice, it's that there equally wasted offensive opportunities as there was the wasted save opportunity.

I'm incredibly frusrated with Jenks, but the post above noting the 0'fer from our big bats was right. Wasted offensive opportunities are just as bad. Pods bunts fly to pitcher!? Bases left loaded with horrible AB's? Unacceptable.

Wheezy should run for TCQ.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 08:47 PM) what's the LOB for this game? 8

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 08:28 PM) I assume that means its on the Dan Ryan? Red Line station.

Saw that coming on 2-0. Orioles announcers called it "...not a good idea" to be in that situation with Thome.

We need to get to this guy.

Footwork on the bunt was worse that the footwork going to his right.

2-base walk?

Still, just a bit of a whiff of an adventure for Wise...

Good thing we're so good at pitching through errors.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 07:23 PM) This would be a good time for Wise's first homer of the year. It's fun to fantasize.

Thank you.

That last pitch was up to 92.

65 pitches. Not enough outs.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 07:07 PM) Haha, Alexei showing absolutely no range to his right. That's a play that 95 pct of shortstops make and get the force. Danks in trouble again. His footwork just looked bad.

Is Danks a better pitcher when he pitches faster, or does he slow down when he's pitching poorly?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 07:00 PM) It's so damn nice to have players that can score from 1st on a double. This pitcher is really bad, be nice to break the game open. And it's the 1st time we've seen him.

Poor math skills. I apologize.

Danks- 40+ pitches for 6 outs.

Ouch!

In Colorado, so watching on satellite. With the game not on Comcast or WGN, I only have the Oriole feed. They do a good job. Very complimentary toward Sox.