i predict white sox will beat the cubs in the world series !!!
well at least you put the Cubs in the world series. I'd like to see how both of those starting rotations will turn out.
My prediction: The Sox are going to suck and end up unloading payroll before the year is over. Its going to be a depressing year Sox fans. Your lineup stays the same as last year. Thome had a great year after the hot start, but eventually his back acted up on him. Realistically he could be a .280 30 hr guy this year, but no way will he be hitting 40 hr and 100 rbi again. Dye just had a career year, he should be good again but probably not the same numbers as last year. Overall I think it will not be a horrible lineup, but not quite as good as the Indians (Sizemore, Martinez,Hafner) or the Twins(Mauer,Morneau,Hunter,Cuddyer).
Sox pitching: WTF? Why did you trade your #1 prospect McCarthy? Plus you lose Garcia who is a very consistent pitcher. Between Buerhle, Garland, Contreras, and Vazquez, you have no ace on the staff. Its just a bunch of mediocre starting pitchers, with very little upside.
In summary, the White Sox suck and their GM will continue to make baffling decisions this year as his teams heads back towards the cellar.
suck must mean/equal winning 90 or more games
Your lineup stays the same as last year - good veteran teams dont freak out when things dont go their way
every one knows looking around them what to expect
ekstad adds a good presence in the club house and will push anderson and pods
Overall I think it will not be a horrible lineup - i think kenny and ozzie will agree
Why did you trade your #1 prospect McCarthy? added good prospects or u can believe the rumors about not getting along with ozzie on his "night " habits
Garcia - how can u preach defense to a team when the pitcher cant hold a runner
makes the catcher look horrible and the defense falls asleep when hes throwing 40 pitches early in the game
again added prospects
i dont agree with trading Cotts ( great we got a former cub middle releiver)
and boone logan is not the answer
but the bullpen is strong overall
the # 5 spot has me concerned but they dont need one til teh 3rd week
added a better right handed hitting catcher again deep bench
Buerhle, Garland, Contreras, and Vazquez, you have no ace on the staff. Its just a bunch of mediocre starting pitchers, with very little upside. dont agree with that statement at all
In summary, the White Sox suck (original ) and their GM will continue to make baffling decisions this year as his teams heads back towards the cellar ( thats right after you win a world series the downside is that there is really one place to go - which would be down )
baffling decisions - 310 million in free agent spending still wont make a lick of difference
once a losing team always a losing team
white sox - greater than 90 wins
cubs - will not win 90
this thread isn't about the cubs so why do all the white sox fans have to bring them up?
you can not possibly deny that some of those off season moves by the Sox were WIERD. hmmm..lets trade our #1 prospect for.....prospects. trade proven lefty in the pen for bad middle reliever. Who trades starting pitching in this day and age anyways?? mccarthy and garcia? thats just strange. I've seen strange things from the White Sox before though. Like being 3 and half out of the playoffs in (95?) and i recall them trading away their best players just before the deadline. I don't even think they are committed to winning this year. They added nobody of consequence to a disappointing 2006 team that is only getting older.
I can't believe you don't agree with my opinion of your starting pitching spuds :D
Seroiusly though, I think you can easily concede that Buerhle, Contreras, and Vazquez (lifetime sub .500 pitcher) are CLEARLY on the downside of their careers. They should all make all their starts which makes them a decent rotation, but they are still missing an ace of the staff. There are 3 other teams in your division that have better rotations. Buerhle used to be that ace several years ago, but those days are gone.
I love that you bring up Erstad as if thats a solid addition to the squad. HA! You are right though, you would be better off with him in center than Podsednik. He is a horrible leadoff hitter. OBP of .330 last year. Strikes out. Kills innings when he does get on by getting thrown out on the basepaths (19 CS in '06, 23 CS in '05, well below the 75% SB success mark that is expected of a base stealer). 2003 is the only year he ever reached 100 runs scored.
Sorry if these words hurt, its not because I hate the White Sox and all of their fans (although I defnitely do), its just an honest analysis of a team in a downward spiral. And again, don't respond by comparing them to the Cubs, because thats totally irrelevant when considering whether or not the Sox are a good team.
