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QUOTE (northside sawx @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 04:00 AM) Can't be worse than what we got though, right? Yes it can be. With the limited resources the Sox have, making a trade that doesn't provide an immediate upgrade would be a mistake.

QUOTE (northside sawx @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:45 AM) Without looking up stats its safe to say we've had the least productive bench in the majors this year. By far. Save Hudsons walk-off, they haven't done a damn thing all year. The bench is probably hitting in the .175-.185 range this year with no power.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:43 AM) Thornton still gave up single to Gonzalez, and then Reed came in and gave up a bomb to lose the game. I know it's all the fallacy of the predetermined outcome but the game was still far from over, especially with Thornton on the mound. I'd love to see the spray chart for AGon's grounders this season. Despite the DP situation, it seems like the Sox gave him way too large of a hole between Konerko and Beckham. You could see AGon's swings in that AB that he was trying to hit it right where he ended up hitting it.

QUOTE (59th street @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 03:36 AM) Quintana has been unbelievable. Truly a shame to have this happen a second time in @ a month. ...but; this is baseball and strange/bad things happen over the course of a long season. This one really hurts but it does NOT end the season. The biggest culprit in my opinion has been our lack of offense. SOX have beaten Verlander 10 times. There is a lot of baseball left to play and we have been a very gritty team. Now is not the time to overact to the emotions of a very difficult and unpleasant loss. GO GO WHITE SOX! Great post, this team has avoided huge slumps all year. EVEN if the Sox lose tomorrow, they still have significant pitching match-up advantages on Saturday and Sunday.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:31 AM) Can't Hudson play third as well as Esky? I sensed from Hawk's tone he was not surprised at Esky's lousy play on the easy DP. Got to make that play in the ninth. You just have to. Hudson demonstrated he can't play 3b. Youk's made us forget about what a disaster he was.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:25 AM) Trying not to go to the dark side, but it's going to be interesting to see which teams make major moves at the end of July only to regret them two weeks later. I'm really hoping the Sox aren't one of them.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:24 AM) Who do you have on the bench instead??? Someone with speed The bench has been a HUGE disappointment this season.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:17 AM) Y couldn't Youkilis just man up and demand a pinch hit AB instead of just sitting on the bench. It wouldn't shock me if Ventura decided to keep Escobar in the game for defensive reasons.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 03:18 AM) Escobar doesn't need to be cut, for f***'s sake he had a bad 9th inning let it rest. Regardless of what happened tonight, there's absolutely no reason to be wasting a roster spot keeping both Escobar and Hudson.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 03:18 AM) Quintana has been nothing short of amazing. But there's no way in hell I'm trading Viciedo for a quick fix just to get a Wild Card when the entire bullpen is in total disarray. There's just too much to fix there. They don't have a single reliable LH reliever and Jones has been terrible recently. Crain, when healthy, hasn't been as good as 2011. The other problem is that the league has seemingly figured DeAza out (destroy him with offspeed stuff), Dunn's slumping and closing in on .200 and Konerko doesn't have the ability to "turn and burn" as Hawk says. Just way too many holes right now to gamble the future on one more starting pitcher. AL Central isn't out of the question, and tonight's outcome is no reason to lose hope yet. I do agree that giving up anything from the Major League roster for a rental would be a bad decision.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:16 AM) Meltdown time. More like Melton-down time. That was interesting television with him before.

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.