All good things must come to an end
It's been a great 1.5 years for my White Sox BUT sad to say their reign of World Champions will officially come to an end October 1st. I know this will make a lot of you guys happy BUT when your team is on top your going to be hated. That's the norm. BUT also remember, teams that are on top will be removed from the top if they don't adjust. That's what has happend to the Diamondbacks(2001), Angels(2002), Marlins(2003), and Red Sox(2004). I now the White Sox fall in line with these failed repeat attempts.
Although they are still mathematically alive and by some 'Act of God' that they make the playoffs how far are they going to go? I don't see them beating any of the playoff teams in a 3 or 7 game series. Not the way our pitching has been playing.
It's dissappointing that a team that wins the World Series the previous year and come back and improve their personel the next year AND not even make the playoffs is unheard of. AND YES I'M GOIN TO STEP OUT AND SAY IT, some of it is Ozzie's fault. The other I blame on pitching. The pitching would be a hard thing to adjust because so much goes into pitching BUT what Ozzie has done this year has been unforgivable. If he didn't win the World Series last year his azz would be on the line this year. BUT since he won the championship he gets a one year repreive. HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY ROB MACKOWIAK IN CENTER FIELD!!!!!!
He's not a center fielder! Rob even admitted that he feels uncomfortable in center field. What would have been the simplest solution on days when you want to rest Brian Anderson? PLAY Podsednik in CF. Before he came to the White Sox Rob had a total of 86 career starts in CF out of the 410 he started a ball game. Pods came up in the Brewers organization as a CF and had 281 starts as a CF. Do the math Ozzie! Why don't you want to put Podsednik in CF?
Sorry for the long rant. I'm almost done.
I'm a die hard White Sox fan and it frustrates me to no end that this team is one of the most dissappointing White Sox team I've seen play. They have displayed not a bit of urgency all season. They felt that they could turn it on whenever they felt like it. Doesn't work that way. When you win the championship, everybody is gunning for you. That means every team you play that next year will have that extra incentive to beat you. Which means that you have to step your game up a notch. Unfortunately, they didn't do that. They figured that everyone was going to kneel and bow to the kings. But failed to realize that there is a revolt that goes on in the kingdom every year and you must protect your castle from intruders.
Well, that's it for me...but hey, HOW ABOUT DA BEARS!
Although they are still mathematically alive and by some 'Act of God' that they make the playoffs how far are they going to go? I don't see them beating any of the playoff teams in a 3 or 7 game series. Not the way our pitching has been playing.
It's dissappointing that a team that wins the World Series the previous year and come back and improve their personel the next year AND not even make the playoffs is unheard of. AND YES I'M GOIN TO STEP OUT AND SAY IT, some of it is Ozzie's fault. The other I blame on pitching. The pitching would be a hard thing to adjust because so much goes into pitching BUT what Ozzie has done this year has been unforgivable. If he didn't win the World Series last year his azz would be on the line this year. BUT since he won the championship he gets a one year repreive. HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY ROB MACKOWIAK IN CENTER FIELD!!!!!!
He's not a center fielder! Rob even admitted that he feels uncomfortable in center field. What would have been the simplest solution on days when you want to rest Brian Anderson? PLAY Podsednik in CF. Before he came to the White Sox Rob had a total of 86 career starts in CF out of the 410 he started a ball game. Pods came up in the Brewers organization as a CF and had 281 starts as a CF. Do the math Ozzie! Why don't you want to put Podsednik in CF?Sorry for the long rant. I'm almost done.
I'm a die hard White Sox fan and it frustrates me to no end that this team is one of the most dissappointing White Sox team I've seen play. They have displayed not a bit of urgency all season. They felt that they could turn it on whenever they felt like it. Doesn't work that way. When you win the championship, everybody is gunning for you. That means every team you play that next year will have that extra incentive to beat you. Which means that you have to step your game up a notch. Unfortunately, they didn't do that. They figured that everyone was going to kneel and bow to the kings. But failed to realize that there is a revolt that goes on in the kingdom every year and you must protect your castle from intruders.
Well, that's it for me...but hey, HOW ABOUT DA BEARS!
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