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I guess I'd root for Maggs also. Tigers and A's.

I knew somebody woudl take my 9-11 comment the wrong way. Seriously watch that documentary. Best piece of TV I've ever seen. It was so sad.

I hope our tired arms rest up this postseason. It will be terrible if these guys are hurt again next year.

I also hope the Yanks beat the Twins ass again.

I'm gonna have to root for Big Hurt in the postseason not this weekend.

Not trying to be insensitive but it is just a game. I was reminded of that last night watching the incredibly sad and interesting documentary on 9-11 on public TV. Sports ain't life and death like that.

This October is gonna suck without postseason baseball. I'm spoiled.

Somebody needs to put us out of our misery. It's so frustrating not being able to beat out Det. or Minnie. Keepin the faith.

How come Bobby can't strike anybody out?

The odds of us getting out of this inning are very slim in baseball parlance.

Glad you 2 both think we're not done if we lose. Pls. don't rub in my prior statements, I haven't done that to you guys. I root for Thornton, sure.

If we lose this game, do you think we're done considering Det and Minnie both won?

Any statniks out there who can help me? It seems like we have faced an extraordinary amount of lefthanders this season. Does anybody have any stats on how many lefty starters we have faced compared to righty? I swear ... whenever I watch the Sox on TV poor ol Thome is battling some lefty. Ditto A.J. Bring on the righties!!!!

Say it isn't so. NEVER TRADE JOE! f*** Boras. There has to come a time we deal with that guy. If we trade Joe for some Pierre/Figgins type, we are a joke of an organization.

Is Thomas on a one year deal? Interesting because he probably will want big bucks this offseason. I wonder if he'll get it. I guess he's still a big injury risk but hey with those numbers I can't imagine him playing for the minimum again. Not with his ego. Interesting. I wonder if he'll get a good contract.

Chisox said it all. He is our closer. Period. That's the thing about second guessing. When the Sox win, people forget how mad they were. Oz made the right call ... again.

Good thread. It's an interesting topic. I can't believe how well Hurt is hitting. I wonder if he'll pull a Fisk and play 8 more years. If so, he'll be inducted in the Hall as an A.

Man what a win! Like you all said time has run out. We can't lose any more ground or we're toast. One game at a time, guys. Let's win. I just re-read the end of the game thread and predictably many were mad at Oz for having Bobby in the game. Hmmm Bobby got the save and i didn't see any apologies to Oz on there. GO SOX!

I think the September slide was worse. That really was excruciating especially with the media and fans mentioning it would be the biggest choke in chicago sports history, surpassing the 69 Cubs and all that. The fact we won it all last year made this much less maddening for me. This is more sad than painful because it's all there for this team. It's just that the team simply can't get it done. Whether it's BMac getting torched in the pen or a starter sucking on a given night or Pods reeking ... we just can't get it together. And yet we're 20 over .500. Wild.

Your post says it all, Hangar. Will we get the McWakeup call or will we win one game each series at the most? Time is definitely running out. Heck, the Angels aren't out of the wild card race yet especially if they sweep us and the Tigers keep freefalling.

Please trade Freddie and let McCarthy start so we'll know once and for all if he can pitch and if he was "misused" all year. I still wish people will admit KW did the misusing, not Oz. People dont seem to want to admit Oz already had 5 starters to work with. Our scouts, KW, whomever felt McCarthy could handle the relief role this season. Somebody was wrong.

I love Thome and I won't blast him in any way. But the way the stats are now, I'd have rather had Hurt this season. Only because he is the best player in Sox history. That said, Thome has had a great great season and I would never criticize him. Not with his numbers. I think it's sad Big Hurt could conceivably have 3-4 good to great years with another team. I thought our doctors thought Hurt was finished. He was not finished.

Good point. I guess it's either Frank or Thome on this team and both have had good years. It just seems Frank is carrying the A's and nobody is carrying us tho Dye has tried with his monster MVP season.

Interesting arguments, glad I'm not in the middle of 'em this time. Thome -- If we could knock out some of these lefty starters he wouldn't have to face the lefty 3-4 times a game. I love Thome's contributions and cannot blast a guy with his production. McCarthy - Glad to see him get some hate finally. Deep down I think most give him a free ride tho, blaming Oz "misusing him" even though Oz was provided five starting pitchers this year. My god, blame KW, not Oz. We had Garland, Mark B, Freddie, Jose and Vaz as our rotation which in the winter was deemed unhittable. If McCarthy was to make the team he had to be a reliever. Those who blame Oz for misusing him really irk me. Batting Anderson second would not be a good idea. I love the post from one of ya who said 'I know he's hitting .290 since the all star break but when does he drive in a key run? Would it hurt him to get a clutch hit once in a while?' I got blasted for saying our bullpen sucked recently. I'll stand by it. Our bullpen sucks. Like fathom said, BMac may have single handedly cost us 3 games of late. How we only won 2 versus Cleveland at home with so much at stake is beyond me and yes Oz gets some blame for that.

McCarthy is the golden boy. People are more apt to criticize Garland still than McCarthy. That amazes me but he has a free pass cause everybody says Oz misused him this year even though KW provided Oz with five starters whose name is not McCarthy.