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Kudos to Quintana for absolutely dominating some of the best offenses in baseball. He's a keeper.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 03:11 AM) Surprised no one mentions that Edwardo Escobar, does not make a routine double play, if he can't do that, what exactly is he doing on this team? He is worthless against RHP. 10-60 on the season now. With the struggles this offense is having, it stinks that Youk had to sit out tonight.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:07 AM) Wish he tried to overuse Q tonight. Axelrod's been our best closer of late

Get healthy, might have cost us the game tonight with him being out. YOUK

Melton going off on the bullpen. You don't typically hear this type of criticism from him.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 03:03 AM) Huston street anyone? This bullpen is terrible right now. Absolutely in shambles, as your two best relievers have been awful of late. The sad thing is this will cause Ventura to continue to overuse Peavy and Sale.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 03:01 AM) Here comes the sweep Thing is, if they're not strong enough to show up for the biggest series of the year, then they weren't going to accomplish anything this year anyways.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:59 AM) That managing boggles the mind No idea what Ventura's been thinking since the day before the ASB. Some decisions being made that are killing this team's chances to win games. Oh well, time to see if they can rebound against the Tigers. Oh, and Youk's hamstring better be bad in order to not use him as a PH there.

That fastball of Reed cannot continue to miss its location as much as it has been.

Well, this one is on Robin. Hey AJ, way to call for anything besides a fastball. Just horrible managing.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:56 AM) To be fair, Thornton did own Gonzalez before that AB. But even then, having him start the 9th just because of his numbers against Gonzalez is completely stupid since he was hitting third in the inning. Didn't know about the ownage

Do you think Robin knows that AGon is better against LHP?

Routine grounder if Escobar didn't choke. AJ has yet to call for an offspeed pitch.

Hell of a play by Beckham to save Escobar there. Ugh, killing us not having Youk in this game.

Ugh, bad start. Too many fastballs at the same level. Where's Reed??

Darn, that could have been an inside the parker.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 11:21 PM) bad feeling about our offense today. Keep em close Q. I'll be honest, I don't get the refusal to give Danks a start against a righty who's significantly tougher against righty hitters.

4 K looking already...big zone or bad pitch recognition?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 11:13 PM) Ok, let me rephrase that. Would it be evident that big name players who play under Ozzie Guillen are more likely to have uncharacteristic down years? Hard to say that, as for every Dunn or Hanley, there's a 2004-2011 Paul Konerko.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 10:03 PM) Hypothetically speaking, if Ozzie got the boot at the end of the year and went to another team who signs big free agents in the off-season and those big time players uncharacteristically struggle in 2013 like they have with the Marlins or the 2011 White Sox; would it be overwhelming evidence that it's Ozzie's fault? No, it's never solely the manager's fault.

Watching the front office for the Marlins talk yesterday was like deja vu of the Sox season last year. They were shocked at how guys with track records like Reyes and Hanley could be struggling so much. I'm not trying to start a war saying that it's Ozzie's fault those guys are underachieving so much this year, but it does seem like a very similar situation.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 06:16 PM) BJ Upton, bases clearing double. 4-0 Rays over Indians, bottom 6 You have to think Angels are going to acquire another starter so they can stop pitching Jerome Williams (until Haren returns).

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 05:38 PM) 3-0 Tigers, top 3. They're hot, and Fister now has back-to-back great starts. If they go 52-29 the final 81, nothing to do but tip the cap. That means 43-27 the rest of the season. cough 2nd wild card cough I honestly believe it will be a battle between the White Sox and Red Sox

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 06:35 PM) really clicking. Big 2 out hits, Avila and Boesch starting to get hot. Going to be a tough weekend. If Boesch, Jhonny and Avila are tough outs, that offense will be extremely tough to shut down with their superb 1/3/4 hitters. Good thing we have our all-stars going this weekend.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) I think this is going to be a huge game tonight, especially if the Tigers win today. Don't want to roll into Detroit having lost 3 of 4 and face a team that has a chance to sweep and take over 1st place. Tigers up 3-0 in the 2nd already. Sucks they didn't have to face Weaver, as Jerome Williams has been terrible of late. That Tigers offense seems to be clicking.