June 18, 200619 yr EAT s*** REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN'T HOLD THIS TEAM DOWN NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY!!!!!!!!!!! COUNT BATTLED HIS ASS OFF, K'D A LOT OF GUYS BUT NEEDED SOME HELP............ ..........SO WE STEPPED THE f*** UP AND GAVE IT TO HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KONG WITH A HUGE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! URIBE WITH A BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OZUNA WITH 3 f***ING HITS AND A SPECTACULAR DEFENSIVE PLAY IN THE 9TH!!!!!!!!! MERCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HES A f***ING MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!! BULLPEN WAS SOLID AS A ROCK TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT AN AWESOME GAME!!!!!!!!!!!! GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 18, 200619 yr Uribe is really getting hot now. Thornton has been just outstanding for us this year. Count, Crede, AJ, Ozuna, the WHOLE DAMN TEAM.... YES!!!!!!!!
June 18, 200619 yr Great game. We got the key hits when we needed them, Bobby Jenks gave me a scare in the bottom of the 9th but he got the job done. The number of White Sox fans in Cincinnati is amazing. There must be some smart people in Cincinnati to be Sox fans!!! Jose pitched a good game. We owe George Steinbrenner a big thank you for the letting Jose go to the Sox!!
June 18, 200619 yr Great road trip so far.......Lets sweep Cinn .........If JG decides he wants to show up!
June 18, 200619 yr QUOTE(Soxfest @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:32 PM) .........If JG decides he wants to show up! Herein lies the problem. Garland in a HR friendly park. Even if he does show up, he could (and probably will) easily give up 5 runs.
June 18, 200619 yr Author QUOTE(Soxfest @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:32 PM) Great road trip so far.......Lets sweep Cinn .........If JG decides he wants to show up! That's asking a lot from him. Hopefully he can build on his last outing and give us a chance to win tomorrow. A sweep would be really nice going into a tough series at St. Louis.
June 18, 200619 yr QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) A sweep would be really nice going into a tough series at St. Louis. I suppose the Tigers get the Royals during that series?
June 18, 200619 yr I'll say this, Garland can at least swing the bat pretty good for a pitcher. 16 K's for sox pitching tonight..? That'll work.
June 18, 200619 yr QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) That's asking a lot from him. Hopefully he can build on his last outing and give us a chance to win tomorrow. A sweep would be really nice going into a tough series at St. Louis. Well, they play the games for a reason. You just never know.
June 18, 200619 yr QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:46 PM) Time to update my Brian Anderson getting hot meter.. According to Baseball Prospectus if he keeps up his current pace he will have the greatest year defensively for a CF since 1887, yes 1887. From Baseball Prospectus: Last week, responding to the struggles of rookie centerfielder Brian Anderson, who is hitting .163/.263/.296 in 157 plate appearances, the ever-unpredictable Ozzie Guillen announced the team was going to stay the course in center. Bolstering Guillen's support was his belief that no one else in the organization "can play center field [well enough] to win a championship." Usually, such proclamations are based upon a misguided understanding of the dynamics of winning baseball, in that run production is inherently far more valuable than defense, and also easier to accurately evaluate. Last year's White Sox team, however, revealed just how powerful elite defense can be, and thus Guillen's words can't be simply laughed off. Anderson has indeed been horrific at the plate, with a negative 8.8 VORP. Through his first 54 games in center, though, he has saved 10 runs more than the average center fielder by RAA, and 15 more than a replacement glove. Anderson is producing on defense at a RATE of 124, meaning that if he keeps up his current play he'll have saved an astounding 24 runs above the average centerfielder (think the once-spectacular Andruw Jones since 2004) over 100 games. Since 1900, no centerfielder has kept up a 124 RATE for a full season--not Willie Mays, Tris Speaker, Curt Flood, or Jim Edmonds:
June 18, 200619 yr I thought we decided last year that using the sweep icon wasn't allowed until an actual sweet. Damn, I'm so superstitious.
June 18, 200619 yr QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:55 PM) According to Baseball Prospectus if he keeps up his current pace he will have the greatest year defensively for a CF since 1887, yes 1887. From Baseball Prospectus: Last week, responding to the struggles of rookie centerfielder Brian Anderson, who is hitting .163/.263/.296 in 157 plate appearances, the ever-unpredictable Ozzie Guillen announced the team was going to stay the course in center. Bolstering Guillen's support was his belief that no one else in the organization "can play center field [well enough] to win a championship." Usually, such proclamations are based upon a misguided understanding of the dynamics of winning baseball, in that run production is inherently far more valuable than defense, and also easier to accurately evaluate. Last year's White Sox team, however, revealed just how powerful elite defense can be, and thus Guillen's words can't be simply laughed off. Anderson has indeed been horrific at the plate, with a negative 8.8 VORP. Through his first 54 games in center, though, he has saved 10 runs more than the average center fielder by RAA, and 15 more than a replacement glove. Anderson is producing on defense at a RATE of 124, meaning that if he keeps up his current play he'll have saved an astounding 24 runs above the average centerfielder (think the once-spectacular Andruw Jones since 2004) over 100 games. Since 1900, no centerfielder has kept up a 124 RATE for a full season--not Willie Mays, Tris Speaker, Curt Flood, or Jim Edmonds: Amazing. And I'll say as of right now, Kalapse has the best sig on this site, bar none. I am a HUGE Anderson fan.
June 18, 200619 yr QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:55 PM) According to Baseball Prospectus if he keeps up his current pace he will have the greatest year defensively for a CF since 1887, yes 1887. From Baseball Prospectus: Last week, responding to the struggles of rookie centerfielder Brian Anderson, who is hitting .163/.263/.296 in 157 plate appearances, the ever-unpredictable Ozzie Guillen announced the team was going to stay the course in center. Bolstering Guillen's support was his belief that no one else in the organization "can play center field [well enough] to win a championship." Usually, such proclamations are based upon a misguided understanding of the dynamics of winning baseball, in that run production is inherently far more valuable than defense, and also easier to accurately evaluate. Last year's White Sox team, however, revealed just how powerful elite defense can be, and thus Guillen's words can't be simply laughed off. Anderson has indeed been horrific at the plate, with a negative 8.8 VORP. Through his first 54 games in center, though, he has saved 10 runs more than the average center fielder by RAA, and 15 more than a replacement glove. Anderson is producing on defense at a RATE of 124, meaning that if he keeps up his current play he'll have saved an astounding 24 runs above the average centerfielder (think the once-spectacular Andruw Jones since 2004) over 100 games. Since 1900, no centerfielder has kept up a 124 RATE for a full season--not Willie Mays, Tris Speaker, Curt Flood, or Jim Edmonds: I wonder if there's a way to make this such common knowledge that Anderson will have a chance for the GG.
June 18, 200619 yr QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 09:00 PM) I wonder if there's a way to make this such common knowledge that Anderson will have a chance for the GG. He's going to have to hit at least a little bit. He's starting to come around.
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