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QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:42 AM) Wow, Jenks and Brinkey's numbers are eerily similar this year. Except Jenks hasn't had Thornton there to bail him out.

Wow, Bloomquist was flying down the line. Be careful with the fastballs Bobby!

Beckham is not afraid to have bad games. That's at least his third 0-5 or greater this year.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:37 AM) Some would argue that leaving Bale in here to face Beckham is a big mistake. Absolutely, especially with a struggling Jenks and Wright up in the pen.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:35 AM) Do you not read game threads? fathom has said "worst move I've ever seen" many times. I agree with this

That a boy Pods!! Please win this game so we can just not talk about this inning ever again.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:33 AM) Exactly, and to say, "worst managerial movie I've ever seen" speak volumes coming from fathom. I've seen worse, though. Ozzie s managing is atrocious. The bottom of the 8th has been atrocious as well. Hopefully Pods bails out Ozzie.

Awesome

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:31 AM) That bunt and the two lefties killed any chance of getting that run in. Not only that, but Pena looks to me like someone who has no chance of throwing out a runner.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:29 AM) Why else would he come out, warm up at the beginning of the 8th...and then be mysteriously pulled before the inning begins? Can you explain that? Obviously, there's no need to even put extra wear and tear on Thornton at this point in the season if you don't want to use him for the 8th...doesn't make any sense, he's CLEARLY the best reliever in the bullpen right now. To give Linebrink more tosses in the bullpen. Ozzie probably was goign to keep Thornton in when it was a 1 run lead, but he probably wanted to get Linebrink into the game when AJP homered.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:30 AM) Yah, I can understand that, but I think they were caught offguard by the two quick walks, which could be their fault, and the fact that at somepoint somebody other than Thornton is gonna have to hold some games for us. I think he was trying to give Line some confidence hoping he'd be worth something down the stretch. Unfortunatley, like Dotel, he showed that he sucks and we are screwed down the stretch. Awesome. Well said

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:29 AM) Hillman did not in the 7th to face AJ Isn't it a little bit different when your team is trailing?

Um, now we have Kotsay having to face a lefty?

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:26 AM) Well, I can agree with some of the stuff, but when you have 1 reliable arm in the bullpen there isn't a whole lot you can do 'right' as a manager. Jacobs looks absolutely dreadful whenever we have a lefty pitch to him. Williams was the person to face him there, no doubt about it. If that was the Sox batting, you bet your ass the manager would have brought in the lefty reliever.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:26 AM) Thornton was HURT when he came out to start the 8th.... What else would you have done??? So we really trust our season to Williams over someone we're paying like Linebrink and Dotel...??? This team is in huge trouble anyway with just Thornton in the bullpen....and we might not even have him after tonight. I'm very confident Thornton was not hurt.

Nothing irritates me more than bunting with a speedy guy on first base. Why not let him try to steal and then bunt him to 3rd?

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:22 AM) Why? fathom's wanted Ozzie gone for awhile. Bottom line is that nobody in our bullpen is worth a s*** these days other than Thornton. Yep, and I thought he was doing a very good job this season up until that Cubs debacle with Linebrink. Since then, it just seems like he's really made some weird decisions and the team has been far too flat when they should be going for sweeps.

Maybe we'll get our first walkoff homer of the year, so they can replay this game in 2011 during a rain delay?

That's the last time you can pitch him in a close game.

Yep, Ozzie needs to be fired on the spot. You absolutely have to bring in the lefty there. That's the worst managerial move I've ever seen.

Yep, Ozzie needs to be fired on the spot. You absolutely have to bring in the lefty there. That's the worst managerial move I've ever seen.

Yep Hawk, he's throwing better strikes these days. You have to bring in Williams to face Jacobs.

We were just wasting time to get Linebrink a few more tosses in the bullpen.

AJP! Bomb!

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 03:03 AM) Just shoot PK.