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OK, you would have pulled him in the third? That's insane. If he can't go five, six, then send him to the minors for rehab work.

To all of you who wanted Vazzy out of the game. OK tell me, what inning would you have pulled him? He's a veteran and he sucked. But veteran starters in the big leagues go six no matter what.

It's pretty simple. Ozzie demands six innings out of his veteran starters even if they suck. It's never going to change. I prefer to blame horses*** Vazzy. He's going to go six no matter what.

Dye, Thome, Konerko, Crede ... hit tonight so we can pull off a comeback 12 inning win, pls.

It's cause AJP caught almost two games last night. The predictable "rest" thing. This is all on Javy.

Good point kyle. I forgot temporarily about Oz's fibbing tendencies. But I still don't know what you guys have against closer by committee. Would any of you mind on a given night Thornton taking the ninth if he breezes through the previous inning as he did last night? Or even Masset if he does the same? Committee baby.

Why do you say Liney is done closing when Oz told the Sun Times writer that Liney is his guy? I think you could see anybody close, even Thornton if Oz has the gut feeling that night.

Isn't this guy another former Royal reject pitcher?

Nope. Just saying Sox need to play hard. Lotta lefties vs. Javy. I didn't say we can't win the close game again; I think it's gonna be close again. KC hasn't beaten us yet this year.

2004 is a long time ago. I'm not against oz trotting him out there if Oz thinks he is the man on a given night. I'm saying Oz in the paper said he has a reason for going with Linebrink over Dotel. Linebrink is on the plate; Dotel isn't, he said.

I just read the Sun Times and Oz said he likes Linebrink because he's on the plate and Dotel isn't. I trust Oz on this one. He's going to have to go with his gut on a nightly basis and see what happens.

But who is assured of being a good closer on this roster? It's a crapshoot. Committee sounds good to me right now. Oz is a good manager and has a good feel for the game. People get on him for things, but the few instances he has some speed on the bases (only chance is with Wise or Alexei) he puts things in motion. I trust Oz on this one. Committee baby with Linebrink deserving one more shot.

Was that a rumor or did Linebrink really say "I stink" after the game? If he did, it shows some balls and it might be worth giving him the ball one more time.

Royals have some good lefty hitters in DeJesus, Gordon, Teahen, Gathright and Gload. Aviles is hot. Royals haven't beaten the Sox all season and even they have some pride, especially after last night's game, which was a heartbreaker for them. It will take another good hitting game to beat them tonight I fear. Seems like the teams that hit Bannister come out swingin. He's not bad. Should be another close game.

Some of you guys act like Dotel is really good. He might be worth a try, but he's no Rivera. Committee sounds good to me.

No offense, but that's stupid. They were trying to win just like the Sox. It happened to be a good game. True Linebrink sucked, but there were a lot of potential goats on both sides in that game. Call me dumb but I'd try Linebrink again. He's getting used to being trotted out there. Or try Masset again. True he stunk, but he did get the last DP ball.

Maybe kyle, but the odds are so slim of us both even making the playoffs. Sox, Tigers and Twins will be in a war all season. Cubs will probably win that division going away.

Jose sucked tonight. His pitches screamed "hit me." Funny to be at the game and look at that bullpen and nobody moving. In a way I respect Ozzie for doing it. Jose was gonna pitch at least five innings no matter how s***ty he was pitching. We had seats by the plate and he was horrible. No velocity. Nothing.

The way Thornton is throwing I'd give him a chance til he blows one. Unless Oz figures Linebrink is our best candidate and merely needs to get used to the role. Linebrink's too good a pitcher to keep blowing saves isn't he?

How could a Ray beat out Dye?? Do the Rays have fans?? It's rigged if Longoria is leading.

I disagree. He didn't seem put off at all by Morrisseey. He said he likes emails. He'll keep responding to ones that push the right buttons. I sense the two have a good relationship. Oz obviously likes getting email. The article made that clear. Shoot, email Oz and ask him if this will make him change his email attitude. I bet he responds to that question. He'll keep emailing.

There's so much ball left who knows what will happen? I think the Twins and Tigers are for real. It'd be nice to keep playing well against the Royals. We're off to a good start vs. them this year.

Mark grabbed the mike and talked to the fans?? Wow. I voted twice for him; everybody vote for Dye if you get a free minute. That was a fun game to watch. Danks! I'd have never thunk it. Congrats again, KW and Coop. Wise is a nice story right now. Alexei is great; do you think he'll ever draw walks or is he the next Manny Sanguillen?

Great point about our pitchers getting some rest. Can't hurt at all.

I don't see how anybody can be critical of Wise right now. He's fun to watch play and is contributing some. I do like BA, though. We played well w/out Paulie. Now that he's back he better suck it up and be the old Paulie. Wise and BA and Swish have done OK in his absence.