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QUOTE(doUrememberwhen @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:33 PM) + Why does Vizc throw that slider? It's not a good pitch, it fools noone. When is this s*** gonna stop? Do u think we can keep winning games w/ these AAAA guys u keep throwing in? Uhh, Cause that's his best pitch...What do you want to throw, his famous curve ball?

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:30 PM) Why do we bunt Pods into scoring position when he is the best base stealer in the majors, thus giving up an out? Why does he continue to have Contreras and Hernandez pitching back-to-back in the rotation? Why has he abandoned the hit-and-run? Why does every pitcher lose 3 mph from their fastball when they join our team? Who has lost 3 MPH of there fastball..Vic? His fastball seems to be the same since last year..Cliff still throws 95..Herm's fast ball is no diff then the past 3 years...Marte's FB seems to be in par from last year..example please?

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:21 PM) We didnt hire Ozzie for his class or tact. We hired him to inspire the team and get the best out of them. If we only have to deal with a few mental breakdowns like this series great. That's my thinking...Brantley is a moron and has taken numerous shots and the White sox..The guy is a Cub lover and even admitted it.. We're stuck with him???Heh Ozzie is an emotional guy and it seems the way he is acting is some sort of shock or something. The beginning of the year we loved his attitude, now it sucks all of a sudden? And the players(you know, the guys who actually spend time with him) Love his attitude and laid back atmosphere in the clubhouse... They can't say enough good things about the guy, and isn't that what really counts in the end??? We're winning..the players love him...That's all that matters to me

The reason i think Perez was in there cause I think he wanted to get as many lefties in there against Byrd whose a hell of alot worse against lefties then righties..And I can't really remember a day off he's had.. "Perez was starting for Paul Konerko, who was given the night off to rest and even skipped pregame drills" With 2 straight days off he should be ready to go another month without a break like all robots. Reading this thread made me sick to my stomach and started to really be dissapointed with my fellow sox fans with Ozzie the worst ,manager and he should be fired even though we have the best record in baseball is pretty retarded. We don't know the situation was with Marte and marte is always the first guy Ozzie brings out of that bullpen in these sits, but I sure he felt he couldn't go..maybe Marte said something..maybe it was Ozzie's call..But I'm sure all you would want to pitch the late innings are Marte ,Pollite, and Herm the rest of the year.. But this isn't a video game, they aren't machines to be called every single day..The innings pitched is deceiving cause I've seen multiple times here Marte has been warming up in the pen and ended up not brought into games. And those warm up pitches also to add up at the end of the year..But I don't want our guys arms falling off in August..We HAVE to use guys like Vic and Shingo..We CAN'T be just using 3 damn guys out of that pen.. It be nice for us to have a like a 7 run lead going into the 8th so now we can put Vic and Shingo for mop up, but we've been involved in like what..over 20 one run games this year? So in the end it be nice for us just to use Cliff and Herm...and the amount of s*** I've been hearing about Marte sucking this year if he'd off blown this game we would be calling for his head and Ozzie's head.. "Why didn't he bring in Herm to pitch the last 3 innings?!?!? He hasn't pitched ina while and he was a starter..he could go 3!" Lets face, the Angels had 4 lefties going in a row..Cliff does better against righties, we have Walker on the roster just for this situation..To get lefties out..Hasn't pitched in a while..He didn't get the job done..maybe it was Ozzie's fault for not pitching this guy only 2 innings the past 2 weeks..The guy was a rusty mess... I guess Ozzie was put into a corner..He thought Marte couldn't go and I'm sure Walker is gonna be sent down when Orlando is activated. I guess he had confidence that Walker would get the job done.. Didn't work out, but to call out someone's incompetence with out context is shameful. I'm sure if you guys were the manager we would be undefeated and on to being 162-0 cause you know everything... Lets see what Ozzie has to say...and not to be petty and call for someone head cause it makes you sound silly.. But hey, maybe our guys will take our players back to the lab for some fine tuning and maybe some state of the art replacement parts so we'll be able to go with the same 12 players on our roster with out a days rest. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto

Happy Anny of the days of your births

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ May 30, 2005 -> 04:36 PM) Saw a news story about a new web browser called Opera--has anyone tried it? Any comments? Thanks! I installed it bout 5 months ago, but don't use it.. There is a free version, but there is a big ad on the top..you could pay for it and rid of it.. It has the tab-browsing just like Fire fox and there is better customization when it comes to the appearance and such...but it does load a bit funny..prob 2 seconds slower then Fire fox. But that was the free version. Its a good browser, looks really nice, but like Tex said...developers are just trying to catch up with Fire fox.It loads weird..You can download it the free version and give it a try.. Even though i use Fire fox 99% of the time I still have Opera on my system..just in case http://www.opera.com/

