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5 feet from the warning track...he swung at that like he had 2 strikes on him.

Prediction for AJP: warning track power

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 01:45 AM) Another pitch right down the pipe. Hell yes it was. Shields tried to let Thome tie it, but he's just a little off right now.

BRANYAN!

wow, that 0-1 pitch to Thome was an absolute meatball!

Starting to hit the ball harder. Thome's best bet is to wait for an outside fastball and hit it out to left center.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:40 AM) When Freddie's ready we have 4 #5's + CR, Torres, Bartolo . Might have a different looking bullpen by the trade dealine. Nice HR Pods. Please say no to Garcia

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:38 AM) Torres is a guy to watch. Could have a nice little career with us. Just like with Ben Francisco going to a Pac-10 school, I would have never guessed that Torres went to Kansas St

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:38 AM) It really was an impressive outing by Torres. Hopefully they keep the kid in mind if Colon can't throw anything but a mediocre fastball. Yep, I'd rather watch Torres try and develop into a 5th starter/swing man instead of watching Colon throw fastball after fastball with a rather mediocre attitude.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:38 AM) lol im used to texting. i didnt think it was a big deal, u understand what i typed. im sorry, "you" lol Nah, it was just funny.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 01:36 AM) No. Burrell's homer was just an inside fastball that wasn't inside enough. Gross' HR was on a cutter that didn't cut enough. I really liked his curve, and think he should use it a little more.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:35 AM) He's done well enough (so far) to deserve a win. Our offense has just been asleep all night. Agreed...did he give up both homers on the same cutter?

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:34 AM) and u know ur done if ur not gunna score You use text message for this?

So demoralizing tonight...please make a comeback Seattle. It's crazy to think of the situation we could be in come Sunday.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 01:30 AM) We have nothing to lose with the way the bullpen has been going. Let him stretch it out as much as he can. Have them ready, but no reason to pull him yet. Got to get him out now. Everything continues to be up in the zone. Good effort by him.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:25 AM) Phegley has got to be getting tired of these 0-fer games, yeesh. I know it's early and all, but it was an overdraft and you wonder if he'll ever get better with wooden bats?

Might be time to get the pen up. Torres has been up in the zone with a lot the last 2 innings, and it would be nice to get him out with a good start under his belt.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 01:26 AM) he reminds me alot of brad radke with a couple mph on the FB He's not even using his change-up a lot tonight. Mostly fastball and curve.

Crazy to think of some of the possibilities after this weekend. We could either be up a few games or potential down 8 games in the standings! I just really hope KW waits until after Sunday before making any big moves.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 01:25 AM) I never really thought James Shields was all that good. His ball must move more than I can see on TV since we aren't hitting much hard off him. I thought we usually hit him very hard. There's just something missing from our offense right now.

Shields is just hitting his spots, and Tampa sure seems to have a good scouting report on our hitters. Definitely not the time for our offense to go into a funk.

Great job by Torres! Featured the high cutter that inning...haha

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:17 AM) What a group of fail. All they're missing is CS CB Bucknor

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 01:14 AM) Laz and Merriweather back to back is a bad. And the first base umpire, Eric Cooper, is even worse.

Ok, please be careful with any fastballs to Pena. He's had good swings on Torres tonight but has been jammed.