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QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 01:36 AM) Tigers aren't done against the Yankees. 8-6 in the 7th.... Andy Dirks looks like Rod Carew at the plate this year.

Tigers now only down 8-6, and they're still batting in the 7th

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 02:29 AM) It has happened before. Yes, but that was when he wasn't having just a shockingly awful stretch of games. No excuse for the recent struggles against Blackburn, Santana, Chen and Guthrie. I guess it goes to show you how bad Greinke was

Never thought Sox would get dominated by Guthrie. It would do wonders for our chances if Hudson can find a way to get on base to start the 6th. Get well soon Rios!

Come on, these at bats are brutal.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 01:21 AM) Sox about to put up crooked number. The 6th will be our big inning, IMO

Nice play by ADA out there, hopefully gives this team some momentum.

Stop throwing these guys fastballs! Both KC homers on fastballs tonight, and Frenchy of course gets challenged with fastballs down the plate.

Really, no corpseball jokes?

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 01:11 AM) Our offense has a tendency to disappear even with all our starters in. But when you put guys like Flowers/Danks/Hudson in too...we just aren't good enough offensively to overcome that deficit often. I said it before the game that it seemed like KC's lineup was better than ours tonight, and so far, our at bats have been abysmal. Sox gonna need a bloop and a blast to tie this game.

Dunn with the invisible bat going. He's so bad right now, and it's very disappointing that Ventura seems to be stubborn about moving him in the order.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 02:06 AM) Meh...what do you expect with this lineup. Guys like Gordon, Viciedo, Danks, Hudson, etc...AAA lineup. I'll be surprised if we score 2 today. And that doesn't take into account the massive slump Dunn is in. It's really an awful time for Rios to need a day off due to injury.

Q can't keep the ball in the park tonight. Team seems incredibly flat tonight, as does the crowd.

Beckham with some homer happy swings in that AB...yuck. Sox really need to get to Guthrie before the Royals go to their good bullpen again.

That's our DH!!

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 01:48 AM) I don't understand why the Sox are willing to give away so many AB's with Viciedp in such a tight race in August. I would normally agree with you, but with the injuries this week, he's had to be in the lineup no matter what. That .261 OPS in August so far needs to start going up soon. I know people mocked you for it, but Pierre would be a sensational addition to the bench.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 12:44 AM) This team has missed so many hangers the last 3 days it's crazy. Besides Beckham Viciedo is having a terrible time of getting on top of hanging pitches of late.

Guthrie's throwing between 93 and 95 mph tonight.

Ugh, wake up offense! Sox been struggling of late against a few of the worst starters in the AL.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 09:45 PM) You do know who Mike Trout is, no? Or Andrew McCutchen? Some dude named Ryan Braun, I don't know, hitting the baseball really well? Has Rios had a fine bounce-back season? Yes. Has he been the White Sox best player? No doubt. Best in baseball? No, no, no. Don't forget Brett Jackson

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 09:24 PM) Rios is out with back stiffness Damn, you could see it in his 2nd AB. He still went on to double in his 3rd AB.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 09:36 PM) There is no way that most of these guys will survive playing the next 53 games in a row, especially the older guys. That's why you should try to shuffle in one bench player a game a few times a week instead of going with the "Sunday lineup", especially with how awful the bench has performed this season. I still think this is more injury-related and not rest-related.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) I believe PK was injured last night on the Dyson play. He might need the day off Forgot that play, and on the bright side, at least ADA and Youk are back in the lineup.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 09:28 PM) What an awful awful line-up... Jesus It better not be a situation where he's just giving Konerko and Rios a day off just to rest them.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 08:25 PM) Only 3 off days after Thursday. Maybe a couple days for Rios and Konerko will help. We'll see if they even play tonight. I'd be ok with a rain out...more off days for Q, and KC's actually using their better players tonight. If we made this game up in a month, hopefully the Sox have their legit starting 9 on the field.