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QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:20 AM) The pen has a lot of holes that you can't manage around on a daily basis. They didn't help themselves by keeping Septimo over Veal. It's pretty simple though, Crain in the 7th, Myers in the 8th, Reed in the 9th. One manager tonight went for it and used their reliever for two innings while Ventura decided to pull Crain.

With Encarnacion being their main threat that you have to game plan for, why did Ventura pull Crain (who's just about the best pitcher in baseball against righties)? Just like with Coco Crisp from Saturday, Ventura made Kelly Johnson the center of his managing strategy that inning. Just brutal by Ventura.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:17 AM) Who cares. We need to be gaining ground not just trying to hole onto this 2 game lead. These games are gonna come back to bite us in the ass I'm afraid. Especially in Sept. Detroit owns KC and they play them alot I'll take being 2 games up after Thursday, as this offense has way too many easy outs with Konerko not playing and KW and company not interested in doing the right thing and releasing Hudson.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:15 AM) Rookie managers as well. +100000000000000000 Lots of bad decisions being made with this bullpen, and it's costing the Sox games.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:15 AM) Nate Jones is awful. He was brought into a terrible situation there.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:14 AM) Rookie pitchers f*** it up. What new? KW has got to be out there on waiver wire trying to get a few upgrades.

Way to pitch to probably their 2nd best hitter there. Escobar is a big time DP threat as well.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:12 AM) I'm pretty sure for each loss this year there has been a post that reads "this one is on Ventura" Well, his bullpen management has opened him up for a lot of questioning. With that said, there's a lot of blame to go around tonight.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:10 AM) This would been a painful L. Crain looked quite sharp Over-managing, as Encarnacion should be your main focus in this inning. Thornton being such a disaster in close situations hurts, as in the past, you could have let him start this inning and then pitch around Encarnacion.

I hope he walks him here

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:07 AM) I wish Robin would find some low-pressure times to use Septimo, because this kid desperately needs to build some confidence. Well, it does seem like 90% of our games come down to the last batter, so I don't blame him there.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:06 AM) Leyson will never succeed if we protect him like we do. He's been on the roster far too long to only have 9 innings. Use him. If he walks someone because he never gets to pitch in games, leave him in there. For Christ's sake He's a loogy, he doesn't get the long leash.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:05 AM) Donnie Veal threw strikes gets demoted a few weeks ago because he can't throw it through a wall. Yet we keep trotting out the designated walker. It's like left handed macdougal. He sure seems scared to throw a ball over the plate in an important situation.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:04 AM) Septmo, electric arm. No f***ing control at all. They've got to send him down, you can't rely on him to throw strikes. That was terrible managing right there.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:02 AM) I wouldve left Crain in. I completely agree. I don't get bringing in the worst reliever on the team into that situation.

3-1 Twins, hopefully the can get a few more

Move over Kyle Farnsworth, Hawk has a new dominating relief performance to talk about for the next decade.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 02:58 AM) You guys are underrating this pitcher big time. He may not always look this way, but there won't be a lot of hitting or contact against him if he throws like he has so far today. Um, we're pretty much all saying he's filthy.

Should have been swinging out of his ass on the first pitch in that AB. At least he didn't chase that splitter.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 01:54 AM) This guy again.. don't swing? First pitch fastball, second pitch offspeed, third pitch splitter.....Sox hitters ugh

Delabar looked fatigued, they should pull him

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 01:51 AM) Pitch out time?? Great job Ventura and Flowers!

Pitch out time??

Bad time for ump to start squeezing our pitchers.

Was the 0-1 pitch a strike?