P.S. your manager is mentally ill and will write his own ticket out of town before long.
typical start
slow
wait til the bats heat up and the staff gets their stuff together
Quote from: Dan Michler on March 25, 2007, 05:43:46 AM
My prediction: The Sox are going to suck and end up unloading payroll before the year is over. Its going to be a depressing year Sox fans. Your lineup stays the same as last year. Thome had a great year after the hot start, but eventually his back acted up on him. Realistically he could be a .280 30 hr guy this year, but no way will he be hitting 40 hr and 100 rbi again. Dye just had a career year, he should be good again but probably not the same numbers as last year. Overall I think it will not be a horrible lineup, but not quite as good as the Indians (Sizemore, Martinez,Hafner) or the Twins(Mauer,Morneau,Hunter,Cuddyer).
Sox pitching: WTF? Why did you trade your #1 prospect McCarthy? Plus you lose Garcia who is a very consistent pitcher. Between Buerhle, Garland, Contreras, and Vazquez, you have no ace on the staff. Its just a bunch of mediocre starting pitchers, with very little upside.
In summary, the White Sox suck and their GM will continue to make baffling decisions this year as his teams heads back towards the cellar.
It is still early but:
Vazquez 2.5 era
Buerhle 2.59
Garland 3.95
Freddy Garcia hurt and a 4.65 era
Brandon McCarthy 10.2 era 4 starts 15 innings pitched.
I think the Sox GM Kenny Williams has made pretty good decisions the last few years. I still would like to see a better defensive center fielder for the Sox.
yes tom, its still VERY early. 20/162. If we're judging the season already then I guess Pujols may as well retire now and the Brewers are headed to the World Series. lets atlesat wait until july before we decide if kenny williams is a genius.
Just went to the game and being a Tigers fan I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. Tomorrow will break the 2-2 tie for the season. Speaking objectively, I don't think that the Sox starting pitcher tonight is the real deal or really worthy of being a starting pitcher for a big franchise like this. I could be wrong though!
Quote from: Dan Michler on March 25, 2007, 05:43:46 AM
My prediction: The Sox are going to suck and end up unloading payroll before the year is over. Its going to be a depressing year Sox fans. Your lineup stays the same as last year. Thome had a great year after the hot start, but eventually his back acted up on him. Realistically he could be a .280 30 hr guy this year, but no way will he be hitting 40 hr and 100 rbi again. Dye just had a career year, he should be good again but probably not the same numbers as last year. Overall I think it will not be a horrible lineup, but not quite as good as the Indians (Sizemore, Martinez,Hafner) or the Twins(Mauer,Morneau,Hunter,Cuddyer).
Sox pitching: WTF? Why did you trade your #1 prospect McCarthy? Plus you lose Garcia who is a very consistent pitcher. Between Buerhle, Garland, Contreras, and Vazquez, you have no ace on the staff. Its just a bunch of mediocre starting pitchers, with very little upside.
In summary, the White Sox suck and their GM will continue to make baffling decisions this year as his teams heads back towards the cellar.
The trade of McCarthy was a prospect, for 2 prospects, one of which is a lefty, who is rated much higher than McCarthy, and the other is a solid bullpen guy, who has a chance to start in the future. 2 pitchers for 1 is a steal, especially with one with the upside of Danks.
Garcia's velocity was down 6 MPH last year, and so far this year, he is injured for the 2nd time, and his velocity is down even more. Gio Gonzalez is again, a highly rated prospect, and a lefty at that. Garcia wasn't going to be resigned after this year, so why not get something for him now.
While there may not be an ace in the White Sox staff, all 4 of those pitchers are solid #2's with the potential to have ace stuff (Garland, Contreras, Vazquez especially). Buehrle has had exactly 1 bad year, how is he washed up? Oh, did I mention that it was also a year in which he pitched a career high in innings, and also the Sox won the World Series?.
The White Sox lineup was not the problem last year, the pitching was. So not changing the lineup that much is not a bad thing. They will hit, they just need the pitchers to keep pitching well, after all Pitching wins championships.
