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0 for the series for Konerko

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 16, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) Awful at bat by Becks, and Jones flys out deep to left. Beckham saw 6 straight fast balls. It's absolutely frightening how infrequently he hits the ball hard. It's like he's this year's version of Rios with the Sox last season.

Another game, another awful performance by Beckham. Time to send him down to AAA.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 16, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) How can you blame the managing for guys failing at the plate? Oh yeah, he should have pinch hit for two high paid starters. And pinch hit with the equally bad crap on the bench. Teahen is one of the worst hitters in baseball against LHP this year. With the tying run at the plate, you have to go to your bench. There's no excuse to have a game where you're facing a righty starter, and then have a situation where you have 4 lefties face a lefty reliever in the same inning.

Pierre was trying to hit a home run that AB, it seemed. What pathetic managing that inning.

Teahen now with an OPS around .333 against LHP. Keep up the good season boys!

Teahen should not be batting here against a LHP.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 16, 2010 -> 08:31 PM) I understand the runners, but with 2 out and the bases loaded, why not have Floyd wind up. He's much more effective. Agreed!

Give Gavin 5 more starts, and if he can't turn it around, you have to remove him from the rotation.

Who do you think Hawk believes is a better hitter, Frank Thomas or Randy Ruiz?

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 16, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) And Gavin sucks. When is he going to throw a good game? When he gets to face our hitters?

Gavin is just hanging way too many offspeed pitches the last 2 innings. You can't continue to do that in the majors.

OZZIEBALL! Who doesn't know the Sox are going to try and steal with a man on and 2 outs? Pierre has to protect there.

Broke up that string, might as well do a hit-and-run as he's not going to score him on a hit here.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 16, 2010 -> 08:13 PM) Boy, we are absolutely DEAD at the plate this afternoon... 7 in a row retired, and we've only had one or two hard hit balls all game.

Hawk's blaming the momentum changing on that fly ball that we let drop, but the real momentum changed when we gave them 2 outs on the bases when Bannister was struggling. We're not good enough on offense to give up outs.

QUOTE (qwerty @ May 16, 2010 -> 08:10 PM) That really was a nice play by teahen there. Yep, he's playing good D today.

We should walk Maier to set up the DP.

Gavin making terrible pitches this inning. Get it together Gavin, we're going to need you the next few years.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 16, 2010 -> 08:00 PM) I think it's the pitching from the stretch hurting him right now. Agreed, he's not getting the same drive and it's causing the lack of arm speed.

Gavin seems to have lost command of his offspeed stuff, as he's overthrowing it now. Need a DP! Gavin's about to crap the bed here, seen this far too often this season from him.

Hold them to 1 Gavin.

Wowsers, that's just bad baseball. Pierre was jogging after that ball from the start. Pitch over it Gavin.

5 in a row retired vs Sox. Are they going to reach double digits again? Hawk made a great point early that there's no continuity in this offense from one inning to the next.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 16, 2010 -> 07:52 PM) Frank Thomas is the poster child for sports heroes you would be udderly dissappointed in if you knew him in person. I'll take Michael Jordan for that award.