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Iguchi should have just stayed on the bench until after the ASB.

Maybe it's me, but this team seems so flat.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 9, 2006 -> 06:17 PM) 1-2 on Ortiz and we throw a pitch down the middle. How f***ing stupid are our collective pitchers and catchers on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. How many times are we burned on throwing meatballs over the f***ing middle. Yep, I'm so f***ing sick of giving Ortiz fastballs right down the cock to crush. The lack of execution by our pitchers is pathetic. If Contreras can't get his forkball going, he has no chance. I don't get it....we throw Youkilis a 3-2 slider, but Ortiz a 1-2 fastball?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 09:15 PM) Well, I can honestly say I have no clue why Papelbon is so good. His s*** looks pretty mediocre, and we're just missing fastballs down the plate. I've seen him on nights he's throwing 97 mph and his splitter is amazing.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 09:12 PM) Bah, just got home from work to see a crappy score Garland pitched in relief? Huh? Probably better off you didn't see the game. Dreadful performances by our pitchers, manager, clutch hitting.

QUOTE(Misplaced_Sox @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 09:10 PM) whats up with Thome's bat speed? He swings and misses as much as any other player in baseball. Again, you take the good with the bad with Thome.

It's so sad that the first 5 pitchers we threw out there today allowed a run.

Now Jenks is getting loose? Ozzie's treating this like the last game of the season.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:55 PM) We sure will. But for us to come back in this one, we'll have to score more runs in an inning than he's given up all year. Yeah, that's insane. Can anyone argue against him getting the Cy Young? Not only is he the clear Cy Young winner, but I don't blame people for stating he's an MVP candidate. His numbers are ridiculous right now.

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:53 PM) I hate losing to Boston more than any other team. This makes me sick. These starters need to get their heads out of their behinds. Doesn't really bother me. They're not a division rival or the Cubs, so I don't really care. I just hate their slimy little fans.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:52 PM) Was anybody impressed with Pap's stuff? Wait until he starts throwing his offspeed stuff. Pods is an idiot for the bluff move on the first pitch. In that situation, his run doesn't mean s***. You can't be distracting the hitter. Of course, I'd expect nothing less from a low baseball IQ player.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:46 PM) Iguchi is the tying run. We have seen this before. Papplebon in. It will be tough. Yes it will be. The one thing I really admire about this team is their ability to always creep back into games.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) esp when u give up 15 runs to the AAA team up north, u know something is wrong. im counting down the days in which freddy, javy and gar are all fa's. then we can get newer arms, cuz u know these guys arent going no where. Why couldn't Ozzie have been buddies with Santana, and not Garcia/Vazquez? I do know that Felix Hernandez and VMart idolized him.

QUOTE(G&T @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:37 PM) This wouldn't be so bad if it didn't mean that the Sox will almost definitely down another game to the Tigers. As it turns out, the Red Cubs couldn't do too much more than the Sox did with the bags loaded. I could care less how the Tigers are doing. With the numerous amount of games we have left vs them, the Yankees, and Twins, if we play well in the 2nd half, we'll make the playoffs. The one thing we won't do is back into the playoffs due to other teams playing bad.

QUOTE(Misplaced_Sox @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:36 PM) Why cant Ozzie just play his best defensive players in a big series and screw the matchups or once. This was a BIG series and he's too busy playing cute. Uribe at 3b, BA in center and AJ behind the plate.... THATS IT I'm sure he played Mackowiak and Cintron today vs Beckett caused they've faced him in the NL before. Even if Mackowiak catches that flare, Garcia was going to give up a handful of runs today.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) we were due for a s*** series guys, and Boston is the only other team in baseball capable of winning the world series. Let's win tomorrow. Only team? I'd say a healthy Yankees, Mets, Tigers, and Twins could easily win a WS.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:32 PM) hahaha i wont forget, i was at the game in which he blew it, cinco de mayo Yep, and it's the only game that I allowed my fiance to watch the 9th inning with me. Needless to say, that's not happening the rest of the year. At least this is a day game, so I'll have time to enjoy my night (or as much as someone can who has surgery last week).

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:30 PM) The best offense in the AL and the #4 pitching staff in the AL? Don't forget a closer who's blown one save.

The All-Star Break can't come soon enough for some of the people in this thread right now. I wonder what idiotic thing Ozzie will say next week though.

3 hits in 4 batters for Garland. Once again, thanks Ozzie!

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) f*** francona, he f***ed up when he let beckett face alex and pods, when lopez should have been in there. he has nothing to do with the fact we cant score a damn run. Nope. Lopez can't face righties, everyone knows that. Also, Ozuna would have hit for Pods then. He played that inning to avoid Thome doing damage, and it worked perfectly.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:24 PM) Have Papi and Manny ever come up with the bases loaded and nobody out and fail to get the damn ball out of the infield? Probably. I remember Papi striking out against Shingo with the bases loaded and one out, down 2 against the Sox a few years ago. It's too bad the Red Sox didn't release him after that.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:23 PM) thome, pk, dye, yea they just proved that this inning. ortiz,manny, nixon wouldnt have wasted these opp.'s Seriously, shut up. Take a step back, and think about what you just said. You can be disappointed in that inning, but we're talking about the best 3-4-5 our organization has ever seen, and two of those guys carried us to the WS last year.

Francona's managing one of the best games of the season against us. We clearly don't deserve to win this game.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 8, 2006 -> 08:21 PM) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ do they ever come up big when we TRULY NEED THEM? YES THEY DO!