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It'll be done in 5 minutes. You can download the raw file or watch it in slightly worse quality if you want. Edit: I lied, I accidentally navigated away from the upload page, it'll be another 5 minutes.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 08:01 PM) It gone. I deleted it cause the quality sucked.

I was thinking of doing an awesome production, where I showcase the Sox starting off well on opening day, then tanking with melodramatic background music and nothing but black and white. Then things explode back in color and you see them kicking ass with Thunderstruck in the background. Instead, I just put all of the good times together with Thunderstruck in the background, works for me. By the end of this, you will get tired of Hawk saying "Mercy" and "You can put it on the board, YES". List of highlights 1. Konerko's Opening Day home run puts Sox on the board for the year. 2. Buehrle's flip play 3. Rios' Opening Day ending catch. 4. Andruw's go-ahead single against the Twins. 5. Teahen's game-tying homer against the Jays. 6. Teahen's go-ahead triple against the Jays. 7. Andruw walks-off Seattle. 8. Rios walks-off Aardsma. 9. Konerko's homer helps sweep the Mariners 10. A.J.'s go-ahead double against the Yankees 11. Nix's grand slam (Just for Thunderbolt) 12. Lillibridge's 430 foot bomb 13. Rios' go-ahead single in Strasburg game. 14. Peavy's Shutout of the Nationals 15. Konerko's game-winning homer run against Atlanta 16. Quentin's three run shot off Zambrano 17. Konerko's go-ahead bomb off the Cubs 18. Klutchsay's go-ahead double in Arlington 19. Alexei's go-ahead shot in Arlington 20. Viciedo's first career home run 21. Danks' 2-hit shutout of the Angels 22. Andruw's 400th home run 23. Quentin's grand slam to ice the cake against KC. Watch/Download

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 05:21 PM) I'll keep repeating this, Kotsay would have to kill someone to be left off this team. They love him in the clubhouse. And, he's not been too bad the last month. Darin Erstad vol. 2.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 05:52 PM) it's a running joke about a certain esteemed former poster I know, one game isn't going to make or break a season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 05:14 PM) Yeah but I'll die trying. 2005 White Sox Baseball Win or Die Trying... I bet you'll be the first in line when they invent a time machine.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:54 PM) Like I said, not everybody can bat ninth. Like you said, it was Ozzie's choice to build this team. And since he chose Mark Kotsay over Jim Thome, people are going to be mad.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:50 PM) What kind of logic is that? The team is 25-5 and and you want to talk about the defense of a guy who is ON FIRE? That's not very logical to me. I think it "gets a little tiring" to nitpick at this present time. What if I told you that they could be 26-4 or 27-3 had they had a good defender out in right field? I hate how you're using the team's accomplishments as a crutch to defend somebody's weaknesses. You don't see me complaining about Alexei Ramirez's defense do you? I've actually applauded it numerous times. You can't start b****ing about something when the team is losing, but the minute the team starts winning, every flaw disappears from your mind, or so it seems. What happens when the team starts playing worse again? Are you going to remember all those flaws again and start b****ing? That makes you seem extremely bipolar and ignorant.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) So the bad "lineup" b****ing daily comes down to Jones and Kotsay and if he rests somebody like Rios on a given day. There are just so many options when the roster is full of bad hitters. Yes, Ozzie wanted that roster (I added it for you). You're also forgetting about the batting order, which is of utter importance. Remember when Ozzie hit Rios BEHIND Kotsay? That was laughable. I agree that there's not much on this team in terms of good offense, there really hasn't been many cases of a guy who should play every day but is getting blocked by so and so (Viciedo might become that guy soon). A lot of the b****ing about this team has come from Ozzie hitting Mark Kotsay 5th, or batting Mark Kotsay 6th on almost a regular basis. People are pissed off that it's not Jim Thome, who is having a hell of a year up in Minnesota. But even if you gave Ozzie a bunch of good players, I don't know if he can create the best lineup. You should take a look at the stats of our leadoff man, our second place hitter, our DH, they're some pretty bad numbers.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:36 PM) I don't know if you mean that the lineups were screwed up by the fans or not but Corey Hart is 2nd in homers and first in RBI's, why shouldn't he be starting? I don't really have a problem with Cliff Lee not starting, he has been in a prolific pitcher's park all year and David Price has done a hell of a job in the toughest division in baseball The problem with starting Corey Hart is that there's nobody to play center field...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:38 PM) Uh, don't guys in the lineup also play defense?? You want to talk Peavy? Yes he was great as well. I didn't include him as part of the lineup. He also deserves credit. You mentioned the defense? Uh, the guys in the lineup were the ones who played the defense. You also are insane for insinuating Ozzie mistreated Peavy by leaving him in the game. WTF? I'm not saying he left Peavy in too long, I'm saying he literally told Peavy to throw a shutout or lose by throwing out that AAA lineup to support him. And on that day, Beckham, Vizquel, and Alexei made some nice plays, they're usually regulars anyways, so that had nothing to do with lineup making. Greg, all of this b****ing from you is becoming contradictory. You're blaming us for b****ing by b****ing at us. See how this doesn't work out?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:18 PM) No offense, I think what you just wrote is downright laughable. Yeah we only won ... because. And "anybody" can hit so and so. We won both games and arguably the guys that rested the one day did well the next day. Ozzie was crucified even though he said Rios was tired and Konerko needed a day off or vice versa, I forget. As far as overall b****ing about the lineup every day, my point is no matter who you throw out there on this roster, you can b****. The overall roster is not hit-friendly. And yes, you can immediately come back and say, "Who wanted that roster? Ozzie!" How is that laughable? Jake Peavy threw a shutout, he threw one his best game as a White Sox. Without his performance and some good infield defense behind him, they probably lose that game. You talked like Ozzie won that game for us by resting both Rios and Konerko while giving no credit to the guy who shut the other team out. The fact that he left Peavy out there to dry with a AAA lineup when Peavy had complained about arm issues is f***ing sad, real supportive managing. What Ozzie could have done is rest one guy on one day and the other on the next. By getting rid of the ONLY positive offensive contributors on your team on that day is almost offensive suicide. Seriously, go look at that lineup again. Nobody had an OPS above .800, the only guy that was remotely close was Andruw Jones and he was in the midst of a huge cold streak.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:18 PM) yep. embarrassing. But these 5 plays won't break the whole season, remember that guys!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111110001010101010101010111 How can 5 plays make or break the season when one game can't? That said, I don't think people are pissed at these 5 plays, they're worried that it will continue.

