Monday, October 03, 2005
Prelude to a White Sox sweep
Here is a nine-part response to Marmar's delusional paranoia:
1. The White Sox will sweep the Red Sox. You heard it here first.
2. I agree to a good extent with Marmar's reasoning, if not his conclusion- you can't win on pitching alone. You need to score runs, something that the white sox have had trouble doing. but the red sox pitching has been downright atrocious at times, and I'm sorry, Wells, Wake, and Schilling just don't strike fear into anyone's hearts, not even our crappy lineup. And even if you do somehow manage to get a lead, Timlin is your closer. And you can't think he's going to be automatic. The White Sox have been good against teams that can't win without run support. And I think that the Red Sox play right into their hands with their big hitting line-up.
3. Along this line of reasoning, I think the White Sox will have to jump out to early leads, contrary to the 'keep it close and the better pitching team will win', because if the white sox have 1-run leads or are tied near the ends of games, ortiz and manny are scary guys. But with a suitable cushion, there's no need to fear them and thus we'll be more likely to get them out.
4. If North American history is any guide, the White Sox will send a bunch of smallpox infected jersseys to the Red Sox, sapping them of their numbers, and then send the survivors off to live on reservations. Oops, that may have been horribly racist. I apologize.
5. In any case, I think the scores of the three games will be as such: 5-1, 6-3, 8-0.
6. As for the top-level hater comment, all I can say is that you're the one that hates both the Yankees, for winning a lot, and also hates the Cubs, for losing a lot and still having fans. Maybe you haven't thought of this yet, but have you considered that it's your heart that is as dark as coal?
7. Curt Schilling is born-again. And Johnny Damon is a filthy hippie.
8. Also, the Red Sox won last year. They're looking ahead to the yankees. they're happy with the rings they already have.
9. Lastly, now that you are back in the States, the Red Sox can't win, because the Universe hates you.
1. The White Sox will sweep the Red Sox. You heard it here first.
2. I agree to a good extent with Marmar's reasoning, if not his conclusion- you can't win on pitching alone. You need to score runs, something that the white sox have had trouble doing. but the red sox pitching has been downright atrocious at times, and I'm sorry, Wells, Wake, and Schilling just don't strike fear into anyone's hearts, not even our crappy lineup. And even if you do somehow manage to get a lead, Timlin is your closer. And you can't think he's going to be automatic. The White Sox have been good against teams that can't win without run support. And I think that the Red Sox play right into their hands with their big hitting line-up.
3. Along this line of reasoning, I think the White Sox will have to jump out to early leads, contrary to the 'keep it close and the better pitching team will win', because if the white sox have 1-run leads or are tied near the ends of games, ortiz and manny are scary guys. But with a suitable cushion, there's no need to fear them and thus we'll be more likely to get them out.
4. If North American history is any guide, the White Sox will send a bunch of smallpox infected jersseys to the Red Sox, sapping them of their numbers, and then send the survivors off to live on reservations. Oops, that may have been horribly racist. I apologize.
5. In any case, I think the scores of the three games will be as such: 5-1, 6-3, 8-0.
6. As for the top-level hater comment, all I can say is that you're the one that hates both the Yankees, for winning a lot, and also hates the Cubs, for losing a lot and still having fans. Maybe you haven't thought of this yet, but have you considered that it's your heart that is as dark as coal?
7. Curt Schilling is born-again. And Johnny Damon is a filthy hippie.
8. Also, the Red Sox won last year. They're looking ahead to the yankees. they're happy with the rings they already have.
9. Lastly, now that you are back in the States, the Red Sox can't win, because the Universe hates you.
# posted by Stuart @ 9:20 AM 
