I Believe that Today's Make-Up Game Against the Tigers is an Important Game for the White Sox to Win if They Want to Make the Playoffs in 2008.

by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 29, 2008 11:13 AM CDT Comment 36 comments

I know baseball has a 162 game season, and it's always dangerous to overemphasize the importance of a single game. However, without intending to be overly hyperbolic, I really do think that today's make-up game against the Tigers may be an important game for the Sox playoff chances in 2008 -- perhaps even in the top 20-25 of all of the games they will play this year.

Think about it: If the Sox win, they will have made a "statement" to their fans, the media and the rest of the league that they are serious about competing for a division title this year. What a confidence boost that would be! What a great message to send to the younger players! If they lose, on the other hand, the rest of the division will certainly gain confidence. They may even begin to think that the Sox may lack the heart to gut it out and win a relatively important game -- that they lack the discipline to want it bad enough, if you will.

Look, I know it's early and there is still 1/162nds of the season (nearly 1%) left. I'm sure a lot of you so-called "statheads" and "logic freaks" will disagree with this post. But to me (and I fully acknowledge that I speak only for myself here), this is just "one of those games" that it is important for the Sox to win if they want to make the playoffs in 2008.

Poll

How about you? Do you think today's make-up game against the Tigers is an important game for the Sox playoff chances in 2008?

yes.

91 votes

no.

50 votes

huh?

93 votes

oh.

91 votes

325 votes | Poll has closed

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A+

would read again

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Sep 29, 2008 11:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

by Crede's Crew on Sep 29, 2008 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

would?

You know you’re allowed to read it again.

I wish he was in my fantasy league. id bury that cocksucker- KenWo4Life

by Hawk is God on Sep 29, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hope you meant to refer to 2009

Because otherwise it’s the most obvious F*ing post ever written.

by Happy Felsch on Sep 29, 2008 11:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

So you're the type of guy

that falls for those emails wanting credit info. in return for a stake in Saudi oil “reserves” huh? Always wondered where you people came from.

"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."

by Ugh It Live! on Sep 29, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nigerian.

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

by winningugly on Sep 29, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And,

whooooooooooooooooooooooooosh.

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

by winningugly on Sep 29, 2008 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Happy Felsch...

your sarcasm detector is broken.

"Rickey Henderson, pick up the phone, man, it's me... you"

by Daymonster on Sep 30, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well done

This is why, even as a Twins fan I read SSS. Well done TAEG.

UPDATE: Happy Felsch doesn’t get jokes on the internets.

by Daymonster on Sep 29, 2008 11:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

A Jerry Bear

Turned into a twin

by 815Sox on Sep 29, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

thats correct...

A decent catcher turned into a deusch.

by Daymonster on Sep 29, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not anymore

That picture avatar was bad luck

by 815Sox on Sep 29, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I voted No

by 815Sox on Sep 29, 2008 11:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Deinntely not

www.stallingtheman.blogspot.com

by Raf on Sep 29, 2008 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't spell.

www.stallingtheman.blogspot.com

by Raf on Sep 29, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

not even a little.

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Sep 29, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It took 162 games

to get the best SSS headline of the year. Well done. As a side note, I told my kids at the beginning of the year that it would be a good season for the Sox if they kept us interested late into the season. They’ve kind of done that….

by palehose67 on Sep 29, 2008 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought that as well

I just wanted them to contend into September….

by hitlesswonder on Sep 29, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I thought it’d be cleveland, but yeah, just wanted it to be close down the stretch

by Crede's Crew on Sep 29, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Disagree.

Gavin Floyd Has Big Hairy Balls

Pitching and defense win baseball games in September and October.

by ballyb on Sep 29, 2008 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

AEG, I think you don't understand statistics at all...

It’s one game. That’s practically the definition of “small sample size”. What we would need to do is have the game be played several hundred times and look at whether or not the Sox made the playoffs in each of those instances. At that point, we’d have enough data to at least start talking about correlation. But, given that the game is only going to played once, we just won’t know anything.

by hitlesswonder on Sep 29, 2008 12:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I see that I am with the majority on this vote....good to know everyone else is also delirious.

You really went out on a limb with this post here, AEG.
What you said hits home and hits the bat with a hand and breaks its wrist.

Nice work. I am saving this link to read again for better comprehension later.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Sep 29, 2008 12:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Brilliant as usual, El Guano.

Though your recaps were mostly pathetic during my hiatus.

In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.

by Chiburb on Sep 29, 2008 12:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

you are his muse.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Sep 29, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe if you referred to him by his real name...

"you think i got kicked out because of just the aquarium? nah, it was the handjob. and you know what else? it was worth it."

by Toonderstrook on Sep 29, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well played

and the obvious poll answer is oh.

by goods17 on Sep 29, 2008 2:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed 100%.

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

by winningugly on Sep 29, 2008 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

what the french? toast!

was this post meant to be a joke? was it supposed to say 09? are you insinuating they have a chance if they lose this game?

“I Believe that Today’s Make-Up Game Against the Tigers is an Important Game for the White Sox to Win if They Want to Make the Playoffs in 2008.”

No shit Shurlock…

by smarchitect on Sep 29, 2008 2:25 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

wow. just go away now.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Sep 29, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whooooooooooooooosh.

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

by winningugly on Sep 29, 2008 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

AEG YOU ARE RETARDED ROFLMFAOROFLROFLROFL

"term: pussy, user: larry, count: 11

term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz

by Where Triples Go to Die on Sep 29, 2008 2:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

what?

i dont understand this, shouldnt this be the most important game of the season unless they play tomorrow? which that would be the most important game of the season. I think it is important to win every game, but VERY important to win a game that continues your season.

are you talking about 2009? if not wow, worst post ever

by Chisox1705 on Sep 29, 2008 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Whoooooooooooooooooosh.

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

by winningugly on Sep 29, 2008 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I happened to catch the last minutes of the last game at MN

hawk on carlos gomez: ‘future superstar, the next rickey henderson’

when a player comes to bat, don’t they show his stats for the entire year? jeez…

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Sep 29, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

when will they give cowley the pulitzer?

But if Nick Swisher and Orlando Cabrera were looking for a breast feeding on Friday, especially in the wake of some damaged egos over the three-day massacre in the Metrodome, well, your stays here will be short ones, either by your own design or the clubs.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/1188546,CST-SPT-joe27.article

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Sep 29, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs