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At least Koch appears to care. I think we need this attitude. Luckily it all worked out well. His fiery attitude hopefully will rub off on some others!

It must suck to be Aaron tonight. He is about done as a big leaguer. I wonder if his offseason injury ruined him. I do hope Harris can hit cause we need some production. If not, like you say, it's Joe B coming soon to a Cell near you.

If this is true, Aaron is done. It's amazing how baseball prospects come and go. I hope we bring up Joe B. soon. Willie like you say isn't the answer either.

We probably should can Ward immediately then. Our hitting is abysmal as you said.

After one month, we appear to be mediocre at best again. It looks like we are not going to beat the good teams consistently, at least the signs are there that we will not. So should Jerry Reinsdork fire Manuel? I think he should just because everybody pointed out in the offseason that Manuel was a prime candidate to get canned if we didn't impress early. You'd think there'd be some urgency and there is none. We aren't impressing anybody. If we fire JM and continued to stink, so what? It's not like we're replacing a baseball legend. You have to admit, in the offseason we looked like a team that would win at least 60 to 65 percent of our games. What should the Sox do to get hot? Are there any solutions aside from canning JM or our hitting coach AGAIN? Everybody in baseball in the offseason thought we were a good hitting team and MUCH improved.

I hope our announcers ripped frank's butt. baggs is right as usual and now I am pissed off. We don't play the game the right way as Baggs said and we haven't for a while now.

Why oh why? You tell me. Foulke shuts us down completely and gets the save. Singleton gets the hits. Somebody needs to keep track of all the former Sox who kick out ass and gain revenge. Why couldn't we plate two in the ninth off Foulke and win? Cause we are the Sox.

Bring up Joe unless Aaron socks 9 hits in this series.

Jon Garland will never be dominant. He doesnt have overpowering stuff, and hes mentally weak. I have seen him pitch on TV where he's appeared dominant to me. That's why I hate to see him traded and become another Kip. As far as the mental makeup, like somebody said before if he is a headcase and has no hope of improving in that regard and our coaches know this, then I'd agree to trade him. But only if there is no hope upstairs.

Keep it rolling, Jim. This is so cool to have a player posting. You must continue when you make it to the big club. p.s. Question: Do we fans make too big a deal out of clubhouse chemistry or is it important?

Good point hotsoxchick but if we let him go aren't we doomed to seeing him become Tom Seaver revisited?

I watched most of the Sat night game on TV. Garland pitched well. He pitched well enough to again resemble a good major league pitcher. Do you folks think the Sox simply have to throw Garland out there every fifth day for the next 12 years and he's going to at some point prove dominant? He's too good to trade me thinks.

I want to win, win, win. If we fire JM fine, but I'm so sick of losing I would never want a losing streak just to get rid of JM. We won 2-3 vs the Twinks and didn't really hit much today. Garland pitched well yesterday. I'm thinking we may have to ride the storm out. I mean Minn. appears to be average at best and the Royals aren't going to run away with the division. No way.

That was a bad loss. Lopez came in relief and was horsebleep right off the bat. You have to admit, it seems like the Sox have one of those games every year that we always point to as THE turning point in our demise. That was one tough loss for the Royals.

Good point about the ledge. Maybe this is the year we just have to ride it out and be patient. Though we did do what some posters said to fire us up. We did have a fight and the skipper did get thrown out. Nice observations on this board after game one I'd say.

That article said: There is no shortage of replacements lurking in the wings. Bobby Valentine, with a track record for quick fixes, is a telephone call away. The choices already on the payroll include Wally Backman, who has done great things in Birmingham; former Philadelphia manager Nick Leyva, a roving instructor after managing stints at Charlotte and Bristol; Bruce Kimm; and--wild guess here--Harold Baines. I'd vote for Backman for no real reason if we can our skipper. But perhaps we should be patient. It's obvious we have the best team in this weak ass division and there's no way JM can not lead us to the crown.

Is Koch that bad? If he is, it's the Sox jinx hitting again. He sounded like a great acquisition in the offseason.

Why don't we just get rid of the cancers Jose is talking about. I'd rather lose with Miles and guys who hustle. Look at the Royals winning with nobodys so far. If it's Frank get rid of Frank. If it's Lee get rid of Lee. If it's Konerko get rid of Konerko. What's Colon up to? Why isn't he leading the ship with Jose V? We need to start hitting the fricking baseball.

In the offseason we thought our lineup was invincible. Maybe it will heat up if we give it time. This is one of those dry spells. We either fire JM soon or ride this out. Our lineup can't be this bad

I'd rather win tonight than get JM fired. I'm sick of losing.

Good point on Guzman moving the runner over, also. Winning teams know they simply have to do those things to get it done. We still must have a selfish clubhouse. I thought Daubauch and Koch would take care of it, but obviously not. And if Sandy isn't then get rid of Sandy

If that's true about Rios, I don't even want him on the team. Did you see KC's Ken Harvey screwed up a bunt today in a tie game in the ninth then whacked a 3-run homer when the sign was taken off? I guess we are a hexed team maybe for all time. I wish we had Piniella to work with this team. Cause frankly, who are we gonna hire when we can JM? It's going to have to be someone on his staff or the minors right now? Is Bucky Dent the man? If we lose tonight, I'd can JM. It's getting serious.

This may sound stupid, but do you think the Sox do not take it one game at a time?

Good post Zach, I liked it. And I feel for those like Heather who can't afford to go. That truly sucks.

Good points plu. When you said prudent I thought of those George Bush skits on Sat. Night Live "wouldn't be prudent." I agree with you. I'm just frustrated at this time.