*Official* August 31st Postgame: Deep Breaths People

[Tragg]

I saw two problems this evening: we didn't hit and we didn't pitch.

[cv sox fan]

typical no fault of robins! we hardly ever bunt. we run thorton out every seventh just to see him give up hits . dunn is only hitting .203 but hits in the 3 hole. beckham is lost at the plate with risp.

[dwitt76]

5th straight loss against Detroit

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by cv sox fan

typical no fault of robins! we hardly ever bunt. we run thorton out every seventh just to see him give up hits . dunn is only hitting .203 but hits in the 3 hole. beckham is lost at the plate with risp.

Without Robin this series might not mean anything.

[soltrain21]

Originally Posted by cv sox fan

typical no fault of robins! we hardly ever bunt. we run thorton out every seventh just to see him give up hits . dunn is only hitting .203 but hits in the 3 hole. beckham is lost at the plate with risp.

First place in September.

[guillensdisciple]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Without Robin this series might not mean anything.

Yup. Loved Ozzie, but Ventura is a huge part of the reason why we are where we are.

I get on him for bullpen management, but he has been outstanding this year.

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by cv sox fan

typical no fault of robins! we hardly ever bunt. we run thorton out every seventh just to see him give up hits . dunn is only hitting .203 but hits in the 3 hole. beckham is lost at the plate with risp.

There isn't anyone on this team that can bunt other than De Aza and maybe Wise. Maybe AJ, but why have him bunt? Dunn is what he is and I agree that he's very frustrating and not that good. As for Beckham he has been hitting much better the past two weeks and to my untrained eye it looks like he has made some changes in his swing.

[Jollyroger2]

Originally Posted by WhiteSox5187

It means that there is a month of baseball left to be played and that a bad week is no reason to start jumping off the ledge when we're still in first and up by 2.

Here's the issues with that. They have five more head to head matchups with these guys, and have now lost 8 of the last 10 vs. them, with many of the games in ugly fashion. They have proven they could play well at times and have done well vs. some very good teams. But they have been remarkably inconsistent. Last time they were in Detroit they got swept. In the key series in Baltimore they dropped three of four.

I'm not happy with mediocrity and I'm not falling back on the "well we shouldn't even be here" excuse. That might work in May or June but this is (almost) September. This team has shown it can play well but they are maddeningly inconsistent. And I'm sick of losing to these jerks. Maybe some people will be content with missing the playoffs but not me. Part of me was hoping the Sox would come out and whip these guys for a change but I should have known better.

[Golden Sox]

1) I hope the White Sox get into the playoffs this season. 2) I hope Adam Dunn finishes up with 40 plus home runs and 100 plus RBIs 3) I hope Dunn gets traded in the off season. Was anybody surprised when he struck out with the bases loaded in the 4th inning? He hit 50 points higher in the National League. He's not doing that here. I feel with his home run and rbi numbers we should be able to move him back into the National League. I hope he's not with the White Sox next year.

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by Jollyroger2

Here's the issues with that. They have five more head to head matchups with these guys, and have now lost 8 of the last 10 vs. them, with many of the games in ugly fashion. They have proven they could play well at times and have done well vs. some very good teams. But they have been remarkably inconsistent. Last time they were in Detroit they got swept. In the key series in Baltimore they dropped three of four.

I'm not happy with mediocrity and I'm not falling back on the "well we shouldn't even be here" excuse. That might work in May or June but this is (almost) September. This team has shown it can play well but they are maddeningly inconsistent. And I'm sick of losing to these jerks. Maybe some people will be content with missing the playoffs but not me. Part of me was hoping the Sox would come out and whip these guys for a change but I should have known better.

The good news is that after this series we don't have to go back to Detroit. This team is maddeningly inconsistent, that's what they are. This team is a lot closer to the 2008 team than the 2005 team and all we can do is hope they get hot at the right time and can get into the playoffs and maybe do some damage.

[DSpivack]

Originally Posted by Golden Sox

1) I hope the White Sox get into the playoffs this season. 2) I hope Adam Dunn finishes up with 40 plus home runs and 100 plus RBIs 3) I hope Dunn gets traded in the off season. Was anybody surprised when he struck out with the bases loaded in the 4th inning? He hit 50 points higher in the National League. He's not doing that here. I feel with his home run and rbi numbers we should be able to move him back into the National League. I hope he's not with the White Sox next year.

Should we trade Beckham, Ramirez, and Viciedo, too? They have much lower OBPs than Dunn.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by Jollyroger2

Here's the issues with that. They have five more head to head matchups with these guys, and have now lost 8 of the last 10 vs. them, with many of the games in ugly fashion. They have proven they could play well at times and have done well vs. some very good teams. But they have been remarkably inconsistent. Last time they were in Detroit they got swept. In the key series in Baltimore they dropped three of four.

I'm not happy with mediocrity and I'm not falling back on the "well we shouldn't even be here" excuse. That might work in May or June but this is (almost) September. This team has shown it can play well but they are maddeningly inconsistent. And I'm sick of losing to these jerks. Maybe some people will be content with missing the playoffs but not me. Part of me was hoping the Sox would come out and whip these guys for a change but I should have known better.

The Sox have actually been very consistent this year. You can take just about any decent sized chunk of the season and the Sox have played about as well as they have all year long.

April... 11-11
May... 18-11
June... 13-14
July... 14-11
August... 16-12

That's actually very consistent for any MLB team.

As for people who keep posting the Sox's record against the Tigers, ****, you guys realize that has no bearing whatsoever on the rest of the games we have with Detroit, right? It wouldn't matter if the Sox were 10-0 against them or 0-10. The Tigers had owned KC this season, too, and look what happened to them earlier this week.

The Sox will be fine. Just relax. However content or not content you personally are with making or missing the playoffs is also completely irrelevant. Just relax, people. This is what you want when you decide to be a baseball fan. Meaningful, tough games late in the season.

[thomas35forever]

Had our chances with RISP and failed. Pitching was bad too. Bad night. Now move on to tomorrow.

[GlassSox]

Originally Posted by thomas35forever

Had our chances with RISP and failed. Pitching was bad too. Bad night. Now move on to tomorrow.

[Lip Man 1]

In the six remaining games with Detroit the Sox will face Verlander twice. Keep that in mind (I'm sure the Sox hitters are...)

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