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Here comes small ball!

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 06:34 PM) wtf was Garland thinking? It's just a play where there needs to be communication. It's a tough play, but it's one that you work on a billion times in ST.

Nice catch by Pods.

Ah...the myth of Gload's amazing defense continues. I'm sure glad he's on the roster.

QUOTE(Maverick0984 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 06:32 PM) sure are giving out ALOT of foul balls to the crowd, not sure if that is good or bad. we are on him but not enough to straighten those out. We've been doing this for 3 weeks now. I think everyone down the right field line has received 10 foul balls during this period.

Our offense is absolutely pathetic right now.

I guess we didn't learn from the last time we faced Padilla that he's going to throw 90 pct fastballs.

Let the pop up game begin again. We desperately need a string of line drives.

We keep getting 3-2 counts against Rangers pitchers, and then can't do anything productive with it.

5 batters, they've all reached for the Tigers so far.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 04:35 PM) Gload in at 1B for Konerko, Cintron in at SS for Uribe, and Mackowiak in at CF for Anderson. Let the complaints begin. Lefties hit over .100 pts better against Padilla, so I don't mind it. At this point, might as well try anything new.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 07:05 AM) No, more than likely the offense is not going to be as good as they were in the first half. That being said, it's still a much better offense than last year and we can definitely win it all with that offense being put on the field every day. The problem is, the offense won't mean a damn thing if the starting pitching doesn't get it turned around. If our starting pitching stays this inconsistant then even if we were to get into the playoffs we'd be one and done, even if we were to add a Soriano or a Tejada. Good stuff. I agree we need the pitching to step up, but there's no one to trade for that will upgrade our starting rotation. Thus, the next best alternative to beefing up your pitching is to add to your offense. Even if we don't add a superstar, it would be great to add a back-up catcher and a righty outfielder who can play LF!

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 07:00 AM) I absolutely despise Beckett, I don't think there is a player I hate more in the majors to be honest. Even after what he did against the Cubs? For me, the list of despised players begins with Carlos Zambrano, and it's not even close after that. If not for Josh Beckett, us Sox fans might have been in for a miserable October of 2003.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 06:57 AM) It's been a one week spell with the offense, it's been a whole season worth of suckage by the pitching staff. The offense is good enough to get us into the playoffs and win it all, the pitching at the moment is not. Yes, but can we really expect the offense to play at the same level they were in the 1st half, where 6 of our 9 guys hit pretty damn well for a couple of months? Also, we're going to need all the offense we can get when we have to face guys like Liriano and Santana numerous times in the next few months.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 06:34 AM) He is having to adjust to the AL so I kind of expected his era to be up this season but next season I see him being pretty good. And by pretty good I mean era in the low 3's to high 2's. Yes he has had all the blister problems but part of that could of been pitching in a place like Florida... he hasnt had any problems so far this year and thats what counts. Low 3's, high 2's is quite the prediction for him. That rarely happens in the AL, especially from a righty non named Pedro Martinez. QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 06:54 AM) That has nothing to do with how he's pitching now. Beckett stinks and I think the longer he's in the al, the harder he'll get hit. I'm happy he's on the sawx for 3 more years. He'll always have a special place in my heart for his 2003 NLCS performances against the Cubs.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 06:55 AM) The Sox are a Tom Gordon away from winning the Central. I promise you. Can Gordon hit line drives and deliver with RISP? QUOTE(CySox @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 06:19 AM) 2. Freddy Garcia's trade value is as high as it is going to get right now. (could get Duaner Sanchez and a top prospect, pretty tempting!) Mets already turned down Garcia for Sanchez. Also, they've gotten good starts from their lower guys like Maine and Duque this week.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 05:50 AM) Elijah Dukes and Delmon Young aren't exactly choir boys though either. With the trouble those two have had, I wouldn't be completely surprised if they were available for the right price. Duke is available, but Delmon isn't going anywhere!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 05:47 AM) For the Nats Pods being in the deal makes sense. He is under control for a while. You package that with Broadway and another pitcher and that wouldnt be a bad deal for the Nats. Pods isn't Jim Bowden's type of player. If this deal involves McCarthy, I want nothing to do with it. Soriano will be too expensive to keep around next year.

QUOTE(stretchstretch @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) ABSOLUTELY........a brawl tomorrow would do wonders. Padilla plunks AJ, we clear benches and put some kind of life into this lifeless, fightless, offense of ours.......stop focusing on not losing and start focusing on attacking And AJP gets suspended for 7 games, and the hitless wonder has to start a week's worth of games.

QUOTE(chisox72 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 03:46 AM) ^^^^^^^^^^ I could not agree with you more. The move to bring him in, then, made no sense to me whatsoever. It was one of those moments where I think Guillen lost his mind. Some of the worst games that Guillen has managed in his career is against Showalter. We've struggled in close games vs them the last few years, as it becomes a strategy game in the late innings.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 03:38 AM) This was my 26th(maybe 27th) game this season, and it was the 1st time I really showed my displeasure. I got on Podsednik hard after that K, and got into it with a Podsedniks slurper behind me. Thats really not me, but things just boiled over tonight. That wasn't Pods fault...he should have never been up in that situation. Have we won with the new filters?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 03:33 AM) It's getting really scary for me, because tonight Im not really upset, even after I was at the game tonight. It's almost like I have come to expect this the last two weeks, which makes me pissed. Yeah, usually my blood pressure rises and I get all pissed when we lose. The second Kinsler walked, I think the whole stadium knew we were done. Think on the bright side....we still lead the wild card.

Any clue what's going on with Fields?

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 03:10 AM) blame it on the announcers? It's sad that a slump is what it took to make Hawk and DJ into better announcers. DJ has been absolutely fantastic recently.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 02:20 AM) We lost today because we couldnt hit a crappy pitcher who walked the world and was begging for a beating. I love it when our O goes into forget hitting line drives, lets go for the fishing fence everytime. Enough with the popups. If a pitch is on the outside corner, dont fishing pull it. For the love of god, actually go with the pitch. Don't worry...we face a pitcher tomorrow who destroyed us by throwing only to the outside corner last time we faced him.