Buehrle's Record Run Can't Stop Sox Dome Woes

Of course, maybe neither guy performs they way they have elsewhere given that they’d be in a much tenser situation (what with the under bus-throwing last season and all). And it’s quite possibly the case that the Sox could not afford those 2 plus the existing roster.

Still, I can’t help but feel that if the Sox had done nothing in the offseason….oh well.

We have to really prove ourselves at home against the Yankees. We all know the Sox are cursed in the dome, expectations to win there were not in sight. Its at home where we have to get way better we are only 4 above .500. The Sox should be ten or more above at home and hitting home runs. On the road they have to be the grinder ball team which we are starting to see more now especially from our future prospects, Beckham, Getz, Alexei, Nyx. Its on defense where we really are hurting more than anything. So bad that Alexei and AJ had a chew out. But we are only 2 games out of first and this division is a vomiting sea saw so every game is another life.

I think 15 or more above .500 is a more sure bet to clinch the pennant, only if we keep up the .500 or so grinder ball on the road, especially the way the Sox did on the road against the NL teams.

ususally i read previous posts and whatnot, serioiosuly drink. don’t know what anyone else saw. did pods embarrass me or was it my imagintation? so fucking angry . Dfa ppods noew please. fucking fucker.

his defense is stinky. Our outfield is a big question mark. the only future we have playing is Carlos Quentin and Dye is on way to DH with the poor range he covers in right, and Pods is not getting younger.

fuck you fuckers.

whne buehrle lost his no hitteer.(they don;t know anytheing about a perefet game)
fuck. fucking fuckeras.

pods should DHb

per Cowley

Starting pitching – very good to excellent
Bullpen – can be/should be very good; but too many off nights
Hitting – hit or miss – making too many meh pitchers look very very good.
Defense – brutal

Not a good combination for grinding out/pressuring out road wins.

Fortunately in the mediocre Central it isn’t too late to improve (more consistent hitting and bullpen is possible given our personnel) although with the current position players I don’t know how much defensive improvement we can expect (players don’t suddenly become better fielders).

http://blogs.suntimes.com/whitesox/2009/07/fields_now_wants_out.html

Hopefully Wise gets on the bandwagon and asks for a trade as well.

The best fit for Fields would appear to be 16 inch slowpitch. Perhaps one of Chicago’s best lakefront slowpitch teams should offer a bag of practice balls and a Sunday kegger at whatever bar sponsors them.

If there is a time for the Cuban missile Alexei and the resurgent Jose Contreras to strike it is at the empire, the Yankees. Like Che and Fidel said, Cuba Si! Yankee No!

Alexei in the two hole really needs to be a more explosive hitter, much like he was in the 6th and 7th hole last season. I hope he clicks soon with his quantum grand slam self against the big money Yankees.

what do you all think about moving Beckham to the two hole and moving Alexei back down to where he was more successful? Flash Gordon is more explosive at this point and a hard base runner.

Especially when Getz totally misread that way the ball was going to break

to reflect upon the events of last evening, i would like to say that i’d be perfectly happy to designate scott podsednik for assignment.

No ChiSox on the list. (Not too surprising.) Would be hard to be a Mariners fan!
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/090727&sportCat=mlb

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203609204574316580384896254.html#mod=todays_us_personal_journal

Che 5th shortest. So all of you who’d like to see 25-30 dongs from him, keep dreaming. he’s lucky to be at 11.

better than the shit we have now.

mad respect for what he did in the past and he is playing well, but that missed catch was brutal. I thought we should have gotten Juan Pierre instead of Pods earlier this season. Is Pods assumed to be a long term fixture?

1- The Sox will remain a mystery at the end of this tough stretch.

2- Gordon Beckham’s bat will enthrall, his glove will enrage.

3- The White Sox will remain a couple of games over and a couple of games out until the final two weeks of the season. That’s when the real fun begins.

4- Josh Fields will be traded for another failed Royals reliever.

5- Q! will perpetually “need more time.” Even thecip will lose faith, and express his bitterness in a country-western song that will be played in honky tonks for decades to come.

6- Dewayne Wise and Scott Podsednik will miss catches in the outfield, giving birth to the legend of Brian Anderson.

7- The President will sign a watered down health care reform bill.

8- You will find true love on Flag Day.

Print it out. Stick it to your fridge.

“It’s funny, because I got off the phone with [assistant general manager] Rick [Hahn], and you would think the conversation would be all serious,” Anderson said. "But we were kidding around. He wished me the best of luck, and I did the same.

“I truly mean it. I care about a lot of people over there and hope they do well. Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes, you hit certain bumps. Everything didn’t work out how I had all planned it out in my head in Chicago, but it could have been worse. I had great experiences, great memories.”

He leaves with no hard feelings, including toward his manager.

“That was all played out moreso by the media and by the fans,” said Anderson of his relationship with Guillen. “We weren’t the closest on the team, but his job is to manage and not to be my friend. He was doing his job.”

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090728&content_id=6112902&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Like seriously, who is going to request a trade next, Wise or Nix?

Does this trade make it more or less likely they move Martinez? I assume they have some money left over now to keep him around, but if they are going young, I’d think they’d want to move him too.

Saw on SI that Wilson and Snell have been traded to the Mariners. I would have liked Snell. Did SEA give up a lot?

the D-Backs are shopping Garland.

at least he threw it in with his pff “lazer arm” WHy did we need Kotsay also, I don’t understand this trade at all, we have enough outfielders and we don’t needa 1st base backup