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QUOTE(Brian @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 07:50 PM) Spurrier not happy Man, I can't get past how ridiculously good next Saturday's ND/Michigan game is going to be. And than of course there is the Iowa/ISU game.

QUOTE(Wanne @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 07:42 PM) I don't think it'd be halarious if the Tigers flop. Me personally...I hate ALL THINGS MINNESOTA....Twins and Viqueens. Plus...the Sox match up better with Detroit. For you guys pulling for Minnesota...I'd think again. I can't hate on the Twins. In fact, aside from the World Series ring, I'm kind of jealous of the Twins. They play the game right and have a tremendous all around organization. In fact, if the Braves somehow go into hybernation mode (not saying it will happen) than the Twins would be the best organization in baseball, imo. Its just too bad they got a s*** bag owner.

I should add, right now I'm pulling for another Twins win cause I think our best chance is both the Twins and Sox passing the Tigers in the division with both teams making the playoffs.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 07:30 PM) Woohoo the Cyclones won! Two straight Clones games that were way closer than they should be. God, this means they are gonna just whipe the floor against the Hawkeyes. I sure hope Tate is 100% for the Cyclone game, we will need him, especially considering how ISU always brings there A game for us and we usually bring about our C game.

The offense came out in full force and the Sox pick up the Win. Oh and Jon Garland gave up 1 run in 6 innings!!!!

Thorty picks up the save. On a sidenote, was Jenks actually up? I wasn't paying attention when they were panning to the pen but the only times I looked I swear I only saw Thorty up.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 07:26 PM) HA, fans booing Guillen for not bringing in Jenks. I thought they were booing for taking MacDougall out. 1 pitch away from the win.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 07:26 PM) But don't you think that after this year's struggles with Widger's hitting, they might want to make sure they have a strong offensive back-up catcher? Aaron Rowand would have misplayed that ball Right now I don't have a f***ing clue what our organization is doing. There are a lot of things that make zero sense to me and most of them stem from things Ozzie's done or things Ozzie's said. I should add that I don't think Stewart is a major league starter, however, I think he's a very very good backup and a guy that is a damn good defensive replacement. If he could ever hit .250-.260 he'd start on a lot of teams. I'd love to see what a guy like Scioscia would do with Stewart (I think Scioscia would absolutely love Chris). Oh the odd thing is, we have a guy down in the minors, Donny Lucy, who still has some improvements to make but in a year or two could be completely superior to Stewart defensively and Lucy has a bit of offensive upside, however I don't know if he'll ever reach it.

That stinks, you wonder if the bruised thumb will prevent a call up. I also wonder if Tracey will join the club. Although its been a while since Tracey has done much anything good. He finished the year in a funk.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 07:22 PM) Yes, I've heard he's the best defensive catcher in the organization. Not just our organization, but almost every organization. However, I doubt Stewart is calling this game all on his own, considering he's still not overly familiar with these guys. Nice full count strike pitch by MacDougall. Man is he nasty, I just hope he can stay healthy.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 06:40 PM) 14-7 Ohio St. Great drive right before halftime. 17-7, an interception by McCoy led to an OSU field goal. OSU has now scored 10 points off Texas turnovers. Following the turnover, Texas went back out and failed to move the ball and OSU has the ball again with the opportunity of going for the semi kill.

QUOTE(tealeafreaderii @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 07:21 PM) does he have good defense and call a good game? Hell yes

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 06:28 PM) What a bulls*** roughing the passer call on Ohio St. Completely agree and Colt McCoy is able to get a TD thanks to it. OSU driving though with the ball on the 29 with 22 seconds left. Wow, Tedd Ginn was wide open and thats a TD.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 06:21 PM) Get Gload in at 1B, and Sweeney or Mackowiak into RF. Ya and keep Pods in. Let him keep swinging.

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) hey I was watching the det game, what are the chances dye is actually hurt/miss a game? thanks He's staying in so I guess thats a good sign. That said, if we hold the lead another inning or two I think he'll get taken out in favor for Sweeney (so he'll probably only play another inning at the most). Honestly I'd probably have pulled him already, that said I understand no game is over and at this point the last thing the Sox can afford to do is risk giving up any game.

Dye stays in the game and the crowd is giving him some serious love.

Oh f***, JD made a web gem but he's down. He gets up slowly but s***, Ozzie take him out and call it a night for Dye.

Holy crap, that was a ridiculous catch by Sizemore. RIDICULOUS.

Wow, very interesting. I couldn't imagine the Sox leaving the Knights high and dry calling up Fields so it has to be something else. If we wanted Fields, we could have waited till after the game and went out of the way to bring him up. Absolutely no reason to call him up before Knights game (thats why I don't think he was called up). Brian Anderson just hammered one and Sizemore just made a ridiciulous catch to almost double up Cintron...WOW.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) What kind of NFL prospect is Drew Tate? Besides Brady Quinn he is my favorite QB to watch in college. He's incredibly undersized so my guess is he's not a pro prospect. However, maybe he goes later on. He's a very accurate passer with a solid arm and good mobility. OSU takes a 7-0 lead after forcing a turnover with Texas on OSU's 7. Smith marched the Buckeyes down the field and got 7 for there own in what could have been a 14 point swing. And TROY has scored a TD and they are looking to have what may just be the biggest win in there school's history against the Seminoles. Its in the 4th quarter and Troy is up 17-10. After Iowa's scare, I know exactly how Nole fans feel, but the hell with that, Lets go TROY!!!!

Dye hammers another one and this is a triple thanks to hustle and the crowd is chanting MVP. He now is 2-3 in the game with an RBI and has a double and triple.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 05:20 PM) I tend to agree with Jason's idea that DJ can relax without worrying about cutting off Hawk. DJ is also throwing some analysis into the gaps in the PBP, which is nice. My guess is the casual fan likes this crew less, while the more diehard fan could definately get into having DJ and Black Jack because you get a lot more baseball knowledge. Than again both McDowell and DJ are pretty funny guys so I think with time they could be the type of crew that not only is intelligent but also pretty funny to listen to (and sometimes you need some humor, especially if the team is getting clocked). I think Black Jack turned the gig down cause he'd only do TV (and even than I'm sure he's pretty busy with his band and other stuff) but I think we could be seeing the future duo, whenever Hawk retires (than again, that could be a long while). Or you could see Hawk maybe do a few less games a year with Black Jack or someone else doing 15-20 with DJ.

That was a bomb by Juan.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 05:12 PM) They do sound good. DJ sounds more confident as a PBP guy, I think. I think part of it is that DJ doesn't have to worry about stepping on Hawk's toes. These two just shoot things off each other as if they were just talking as friends.

I like this combo.