The Sox rotation is one of the tops in baseball, and while the Twins have an ace, he is their only pitcher who is better than any of the Sox big 4 that you mention. The Tigers have a solid rotation, but I wouldn't be suprised if you see the same things that happened to the Sox rotation last year, they will be tired, and it already looks like Rogers might be done for at least 1/2 the year. The Indians are a favorite pick, and have been now for 4 years, in that time, they have failed to win the division even once, and their pitching still hasn't lived up to their potential.
The Sox won 90 games last year, and missed out on the playoffs because they played in the hardest division in baseball. If they can win 90 games again this year, it won't be a disappointment, and this year should win the division, but who knows, maybe they will need to win 100 to even get in the playoffs. But I guess even if they win 95 and miss the playoffs, you would still say the Sox suck.
i'll say they are all solid #3 starters, but i'm not giving Contreras, Garland, or Vazquez a solid #2 status. Contreras is a pretty erratic pitcher and just looks like he's on the downside. Garland has had 1 season in his life with an ERA under 4.5. Vazquez has been under .500 the last 2 years and at his age I'm not sure why you would think he's suddenly going to turn it around? Unless you are a sox fan i guess....
I'm glad you are so content when your team doesnt' make the postseason. That will serve you well the rest of your life as a sox fan. Also, if the Sox win 95 games I will not say they suck. But right now I will go ahead and say that they suck :D
Quote from: Dan Michler on May 07, 2007, 07:52:43 PM
I'm glad you are so content when your team doesnt' make the postseason.
And we don't do stupid things like blame a goat, either. ;)
Quote from: Dan Michler on May 07, 2007, 07:52:43 PM
i'll say they are all solid #3 starters, but i'm not giving Contreras, Garland, or Vazquez a solid #2 status. Contreras is a pretty erratic pitcher and just looks like he's on the downside. Garland has had 1 season in his life with an ERA under 4.5. Vazquez has been under .500 the last 2 years and at his age I'm not sure why you would think he's suddenly going to turn it around? Unless you are a sox fan i guess....
I'm glad you are so content when your team doesnt' make the postseason. That will serve you well the rest of your life as a sox fan. Also, if the Sox win 95 games I will not say they suck. But right now I will go ahead and say that they suck :D
My team didn't make the postseason, I wasn't happy about that, but they did win 90 games. It's not like they went out and won 60-70 games, and then made a ton of crappy moves in the offseason to make it look like they did something. They didn't need to improve much this offseason, just the bullpen, and I'd say they improved that quite nicely.
Vazquez won 11 games last year, but there were at least 3-4 games where he gave up 1 run, and took the loss. A lot of his problems stemmed from not being able to get out of the 6th inning. He would go 5 and give up 1 or 2 hits, and then get blown up. If he can get over that, he could be one of the best pitchers in the game with the stuff he has. Garland has won 18 games in each of the last 2 seasons. Did he get some run support? sure, everyone needs run support at some times to win 18 games. I'll give you Contreras, because no one knows how old he really is, but he's only 1/2 a season removed from being the ace of the White Sox staff, and not losing a game in 18-20 consecutive starts.
a ton of bad offseason moves? Soriano was a bad pick up? Daryl Ward, one of the best bench players in the game? Cliff Floyd? Ted Lilly (2-2, 2.82 ERA), Jason Marquis (4-1, 2.09 ERA)? Resigning Aramis Ramirez too? Those were all bad moves? sounds kinda bitter...
Yeah those were terrible offseason moves by the Cubs. Filling holes in CF, SS, 2B, the starting rotation and adding a superstar in Soriano. And bringing back one of the top 3B in the game. What was Hendry thinking?? We should have defnititely just stood pat with last year's team! They were awesome!
With all the Moves that Milwaukee did we are still the lowest paid team in the Majors - oh and did I mention that we are leading the MAJOR LEAGUES FOR THE FIRST TIME since the early 80's - Finally we have something to cheer about again!
Quote from: Dan Michler on May 08, 2007, 01:16:43 PM
Yeah those were terrible offseason moves by the Cubs. Filling holes in CF, SS, 2B, the starting rotation and adding a superstar in Soriano. And bringing back one of the top 3B in the game. What was Hendry thinking?? We should have defnititely just stood pat with last year's team! They were awesome!
