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QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:30 AM) I am not sure what this means for us, but certainly with points 1&2, we basically have no shot even if we were lucky enough to make it to the post season. Thoughts? I hate this line of thinking. You make it there, and anything can happen. We could have easily won the first 3 games against Tampa last year, and we have 3 strong starting pitchers this year that have shown the ability to shut down good hitting teams.

QUOTE (JohnStamos @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:29 AM) He's going up against Joe Nathan. You might only get 1 pitch to hit in that situation. You're really gonna complain about a guy who's hitting over .300? I love how every prospect is an all-star until they get called up, when they properly become just the s***ty hitters on our team. That was a terrible pitch AJP swung at. Low, outside fastball that he swung the bat at. Looked like it was an 0-2 swing he took.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:28 AM) Get rid of Nix, get rid of Fields, get rid of all these AAAA players. Nix is fine as a utility player. He had some good ABs today. It's not the Nix and the Fields of the world who's killing the Sox, it's our veterans like Dye, Thome, Linebrink, and Jenks.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:25 AM) Well let's go Astros. Ha, yeah right. The Cubs pitching is insane right now.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:24 AM) How typical, our s***ty defense is the reason we lose the game. The Twins didn't beat us, we beat ourselves. (Sorry to go Hawk on you all, but it's true). It's our offense though that is losing games. Dye, Konerko, and Thome are homer or nothing. Pods is slowing down a little, and Quentin's obviously been a flop since he's been back.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:26 AM) Sometimes i can't wait for Tyler Flowers. A catcher who can work an AB? WHAT???? Yeah, I can't wait for him to come up and strike out in 1/3 of his ABs!!

One of the worst losses of the season. This offense is just disgustingly bad right now, but no one has the balls to shake things up.

Haha, you have to be kidding me. I thought that was gone. This is so f***ing typical of every game here.

Great effort tonight AJP! Awful hitting and terrible defense.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:19 AM) I would go with something we haven't seen yet. Like maybe a bloop down the RF line that bounced over JD's head for a inside-the-parker? We haven't seen a ball lost in the ceiling lately, at least since C. Lee left town.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 02:17 AM) Linebrink should thank his lucky star, if he has one, for that pop out. Have you seen his contract and his ERA this year....he has many lucky stars

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 02:17 AM) So how will we give up a run or two making the ninth inning even more of an impossible task? A) Solo HR B) Error C) Bloop hits D) Walk, SB, bunt, Sac Fly E) Twinkie dust. Beckham hasn't made an error since the ASB. Maybe two errors on the same play by him and then a squeeze play?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:15 AM) sometimes i hate this team Usually from the 5th inning on.

Josh Willingham has 2 grand slams tonight though. Oh, and I would love to see what teams would give up for Jermaine if we lose our next 4 games. I can't believe Garko brought back so much, as he seems like a platoon player to me.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:13 AM) I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown. If we lose tonight, I hope Ozzie goes off on everyone. Can I also say that Greg Walker really sucks at his job. I wonder if Beckham will have a sophomore slump also like our players usually do, or will he be good enough to rise above Walker's suckiness?

It's absolutely f***ing sickening to see how every hitter we have besides Beckham and Nix tonight have pulled off the ball. Dye might be the worst, as all you have to do is throw it on the outside half and he has no chance.

Pods and Alexei have looked awful tonight. No patience and no productivity.

Danks really pitched well tonight. He gave us a chance to win.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:08 AM) LF and 1B? 1b and 2b

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2009 -> 03:06 AM) Pods/Alexei/Beckham/Dye/Thome/Konerko/Pierzynski/Quentin/Getz That's not really breaking up the slow bunch though. I wonder if KW might go after another outfield bat like Luke Scott.

This defense is so comical. It's crazy to think it's way below average at every position besides two tonight.

How about shaking up the lineup? This lineup with Quentin in it is obviously not working. I still would love to see Beckham in the 3rd, 4th, or 5th spot just to add a line drive hitter to the mix. Having him bat behind the struggling Quentin is ridiculous.

I really wish we were sellers right now with the huge prices teams seem to be paying for average players. The Giants #9 prospect could be top 5 in many systems.

Damn, another hanger, and he just missed it. This is so typical of every f***ing game in Minnesota. It's a disgrace we haven't hit Perkins harder, as he has nothing on his pitches.

Fields is so far off the plate. He can't do anything with a pitch on the outside corner.