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HE GAWN...grab some bench DAMN I MISS HAWK....COME BACK HAWKEROO FAAASSSTTTT

Ex Sox Gary Glover on pace for a win vs the Cubs...up 4-3 in the bottom of the 8th

Minny up 9-0 now

Focking Graffy comes back to kill us

Gardenhire must be feeling the pressure of chasing us for a change

Onto the 6th we go 0-0

Around the horn Cubs losing 4-3 to Brewers Minny leading 6-0 vs Tribe

vinny vinny vinny

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 5, 2005 -> 06:53 PM) Crede is probably one of the worst bunters on this team. Why would you bunt him? That's absolutely stupid to waste outs that early in the game... :banghead Like Crede swinging the bat is not a wasted out :rolly

Pitcher's duel I guess..... Can we pull this close one out? I am still bummed we did not bunt with Crede after AJ got on base. Come on Ozzie, you can see this is going to be a close game....manufacture some runs man

Crede pops out....wonder why he was not bunting there....we need to manufacture runs the way Grienke seems to be pitching today

Pierz with a single....cancel the post game show....our first hit :

Paulie sucks bad right now

Peace. I will let it go now....until the next time we get Botch-ed

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2005 -> 05:17 PM) Man if this is enjoying the team, I can't imagine what you are going do when they actually lose a few.

That rocker avatar has me in splits man every time I see it Stop it ...fer God's sake

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2005 -> 05:01 PM) There have got to be more... God, someone help him out... I mean you need something to b**** about WHILE WE ARE THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL Look around you. There are threads b****ing about Kruk, Paulie, BBTN, Joe Morgan etc despite us being in 1st place. :rolly Then go and look at every game thread where I am there supporting THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL I am enjoying this team. Just because I point out what my concerns are DOES NOT mean I am not enjoying the Sox. Get a clue. :finger

Just so we do not lose count: Excuses for why Botch is a loser from the Botch apologists: - He is a long reliever, so when put into short inning situations, he is bound to fail. It is obviously Ozzie's fault there. - He is a starter (that is what he excels in ... cough cough cough cough ). Hence he is going to fail when asked to pitch in any relief situation. - He is still waaaaaaaay tooooooo young, so cut him some slack. - He has been under-used recently hence it has hurt his ability and confidence. This is all Ozzie and/or Kenny's fault. Major conspiracy theory here to prevent Botch from winning a Cy Young Any more?

QUOTE(3E8 @ May 5, 2005 -> 02:59 AM) Start Widger at 1B and tell PK to get his head right, and quick. Why not start Timo at 1B? After all, "what can't he do?"

QUOTE(rangercal @ May 5, 2005 -> 06:22 AM) I say over

Good job botch walking the only batter you faced today to load up the bases Thank God we do not need him regularly.

Ever since I started this thread, we have always been in first place :

QUOTE(flippedoutpunk @ May 5, 2005 -> 06:07 AM) Damn right its all about the weather! Todays game was cold as heck and i give major props to the people that came in and froze themselves up for their team with me! Did you expose your nipple like your avatar in the cold?

Here's hoping we do get at least a 25% spike this year and we can get everyone we need re-signed/upgraded (Frank, Paulie, Garland)

From the Trib. It has some interesting tidbits that were being referenced in the "Kruk" thread. Instead of carrying on with that long thread, I just decided to start a new one (please do not sue me ). ======================= Fair-weather fans OK with frozen Sox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mark Gonzales Tribune staff reporter May 4, 2005, 10:20 PM CDT Fans steering away from U.S. Cellular Field because of cold weather have the warm sympathy of White Sox players. "Nobody wants to come out and sit in the cold for three hours, unless they're in the woods hunting," said pitcher Jon Garland, who has taken note of the parallels in attendance and weather during his five seasons with the Sox. "It's the only time I've heard of someone sitting in the cold." Despite their best 26-game start since 1912, the Sox ranked 24th among major-league teams in paid home attendance, entering Wednesday's game with an average of 21,043. Seven games have attracted fewer than 21,000 fans. Four of those games have been played with a game-time temperature of 50 degrees or cooler. That included Tuesday's night's 5-4 comeback victory over Kansas City before an announced crowd of 12,362 that drew the attention of ESPN baseball analyst John Kruk. "If you got there late, you still could have gotten a really, really good seat," Kruk said. "… Look at the empty seats. Unless everyone is wearing blue tonight, people, you didn't show up in Chicago. "Your team is in first place. Twelve thousand paid, probably 4 to 6,000 people actually came, Tuesday night, 42 degrees in the Windy City against the Kansas City Royals. You still should be there to support a first-place team. Show up. Give them something they need. That's your help and support because they can win this division." Center fielder Aaron Rowand laughed while confirming he heard Kruk's comments. "More of it has to do with the weather," Rowand said. "The days it has been nice, we've had fans here." That included an April 18 night game against Minnesota before a crowd of 27,018 with a game-time temperature of 65. "I think as it warms up, more people will come out," Rowand said. Manager Ozzie Guillen expressed his appreciation to those fans who braved Tuesday night's conditions that included 15-m.p.h. winds. "I want to say thanks to the fans because I'm paid to be here 20 below zero," Guillen said. He also found humor in Kruk's comments. "Good for him to try to help us," he said. "It's not easy to sit there when it's 20 below zero." Sox vice president of marketing Brook Boyer didn't sound concerned. "We're up by an average of 2,000 over last April, and that's with the Yankees in town," Boyer said. "I see a positive trend and I won't base the support solely on a Kansas City series."