Soriano is a DH who they signed to play CF, Ward really isn't a big signing, A backup 2nd baseman to become a starter at a bunch of money, throwing a ton of money at 2 mediocre pitchers, they are pitchign well right now, but Marquis had the highest ERA in the NL last year, and they threw 7 mil a year at him, Lilly is a below .500 pitcher, who got 11 mil a year. Ramirez is an average fielder, and last year only hit when there wasn't any pressure, but was still a no-brainer resign, even at a huge contract. All I have to say, is at least they were smart and finally weren't relying on Wood and Prior, but they threw a ton of money at a couple of players. the Cubs didn't need to sign Ward and Floyd, when they already had 3 OFers that could only play corner positions. Now they have 5 players who should only play corner positions, not all that bright when you only have 5 bench positions. At least they finally brought up Pie and gave him a shot in CF. And Theriot is playing well, but that wasn't a signing this year.
your comments about Aram can only be ignored because they are ignorant.
as far as spending too much for everybody, i really don't care! there is no salary cap bud! the only people that should be worrying about the payroll is the people paying it. i'm not sure why you personally would stress out about it. and since you are selecting which seasons you choose to ignore when evaluating your starting pitchers, i think we can do the same with our staff. sure lilly was under .500, but if his team just would have scored a few more runs here and there he could have had 18 wins just like Vazquez! :D :D :D
oh and as far as Soriano goes, yeah that was a horrilbe move by the Cubs. I bet you are real glad the Sox didnt' get sign him! ::)
As much as I hate to admit it, the Cubs have a good team this year. They are, of course, still being a little Cubbish and not playing to their potential, but a good lineup none the less. I still hate them, but I can at least acknowledge that.
The ball park still sucks my balls and is, in my opinion, one of the worst places to see a sporting event out there (pales in comparison to the Cell, and Miller). Whoopeee, the weeds growing on the walls is turning from crap brown to green.
See, I'm perfectly able to find a multitude of other things to knock on instead of your players for a change. O0
spin the excuse wheel
injuries, bullpen issues , lack of timely hitting, starting pitching issues, weather
every wheel and even the spare have blown up on the white sox bus this season
still a veteran team (attitude wise)
maybe the sox can be spoilers by beating teams rather than rolling over because their season is over
baseball economics imply that dye will be gone by the deadline
gooooooch is likely to stay put
its going to be an interesting end of the season
i asked my co worker cub fan how did he deal with football season starting in june for the last several years
go white sox !!!!
sorry for your loss(es), and hopefully I won't be licking my own wounds later on this season. For once I'm glad that I'm a fan of the team that isn't on the path to doom (at this point) for the season.
You can see that repeat agonizing seasons makes one question their confidence as noted with the side notes above lol.
Interesting how it's usually the same excuses for why a team is doing bad. Those are all the same reasons the cubs season stunk last year. good pitching + timely hitting always equals winning ball club.
I wouldn't blame the Sox playing badly this year because of injury, sure it doesn't help, but nobody was hitting. As much as pitching wins championships, you still need hitting to get there. Not to mention the bull pen outright sucks this year. I'd even say that Jenks hasn't been good really either. You can't predict for all of your hitters, 1-9 not hitting at all for a 2 month period. Generally you will get 2-3 at a time going in a slump, not the whole team. Can't expect to win when you can't score runs
Sox sweep a day/night doubleheader by coming back from a 7-1 deficit in the second game against the best team in baseball. Not much to be excited about this season, but this is a high point among many low points.
Quote from: Tom McManus on July 25, 2007, 12:28:27 AM
Sox sweep a day/night doubleheader by coming back from a 7-1 deficit in the second game against the best team in baseball. Not much to be excited about this season, but this is a high point among many low points.
If the Sox weren't so far behind, I'd say that yesterday, the 2nd game especially, could be a turning point to make a run, but they are too far out, and can only hope to get back to respectability. If they can go over .500 the rest of the year, it will be a pretty decent improvement over the first half of the season.
not saying they will but there's a chance if they play really good baseball...the Indians almost caught the Sox during the World Series year and they were 13+ back so you never know
thank god for football
go bears !
1-9 at the Cell this year
all i can say is " kiss the ring "
if they can get some prospects for some of teh free agents i say go for it
the loss of Crede is the biggest piece of teh puzzle missing from this team
but at least we get to see what Fields can do
back to " the kids can play " !!!!
