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Is Koch that bad? If he is, it's the Sox jinx hitting again. He sounded like a great acquisition in the offseason.

Why don't we just get rid of the cancers Jose is talking about. I'd rather lose with Miles and guys who hustle. Look at the Royals winning with nobodys so far. If it's Frank get rid of Frank. If it's Lee get rid of Lee. If it's Konerko get rid of Konerko. What's Colon up to? Why isn't he leading the ship with Jose V? We need to start hitting the fricking baseball.

In the offseason we thought our lineup was invincible. Maybe it will heat up if we give it time. This is one of those dry spells. We either fire JM soon or ride this out. Our lineup can't be this bad

I'd rather win tonight than get JM fired. I'm sick of losing.

Good point on Guzman moving the runner over, also. Winning teams know they simply have to do those things to get it done. We still must have a selfish clubhouse. I thought Daubauch and Koch would take care of it, but obviously not. And if Sandy isn't then get rid of Sandy

If that's true about Rios, I don't even want him on the team. Did you see KC's Ken Harvey screwed up a bunt today in a tie game in the ninth then whacked a 3-run homer when the sign was taken off? I guess we are a hexed team maybe for all time. I wish we had Piniella to work with this team. Cause frankly, who are we gonna hire when we can JM? It's going to have to be someone on his staff or the minors right now? Is Bucky Dent the man? If we lose tonight, I'd can JM. It's getting serious.

This may sound stupid, but do you think the Sox do not take it one game at a time?

Good post Zach, I liked it. And I feel for those like Heather who can't afford to go. That truly sucks.

Good points plu. When you said prudent I thought of those George Bush skits on Sat. Night Live "wouldn't be prudent." I agree with you. I'm just frustrated at this time.

I thought we'd show more heart this year with Daubauch and Jose V our regular ss. And adding Koch. But we're playing bad ball. I realize if we win 10 in a row I'll be a big JM fan again, but folks we probably really should fire him. Like Baggs and Heather said, it looks like the same ol s***. We may need a change for the sake of change. p.s. As soon as Borchard is ready health wise, it's Joe time.

Good points Roman and funny, too. We can go 1 of 2 ways. 1.) Support JM and figure we are too good to play .500 ball. Or 2.) Fire JM and promote somebody from our organization who frankly probably won't be any better. What should we do, folks. We may have to ride this out and wait for the warm weather to heat up our bats. But I would not scream if we canned JM. It sure is frustrating, tho.

Oops I hadn't been on the board recently and finally read several threads and many of you also trashed Gordon. Sorry for the redundant post. GO SOX!

I used to be high on Aaron but a lot of you pointed out he had no chance to be a star. With his slow start I'm starting to waver in my confidence. Why can't these young guys hit .250 for a while during their struggling times. The .098 batting averages are not good and force changes. That's why I'm happy Crede started relatively fast this season and after we brought him up last year. Aaron may be finished with the Sox in 3-4 weeks because of this horses*** start.

Baggs said: i was jerry's biggest supporter until how he mishandled the foulke situation..it still bothers me to talk bad about his performance and i want to defend him when i see others who have been ripping him from day one do it in an unfair way...but i think we are almost to the point where the only thing that will make this team play to potential is the firing of manuel.. if the players really like and admire manuel then this west coast road trip should be their chance to save his job...because if we come back with our tails between our legs he has to go...that should be made clear to the players too...and it should also be made clear that player changes will be made along with jerry going should this happen they should all know they are playing for their jobs on this next road trip..then we will see who wants to play and who doesnt How can anybody argue withi Baggs? He is 100 percent correct. This is the correct take on the situation. This is it. Does anybody disagree with Baggs? He hit the nail on el head.

Hey, I haven't seen many games on TV unfortuantely, but do read the boxes, recaps, articles, etc. and I am thinking Flash Gordon needs to go. Am I off base or is this guy not so good? We seem to have plenty of pitchers capable of filling his role. To those of you who have seen most games ... is Gordon done? I don't think we need him coming into games and giving us the ugly linescores he's been giving us. Should Flash be dismissed ASAP or are you hopeful? I am thinking it's time for Flash to depart. Comments?

Good points SII. I wonder if Garland is dumb or a flake. I don't know the guy, but if he is as dumb as dirt and a guy who simply cannot improve then I'd agree it may be time to dump him.

I thought Daubach would be awesome, too. I wonder why he can't get a hit to save his life.

We can't give up on Garland yet. He's had some incredible games. Somehow we have to get him to get his head out of his ass, however. Maybe Koch should take him under his wing and rib him like he does Big Frank.

Crede's statement about the call was awesome. Perfect. He is a class act and I now am a big, big Crede fan. I like this guy.

Baggs said it all. Our decent record says we haven't lost a pennant yet, unless we are led to believe the R's can keep winning like this. This is getting serious at 16-3. I think Baggs is right, though. The season starts with the games Baggs said. I hope we are able to kick some butt. Unfortunately the Twins have been getting their asses kicked and are probably due to rebound.

At least the Royals have beaten the truly s*** teams. I wish we'd dominate the crummy teams. It's not a good sign we are 2-4 vs. KC. We should be 5-1 versus KC

Good point Killa, but I thought Valentin was hitting pretty well. I wished we got more games on TV in KC

My expectations are winning the division. I guess if we stay over .500 we will not make any managerial changes, but I'd like to see us start to kick ass as soon as the weather warms consistently. I guess 2 over .500 is good enough for a while, but if we lose a couple series in late May or June and are still very close to .500 I'd make a managerial change.

I agree we have been frustrating at times despite a pretty good record. Hope Konerko can get it going afore long.

If he ain't 100 percent then we better play Rios. He might be our Loiza of the field. A guy destined to have a great year. I'm moderately concerned about our team. Anybody else?