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Wow that could be the play to turnaround our season.

Alright Jermaine. Don't GIDP here A.J

I don't need to tell anyone how huge this game could end up being in terms of our season, but I will anyway. We gotta find a way to win.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 02:20 AM) Yeah, but they breed you wily down there in Australia, right? From what I am lead to believ, you're all tougher than nails. Atleast according to Paul Hogan and The Wiggles. Don't f' with Jeff man. Oh yeah because otherwise you'll have that Pirate Dude after ya, what's his name again, Captain Feathersaw or something?

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 02:17 AM) I'd keep Rowand, simply because his defense is light years ahead of Pods. Also, Rowand is able to contribute a lot more than Pods on the offensive end in terms of driving in runs. Rowand has a very managable contract for the next few years, especially compared to other guys in CF like Kotsay. Rowand is a great player to have on your team if he's surrounded by power hitters in RF and LF. The thing is who replaces Pods as the top of the lineup? I agree that Rowand is good if you've got power players surrounding him in the OF but at the moment we don't. Pods has got 1 year left on his deal at just over a million IIRC.

With his OBP, you can't take him out of the lineup. The thing is, and I think this is an issue the Sox are going to have to decide on, I don't think you can keep both Rowand and Pods for next season, and hear me out here. Yeah Rowand is great defensively, but has he done enough offensively for an OF position? No I don't think he has. The issue is though, is Pods good enough defensively in CF? Well at the monent probably not, he's be a major downgrade from Rowand. And you've got Brian Anderson waiting in the wings as well. The thing is this, our offense has basically struggled all season. We need more power production from our lineup. Uribe has turned his season around, and is pretty much a lock to return next season as the starting SS, unless someone like Rafael Furcal decides the Southside is where he wants to be. That pretty much leaves 3B, and a DH/OF spot to upgrade (assuming Konerko re-signs). I think if you want to upgrade this offense, one of Rowand or Pods will probably have to go, and I would go with Rowand, because I think the difference Pods makes leading off is bigger than what Rowand offers from his defense. It's probably not going to be popular, but it's something we have to consider to upgrade the offense. Doubt it will happen though.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 01:04 AM) How short are you? You would have to be really short for 165 to be a lot. I will guess...ummm.....5'3". I'm about 5'7-5'8 I think although my metric conversion ain't all that great. It's just my family, well we're not big people at all, one of my friends is over 6 feet and I feel tiny standing next to him, yet I'm bigger than my mum and sister and almost the same size as my Dad.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 12:45 AM) If DJ can see it, our staff can see it. Fixing a mechanical flaw isn't as easy as posting on a message board, or we would all be ace pitchers. It took over 2 years for Neal Cotts to get it right, right (gulp)?

I think if I lived in America for a year, I could probably get to 165 from all the food I'd eat (in case you don't know, I'm a little short - ass).

PM's have been sent to those who have replied so far and some others who I know played last year as well.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 12:30 AM) Having a prototypical number 2 hitter doesnt matter any more. We are playing station to station baseball. Pods gets thrown out trying to steal, there is no hit and runs, no bunts. So you could literally put anyone in the 2 hole now. I would put Uribe in the 2 hole, Gooch in the 3, Kong in the 4 hole and Everett in the 5. That would score some runs. You've come around on Uribe there Irish? I think that change should have been made quite a while ago, but we can't really say the offense was as much of a problem as earlier in the season too. It's the pitching, hands down.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 12:01 AM) He's probably the only guy on this team with the tools to be a #2 hitter. It's just sad that the people below him are not getting it done lately. I know he's much more than a #2 hitter, but will we ever see him bat 3rd, 4th or 5th on the White Sox? I'm leaning towards no. Yeah, which is why a guy like Bill Mueller who could hit in the #2 spot, becomes a really important target in the off-season.

QUOTE(JoshPR @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 02:08 PM) Garcia is another #2 starter. As i Said we got 2 #2's 2#3's and a 5 Which is still better then a lot of other teams in this league.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 03:22 PM) I think we miss Sabathia and Lee... Yep, Scott Elarton should get lit up, unless he's pitching in a big ballpark (which he ain't), Millwood's been great but has pitched a lot of innings, may be starting to get tired, and Westbrook hasn't been that good at all. We shouldn't be concerned with their pitching, it's their offense and our pitching that will decide the series.

Knee Jerk Reactions. Don't forget pre - season all of the experts were predicting 3rd and 4th place finishes at best for the Sox. So KW and Ozzie are going no-where.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 01:45 PM) The Dave Chappelle Prince. We need the one who plays Baseball not Basketball.

I'm going for the 3 peat, so I'm starting up SoxTalk League 1. Lemme know who's interested and I'll PM you the League Details.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 01:13 PM) s***. I really wanted to get in on this, but I've been a weeeeeeeee bit busy. I know Ozzie wanted in to this league as well, and now OilCan and some people aren't happy with the draft. Maybe we could start a 3rd league, if enough people wanted to join another one?

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And we've got the points standings as well; kapkomet 13 Credepopsup 11 Yoda 10 DBAH0 10 Spod=Ratings 10 Kalapse 10 WilliamTell 10 greasywheels121 9 chimpy2121 9 Heads22 9 knightni 8 WHarris1 8 Steff 8 Chisoxrd5 8 Confederate_48 8 JDsDirtySox 8 White Sox Josh 8 Goldmember 6 THEWOOD 6

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:24 AM) And I am still baffled. Doesn't look good for Denver and that defense this season. Might be time for Mike Shanahan to finally head elsewhere.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 01:35 AM) Texas Limo for when gas hits $4 per gallon Just don't feed it that Beefy Food Kramer did to Rusty.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 01:45 AM) Making October is a sure thing. Got games 10/1 and 10/2. Bah, I knew someone would say that. But at Cleveland, possibly the division on the line, that's pretty much a playoff series right there.

Pods gets bad reads, and has been bailed out on balls to left center by Aaron a few times. But his speed in the outfield generally allows him to make up enough ground. But good speed alone doesn't take away the fact his arm isn't good enough for a corner position, and someone like Brian Anderson would be a better player there defensively right now. But I can live with Pods defensively, with what he's done to this ballclub offensively.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 01:35 AM) Playoff pitching seems to always favor those with power pitching... Well we'll just have to wait and see how the likes of Buerhle do IF we make it to October. Of course the main power guys like RJ etc. do turn it up then, so hopefully Mark and Jon will be able to do the same if the situation arises.