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Excellent column in my opinion by Couch. Have to nod my head in agreement here. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/couch/11994...g100308.article

Was Joe spraying champagne in the stands? That's so cool. I always loved that guy.

I'd hate to see Crede snatching every grounder and liner we pull toward third 18 games a year and getting clutch hits and homers in The Cell vs. us as well as OC deciding he wanted to bury us every time he plays us. -- Is it just me or does Bartlett hit way over his head against us? Is it him being a former Twin? He f***ing kills the ball vs. us it seems.

Thanks to Jordan4life for shedding some sanity on the situation. I think he's right. Who knows what Clayton would have done starting? He mighta been wild. I will say at the point of the game he was in, he looked good against their lefties. I think Jordan4Life's post is valid, though. We sort of had to start Javy unless we did the 3 day's rest thing again with Mark. I would think at some point that 3 day rest thing would really start to blow up in our faces.

I think if we win tomorrow with Mark I'll start getting whacked out again. During the game I'll be happy with fairly low expectations again. But today I was calm the whole game. After what we've been through since the Yankee series and especially the 3 elimination games it was tough to get all worked up today. When Wise whacked the homer I didn't even get in the competititve mode, but if it woulda been 3-1 after 6 or so, it woulda been interesting. Like you all said, it is gravy. I truly think T. Bay has a better team. I do not blame injuries and haven't seen anybody blame injuries. But when Evan L. hit 2 dingers I couldn't help but wonder what would be up if Carlos Q was healthy. You do need some young guns who are studs and step up. IT AINT OVER YET!! GO SOX!!

I'd keep him and turn him into a middle reliever, salary be damned. I think he'd be like Dotel, some days good, some awful. As far as the thread, yes he was the biggest reason we lost. You take the 3-1 lead and immediately are behind? I wish I could have heard what Stone said about that. That was a killer. That said, great relief job and we still could have made it interesting with some clutch home runs (we don't get clutch hits, only hrs of course). Nice job by Wise; we had a chance to stun them ala the Dodgers vs. Nubs in Game One had we held them at bay a couple innings. But Javy giving up the lead immediately!! My god that cooked us. Poor Javy, what a stiff. -- I was talking to somebody who was not a big baseball fan who wanted to know why a guy with 16 losses was pitching in a playoff game (and I don't blame Ozzie; I'd go with the headcase Vazzy today over a rookie)? I just said I don't know.

Badger did you watch that last fly out? Javy is so bad their hitters are licking their chops. It's bombs away like he's a home run derby pitcher. Playing on the road sucks. We need to stay within a run (somehow with Javy) and steal the game late with a bomb.

Badger you are nuts. That was all on Javy. he gave the lead right back. The question is is Longoria gonna set some kind of record for home runs today?

Wow. Paulie takes strike three. Giving the lead back immediately is a huge killer. Thanx javy. Man you do stink.

This dome is doom. Only way we are gonna win is to pull out a 10-8 victory.

At this rate, Longoria is gonna hit 5 home runs today not just four. Javy is a BP pitcher; it's hilarious. The uppercut swings by Tampa. Wow. Let's see if we lay down on the road or keep fighting. Would nice to see Paulie hit a bomb. Or Griff. Fathom I dunno about if Griffey coulda done anythiung about it. Doubtful. It was a pretty good cannon over his head.

He's running even down 2 runs.

This is why I love baseball; who would have thunk Wise would pound a two strike pitch for a 3 run homer when mired in a horrific slump?? And then with two out and pitcher on ropes with man on second Jimmy weakly taps out. Let's enjoy this playoff baseball game. Hang in there, Sox. beat these young bums.

Get ready Jimmy; drive it baby.

Wise just laced a two strike, three run home run after being in a major slump. How do you explain it?? No more Wise criticism from me. Nice 2B by Dye; keep it goin.

I'll shut up on Wise forever; my god a 3- run homer, fathom it was a liner!!!

He's gonna whiff; we all know this.

That was the pitch. 0=1 fastball, takes for strike, now 1-1

Wise can make us all happy with a single here. Man up, son. Two outs, OC pops up.

Nice bunt; OC and Wise. Man up, boys. We can shut up the crowd for a while. GO SOX.

Sweet, Uribe better not bunt. He'll pop it up.GO SOX!!

TV is making a big deal out of the dome.

I'm more mad that Wise has lost it at the plate. At one point he was pretty serviceable. Now he's like a bad hitting pitcher. I know why he's playing wise, but I still say there's something to Oz being mad at Swish for brooding. He forgave OC, but not Swish. I don't care either way except Wise needs to play like a big leaguer.

fathom it was a high pop to left; wise was playing in leftcenter made full sprint; OC was converging on ball, Wise stopped and it fell for 2B.

Welcome to the dome. Wise had to run a long way; looks like he got scared of OC at the end and stopped. Watch how Wise was in a full sprint then stopped.