Freddy should be fine as long as he doesn't hang his breaking ball. His fastball velocity doesn't really matter if all he does is throw junk up there.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:07 PM) Perfect example: Pierre's career numbers vs Lilly are the best on our team yet Ozzie benched him. Luckily he brought him in the 9th to get the only hit off Lilly. I almost think Ozzie plans this stuff out so he could look smart, haha.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:05 PM) I find that statement laughable. There are only so many people to choose from to make up a lineup on this offensively-challenged team (except on nights it hits four home runs in one inning). If he plays Jones, somebody b****es. He plays the other option Kotsay and somebody b****es. Or bats Kotsay too high. Not everybody can bat ninth, folks. I know ... I know ... Ozzie wanted this roster of players. On and on. People wanted Oz fired the night he sat both Rios and Paulie, even though we won the game and the next day a "rested" Rios and Paulie helped us win another game. We only won that game because Jake Peavy threw a shutout, lmao. If he hadn't, I don't know if we win that game. And the next day, anybody could have hit John Lannan, he's now in the minors. I also don't know about Rios, since he still went into a swoon after he got that rest.

He did it twice with Gordon Beckham in one game.

And about the lineup b****ing... There's always the issue of looking into the future. The pitching won't keep this up all year long, I hope they do, but it's most likely not going to happen. So when the pitching starts leveling out, you need a good lineup out there to maximize your offense. Ozzie fails to do that on a consistent basis. The 25-5 run is due to the pitching more than the offense. Now if this streak was totally due to the offense and Ozzie was running out his lineups out there while succeeding, once again, nobody will say a word. I don't hate the team, some of the people who complain about things don't hate the team. We're "negative" for a legitimate reason.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 03:44 PM) I find it absurd that people were mocking his great catch and saying negative things about a guy absolutely on fire and a team on fire. People are still b****ing in every game thread about the lineup when the lineup is posted. It's a lineup that has helped the team to a 25-5 stretch. Folks, this is team is on the most impressive single stretch in team history. Quentin has had an absolutely incredible stretch and people are ragging his defense? WTF. I'm not saying negative posts aren't good. Today upon reading this thread, however, I wasn't in the mood for one with the team and the subject of the negativity SO f***ING HOT!!! To be honest with you, it gets a little tiring if all we talk about is how awesome Carlos Quentin is at hitting and forget any of his weaknesses. So if Quentin starts hitting like he did earlier in the year and the team starts sucking, only then we can b**** about Carlos' shortcomings? What kind of logic is that? Carlos Quentin can hit .500 for the rest of the year, if he still sucks on defense, then we should be able to talk about how he sucks on defense, because it has to do with the success of this team. If Quentin was playing gold glove defense out there instead of Jermaine Dye/Brad Hawpe defense, you wouldn't hear a word out of us about his defense. You act like as if we HATE these players and want to bash them for one reason or another. That's definitely not the case, we want to maximize their contributions to the team and we want to think about ways of how they can maximize their talents. In the case of Quentin, DHing might be a good idea given his injury history and bad defense.

Only 5 more days! I got to find myself a stream of MLB Network...

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 03:15 PM) Apparently James Johnson has lost 25 pounds and looks noticeably slimmer, according to KC Johnson. Sam Smith wants him to play SG.

Would anyone like Shaq instead of Miller?

Jake Peavy is a normal hillbilly/redneck though. Oswalt is like that guy who hangs around his porch with a shotgun while drinking whiskey.

I really wish that they would incorporate hit f/x and field f/x more quickly. Not only because they would be more accurate, but also because I wouldn't have to argue about defense with people like Chris Rongey on Facebook and Greg on here...

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 02:48 PM) Korver just had his press conference. He said he as in contact with Boozer previous to signing and that he has been texting Ronnie Brewer to come and play in Chicago. He jokingly said "Were trying to start the Chicago Jazz." If we do get Redick, the last 2 pieces I'd like to see the Bulls add are a backup PG (Livingston) and a defensive/athletic 2 guard (Brewer). PG - Rose/Livingston SG - Redick/Brewer SF - Deng/Korver/Johnson PF - Boozer/Gibson C - Noah/Asik We got our big 3 in Boozer/Korever/Brewer. YEAH!