Anyone still want to make the argument that having Brian Anderson's >.200 average is our biggest problem?

Just curious.

i less than 3 1-2-3 innings.....

Ughhhhhh.

Fathom, you the one who wanted BMAC in. You got your wish. Go ahead and keep on blaming it on Ozzie!
Like I've stated, our pitchers ARE NOT DOING WELL right now. Will there be anyone who will point your finger at Cooper? It seems like when our pitchers are doing well, everyone jumps on Cooper's bandwagen. What happens if they are not doing well?

Haha. With out pen we're probably going to wind up needing to score eleven or twelve more.

Check the poll on Soxtalk.com, 80% of us agreed with you before tonight.

hes terrible in lf

McCarthy's changeup is pretty damn good, as we've seen last season. He needs to throw it effectively. Cotts, on the other hand, has a weak breaking ball several mph off his fastball.

Does that mean only Santana should throw a changeup when hitters are unable to catch up to his fastball? It's f***ing ridiculous everytime I hear about speeding up bats. You throw 7 straight, 92 mph fastballs and they're fouling it off, you need to throw another pitch. His changeup is good; it's his fault for hanging it.

When the f*** did I blame Ozzie for what happened to McCarthy? I wanted McCarthy to start the 6th inning, as I think he's a hell of a lot more comfortable starting the inning instead of coming in with people on base. It's truly disappointing to see what we've made McCarthy into this season.

They are suddenly envogue again.

Well then this post is for the other 20% that disagreed with us.

ill take that argument, Thornton had what 8 scoreless apperances before this? and the count had two of his pitching jems pissed away? this is a knee jerk reaction sure our bullpen has sucked tonight, but its been a culmination of things that have led to our level of suckitude. Leaving tons of Men on base, and having a CF whos hot right now, and can't play defense worth s***, and another CF who can lay down the glove but cant hit his own weight.

6-5 Yankees through 7. Thank you, New York.

any trade talks on the works?

I agree completely. I feel bad for him totally.

I don't mind the trades, but he ignored replacements. Hermanson was talking retirement last October. Politte wasn't going to come anywhere near his 2005 performance, all you have to do is look at his history, and fathom has pointed out, stats show he was the luckiest pitcher in the league last year. Vizcaino was a guy who always took the ball. Marte wasn't good, but he at least would keep a lefty pinch hitter on the bench. KW had chances to sign lots of guys, but even with the payroll going up $20 million , he strayed away from the formula used to build a world champion 88 years in waiting. He blew off the bullpen and relied on signing a bunch of minor league crap to fix the problem. Maybe his success last year got to his head. He has to remember he got lucky to. He wanted to sign Wright, and reports had him nearly signed until the Yankees came in at the last second and trumped the Sox offer. He wanted no part of AJ, and tried to get Jason Kendall. At least he came to his senses with AJ, because IMO, no AJ no WS.Its going to cost him a whole lot more to fix the bullpen now in terms of talent and money than it would have if he did it last winter.

having more fun watching the spelling bee.

2 girls, one is canadian.

He should have definitley come in the 6th. With him not seeing ANY action in May I don't see how the f*** he wasn't put in.

There's not a doubt in my mind that the Indians are going to be as big, if not a bigger, a threat as the Tigers come the end of the season.

Yah, who the hell puts a starting prospect in the bullpen!!!! Nobody does that s***!!!!

when have they been good this season?

*hits beautox with a stick*

NO! BAD! BAD BEAUTOX!

I need a beer.

R-E-C-R-E-M-E-N-T-I-T-I-O-U-S

When the kid says he doesn't feel comfortable in the pen because he can't get a feel for his offspeed pitches, and he's not a flame thrower....maybe he's not a good fit for the bullpen.

Actually Wainwright is doing real well in ST. Louis, that worked out for them

How many first pitch fastballs are we going to throw him? That's just pathetic.

Cleveland is right back in this race now....especially with the Kitties and us playing like s***.

Could you use it in a sentence?

Damn I hate having to put Broussard on the bench in my fantasy league.

Right. You know better than our staff. Forgot about that.

MAKE SOME MOVES KW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate the music Cleveland plays. They were playing that song from the Six Flags commercial with the dancing old man earlier. I thought it highly out of place.

God, I hate games like this one.

McCarthy may be miscast but he sure as hell isn't doing himself any favors either.

Throw the baseball and get people out. Is nobody accountable anymore - a player screws up and management gets blamed. How many 'f*** Ozzie' comments have been made this year already - our only saviour in the last 90 years. Of course Kenny is gonna get his too.

especially with the momentum we just gave them, them taking the last 3 with our"studs" on the mound.

The sox with some great opportunities to jump ahead of the Tigers and f*** it all up. Great f***ing road series.

Great post. It's beyond hilarious.

He needs to nut up...he was lookin' good at the start...

Buerhle, Cotts, Smoltz, Eck . . .

I feel sorry for every fan who'll have to watch Garland pitch for the next several years. Talk about a contract which never should have been signed. Best we can do is trade Garica, get an absolute killing in return, and move McCarthy into the rotation.

Now Cotts is giving up HR's? Oh man, this is PATHETIC.

Um....he said it himself already this season. Don't worry, it was only a direct statement. Trust me, I'm not making excuses from him. His pitches have been up in the zone seemingly the entire year, minus the first 2 weeks of the season.

It's a long season - they are not playing very good right now. They just have to right the ship and start playing like they can - it's not hte end of the world.

I was being very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very sarcastic.

There are tons and tons of names.

Satana. Liriano.

Those are all totally different situations. The Phillies did that with Ryan Madson, and I'm pretty sure he's getting rocked now.

I've never said it, but are you going to argue that Ozzie has made the perfect decisions?

another starter who did OK in the pen:

Gagne.

Im just going to ignore this comment, because I was in no way blaming Ozzie. I just feel bad for McCarthy, because he is a major-league starting pitcher on a team with 4 solid starting pitchers and 1 starter being overpaid for a mediocre career. He's too good to NOT be pitching, but hes just not a reliever. I don't know. Its a hard situation.

These two girls on the Spelling Bee have ice water in their veins.