but what about the offense? They have almost reached Horacio Ramirez levels of suck these days.

Horacio Ramirez is the worst reliever in history because before he put a White Sox uniform on, he wore a Royals one. Before he was with KC, he was a Cy Young candidate and first ballot Hall of Famer…wait what’s that, oh, he sucked before he played for the Royals, well let’s blame Dayton Moore anyways.

i actually was briefly trying to defend him, even though i know he sucks, because when he came in with 2 out and the bases loaded in the 4th and down 4-1 he got abreu to hit a medium speed ground ball between the first and second basemen that could have resulted in an out if it was hit a few feet in either direction then got arod to hit a grounder right at alexei.

anyway, i agree with you. i never want to see him on the mound again.

i still remember the acrimony at lookout landing when seattle traded rafael soriano for him and also remember his performance in seattle and how crazy they went when he sucked.

worst day ever

rec’d, i could go out there and get more guys out topping out at 60mph.

and cheat put up such a solid recap too.

Link:

“Horrible,” manager Ozzie Guillen summed up. "We don’t pitch well. We don’t hit at all. We don’t have anything going forward right now. If we want to get to where we want to get, we better start playing better. In general, offensively, defensively, pitching, the relievers, it’s going to be tough for us to compete.

"Everyone has to push as hard as we can and as long as we can. We only have 11/2 weeks left. We fight all the way to now. Why do we have to lay down now? We have to get up and keep fighting because nobody said it was going to be easy, especially here. But we have to realize that.

“Right now we aren’t playing like we’re in the pennant race.”

link?

imposter!

i’m more concerned with what the fuck has been going on with javy all damn year. i know he was on short rest for this game but damn, what a shitty outing and season-long mastery of inconsistency.

A 3-run deficit is not impossible to overcome, and it seems like if Ozzie had any interest in us winning the game, he should turn to a more reliable reliever (which, at this point, is ANY OF THEM, INCLUDING BOONE FUCKING LOGAN). I would have bet the barn that HoRam was going to come in and give up runs. He needed ONE OUT.

What’s Ozzie’s email, seriously, I feel compelled to use it this time.

More concerned about where the hell Russell is? Or Carrasco?
When was the last time we saw Nessie do anything but warm up in the bullpen?

My most untrusted relievers (I don’t look at stats), in the order of who gives me the worst bellyache when he trots out of the pen:
HoRam
Wasserman
Logan
Dotel (he can be good, at times, and when we have room to give up a homer or two)

Why does it seem that these are the 4 guys who take the mound every game?

ugggggh.

I nearly cried when BA came in and hit a double – to send Mussina to the dug-out.

WHY DIDN’T BA START INSTEAD OF GRIFFEY?

This will be my subject line of the email to Ozzie.

It’s amusing how volatile this thread is today. It’s evident that we are all a little edgy after the latest ugly loss. (And the 9th-inning Twins finish against the Rays last night didn’t help our spirits either, I imagine).

Hopefully we can prove ourselves in the final week and not limp into the playoffs.

This was a tough series and we didn’t have our stuff – let’s move on and beat up KC, as we know we can do (just not the last time we went to KC).
:)

season ovah

:)

It was pretty hairy there, worse even because unlike this year, the Sox let a huge lead dwindle to a game or two.

Does this mean the sox are an absolute lock to make the playoffs? No. But I like our chances.

Anyway, just chill out and enjoy relevant September White Sox baseball, peeps.

“But the Royals have won seven in a row…”

Fuck that, they are still an awful last place team and anything less than winning two of three against them would be a massive disappointment.

If we have to worry about the freaking Royals, why even worry about getting to the playoffs?

that was for consistency’s sake. and it’s all i got. it’s sunny and in the 60s and 70s here all weekend. tonight is my morning jacket outdoors at the greek. tomorrow is hiking and three breweries in sonoma and marin. sunday is football all day at kezar. it’s going to be a good weekend, regardless of what the “chokers” do. (also, just wondering, if choking is about pressure, how is it guys can perform one night and then not the next against the same team in the same stadium? whoops, my bad…logic butchered and wood chippered).

Allow me to paraphrase from Goodfellas…“The Sox are big boys, they know what they’re doing.”

The bottom line is the Sox continue (at least for now) to control their destiny. So, they can continue to have cold bats and a GFS bullpen, or they can buck up like men, light a fire under their collective asses and put this thing away.

If not, they deserve to watch the playoffs on TV, or go golfing, or fishing, or join a wrestling league, etc.

On a more upbeat note…Happy 78th birthday Adam West!

and that means chili for lunch

hooray

Orioles placed RHP Daniel Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Sept. 14, with a right medial elbow sprain.
Cabrera is done for the season and may be finished in Baltimore if the Orioles choose not to tender him a contract via arbitration. His age-27 campaign ends at 8-10 with a 5.25 ERA and 95/90 K/BB ratio in 180 innings.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/773

darrin jackson? not so much…

and if you don’t support one, then what excuse have you got for not supporting Leeds Utd.

regards