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ May 30, 2005 -> 09:31 PM) * We played two first place teams and a rivalry series, all on the road. Texas and Anaheim are in the top five of AL teams. * Sure, the team lost a game it shouldn't have (Contreras/McPherson), but we also stole one from Zambrano and we got one from Colon too. * Look at the pitching we faced: Maddux, Zambrano, Prior, E. Santana (who threw like the other Santana that night) Colon, Washburn, Lackey (who owns the Sox in his career) and then faced a red hot Young, Park (at Tex, where he's dominant) and then Washburn again. Not a slouch matchup in the mix. Looking ahead to June, that will be a true indication of how this team does. We have only 9 games on the road, 5 days off, and we are playing many weak teams. If we don't win at least 16 or 17 games in June, then I'll be concerned. We're gonna have to cause I just looked at a stretch we have in the dog days of August starting on the 8th.. @NY @NY @NY, @BOS @BOS @BOS, MIN, MIN, MIN, NY, NY, NY, @MIN @MIN @MIN Uhh, we're gonna need some cushion before we start that stretch.. :headshake

QUOTE(I-HATE-CREDE @ May 29, 2005 -> 10:49 PM) At least the Sox offense won't be the worst to take the field tomorrow. The Angels stink too. True, lets hope they don't decide to wake up against us this series..Tomorrows game is huge..gotta stop the bleeding

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 29, 2005 -> 08:49 PM) My point is that Cotts is not a good reliever. You guys can point to his ERA all you want. The majority of the time he either walks or gives up a hit to the first batter he faces. He's also a lefty that sucks against lefty bats. Today's outing was a perfect example. He gave up 2 hits and an ER before he had to be pulled after only 0.1 IP. He has little value to this team other than sharing jizz-mopping duties with Shingo and Vizcaino. I guess my point is that we need to trade for a good reliever or two. Shingo, Vizcaino, and Cotts aren't getting the job done. I disagree, I don't think he's great but I think he's average for what we use him for. Texas are just swinging the bats like HOF's right now. He pitches prob an1/13 a week, but does avg a strike out an inning for his career. The guy does need to work on his control, but when he was a starter in the minors he had control problems, but over the course of the game he was able to work out of them..Here, like I said he's pitched like 7 innings the entire month and its hard to stay sharp when you don't pitch that much. I'm still high on cotts, last year was his first full year out of the pen and had more innings pitched then hits allowed and almost an a SO an inning. Guy has a good arm, but you're right..has to do better against the first batter faced.

I looked and didn't see this posted. Scott Miller now believes we are for real...Well, ok http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/8506825

Alright, Happy Anniversary of the Day of your Birth Ian!!!

I'll be the ripe old age of 25 on June 7th..That's JUNE 7th.... and lived in NW Indiana my whole life..first in Gary for the first 7 years of my life, then Miller for almost 3 years and lived in Merrillville since late 1989... Thank you

And I was on the cuff on Widger making this club, but he calls a great game and he's been decent with the bat...

QUOTE(fathom @ May 1, 2005 -> 04:27 PM) They definitely were going to cut Higginson. Tigers have cut high-priced guys in the past, like D. Easley. When he leaves, all the Tigers will be gone from the great 2000 brawl..well, if you don't count Maggs

Hawk:"What can I do, What can I do..what can a man do" lol I don't know, bunt? lol

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 1, 2005 -> 04:22 PM) If ordonez did not get injured they would have just cut higginson out right. Because players in the minors can do what that fool is doing for a fraction of the cost. You think would cut Higg even though he's making that much??? I don't think so..They still got to pay him and I don't think they would just cut a guy making that much..the Yankees would, but the Tigers?

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ May 1, 2005 -> 04:18 PM) Maybe it's his son. Wait, isn't James Earl Jones in the movie? I saw him in the commercial playing the same character..Does it still take place in the 60's?

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 1, 2005 -> 04:17 PM) Ya, well good thing the Tigers didn't give him a big contract or anything like that. I still can't believe Higginson is making 9 million this year... What a waste of money..atually with maggs out and Higgs money you got around what...close to 25 mill of their payroll doing jack...

The Sandlot 2? Is Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez back or is he retired cause the first one takes place in the 60's

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 1, 2005 -> 04:12 PM) Not if Garland continues to deal. Agreed

Is Uribe on the DL or going on the DL?

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ May 1, 2005 -> 04:02 PM) Paulie needs to take some time off on the rest day and get laid or something He did get engaged before the season...coincidence????

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ May 1, 2005 -> 04:01 PM) Just got home, and I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. Yeah , its been ALL Pedro Lopez today baby...

QUOTE(fathom @ May 1, 2005 -> 03:59 PM) Cy Diaz got a win against the Cubs. Holy crap...

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 1, 2005 -> 03:56 PM) I think we will have more wins out of the 5th starters spot after today's game than we had last year. weren't we 0-8??? or something like that