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QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:42 AM) The Lillibridge thing is crazy -- and not just from Walker. Here's a guy who has struck out A LOT the last 2 years, and he's got the damn bat wrapped around his head with his hands way up in the air. The man cannot get around on a pedestrian fastball!!!! Lower his hands and put the bat on a different plane!!!! Or how about make some change to Fields swing so he can actually drop the barrel on the ball once every 2 weeks?

QUOTE (jphat007 @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:40 AM) Haha. You're really angry. I can feel it in your posts. Not nearly as angry as fathom tho. You feeling better? You were in the same territory the other day? For me personally, I can't believe the relative ease that the Sox seem to be getting beat lately. As Ozzie stated yesterday, you don't want to create a culture where losing is acceptable.

People keep asking why didn't we trade for players like Edwin Jackson, Coco Crisp, etc.? The reason is because besides Brandon Allen and Aaron Poreda, we had no one that we could trade that anyone really wanted. Another top 8 draft pick, to go along with the 4 pretty high picks this year, will continue to help the farm system improve.

Getz continues to hit way too many fly outs. He needs to be able to turn on the inside fastballs.

Wow, what a terrible hitter. Overpowered by 89 mph fastballs.

It's unbelievable how boring the Atlanta Hawks are.

Nice hits this inning..need a crooked number.

Gavin's ERA is now 7.04. We easily could end up being the worst team in the AL this year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 12, 2009 -> 12:24 AM) How many more starts will Gavin get before the Charlotte commuter jet? 2 or 3? They need to keep him on the big league team all year. Sending him down will not help him out at all. If he has to go to the minors and face s***ty hitters to get his confidence, then he's a bigger pussy than a lot of us think.

Be careful Gavin, don't want to give him a bruise on one of his injection marks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:23 AM) GOD DAMNIT GAVIN CUT THE CRAP He's going to need to develop a cutter, because his fastball is just meat.

Terrible...what a brutal performance yet again.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:21 AM) Why exactly was Getz positioned so deep towards 1st with a right hander up. Between the pitch calling and some of the defensive positioning you wonder what the hell is going on. They do so much wrong. The coaching staff is really being outclassed in every shape and form. Even Stone was ripping on Konerko's positioning before. It's like Ozzie and company feel they just put 9 guys on the field and sit back and watch while the other team is trying just a tad bit harder.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:18 AM) could people quit blaming that 2007 garbage team on injuries? Crede was an injury risk showing signs from September 2006 batting in the low .100's. Erstad was always a crippled piece of s***. Pods was always injury prone too. The 2007 team was built depending too much on Danks, Floyd and some others at the bottom of the rotation. A bad, young, fireball throwing bullpen, and Erstad playing in an everyday role. Thanks, that's what I was getting at.

Balta...do you know where to find a stat regarding #9 hitters vs the Sox this year?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 12, 2009 -> 12:13 AM) 2007=injuries 2008=we had great starting pitching, and then offense kicked in after TB/TOR series 2009=it was revealed on Wikipedia that Walker had a 2nd (in addition to Zapruder) secret recording of the Grassy Knoll on November 22nd, 1963 Refresh my mind...what were these injuries in 2007? Erstad? Who else was there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2009 -> 12:10 AM) Prior to tonight, Q has had a man on base for 12 of his last 35 AB's. you're awesome

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 12, 2009 -> 12:09 AM) That's an insult to the word boring. Atrocious, egregious, debacle, miasma...all words that come to mind. Debacle's my favorite word to describe this offense.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:07 AM) In case you were wondering... This team is REALLY bad. I wish I knew what Greg Walker would have to do to get fired. This team doesn't even hit the ball hard. Hell, we've had only a handful of "Stretch" calls this year.

I would love to know how many Sox have been on base for Quentin in his ABs during the last two weeks or so. 2 quick outs, this offense is so boring.

Why is Gavin batting?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:01 AM) Because Lillibridge has already gotten 3 or 4 runners thrown out in that situation by swinging and missing on hit-and-runs, most of the runners embarassingly being out by 15-20 feet. I think it has been twice with Anderson, once with Pods and once with Fields, at least. I'd rather see a hit-and-run with Alexei, and make him focus on hitting the ball the opposite way. The whole league knows Ozzie always sends his "speedy" players when there's 2 outs.

Another terrible job by AJP of framing the 0-2 pitch. Floyd's looking much better, so that's a big positive.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 11, 2009 -> 11:56 PM) For the first time in quite a while, I have pretty much convinced myself that paying for MLB.tv with this team this year, is not worth it. Even to see Pods play over Brian Anderson, causing an internet riot on Soxtalk?

What the hell are we doing? Now we have Lillibridge leading off next inning. Terrible fundamentals