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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 03:47 PM) 'Apart' should be two words. And the link is broken. Fixed it. Link is now working too. I wrote something about Ozzie on there today, if you are interested in reading.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 03:24 PM) It's the devil you know versus the devil you don't. What are the odds that there is a great motivator of men and tactician of baseball sitting around undiscovered on some other team's roster awaiting plucking? They're hard to find, that is very true.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) It's going to be neat when we do get a new manager. I'm going to enjoy all the criticism of the new guy cause there will be criticism ... every single game. People on here have it down pat. You must agree the new manager will be criticized daily as well, don' t you? Ozzie wouldn't play Thome every game. Don't think for a second that everybody would welcome a new manager, whoever it may be. Even though I don't like Guillen, I still think he's at a pretty mediocre manager when you consider everything about him. If we're bringing in somebody like Cito Gaston or Bobby Valentine, you might as well just stick with Ozzie.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 10:18 AM) I think out of everyone on the White Sox roster, Carlos would be the one most likely to charge the mound out of the batters box. He would then injure his hamstring while charging the mound.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 10:54 PM) After seeing the reaction of White Sox fans over the last week and a half, I hate to say it......but we don't deserve a World Series title. Good fans support their team through thick and than. Good fans have confidence in their teams at all times. Good fans convey that confidence onto the team and inspire them to achieve positive results. The White Sox fan base is just the opposite of this at this point in the season. Tonite, the Twins blew a four run lead and than blew a one run lead. If we did that in a game, a high majority of our fan base would give up on the game. Compare this to what Minnesota fans did tonite. They went into the bottom of the 10th confident that their team would come back from the first deficit of the game and the team accomplished the task. Every team is going to have some bad losses during the season. Every team is going to blow some games during the season. Get real people...there are 162 games in the season and no team has ever come close to going 162-0. It's how we react to a bad AB, a bad inning, a bad game, or a bad week that makes this team winners or losers. And if you don't think the fan base plays a part in that reaction, you are definitely mistaken. The negativity of this fan base has to end if we are to ever win another World Series....not just in this season, but anytime in the foreseeable future. I'm pretty sure all those Yankees fans deserve those 27 world championships.

What the hell Kenny? Why not just claim LaRoche? Jesus.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 11:13 PM) I dislike Kotsay as much as anybody but I find it hilarious he continues to get buried on here on a night he goes 3-for-5 with two ribbies and two runs scored. What am I missing here? So every game we lose he gets ripped no matter what he does. I find that friggin HILARIOUS. People are pissed off that Thome one upped his performance.

This was the game that could have turned this season around.

Is Putz in Ozzie's doghouse?

f***.

We need a double play badly.

That didn't take long.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 10:19 PM) Dammit. Alright guys. Lets finally save a game. Feels like it's been forever since we did. It'll probably be Putz.

Damn it. Come on bullpen, get it done. And if Johnny Cueto only got 7 games for kicking people, there's no way a reliever would get anything more than 2-3 games.

It's way too much to ask of Pierre to get a hit, isn't it?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 10:15 PM) As long as it it Putz, Pena or Linebrink followed by a 5 game suspension. No way they get suspended for 5 games.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 10:14 PM) Just like the Mark Teahen game, were going to call this the Alexei Ramirez game. (his WAR should increase alot BTW) If we win this, he is the reason why. His WAR should be around 3.5 now.

If we get enough runs this inning, plunk Young.

They need to retaliate for that s***.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) I've heard of his legendary all night orgies with FIP, UZR, and xBABIP. Hearing is nothing like doing.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) The rankings I had were only for hitters on baseballreference.com. If Alexei is so good at defense, I can't see how Pennington has a higher WAR, when most of his offensive numbers are worse than Ramirez's, other than OBP and SBs. Konerko's (3.8) WAR is higher than Alexei's (2.7) from what I can gather on that site. BR's WAR doesn't incorporate defense at all, at least I don't think. On FanGraphs, where the better version of WAR is used, Alexei kills Pennington by .7 WAR. Alexei's well deserved 12.4 UZR is why he's the most valuable position player on the Sox.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 10:21 PM) Maybe a family member got hit by a bike because the kids' dad told them not to stop.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 10:09 PM) Your never ending free pass towards Ozzie is getting a little old. If you think his decisions make no difference than why even have a manager? We could save the money we pay him and use it for some better free agent signings. Just have Southpaw pick out the daily lineup by drawing names out of a hat. For bringing in relievers he can throw darts or guess which cap on the scoreboard has the baseball underneath it. I think LittleHurt05 would be a big fan of this idea.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 07:02 PM) Yay! We have Game 163 and the World Series. Other than that, a record of complete and utter failure against the Twins, lol. Rick Hahn's kid is the reason half of the White Sox fanbase isn't pulling their remaining hairs out, because that coinflip goes the other way...before they changed the rules...and it's even more depressing if the Twins have 7 ALCD titles to our 1 since 2002. They don't have 7 of them, they have 5. 02, 03, 04, 06, 09.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 07:01 PM) Wouldn't that be wild if Minnie sweeps the Sox and we're basically out of it at that point? That would mean this season consisted of a horrific start, one of the most remarkable win streaks in team history (saving attendance figures) then again being out of it with a full month to play. Totally bizarre season on the South Side with an annoying trend continuing: can't beat teams in our own division. Not to be a negative nancy, but does anybody really think we have a chance at winning one of the three games in Minnie? It has the makings of a 3-day party up North. They gotta win at least 2.