joejoesox

QUOTE (zenryan @ Sep 27, 2008 -> 10:21 PM) it doesnt matter who Cleveland is pitching b/c we aint pitching worth a s***. It's more often than not, easy for young inexperienced pitchers to roll through a 1-dimensional lineup that doesn't seem to understand making adjustments at-bat to at-bat We often say how frustrating it is to watch these no-namers wipe the floor with our offense. Well, when you can stick to a relatively simple gameplan, it's not all that difficult to beat this type of offense, especially when a lot of the hitters have never seen said pitcher before

Let's look at what's left of this team We have a incredibly fatigued pitching staff We have two youngsters in Danks and Floyd who have absolutely no experience pitching in pressure situations We have a veteran with "Great Stuff" that can't pitch on 3 days rest, nor can he pitch in big-games, and has been questioned by more than two (at least) members of the White Sox (AJ and Ozzie, probably more) We have a veteran with big-game experience and success, but is pitching on short rest We have an incredibly inconsistent offense that can only score runs via the homerun, period. These hitters will be shutdown in Tampa Bay. --- The Indians are playing with drive, determination, and focus that they will resemble this type of team in 2009. They also probably have a few players trying to play spoiler after what happened to them in 2005. Basically, the Tribe are playing with a purpose. Their team has come together, and has played incredible baseball after Sabathia was traded. As Stone said during the game, after he was dealt, "It's as if a huge weight had been lifted off the shoulders of Indians players". The White Sox, have no desire, no heart, no sense of urgency. Even if they had all of the previous things, their pitching staff is cooked. They are physically and mentally weak, and are not capable of winning big games outside of Mark Buerhle. Unfortunately, even with our most capable pitcher taking the mound tomorrow, his offense will get shutdown and will be unable to score any runs off Cy Young candidate Brian Bollington (sp?). Meanwhile, the bullpen will enter the game and give up a minimum of three runs, putting the game out of reach. The Twins will not lose their game tomorrow, and it will wrap up the season for the 2008 White Sox. My opinions on a few things: Our pitching staff is sautee'd, marinated, and burnt to a crisp. With an incapable offense starting off the season, followed by a ridiculously poor September, the pitching staff's arms are more than likely overused and incredibly fatigued, reducing their command as well as velocity. Follow the overuse up, with short rest and you have almost zero percent change of them being effective in a playoff series. It would be a 3 game, monster blowout by Tampa Bay. Our team has also seen untold amounts of injuries this year, which have lead to a lineup of pressing sluggers, trying to do way too much at the plate, resulting in weak pop-ups, strikeouts, and double-plays. Lack of any team speed (When Cabrerra, or Ramirez get on base they are as cemented to the bag as any of our lumberjacks would be), enforces our 1-dimensional approach, which ends up being an incredibly easy lineup to face, even for young inexperienced pitchers. What I feel needs to be changed for 2009: Insert some speed at the top of the order, along with some baseball IQ as well (Ramirez lacks this). Quentin will resume his spot at #3, which he's perfect for filling. Either Konerko, Dye, or Thome needs to somehow be convinced of a trade, as having almost 50% of our lineup consisting of DH-type players, reduces this teams chances of winning games due to their station-to-station approach. Our pitching staff is a toss-up for 2009. Will the overuse of 2008 reflect in their ability and performance next year? It's hard to say. It certainly has shown to affect other teams pitchers (As well as our own in 2006). Pitchers such as Verlander, Carmona, etc. have shown an inability to rebound after a year of post-season play. I, as well as many others here, do not like our chances of winning this division (However possible it still may be). With that said, our chances in the playoffs due to the overuse of our pitching staff as well as injuries (Contreras, Linebrink), and required use of pitchers such as Richard, Wasserman, Carrasco, etc. from the pen, would be slim at best. I've been incredibly frustrated as of late, and have said things from the heart and not from the mind which have been untrue. But having a clear head now, these are my true feelings on the future of this team

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QUOTE (CWSOX45 @ Sep 27, 2008 -> 04:30 PM) I'm feeling a crooked number this inning. Perkins is going to blow up. perkins is already pulled, it's 5.87 era boof bonser

sit down kubel

is it me or has morneau kind of struggled lately

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 11:35 PM) Your 'educated opinion' is that the team doesn't care about winning? Man, I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue. lol, what a joke saying this team doesn't care about winning is just as glaring an implication as saying they've already booked their tee times get over yourselves people

It'll be a blessing, if there is such a thing, when this season ends

Will Horacio Ramirez, Boone Logan, DJ Carrasco, Mike MacDougal, and Ehren Wasserman be released after Monday?

it's hilarious people yesterday, "go to the game and support this team, they need us!" bulls*** almost 40k fans at the game, and they STILL s*** the bed supporting these guys doesn't do a god damn thing, they don't care about winning, period

f*** this baseball team, seriously

stupid f***ing pitching staff, screw these losers.

remember the JD homerun? erased.

watching the white sox and twins is like watching the f***ing special olympics

I can't believe this team

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 09:23 PM) This guy has an ERA of 6.75. and you know how irrelevant that is

Ehren looks so f***ing scared, i started laughing when he puffed his cheeks, what a pussy LOL

these white sox pitchers have s*** for brains, so does our manager stop defending ozzie guillen, he's a f***ing dumbass you all f***ing know it too

you all know how this is going to turn out, don't fool yourself otherwise

all-world ryan garko

QUOTE (daa84 @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 08:51 PM) paging jermaine dye YOU RANG SIR? 9-6

7-0 royalz

1-2-3 inning for lewis? probably

this team is dogs*** period

worst f***ing pitching staff in the american league