Scotty Pods.... It is appaerent that if he stays healthy this team wins. Not only the stolen bases, but the way the pitcher has to shift all his energy at watching him. The doubles down the line he makes singles by getting to the ball... I believe i heard the sox are 14-7 this year when Pods starts. The Sox still have the rotation. With Buehrle locked down, Garland, Vazquez. John Danks has really been suprising for a fifth starter. Remember the Danny Wright days. Contreas is terrible, and that needs to be addressed. Then the bullpen needs to be completly re-built.
The season is coming to an end very soon, unless we get hot. White Hot. Hopefully they make it intrusting.
there goes another home run
geez dont these pitchers have any pride
arrggggg
charlie brown next up to pitch
uribe's first rbi's in a month
well guess the sox will have to sinch it up and buckle down the rest of the year
oh well better luck next year
the sox are playing like i putted at cedar lake
its football season for white sox fans
4 games handed to the red sox
i hate red sox nation as much as yankee fans
one game at a time til vacation
still got tix for 3 meaningless games in sept
i say play the young guys
go bears !
QuoteMy prediction: The Sox are going to suck and end up unloading payroll before the year is over. Its going to be a depressing year Sox fans. Your lineup stays the same as last year. Thome had a great year after the hot start, but eventually his back acted up on him. Realistically he could be a .280 30 hr guy this year, but no way will he be hitting 40 hr and 100 rbi again. Dye just had a career year, he should be good again but probably not the same numbers as last year. Overall I think it will not be a horrible lineup, but not quite as good as the Indians (Sizemore, Martinez,Hafner) or the Twins(Mauer,Morneau,Hunter,Cuddyer).
Sox pitching: WTF? Why did you trade your #1 prospect McCarthy? Plus you lose Garcia who is a very consistent pitcher. Between Buerhle, Garland, Contreras, and Vazquez, you have no ace on the staff. Its just a bunch of mediocre starting pitchers, with very little upside.
In summary, the White Sox suck and their GM will continue to make baffling decisions this year as his teams heads back towards the cellar.
Man did I nail this White Sox season or what!!!
What do you have to say for your team now Pearso66? ;D
Quote from: Dan Michler on September 05, 2007, 02:28:10 PM
QuoteMy prediction: The Sox are going to suck and end up unloading payroll before the year is over. Its going to be a depressing year Sox fans. Your lineup stays the same as last year. Thome had a great year after the hot start, but eventually his back acted up on him. Realistically he could be a .280 30 hr guy this year, but no way will he be hitting 40 hr and 100 rbi again. Dye just had a career year, he should be good again but probably not the same numbers as last year. Overall I think it will not be a horrible lineup, but not quite as good as the Indians (Sizemore, Martinez,Hafner) or the Twins(Mauer,Morneau,Hunter,Cuddyer).
Sox pitching: WTF? Why did you trade your #1 prospect McCarthy? Plus you lose Garcia who is a very consistent pitcher. Between Buerhle, Garland, Contreras, and Vazquez, you have no ace on the staff. Its just a bunch of mediocre starting pitchers, with very little upside.
In summary, the White Sox suck and their GM will continue to make baffling decisions this year as his teams heads back towards the cellar.
Man did I nail this White Sox season or what!!!
What do you have to say for your team now Pearso66? ;D
They weren't good, but you were dead off about McCarthy and Garcia. Garcia made 5 starts this year and got 1 win. McCarthy got rocked early, then settled down in time to get hurt. I don't think anyone could have predicted the entire team not hitting. Yeah you called Dye, who by the way has been pretty good since the all-star break, and Thome, who started off hot, then got hurt. but nobody hit. Not to mention injuries plagued the team.
Danks pitched really well at the beginning of the year, and should have at least 5 more victories, he had all of 1 run of support his first 4 games. Buehrle had a decent year, Vazquez has been good. Garland not so much, same with Contreras. At least we will get to see what the young guys can do, and see if Floyd will pan out for next year. If not, at least we got 2 players for a guy who would be gone after this season. And Gio Gonzalez was the 3rd rated lefty prospect at the beginning of the year.
