August 20, 200817 yr Link Blog I read fairly often presents some interesting season rankings for our Sox. Reading this really highlights how good the Sox actually are, even with all our complaining. Thoughts?
August 20, 200817 yr QUOTE (almagest @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 09:51 PM) Link Blog I read fairly often presents some interesting season rankings for our Sox. Reading this really highlights how good the Sox actually are, even with all our complaining. Thoughts? We only see the bad here at soxtalk. How dare you post anything positive...
August 20, 200817 yr QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 04:30 PM) The White Sox are a real good team and alot of fun to watch And ya know...like most here know and Hawk says...they still haven't played their best baseball yet.
August 20, 200817 yr The bullpen ERA ranking is weighed heavily by their numbers from earlier this year, when Linebrink was healthy and Thornton and Logan were all pitching better. Getting Linebrink back will help. Any word yet on when that might be?
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 05:36 PM) The bullpen ERA ranking is weighed heavily by their numbers from earlier this year, when Linebrink was healthy and Thornton and Logan were all pitching better. Getting Linebrink back will help. Any word yet on when that might be? You could say the same thing about the offense. Just think of their numbers if they were not so bad early on.
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (RME JICO @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 05:00 PM) You could say the same thing about the offense. Just think of their numbers if they were not so bad early on. The Sox offense actually has a ton of talent and I think that most people expected them to recover. However, several members of the bullpen (Logan, Thornton, Dotel) over-performed in comparison to their numbers over the past few seasons. Even if Thornton and Dotel continue to pitch like they did in April and May, Logan's gone and Linebrink's status is still up in the air. Given that pitching will be more important in October (should the Sox make it), I'll call the Sox a "pretty good" team, rather than a "terrific" one. Edited August 21, 200817 yr by WCSox
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 08:16 PM) The Sox offense actually has a ton of talent and I think that most people expected them to recover. However, several members of the bullpen (Logan, Thornton, Dotel) over-performed in comparison to their numbers over the past few seasons. Even if Thornton and Dotel continue to pitch like they did in April and May, Logan's gone and Linebrink's status is still up in the air. Given that pitching will be more important in October (should the Sox make it), I'll call the Sox a "pretty good" team, rather than a "terrific" one. Carrasco has been very solid as well. Comparing what we have to what other teams have in respect to lineup, rotation, and bullpen; I think we match up pretty well versus any team in the league.
August 21, 200817 yr i'm still not sold on this team being "terrific", if we can mash the ball against good teams like the Rays, Angels, Sawx.. then I'll start getting really excited right now i'm just a little excited Edited August 21, 200817 yr by joesaiditstrue
August 21, 200817 yr We are on a roll right now. The crazy thing, however, is there's been no separation from Minnie of late. I love the way we're playing and we are a terrific team, but our inability to shake the pests the Twins concerns me.
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 03:01 AM) We are on a roll right now. The crazy thing, however, is there's been no separation from Minnie of late. I love the way we're playing and we are a terrific team, but our inability to shake the pests the Twins concerns me. That's what makes this weekend so huge. Sox and Twins play the best in the league. Not only does it have implications on the central race, but it could have a huge effect on the race for the best record.
August 21, 200817 yr The defense and the mental lapses are the single thing that worries me the most about this team. We give away WAY too many runs. In the playoffs, that is how you lose.
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 02:01 AM) We are on a roll right now. The crazy thing, however, is there's been no separation from Minnie of late. I love the way we're playing and we are a terrific team, but our inability to shake the pests the Twins concerns me. as of late all we've done is win games (except the blown game in Oakland) so really what else can we do to "shake" Minny? We've already matched last months win total and we have 10 more games to go this month. I hope the Sox can get a little payback for that sweep in Tampa earlier in the season.
August 21, 200817 yr Yeah there's nothing more we can do. It's the Twins that are bugging me. I want to see them lose eight of nine. Kudos to the Sox for not having a sub par stretch the past week or we'd be five, six games out. If only they had had a s***ty homestand we'd be five, six up.
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 01:54 PM) Yeah there's nothing more we can do. It's the Twins that are bugging me. I want to see them lose eight of nine. Kudos to the Sox for not having a sub par stretch the past week or we'd be five, six games out. If only they had had a s***ty homestand we'd be five, six up. Frustrating isn't it? God I hate the f***ing Twins.
August 21, 200817 yr Author We can't count on the Twins losing. All we can do is focus on winning right now. We're on course to win 93-94 games this year, which should be enough to win the division.
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 12:56 PM) Frustrating isn't it? God I hate the f***ing Twins. Way back it was the A's that pissed me off. Now it is the Twins. They weren't even suppose to be in the race this year. It was suppose to be Detroit and Cleveland. How dare they play well.
August 21, 200817 yr QUOTE (Texsox @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 04:19 PM) How dare they play well. Seriously, what audacity!
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