Paulie4Pres

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 09:18 PM) If we win tomorrow, everyone that is declaring the season to be over are going to look like fools. Just sayin'. Not really. We get to play Cleveland, who just got off a seven or eight game winning streak. Twins get to play KC, at home. Even if we win tomorrow, we may still get knocked out... Better hope we can win tomorrow, and then take 2/3 from Cleveland, which is going to be tough with the way we're hitting, and how well Cleveland has played lately.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:55 PM) But to make up for all this, the Bears suck ass, I hate the NBA, but at least there is always the Blackhawks. Yeah. I'm just waiting for the Blackhawks regular season to start.

OC is one of the very few guys on this team that actually cares. That's coming from someone who really didn't like OC at all several weeks ago. I wouldn't be upset to see half of these guys gone next year. No fire. No intensity. No drive to win. They're just dead out there. Stick a fork in this turkey, it's done for.

Well, it was a good run, but I don't see any way we do this without Paulie AND CQ... Game over.

Man. Watching these guys, they just don't seem to really want it. Noone really steps up in the big situations. Frustrating.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Sep 6, 2008 -> 07:54 PM) That pitch was too close to take with two strikes. Well, he strikes out either way, but yeah, he should have at least given it a defensive swing there... lol Btw, WHAT IS WITH EVERY HITTER TAKING FIRST PITCH FASTBALL RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE? It has been the best pitch to hit in the last 8 at bats.....

Floating curveball and OC moves out of the way? That's what I mean about this guy playing for a paycheck. He'll probably end up walking anyway... but that was a sure first base.

That was a perfect pitch, right on the outside corner. Can't do much about it. TIME TO EARN YOUR MONEY OC!

Did he get knocked silly on that? lol He should have been into third. Eh...maybe not.

Angels are gift-wrapping this for us... CAPITALIZE!

Owens with a nice hit.

It would be nice if Ozzie didn't put all of his eggs in one basket when we have close games like this. Now we have a bunch of AAA players finishing out the game. Alexei has such a good arm... lol

I think we blew our chance right there. Not getting that guy in from third, with no outs, will really kill any momentum you had. I sense a loss coming. I just have a bad feeling.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Sep 6, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) I thought AJ was supposed to be our smartest base runner. That was worse than Owens. That was a double play if AJ doesn't do that... He kept the inning alive. The guy that moved into second can score on a base hit just as easily as AJ can score from third...

Stupid, stupid base running mistake by Owens. Looks like my wishes for Swisher to come out of his coma came true tonight! Thank you Swish. I'll cut you some slack now.

The next two or so innings will prove what this team is really made of.

Do my eyes deceive me, or did Swisher finally come up with a timely piece of hitting? About time. It's only been about 3 weeks of total and complete suck swinging the bat. lol

Great win. Good to see Konerko, Uribe and the others step up. Know what would be nice? If Swisher came out of his coma.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 5, 2008 -> 05:59 PM) Looks like someone's going to have to change their SN. Yeah, unfortunately, I don't think he's got much of a shot to win the MVP now.

Well, let's look at the bright side. We have remained in first place all year without Paul Konerko playing...(even when he played, up until August, he might as well have not been there). Now Paulie is starting to really hit the ball well again, and CQ is out. We will be fine, as long as our PITCHING doesn't s*** the bed. Paulie has really stepped it up lately. Oh, and for f***'s sake, could Nick Swisher start hitting something?

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 08:52 PM) Probably because last year I had to watch an outfield of Darin Erstad, Jerry Owens and JD, Pablo Ozuna at 3rd or Andy Gonzalez, Juan Uribe at short hitting like 190, Iguchi or AG, and PK at first. Yeah, this team is the same. How was Jerry Owens in the leadoff spot last year, any worse than OC in the leadoff spot this year? Their stats are pretty much identical.... except Owens actually knows how to steal bases. But OC is a huge improvement huh? lol Some of you guys have blinders on.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:26 PM) I think one can argue that the offseason moves that were trumpeted by the organization as big moves that would help us compete again this year have produced an underwhelming result. However, simply because the moves that were expected to produce the results were not those that actually did, certainly does not make Kenny's offseason moves poor. There is simply no denying the credit that is due both for acquiring CQ and signing Alexei. Looking closely at the entire scope of moves that were made, and not just those that were hyped, results in the quite obvious and indisputable conclusion that Kenny had himself one hell of an offseason. Yeah, I guess I chose the wrong title for this thread. Maybe it should have been "Anyone else hate our hyped up offseason moves?" That would have been more accurate, because I agree that CQ, Alexei, and Linebrink were great pickups. By the way, why do people keep bringing up our improvement over last year? Seriously. Last year was one of the most underperforming White Sox teams I've watched in the last 10 years. We were picked to win the central last year with the team we had... Making zero changes to this team, we still would have improved dramatically over last year. There was no way not to.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:14 PM) Well... I agree with your right to say what you think, but suggesting that there is 'no arguing with it' and if someone does that 'they are fooling themselves' is ridiculous. Swisher having an off year does not equal 'sucks'. And suggesting that neither is an improvement over what we had last year tells me you didn't watch much baseball last year. Who says Swisher is having an off year? He's put up pretty much the same numbers his entire career, with a slightly higher average. He hits for power, but not for average. He sees a lot of pitches, walks quite a bit, but strikes out more than he walks. He batted .236 in 2005. He batted .254 in 2006. He batted .262 in 2006... Every year, hitting 20+ home runs. What makes everyone think he's having an off year? This is pretty much what we can expect from Swisher... He's not a good center fielder either... Hey, maybe they're looking to replace PK in the next couple years with Swisher... which would be ok if he could bring up his average and drive in more runs, but he better not be our solution at CF for the future. He doesn't have speed, and his defense leaves a lot to be desired.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 08:13 PM) So... let's see if I can summarize about 90% of what I've read in this thread so far in 10 words or less: - Cabrera has dissapointed people - We shoulda got more for Garland Does that pretty much sum it up? (I'm not suggesting I agree with these points. Just trying to sum up the issues underlying many of the critical comments.) Basically, Cabrera has disappointed people, and sucks. Swisher has disappointed people, and sucks, and we gave up way too much to get him. That pretty much sums it up, and there's really no arguing with that, if you've watched the majority of the games this year. Neither are a big improvement over what we had at those positions last year... If you think they are, you're fooling yourself.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 04:38 PM) haha, this is true. also, OC .327 OBP and .274 avg, half the K's, more BB. How many games has OC won for us with his "added offense" over Uribe? Now how many games has he cost us with his lackluster effort at SS? Having watched almost every game this year, I can tell you with almost 100% certainty, that he has cost us more games with his s***ty play on defense, than he has won for us with his bat.