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How come we're going with lefties two days in a row in our rotation? Isn't that kind of dumb?

How could you not dislike Pierre? He can't hit. Pods could hit.

Interesting, maybe he needs some extra pop to clear the fence as he ages. I love Paulie.

It seems he'd at least ride Jones while he's hot. What if he got hot this whole home stand and hit four homers and suddenly had 8? We'd think we've really got something here.

I can't believe what is happening. Hawks are in serious trouble. We don't get the games on TV here. How is the Nashville crowd? Is it a serious home ice advantage? Or is it dead in there? Obviously Thursday's game is the whole enchilada. Win or it's likely OVA.

The one problem with Oz's lineup switcheroo thing he's planning is Jones has four home runs and Paulie five. I'm assuming Kotsay has none. Kotsay better produce, cause he's going to play a heck of a lot more than Andruw with Andruw only going against lefties.

Considering just today he said he was going to stick with one lineup against righties and one vs. lefties, we are stuck with Kotsay against righties. I agree it will be pretty dumb. Jones is proving me wrong by hitting the long ball at a nice clip. Oz is gonna get hammered if we get shut out with Kotsay in instead of Jones.

I agree that the opposition doesn't matter a bit. We have played like horses*** vs. the Central for a while now. We need to win a zillion games just like tonight's if we are gonna do anything. I don't think it matters who we play unless it's the opponents of that road trip from hell last year: at New York, boston and Minnie.

This was like our season opening win, where it looked like the formula would work this year: pitching and good enough hitting. Let's hope we can build on it and not do what we did after that equally impressive season opener. Not meaning to be a negative nancy; great win tonight, though there would be another well deserved meltdown had we lost 5-4 cause we only got 7 hits tonight.

Just bat Pierre ninth, Ozzie, just do it.

Just cause we disagree with you doesn't mean we're little girls. Some of us played sports as well as you did. And some of us liked Pods all last year even with his baserunning gaffes. I love Pods and I do believe he still has pop in his bat. And I have never been a fan of guys like Pierre who have no pop in their bat. It sickens me to see how shallow they play him. Guess it reminds me of Little League when guys like Pierre came to bat and as a third baseman our skipper forced me to play about even with the pitcher in case of bunt. Little girls don't risk their teeth gettin knocked out playing hockey from youth leagues through high school.

Some of us don't think anybody is listening (reading) so we repeat ourselves ad nauseum. Could be a bad thing.

Well they are 4-9. If for some reason they repeat the 4-9 the next 13 games and stand at 8-18, you might as well write it off. If Minnie is 17-9 at that point, we'd be nine back and buried pretty early. Our only hope would be a Houston like comeback. Weren't the Astros smitten with a god-awful record at the break the year we beat them in the World Series? Teams have completely turned it around the second half, but if we are 8-18, I'd say KW should start to plan on what moves he can make the second half to strengthen the team for next year. Should be interesting to see what happens against Tampa. Teams going in opposite directions at this point, for sure.

True, earthshiner, but at 4-9 a day off wouldn't hurt. The team better gets its head out of its collective butt soon. Teams like the Royals and O's regularly get buried by mid May. 4-9 ain't gonna cut it. I plead with the Sox to get it together and start winning games.

My posts were meant at Dave, not you, Knight. Definitely not at you. All my posts were at him for getting worked up about the "we."

To Dave Brown, why do you care? Don't you have other things to occupy your concern? Like whether international flights should be flying over the volcano? Or whether the recession will ever end? Or ... anything?

Who gives a f*** if some of us like to say "we." We are fans. Big deal. If topics like this become a big deal ... I'm speechless. "We" know we are not members of the f***ing team. "We" have followed the team for years, some of us decades. Grow up.

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Pods is on fire. Seven stolen bases, playing great baseball. But ooh he's a bad baserunner. He got picked off a lot last year. That of course did not cost us the pennant. We could use's Pods' multi-hit potential right now. The guy has some pop in his bat. Juan does not. Watch how shallow outfielders play Juan. It is almost embarrassing.

bmags is right. It's too early to be saying "we're only five out." It's embarrassing that we are five out this early. 4-9 is a Baltimore O's type record. This team remains so damn dysfunctional. 2-2 in Toronto isn't all that bad. Then boom. 0-3 in Cleveland. Team plays a perfect opening game, then loses its next five to Cleveland?? WTF? The only thing more dysfunctional than our season so far would have been in the Hawks lost to Nashville tonight to go 0-2. That would have been insanely dysfunctional and unexplainable. Instead, the nice victory and the Hawks are hopefully back on track to do what we feel they should do. Reach the Cup Finals.

Me too.

I can't believe 2 of the 3 things you mentioned concerned pitching. Most of our problems I feel stem from our offense which has to be one of the worst in team history since the start of the DH. What bugs me is why our organization decided home runs are evil. If that's all on Oz, I'd agree Oz should be fired. But he's not the f***ing GM. Or the owner, who professes to be a baseball guy. It makes no sense, especially in our ballpark. The Sox brass got hypnotized by the potential of our starters. Proof of that is the flirtation with Halladay. Didn't KW or somebody imply it'd be the best rotation in the history of mankind if we got Halladay. Screw the rotation. The lineup is what will keep Comiskey morgue-like much of this season. Barring some Royals-like renaissance of the everyday players. Anybody checked to see the Royals' starters' batting averages? It's like a college team with the high numbers. Everybody's hitting over .300 and Pods is hitting over .400.

Good job, Sox. After sleeping through last game in Toronto in a series you actually were playing OK, you got your asses handed to you by Cleveland. Eat some good food on the charter home.

Good stuff, Balta. Losing 3 in Cleveland is tough to stomach. Hopefully there is hope somewhere.

Balta, being serious, what is it about this year's team that keeps you sane, thinking "it's still early?" I have never been this blah about a season because of the team's makeup. If you could give me a reason to get excited and believe, I would be most appreciative. Aside from the "it's early" argument.