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We also need another bat in the lineup capable of the numbers CQ put up last year. We really miss that obviously.

True. We ain't going 13-3 in the next 16. It would have been nice to win game one. Now we gotta do it the hard way again if we hope to win this series.

Yep, yep yep. Such is life of a five under .500 type team. As far as AJ's at bat, I felt good having the vet stroll up to the plate against the Cubs with the game on the line. I thought he'd loft a fly ball to at least tie it. I didn't think the vet would swing at the first pitch and hit into a DP. If Fields wouldn't have drawn the walk, people would have second guessed Oz for pinch hitting for Beckham. It's so easy to second guess the manager on any loss. I personally felt good with AJP at the plate even vs. a lefty.

As a fan, I felt pretty good when AJ strolled to the plate, even against a lefty. One pitch later I felt lousy. You can second guess all day and I'm sure people will. So point out the 10 bad moves Oz made. When you lose, there are all sorts of things to second guess.

Tough tough loss. Sure wish AJP would have lofted a game tying sacrifice fly. You could see it coming and wham, first pitch, we are done for the inning. After the great series against the Dodgers, disappointing to drop game one again.

I don't know why he ever moved from second. It's a great spot for him. He can still make the occasional remarkable play at second. He's too erratic to play ss and that was easily predictable. It seems stupid to play Beckham at third if ss is his spot and he's reliable there. For this year though, since Fields was a bust, I guess we need Beckham at 3B, Lexi at ss and Getz at 2B. It's better than Fields at third, Beckham at short and Lexi at 2B. Unless Fields is finally coming into his own after the two dinger game.

I'm not a Carrasco fan, nor a Gobble fan. I am an Oz fan, though. If he thinks he's doing a good job, great. If Carrasco helps us win like he did today, I will tip my cap to him.

• Nice win. Got to love Pods' contributions this year. • Game drew just over 20,000 fans. Economy or our home record? • Sox have won four of five and eight of 12. Heating up? • Aaron Poreda gets first ML victory. Sweet. Congrats to him. Should he take over for Clayton? What's up with Richard after those great first three or four starts? • Carrasco nice job. Oz's eruption in the Trib on Lexi's defense ... TRIB GAME STORY Make that everybody except manger Ozzie Guillen, who was in a foul mood because shortstop Alexei Ramirez made a pair of errors, one of which led to an unearned seventh-inning run that tied the game 5-5. “We played 13 innings because we were lousy in the field. Lousy and lazy in the field,” Guillen said. “I made a big mistake when I said in January he’s going to be a better shortstop than Ozzie Guillen. I never thought I was that bad. “We won and that’s good. I’m excited, but there are so many things I want to see I don’t see yet. And I need to see it. ... We have a better ballclub than what we show.” Oz on Carrasco ... “the best pitcher we have. He’s always picking up everybody’s garbage and he has been doing it for two years.”

If you think Carrasco is as good as Linebrink, then IMO you are dead wrong. Carrasco is a total stiff, not in the realm of a Gobble, but a career journeyman at best; Linebrink has a track record of being something. If you think Carrasco was the right move over Linebrink, then bless you.

Team has to start winning series, winning every series, at the Cell. Sox home performance has been of an also ran, not a contender. The team isn't even over .500. That's not a contender. If we are not .500 at the break, forget it.

THat was a horrible trade. I picked him up as well, but my teams really suck.

He does suck, but that shot into the gap today to score our fourth run was a thing of beauty. Nice rip into the deep gap. He got us an important extra run.

Ozzie obviously is trying to develop a pattern in which Linebrink is THE set up guy in games like this. Like you said, it's either throw in Mr. High Paid reliever or put him on the DL. Hopefully he'll address the situation in going to Liney again today in the media reports on the game. There is a reason, folks, the media has to ask him to clarify it for us but it may be Oz had decided he's the guy to pitch the eighth in games like this.

Liney may suck, but I'm saying you have no idea whether anybody else would have given up more than one run. Unless you are a mindreader. The sportswriters should ask why Oz put him in. He has a reason. He knows more baseball than anybody on here. But they won't ask him even though he'd give the reason.

Liney gave up one run. Make your call right now. Who do you want in? Bobby might not have it today. So tell Oz what to do.

So now are you all going to second guess Oz for putting in Bobby?

It is all the same.Carrasco is a stiff.

Bye bye ballgame.That was ball one called a strike.

Yeah, Carrasco is really good.

You'd prefer Carrasco? It's all the same.

Mark B was gassed. Let the second guessing begin.

At some point, he's going to have to play and play a lot to be considered "one of their better players," but I understand your point. He needs to play.

As dumb as this sounds, Pods has been pretty good. Darn good actually.

Also how many games do we have to play at Minnesota? We aren't going to suddenly win series in the dome.

Good story by Cowley on Fields being the odd man out? Are we playing better since he's been the odd man out? Or at least is our lineup better with Fields the odd man out?