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QUOTE(Chopper2Hopper @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:59 PM) "Cautious optimism" will be the theme for this game tonight. Until the 6th inning is over...absolute panic works for me.

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QUOTE(Chopper2Hopper @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:54 PM) Boy if Javy gives this lead right back here in the 2nd, I'm going to scream and possibly break something I'll later regret. Inning 5-6. You should know better than that.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:55 PM) Vazquez vs Morneau does have the potential for a Dan Ryan shot. Fixed that for you.

QUOTE(beautox @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) I too feel that way, should i feel bad about it? No, if for no other reason than the fact that it's impossible for me to imagine that some of these guys in the starting 5 won't revert towards their career numbers. Each and every one of them is having a worse year than what they should be having, and in baseball, usually that evens out at some point.

Thank you Paulie...we needed that this inning. BADLY.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) Meh. Ozzie doesn't like to change things around. Pods could go 0 for the next 5 days and he'd still be playing. Tell that to our starting Center Fielder.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:45 PM) Another amazing AB from Pods. If he has a terrible night tonight, he might lose his starting position by the time Sunday comes around. And somehow, he'll lose it to Cintron. Because you know we have to put a lefty in CF against all right handed pitchers, because BRIAN ANDERSON CAN'T HIT RIGHTIES AND WE'VE GOT TO REST HIM UP FOR WINTERBALL.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:47 PM) We definitely need a new 1-2 punch next year..... I think #2 is still doing just fine. 1 however... Ok, we've really got to get to Radke here. I think we all know what happens when you don't get to him early.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 05:41 PM) Tribe doing its part, for the record. for the record, mauer is pretty damn good. going to be a b**** to deal with until he's a free agent and goes to the Yankees. Eh, I think the Yankees might need to find a catcher before he hits FA...got what, 5-6 more years give or take whatever hometown contract the Twins give him once they get their new ballpark? I don't think Posada's going to last that many years, personally. The Red Sox on the other hand...I could see Varitek lasting that long.

God I wish Vazquez didn't have to pitch this series. Or at least I wish he was matched up against Santana. I don't care how good he looks in the first inning, having him on the mound just scares the Hell out of me. If he was matched with Johan, then we can assume we'd probably lose the game anyway...and I think he's got the worst chances of anyone on our team of pulling a good game out of his ass right now.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 04:16 PM) Unless Bossard saw the lineup card and wants to avoid seeing Mack in centerfield. He would be the best friend that team ever had. Maybe he can tear up the CF on some night mack is starting in the hopes that he'll sprain an ankle?

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QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 02:47 PM) I love Dan Bernstein, he's one of the only guy out there who actually gets it. The fact that Rob Mackowiak is starting in centerfield again today after the way Anderson has played for the past 2 months and yesterday especially is a f***ing joke. This is why I can't stand Ozzie Guillen. If that is true...then our Center Fielder in 3 of the last 5 games will have been Mackowiak.

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 10:35 AM) and for my 2 cents, we need to stop spending so much money rebuilding and assisting other areas of the world (Iraq, Africa, etc) and spend more of our tax dollars fixing our own problems. Is it worth pointing out that 1 of the 2 examples you gave is an order of magnitude or two more expensive than the other? In 2004, the U.S. Gave about $3.4 billion in aid to Sub-Saharan Africa (there's some that goes to Egypt otherwise because of the Camp David agreement). That same year we spent what, about $100 billion on Iraq?

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 09:02 AM) Yeah and California in general. Out of 20 contestants 13 are from California....weird. If you have a quota of Asian and Hispanic Americans to fill...I'd say the largest populations of both of those minorities are probably from California, or at least the Southwest.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 10:37 AM) Beane should also get credit for knowing which guys to keep. It isn't just being at the helm when a guy is drafted, but the longer development cycle as well. Frank? I am so glad to see him pounding baseballs. Not first ballot. He spent too much time as a DH. Not saying it's fair, accurate, or the right thing to do. Just saying that would be a breakthrough (DH) that Frank's media relations would not help happen. Compared with the other guys of the steroid era...I think he has to go first ballot, because it makes a statement about the other guys when you consider that the main punishment for having not stood up and said it was a problem or used the stuff is going to be not being a first ballot HOFer. Why not reward the guys who do so cleanly?

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 07:11 PM) Unless he throws 7 shutouts in a row to finish the season, Jon Garland has absolutely NO CHANCE at the Cy Young award. If he breaks Herschiser's record...he'll have a real shot.

If we get swept this series...then the season as far as I'm concerned ends against the Twins in Chicago. If the opposite happens...then we've got a real shot at making those 3 games at the Twinky dome not matter.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 06:56 PM) Joe Vavra has done a FANTASTIC job since he's come in as their hitting coach this season. Guys like Morneau has really flourished under him. I bashed Greg Walker as much as anyone at the start of this season and last season, but I think he's done a dynamite job with our guys too. Anderson has learned how to hit, Crede has finally turned into a dynamite hitter, Dye has only gotten better, and there have been more than a few games where you could see that the whole lineup had excellent plans for how to deal with pitchers, followed those plans, and succeeded.

John Lackey is 0-3, 7.36 ERA in last four starts. He had an ungodly run in July, but he's cooled off considerably. I'd be happy to face that John Lackey in the playoffs...the question of course will be which one actually shows up.

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 03:26 PM) Dude, after this series there are still 32 games to play. If they get swept they're only half a game back. It would be big if they got swept, but the season is not over, not by a long shot Depending on how the Twins/Orioles game turns out tonight...if the Twins were to sweep the White Sox this weekend, they would either be 1.5 games ahead in the Wild Card or 2.5 games ahead, not 0.5

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 01:39 PM) Here's what I don't get: Ozzie talks up Gardenhire's style of management endlessly, and Gardenhire and his team are famous, as Hawk talked about last week, for just playing the damn game and not arguing with umps all the time. They don't argue balls and strikes, they don't get into big altercations over bad calls in the field, they just do their business. And yet, Gardenhire was booted last night for...you guessed it...arguing balls and strikes.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 01:46 PM) He would have to finish with an ERA around 3.50 to have a shot. It will be tough to beat Johan and Verlander, Johan might win the triple crown. If Jon averaged 8 innings per start in his next 7 starts, and gave up exactly 2 runs the rest of the season, he'd get his ERA down to 3.5. In other words, you're talking about him throwing 5 or 6 shutouts.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 01:23 PM) He'd have to keep up this pace he's on now, which means he'd finish about 20-5 with an ERA of 3.80 or so. Still a long shot. For Garland to get to an ERA of 3.8, he'd have to give up roughly 3 runs in his next 50 innings. He should have about 7 starts left.