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Let's face it: KW and Oz thought our starting pitching would be so good that our horrid lineup wouldn't matter this year. You have to admit that's all anybody talked about, especially after we got Peavy. It made it easy for them to not want Thome and/or Dye and no regular big bopper at DH and no stud at third, just a utility type guy in Teahen. It was a smug attitude and it was like no matter what crap we throw out there on the field we'll be fine because of the starting pitching. The lineup is horrid and dull and because of this the Cell will be empty and KW and Oz and whomever went for this strategy could be responsible for a financial disaster in terms of paying customers, outrageous parking fees lost, concessions lost, etc. How we rebuild from this mistake in thinking ... now that is the question. IMO the Sox should immediately be addressing this question. How can the Sox fix this mess of a team in the least painful way possible and the quickest way possible?

Sox continue to resemble a bad bad baseball team. Should be interesting to see the firesale of all the guys who make a decent buck as the season progresses. Jerry will be dropping salary once we are 12 back; if we don't have a chance to win, he'll want to save some cash.

Fair questions. On the first one ... most managers at home bunt the runner into scoring position in a tie game late. With two outs to play with, you should be able to get a hit and win. On the second one ... I guess Santos shoulda come in over Putz. Santos has been great all year. If he's rested which I guess he is, good call there. But is there any guarantee he'd have fared any better? Why couldn't Putz get the job done? is he horses***? I still blame Putz some. Why did he leave Mark in too long? Wasn't his pitch count OK? Has Jenks sucked every time he's entered a tie game? If so, why? I guess if Bobby's track record is that he fails 80 percent of the tie games he enters, then Oz failed big time putting him in again. But again, why can't he get his head out of his ass and do the job??

It's obvious you and I have a big difference of opinion in the outcome of a game. I tend to blame the players, the talent and the execution while realizing there are 10 to 20 decisions every game by Oz or any manager that can be second guessed. If he takes Mark B out and the reliever gives up the hit, then who do you blame? Prolly Ozzie cause he'd have brought in the reliever you don't want. What if Mark, who is a veteran with not a terrible pitch count, would have gotten out of the inning. That could have happened. Buck hits 2 home runs. Buck sucks. I do not blame Ozzie for that. Putz gives up the big bomb. Hell, Oz could have had some other pitcher in there. I blame the guy who tossed the gopher ball. Jenks never pitches well in a tie game he shouldn't have been in there. Why the f*** can't he get through the inning? I blame Bobby. As far as what Ozzie brings ... I firmly am convinced he knows the game of baseball. The talent we have this year, especially on offense, sucks big dog. Ozzie haters can say, "Well Ozzie wanted this horses*** lineup. He wanted Kotsay and Juan and Teahen." Well, fine. If Ozzie truly is the manager/GM, then maybe he should be fired for bringing in bad players. The only way I see him deserving being fired is if he is the GM/manager and not just the manager. I still say he had the input but KW makes the calls there. I think Ozzie bunting the runners over tonight was the right call late. Two guys couldn't get a f***ing hit, including Oz's boy Juan. I just think Ozzie knows the game of baseball and makes the moves most all managers make. I believe he bringing a lot to the organization. Some blame managers; I blame the players unless I feel the manager is a buffoon like Bevington. I think ozzie is a good baseball mind, thus I blame the players.

It's weird to see a home run to left in the Cell and so few fans in the stands. Reminds me of my youth when nobody went to Old Comiskey. The Cell is gonna be a tomb this summer.

You can't? It's easy to blame the manager so many fans do. I tend to blame the players. Nice pitch, Mr. Putz.

Blackhawk fever. They are toying with Vancouver. Another goal. Beautiful passing.

The Blackhawks are so good, it's scary; 4-2. Power play thing of beauty.

Teahen with yet another chance to do something productive and weak tap out. He's so bad. Just start platooning him with Nix until we get sick of Nix.

The bunt was the right call. Two Sox in a row can't get the GW hit. That's sad. You got to produce. We still gonna win, tho.

Juan is juan bad baseball player.

See, we're gonna win.

This team with Dye is better than this team w/out Dye.

The scouting report should read: "John Buck sucks. Throw it over the plate and let him get himself out as he has in most at bats in his lousy career."

What is Ozzie supposed to learn? The players have no responsibility here to produce?

He got the final 2 outs of the inning with no problem, didn't he? We're playing at home. We're still gonna win. U guys act like Oz is Terry Bevington. He's not.

why would I want to do that? I agreed with leaving Mark in the game.

Why did you guys want Mark out of the game?

Nobody's dwelling on 2005 though it might be the only WS you see in your lifetime.

The point it, Pods would be helping us a lot right now. He came out of the gate hot. Juan is a ninth place hitter. Although so is Becks right now.

I can't believe I'd rather see Beckham ninth than Pierre, but after seeing his at bats tonight and seeing he has all of four f***ing RBIs all season, I guess Gordon deserves that Nine hole.

I'm surprised you guys are so mad. What did you expect after us scoring some runs last night? You knew we'd revert back to s*** against a mediocre team like the Jays.

Gotta make the Blue Jays pay for that. You know if that happened to us in the field with 2-0 lead we'd blow it! Cmon Sox.

3-1 meatball and Drew Jones hits weak ass fly ball to lf. One out.

Sweet, we win the game.