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I agree with Balta and I wouldn't against Oz doing it.

I love the way Linebrink mowed through the eighth. Loved the way Bobby didn't mess around in the ninth, homerun was meaningless. I loved Jose's line. Love BA's contributions this year. Nice to see Thome bash a homer. Cmon Sox. String some good baseball games together!

Brian is at the stage he deserves at least 300 at bats. C'mon Oz, get him some playing time.

I wonder if Oz and KW are tempted to play Anderson again tomorrow.

I'm not a big OC fan. He and Swish have been as productive as last year's Toby Hall.

Please, Bobby, be on your game tonight. Four runs isn't great, but should be enough against this foe.

I wonder why my puter won't support mlb.com. I need to be able to watch more Sox games than I am getting at this present time.

Go with Linebrink. No Masset please.

It's Dotel time. Good Dotel.

The bullpen better not blow this for Jose. How many pitches has he thrown?

I haven't been able to watch a lot, no. So I'll trust you guys on Swish. I just wish for once somebody we acquire would excel from the start.

Beautiful blast! In a perfect world, somebody would have been on base.

Hopefully the day off will cure what ails Swish. But I'd rather have him replaced than Dye to make room for BA.

I know Silva is having a decent year, but we should be scoring more than a 3 spot on that hack.

Are you convinced Swish will bust out? Steve Sax never did.

It's Anderson time. Seriously. Quentin, Anderson, Dye should be our OF. Trade Swish for prospects.

Oh those bases on balls.

You think we're done scoring? Or do we have more runs in us tonite?

The way Swisher is hitting, I'd be all for BA playing a lot. Sick of Swisher making outs. Glad he's being rested.

Why can't we take control of the game instead of immediately giving up some runs?

I sort of agree with Stoney but I think 5-5 really wouldn't prove anything. 2-8 or 3-7 I think we're done.

How bout Griffey for Dotel and Uribe. Or Dunn for Uribe and Brian Anderson. Or Griffey for Anderson. I like Brian but obviously KW and Oz don't.

I wish a reporter would do an indepth piece on days off for players. Let's say a DH takes a day off. OK, does he still hit BP the full time? Still do all the other stuff? Get to park early, et. all? That means all he does not do is take official hacks in his four plate appearances. Is a day off beneficial to a DH? Or a first baseman?? I mean they still are doing very little physical activity. I think days off are overrated. Now a week off for Swisher might get his head out of his butt. Or play Anderson a full series and rest him a full series to see if BA can actually hit better than Mr. sub .200.

I wouldn't be against some kind of trade with the Reds right now. But obviously not CQ. How bout Dunn and somebody else for Paulie or Thome. They can take pick.

This trip is scary because suddenly it's a must we get our act together after that last trip. Best case scenario in my mind with the team's confidence shaken after the last trip is 2 of 3 versus Seattle and SF and 1-3 versus the Angels. That would be 5-5. I'd take that now. I fear 1-2 vs. SF and Seattle and 0-4 vs. the Angels who are good enough to sweep us and that's be a horrific 2-8. If I had to guess, I'd say 4-6.