Comments on: MLB Playoff Picture Features No White Sox http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/white-sox/mlb-playoff-picture-features-no-white-sox Looking at the Game of Baseball from all ends of the Spectrum Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Baseball Zealot http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/white-sox/mlb-playoff-picture-features-no-white-sox/comment-page-1#comment-2372 The Baseball Zealot Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:55:08 +0000 http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/?p=5199#comment-2372 now you just need to find a picture of a barren female bear. :-P now you just need to find a picture of a barren female bear. :-P

]]> By: Sprtfrk http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/white-sox/mlb-playoff-picture-features-no-white-sox/comment-page-1#comment-2371 Sprtfrk Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/?p=5199#comment-2371 There are number of reasons that we are not winning and that in itself is the main reason. I haveto agree with the assessment of Ramirez. He was more than adequate at second but merely average at short. Beckham, a shortstop, is learning to play third. He has done pretty well but if he's a shortstop why don't we play him there? I believe it is easier to find a guy to man third than the two middle positions. It's not like we need Getz bat or Nix in the lineup. Now on to the outfield. We have Jermaine in right. he is better defensively than we give him credit for but he will never be mistaken with Clemente. He has also been hitting under .200 in August I believe. Scotty Pods has come to the rescue, and out of nowhere, more times with the bat than the glove. Quentin, as stated in the original post, seems to be perrenially hurting. I, myself, am not sure if last year may have just been a caeer year. I hope not. Kotsay, who was an aleged "cancer" in Boston, has brought nothing and he cost the best defensive OF we have had in a long time. I still maintain that if Anderson had been given the opportunity to play without every at bat being treated as a tryout, he would have eventually figured it out. The only time this happened was in August of '07 when he platyed fairly regularly and went 21 for 70 - .300. Wise can just stay on the DL as far as I'm concerned. As for Rios, he may pan out eventually but for the second straight season, when we needed middle relief, KW went out and got an OF we did not need or seem to be using a great deal. Lastly on offense, while Jim Thome may be a "good ol' boy" in the clubhouse and at the plate, his want for HR is overshadowed by his propensity to strike out And since he can't/won't play the field, he clogs up the rotation. Only being able to DH, he leaves Konerko, AJ, and/or the 4th OF on the bench when they could take a day off and still be the DH. The pitching staff has just three starters after the deadline moves and depending on Contreras and Garcia at 4 and 5 is just a wish. Guys like them need a solid defense behind them, and we have anything but that. In fact, when discussing who might be the best defensive players at each position, even league wide, no WSox name would even enter the conversation. So there you have it. Sporadic hitting, little speed, a slightly above average pen, three starters and a limited defense with guys out of position and this is what you get. If you made the AL into one 14 team circuit, we would be a second division club. There is farther to go than most realize. We have, all season been clinging to the hope that we could steal the division and then get hot in the playoffs. Admit it, you know that it's true, but it is not happening. There are number of reasons that we are not winning and that in itself is the main reason. I haveto agree with the assessment of Ramirez. He was more than adequate at second but merely average at short. Beckham, a shortstop, is learning to play third. He has done pretty well but if he’s a shortstop why don’t we play him there? I believe it is easier to find a guy to man third than the two middle positions. It’s not like we need Getz bat or Nix in the lineup.

Now on to the outfield. We have Jermaine in right. he is better defensively than we give him credit for but he will never be mistaken with Clemente. He has also been hitting under .200 in August I believe. Scotty Pods has come to the rescue, and out of nowhere, more times with the bat than the glove. Quentin, as stated in the original post, seems to be perrenially hurting. I, myself, am not sure if last year may have just been a caeer year. I hope not. Kotsay, who was an aleged “cancer” in Boston, has brought nothing and he cost the best defensive OF we have had in a long time. I still maintain that if Anderson had been given the opportunity to play without every at bat being treated as a tryout, he would have eventually figured it out. The only time this happened was in August of ’07 when he platyed fairly regularly and went 21 for 70 – .300. Wise can just stay on the DL as far as I’m concerned. As for Rios, he may pan out eventually but for the second straight season, when we needed middle relief, KW went out and got an OF we did not need or seem to be using a great deal.

Lastly on offense, while Jim Thome may be a “good ol’ boy” in the clubhouse and at the plate, his want for HR is overshadowed by his propensity to strike out And since he can’t/won’t play the field, he clogs up the rotation. Only being able to DH, he leaves Konerko, AJ, and/or the 4th OF on the bench when they could take a day off and still be the DH.

The pitching staff has just three starters after the deadline moves and depending on Contreras and Garcia at 4 and 5 is just a wish. Guys like them need a solid defense behind them, and we have anything but that. In fact, when discussing who might be the best defensive players at each position, even league wide, no WSox name would even enter the conversation.

So there you have it. Sporadic hitting, little speed, a slightly above average pen, three starters and a limited defense with guys out of position and this is what you get. If you made the AL into one 14 team circuit, we would be a second division club. There is farther to go than most realize. We have, all season been clinging to the hope that we could steal the division and then get hot in the playoffs. Admit it, you know that it’s true, but it is not happening.

]]> By: Tade http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/white-sox/mlb-playoff-picture-features-no-white-sox/comment-page-1#comment-2370 Tade Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:47:55 +0000 http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/?p=5199#comment-2370 If this team makes any kind of rebound in Sept. I am going to be pissed, mostly because they still would fall short some way some how, so I don't even want my time wasted. I hope KW can retool this team to compete next season, bring on the Hawks and Bears. If this team makes any kind of rebound in Sept. I am going to be pissed, mostly because they still would fall short some way some how, so I don’t even want my time wasted. I hope KW can retool this team to compete next season, bring on the Hawks and Bears.

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