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Timo just earned himself a lifetime contract with the Sox I think.

Ozuna has been swinging at everything!!!! Needs to be more patient in those situations.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 10:10 PM) If I were watching this game this is the point I would turn it off. Timo=No hope! Jeckle, I hate Timo, but I think I just pwned you!!!

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 10:08 PM) The sox do not know the strike zone. Plain and simple. I'd be willing to bet we lead the league in called third strikes.

We're kidding ourselves if we think it will be a cake-walk to win the AL Central. We're going to have to play better than we have the last two weeks or so if we want to win the division.

Seems like once Ozzie starts to manage poorly during a game, it just snowballs the rest of the game.

SWING THE f***ING BAT! That pitch was definitely a strike. You have got to protect in that situation. I really, really hate giving up that first out with the bunt.

QUOTE(BigNDfan80 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 10:06 PM) I don't understand why Willie isn't in there for Carl. Doesn't make sense at all.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 10:04 PM) Great Ozzie made him bunt... This one is over... :puke Another bone head move by Ozzie... Ohh well at least we're 9 games ahead.../ Yeah, I didn't like the bunt there at all either. Oh well, we have two chances to tie it.

QUOTE(YahtzeeSox @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 10:03 PM) What the f*** happened to Rowands power? 5 home runs at the All Star Break??? What the f*** is that? You obviously didn't read the gamethread from last night. It's quite obvious.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 10:02 PM) I'm sorry but the thought of putting Timo in a game like this makes me sick. I wouldn't even want to pinch hit him for Uribe at this point and thats saying something. Let alone someones who's 2-4. Sorry but Timo licks. End of story... Like I said, there's no one that hates Timo more than I . I was the founder of the OMIT TIMO saying. However, he's our best option against a tough righty on the bench.

Let Willie run for Everett here, and have Timo bat for Rowand.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) First time swept at home this year. Before the Arizona series we had no home series losses no a month later we have three. If we don't improve ourselves in some spots, we're going to have a lot more series losses. And that Swisher homer really hurts now, as does allowing that cheap run to Melhuse.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 09:57 PM) Spoken like someone who has never seen Timo Perez at the plate... I've seen probably every AB by Timo on the Sox, and with the way each player is swinging, I'd rather have Timo up against a tough righty than I would Rowand.

I'm so sick and tired of hearing Hawk say the count got a pitcher. How come the count never gets the opposition's pitcher? Our hitters always seem tricked on 3-2 pitches, yet the A's are just sitting back and pounding whatever is thrown by our pitchers. Again, there's not a f***ing positive at all from this wknd, except that our attendance numbers will look better at end of the season.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 09:53 PM) :headshake :puke Hopefully Ozzie has a little more sense then you use roster fodder in this situation. I hate Timo more than anyone, but against Street and his great slider, Timo has a much better chance than Rowand does of getting a hit.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 09:52 PM) He does manage sometimes to the voices his stomach makes when the old gut grumbles. There's simply no f***ing excuse for Cotts to have been facing Melhuse. Cotts is the last person you want pitching with the bases loaded, especially after he looked like s*** that inning.

Thankfully, we have Gload on the bench to ph against the tough righty....I'd actually rather see Timo face Street than Rowand.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 09:48 PM) Leaving Cotts in to face Melhouse was the play of the game imo. I just don't understand what Ozzie was thinking 100 pct agree with that. Just wait til someone says how we have the best record in baseball, and Ozzie should never be second-guessed.

I like how Kotsay is able to get back to the fence to make the catch, but Rowand was unable to get back there for Johnson's double. Not saying he should have caught it, but I guarantee you that Kotsay or Hunter would have been closer.

Again, I'm so f***ing pissed off that Ozzie left Cotts in to face Melhuse. What in the hell was he thinking? It's like he figured we were down one run, so what was another run to the deficit?

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 09:47 PM) This strike zone is f***ing ridiculous. No, A's pitchers are just making great pitches. The only questionable pitch was the one to Everett.

Lets go Rob Deer, get a hold of one.

I don't really understand Pods trying to do that push bunt with the infield basically playing in against him. He can really use the bunt as a weapon, but needs to pick his situations better.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 09:40 PM) That's what I've been saying since May. Even if Vizquel falls apart in the 3rd year of that contract, I'd still bet he hits better than .246, which would be superior to Uribe's s***ty production. Rowand: .717 OPS Uribe: .650 OPS Good thing they're both locked up. There's quite a few teams wishing they didn't lock up players until they saw how they performed once steroid testing was made stricter.