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I like the use of Dunn against the sinker baller tomorrow while getting Quentin a day off.

Very nice double play turned by Beckham!

At least we have 4 lefties in the pen.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 02:39 AM) I actually think I prefer Thornton against Tulo, but maybe Ozzie thinks that the Rockies will think its Brian Wilson due to the beard. At this point, Ozzie's probably thinking like he did last night "screw it, get the game over with and let's try to win tomorrow".

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 02:37 AM) Dante Bichette, Larry Walker, Vinny Castilla and Big Cat Galarraga could be starting for the Sox tonight in Colorado and put up better offense than this. You look at our offense, and it can't be a surprise to anyone that they're struggling tonight. 4 of the players on our team can be considered average or better. The other 5 are some of the worst hitters in all of baseball statistically (and no, that's not a hyperbole).

That was Ozzie's best chance to use Dunn effectively. Oh well, 0 hits tonight from the 3 easy outs in the lineup (Morel, Beckham, Rios)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 03:26 AM) Pierre? Ruled an error I thought. Tonight's game is so similar to last night, it's scary. Ozzie should use Dunn here for Morel.

When's the last time we got a hit?

Well, this would be a new way to lose

Mark looks just about done out there. Tons of pitches up in the zone.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 03:16 AM) Greg Walker's name surprisingly absent from all discussion of the Sox's offensive woes. Just give up? Everyone just assumes this organization doesn't have the balls to fire anyone during the year. When Ozzie goes, Walker goes.

Nice meatball served up by Buehrle. You're not going to win games if your offense only puts up 2 runs at Coors.

You could see Alex think about not hustling for a split second there. He's pulling off every pitch right now.

Isn't it 2-1?

Jeez, he juiced that

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 03:00 AM) Again the average 3b in MLB right now has a .680 ops. And Morel's at .560 and showing no signs of driving the ball

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:33 AM) You'd rather have the guy hitting .220 with 6 hr as our version of the league average? Yes, in our offense, I'd rather have the guy who can hit the ball out of the park. It's also probably 99% likely that .220 hitter has more walks than Morel does.

I've said this before, but there's no reason to bat Morel if we're not going to hit and run with him every time Pierre gets on base.

Wait, what happened with Buehrle? I thought he had a double. Also, I missed the Beckham outs tonight. Anything hit good?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 02:42 AM) You guys know over the last 9 games or so Rios has been hitting really well, I think his average is over 300 (atleast thats what the stat said earlier in the game) I missed the games last week, but was he actually hitting the ball hard? I saw the two homers in Arizona though.

Very nice catch there by Rios to hopefully prevent big inning. Way to shut us up...for a few seconds

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:36 AM) I wish he would retire, or at least officially announce his retirement. It still is amazing that we have so many more years/millions to pay a guy that seems to be going through the motions more than anyone we've had here in the Ozzie regime. For as much as people complained about Carlos Lee, he hustled a hell of a lot more than Rios.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 02:27 AM) i did too, but i looked at his baseball reference page, and it wasnt nearly as bad as i thought it would be. aside from his last season numbers, he was a effective 5th starter. Hasn't Marquis been better?

Awful, his swing looks like it has about 4 different parts to it.

There's a break. Time for Rios to break it open with a single up the middle