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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:46 AM) I absolutely hate the way Andruw Jones swings the bat. Just horrible. we'll start hearing excuses that he's pressing in order to hit #400

Very generous call on one of the longest at bats you'll ever see.

Throw a pitch out!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:08 AM) I think you're being a little dramatic. Who was the hitting coach when Quentin had the success everyone now expects him to have yearly? Who was the hitting coach when Beckham had success last year and led many, me included, to believe he would be a White Sox all time great? Unless you can guarantee the offense will be better without Walker, its at best a lateral move. In their last 31 games they are hitting .271 as a team and that is without these 2 doing anything. The Beckham problems surfaced supposedly because he decided on his own to focus on hitting breaking balls better and it has screwed him up with fastballs, and he still is having problems with offspeed stuff. Wow, where did you hear that Beckham stuff?

Infield single...Sergio missed with a few sliders that would have struck him out. Thornton time.

Not a very good game for our 3-4 hitters. Two straight hitless games for them.

High fastball ends the inning!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:08 AM) His control's been crap as of late. And there's a wild pitch.

Santos has thrown 4 bad change-ups in this AB to Tabata. I hated the way Castro called that AB.

I hope Matt Thornton is ok. Williams is warming up.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 02:03 AM) False, as he is not pitching against Jayson Nix. Nix doesn't make millions though

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:02 AM) 25 line drives actually. We'll never know how hard he's hitting those grounders, but truth is, once the sample gets large enough, it'll even itself out. There's always the luck factor in all of this. We know there is a good amount of ground balls that go for hits even though they're nothing but little choppers. Look what Beckham's done today with those. Good stuff

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:00 AM) Get Freddy out of there. One of the worst players in baseball almost homered against him.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 12:59 AM) His LD% is barely lower than what it was last year and he's got a .250 BABIP. That's bad luck. Plus, he's hitting far more ground balls this year, and those usually go for a higher average than fly balls. And that's why that stat can be deceptive. Beckham has hit just a million weak choppers to the pitcher and right side this season. He probably hasn't hit more than 20 line drives all season.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:55 AM) Should have pinch hit for him...sigh. Agreed, best chance of winning was going Santos/Thornton/Putz/Jenks for an inning while trying to add more runs in the top of the 6th.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:52 AM) Beckham's been getting some really lucky hits this game. He needs it, he's been having just terrible luck all year. He has? When you don't hit the ball hard, it's not really bad luck. Rios is definitely our tough luck hitter.

Yep, ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL BUNT! Terrible baseball by the Sox.

Hard combination to bunt here with Castro on 2nd. Good try with the quasi-butcher boy

Beckham swinging a magic wand tonight! 3 RBI and hasn't come close to hitting a ball hard.

Someone really should be batting for Garcia this inning. Pen should be extremely fresh.

And we're tied. Get him out Ozzie, this is an awful performance. Pirates will have the lead shortly if Garcia stays in the game.

Come on Freddy, one more!

Wow, steals 3rd also. Garcia, do you feel like actually competing tonight?

Wow, this is just terrible by Garcia. He continues to hang every offspeed pitch he throws. 4-3 now, and I'm sure McCutcheon will steal shortly. Get the pen up Ozzie if you want to actually try to win this game.

Every lefty is getting great swings against Garcia, which is weird considering Garcia's splits coming into the game.