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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:17 PM) God this lineup is futile. Walker needs to f***ing hit these guys with breaks. I've never seen a team chase so many breaking pitches. Not gonna knock Crede cause that was a really tough situation after being out of the box for a while and he's actually been playing good. I've seen the Sox chase more 2-0 pitches than I need to and they chase everything with 2 strikes, often times during full counts too. Main point is, when they find themselves in the catbird seat, they aren't waiting for their pitch, they are just trying to force the issue and its hurting them big time. I know this is negative, but I'm not going to hide how I feel. The Sox have way too many easy outs. With Konerko basically being an all or nothing hitter now, only Everett is a true line drive hitter. I'm still waiting to see guys like Rowand and Dye hit the ball with authority to the opposite field.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:17 PM) Yeah. At least we were hitting yesterday. I just don't like how we're playing so station-to-station. We had plenty of chances to put a runner in motion, and Ozzie didn't put on anything special.

QUOTE(SuperSteve @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:16 PM) CBS Sportsline had it just inside the strike zone. Easily a foot outside and almost in the dirt.

Shockingly, this game has pissed me off more than last night's game.

Crede chases ball 4. If I was a manager, I would never let my pitchers throw a 3-2 fastball to Sox hitters.

Base hit, ball four. At least Widger is moving on this pitch, so a double should score him.

Where has all our power gone?

Rowand's looking better at the plate, but he's still not driving the ball to the opposite field like he did last season. Rather, he's rolling over on a lot of pitches on the outside corner right to SS.

What's really frustrating was that Saarloos was terrible today. He had no control the entire game. A patient team who utilized smallball (now isn't that ironic) could have scored against him every inning.

QUOTE(Tannerfan @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) Sit him down now. Let Carl play right, and Gload can DH. Switch that around to Gload in RF, and Everett at DH, and I agree with you.

Don't worry, Dye would have to go 0 for his next 50 before KW made a move. You do remember how long Clayton was allowed to prove he was an awful signing? The dumbest thing about signing Dye to a 3 year deal was that we have Anderson in the minors.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:58 PM) I would've much rather had Timo up there. No s***. Especially with Street's slider, a lefty is a much better bet against him.

f*** you Dye! Great job by Ozzie having Dye bat 5th.

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:56 PM) Who? Timo? Forget it. I know, he won't be PH for here. It does illustrate why you don't have your worst hitter at the moment hitting behind your 3-4 hitters.

If Dye takes a first pitch fastball right down the plate, I'm going to be quite pissed.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:55 PM) Dye now gets his chance to GIDP. Dye should be PH for here.

Great job by Everett there. Konerko needs to be smarter in those situations.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:53 PM) What happens if we get a lead in the top half of an inning then the game needs to be called? This game won't be rained out.

Drive the ball Paulie. Harris would have been gunned out at 3rd there if he went.

Way to hit the ball hard Willie! Really would like to see a steal attempt or hit-and-run.

Garcia is definitely playing with fire today with his high fastballs.

Saarloos tried to walk the world that inning, but we didn't let him.

Pods looks like s*** up at the plate.

Am I the only one who thought Garcia had a lot better stuff when we traded for him last year than he does now? I'm still not sure how he's getting guys out. His pitches don't seem to have a lot of bite or crispness.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:31 PM) Poor pitch there. With 2 outs and a 3-2 count, you don't mind walking the A's 2nd best power source. It's ok though, we're going to have to score more than 1 run to win this game.