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QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:42 AM) You totally just made up a word. of course, it's a great word.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:41 AM) If Beckham gets that bunt down this ball game is over. Ozzie would look pretty smart then. It's not his fault Becks and Pods screwed the f***ing pooch. But with a reliever with a long release, why not have Pods try to steal and then have Beckham try to get him over to 3rd? I still believe you're inaccurate in thinking Rios would have had a single if Lopez wasn't covering 2nd.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:38 AM) Yup, Caribbean and fireworks night at the cell I think that was the night after the famous first pitch fastball to Vlad in a tied game in the 9th.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:39 AM) I think since the botched Cubs game, no dumb thing Ozzie ever does surprises me anymore. I'm getting used to his idiotic managing. I just have to wonder how many games it costs us every year; not that I'm insinuating a loss here would be Ozzie's fault. We've played like s*** tonight. You have to wonder if we would win more games if there was a manager who tried to be a little more creative and strategical. You never see us put on pick off plays or throw a pitch out, etc.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:37 AM) If Bobby Cox was managing the sox, Pods would be pulled and we'd be seeing a Quentin/Rios/Dye OF right now. Cox would have been ejected on the awful called 3rd on Rios in the 3rd.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:36 AM) I don't think I've ever seen a guy get picked off 3RD BASE before, and if I did.. must have been a long time ago. Pods might be the first player in a long time to get picked off 1B, 2B, and 3B in a season. He's had a very good year, but it sucks when your baseball I.Q. is the size of a raisin. Carlos Lee against the Expos about 6 years back.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:35 AM) Is podsednik honestly f***ing brain dead He's the worst base runner in baseball, I truly believe. He has no instincts on the bases. The fact he wasn't stealing on the first few pitches by Lowe during Beckham's AB is sad.

When the going gets tough, the tough pull the ball

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:34 AM) No way. Alex actually hit that ball pretty well. Yes, but the reason it got to his left was he was covering 2nd.

Can I also add that Jeff Cox is absolutely brutal at his job? He needs to be communicating with Pods there.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:32 AM) I wonder what would've happened if he got the bunt down. Oh, I know, we'd be winning. That would have been a routine grounder to 2nd if Pods wasn't running.

Oh Pods...he's had his head so far up his ass the last few weeks. Ozzie is getting outmanaged so badly tonight.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:31 AM) Man a successful bunt woulda been f***ing sweet. Why, it would have been a runner on 3rd and 2 outs then

Very nice! Can we get a lucky wild pitch?

Jeez Ozzie, feel free to actually manage tonight.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:27 AM) That's not happening on Johjima. Johnson is the catcher. Johjima is a bad throwing catcher though, I thought.

Ugh, he's going to be bunting.

That a boy, first one of those in a while. I really don't want to see Beckham bunt, as I think Pods can get a great jump on Lowe.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:18 AM) Everyone is pulling their hair out, and in some cases it's called for, but as you say, tonight was just two pitchers on top of their games. Felix wasn't even that sharp, but it's amazing to see the growth by him over the last few years, learning to battle when he isn't as sharp as usual. Before the Peavy trade, I really thought we could have been a serious contender to acquire him in the next year or two.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 04:15 AM) He advanced a base runner. More than any of the other shlubs have been doing tonight. Really? Runner on 2nd with 1 out, and we're happy with advancing the runner? Yikes

When the going gets tough, pull the ball!

Getz better have a pulled groin for Konerko or Dye to not be used here.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 05:13 AM) I think Kotsay is the smartest player on our team. ? He gets a lot of praise for very little productivity.

Wow, nice break there.

Can we please get Buehrle the win he deserves like we did for Danks last night?