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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

Goodness, we're so freaking slow.

Yay, he found his curve. Can this offense score a run?

QUOTE (Brian @ May 12, 2009 -> 12:43 AM) Floyd was a fluke. Sorry, its true. Too early to tell about that, but it's funny how the three players every expert said would regress are making them look pretty smart (Gavin, Alexei, CQ).

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 11, 2009 -> 11:41 PM) Aj did a piss poor frame job on that one. I noticed that too...thanks for not making me feel crazy. Worst fundamental team I've ever seen. BTW, another walk to the #9 hitter.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 11, 2009 -> 11:38 PM) An 80 year old relative in my house asked why Dye wasn't at 3B on that hit...said Choo wasn't even going to throw the ball, just wanted to keep the hitter at 1st. We really can't afford to give up any runs, even against Cy Pavano. The Sox aren't playing hard this year. It's disgusting, and we seem to get outhustled every game.

QUOTE (JustWin @ May 11, 2009 -> 11:38 PM) Please keep it close, Gavin. I still feel like the offense will get to Pavano. I'd be willing to bet that Gavin's fastball this year has been hit harder than anyone else's fastball in the majors. This f***ing sucks, cause if we lose it's one thing, but if Gavin can't be relied upon to be a starter, it really hurts the future of this organization.

AJP flies out to the fence...how in the hell wasn't that gone?

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 11, 2009 -> 11:33 PM) Mmmmm, station to station baseball. Seriously, how in the hell did Dye not get to 3rd on Thome's single? He wasn't even running hard into 2nd.

That's just a horrible AB by Konerko. Chases a pitch a foot off the plate into an easy DP. This team is getting more painful to watch by the day.

Two nice singles for the Sox. Our two best hitters this year coming up.