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It's weird how it's OK to pounce on some players (Wise) and not OK to pounce on others (Rios). I would never boo Rios from the stands BTW. I don't boo players. But he deserves some venom on here.

Hope the Sox don't let his contract handicap us in the offseason. Just add that 60 mill to the payroll, Jerry. Raise ticket prices again, right?

Rios is in one of the biggest non pitcher slumps in history. Isn't he like 4 for 52? Yikes.

Why don't we advance runners? Inexcusable by CQ.

Dye, Quentin, Rios near the bottom of the order. That's unusual in the big leagues though understandable. Dye and Rios have been utterly pathetic and CQ not exactly a solid producer either.

Are the Tigers giving Magglio his 20 at bats for the 18 mill option to kick in? I could see that as a polarizing issue if they are droppng games just to not play Maggs. How the hell did he get a contract with an 18 mill option that kicks in if he gets so many at bats?? 18 mill? My god.

You said it all: The grass is always greener with other team's players. If Pods could do this next year (and not get picked off base) I'd want him back in a heartbeat to be our leadoff hitter. DeJesus? Michael Bourne? Give me a break. Better yet, give me Pods if he puts up similar numbers.

Pods has been a real good leadoff hitter this year. He's way better than DeJesus. Way better.

If you think Randy Winn is a better option that Pods, then we agree to disagree. Winn is also old, older than Pods and yet you are giving him the benefit of the doubt that he'll rebound and have a better year and assume Pods will decline. Don't get it. But you have your opinion and I have mine. That's cool.

Great point. And my political view of him will never change. One of my least favorite Sox of all time. Hate everything about what he did in his time in Chicago.

Seattle isn't that bad a team. The Ms got a better record than we do and are 39-30 at home. LA is 42-26 at home. To make up the kind of ground the Sox have to make up, they'll have to play VERY WELL on the road after the 2-8 trip. The Sox won't get by playing the kind of game they played in those 2 games vs. Oakland. We went 1-6 vs. NY and Boston combined. Then 1-2 versus Minnie. How will we do against good West teams??

I just don't understand this. Pods has been incredible as our leadoff man. Randy Winn?? Why are we assuming Pods will be noticeable worse next season? We complain about the way some of our hitters hit. Pods uses all fields, has been spraying the ball all over. He's stole some bases. The only negatives are his getting picked off a lot and his defense in center. Why not let him play left and CQ right as there's probably a good chance Dye becomes DH if we keep him around?

Can we fare better on the West coast than we did on the East on that last road trip? The hope is we play to our competition this time. If we plan on making it interesting we really need to sweep the Angels and that will be near impossible unless our starting pitching is lights out. The crazy thing is Detroit is not an intimidating team. That would be cool if the Tigers started to tank.

Either did Harold. Some guys are stoic. Geez.

No. 4 starter? He's better than that on this staff. Our rotation should be this way and balanced: Peavy, Mark, Floyd, Danks, Freddy if he doesn't get fat this offseason and has a good spring. If not, Hudson.

I just don't agree with you sayinghe was not a GOOD player. What are your standards? The guy was a good player at the minimum. I would say he was a great fielder, no question and at the very least a good hitter. And by all accounts a good to great teammate. It's not his fault his back has ended his career prematurely. I don't understand you saying he was not a good player. I disagree.

Twins certainly don't have the "it" factor this year, either. They have really been mediocre.

Everbody's been clamoring for a leadoff man on our team with some speed. We have arguably one of the best in baseball right now (the way he played this year) yet we are not crazy about bringing Pods back. It's so easy to take your own players for granted. If Pods is healthy, he ain't done yet. And we have youth in the minors to replace him if for some reason he pulls a Rios.

It's funny how some people say there's no way you can bring Dye back, yet they immediately want to give a second chance to guys like Rios, Swisher, saying it was just an off year. Dye obviously is hurt. You know it. I know it. Bring him back.

If we are six or seven back when we first play Detroit, I hope the media doesn't act like it's a colossal failure if we split with them or something. I mean the odds of overcoming a team when that team is six up on you are monumental no matter how much we want to win all six. Detroit would have no pressure knowing they just have to win one or two max to finish us off.

Maybe to a certain extent. They already got the money and money talks. He can get all the hot women he wants with the cash he can flaunt. Some guys lose it when they get paid (Jose Guillen). They just do. He'll have a clean slate next spring. Nobody is going to boo him right off the bat in April unless he says or does stupid stuff ala those morons on the Cubs who act up.

Pods definitely deserves to be in a big league uniform next year and it should be with the Sox.

I think you are right. He has to be hurt, which will probably be revealed once the season ends. He'll want the reason known he suddenly couldn't hit. He's just flailing at offspeed stuff and can't hit a fastball either. He should be shut down if his back is bothering him.

If we were to get it to the point where we make Detroit sweat, I would be the first to applaud the Sox and eat my words. I don't want us to lose, folks. If Detroit were to go 2-9 or something like we did and we got red hot we could make 'em sweat. I'd be the first to nominate Oz for mayor.

Rude, here is Oz's quote from tonight. He's had 2 good outings in a row before this I think; aside from that he's sucked. Are you sure that ERA is correct?