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It's depressing watching Konerko bat. He doesn't even come close to hitting the ball hard. If Ozzie really wanted to try and get the lead (no manager would), he would have brought Kotsay in to hit there.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 04:56 AM) Ziegler is being used in the 6th inning now? Wow... Still have Wuertz and Bailey

Great bunt by Pods. Beckham going to face some nasty stuff here from BZ

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:50 AM) I think he just gives them a longer rope -- thinks they can use their experience to work themselves out of trouble. Floyd's been awesome at getting big outs late in the game this season.

Castro with some great at bats. Pods going to have to get this bunt down.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:47 AM) watch Anderson cruise now... 90 errors for this team now...crappy D doesn't get you into the playoffs

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:47 AM) He is a lot better than he used to be. Still has the occasional tendency to leave a guy in too long ala tonight. Remember how bad he used to be with Garcia?

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 04:44 AM) For a so called "great pitchers manager" Ozzie has no idea about when and where some of his guys need to leave the game. He's actually been much better with this than he used to be. 2006 was one of the worst years I've ever seen with that.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:37 AM) Who didn't see this coming? What the f*** was Ozzie doing? He should have never, ever been allowed to start this inning.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:38 AM) Mr. Negative Range strikes again. If we can see that, the guy who was a shortstop, why is the manager so blind/stubborn about it? Especially when throwing slow sliders to Hairston.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:36 AM) Yup. When he goes to the side, it never, ever, goes right. And tie game. GET HIM THE f*** OUT Every pitch from the 4th inning on that he threw was just hanging right over the plate. It's sickening to see what has become of his fork ball. It's like if Kim Kardashian all of a sudden lost her ass in two years.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:35 AM) oh, and as for your crystal ball, can i borrow it some time? I just don't know how any Sox fan can defend Jose's performance, as a whole, this season. Outside of that strong stretch, he just hasn't given us a good chance to win on a frequent basis.

Well, that was quick for the A's to tie it up. Good thing Alexei was playing so far up the middle. Pull him and never start him again!!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 04:33 AM) Contreras would kill to keep that ERA of 5 if he were to complete the season. His last 3 starts have been just awful. He is done. He runs out of gas after about 50 pitches. You can tell as he starts the game over the top, and by the 4th inning, he's throwing from the side.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:28 AM) jesus you people are ridiculous tonight. EVERY team runs out guys like Contreras on a weekly basis. he's been an adequate 5th starter this year and came back from a massive injury. give the guy a f***ing break. without the errors he'd have given up 1 or 2 at most. He's on his way to being 4-12 on the season! He's basically sucked ever since losing his winning streak in 2006.

TAKE HIM OUT OF THE f***ING GAME OZZIE!

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:27 AM) I think it starts with the manager getting up off his ass. That never happens with Ozzie. He argues on the field less than any manager I've seen this year....except if it's to protect Jhonny Peralta on a bad call.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:25 AM) In his defense there was no reason to think he'd be this bad at the time of that extension. Totally agree, I was happy when that extension was given out.

jphat isn't going to be happy. wow, on second look, that ball was fair. Terrible job by Ozzie of not forcing the review.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:21 AM) I'm pretty fking stoked that we still have Contreras in our rotation. Nice job giving a dead team hope in this game, asshat. At least we can once again confidently say his extension was the worst contract of KW's regime.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:20 AM) That wasn't an error, they gave him a hit for that. Look at where Nix had to go and what he had to do to make that play. If he fields that cleanly, it's an out. It's a play that has got to be made, as Contreras was at the bag in time.

Every pitch just hangs right over the heart of the plate waiting to be hammered. I despise watching Contreras pitch.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 03:19 AM) Carlos, pick up the f***ing ball and throw it, damn. That just cost a run. He doesn't make the highlight type errors that Soriano does, but Quentin is one of the worst outfielders in baseball.

Should be 4 errors on the Sox tonight.

And we have a ball game again. Contreras has got to be removed from this rotation after tonight's game.