As I write this the White Sox are facing another pitcher they have never seen, David Huff of the Cleveland Indians. As usual they have just three hits and are trailing 6-0. Should they go on to lose they will be 1-8 against unseen pitchers.
This is pathetic. I don't understand it and am quite frankly sick of the whole thing.
Last week the Sox came home for an 12 game homestand by winning seven of ten games. Two of the AL's weakest teams, Oakland and Cleveland, were the first opponents. After beating the A's in the first game 6-2 the Sox just stopped hitting and were shutout three times in six games.
How do professional hitters just stop hitting and then become terrorized by unseen pitchers? When the Sox usually start a rookie pitcher he gets lit up. I really think the Sox hitters would have trouble with a college team right now.
Our pitching has been fairly good so far except for Colon and with some decent timely hitting the Sox should be four or five games in front. Amazingly, they're just three and a half games back of Detroit who they have five games with this week.
If this team can't be more consistent hitting it will be a long summer.
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I know when teams start hitting poorly they fire the hitting coach. I like Greg Walker, but the Sox offense has been anemic since he got here. Even in 2005 their offense was not scary.
Whatever he is teaching them, it isn't doing wonders.
I realize hitters still have to hit, but our coaches aren't preparing them too well either.
I always felt new pitchers have the advantage on hitters until they have seen them a couple of times. Scouts can help out some but until they face them, they really don't know their mannerisms, or how good their pitches really are.
Greg Walker went to the Ron Turner school of offense.
Actually the offense has not been that anemic.
We have decent hitters but in clutch situations they try too much for the homer. A double clears the bases too.
Walker is not the problem. You can prepare your guys all you want. If they don't listen and take your advice who's fault is it? The player.
I think Konerko is the biggest offender followed by Dye. When was their last big hit not a homer?
No other team has trouble with new pitchers like the Sox.
I think that we could be more consistent with a set lineup.
They change the lineup and expect a miracle to occur.
Get a set lineup and start grinding.
Here is my lineup and substitution pattern until Quentin comes back
LF - Podsednik / Wise
SB - Getz / Nix
RF - Dye / Wise
DH - Thome
1B - Konerko / Fields
C - Piercynski / Castro
SS - Ramirez / Beckham
3B - Fields / Beckham
CF - Anderson / Wise
Can we get rid of Wise? He is not what we need.
Leave Anderson in center. Nix can be our all position guy.
wise strikes out too much, but at the same rate as anderson. anderson plays better defense, so he gets the nod. wise more dangerous when he gets hot.
i don't think that we should have an all position guy.
i think that nix can suceed platooning at second, just not all over the place. i think that he and getz show the most promise so far and they both have to play.
I think Wise is gone when Quentin returns. They'll have to play Podsednik in CF as he is the only guy playing as he should right now.
Wise swings too much and strikeouts should not be as high as they are.
i would start pods as well when quentin comes back.
what would you do with second, short, and third?
Alexei at ss. Fields at third, Getz at second and leave them there unless they faulter.
Send Beckham back down. As we've all suggested stick with the lineup. Tinkering kills momentum.
amen!
i want to qualify my last statement. "amen!" on the tinkering.
i like an active bench. i don't think that you can come off the bench cold and be counted on. it has to have a rhythmn to it.
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