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Just realized how few bitters we have with power in this lineup. NL style lineups suck

Rios hot stretch lasted like five games and even then it's not like he was driving the ball. It's so obvious what two changes need to be made before we are ten out again

Cardinals suck right now. Their middle infield is pathetic. Cubs made up four games in last five days

With having a pitcher in lineup and no DH it's more important than ever to get Lillibridge or Viciedo into the lineup

Daniel Hudson is just a really good pitcher. He will end up with an ERA around 3.3 this year. Arizona is an exciting team

I dont how a pitcher getting lucky should impact their WAR. Seems like only their performance on the mound should count

This has been an awful week of baseball watching for me. I have never been so happy to be going on vacation soon

Any metric that has Jackson higher than Humber this year is bogus to me

If we are gonna lose I really wish Lillibridge could be involved. Be nice to see if he can start hitting again

Jackson will be moved to the bullpen next week is my guess. Guy is costing himself a lot of money

He's been good with no one on but him and Rios have been a disaster with RISP and 2 outs. Maybe he should be our leadoff hitter.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 09:04 PM) This ump is terrible, for and against Marmol. For three years, I've suggested Marmol gets a bigger plate than anyone. You usually don't see guys so wild get the benefit from the umps as much as he does.

Johnson dive to catch the ball?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 10:00 PM) Reed Johnson just saved Marmol an XBH given up. Quade smart to not have Soriano out there right now in LF. It's unreal the seasons that Johnson and Baker are having. I'm happy we're only pitching one lefty against them.

Yankees fans having a meltdown over getting shut down by Doug Davis.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 07:34 PM) You gettin' some info, or just a gut? No info, I just think a bad weekend by Pierre and it will be Viciedo time.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 08:29 PM) I assume Doug Davis would be facing the Sox on Wednesday. We all know how well the Sox usually fare against "crafty" lefties. Be nice if Viciedo will be in the lineup, and I think he just might be.

The Wendy's Caramel Apple Vanilla Frosty's are top notch

Jeff Marquez sighting!

Seriously Yankees, getting no hit thru 3 by Doug Davis? Thanks Ron Roenicke for waking up the Cubs. They win this series, and they'll come into the Cell with a lot more confidence than they had a week ago.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 08:07 PM) You're seriously using a nickname as a reason? And now you're changing from "decent" to "good". With Dayan's offensive potential, if he provides decent defense with a cannon arm that will be sufficient Heck, for as bad as Soriano's defense was for the Cubs a few years ago, teams were still scared to run on him on a single to left.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 08:04 PM) I am guessing, but can you envision a guy named "Tank" being a good defender? I'm still all for bringing him up now. Can you imagine a speedy outfielder having no range and not knowing how to catch a ball?

Lillibridge would be a good match-up against Hudson, as he's mostly a fastball/change-up pitcher. Lillibridge seems to struggle more with the pitchers that can throw offspeed pitches in the dirt.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) Be careful here. We may be seeing Dunn in LF sometime in the next few days. Should be fun! Oh darn, is he going to have a weak arm and drop fly balls and be scared of the wall?

Since the A's series, seems like we're going to be facing a lot of teams playing some of their best ball of the year. Twins/Dbacks/Cubs/Nats. Hey Ozzie, do not pitch to Upton in a walkoff situation.