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QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 11:36 PM) Fixed that for you. Luckily for me, this year me being "heartless" or emotionless has really paid off for me. If I had the mindset some of you had I'd really hate life right now. You guys have pissed me off more than the team has but I've realized that its because we all have different mindsets. Konerkos injury riddled 2nd half is the biggest reason for the downfall of the team. I believe the stat I posted the other day that our 9 hole hitter has more Rbis over the last 2 months than our cleanup hitter is really a recipe for disaster. I wish Paulie wasn't such a gamer and would have went on the DL till he was healthy. A healthy PK down the stretch would have paid HUGE dividends down the stretch! Right now its just like the last few years we don't have that scary 1-2 punch that Dunn and PK were supposed to offer....I still think if PK were healthy (John Danks woulda been nice too) than this is a championship caliber team. That all being said the seasons not over, as we all know Det finishes the season with 7 on the road where theyre vulnerable. This things gonna go down to the wire folks so sit back relax and strap it down! Thanks. I like that idea.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 08:47 AM) I'll make you guys a deal. Go out and train for a couple of months to run the mile. Then without any additional training go out and run a marathon. Tell me how you do. Totally irrelevant to the latest discussion.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 01:58 PM) 10-2 Twins top 9th. I'll take it . Hopefully the movie has a sequel with a similar ending.

QUOTE (IowanSoxFan @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 06:08 PM) Lol. Just lol. I do feel bad for the Miami baseball fans. All the hype and to have such a terrible season would not be fun to watch. Hopefully, Ozzie gets fired so I can root for the Marlins as I've wanted to root for them, but his presence doesn't allow me to. I really want to see Oney's reaction on Twitter if this happens, God do I hate him. No such thing as Miami baseball fans. I think the whole Castro thing was a reporters attempt to blow things out of proportion. At the same time people who did not grow up in American culture have to know the meaning of free speech. (basically Ozzie just shut up) The Ozzie hate is getting boring.

I read that Hahn was the highest paid assistant GM in baseball. Last year Kenny wanted to step down on become a scout. I think Kenny will probably work more in that area.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 02:45 PM) The Sox had a 3.0 game lead four days ago. It's now half that. Detroit still has a double header on Sunday, hard to sweep those. After Tigers' atrocious play all season we can only assume they will continue their mediocre play on the road. This is how it happens and it happens fast. The Tigers now have Scherzer back who is not completely healthy, and are playing the pesky Royals and Twins away to finish the season. At the most important time of the season Sox need to step it up and seal the division. Soon. The again the Tigers have been putting up some offense since the Oakland series (the one we thought would help us), I could seem the sweeping.

I don't like that 4 game series with Tampa. Sox are bad in 4 game series. Tampa is also better than the Sox.

I remember back in the 80's a team would use their starter in extra innings. I'd still rather have someone who pitches to contact. We will probably never see 20 game winners on teams with losing records anymore.

Cabrera has a great chance at the triple crown.

They need to be punched in the nuts.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 02:22 PM) Who cares? It is what it is. Like Rongey said, it's just baseball and the Sox were in contention all year. Just think when we have a season like the Cubs. They've been irrelevant since well before the all star break. The Sox like Fathom said are very very flawed. Because of all the injuries and lack of fan support at home, not giving us much of a homefield advantage, it's been a good season no matter what. They might win, might not. At least we're done with KC and Detroit. Well put. If Detroit can't wrap this thing up playing KC and Minnie as many times as they do, Leyland deserves to get canned. Detroit is a heavy heavy favorite right now. At some point people have to get tired of that mindset. That is "Cub like". It's really kind of stupid to base a season's success on how well the other team in town performs. Part of me wishes the Sox would move out of Chicago and even IL.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 02:02 PM) I decided to look up some 2nd half numbers to see if anyone was performing better than they did in the first half. Of the main guys on the team, the only players with a higher batting average since the ASB than before it are: - Dunn (.208 before, .210 after) - Ramirez (.266 before, .275 after) Konerko was .329 before, and .266 after. Quietly, Rios is hitting .045 points worse in the 2nd half. Youk's .065 points lower in the 2nd half. As for the pitching, Floyd, Jones and Santiago have shown the most improvement since the ASB. Peavy's ERA is 1.35 runs higher, Sale's is 1.46 higher, Crain/Thornton about .8 runs higher, Reed's ERA was 4.06 before the ASB and 5.91 after. Quintana's ERA was 2.04 in the 1st half, and 5.06 in the 2nd half. Honestly, I'm not quite sure how this team has managed to stay in first this long. Guys like Flowers, Wise and Veal have contributed a lot since the ASB. Wow! Nice homework. I would think Paulie's drop in average has a lot to do with the .210 average batting in the 3 spot that Ks too much.

QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 11:11 PM) Proving my point? Yep. Our division rival has two guys who have played just about every game this season. Does Jeter look tired?

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 11:09 PM) Man that makes it hurt just a little more.... It does, or think of it as August coming about 6 weeks too late.

QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 11:08 PM) It doesnt matter if they really need it. This is a really important time in baseball. They need to be in the lineup. They can rest after the season. They get paid to get it done in times like these. Get it done. If they need rest then they should be doing something else.

Props to Q tonight. 1 ER and got better as the game went along. (are you listening Jake Peavy?) Getting out that one inning was awesome.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 11:01 PM) Weaver dominates lefties. Only lefties in the lineup tomorrow will probably be De Aza and Dunn. It doesn't take much to dominate Dunn.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 11:01 PM) Weaver dominates lefties. Only lefties in the lineup tomorrow will probably be De Aza and Dunn. It doesn't take much to dominate Dunn.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:59 PM) Sucks to watch these guys just choke this away... at least this season has been much more interesting than anyone thought it would be though. Makes me feel so "Northside".

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:57 PM) 0-7 with RISP. Complete collapse by the offense of late. Ventura has got to shake up the lineup. He's getting as stubborn as Ozzie. Tomorrow will probably also be the weaker lineup.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:55 PM) Way to adjust AJ...goodness He couldn't get around on those fast balls. We need to see more of FLowers especially when Peavy pitches.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:47 PM) Angels have spent a ton of bad money. I wonder how bad that Pujols contract will look in 7 years. I think he's make less than Dunn this season, but his salary practically doubles next year.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:42 PM) It's nice to know we're set for the future with Beckham at 2B. He's hit well enough to be our second baseman. Next year's infield is a big question mark however. No third baseman right now, Alexei at short needs to find his power stroke, Becks at second and can Paulie rebound from surgery at first (I'm assuming surgery is forthcoming). DeAza has cooled off as a center fielder; Tank figures to get better and Rios appears to have found himself. At catcher, AJ probably won't hit 26-30 homers as he has this year. Starting pitching should be similar to this year, though we will have to find a stud to replace Peavy. Just replacing him with one of our many fill in guys of this year won't cut it. Lotta work for the new GM to do. I so disagree with that. He's been a much better situational hitter this season. How many guys do we need to hit 20 or more HR on this team? I really don't miss those patented Ramirez foul ball home runs every other at bat.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 10:10 PM) I hope we infest heavily on a amateur side and development. Kenny's job needs to keep Jerry out of any baseball decisions. According to some at WSI who have inside info, JR is the problem in that area.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) At some point it would be nice to see the sox look to balance the equation a bit with our offense. It's the same issue as we have seen for years. When we click we hit home runs and score in bunches. When we go cold it's a series of pop ups and almost warning track shots. We need to be able to sustain the ability to score to help out the pitching. It can't be where the pitching has to be perfect to win. Look at what we've become. A pitcher has a qs and we lament what a bad outing he had. 4 runs and we start to look at tomorrow's matchups. That's sad. The offense needs to pick it up now. That's all on Kenny. Even the players he brings from the outside are power first guys.