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I'm glad KW said something like he did. It seems like the Sox have been piddling around the .500 mark a long time now. He needs to get in Sisco's face now. That guy is worthless.

Good job Massett. He was great.

Thanks for the wind explanation. I would think if wind information is available at Wrigley it'd help the Vegas gamblers, though today there were a lot of runs scored with the wind blowing in.

Now that we've sent Sweeney down, would it be too much to ask of Mack to step up? Mack needs to produce.

We can't even score runs in bunches in Wrigley? We need Thome back and fast.

Why does everybody say the wind will be blowing in for Sunday's game? Is Mother Nature that predictable? What if it's swirling to right or blowing out? How do we KNOW it's gonna blow in???

I don't share your optimism on him. I don't know what the Sox can do at this point. There's really nobody to put in the game before Jenks where the Sox have a 75 percent or greater chance of success. As much as I hate watching them pitch, I'd say MacDougal and Thornton are the only possible options. I agree with the person who wrote Blow It Up. Are there any minor league cast of candidates? What about the knuckleballer?

That's why I'll never blast KW without the disclaimer "thanks for the work putting together the championship team." I just think judging this roster you have to admit they totally over-rated our bullpen. Erstad is not a difference maker. Unless we hit homers in bunches we are nothing. The starting pitching has been great, but the lineup thanks in part to injuries has been horrid. But our front office certainly looks stupid right now regarding our outfield and bullpen. MacDougal and Sisco are never going to win a World Series. We need to cut our losses with those 2 and trade 'em. And Aardsma? C'mon. Massett tomorrow? It will be a Cub celebration all day long Sunday.

I'll forever be grateful for the Series title. But I question our baseball people. Our talent evaluators think tall relievers who are wild are good. They are not. MacD and Sisco are not reliable. Logan is not ready for prime time. Massett ... my gawd tomorrow will be ugly. Thome should have been activated for this series if he's "ready." He doesn't need minor league at bats. I don't care if he wouldn't have played against the lefties. Our lineup sucks without him. He would have looked good in the lineup today. (yes I realize we gave up 11 runs).

I got blasted last year on here for saying our relief was overrated. The ex-Royals relievers are NOT reliable. Jenks is great. The others are below average. Fathom is right; we're going to get swept this weekend and have to regroup. This isn't good after winning the series against the Yankees.

Don't succumb and punch anybody, Sox fans. You'll get thrown in jail. Peace. p.s. Should MacDougal be a starter? Converted to one? I personally think he sucks and that dates back to his days in KC. He's too wild. He ain't a world champion type player.

Usually when a guy needs surgery its best to suck it up and get it taken care of. If he can't throw, what good is he??? Right he's worthless.

Should Oz have let Mark get out of that jam or is that hindsight? Mac D is bad; so is Sisco. It was a different ballgame once Mac came in. In hindsight I'm sure Oz would rather have let mark try to get out of that jam.

We need to ship Mac and Sisco back to the Royals where they belong. Mac D cost us the game today pure and simple.

Sisco like you said is worthless if he can't rear back let it go and throw strikes, not balls. Randy Johnson needs to start an offseason academy to teach tall guys how to pitch.

I can't believe Crede, Dye and Paulie (nice HR in game one though) can't get it going. If they were having regular years we'd be 10 over .500 with our pitching. AJ too. Personally I'd rather have had a better offseason move than Erstad.

We've got some horrid baseball players on this team to go with some slumping struggling proven veterans. Yuk.

Is this Sox team destined to finish .490?

Can't afford to do that when we finally get a clutch hit. Sox remain snakebit. When is this team going to start getting its head out.

Dye didn't move the runners; Paulie whiffs. If we lose this game, our vets again fail us.

If the Royals can play Buck and Pena every day why can't we play AJ and Iguchi every game?

Ozuna, Mack, Sweeney, Molina ... yuk lineup in game two.

I'd take Lee and Zambrano. They can keep the rest including Soriano.

Iguchi's at bat was just as horrific, more horrific as you say. I can't believe he looked at that curveball. With two strikes, our guys need to bat like Polanco of the Tigers. He makes contact and puts the ball in play. But I was responding in a Sweeney thread. He is a rookie but the Royals are a minor league team. Was I asking too much of Sweeney to line a single in that situation? Look at DeLaRosa's stats his previous game. He is no Sandy Koufax.

That is the line of the year. If any Chicago writers are on here they will be clamoring to borrow your line. Great line. The Chicago Guppies vs. The Wrigley Yuppies next weekend.