If they would have hit at the beginning of the year, they would be in 3rd, probably not in the race, but not as bad off as they are now. The first 2 months the pitching staff was outstanding, but no hitting. Then the bullpen started sucking, and the starters lately have been bad, probably because of overuse because of the lackluster bullpen.
One big upside to the year was Buehrle's no-hitter, followed up by Buehrle getting resigned. With all the speculation he was going to be gone, it will be great to have him for another 4 years.
Oh well, this is the first really bad team I have ever witnessed as a Sox fan (have seen many being a Bulls and Bears fan also). I'll take 1 bad year every 15-16 years than one every 2-4 years.
they looked bad sat night at cleveland ( 2 hits)
but it was still worth it to go on the road and see them
ive seen lots of bad teams so this year isnt the end of the world
especially with the other teams in the division playing well
i guess we should hope for a watered down division where .500 baseball gives one hope of a first world series victory in 98 years oh no thats the cubs
went to wrigley last night in sox jersey and sox hat - only got grief from 3 people ( one who was a little to touchy feelly for my liking)
still biggest outdoor bar ive ever seen and the fans were not into it all
i thought they were in a pennant race
nice flip flop by carlos zambrano after a meeting with cub honchos
still have to rip the cubs when the white sox are 1 game out from having the worst record in all of baseball this year?
I wonder what the over-under is on if the white sox can do better than 7-15 on their final 22 games of the year. If they go 7-15 their final record will be the same as the cubs' 2006 season. From a percentage points basis right now Sox are on pace for 68-94. Not a fun year for Sox fans, I completely understand how that goes!
The Sox have absoultely stunk this year. Complete meltdown. I am really on the fence about Ozzie. On one hand I beleive only the manager can be responsible for such a turnaround. Yet, I think Ozzie should get one more year. I still want him shouting, ranting and raving. If anything, he has been too restriained. After watching this team the only things I can think of are @#$% and ^&#@. He pretty much sums it up everytime he opens his mouth.
Like Spuds, I wear my Sox hat whenever I am invited to the tavern at Clark and Addison. Most fans are cool. Its win/win for us. If the Cubs win that's ok with me. If they lose, I get a laugh. Today was one of those days. Its a blue day in Cubbieville. The Dodgers moved faster on Dempster than the 250 bus. It was brutal. I have not done the math. Does anybody out there know if its possible to win the NL Central with a sub .500 record? The contenders might play each other often enough to make it impossible but I am not sure. It sure looks that way right now. I like Pinella and I like the way he has tried to change the culture of the team. Whatever happens they are still much better than last year ( and yeah, much better than my misbegotten White Sox) but this Dodger series did not show a team that's going to be playing next month.
Guillen gets extension through 2012
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Anmo2MGyU5HQWNmFCvDxZ_ARvLYF?slug=ap-whitesox-guillen&prov=ap&type=lgns (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Anmo2MGyU5HQWNmFCvDxZ_ARvLYF?slug=ap-whitesox-guillen&prov=ap&type=lgns)
I'm willing to bet anybody 50 bucks that Ozzie is not the Sox manager in 2012......
That's a pretty safe bet. As if he made it to 2012, he would have been the Sox manager for 9 years. Which in recent history (don't know much about early 1900's), there have only been 2 Sox Managers that were there for 9 years or more. One for 9 and another for 12. Although Reinsdorf said that Williams and Guillen would be his final management team, so does that mean he is going to step down in 2012 and stick with those 2? or is he going to step down earlier than that? Who knows.
i'd rather be last on the south side than first on the north
even if cubs win out they wont have wins more than the sox did last year
even if the cubs win it all this year, it would be about time
only 100 years between championships (not bad )
and it will have only taken what like 300 million in payroll additions
i think Derosa is the MVP this year as he has done everything asked
go brewers !
Quote from: airspuds on September 26, 2007, 07:20:38 AM
i'd rather be last on the south side than first on the north
even if cubs win out they wont have wins more than the sox did last year
even if the cubs win it all this year, it would be about time
only 100 years between championships (not bad )
and it will have only taken what like 300 million in payroll additions
i think Derosa is the MVP this year as he has done everything asked
go brewers !
