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That's the same pitch he popped up last night. Well done Tad!

Do we have the worst LF combo and worst CF combo in baseball? QUOTE(zenryan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:48 AM) it seems like we are the only team that doesnt touch him up. every other team he faces rips him He's been real good since the ASB.

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:46 AM) They had Villone on the ropes and AJ bails him out by swinging at crap. Cintron...what do you expect, this guy would not make half the rosters in the majors and would be the 25th man on the rest. They should both be fined for swinging at balls out of the strike zone. That's poor. Cintron would be on every single roster in the majors. I'd rather guys swing out of the zone than take called 3rd strikes down the plate.

QUOTE(soxyess @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:44 AM) Yea but last year we had great situational hitting Not in the 2nd half of the season. Don't forget that it also seemed like great situational hitting early in the year because every game was low scoring. Besides our pitchers doing great, our hitters were doing awful. Every run is going to seem more clutch/crucial when the game is 1-0 or 2-1 as compared to 7-5.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:41 AM) Joey Cora holds people when you should send them, and sends people when they should be held. They should just do the opposite of what he says and this team would score a bunch of runs. I think the base running errors have got these guys scared to death of making outs on the bases now.

QUOTE(soxyess @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:40 AM) This is the second time in a week that we have had the bases loaded and no outs and failed to score a run. What a bunch of garbage. This is the very reason this team will NOT make the playoffs. Everyone trying to swing for the fence instead of just getting a hit. Our starting pitchers are the reason this team might not make the playoffs. I think people forget how bad our offense was last season.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:40 AM) It's almost unbelievable that he didn't score. It just baffles me how inept we are in particular crucial areas of the game. It's almost amazing that we have the record that we do this season.

I know it won't matter, but there's no excuse for PK to not score from 2nd on that double off of the fence. Abreu turned around to watch that ball go off the fence. Once he does that, you should be on your way.

QUOTE(zenryan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) where are all the cheerleaders now??? I know its second guessing but I was really thinking that we should have hit Uribe for Cintron. Uribe has a much better chance of getting ahold of one while the best Cintron was going to do was draw a walk. Uribe's hurt.

QUOTE(rafacosta @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) From AJ to Ozuna...0-12! We don't have a f***ing LF...LF for us is no defense and offense.. Is this a surprise? Looking at this lineup tonight, if our middle of the order didn't produce, we weren't scoring.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) great, the twins are winning too They won

Ha...pathetic! Brian Anderson continues to give this offense no real production.

I miss Juan Uribe, I really do.

What are you swinging at? Again, I'm so thrilled we got a back-up catcher that we're not going to play against lefties.

Keep the line moving. AJP has to avoid the roll-over DP here.

I thought that ball was gone. However, this is an example of how Ozzie didn't manage the top of the 7th very well. Garland should have never started that inning, and ARod should have been walked with the open base.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:22 AM) I actually dont know if 20 games over .500 is a typical Sox year. Usually they are hanging 5-10 games below .500, turn it on in August, and then finish 7 games back at the end of the year. For me, prior to last year, a typical Sox year was the Sox running neck and neck with the Twins around now, but then the Twins just seem to win 6 times a week, and Santana doesn't lose a game the rest of the way.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:22 AM) Not enough realism. Not enough really looking at this team and how is has played. Not enough recognition of the fundamental flaws in this team. There's more than enough posts in which the negative aspects of this team are discussed. If you want more realism, then more people would stop saying the season is over.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:20 AM) And many of these comments are not enough...if you know what I mean. Huh?

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:18 AM) But why haven't they been tough since the ASB? And when are they going to start being tough? And will it be too late when that happens. I'm looking at these team's performances and their complete lack of fire and intensity and that doesn't leave me optimistic. If 2005 never happened, then everyone would be saying this is just another typical Sox year. Right now, we have no way of knowing what path this team will follow. I'm usually Mr. Pessimism, but some of these comments tonight are too much.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:11 AM) I thought you were trying to make us feel better. Telling me my team might have overachieved last year and really isn't that good despite a $100 M payroll isn't going to make me feel better. First, it's a little easier to digest since we won the WS. If we would have lost in the WS, then it would have been a disasterous season if we don't make the playoffs. We're a very talented team who's playing above average this year. Last year, we were above average in terms of talent, but we played great. That type of situation happens in sports all the time.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:06 AM) So that's supposed to cheer us up? You're essentially telling us we should be happy because we got lucky last year. That's loser talk. I would like to see KW's reaction after telling him to watch the 2005 DVD in the middle of this season. Actually, I'm saying that the expectations right now might be too high. This starting pitching staff is fatigued, and simply put, they're not throwing well. They can't put together a string of more than 2 good starts through the rotation. That's not going to get us in the playoffs. The Yanks, Twins, Red Sox are too good to let us play the way we have over the last 2 months and still make it. Sometimes, things all fall into place. Sometimes, they don't. I would like to ask Ozzie why he's giving up? If he thought we still had a chance, he would have walked ARod with the open base.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:00 AM) I hope people will stop saying that Garland is our only good starting pitcher. I might be willing to consider that once his ERA gets under 4.50. It is over 5 now. He's not very good. He's certainly not reliable. I'd be happy to bet anyone that he will never see 4.50 this year. And please don't waste my time with by arguing his wins-and-losses. If you give any AAA pitcher the kind of run support Garland has gotten, he can win you this many games. Garland's ERA, WHIP, etc. tell you how bad he's been this season. Do we have a good, reliable starting pitcher this year? He was reliable for the last two months. For our starters this year, that's pretty damn good. Garland is facing a tremendous lineup tonight, and they capitalized on every bad pitch he made. I'm not going to give up on Garland yet. He showed me a lot of guts this year bouncing back from the terrible start.

QUOTE(zenryan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 01:59 AM) yeah, feel better for about 10 minutes before realizing what could have been this season... What could have been? Why not appreciate how everything fell into place last year? This year, we're not creating/getting breaks, and we're having a lot of pitchers underachieve. I'm the last person to say that we should still live in 2005....but some people need a little perspective these days.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 01:58 AM) every week i keep telling the little wife...i cant remember the last time it took so long for a no-no in the bigs... Yep, it's been a long time. I get nervous every time Zambrano is on the mound.