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AJP took two pitches right in his wheelhouse.

Wow...worthless. I'd rather Jones play from now on, he's actually looked better recently.

Quentin looks to have no chance at the plate. He's opening up ridiculously early as well.

PERFECT swing by Konerko there.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:39 AM) Who the hell is CASPER Wells? What kind of name is that for a baseball player? First Casper in MLB history

Keep trying to pull everything guys!! Rios lucky he didn't break his hip opening up so early there.

Nice managing by Ozzie there. Rios needs to get us started with his 10 hopper up the middle.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:35 AM) fathom would say he's found a new supplier. Me and 99% of the baseball world

Walk Hafner here and take your chances against Nix.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:24 AM) We probably have the ability to move a starter. On top of that our pen is going to still have Pena, Sale (unless he starts), Thornton, and Santos. While I realize those are young guys, they have talent and we know what Thorty has. Who ends up closing, I have no idea, but there is always a shot the Sox bring back Putz. Lets not pretend we need to overhaul the pen. Sale should either be starting in the majors in the minors. No reason to keep him in the pen, his future has to be as a starter. I'm sorry, but saying Pena is part of the bullpen next season is silly, as he's nothing more than a mop-up reliever. Putz will cost a lot of money to bring back next season.

QUOTE (WinorDie88 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:24 AM) FREEZE ON A LINE DRIVE DAMNIT It's not like there was any doubt it would be caught.

Wow, what a pathetic effort by the offense. As Stone said, "very bad base running". That's Ozzieball! Someone might want to tell our hitters to stop trying to pull every f***ing sinker Masterson throws.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:21 AM) There's no way we can expect PK to have a similar year in 2011 (IF we bring him back). And Pierre has overachieved. Like fathom, I'm not salivating over our potential offense for next year. Yep, an MVP caliber season from Konerko likely won't be duplicated even if he returns (I'm not quite sure where we're going to get the money needed for offensive upgrades and bullpen upgrades). KW is going to have to make a great trade with Danks as the ammunition.

Want to know the main reason Ozzie should have played Manny tonight? To get everyone to stop talking about off the field BS and get them to talk about his performance on the field. And yes, this hair thing is ridiculous. Who the F cares?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:13 AM) But we've got Tyler Flowers and his 35% K% and .769 OPS at AAA to look forward to next year. I'm not exactly looking forward to what our offense will look like next season.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 12:11 AM) Kotsay with another screaming liner but another terrific defensive play to rob him. Chased ball 4, and then Alexei with the brain dead decision to bunt with 2 outs, no one on. Bad, bad baseball.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 12:09 AM) It is really amazing how bad AJ has been offensively this year. He barely ever hits the ball hard. He looks like someone who's done with, with regards to bat speed.

Keep trying to pull that outside sinker AJP...you're going to be awesome when you're 65 and learn how good you can be.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 12:00 AM) He really is a pure DH. He's been horrible. Problem with Quentin is he's worthless on the road, and he is pathetic against LHP. I'm all for getting rid of him this offseason if he has any value.

I love the lack of urgency from Ozzie in playing Manny, yet he has no problems having our relievers throw multiple innings on consecutive days. I guarantee Ozzie would have been more proactive in playing Manny today if we were facing a LHP.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) Sarcasm? And did we really buy the wig stock from the Dodgers? Yes about the sarcasm, and I guess we tried to buy the wigs but couldn't.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) Doesn't mean squat? Are you actually serious? It at least helps, come on man. He's no Carl Everett!

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 08:15 PM) sounds like manny's decision: JD would be tired from a long night, and not a long day

People are underestimating how important it is to keep Manny fresh for next season. Also, no doubt in my mind Sox didn't want Manny to cut his braids. They might have publically said they did, but there's a reason they bought the wigs from the Dodgers.

More than anything, happy to win this game so there's more excitement for Manny's debut tomorrow.