Mike,
You are nuts. # of wins don't mean shite. Just ask the Cardinals how many regular season wins they had last year. You better hope the White Sox spend some $ next year otherwise it'll be the same ole story. That division isn't going to get easier.
Don't be jealous that our team has 300 million to spend because we have 10 times more fans than you dirty ass losers. I don't think the record book puts the payroll next to the World Champion, so who cares!!!!
Way to bring up how many wins the Sox had LAST year :D There is a reason its called LAST year. If the Packers win the division this year I hope I never say to a Packers fan, 'hey but we had more wins last year than you have this year'.
ok, so I was flipping through the cable channels tonight, and on my channel #74, I saw this guy talking about the White Sox and mentioning the Cubs. I guess the guy pays to have his own spot on TV (started at 12:30AM), and it was about 10 minutes long or so. This is a perfect example of a Sox fan that just makes me go, "whaaaa?" Since he had a watermark for his webpage, I went online to check it out and see if he decided to put himself on YouTube. Of course, he had, so of course I have to share the link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoRimXmKl4s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoRimXmKl4s) (does contain foul language)
See how much you can handle before it just makes you want to either throw up in your mouth or just outright laugh at this guy lol. The sad thing is that from reading some other website stuff he lives in just the town over from me in Lake in the Hills. Sad...
You put yourself in front of a truck listening to morons spew crap about the past. I am a huge Sox fan, and this guy is obviously an idiot. Take comfort in the fact that you got to watch your team into October when the Sox season became very hard to watch after mid August. I am not looking for a war of words, but anybody that says they would rather not make the playoffs than get swept is an liar. Its not 2005, as much fun as that was i encourage everybody to move on.
the sad thing is that I'm sure there are very similar Cubs fans out there too reading off a cue card, recording everything on one take, and sipping something a little more than just the Cubbie Blue Kool-Aid.
Since I'm a transplant, I'm an outsider on this. It does seem to me that the Cubs-Sox thing has gotten a lot uglier in the past two years. Sox fans seem a lot bolder since 2005, and Cubs fans have lost a little bit of thier sense of humor since '03. It makes my life easier. Cubs fans get a lot of grief in St. Louis, so when I moved here I thought I was in for it. It turns out that Cubs fans are too busy hating Sox fans to even notice a Cardinals fan.
In '03 I worked in a small office with very little security. I went in early the day after the NLCS was over and loaded the Bartman picture as the wallpaper on everybody's computer. The only person who got mad at me was an older lady who couldn't figure out how to get the picture of her grandkids back as her wallpaper. The next year when I came to work after game four of the World Series a bunch of people had gone out and bought brooms and duct taped them across the door to my office. At the Holiday party I got a big package of red socks. By last year I had moved on, but a friend from there kept sending me a cartoon of Mr. Met stomping on a cardinal during the NLCS. He also sent me a list of every Wolds Series Champion and thier number of regular season wins after it was over. I emailed him Aramis Ramirez postseason stats this year.
It is all in fun. It's sports, its supposed to be fun. All this Cubs-Sox stuff is no fun.
new 3rd base and bullpen coaches hired
that will put us over the hump next year
i will root for the rockies as the red sox destroyed the white sox this year
those 4 games were an embarrasment for sure
better luck next year
2 words spuds for the 2008 White Sox.....
RE
BUILDING
those two new coaches should make the difference
rumor has it they might try to sign one of the big name center field free agents
i think one of the starters will be traded, the bullpen will be the wildcard
we need help at SS for sure ( even though uribe still has the all time white sox web jem going into the stands in the world series catching a foul ball)
wait, are you being sarcastic or serious that the 2 new coaches are the key to the White Sox success for next year? Sox need a lot of help in a lot of areas - especially the bullpen.
yes
Sarcasm[A] is the sneering, jesting, or mocking of a person, situation or thing. It is strongly associated with irony, with some definitions classifying it as a type of verbal irony intended to insult or wound[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] — stating the opposite of the intended meaning, e.g. using "that's fantastic" to mean "that's awful".
It is used mostly in a humorous manner, and is expressed through vocal intonations such as over-emphasizing the actual statement or particular words. Use of sarcasm is sometimes viewed as an expression of concealed anger,[8] annoyance and/or ignorance.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky defined sarcasm as "the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded."[9]