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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?

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 01:53 AM) Lately? He's consistently terrible. You guys need to watch some really good baseball teams. You're clueless as to what constitutes a good middle reliefs. The Sox haven't had one since Dennis Lamb in 1983. Pena wouldn't be on most rosters. He wouldn't be on any of the contenders except the Sox. Sean Lowe was great. Pena's had good spurts as a long reliever, but he's been dismal as a short reliever.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 01:51 AM) What's sad is the offense has been mashing. But other than Edwin Jackson, which is shocking, we don't have a reliable starter at the moment. Our starters started off year struggling, then had that magical 2 month run. However, it seems they've just hit the wall. That's why our start to this season doomed us, as well as the Twins fantastic play since the ASB. If we got off to a decent start this year, our 26-5 run would have given us a lot more breathing room.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 01:50 AM) Maybe this will finally stop the playoff ticket advertisements that Hawk reads for every game. Might want to start working on 2011 ticket package advertisements now. If that's true, don't waste 4 million dollars and prospects to get Manny for probably 80 at bats.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 01:49 AM) This team is in DEEP trouble with its current bullpen situation. It's in deep trouble cause the Twins have an incredibly easy schedule the rest of the way and have a far superior pitching now.

Pena is just terrible...our bullpen is in total shambles right now.

If Sox are 5.5 games out come Monday or Tuesday, Manny and his contract while giving up prospects is just not worth it.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 01:40 AM) Tony Pena is horrible. I want that trade back. That start a week ago has overshadowed how awful he's been lately.

Pathetic outing by Danks. 4 of his last 10 starts now he's given up 5 or more runs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 11:47 PM) Against Captain Cheeseburger? I'm surprised to read that from you. I've seen enough good hitting from the Sox at the Cell to have confidence we'll have our fair share of base runners. Of course one big issue vs Yankees is it's an 8 inning game.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 12:43 AM) This. He screams 3rd starter to me. He's a 2/3 that's going to want to get paid like an ace. And the Sox will rightfully say good riddance.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 12:40 AM) four point five games........thirty three games to go.....see you tomorrow This game is far from over

Great approach by Andruw there!! C.C. doesn't have much out there right now, so we need to jump on him.

There have to be other catching combinations better than AJP and Castro? McCann and Ross come to mind

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 11:35 PM) Don't have the sound on at work, but I'm guessing with the replays, Hawk is already complaining about the umps. Actually no during that inning. He rightfully complained about the Alexei call.