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Nice patience Mack

Wow - amazing home run there.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 07:36 PM) OUr manager thinks bmac was terrible last year. He isnt a better option than what we have. So we will go down because our starting pitchers need MRIs, a Psychologist, and some balls. We cannot clone BMac 3 times over. Ozzie has to keep trotting these guys out there to see if a couple of them start figuring out how to be competent again.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 07:33 PM) Has IRod stolen a base this year? surprise, surprise .... got one now

Has IRod stolen a base this year?

Very ugly defense

Right down the middle

Incredible.

Farmer says the pitches are up and in the middle of the plate.

There goes the post game show........ just kidding.

QUOTE(Jordan4life @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 01:49 AM) If what Melton is saying is true, how long has his back been giving him problems? If it's been a while, I'll be pissed beyond belief that we didn't get B-mac stretched out a longgggggg time ago. QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 09:50 PM) Where was this problem in his last start against the Tigers? Didn't he receive cortisone shots when he went on the DL? Presumably the hope was that this would relieve his discomfort to the extent that he could perform up to his former superlative standards. This club was not going to make a serious run at the title without it's ace pitching and pitching at his best. It looks to me like he is only able to avoid pain by dropping down. I think he loses some command and deception when he drops down. This is not to say that he can't have a great game once in awhile (re. the previous Tiger game). On that occasion he hit his spots and minimized the damage. Either way ... dropping down or over the top .... he has great stuff. He's just more likely to have an ineffective game by dropping down. I am sure both he and Coop realize he is better off delivering from 12 o'clock the majority of the time. In all probability his pain just won't allow it. I don't know why anybody has to be at fault thought all of this. Everyone is doing there best to cope. Here's hoping that he is soon able to pitch upright more often in the near future. And if not, let's hope he learns to command from down low on a more consistent basis, as in the aforementioned Tiger game.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 08:20 PM) Can somebody again tell me why Coop and Jose felt the need to mess around with new arm angles when he was already dominating? I think it is simply Jose dealing with pain.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 08:16 PM) I honestly think it's debatable if Pods even has great speed now. He's lost two steps, in my opinion. Although I always liked Ozzie's assessment that speed doesn't slump, it certainly is ironic that the Sox managed to stumble onto the exception.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:35 PM) Jose hasn't been the same since Coop started f***in' with his arm angles. I'd bet the constant sidearm is Jose's doing.

QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:33 PM) yep............and im gonna go ahead and turn the channel, and hope things are better when i turn back. I pitched for a lot of years and had to drop down at the end to avoid pain. I think Jose loses command and deception by dropping down so much. But I'll bet he doesn't have a choice due to shoulder pain.

I only have the game on radio. Is Jose dropping down with everything again?

At least he saw as many pitches as Detroit did in the first.

QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 07:11 PM) this game's over Please tell me you forgot to put that in green.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:41 PM) I honestly think our hitters would destroy Garcia if they got to face him. So, who will be the first poster in this thread to come in and say we're being too negative tonight? I'll bite. I don't have the advantage of watching this 'horror show', but the score is only 1-0 so far.

Take that.

I guess there is nothing to worry about today.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 15, 2006 -> 10:07 PM) Twins lead 4-0 going to the 9th, so we return to a 2 game lead in the WC race if we lose. Nice AB Juan!! We look IN A HURRY to get home and in bed tonight. Not good considering who we are facing. Twins, Tigers and Yankees gain a game on us if we lose to Royals.

Something like 23 years ago I caught a ball in Toronto. Roy Lee Jackson threw it and Tom Paciorek fouled it off into the crowd. I was sitting with a friend about 6 rows into the outfield down the first base line and about 20 rows up. As soon as the ball left Tom's bat I said 'Holly s*** Mike, this is it'. I had to put my right hand on the shoulder of some guy to my right and I reached over his head, snaring it with a stretched out backhand. Luckily I brought my glove. A few minutes later I heard the same guy lament to his friend '44,000 people came to this game and we have to sit next to some a**hole with a glove'. The crowd gave me a nice ovation. About 3 innings later, my friend looked at me and said 'OK you can wipe that smile off your face now'. I still have the ball on a shelf in my bedroom. It and a seat from old Comisky are my prized baseball possessions.

When Dye scored, the TV showed Ozzie chopping on his left arm. It looked like a vehement sign to Joey. If Leyland saw that, it might explain the correct guess. When I saw the chop, I figured it meant a squeeze.

Wow