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Huge break on the DP...come on Gavin, get out of it!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 12:28 AM) Gavin just hasn't had it in his past three starts. Comcast isn't showing his velocity...what's gamecast saying he's throwing?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 12:25 AM) it's cool -- lead off walks NEVER come around to score anyway Gavin's hanging nearly every offspeed pitch he throws. It looks like he's just hit a wall this season, which is understandable.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 12:22 AM) Judging by the crowds of the previous series... it was never really here. The fans hardly responded when they were the hottest team in baseball, let alone now. The outfield bleacher seats have been consistently packed though since June. Tonight, there's hardly anyone from left-center to right-center.

Looking at the crowd tonight, I don't blame KW for trying to make a move to help the PR of this team. The excitement for the Sox in Chicago has vanished.

Pretty mediocre crowd

Abreu would be a decent fit for this season, but his contract is a lot next year considering the other contracts we'll have.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 09:54 PM) If Ozzie would have f***ing walked Jason Weakling Kendall and pitched to Kila and the lefty Kila beat us, which he would have, Ozzie would have been fried on here (and rightly so). I repeat, Kila would have hit one of the longest home runs in KC history. Jason Kendall is a weak piece of s***. Linebrink can't retire Jason Kendall with the game on the line? We deserve to lose. You don't pitch around a weakass righty to face a lefty there. There have been some bad overpaid players in Sox history, Linebrink is right up there with the worst of them. Kendall also owns Linebrink in his career. And I don't consider someone making 4 million dollars as being overpaid. That happens with numerous relievers.

You get the feeling that if some other team blocks the Manny move for one reason or another, KW is going to absolutely freak out.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 10:57 PM) I was waiting for Linebrink to face Kili who would have hit Linebrink's offering so far it still wouldn't have come down. Linebrink is the most overplayed pitcher in the history of the organized workforce. Kila is terrible! He's this board's version of Hawk's crush on Randy Ruiz.

The downfall/struggles of Quentin and Rios since the ASB are the biggest reasons for this team's failures (besides the obvious bullpen issues). Konerko has been a stready, great contributor all season. However, if you look at the players who are hitting well now, none of them are in a position to really knock in a ton of runs. Pierre, Vizquel, Beckham (and even Kotsay, to some extent) are swinging the bats well. However, Pierre/Omar don't have the power to knock in numerous runners per game, and Beckham in the 9 spot has not allowed him to be a dynamic force despite his .350 or so batting average over the last 35 games. We've said it before, but Rios has really hurt this lineup since the ASB by killing a lot of the momentum when Pierre/Omar get on base. Then you get to Quentin, who cannot seem to do anything productive on the road. It's a recipe for disaster given the lack of power at so many of our positions. The one man who really needs to get more at bats is Castro, as he's been an absolute beast. I don't care if Ozzie despises playing both of his catchers in a game...his bat is the hottest on the squad and when your offense is struggling, you need to do everything you can.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 05:55 AM) He's flourishing like Carlos Silva. So why didn't Edwin Jackson flourish?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 03:52 AM) Cause there was nobody out. You bunt him over and knock him in and all is well. The second guessing starts when you don't knock him in. It's not second guessing when there's a handful of people on this board begging Ozzie not to call for the bunt. Hawk probably says 10 times a game how great Omar is at hitting the hole between 1st and 2nd when someone is on first. Why not try and 1st and 3rd the opposition with no outs, and play for more than one freaking run?

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 03:56 AM) Which he had done before. Is it written somewhere that he'll spontaneously combust at 3 innings? Him pitching that much enhances the chances of him not being as efficient, as well as possibly leading to injury. Both happened to occur. Is it related to that outing? You never know...but I guarantee that outing didn't make any of the soreness he had feel better. The Tribune is reporting tomorrow that he's likely going to the DL.

So let me get this correct, Ozzie's son is basically hinting that Kenny Williams is cheating on his wife? In today's world, "female friend" does not mean it's a plutonic r'ship.

Hudson with another dominating start. UGH!!

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 09:38 PM) Naw, I think were going to see alot of posters giving up mostly or not caring anymore regardless if the Twins lose as well. No anger post except about Ozzie. Well, it would be very nice if the Twins lose tonight and tomorrow. If they win both games prior to Sox game starting on Tuesday, then people will be even more upset than usual. I'm basically numb to these walk-off hits now...never seen a team have so many walk-off hits against them in such a short span.

I swear, if the Sox lose on a walkoff hit tomorrow, this site is going to crash.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 10:30 PM) Actually your right. Both these series cost us. The Twins series doesn't bother me nearly as much since they are a good team even without Justin. Teams like these though we are suppose to beat. We were still in first place when we went into a 4 game series at Baltimore. Once we lost the divisional lead that we had accumulated thanks to our 26-5 stretch, it seemed like the Twins picked up a lot of energy.

Still cannot get over how bad the 2-0 ball call to Blanco was.

It's scary, every time I see the title of this thread, I think it says "TV Announcer Dies". Keep waiting to see some bio about Shoeless Ron Santo.

What I don't get is that Ozzieball is playing to set up a run if we get another hit in the inning. If you want to bunt, at least bunt when there's a runner on 2nd and no outs. I have no problem playing for a sacrifice fly...which is ironic, because I cannot remember any sac flies since the first game after the ASB.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 10:23 PM) Man for as good as the pen had been they have been equally terrible of late... I don't blame this game on the pitching at all. Jenks had a ballsy performance.

Saw this on another site, but wouldn't it be nice to be a Royals fan to see that your leadoff hitter is allowed to try and steal a base in a crucial situation?

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 10:19 PM) Definitely a series we look back on and say this is what lost us the pennant race if the sox wind up losing by a game or two. How is this any different than the Orioles series? If we really want to look back on games that cost us, I'd go with the two heartbreaking losses to the Twins...and go from there. When you have so many games/series you can point to, then maybe it wasn't your year.