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Excellent 3-2 pitch! Don't get Papi hurt you here.

Beckham had a lot more time than he thought on that grounder.

Nice 7 pitch inning by our NL lineup

Beckham overmatched. Sox doing a terrible job of swinging at balls and taking strikes so far.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 12:46 AM) He's also pulling his head. He'll either hit a grounder to SS or 3B or a little pop up to the right side. If we're still trying to win, it's so bogus we keep playing him. Same goes for Dunn playing in any of the next 3 games.

Rios needs to go up to the plate and just pretend he's Cecil Fielder and put all of his weight into the swing. This current bulls*** stance/swing gives him no power at all.

I'm happy if Indians made that deal. Lots to give up for someone with a lot of question marks this year.

I'm so glad we're playing Rios tonight. Shocking he couldn't get the job done with RISP and 2 outs.

Quade's going to go down as one of the worst coaches/managers to ever lead a Chicago team.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 07:31 PM) Not sure if you want Lilly against a knuckleballer pitcher, that might make his swing even bigger, if that's possible? He hit Wakefield hard earlier in the year and righties are much better against Wakefield. Thankfully Gavin pitched well and we got a timely homer.

I must have missed the hate for Jackson. Last few weeks, everyone on here has been saying he's one of the best pitchers on the market. Do we hate Kenny for trading cost-controlled Hudson for Jackson and his heavy salary...yes

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) I hate the Rios move. You just won 2 games in a row without him and now you insert him back into your lineup. Wouldn't be so bad if he was actually decent defensively this year. However, that hasn't been the case. Lillibridge should have been starting last night as well as tonight.

In case you haven't seen, Holland is 3 outs away from another shutout

Oh great, Furcal is playing in a stadium named after an alcoholic beverage.

Rios over Lillibridge is disappointing

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:26 PM) There certainly is...a win today and a big lead tomorrow would go a long way... Sale and Ohman are perfectly capable of being the lefties out of the pen.

Honestly, there's no reason for Thornton to be on the team 25 1/2 hours from now.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 05:49 PM) Pass Need someone who can play the field. Young is beyond awful defensively. And we'd be down to 4 starters. As much as I hate Peavy, Rios is the one with the contract that will hamper us a lot more.

Braves have no need for Thornton, as they have maybe the two best lefty relievers on this planet.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 06:14 PM) Michael Young could play 3rd base for us. Just what we need, another huge contract

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 04:49 PM) I've been calling for Reddick for months around here. He's a toolsy kid with huge upside. It would likely take both MT & QUENTIN in a larger package deal both ways to get him. I wouldn't trade Quentin straight up for him

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) And I'll take Frasor/Crain over Benoit any day of the week. Never watched the show, but kinda funny we have a relief duo by that name.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 03:46 PM) Relative ease? No way. Their offense is better than ours, if you assume Dunn will suck for the remainder of the year, but we are a much more well-rounded team than Detroit. How are we more well-rounded? Relying on Peavy and Humber the rest of the way is very scary, and their offense is so much better, it negates any starting pitching advantage we have (IMO, of course). Anyone know how their schedule is the rest of the way?

So CM Punk is wrestling at house shows already? Ugh, it really makes the events of the last month or feel worthless.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 03:38 PM) Purcey out, Pauley in. LOL They still have 2-3 holes in that bullpen of theirs. Pauley, Al Al, Benoit, Valverde, Coke? Still think if they can get anything from Porcello and Fister the rest of the way, the division is theirs with relative ease.