the biggest thing is that ozzie comes out and says thornton is his closer in public, then deflates the guys confidence putting sale out there, then puts him in an impossible situation in which the likelihood of failing is high....its awful managing

Yet it's the exact same thing this board was clamoring for last week.

Well, it's pretty obvious to US that Santos is the choice...doesn't mean it will be to Ozzie, though.

 

Now we're managing to ruin the confidence of BOTH Sale and Thornton simultaneously. I know, I know....they're not so great if they can't battle through adversity, yadda, yadda, but you just wonder what kind of pitchers both will be at the end of September.

 

Sale has had two really rough outings now, too. Hopefully both these guys can get their fastballs elevated (in terms of velocity and not line drive altitude) as the weather heats up by at least six-eight inches.

Edited April 13, 201114 yr by caulfield12

That's a home run in a SILO

 

What were game threads like in 2005 when everything was so great? I find these a hell of lot more entertaining than all of those "we are amazing" comments.

Edited April 13, 201114 yr by maggsmaggs

Don't play him if he's not ready.

He's in the f***ing lineup.

and it's his first game back, chill out. he's played what, 3 or 4 games? GAWD WHY HASZNT HE HIT TWO HUNDERD MILLIONZ HOMERZ!?!@??

Its as if some of you have never seen Adam Dunn play before, a large amount of at bats will end in a K. But he has a lot of productive ones too,

 

Dunn's obp was only like .458 before the game today, that dude is the reason the Sox are losing.

 

 

the biggest thing is that ozzie comes out and says thornton is his closer in public, then deflates the guys confidence putting sale out there, then puts him in an impossible situation in which the likelihood of failing is high....its awful managing

 

Sale threw 2 stressful innings last night. Even if he went 1-2-3 today, I would have felt like it was too much for him. When you also add into the fact that the 2 righties he faced today faced him last night, it's truly a pathetic decision by Ozzie.

the biggest thing is that ozzie comes out and says thornton is his closer in public, then deflates the guys confidence putting sale out there, then puts him in an impossible situation in which the likelihood of failing is high....its awful managing

 

I think Juan Pierre deflated the guy's confidence by dropping a pair of fly balls.

God damn this team.

Why can't we hit Balfour? Fastball, fastball, fastball.

These White Sox teams over the last few years just dont have "it." That cut throat we're better than you attitude, the ability tobeat opponents you should beat IE: the Minnesota Twins. I'm tired of if bull$@^* I dont care how much money we spend or "how stacked our lineup and roation is" back it up and do your job I'm tired of underachieveing since the post WS '05 season.

What were game threads like in 2005 when everything was so great? I find these a hell of lot more entertaining than all of those "we are amazing" comments.

 

Eh, game threads have always been about the same

What were game threads like in 2005 when everything was so great? I find these a hell of lot more entertaining than all of those "we are amazing" comments.

 

Hilariously enough, I remember nothing from gamethreads in 2005 until the last 2 months or so when they really started to choke.

i just have 0 confidence in a win, not matching pens with any team. I think this will turn around because we have some good arms out there, but for now it's s***.

Is this 4 of our past 5 games in extra innings now?

Well, it's pretty obvious to US that Santos is the choice...doesn't mean it will be to Ozzie, though.

 

Now we're managing to ruin the confidence of BOTH Sale and Thornton simultaneously. I know, I know....they're not so great if they can't battle through adversity, yadda, yadda, but you just wonder what kind of pitchers both will be at the end of September.

 

Sale has had two really rough outings now, too. Hopefully both these guys can get their fastballs elevated as the weather heats up by six inches.

Santos will blow a save and be the wrong choice in no time. Give it a few days.

Woohoo extras once again. Can't wait to see our star studded bullpen mow em down.

What were game threads like in 2005 when everything was so great? I find these a hell of lot more entertaining than all of those "we are amazing" comments.

 

Oh you know, the same, even for the post-game threads.

 

"THAT'S A WHITE SOX WINNER" would be maybe three pages long at most.

 

If we blew a game though, you could count on 15+ pages. And of course the obligatory "Ozzie SUCKS!" comments. Just like, hey!....

Edited April 13, 201114 yr by LVSoxFan

You don't lead 4-1 in a clean game and implode in the ninth like that again.

It's maddening.

Santos will blow a save and be the wrong choice in no time. Give it a few days.

 

And it will be Ozzies fault.

Santos will blow a save and be the wrong choice in no time. Give it a few days.

 

He would have been the wrong choice today to pitch after 2 innings yesterday.

Dunn is looking like Thome now post '06

 

You mean he looks like a really good hitter? Because that is what Thome was every year with the White Sox.

Its as if some of you have never seen Adam Dunn play before, a large amount of at bats will end in a K. But he has a lot of productive ones too,

 

Dunn's obp was only like .458 before the game today, that dude is the reason the Sox are losing.

 

Whenever someone b****es about a Dunn K (yes, including a week after an appendectomy, LOL) I just laugh and move on.

 

Hilariously enough, I remember nothing from gamethreads in 2005 until the last 2 months or so when they really started to choke.

And then along came the Rally Crede.

And it will be Ozzies fault.

 

No it won't because it was the right move to make.

 

 

Again with assumptions and guesses being the basis of an argument. LOL.