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Damn, that 0-2 pitch has been a strike all night.

Be nice if Floyd can get a double play after the double plays kept Hammel in this game.

Rios seemed to coast back to the spot instead of sprinting to where he thought it would land. And IIRC, it wasn't directly above his head, as it was a little to his left.

Whew, Beckham having a great game

Rios with a lazy jog back, and drops the ball. Floyd needs to pitch around CarGo here.

Wow, awful

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:46 AM) For all of 1 batter! Haha, didn't even realize that

QUOTE (aprec32 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:42 AM) Looks like the scouting report is to pitch around Gavin to get to Pierre. Way to go Juan! As much as we hate him, I always say he's the one guy on the team who's better when they pull the ball.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:42 AM) Nice work G! Tied with Morel with one walk

OT: Cliff Lee is good

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:40 AM) Gordon looked terrible on those swings The first two pitches in that AB were the perfect example of why he is struggling this year. Seemed to shorten up his swing a little bit with two strikes.

I predict Gavin throws at Hammel next inning.

There you go Gordon!

Hey DAllen...you see Rios' hustle down the line there?

Nice "catch" by Juan.

All with two outs, as Gavin making a lot of bad pitches now. Need to keep it tied, as our offense lacks the fire power to make up a lot of ground tonight.

Gavin's lost his release point since going to the stretch. Big out in this game here.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:27 AM) That would be the whole point. Places like that the object is revenue, not winning. Florida comes to mind #1 and so does San Diego right now. But that's the thing...wouldn't any GM that we could bring here likely have the resources to at least field a competitive team? I can't see a situation where a GM would be brought in and told to have a huge fire sale that results in a 50 million dollar payroll. With KW, it seems a lot of people like KW because he's aggressive, but we've seen how that's backfired the past 3 years.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 02:22 AM) Yes there are. Such as? And please don't list Pirates GMs, etc. that don't have the budget each year to try and compete. It's not like any GM we'd bring in would have to field a team with a 50 million dollar budget.

Feels like we should have 3 or more runs.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 02:20 AM) Fathom, do you think Morel will still be the White Sox starter at 3B in 2015? In some ways he's been pretty lucky that Pierre, Beckham, Dunn and Rios have struggled so much, because Brian Anderson took a lot more heat for better offensive numbers in 2006 since everyone else in that line-up was raking. No idea about Morel. I do know that I have a lot of doubt about his ability to hit at this level, but it will be interesting to see if a young Sox prospect can actually improve on the big league team.

Time for a crooked number, as Hammel's stuff is pretty mediocre tonight. Very nice, short swing by Quentin.

That's just an awful at bat by Morel in an RBI situation. He can't be chasing both offspeed pitches he sees in an at bat that are in the dirt when he needs to hit a sac fly.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:01 AM) Ok, I'll bite. I wouldn't get rid of either of them. I don't think the Sox are out of the race by any means. And they certainly aren't going to get back in the race by firing KW or Ozzie Guillen. In my view, things could be a LOT WORSE. Didn't we let Tony LaRussa go? How did that work out? Ozzie is an unconventional manager, and KW is an unconventional GM. But I would never count either one of them out. They are both intensely competitive. They bleed for the Sox. And for all the bad moves and bonehead deals, there are counter moves and good deals to balance them out and keep us competitive. I would ask anyone who has posted here to name the replacement for Ozzie or KW that is currently available, and then explain why that person is better and would clearly improve the Sox. It's easy to say "blow it up." It's much harder to figure out how to put it together again. Ugh, why do people always say "KW and Ozzie want to win?" Are there managers/general managers that don't want to win?

Really nice defensive play by Morel.