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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:52 PM) Oh man, Thome just got a 3-1 cookie and whiffed on it. Same pitch, hit it hard off of the wall.

Nice job by Gavin pitching over the leadoff single. Can we get another hit off of Halladay today?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:47 PM) Getz is a rookie. Rookies struggle. Completely agree, and he should get the whole season to show what he can do. However, you know better than anyone that Hawk's the spokesman for the organization, and he's been all over Getz.

QUOTE (tommy @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:44 PM) Who do you guys have close games after we trade Jenks? Just curious. Thornton

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:43 PM) Hawk needs to shut the f*** up. I love Getzy. Oooh and I'm a dumbass, I just remembered I had paused my Sox game at the beginning and that was why my feed was so behind. Getz is going to find himself in the utility role pretty soon if he doesn't get it going. With them keeping Alexei at SS, you'd have to think they'll put Beckham at 2nd base if they're still down on Getz. I can see Nix getting a ton of ABs at 2nd base as the season goes on.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:42 PM) So if we had to blow this team up and keep only 2-3 players, it'd be hard for me to convince myself on any of them. Quentin, Danks, and Thornton (assuming you trade Jenks)

Ouch...Getz is 1 for his last 20

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:40 PM) Betemit plays against tough lefties. I really don't understand why they even bother with him on the roster. Would have been better bringing back Brad Eldred. Hawk is getting really frustrated with Getz. You can tell he doesn't like him right now, as he got on him about a fly out to the warning track.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:37 PM) That was an awesome Curve Gavin threw to Lind to get the whiff. 2 quick outs now as Rolen flies out to CF. I just want to see Gavin get command of the curve he can throw for a strike early in the count. Gavin's curve has still been dominant this year. He really should throw it any time he gets 2 strikes on the hitter. If the hitter does damage on it, good for them.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:35 PM) He's the same as he was when everyone was making a big deal out of him, except he's not hitting all the homers. He really had never hit homers at that pace previously in the minors and he probably will hit homers more frequently than he has this season, but his performance is really not shockingly worse than before. The thing that frustates me is we acquired Betemit to fill in for Fields against tough righties, especially when Fields was struggling. Now, we are in that same exact situation, and Betemit doesn't get playing time because of his poor defense. The question is: where in the hell is the scouting of Betemit that should have been done to show he's a bad defensive player? Must have been the same scout who said Swisher and OC would be amazing clubhouse people.

Armando Galarraga has just imploded for the Tigers lately.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:33 PM) So I really don't like Fields anymore. He looks 100% lost at the plate. Could you imagine how low his batting average would be if he didn't have all the bloopers in the first few weeks? He has only a handful of hard hit balls all season.

7-8-9 all have struck out. At least our pitcher saw some pitches to make Roy work.

6 pitches, 2 strike outs for our awesome bottom of the order.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:27 PM) Is my feed on a major delay or something, its 2-0 with 2 outs? Delay...Gavin threw the ultimate meatball to Rios.

I just can't stop thinking about how this team does so many little things to make it harder to win. We don't hold runners, we don't run the bases well, God forbid we ever throw a pitch out or put on a play to try and get a cheap out. I don't know if it's an Ozzie thing or a personnel thing (likely both), but I can't wait for a better strategical team.

Gavin throws a meatball on the 1-2 pitch. Why in the world wouldn't you throw a curve when you get that ahead in the count? Earth to Sox catchers...Gavin Floyd has a terrible fastball.

Fields will never get to 200 strike outs...he's playing his way into a demotion (assuming he has an option left)

He's now completely lost at the plate. This is where Greg Walker needs to step up and help a young hitter. Unfortunately, Fields and his slow reactions might make it so he never can adjust.

Fields strikes out on 3 pitches. He looks worse now than he did a week ago.

The dumbest thing about Dye trying to steal 3rd was that due to the shift, there was a defender right behind the 2nd base bag. Thus, he was unable to get a real big lead.

QUOTE (Felix @ May 17, 2009 -> 05:07 PM) That was really stupid, JD. For as much as we rip on Walker, no one has done less to earn their paycheck than Jeff Cox.

Dye caught stealing 3rd with no outs. This team is just clueless on the bases.

What in the heck is this? Good situational hitting so far. All things considered, I'm really proud of Podsednik's stint here so far.

We're not even trying anymore I guess: Pods Getz Dye Konerko Thome Ramirez Fields Miller Lillicurse We don't deserve to win games with this horrible lineup. At least Anderson's getting a lot of ABs in the minors. That's more important than actually try to field a competitive team. Besides Konerko, we have no one hitting higher than .256.