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Vazquez, Sox Not Perfect Enough

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Two Jermaine Dye homeruns and nearly six perfect innings from Javier Vazquez weren't enough to rebound against the playoff-bound Rays.

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Is one of those times we all need to step back and think about what we expected this season to be like before it started. I was thinking third place above the Royals and Tigers.. and here we are a half game back in August.

its been a damn good year, especially looking toward the future- Dank, Q, Alexie, Floyd and Swish are all great assets to our team moving forward.

And please for the love of the gods lets have Thome come back every year until his OPS dries up.

Go Sox or some such shit!

Bloggin'

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by Six Pack on Aug 23, 2008 9:51 PM CDT   0 recs

Word

I still think this team makes the playoffs and still has a good chance of winning the division.

Coffee is for closers.

by vince_ on Aug 23, 2008 10:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good

Its nice to see a non defeatist attitude on this board.

Bloggin'

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by Six Pack on Aug 23, 2008 11:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Definatly

I still think this team is gonna win the playoffs, plus we got a shot at the Wild Card… I was thinking 4th place this year.

Certain posters come on here just to bitch and moan every time the team is losing and its fucking annoying….

by 815Sox on Aug 24, 2008 10:15 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Fuck

I meant make the playoffs… its early and I’ve got a slight hangover

by 815Sox on Aug 24, 2008 10:20 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hell, yes.

I was just thinking today about that poll that we all took early on… about what we would consider a successful season. I believe I answered something like the Sox being competitive up to the end.

Well, goddammit, here we are heading into September, and we are just 1/2 game back. Well, shit… we are exceeding expectations here, ladies and gentlemen.

Let’s get ready for the final push. We’ve got a great chance at the playoffs, and that’s a damn sight better than any of us thought. Savor this. Some way, somehow, we’ve ended up with a good team.

I, for one, am loving it. No matter what happens, this season has been awesome.

If we don’t make the playoffs, will I be disappointed? Absolutely.

In April, did I even think that I would be in position to be disappointed? Hell no.

LETS GO SOX!

by ReservoirDog on Aug 24, 2008 1:46 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

After every series loss to a good team, someone is going to make this post...

I can guarantee you that Kenny wouldn’t excuse his own team this much.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 24, 2008 7:17 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nor should he

His job is to make a WS-caliber team. We’re fans. We can talk like this. From what I thought in April, being above .500 is great.

"as much as i hate dj i don't want him to get molested"- BuehrleMan

by U-God on Aug 24, 2008 8:13 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

shitcock.

brian anderson would've caught that...

by BuehrleMan on Aug 24, 2008 8:14 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

love you too

"as much as i hate dj i don't want him to get molested"- BuehrleMan

by U-God on Aug 24, 2008 8:15 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 24, 2008 10:32 AM CDT to parent up   1 recs

No

He’s the manager. He’s supposed to do stuff like that. It’s his job.

"as much as i hate dj i don't want him to get molested"- BuehrleMan

by U-God on Aug 24, 2008 11:54 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

and from what we know, he doesn't do it after every loss.

"that woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."

by Toonderstrook on Aug 24, 2008 11:55 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm sure the players are reading SSS

and saying “Shit, SSH thinks we’re doing a terrible job, we better shape up!”

“Crap, I was going to keep sucking but I didn’t realize it was making SSH angry.”

“We better play better or this SSH guy is likely to go on a killing spree.”

Coffee is for closers.

by vince_ on Aug 24, 2008 11:56 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

urine: “i’m going to fucking rip off the goddamn head of this ssh, eat his brains, and then skullfuck him.”

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 24, 2008 11:58 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My God.

If you can’t understand the difference between a fan’s role with regards to the Sox and Ozzie’s, then there’s no hope for you.

Chip, chip, chip, chip.
Sox Machine

by Sox Machine on Aug 24, 2008 12:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, he's a "fan" in the truest sense.

Can’t blame him for that, sir.

