July 13, 200421 yr Another rebuilding year for the Sox with the Motto “ The Kids can Play”, the Sox finished second 75-87, 21.5 games behind the leading Cleveland Indians. Right Fielder Magglio Ordoñez had a breakout season with a .301 average while smacking 30 homers and 117 RBI’s . Frank Thomas struggled through a calf injury and eventually was shut down for the rest of the season, Thomas hit .305 but for the first time in his carrer failed to hit over 20 homers and drive in 100 runs, hitting only 15 homers and driving in 77. Second baseman Ray Durham (.296) hit 13 homers and stole 34 bases. Two more rookies came up to the Sox and showed promise, Center Fielder Chris Singleton (.300) hit 17 homers and brought home 72 runs while Left Fielder Carlos Lee (.293) hit 16 homers and drove in 82 runs. First baseman Paul Konerko was solid hitting .294 and was second in homers with 24 and drove in 84 runs. Catcher Brook Fordyce hit .300. Shortstop Mike Caruso who fell off from his rookie season struggled in the field and with the bat hitting .250. Pitching was the problem again with Jaime Navarro (8-13) having another horrible season with a 6.09 ERA, James Baldwin was 12-13 and Mike Sirotka was 11-13, Lefty Jim Parque struggled with an Injury to a finger and ended up 9-15, John Snyder went 9-12. The positive of the pitching staff was the bullpen led by Bobby Howry who had 28 saves and righthander Keith Foulke adding 9, Rookie longman Sean Lowe had 4 wins.
July 13, 200421 yr Shortstop Mike Caruso LOL....sorry although I remember him hitting that HR at Wrigley for that sweep.. rolleyeyes.gif Jaime Navarro :puke Ughhh :banghead John Snyder Holy s***, forgot all about John Snyder..I wonder where he's flippin burgers now..
July 13, 200421 yr Two more rookies came up to the Sox and showed promise, Center Fielder Chris Singleton (.300) hit 17 homers and brought home 72 runs while Left Fielder Carlos Lee (.293) hit 16 homers and drove in 82 runs. Singleton was a bust and Lee.. no more said.. :headbang
July 13, 200421 yr Also, I wonder who was the worst of the two...Jaime Navarro or Todd Ritchie Navarro was. Ritchie at least tried to be a good pitcher. Navarro blamed everyone but himself for his complete and total suckiness.
July 13, 200421 yr Singleton was a bust and Lee.. no more said.. :headbang Singleton was never very highly touted. That first year, he played way above his head.
July 13, 200421 yr Also, I wonder who was the worst of the two...Jaime Navarro or Todd Ritchie Ritchie was worse, but not by much. Both of em were pretty putrid.
July 13, 200421 yr Wasnt Snyder like 7-0? I remember vaguely after a win someone talking about John Synder Starting in Boston for the Allstar game on the score.... wow, the year after he was traded with navarro for JOSE!!!! and Cal Eldred!!!!
July 13, 200421 yr Wasnt Snyder like 7-0? I remember vaguely after a win someone talking about John Synder Starting in Boston for the Allstar game on the score.... wow, the year after he was traded with navarro for JOSE!!!! and Cal Eldred!!!! I don't recall Snyder being an all-star, though I could be wrong. He did start very well and I remember him beating Pedro in Boston .... vaguely ..... I think.
July 13, 200421 yr I don't recall Snyder being an all-star, though I could be wrong. He did start very well and I remember him beating Pedro in Boston .... vaguely ..... I think. he definitely wasnt an all-star.... he started off like none-other and just imploded after that. i just remember all the hype he was getting with his hot start.
July 13, 200421 yr Snyder's career stats, not good. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/snydejo02.shtml
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