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QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 12:56 AM) Is it me or does the 6 man rotation seem to hurt guys in the first couple of innings and they they settle in....except Danks Nice to tie it up but the pen better be ready to do some handy work Interesting, maybe they're too strong? Jackson was definitely firing his slider early in the game, and he usually doesn't reach 97mph until later in the game.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 12:53 AM) For once, I bet he's intimidated by who he's facing. He's been protected from pitchers like this for a month. He just hasn't learned how to hit pitches away from him. As he showed last night, he can turn on pitches coming into him.

I give Juan full permission to get caught stealing here.

Balta...those are the at bats Morel can't have. He doesn't need to be taking a protect swing with 1 strike. He's such a better hitter when he tries to pull the ball.

Now that is some bad pitch selection to Beckham.

BECKHAM

So this is what it's like to play 7 on 9? What a bust...did he really think he'd get a 3-2 fastball.

He is so great

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 01:39 AM) You know the management wants to bench him, at least until Lilly fails. This can help alleviate some of the perceived pressure they may feel to play him. As soon as Konerko is healthy, Rios will be benched. I'm extremely confident in saying that.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 01:39 AM) Why can't this organization just go out and sign bonafide stars instead of trying to out-smarted and bedazzled everyone with lightening in a bottle projects? Imagine Adrian Gonzalez on this team instead of Dunn... You mean besides the fact Dunn was a FA and Adrian wasn't? Now if you want to argue about Kenny finding creative ways to bloat our payroll, that's a different topic.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 01:37 AM) Would we have benched him if we had another OF on the bench? Haha, yeah right...someone on the Sox getting benched due to lack of hustle?

Also, why in the hell is our worst hitter batting 5th?

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 12:34 AM) Anyone actually think Rios can get anything done here? His swings are f***ing terrible. I can't believe we're on the hook for like 40 more million dollars with him. Hopefully he's forced to retire or something like that.

Ugh, I despise Rios so much. He has nothing going for him with his swing. Walker needs to just start from scratch with him to salvage his career, as he's going to be out of baseball in a year or two if he doesn't improve. Also, he might be the laziest player we've had in a long time. He never, ever runs hard down the line.

Hurry back PK

Very nice job of surviving there by Jackson. We need a bloop and a blast.

Cubs fans HATE Quade.

Shocker that we are gutless thru three. Verlander is the new Johan

Hey Balta what was the point about Jackson you said people are agreeing with you about now

Verlander isn't sharp but we can't get a hit. Kudos to Beckham for keeping us in the game

Can we get Hudson back

Last two starts cannot be helping his trade value

Get him out of the rotation!

Seems like there could be storms all night. I wouldn't mind getting an inning in the books and then a 2 hour rain delay.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 08:24 PM) Yeah, but given how bad they both are (Pierre and Rios), I think we stick with Rios because we have a ton more invested in him than Rios. Yes, we could sit him here and there, because I agree with Hawk about playing the hot hand and not worrying about feelings, but we're not talking Barry Bonds playing for him here, we're talking about Juan Pierre. But Juan's actually showing improvement while Rios is just going through the motions and has been dreadful with RISP. Rios, especially on the road, has been killing this team.