(Did you ever see Dennis Christopher, in his first starring role after “Breaking Away”, in “The Fan”? I rest my case.)

"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 24, 2008 12:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

fan?

Coffee is for closers.

by vince_ on Aug 24, 2008 12:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

fan?

"as much as i hate dj i don't want him to get molested"- BuehrleMan

by U-God on Aug 24, 2008 12:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks again, Fox

Here’s your choice of what to show in Milwaukee… two of the top four teams in the AL going head-to-head, one of which is a team who play all of 90 miles south of the city, or Cardinals vs Braves. Of course you go with Cardinals vs Braves — Cardinals are in the same division as the Brewers so clearly that takes precedence over a good baseball game. I know I’m beating a dead horse here but that exclusive Saturday window that Fox controls fucking sucks. I feel for you west coasters (among others) who probably get that shaft at least once a month.

As far as the game, it’s frustrating in the sense that the Twins are winning out in LA while we’re one game away from being swept at home. In a broader and more relative context, though, I’d file this one into the “shit happens” category. The Sox did a pretty decent job working Kazmir, Vazquez was cruising and then it all falls apart in the 8th. The Sox win that game better than 80% of the time — it just sucks that this time the Rays hit their river flush. That or I’m simplifying things way too much.

by CWSKeith on Aug 23, 2008 10:17 PM CDT   0 recs

Hear you loud and clear

brother. I’m in Virginia, and what did I get? Phillies-Dodgers. Why would anybody in western Virginia care about the Phillies? Oh year, the Nationals play baseball 140 miles from here and the Phillies are in the same division. Presuming that those who would tune in to baseball on Saturday afternoon are baseball fans, why wouldn’t Fox show the best game available?

by VAChisox on Aug 24, 2008 10:10 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i don't want to piss on anyone's complaining about not seeing the white sox (fox is stupid).

but i’m fairly certain that a phillies dodgers game would get better ratings than a white sox rays game in western virginia. sorry.

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 24, 2008 10:17 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

One more observation

The Dye-Thome post-homerun “celebration” at homeplate cracks me up every time I see it. Dye trots around the bases and Thome is always waiting there at home, arm extended, waiting for a nice hand-shake once Dye touches the plate. It fits in perfectly with the “Gentleman Masher” persona.

by CWSKeith on Aug 23, 2008 10:23 PM CDT   0 recs

Thome is waiting for him at home

because he walks like a motherfucker

Bloggin'

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by Six Pack on Aug 23, 2008 10:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Last time I did a Twins update

I got the third degree. Now I am only going to post when I have all my facts straight and the sox are winning.

The stars are in perfect alignment sometimes.

Bloggin'

http://bierjournal.blogspot.com/

by Six Pack on Aug 23, 2008 10:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Check the previous thread...

Are you the guy who placed the bet on the Sox to win today?

How much did you lose?

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 23, 2008 10:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You mean the gamethread?

I dont have time for that, sorry

Bloggin'

http://bierjournal.blogspot.com/

by Six Pack on Aug 23, 2008 10:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good...

cuz I wasn’t talking to you.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 23, 2008 10:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh shit

The internet isnt about me?

Bloggin'

http://bierjournal.blogspot.com/

by Six Pack on Aug 23, 2008 10:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You seem happy that the Sox lost (proving your prediction right)

At which point is actively rooting against the Sox on a Sox blog trolling?

Coffee is for closers.

by vince_ on Aug 23, 2008 11:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Where does it sound like I am happy about the Sox losing?

And if that was the case, why would I make so many posts about the Angels beating the Twins tonight. I was just curious how much money that guy lost.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 24, 2008 1:02 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

that option27 dude?

the guy that jinxes us all the time?

prolly his life savings

If I was a caterpillar and you were a caterpillar I would metamorphosize into a butterfly so that you could see the vast potential of your great beauty. And then you would change, and we would have changed. And it would be beautiful. Change is beautiful.

by furby2056 on Aug 24, 2008 1:49 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

500

I aint goin nowhere either

SSH, my mom died when 10 years ago. Sad man

Dont take things so personal.

