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QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 02:19 AM) Did anyone else hear Hawk say Wasdin has the best changeup he's ever seen? LOL. Wasdin's best changeup, I'm sure he meant.

Kudos to Buck for the unconventional move of pulling Wasdin in the 4th.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 02:10 AM) If last year was Corpseball ... can this be Spiffball? The first use of spiff that I actually find funny. Well done

QUOTE(chisoxdavid @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 02:02 AM) Yeah, gut you gotta be aggresive. I dont think it was a bad call to send him...............hell yeah DP You have to be smart! With someone as slow as AJP (or PK, Crede), you better be sure they're going to make it when you're down 3 and other guys are on base. QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 02:02 AM) Kinsler smoked it, fortunately right at Iguchi for the 4-6-3. Buehrle is not fooling anybody, but now it's time for the offense to get something done. Kinsler is a great looking hitter.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:58 AM) Well I am confused, you said it would have taken a perfect bunt by Uribe to move AJ along but whatever. I agree with you, they needed to have Uribe bunt there. Pods comes thru with a base hit which would've scored one run but instead it's a momentum shift. Bad baseball. I completely disagreed with Uribe not bunting, but I was trying to explain why Ozzie didn't have him bunt. I don't know what the hell we can do to spark this offense. We're slow, and station-to-station. However, when your "non-power hitters" can't execute, you're screwed. I've labored back and forth on this, but my dream acquisition would be Miguel Tejada.

QUOTE(premo @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:57 AM) I think we've had runners thrown out at home more than any team in the majors....... And without a doubt, we've thrown out the fewest guys at home in the majors (ZERO).

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:57 AM) 2005 Orioles? Or just 2002-2004 White Sox.

Joey Cora = running us out of innings. You can't be doing that when you're down by a couple of runs. He did that against the Yanks in a very similar situation.

What in the world is AJP looking at? Uribe not bunting cost us two runs. This team flat out deserves to lose right now.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:52 AM) No outs, how can we manage not to score here ... just watch. We've become very station-to-station. There's not a whole lot of speed, so unless we string together a lot of hits and then a homer, we're not going to have a big inning.

Big time pitch by Wasdin there.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:50 AM) BA is the absolute perfect candidate right here, nice linedrive hitter he could put one in a gap. His head's coming off the pitch more tonight than it was in the last two weeks. He needs to stay on the pitch.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:49 AM) 2 on, no out, and they don't bunt Uribe. I don't get that. With AJP at 2nd, it would have to be a pretty damn good bunt to work.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:49 AM) This is good baseball by the offense right here. Until that. We need to get some big, clutch hits going.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:48 AM) No, they have a very reasonable option on him for 2007. No, I meant for the free agency after next year. I can't stress how important it is for this franchise for Anderson to become an everyday center fielder, and McCarthy a solid starting pitcher.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:46 AM) spiff, the second that slam was hit against the Tigers I had the same feeling that I had when Hunter knocked down Burke. It seemed to suck the life out of the team and it never came back. Very interesting observation. For me, it reminded me of Crede's walk-off vs the Indians. Monroe's slam is probably the biggest Tigers hit in 20 years.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:45 AM) but hes very popular in the clubhouse, 3-time allstar,never gets hurts,eats up innings.. And about to become VERY EXPENSIVE!

Putting together some good ABs, and our bats are catching up to the pitches. Lets make this a tight game again.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:42 AM) Detroit wins tonite. Yikes. Rodney's really struggling for the Tigers right now. However, J. Walker is quietly putting together a sensational year.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:39 AM) the chances of the sox trading buehrle is as good as the chance of the cards trading pujols for buehrle straight up... We all know that KW is more than willing to trade starting pitchers if they're not locked up for more than one more season.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:38 AM) If you say so. You were complaining about the need for a filter yesterday, you must have a new perspective today. Like the swearing does add to baseball discussion? Interesting perspective. And now he gets Blalock on 3 pitches. Flash linked the thread in which Jason explained the thread, and I completely understand it now. I agree, swearing for the sake of swearing doesn't add to the discussion. However, not many people would just type the F word for no reason prior to the filer. Now, you see spiff and fish, as people are trying to be funny.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:36 AM) Let's trade Buehrle when his value is as low as ever. Makes sense. I would seriously investigate the possibilities of it at the end of the season. It's too bad the Cardinals don't have a deep farm system.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:34 AM) So you were talking about the filter, just as I said. And not typing spliff or fish, etc. You don't even realize when you're complaining, you do it so much. I was complaining about people thinking it's funny to type spiff and fish, and how that adds nothing to baseball discussion.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:33 AM) oh.i was watching ctl and the guy from the trib said we were...well thank god then Hopefully it doesn't rain in Cleveland this wknd. BAT SPEED GUYS!!

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:30 AM) Yeah right fathom, I've read your last 8 posts about the swearing filter. Nice tap dance on your part trying to say it wasn't the issue though. Come on! That's been my point all along. I could absolutely care less about swearing on this board. I don't need it to make a point. All along, I said this filtered era is annoying with the way people are using it. It's a message board....I don't need to tap dance around anything.