JohnCangelosi

Guys, let's be honest here. Our pitching is the reason for our 25-5 run. The offense has come alive a bit, but generally speaking the SP has been lights out. Our offense still leaves much to be desired. You know what you're going to get out of Omar in the 2 hole. A punch hitter that can bunt and hit about .240. If Becks is coming alive, which I believe he is, we need to get him back into this position. I realize he's sucked so far this year, he has been pathetic. But to me he has shown he is on his way out of this slump and is primed for a nice second half. Let's QUIT THE CONSERVATIVE mentality here we have. This is the SAME mentality we had last year about not bringing him up in the first place when we all know we would have wanted him to play all 162 games with the way he hit in 2009. Obviously, Ozzie doesn't have the balls to make this move, and not many on this forum would have the balls to either, because they don't want to take a risk. But let's be honest, do we want a 43 yr old in the 2 hole the rest of the way? Personally I don't - Omar has served us well but we cannot expect much more than a punching Judy with an average of .250 tops with very little extra base power in the 2 hole the rest of the way. And there is the chance he really struggles as the season progresses if we put him out there nearly everyday. We need more out of our Offense, and we cannot let GB hit .315 after the break in the 9 hole and never pull him out of it, like a lot of people would allow happen because they don't have the guts to make a change. I have a bad feeling we're going to let Gordo hit .300 + for 6 weeks or more in the 9 hole and no one is even going to notice and we won't have the nuts to make a change because "we don't want to risk it"... I say F&*K that, let's take the risk. Perhaps that's why I've been an entrepreneur my whole life but to me this just makes sense, going on nothing more than GUT FEEL. Who is with me?!?!??! There's my .02 cents P.S. Yes, I had a few drinks tonight, it's 3 AM in Europe right now :-)

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 12, 2010 -> 06:28 AM) Has he been better the last two weeks? Pardon me, I wasn't able to watch the last 5 games or so It looks like to me he is coming out of it. 3 hits yesterday and we are seeing glimpses of last years Beckham in the past few games. I just don't like seeing Omar in the 2 hole getting all of those AB's now as an everyday player. We know GB has the potential and I think it is worth the risk

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Jul 12, 2010 -> 06:09 AM) Are there rumblings of Teahan going on a rehab assignment this week or is he still not ready for that. Not sure how the the roster will shake out when Teahan comes back if there are no trades that affect the major league roster, who goes? The question is do we send down Lillibridge? The guy has looked like Roy Hobbs out there so far and it appears he's gotten much stronger and more confident...personally I don't even want to see Teahen back because I like the tank and lilly

Well, would you? Personally I think we put him back in there after the break and give him another chance at it...Omar shouldn't be playing everyday and I know he has been serviceable in the 2 hole but...

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:48 PM) I feel very strongly both ways about this I was sure I heard what I heard or is it just wanted I wanted to hear Just watched the replay on archived mlb.tv, and yes, he said within the division against division foes, NOT in general :-)

I am not sure if anyone even saw it but on the strikeout of Pods, the ball hit the ump, so a big break for us as he definitely would have reached base...

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 09:20 AM) Who scripts these characters anyway? I think it was Rod Allen on Fox yesterday for the Twinkies-Tigers game who made some goofy comment towards the end of the broadcast when talking about the AL Central "The Twins are playing the best baseball in the division and everyone should watch out for the Twins" or something very similar to that. Where has this guy been? I certainly believe the best ball in maybe both leagues is being played by the Chiago White Sox! Sorry to correct you here but he actually said they were playing the best AGAINST their AL Central opponents, and was saying the Tigers & White Sox need to improve their play within the division if they are going to win it. But yes, generally I agree these morons say some pretty stupid things sometimes...

But not our pitching, I never believed our pitching was flawed even during April and May, despite their suckiness

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 02:03 PM) Still in 2nd, and 1/2 game out of first. Need to beat on the Royals (for once) like we should do this weekend and head into the all star break strong, and perhaps in first place. Who would have ever bet on that in the first week of June, LOL

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2010 -> 08:17 PM) He said he heard a pop! Oh boy, see you in 2012 Jake...lots of positive vibes just went out the window. What's the early speculation? Looks like an elbow and not a shoulder?

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 08:42 PM) Big homestand coming up. That road trip after the break sucks my nuts. Haven't we gotten over the SEA and OAK blues yet??

