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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) Where did all the Sox fans go? Saturday night? You would think it was late 2007 or September 2011. This should have been a day game.

Imagine next season Beckham batting 8th, Morel 9th or even letting AJ go and go with Flowers. I would rather smash my toes with a ball peen hammer than watch the end of the Sox order.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 03:52 PM) Barring something unforeseen (deep postseason run), I think they'd pick up Youk's option only if they could shed some salary elsewhere. Say a Thornton or Ramirez. They're going to have to use whatever available funds they have first to figure out the rotation. Hmmmm.......maybe by not over paying Peavy. Hopefully Kenny will find a NL to take Dunn. He's not an AL hitter. You will never fill the hole at 3rd on the cheap. Even paying Youk his option is probably worth less headaches than they've experienced. (see Josh Fields, Mark Teahen-I don't care if I spell his name wrong) I would also imagine the ownership expects an attendance increase after this season.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 04:34 PM) Go to MotownSports, they're even more miserable Imagine Soxtalk in September 2005, x5 They should be. They added Fielder and are in 2nd place to a bunch of kids. Plus most of their team can't catch a baseball.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 02:00 PM) I'd like to nominate this for "stupid contradicting post of the year" Seriously, just say you think the Tigers will win the AL Central instead of implying the White Sox are trying to fall in the standings. I think that was the point and it was aimed at the dark clouds.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 04:46 PM) He is now going to be the Geoff Blum of the Sox for the rest of the season...hopefully including the playoffs. BTW, Angels are quickly getting back in WC race. Already back to 9 games over .500 and climbing again. Guess we can thank the Yankees for beating the O's. Strange to be cheering for them against the Orioles, of all teams. Just as long as he doesn't strike out like Dunn. Putting the ball in play creates chances for the Tigers to beat themselves.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 12:31 PM) Detroit is an underachieving unlikeable team. Unfortunately Sox appear to be tight when they play them and can't beat them head to head. So Detroit is gonna stick around. That 4 game series at the Cell will keep Detroit in it til the bitter end IMO. It's unfortunate that a lot of the Sox good work this season is being nullified in head to head games against just a few teams - Detroit, KC, Balt and Boston. The inability to catch a baseball will kill you against good teams.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 12:14 PM) Worst thing eva for a team with a high payroll is a long, contending season that sells tickets potentially followed by playoff revenue and an uptick in season ticket sales for the following season. I was going to click the link & listen but instead I think I'll go ahead and plug the ol' cornhole. One of the strangest posts I ever read. How much more money can they spend to improve the team? That made sense last year in the off season getting Fielder and paid a contract Hendry would approve of. Aren't they suppose to be much better, more dominant this season? What has happened is in Sept. they are in 2nd place to a team with a bunch of kids. Win now is somewhere close to depleted financially.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 01:26 PM) BTW Liriano has a grand total of 1 game this year where he walked more than 4 (A game in which he walked 6 against Texas, but only gave up 1 run and got the W) This thread is a bucket of suck The exception is your post above. You are my favorite poster. Your avatar and positive posts are great therapy for the nay sayer. Keep up the good work.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 01:15 PM) Have other teams done this?? I don't remember how long MCab has been bothered by this but I dont recall seeing any highlights or anything of other teams continuing to attack him with bunts... I don't think it's a bad idea but nothing to get pissed about if they don't. As we saw when he tagged up yesterday he can still run. Sox aren't good at bunting anyway. You wouldn't know it by watching this week but quite a few guys in the lineup are hitting over .300 with RISP. Detroit's D is really bad like White Sox late 70's bad. Every time you put the ball in play is a good chance of beating them.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 01:44 PM) A win tonight will do a lot for everyone's mood. Even though the Tigers got swept in KC, let's not forget the Sox are 1-4 this week, and now have to face the Tigers best two pitchers. Wins make Sox fans happy, so let's get at least one before they come home. I have no idea how anyone would react if they took the next two.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 01:35 PM) I swear Cub and Astros fans have to be the most miserable out there. Fixed.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 11:20 AM) Sox are still ahead of Detroit, but we are chasing them and are not going to catch them. Tell that to the Sox or yell that to the Sox and tell them to stop playing like that.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 01:30 PM) I was telling this to my brother yesterday. Make fat boy move. It would also be nice if they could make him move from the batter's box back to the bench.

