I really dread the game threads this year. I thought people would be a little more mellow and cool with the WS win. THis spring has showed that it won't.

i agree, not panic time yet, or even close (we gotta play a real game at least) but come now, our bullpen is a tad sketchy. if jenks comes back and spits fire again, we're gold.

Oh no. COtts isn't going to be good this year!

 

By no means am I freaking out about Cotts....but he's far from a proven commodity. Just like Jenks, he could easily revert to a 5.00 ERA. As long as he has his control though, he should be fine.

Our offense looks good, our starting pitching looks good, our bullpen is the only issue and I think that will be better than everyone is panicking about.

 

Thome is going to have a huge impact on the whitesox lineup this year. 

 

I see little to get into a bunch yet about.  Lets see how the season unravels before we start to panic.

 

Why so f***ing optimistic?

I really dread the game threads this year. I thought people would be a little more mellow and cool with the WS win. THis spring has showed that it won't.

 

I think people were expecting us to go undefeated in spring training and to have absolutely no weaknesses, etc.

Why so f***ing optimistic?

 

Edited March 27, 200620 yr by southsideirish71

Not a fan of ties. It's like, kissing your brother.

 

 

Yay for the Thome being AWESOME!

 

What was wrong with the first photo?

Good to see people are in panic mode already.  Should be a fun year.

 

It looks like the pen is a legitimate concern.

Why is it questioning any part of the White Sox team being pessimistic? There is another team in Chicago whose fans think all their players are hall of famers, I prefer to look at it objectively and realistically. The bullpen is a huge concern. The Sox won a lot of one run games last year. If Jenks stays in his funk, and guys like Thornton and Lopez are called on to get big outs, a lot of those 1 run victories can turn to losses. The offense should be a little better, maybe giving the bullpen a little room to work with, but if Jenks pitches like he did before he joined the White Sox organization, KW is going to have to pull a few rabbits out of the hat.

What was wrong with the first photo?

 

I grabbed the first WS trophy photo I found, after blowing it up it was from another team.

hold on, i guess ill refrence a privious post of mine...

 

 

one moment please....

I really dread the game threads this year. I thought people would be a little more mellow and cool with the WS win. THis spring has showed that it won't.

 

 

Relax, it is no different than it was last year

Relax, it is no different than it was last year

 

Actually, it can never be worse than that slide we had in september... go back and read those game threads. Those were some depressing threads.

Actually, it can never be worse than that slide we had in september... go back and read those game threads.  Those were some depressing threads.

 

Just to clarify, that wasn't a "slide", that was a "35 game period where Cleveland played .800 ball".

I agree with the post about the September Slide last year--I actually skipped two games that I had tickets to because it had become so unbearable. That was freaking brutal.

 

I honestly don't care what happens in Spring Training, because it says nothing.

 

I am worried about Jenks, though.

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Well hell, does this mean my Game Thread record is 0-0-1?

 

Just to clarify, that wasn't a "slide", that was a "35 game period where Cleveland played .800 ball".

and the sox played somethin like 11-18 ball and had an 8 game "slide"

And the Sox won the World Series; now there's going to be too many people at the park.

And the Sox won the World Series; now there's going to be too many people at the park.   

 

Why is it questioning any part of the White Sox team being pessimistic? There is another team in Chicago whose fans think all their players are hall of famers, I prefer to look at it objectively and realistically. The bullpen is a huge concern. The Sox won a lot of one run games last year. If Jenks stays in his funk, and guys like Thornton and Lopez are called on to get big outs, a lot of those 1 run victories can turn to losses. The offense should be a little better, maybe giving the bullpen a little room to work with, but if Jenks pitches like he did before he joined the White Sox organization, KW is going to have to pull a few rabbits out of the hat.

 

 

The bullpen is a concern. I see the starters going 7-8 innings just like Buerhle did today vrs the Cubs, but you need that closer. I like Jenks and Cotts, but Jenks is a AA pitcher that has 1/2 a season of varied success. Cotts is still learning the role. But, ST is where things are ironed out and I am hoping once opening days is here everything gells.

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SSH2005,

 

Your pic of Jeff Nelson must be a joke right? He can't be on our so called radar is he?

We have no EDGE right now. We have 6 days to get it back.

Losing guys like Everett and Rowand will do that to a team.

 

Hopefully this years team can get some of that edge back.

SSH2005,

 

Your pic of Jeff Nelson must be a joke right? He can't be on our so called radar is he?

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Probably not, but I trust Matt Thornton about as far as I can throw his 6'6", 235 pound ass. I hope he proves me wrong though.

Edited March 28, 200620 yr by SSH2005

I have come to the conclusion that I should start the Game Thread from now on.

 

In that event, no one will win and so EVERYONE can go home happy after a good time's had!