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ESPN might be the reason why the majority of sports fans in this country are extremely baseball stupid.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 04:54 PM) Is there a bigger sissy in the league than Erik Bedard? Today he gave up 2 ER but only went 3 innings throwing 81 pitches. I hate him so much. I got him on my fantasy team, which is why I say this.

What's the possibility that the Sox can get Lee without giving up either Floyd or Danks?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 06:36 PM) The same thing is happening to him that happened to Gavin earlier in the year. He's throwing his fastball too much. Just like with Gavin, their only plus pitch now (since he's lost so much velocity) is the curve. I would be so much less pissed if Jenks got hurt by Granderson on the curve. For the love of Quentin circa 2008, I struck out Granderson with a curve. I don't think Bobby threw a single curve ball today in the 9th. He got Guillen with it in the 8th. Why not break it out against Granderson?

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 06:32 PM) No it wasn't inconsistent. He called the same pitch 2 times in the same situation and got beat on it with men on. Whomever has a scouting report that Granderson gets beat on high fastballs with 2 strikes needs to try again. Gavin gets to 0-2, and AJ calls a high fastball. Bobby gets to 0-2, AJ calls a high fastball. It was inconsistent. With Gavin, he constantly went away with curve balls in Granderson's first two at bats, resulting in walks. I don't remember a single time where Gavin threw one in his face like Jenks tried to. I can't blame A.J. for the job Jenks did because Jenks missed his spot. That ball was supposed to be higher. It was right on the top of the strike zone. If it was even a little higher, we wouldn't be b****ing and moaning. That said, he has to call a curve in that situation. If it's a bad one, block it. That's A.J.'s job.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 06:27 PM) The Twins didn't hit the ball hard against us in previous years as well. Same result. And yet, we've smashed the ball right at people. This is what happens when you have a team of machos vs. a team of little guys in baseball. The little guys don't have to be at their best to win. The machos do.

A.J. called a really bad game today. He called inconsistent pitches to Granderson. Granderson was 0-2 three times and he ended up reaching base all three times. This was one of the worst games we've played all year. It may be the dagger. If Detroit sweeps us, we're f***ing done considering we have to go to Minnesota right after. Buehrle's perfect game may have been the WORST thing to happen to this team. It has lost all of its focus. It's playing like s*** defensively and hitting like crap with RISP. BTW, did anybody think the ball Granderson hit was foul? It sure looked foul on the angle Fox showed it.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 03:53 PM) It's ridiculous how many balls we've hit hard right at people so far this series. It's also ridiculous how many breaks the Tigers have caught this series with bloops, errors, walks, and hard hit comebackers.

We hit three balls hard that inning. Too bad two of them hung up enough for Raburn to catch it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 03:40 PM) and pulling everything. He needs to go back and watch tape of last year where he'd hit liners to right. It's all Greg Walker. He must have told Carlos that he should hit 50 home runs instead of 40 and that the only way he accomplishes this is to try to pull every ball he sees.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 03:37 PM) It's Granderson, he can't hit an offspeed pitch. Gavin needs to have better command of his curve, as he can't just get by on his fastball. He can't hit a well located fastball either.

Paulie's been on a down hill slide ever since his home run against the Rays.

Somebody needs to tell Gavin to stop f***ing around and go after the hitters. Walking Granderson after going 0-2? Looks like A.J. got too obsessed with trying to get him out on a breaking pitch.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) It would be a huge lift for them to dump that horrible deal. Maggs and Bradley are both having bad seasons. But this deal would help the Cubs tremendously. Bradley fits in perfectly in MoTown.

I'm not liking the fact that he's gonna start again in Minnesota though.

Do perfect games affect CYP other than the fact that he got 9 innings of flawless ball?

QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 10:08 AM) Confirms what I've always thought of him. Yup.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 10:43 AM) Cowley has no credibility when it comes to rumors. This is true. Neither does Octavio Dotel... I just like the idea of adding a Cliff Lee.

Classic...Buy the Cubs...Win Nothing!

Cowley was on 670 The Score and said that Dotel told him he could be included in a 3 way deal that would land the Sox Cliff Lee. He also talked about a possible deal for Dan Haren that could involve Floyd. I'd give up Poreda and a couple of other prospects for Lee. I just don't think he's worth Gavin Floyd.

Tomorrow is kind of a must-win. I don't see Clayton Richard having the success he had against the Rays.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 09:09 PM) would have loved to see CQ or even Nix pinch hit for Castro. Hell, pinch hit A.J. for him there. At least A.J. has the ability to just pull the ball to the right side and get the runner in. He usually does that anyhow.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 09:32 PM) Our bullpen is definitely looking shaky. Maybe Linebrink should be shut down, sent down for a while. He definitely appears in trouble. Thornton is sometimes untouchable, sometimes wild. DJ is not so good as he showed before the all star break. Obviously Oz has little confidence in Dotel right now. And we know about Bobby of late. Trouble in the pen. I wonder what the solution is. Start hitting.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 09:00 PM) Oh, and let's not forget the play that lost it, Castro dropping the throw at the plate. After a glorious day, Ramon Castro sucked tonight.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 09:04 PM) lol, early returns, but Holliday 3-4 tonight with a 2b, r and RBI That was quick. He's already playing?