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Off to church. It was nice having Ozzie as our skipper for so long. What day does he get fired? Tonight, tomorrow or Tuesday?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 09:05 PM) CQ needs to remove himself from the all-star game. He should not be considered for an at bat. Pretty ridiculous he's in there.

I watched the prosection's closing statement on replay last night. I thought he did a very good job. I don't see what more he could have done. I forget his name. The salt and pepper haired guy. He laid it out there pretty well. I turned it off and didn't want to watch Baez's closing. I truly feel he was representing a murderer and didn't want to hear it. Of this whole case one of the most bizarre things is how the police wouldn't go check for the remains of the baby when that guy told them 3 times there was a body in the swamp. Very bizarre. I do have a comment: Everybody talks about Casey Anthony making money soon off interviews. I was thinking. If the interviewer does a good job, she will really be earning that money. Because her defense was that there was an accident and her dad did the duct tape, etc. She is going to have to talk about that A LOT and anything she says will be very morbid and accusatory toward dad, who probably will be able to sue his own daughter. I mean any interviewer is going to ask some tough questions (unless they agree just to talk about her future, and make her a movie star type celebrity about 'how did the trial make you feel?' I can't imagine a real interviewer agreeing to just to puff piece questions. How can she face a real interviewer and not look horrible? I mean THEY HAVE TO ASK HER ABOUT THE ACCIDENT IN THE POOL, one that never happened.

I picked up that Minnesota hack for my fantasy team today, figuring if we hit him I wouldn't be that mad anyway. After today, Ozzie wouldn't even be surprised if he got fired I bet. I wonder if he would/will take Kenny down with him and blast the talent he gave him.

Something has to be done when you have a guy like Rios who disrespects the game the way he plays. You can't keep a lazy guy like that on your team if you expect a hard working southsider to pay 10 bucks for a beer and park for 50 or whatever it costs.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:52 PM) i know. but my neighbor and his kid annoy me, so maybe it's not so bad after all. That's true, but the food might have been good.

The Sox have to get the OK from Jerry to just replace the overpaid dung. Release Teahen and Rios. Shut down Peavy. And bat Dunn ninth. Send Beckham down. I don't think any Sox fans will care what our record is the second half. Just lose with new kids. Get rid of the tubbies who can't play the game.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:49 PM) Imagine what Harry and Jimmy would have said..... It would have been priceless. BTW after today I give the Sox an F for the first half. Somehow the record isn't F worthy, but I think the product and the performance deserves a grade of F. I guess a D-minus might be acceptable, but I'd go with F. Horrible, awful first half. Putrid.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:46 PM) The teams I watched growing up didn't have a quarter of the talent these guys have. But they played the way the Twins play and that's why they won. Guys like Rios are contagious. The lazy attitude spreads. Can you imagine Tyler Flowers coming to town today and seeing this lazy team in action? Must be depressing after playing for a minor league team that probably cared.

Seeing that Peavy cant even last five innings against a terrible Minnesota team in the Cell, maybe he should be just shut down the rest of the year or make him a middle reliever to pitch a few innings here and there as he continues to recover.

Can you imagine how happy Toronto was when we agreed to take Rios? Wow. And some people on here still want to criticize Rowand.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:42 PM) Talking to Karko's Throatskin, he has the Twins' broadcast and said their announcers just went back to replay the Rios play and had this to say - "thats terrible. I mean..just terrible. I have to show this again, I don't want any young kids playing like this. I don't like bring things like this up. But the little kids are out there...kids, please don't play like Alex Rios. Learn fundamentals. Hit the cutoff man. Make the right play." Made my day. Awesome. He's stealing money. Only choice is to release him. It's the only thing to do. And bat Dunn ninth.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:41 PM) Does Gordon have one offensive tool? Can't hit for average or power (even for a 2B). Is not fast. He just doesn't do anything well. Very true. I don't like his batting stance either with the hands. He's like another Rios at the plate. I think he needs a makeover. He's just another Chris Getz right now or worse than Getz really.

With no changes, it's safe to say Detroit will sweep us after the break as well. When is our next sweep in Minnesota? Will it be a three-game sweep or four-gamer on our next trip to Minnie?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:37 PM) This was a "trap" game as soon as the starting pitchers were announced. Not sure how I feel now. I ALMOST would have rather been swept, because KW will use the victory yesterday as the excuse not to make any changes. That and the fact we're only 4 1/2 or 5 GB, depending on what the Tigers do. That's why they need to blow it up. Good teams don't have all these "trap games." You go out and beat the no name pitcher and your name pitcher mows them down. Rather than meekly drop 3 of 4 more to Minnie.

I agree with their praise of Beckham's defense, but the man is having a horrible season at the plate. They haven't even mentioned his offense. It's putrid right now in his career.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:32 PM) I turned down an invite to bbq at the beach today to stick around and watch this one. d'oh! Terrible move. Never choose something like that over this team.

How in the hell can they keep Oz/KW after this. You can't explain losing 2 of 3 to KC and 3 of 4 to Minnie. Those are 2 bad baseball teams in our division owning us at home. There's no way a fan should buy a ticket the second half. Go watch the Kane County Cougars if you need a baseball fix.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:29 PM) Rios is tradeable in my opinion-might not get much in return but maybe somebody could use him Just release him. Suck it up and pay the contract. Nobody just nobody will pick up his contract. It is wasted money. As far as what he can do on a baseball field, he's garbage.

I forgot. And Alex Rios. What a joke.

Bye bye Ozzie and Kenny. It was nice knowin' ya. Jake Peavy and Adam Dunn. Nice moves, KW.

That at bat tells you Dunn is simply finished. He can't hit that unknown's straight fastball? Dunn might single-handedly ruin our franchise. 4 years of that? At some point the fans CANNOT come out anymore to see that guy whiff. It is a SERIOUS problem unless they start batting him ninth as a sideshow. IT IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED FOR A GUY HIS AGE TO JUST BE SUDDENLY FINISHED.

Will they say one win over Minnie is progress (lol, at home we drop three likely) or does Oz get the axe tonight?

This pitcher will get shelled his next start. We all know that.

My least favorite players are anybody not named Paulie. Except for most of the pitchers.