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I'm totally for pitching around Hairston and hoping they bring in Cust for Nomar.

Tough match-up here with the fastball hitter in Hairston. Pitch him carefully!

Nix's mental lapse overshadowed the fact that Pods played that ball terribly!

QUOTE (TheHolyBovine @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 10:08 PM) pure foolishness. I've seen Wuertz pitch so much the past few years, and I have no idea how righties hit him. Of course Ozzie shouldn't have ph Wise for Rios, but it would be nice to see him start to use his bench more to play match-ups.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 10:09 PM) Kepp the f***ing tag on him Nix. How many mental lapses can one person have in the field over a 2 week span?

Both of our outfielders misplayed that, and then Nix had his head up his ass at 2nd!

Ozzie's going to play match-ups this inning. I'd rather just see Thornton start the inning.

yuck

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 11:04 PM) You mean like pinch hitting Wise for our best defensive outfielder in a 1 run game? In no way did I mean for that to happen. I just meant I thought Wise would have a better chance to do something productive than Rios.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 11:03 PM) Damn. Expected heat, got the change. only an idiot would expect a 3-2 fastball from Wuertz.

Ugh, terrible at bat by Rios. He seems to be trying too hard to hit a home run right now.

I'd much rather see Wise bat here than Rios.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 10:58 PM) Ah, pinch hitting for the DH. he's hurt!

Ugh, Thome's hurt

NEVER SWING AT THE 3-2 WUERTZ PITCH!!

Hell of a job by Danks there!

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 10:48 PM) Why not walk Ellis to face Cunningham? You can't put go-ahead run on base.

Nice range by Rios out there. Huge batter here for Danks

or you could have had Quentin or Konerko bat for Kotsay and try to blow the game open?

And we're in trouble. Danks is up in the zone with an awful lot.

Pods just can't field a ball clean to save his life. A's seem to have some momentum.

Awesome inning again thanks to the bunt!

Wow, terrible AB by Nix. So happy we bunted...ugh

Good luck getting the job done here Nix.

That will work from Thome. Come on Rios, make jphat a fan.