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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 08:21 PM) and now he's getting squeezed. Very nice effort by Gavin today, even if this is a subpar Yankees lineup compared to their usual bombers.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 08:20 PM) years from now people are going to look back at this season and wonder what the hell Kenny was thinking when he essentially went with the equivalent of a Royals DH platoon and felt he could win with it And people will link a clip to The Club in which Ozzie confirmed to KW that he thought his plan would work. Both deserve a lot of blame...and I'm sorry, but FINALLY acquiring Manny when the team is possible 5 or 6 games out of first place is just a bunch of crap by KW. Talk about being late to the punch. The time to acquire a hitter was at the trade deadline when this team still had momentum.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) i would have much rather seen Lexi swinging on 2-0 instead of having the bases juiced. I'm sure ozzie felt the same way. I would have much rather seen Beckham not be batting 9th...but we don't make the f***ing lineup.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 08:13 PM) Manny Ramirez's asking price just went up. Can we just say no thanks now?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 08:13 PM) he's so f'n worthless He cannot hit pitchers with decent stuff. A lot of the damage he's done this year has been against mediocre pitching.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 09:08 PM) Teahen was a hero in the game thread last night. I was getting slammed to the ground for daring to say he's a very very mediocre to bad hitter. He of the large bat. Yep greg, he was the hero last night. Please quote one post that said as much.

Andruw 0-3, Teahen 0-2....come on Ozzie!

QUOTE (Real @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) Mariano will be brought into the 8th if it's close, i have no doubt Oh please, that's not a requirement for a good closer.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 08:21 PM) Really, there's very little downside for the Sox. At $40 a ticket, covering that $4 million would take an extra 10,000 in ticket sales. Play around with the numbers a bit, but keep it a little closer and get the publicity and it's going to pay for itself. Only problem is the timing with the 10 game road trip coming up. If we return from road trip 8 games out, I can't see many fans attending a game just to see Manny.

Teahen with 2 strike outs....good thing we're not playing Quentin against Nova. Have 3 innings to get things going before Mariano comes in.

Manny not playing again today for Dodgers

QUOTE (dmbjeff @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 06:42 AM) we could of overpaid for dunn but longterm it just wasn't worth it. KW did all he could to get dunn. now why we haven't obtained adam laroche i will never know. he seemed so damn logical for this team. You don't know that. From everything we've heard, he was unwilling to even consider trading Beckham, Viciedo, or E. Jackson. Unless there's some magical prospects in our system I haven't heard about, good luck trying to acquire above average talent with the likes of Flowers, etc.

Yes, benching Quentin against RHP!!!!!!

Another great start for Hudson tonight. 7 innings in every start for Arizona.

Teahen hit a line drive (yes, not exactly a rocket) against a pitcher that DOMINATES lefties. Greg, don't let your hate for Teahen blind your judgment.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 02:42 AM) for all the tony pena lovers, he's sucked since Williams signed him. once again, the runs that scored against him are the difference Well, it's likely we don't score more than 7 runs cause Rivera starts the 9th inning then.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 02:41 AM) Do you have any confidence Floyd can hold the Yankees down tomorrow? Seems like he's not that good when he's not facing the Mariners, A's, Orioles, Royals or scrub NL team. Yes, I do have confidence in Floyd. When he's on his game, he can shut down anyone. He pitched well vs Yankees last season. I don't have confidence though that Seattle will beat the Twins, and if we get to 5.5 games out with a 10 game road trip coming up, we're done.

Great effort from the offense...but sadly, we're 4.5 games out. If we lose another game in standings tomorrow, then save the Manny money and extend Konerko.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 03:36 AM) This year, at least for me, was going to determine who the real CQ is. Other than that crazy 3 week stretch, he's been one of the worst everyday RFs in baseball. Think the Reds would do CQ for Jay Bruce? One can dream. Not a chance in hell would Cincy do that.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 03:34 AM) I wonder what kinda market there is for CQ? He's just not that good. One tool player

Castro needs to get 20 at bats every week.

Safe to say Lillibridge is having trouble getting around on C.C.'s fastball.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 01:04 AM) I thought that too. Hope not. Hope he doesn't lose his power

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 01:03 AM) I didn't even realize he's been so bad against LHP. He doesn't clear his hips enough when he faces LHP, so even if he gets good pitches to hit, he fouls it straight back.

So the consensus is to just play Carlos Quentin at home vs RHP?