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Rangers with the lead over Twins.

Shouldn't Konerko have gone for the out at home there?

Hawk is talking about Gavin's dip in velocity. Down 2-0....UGH!

Simple question: Am I the only one that thinks spending 4 million on Manny would be an absolute waste of money?

Luke Scott would have clearly been the 2nd best hitter on our team. It's really too bad we didn't acquire him. Gavin's about to get himself into trouble again. His stuff just isn't there anymore.

Yay, we're starting with the bunting bulls*** again tonight.

Haha, Beckham with the cheapest hit you'll ever see!

Best announcing we've heard in 4 days with Stone, Lillibabe, and the other lady.

Lillibabe!

Right-center seems to be filling up tonight, should be about 27,500

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 12:34 AM) Why do the O's f***ing suck? I'd donate a testicle for about 40% of their roster. They need to hire the Blue Jays hitting coach.

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.