This Could be the Start of Something Special

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

After a long struggle, the Sox have finally gotten the .500 watershed woohoo!

Just like 2008, the fate of the season hinges on the play of the youngsters. Last year, KW hit his inside straight when we unexpectedly got huge seasons from Q and Alexei, and Danks and Floyd broke through. This season was looking like a bust, with Fields proving once and for all that he can't hit the fastball and Getz looking lost in the field and at the plate. But, now Pods (WTF, Pods?) has given the O a huge lift, and Beckham and Getz seem to have figured it out before the halfway point.

The SP looks really solid, and the BP is above average. Looks to me like the CWS are going to score a LOT more runs in the 2nd half. They've managed to play .500 ball while only averaging 4.36 RPG playing half their games in the Cell. Hopefully when Pods comes back to earth Q is healthy enough to pick up the slack. And I might be over-optimistic, but I think we'll see + production for the second half coming out of the previous black holes at 2B, 3B and SS.

This is the first time this year I've been excited about this team's chances. 88 wins might not be unreasonable and that should be enough to win this division, keep our fingers crossed that we stay healthy the 2nd half. Kudos to KW, final results aren't in but looks like he's done a great job rebuilding this team on the fly and keeping a contender out there.

Poll

How many wins?

More than 88

19 votes

88

14 votes

87

10 votes

86

7 votes

85

12 votes

84

9 votes

83

4 votes

82

4 votes

81

1 votes

Less than 81

4 votes

84 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

This sort of optimism

is only for Tdogg, please refrain from such talk moving foward. Thank you.

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

by jc2313 on Jun 30, 2009 9:17 AM CDT reply actions

sorry, I woke up with wood

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Gonna lap the field 2nd half, ala '83. And I like how you said

The Batting Practice is above average!

Pronunciation: ho'kiz'um
Function: noun
1. A catch phrase commonly used by White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson.
2. Standard parlance of an incompetent hillbilly; staple of stylized speech patterns associated with South Carolinian trailer communities; used to "describe" an event (or even a sequence of events) without uttering more than 8 or 9 syllables; in essence, a substitute for original thought.

by Chiburb on Jun 30, 2009 9:23 AM CDT reply actions

It was

Josh was hitting some real bombs before the game, his patented mortar shots.

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions

I had to refresh this a few times

Chicago Pete????

"I'm just here to provide street cred and a rosy outlook"- translation - unemployed life coach

by Tdogg on Jun 30, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions

3 in a row will do that

I’m not the only one who came in from the cold, 50% of the votes are 87+ so far.

I’ve been trying to reserve judgement until Beckham got adjusted. Small sample size, but from the 2 Cub games I saw this weekend I’m really impressed. He could be an impact player the second half. He’s got a beautiful swing, really quick and really level.

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions