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C'mon Morel, get a double here and let Alexei drive you in.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 10:01 PM) Now that extra gift run is bigger. Otherwise the tying run would be at the plate. Hmmm, Teahen pinch hitting for Beckham. Maybe one hit with RISP tonight would be nice. They better PH for Pierre, too. OMG OMG OMG Ozzie did something right, FINALLY Teahen is alive. I'll pick on you more often. Too bad it wasn't the game winner, but we'll take it. Just win this damn game now, don't let it get away. The irony is now we DO need to use our best relievers in a tie game.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 09:55 PM) Sox desperately need to find another reliable righty reliever. Having two on the roster is a recipe for burning them out. I think you just traded Viciedo away. If Pena would have been the pitcher KW thought he was, we wouldn't have been in this situation.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 06:59 PM) I think a number of people predicted it would take less than 90 wins to win the central. As long as Ozzie keeps managing non-chalantly in close games like tonight, we'll be lucky to get back to .500. And I still don't see the division winner finishing with less than 88. As bad as the Twins and White Sox played the final months in 2008, that was the mark. With how much the division rivals will play each other in the 2nd half, one team will inevitably get hot and take off.

Pretty sure Quentin was available to PH there, but it would be hard to take out Dunn after he almost hit a homer in his last at-bat. At least he's SORT of looking a bit more dangerous now. UGHHHH.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 09:37 PM) This is errily similar to Hudson and Arizona beating us Bad things happen on Fridays. Hudson, this game, and then there were three blown games to OAK, TB and the Dodgers. What a nightmare.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 09:37 PM) Wow, just saw that we let Bruney pitch to Morse with an open base. I can't believe we didn't walk him to face Espinose, who really struggles against LHP. Why is Bruney valued so much by this organization? It's funny, but the man of the day, J4L, screamed last week that Ozzie better not let Morse beat us. Knowing Ozzie, he's probably remembering the Morse in our system who was more of a doubles hitter and hadn't found his power stroke yet.

QUOTE (chiguy79 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) Why is Bruney even on the team... To replace Pena, I think... Our first break of the entire game goes our way since Werth's error in the first inning...and I guess trying to score the run from 3rd and getting gunned down.

How many times this season when we blow 2-3-4 scoring opportunities early have we rallied to win late? The only difference was the insult added to injury with the homer being robbed against Dunn and the former Sox farmhand jacking one out against our equivalent of Tony Pena who had no business pitching in that situation....and no business pitching to that particular batter, either.

I just don't get it, with the off-day, why they'd be using Bruney. Or why they even bothered to pitch to Morse, who's obviously been white hot the last month.

Of course, fate and destiny conspire against the Sox again. Where the heck was Crain? Bruney, seriously?

SIGH. Thankfully Konerko saved a run, at least so far. Still one more out. If Morse gets a hit, poor KW might start going crazy with how ex-Sox players have been in our path the last week.

Of course, it's Bernadina again. At some point, they have to score if we keep giving them 2nd base and 3 chances.

Ugh...I'd almost rather be getting no-hit here, this game is so annoying. First team to get a base hit with runners on wins. Of course. At least he hit it hard and threatened to drive in a run. Sale now or Thornton? Crain?

Can't believe they were shading AJ right there....luck.

Even former Sox farmhands still have trouble bunting. Chris Young had 2nd and 3rd, 1 out and he bunted into a double play. DBacks up by one going into the bottom of the 9th.

Damn, damn, damn.....when it rains it pours Dunn. Well, let's hope he can build on that positively.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:49 PM) We seem to be calling for a Dayan Viciedo call up more all the time and complaining about Juan Pierre. But, I have never seen DV in the OF. How is his throwing arm? How many assists does he have at Charlotte? Of course he also swings a bat, which I agree seems to be a challenge for JP. I always compare him to Bobby Bonilla. Somewhat limited mobility, maybe similar speed to Quentin, but he's known to have surprising athleticism. Very solid arm, close to "plus" for a RFer and excellent for LF. Some have compared his to Carlos Lee....which would obviously be a negative, because of the transition from 3B to the OF and their respective sizes. Routes and reads, I'll defer to someone who's watched him closely at Charlotte.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:46 PM) Edwin doesn't need to overthrow to be effective. In fact that is when he is most while. He is a guy who would be much better at 95 with tons of movement. Boras probably told him that teams love 96-98 MPH radar gun readings more. Hopefully he's turning a corner in this game.....back to what we saw for most of 2010. But that's been said before, he loses his offspeed pitch and he's back to the 5 innings plus, 115 pitch guy who gives up 3-4 runs.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:45 PM) What level was Morse at in the Sox system when we traded him? I'm pretty sure it was AA, maybe he'd briefly played in Charlotte but I don't think so.

Farmer's right. You have to send Ramirez into LCF as the cutoff man for Pierre and relay it to 2nd. No need to wind-up. We can't keep just giving runners 2nd base like this without getting burned.

That was over fast. If Ozzie won't bench Pierre, he should be open to bringing up Viciedo to DH for 2 weeks while they're evaluating Dunn and then maybe he can replace Juan in LF if he stays hot and Juan continues on his current "pace." In positive news, our old friend Wily Mo Pena just put the DBacks ahead 7-6 over DET heading to the bottom of the 8th at 8 MILE.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:33 PM) If they can make it happen, a DL stint might be a good idea. Get a physical and psychological exam. Get an eye exam and get him in extended spring training working on his swing. Does extended spring training still exist at this point in June? Aren't all of the players out of the complex now to the short-season teams?

Peavy making the "knife to the neck" gesture at AJ's throwing futilty. Joking... With Jackson's stuff tonight, it seems like the Nationals will have to steal 2nd and 3rd OR homer.

Well, this game is an exercise in offensive futility. No winner, winner chicken dinner on that gamble. Should have gotten hung up so the runner could try to get to 2B. Brutal. Carlos Lee-esque there. Werth has to be running.