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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 10:31 PM) One note on tonight's game. I want to cheer for the Knicks, because they're not the Celtics, I want the Celtics battered, beaten, and out... But yet... I want it to be us who takes out the Celtics. After that series in 2009....I want it to be us. I want it to go 7 games and have tons of excitement in the series.

Chris Paul has two of fathom's favorite players on his team (Jarrett Jack and Aaron Gray). Those guys are clearly better than Deng and Noah!

I'll take Rose over anyone else, especially now that he's learned how to draw fouls.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 11:00 PM) Can someone give me a thumbnail on what happened today since I had to attend our baby shower? Get some good gifts? I only had to attend the last 20 minutes or so of ours.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 10:32 PM) Word was that they weren't going to give up Montero for Soria, so good luck... It would have to be Danks for Montero, as getting a strong starting pitching this year is way more of a necessity than getting a set-up man was last year.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) Can we trade Ozzie? We had our chance...Logan Morrison would look good on this team.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 08:59 PM) See, even though I think Ozzie's a bad game manager, I'm not going to jump on him here because Teahen is terrible at baseball. No one here likes Teahen, but he was playing good baseball and then just got benched for the mediocre Morel.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 08:57 PM) I had more faith in Vizquel , the RF was shading him to center and I've seen Viz pull it to RF many times. Not against 98 mph fastballs. We had a similar discussion last year when he faced Feliz.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 08:56 PM) It's happened. I'm sick of Ozzie and want him gone. And for everyone who says all Spring Training, "Don't worry! These games don't count", well yeah...they don't COUNT but they do indicate and to me they indicated more of the same ol' crap. I'm not blaming Ozzie for this game. I hate the bunt, but many other managers would have called for it in that same situation.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 03:17 PM) To be honest, I didn't even think beyond the organization because of JR's loyalty factor. I agree that Cora wouldn't be a philosophy change, but he's not nearly as gregarious as Ozzie, which at this point might be a plus. But, for the philosophy reason, I looked for someone else. Hence, Bell. The question is, if the Sox tank for the next few months, does JR get fed up and want a fresh start and want some new blood in?

Move Quentin to 3rd in the order, and Dunn to 5th.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 08:53 PM) Yes it would have. Rios had a huge lead and would have been off with the pitch. Not to left field, which is where Omar and Pierre would have likely hit it to. Wells was playing as shallow as Tampa was vs Pierre. Wells has a great arm for a LF.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 09:51 PM) tying run on second and the RBI machines that are Omar and Juan are left to win the game wow. at least the sac bunt worked. Even a single wouldn't have scored two runs there unless it was hit to right field.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 09:51 PM) Am I nuts, why does Ozzie let that PoS hit in that situation? You will never, ever see him have someone hit for Omar or Pierre.

Terrible...I hate giving up the first out via bunt to a pitcher without his control.

Well, that was pathetic by Alexei. I doubt Omar can catch up to the fastball. Probably rather see Teahen here.

Wow, excellent bunt...thought for a second he'd beat it out.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 09:44 PM) Good AB alex... now stay out of the DP Aj. Sadly, he's going to be asked to bunt here, and Aj isn't very good at that. Maybe Walden's bad defensively and throws it into LF?

Oh boy, here comes the bunt. Nice AB by Rios.

Where's Aardsma when you need him?

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 09:39 PM) 2 innings in a 2 run game is mop up duty? Maybe.. Just MAYBE they're trying to keep the game close, instead of putting Ohman or Pena out there.. Huh? Never said it was bad to get him an inning today.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 09:39 PM) Yes. From 2004-2005. He's since averaged 4-5 per year. Anyone else you want to judge based on what they did in 2004? nope, good to hear he's improved with that. I didn't really follow him after he left the Reds...heck, I forgot he was ever on Arizona.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 09:37 PM) Why is Jesse Crain being used as the mop up on this team? Guillen seems like he was unprepared and thus so was his team for the season again. No idea, but don't even get me started on Crain not being used on Wednesday to start the inning.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) Just like Jim Thome, he's notorious for being a bad situational hitter because people only pay attention to the bad situations and expect him to succeed 100% in clutch times otherwise they boo. His career OPS in high-leverage situations is higher than medium-low. Anyone who writes and believes what you just wrote deserves ridicule. With Dunn, I was talking about his inability to hit sac flies, etc. Didn't he go like 2 years without one?

QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 02:25 AM) Starlin Castro continues to impress. This kid is a good looking ballplayer. Kinda sad that he's already better than Gordon Beckham