QUOTE (StatManDu @ Jul 1, 2010 -> 07:42 PM) July 1st is one of the most eventful dates in the 109-year history of the Chicago White Sox. Consider … in 1903, the legendary Cy Young drove in the only run and was the winning pitcher Boston in a 1-0 win over the White Sox at South Side Park. … In 1905, Frank Owen started, completed and won both games of the White Sox doubleheader against St. Louis. … in 1910 the White Sox christened Comiskey Park with a 3-1 loss to St. Louis before 28,000 at the edifice that would become known as “The Baseball Palace of the World.” … in 1962, the White Sox lofted a big league record three sacrifice flies in an inning in a 7-6 win over Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader at Comiskey Park. Indians' outfielder Gene Green dropped fly balls by pitcher Juan Pizarro and Nellie Fox that were ruled sacrifice flies. Sox outfielder Al Smith accounted for the lone "normal" sac fly when he flew out to Green for the first out of the fifth inning. … in 1973, Minnesota’s Harmon Killebrew launched the 18th roof shot home run in Comiskey Park history. He victimized Dave Lemonds. Killebrew was the last Hall of Famer to hit a roofer. He was one of five Hall of Famers to land a homer on the roof of Old Comiskey Park. … in 1977, Richie Zisk hit two home runs as the Southside Hitmen White Sox stopped the Twins 5-2 before 35,709 at Comiskey Park. Zisk’s homers came in the first and third innings and helped the Sox move into a tie for first with Minnesota in the A.L. West and ingnited a nine-game winning streak which would see the White Sox open up a 4.5-game lead in the West. … in 1985, the White Sox celebrated Comiskey Park's 75th birthday with a post-game concert by Alabama. … in 1989, Richard Dotson celebrated his return to the White Sox by giving up an earned run in six innings but received no decision in the White Sox 6-4 win over Kansas City at Comiskey Park. … in 1990, New York Yankees' pitcher Andy Hawkins no-hit the White Sox but lost 4-0 on Old Comiskey Park's 80th and final birthday. The White Sox scored four unearned runs in the eighth. Three of those runs scored when left fielder Jim Leyritz botched Robin Ventura's fly ball. Barry Jones got the win in relief as the Sox moved into a first-place tie with Oakland. … in 1991, the White Sox recorded their 7,000th win in franchise history with a 5-4 triumph in Minnesota. … in 1992, Craig Grebeck went 5-for-5 with three doubles, two runs and two RBIs in the White Sox 8-5 win at Cleveland. … in 1993, Jack McDowell retired the final 20 Orioles he faced in the White Sox 1-0 loss before 25,691 at Comiskey Park. McDowell allowed just three hits and did not permit a man to reach after the third inning in a game that lasted just two hours and 11 minutes. … in 1997, Frank Thomas registered the 1,000th hit of his career in the White Sox 10-7 loss before 19,211 at Comiskey Park. … in 1998, Albert Belle became the 12th player to reach the upper deck in left field at the Astrodome in the White Sox 10-4 loss in Houston. Belle’s 426-foot homer was also the first by a White Sox player in the Astrodome. … in 2001, Baltimore’s Cal Ripken Jr. went 3-for-4 with three runs in his final appearance at Comiskey Park. In typical fashion, Ripken played the entire game at third base despite a lopsided Baltimore win. Prior to the game, the Sox honored Ripken with a ceremony and gave him a seat from Old Comiskey Park, where he played his first All-Star Game and playoff game. … in 2003, the White Sox acquired second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Carl Everett in separate trades. The Sox picked up Alomar from the Mets and obtained Everett from Texas. … in 2006, A.J. Pierzynski launched a three-run homer with two-out in the ninth off Cub closer Ryan Dempster to lead the Sox to a stunning 8-6 victory at Wrigley Field. … in 2010, the Sox were idle. Oh well, they call can’t be gems! Amazing stuff! I remember the 1990 game, when we were no hit by Andy Hawkins. It was incredibly windy that day and Hawkins had something like 8 walks but still no hit us. The fly ball Leyritz misplayed in LF wasn't an easy play by but I think he should have had it however. 1990 was a bittersweet year, winning 94 games but not going to the playoffs...the pre wild card era... Amazing throwing a no hitter and losing the game! Crazy...

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jun 29, 2010 -> 05:57 PM) This. I can't believe how many times I've thought "Alright, looks like hes figuring it out," and then bam, he goes 0-4 with 3 K's and a popout to short.. Come on Bacon! WE NEED YOU! Couldn't agree more. I saw a few at bats in the Cubs series where he was the old Gordon and just reacting to the ball minus the robotic swing..I am hoping we all can direct our consciousness to the OLD GB..... :-)

It's just really poor managing there, we've discussed this before when a hard thrower is on the mound against Omar. Plus he hasn't looked good at the plate today, that would have been one time I would have liked to see Kotsay up there...

Shouldnt we consider a PH here?

Got lucky there that Butler didn't stretch, otherwise they get Jones by a hair

Didn't KW make mention that there would be PLENTY of DH options for us late in last offseason and also at the deadline? Seems to me there aren't too many options that won't cost us the farm...

Omar has been nice for us defensively and filling in for Teahen but we need to do better in the 2 hole, we cannot expect him to keep putting up the numbers he has over the past 3-4 weeks. Andrew Jones needs to be DFA'd and we need to get an everyday DH and play Kotsay once a week and keep him as a PH.

When is the avatar of TCQ and the red heart going to be re-introduced into Sox Talk Fathom? Or was it Kalapse that had this as the avatar??

That's a Horsesh*t call

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 08:44 AM) In all fairness, he did face 3 pretty good righthander power hitters, which is a little bit out of the norm for him. But right now, I want Putz as the closer. He is throwing some serious heat(last night staying at 97-98 with his FB) and his splitter is just diving. If it were up to me, Santos and Thornton would get the 8th, Pena the 7th, and let Putz close. Hopefully Williams and Linebrink are not necessary Bereavement leave is normally when a family member passes away, isnt it? Yes it is. Just was wondering if it was a very close family member because missing a whole week seems a bit much...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 08:36 AM) According to the Trib, Bobby is attending to a family matter, and could be placed on the bereavement list for as long as a week. That would mean a call up from the minors would happen. Any ideas on what happened? Hopefully he doesn't miss a week. Who would be the logical call up?

QUOTE (RudyLawRules @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 10:57 PM) Anyone remember how we did against Silva when he was a Twinkee? I recall him throwing batting practice one year to our guys at the cell, let's hope we can pull it off again. Let's get one of our research staff to pull up the numbers. I have to say he's been really impressive this year for the Scrubs, however. I don't recall him having the PINPOINT control he's had in the few times I've seen him when he was with the Twins even though he's always been a guy that would RARELY even walk ONE guy in a start, so he's always thrown strikes. But this year especially, to me, he's rarely hit the middle of the plate if ever it seems

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 10:40 PM) That's true. Hopefully the new stadium has foiled their mojo, however. They were annually unstoppable in the baggie-dome. They're 23-13 at home and 17-20 on the road this year. So far they've been better at Target field than at the rollerdome, albeit a real small sample size...