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I don't know why Brian Anderson gets let off the hook by so many fans. Has he proven he can hit yet in the big leagues? I mean I like his defense as much as anybody but you can't tell me he's done better than Rowand did. Again, I like his defense and his potential I guess, but Brian Anderson does not appear to me to have star potential as a hitter. I know ... Crede took a while too. We shall see but to say we'll have one of the best cf's for the next six years, I dunno about that. Even the biggest Brian supporters have to admit he has been a C- at the plate to D plus to go with his A-plus work in cf.

It sure sucks that our only hope is we pull our heads out of our ass eventually. Losing 5 of 7 this time of year is ridiculous. We just ain't that good despite the fact we are 22 over .500. There really are no positives right now. We just lost five of six to Minnesota and a slumping Det. team appears primed to pull a Yankee-Red Sox thumping on us. Can we somehow win 2 games in this series????

Exactly fathom. I was thinking about this yesterday ... if we had the lead the Tigers had right now would we think the division title was ours? No way. It's all up to the Sox. They have the team capable of building on the current record and making the playoffs and making a splash. But will the team do it? If I had to bet I'd say no, but it's still out there for the sox if they get their heads out of their collective ass and start pitching, playing defense and running the bases with some brains.

I was tempted to start a new thread with this but decided it is not worth it being it's about The Cub. Did you see the page 3 story in sports in usa today on Monday? Wow ... Dusty getting death threats from Cub fans and letters that call him the n word. It really paints Cub fans in a bad light. I'm sure any team's fan base has some sickos capable of this, but cmon. If sports dominate your life so much you'd send the manager of the Cub a letter calling him the n word and threatening him ... well you deserve a cop come knocking on your door. What ever happened to sports being a series of games to escape life's crap? The Cub fan who sent Dusty that letter is a fricking idiot and deserves to be arrested if he threatened Mr. Baker. Mrs. Baker won't even let theiir 7 year old stay to watch the games cause of people yelling cuss words at Dusty. Amazing.

I can't believe that one post wondering if we wanted the team in the playoffs the way it is playing now. Are you serious? Of course we do. Especially with our team's playoff experience. We win the opening game of the playoffs and you want to see a fanbase get concerned: it'll be the fan base of every team "expected" to beat us in the playoffs. We need to scratch and find a way in. My guess is we'll know after this Detroit series whether or not our players "want" to get back and make a splash. We lose all 4 and that will tell us we're pretty much done. We win 2 or more and the beat goes on.

Man this year is going by fast. Just yesterday it seemed Boone Logan was the talk of spring training. That was fool's gold, though, thinking he'd be a bullpen standout this season. We needed more than Boone.

Yeah but it still sucks Minnesota swept us at the Cell and won 2-3 in Minnesota. Not good.

I just don't think he's very good. He's OK. He's not good.

The team doesn't make me sick, but we certainly don't have the magic. Today the error hurt Vazzie, but our pitching hasn't been great, like you said our defense hasn't been great and we don't run well. Whether it's true or not, it's possible some of the minor moves we made in the offseason have hurt, not helped. I think we miss Rowand. We miss a healthy Hermy obviously. McCarthy, if indeed he's as good as some of you think, has defnitley had a wasted year not being allowed to start. All we do is slug, like you say. It's sad, cause we really could have gotten back in the division race instead we've lost what, four of six. We can't do a thing with Minnie and I fear Det may put us out of our misery and win all four. It's gut check time. Do the Sox keep plodding away, hanging in there, for a magical run? Or are we fatigued and ready to check it in??

You really think Big Hurt used roids? I have a feeling he did not. Why do you stain Hurt's name like that? The general perception is if he had used roids, he'd probably be up there in the Bonds-like zone of home runs. Hurt is clean.

It was fun watching tonight's game and see a starter with some zip on his fastball for a change. Garland is a stud. Some of his critics won't be happy til we ship him away, though. He's an unpopular player at least on the Internet.

I think he'd be the perfect third outfielder for this team. But this has been argued so much I'm glad you put it in there cause people got mad last time I suggested this.

I wouldn't book tomorrow as a win. Twinks rarely lose at home and we have become a headcase team.

Our guys may seem tired but they should always be rested considering how many times Oz plays the B team.

The Royals suck. Good thing Sweeney didn't rifle a double and clear the bases or soxdom would be imploding. Bad series but whatever ... we need to play well against Minnie obviously. Minnie is almost unbeatable at home.

I just hope Pods gets it going the rest of the way. We need him if we want to make the playoffs. I won't be sad to see him leave, but like somebody posted on here the other day, we really are a different team when he gets on base and has a good game. And he has had some good games this year. It's not like we're 20 under .500.

Can you believe Big Hurt is having this kind of year? He ain't done yet.

I still like our team and our WC chances, but it's very disappointing to do this against KC. We deserve anything Moronotti and the rest of the columnists dish out.

Losing 3 would be downright awful.

I just don't understand how we can't beat KC 3 of 4 just by showing up. The magic isn't there, but that doesn't mean we can't plod away, get the WC and get hot at the right time. I have lost hope for the division title. We're too weird a team to win it. Hopefully the Sox will prove me wrong. p.s. I got the feeling tonight watching the game in the ninth. What a bummer it'd be to be poor and have tix to one game this year after the world title year and show up for tonight's game be down 6-0 early and have that game. That would be miserable.

I've given up on the division. It's obvious we have Bosox disease the year after winning the World Series. Boston was good the following year; not great. That's us. By not winning 3 or 4 against the AAA Royals we've proven we are not serious about winning it again. Our only hope is to get in the playoffs via the WC and lightning might strike in the postseason. Don't you all agree this series proves a lot about our team just not having what it takes to win the division?

This sure ain't last year. This series proves were a freak team. I could see anything happen this year except one thing. We ain't going to win the division. Now could we win the wild card and get hot in postseason? I think so. But we are freaks. No excuse for this s***. KC beats our ass like this. We did what great teams don't do. Let up big time after the Tiger series. We could have played average and won 3 of 4. Instead we decide to play like s*** show our warts and will be lucky to split.

I think he woulda been out at home.

Let's face it; we couldn't get up for the Royals after pounding Detroit. That's what happens when you fall 10 back. It's impossible to make up such a deficit. Too many highs and lows. Let's just hope we can win enough for the wild card. It is a joke we can't beat up on Kansas City. No excuses. Just pathetic.

exactly tp. That was the game against a horses*** opponent. I'm not giving up, but wild card may be the best we can do this year. I can't believe Det. has beaten Boston two in a row in Boston. Amazing.