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BTW, great win for the Phillies tonight over the Cubs!

Thome got 5 meatballs in that at bat, and couldn't do any damage. He K'd on a straight 89 mph fastball right down the plate.

Is Jayson Nix batting?

QUOTE (SockMe @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 04:22 AM) I would love Rios to come in and just kill his first game Unless he's Brian Anderson, it's not going to happen.

Must be nice to have infielders that know how to position themselves.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 03:15 AM) Here's what I'm wondering. Can 2 guys who were great in a World Series -- Podsednik and Dye -- be so mentally fragile as to let the new guy's arrival make them suck even more than they were already sucking? I'm leaning yes. It's their free agent year. Pods is looking for more financial security for his family, and Dye is looking for his final big multiple year contract.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 03:15 AM) haha. you guys read the Pitino s***? Some funny stuff. Yep, he needs to step down. Good luck recruiting with that on your resume.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 04:14 AM) Pods is right we don't need another OF. Just keep praying we don't give him some ridiculous contract extension.

Pods is really struggling right now. This is the worst offensive performance of the season so far.

You have three players in Dye, Thome, and Pods who are all free agents after this year. You'd have to be crazy to think they were going to be excited to see their at bats go down due to Rios coming aboard. Way to swing at ball 4 Alexei!

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 03:07 AM) Guys seem to be inspired by the acquisition of Rios. I said when the rumor about the waiver claim came out that if the Sox got Rios, I really thought the clubhouse morale would get really bad. Let's hope that doesn't happen.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 04:06 AM) why did konerko cut that off? Throw was 20 feet up the 3rd base line.

Terrible throw by Dye allows Mariners to score.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 03:02 AM) Same as the second half last year and in 2006. (2007=irrelevant.) Same lousy at-bats. Same terrible body language. Same general appearance of old badness. Have we had a good 2nd half team at all this decade?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 02:58 AM) I'm not sure I am ready to lump Thome into this bashing...seems to me he has been fairly productive lately...is that perception incorrect? Yeah, I've been trying to make this more about Dye and Konerko, as Thome's hit a lot of home runs recently.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 02:58 AM) Great AB again, f*** THIS START f***ING PLAYING LIKE YOU WANNA MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AND KEEP YOUR ABs. No intensity, especially from the veterans. It's really frustrating to watch. I'm just thankful we didn't mortgage the future for this season.

I'd rather see Kotsay playing 1B these days. At least he'll have good at bats.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 03:54 AM) The middle of our lineup sucks right now. That's about all there is to say. They may be coming through once a week when other team's middles are doing s*** every day or every other day I've said this a few times, but it's really home run or nothing for the 3-4-5. Konerko might be the worst culprit. I only remember one real positive play by him since the ASB, and that was the 3 run homer off of David Price.

Nice job by Danks there.

That's the third play Danks has botched on plays up the middle in his last 3 starts.

I can't wait for this lineup to be shaken up tomorrow.

Another quality AB by Dye. Home run or nothing for him. Ozzie will have two players who are awful right now to choose from on who to bench tomorrow in Pods and Dye.

Brad Lidge is awful this year.

QUOTE (GordoTheGreat @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 02:38 AM) A walk, this is going to nip us in the butt. The 2-2 pitch to Wilson was clearly a strike, but Danks missed his spot so he didn't get the call.

Did the Phillies have a home run that got overturned?