It shows insecurities

SOX PRIDE

by Option27 on Aug 24, 2008 3:33 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hopefully, K-Rod doesn't fuck up this save...

He’s got a two run lead.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 23, 2008 10:52 PM CDT   0 recs

Sad that we have to pray for a Twinkies loss but I'll take it.

0.5 games back now.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 23, 2008 11:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Cmon God

I got money riding on this shit!

Bloggin'

http://bierjournal.blogspot.com/

by Six Pack on Aug 23, 2008 11:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

bye bye joey
White Sox bench coach Joey Cora is emerging as the early-line favorite to become the Mariners’ next manager, with interim skipper Jim Riggleman having little chance of getting the job on a full-time basis.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7986

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 24, 2008 10:25 AM CDT   0 recs

Please let it be so.

"You know, if you stab a man in the dead of winter, steam will rise up from the wounds. Indians believed it was his soul escaping from his body." - Mikita's Manager, Glen

by omnipotent grab on Aug 24, 2008 12:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'll say one thing

We sure do suck against the AL East this year.

Then again, so do the twins.

Coffee is for closers.

by vince_ on Aug 24, 2008 10:54 AM CDT   0 recs

thome = suck.

i mean, he is still in the top 15 in the al in ops and even with his day yesterday he’s ops-ing .895 in the last week.

but no player worth a damn has ever struck out 4 times in a game before, and surely not when three of the four come off a pitcher the caliber of kazmir. except maybe thome during the rest of his career, when he presumably wasn’t declining, including striking out 4 times in 13 games before this season and 5 times twice. or the great adam dunn (4 strikeouts in a game 6 times and 5 k’s once). or a-rod (4 strikeouts in a game 4 times). or david ortiz. or manny ramirez.

"that woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."

by Toonderstrook on Aug 24, 2008 11:34 AM CDT   0 recs

thome = shouldn't have been playing yesterday.

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 24, 2008 11:38 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

nah. vazquez should've batted for himself. more chance for success.

"Suck it up Bunky, we gotta go.'" - ron gardenhire

by larry on Aug 24, 2008 11:41 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

spoken like a true homer. go back to wsi.

"that woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."

by Toonderstrook on Aug 24, 2008 11:44 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes, I'm getting lonely over there.

Could use the company. Like Jim.

"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 24, 2008 11:49 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

this weekend reminds me of why it's great to not have access to all of the games...

following on gameday is great when i’m at work, but meh when i’m at home. so since i haven’t been following the games pitch by pitch, or the board and specifically the gamethreads, i’ve avoided certain…well, you know.

"that woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."

by Toonderstrook on Aug 24, 2008 11:52 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Kinda glad I'm missing todays game

I may be able to catch the end of it, but I’m registering voters for an hour this afternoon

by 815Sox on Aug 24, 2008 11:55 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Same here.

I tend to post either later at night during the week or from work – weekend are filled (usually) with family stuff. So I may hit the site once or twice just to read some of the hilarity but generally disengage. I’m not sure how many of the posters have the time to watch/coment all the way through so many games.

But for me it’s like watching the financial markets. Now and again it is absolutely necessary to disengage and get some perspective. I very much like the posts leading off this thread (positive, for the most part) and, if not sanguine, grateful for the exceeding of expectations. (Remember last year, when we’d have <100 posts/game at the end of the year because everyone was so Les Miserables?

Much better this year. Glad I 86’ed my “I took the under” sig in May.

Toonder, I sent you an e-mail.

"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 24, 2008 11:58 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Season over - Sox jinx in place

They already sent out the post season invoices due by the 2nd – included the if you ask for a refund if they don’t make it you may lose your seats option to lock in next year early.

Wonder if other teams have already sent ticket holders invoices?

but he's a capt'n, or is that crap'n

by Brush Back on Aug 24, 2008 12:49 PM CDT   0 recs

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