The dumbest title for an article from the Sun Times. Alfonso Soriano shows Giants what they missed in Cubs’ win

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 11:41 AM) Yeah the Nats bungled this whole thing. They could have rested him in May, when it looked like they might be able to make a playoff run. This might be a once in a lifetime kind season for Washington. No guarantees they will be anywhere close to this good in 2013 and when you have a bonafied ace at the top of your rotation you let him pitch. If he gets hurt he gets hurt, but I'm willing to guess his arm would feel a lot better with a ring on it... I expect lots of shots of Sad Strasburg sitting on the bench as the Nats get eliminated in the NLDS... Side note, if this team (and Boras) was so concerned with his health, why not try and change his mechanics? That is the bigger issue than his IP. How fortunate they are to not have the health issues the Sox have with pitching. They need to come up with a better solution than this.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 12:00 PM) The Houston Astros are 40 games out of first. lol The Cubs could lose 100 games this year... and the Astros are 11 games behind them in the standings. That's gotta be just brutall for people associated with the organization. Wait til they get in the AL. 40 games out would be a success for them.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 12:09 PM) I'll be at work so I'ma miss this. Last time I missed a game it was apparently the most memorable win of the season. You are going to have to wait for that one. It will be either clinching the division or a wildcard.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/show/670-the-score-interviews/# Mike Valenti from 97.1 The Ticket in Detroit joined Hanley and Haugh to talk about the Sox and Tigers. Click on the link for the podcast. Very interesting. He mentions payroll vs. performance and wish the Sox would knock them out of their misery.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 10:59 AM) Man up, Liriano. Man up - Youk, Dunn, Konerko, Rios. Please go into a major slump-Cabrera, Fielder.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 09:48 PM) And we could really use DeAza back. Against LHP, and because he's seemed to be one of the few guys who's played well against the Tigers. After we didn't break the game open against Fister there, you just knew it was going to be a long night. At least the Thornton implosion came early so we could save 45 minutes of our lives and not have it be the agony of a blown lead in the 8th. Thornton should have been put on waivers two weeks ago.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) Shoot. I know that. I quit WSI in early 2005 because they seemed to want everyone to be h.h.j.j. posters. I got into an argument with the mods and quit. I guess you didn't understand my question. He alluded to the fact that he was warning everyone on Soxtalk to not panic in 2005 but his personal info sh*t says that he joined Soxtalk in 2008. It just puzzled me. Ah..you were one of the "dark cloud" fans. I use to laugh when people would place that photo of storm clouds over the cell. 2005 would be a reason to panic of there was no wild card. WSI is just as negative as here. I think they've over modded that place to where it is no longer interesting. If you look at this site, there is more intelligent baseball discussion on the first page. There is a mod there I have a lot of respect for. He is more on the doom and gloom side but he backs it up with stats. I get really tired of the h.h.j.j. people attacking the dark clouds. I only seen one do this tonight. It's OK if you can back it up with a stat other than "you sound like a retarded Tiger's fan" or something of that sort. If people say history is a great teacher, shouldn't Sox fans panic? How many post ASB meltdowns have we seen in this century? IF someone told you the Sox would be World Champions without Maggs or Hurt would you believe it? No. 2005 was different. You had so many new players who didn't know the Sox were the Twin's b****. Eventually they bought into it. This year is so different because of the youth factor. The 2 best starters are kids.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 12:00 AM) I'll take #56 in black and white later today thank you very much. I'd like to have Uribe back too.

I had some hope the Cardinals would have a chance of slipping in a playoff spot. Looks like it's not gonna happen. Right now the NL pennant choice looks boring. Last Sept. I probably spent more time watching the NL.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) Everyone but Alexei seems to be slumping. Youk's 0 for his last 12, Wise has cooled off big time and PK/Dunn struggling like crazy to get an extra base hit. Like you said, bad time to slump especially facing Max and Verlander the next two games. I never thought I'd say this, but I hope Olmedo gets the start tomorrow vs Scherzer (Max dominates righties). I wouldn't mind if Dunn gets traded back the NL. Robin needs to mess with the batting order.