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Putz has given the Sox hitters some great pitches to hit. Sadly, I have no confidence in Dye right now though.

Another big break for the Sox there.

Everett's swinging all or nothing. A hit would be just fine.

Huge break for Sox there as Putz should have easily fielded that ball.

Politte looks to actually have better stuff this year than he did last year. However, his fastball today also exemplifies how bad Garcia's fastball was. I'd say Cliff is throwing 5 mph faster than Garcia was today.

Interesting that Ozuna is now 2-13, with both hits being bunts. We definitely need another right handed hitting outfielder off the bench, especially for situations in which we need a player to drive the ball.

I really hope Podsednik is able to play tomorrow. The Twins seem to be playing a lot better than they were the first few games we played them last week.

This is exactly what I was talking about in regards to too many easy outs in the lineup. Crede weakly pops up a hanging curve on the first pitch, and then Uribe grounds out 2 pitches later. Thus, you have 2 outs on 3 pitches by the bottom of our order. Not exactly the type of at-bats you want to see by your 8/9 hitters.

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ Apr 17, 2005 -> 08:52 PM) Players seem to love Ozzie. I don't think there is much of a doubt that Ozzie backs his players. If Ozzie needs to handle that situation for Carl, then Carl needs to grow up. But, I do think Carl kept his cool there for the most part. I just don't like Ozzie risking Everett getting tossed out of the game by just sitting there in the dugout. We're not exactly loaded with offensive talent in our lineup right now. Everett's one of our few dangerous hitters right now.

It's going to be a long year offensively if we don't start drawing more walks. Too many easy outs in our lineup on a daily basis is trouble (BTW, I've been saying that even after games that we won. Smallball = low scoring baseball....not exactly something that works well in a hitter's park).

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ Apr 17, 2005 -> 08:41 PM) Getting kicked out is overrated. No, but sticking up for your players is underrated. Ozzie left Everett out alone on the field there. Carl doesn't exactly have the best reputation for maintaining his cool. That call was awful, but it was bulls*** that Ozzie just sat on his ass

I'd like to see Ozzie get ejected one time sticking up for his players.

Terrible f***ing call by the umpire. Ozzie should get tossed on that play. Everett wasn't close to swinging on that.

Everett needs to make contact here.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Apr 17, 2005 -> 08:31 PM) That last inning had nothing to do with the park he was pitching in. He gave up walks and singles that would be hits in any park. Oh, I agree with you on that. I was more making just a general comment that Garcia at home is not a very pretty situation more often than not it seems. I just can't get over the change inhis stuff from when we got him last year to how he is now. Why does it seem like every player the Sox gets, his fastball automatically loses 3 mph. Even Vizcaino looks to have lost 2 mph from last season.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Apr 17, 2005 -> 08:28 PM) Just curious......... DOES ANYONE ON THIS TEAM HAVE A KILLER INSTINCT?!!?!?!?!?! GOD DAMN!!!!!! Killer instinct starts with your manager.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Apr 17, 2005 -> 08:27 PM) Freddy is awful to watch when he doesn't have it. You should change that to read Freddy is awful to watch at U.S. Cellular. Especially if he's becoming less of a strikeout pitcher, he's really going to have problems pitching at home.

Anyone else wondering how Garcia has got any batters out this game? I find it amusing that Hawk is saying it was good to pitch around Reed in order to face someone who hit 48 homers last year, and just missed a homer in his last AB

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 17, 2005 -> 08:19 PM) Dye looks lethargic everywhere, he might need to have a seat for a day or two. Lethargic is a much kinder word than I would have said. Dye's been brutal so far. Easy out when he's hitting, and his defense has been worse than advertised so far.

Pitch around Ichiro!

Does anyone know what Garcia's fastball has been clocked at today? I haven't seen him throw a single heater past someone today. Nice play by Dye in the outfield, especially w/Ichiro coming up.

Watch the squeeze w/Olivo here!

Garcia's throwing junk up to the plate this inning. Going to be hard to keep Mariners from scoring this inning. Getting Dobbs out would be huge with Olivo and Valdez up after him.

Garcia just seems to be rolling pitches up to the plate. Maybe it's just that Meche has great stuff today, but Meche seems more much electric with his stuff than Freddy does. Oh well, as long as he keeps getting batters out, he can do whatever he wants.

Nice to see a 3 run inning. Garcia needs to get the Sox back into the dugout.