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3 batters, 3 very hard hit balls. Get someone up in the pen, we can't afford to let this game get out of hand. Litsch has been amazing in 3 of his last 4 starts.

With all the righties in the Blue Jays lineup, Carrasco could be a very useful reliever tonight.

Leadoff homer allowed by Richard. Exactly what we couldn't have happen.

Cabrera Wise Dye Thome Konerko Griffey Ramirez Uribe Hall

QUOTE (ptatc @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 10:19 PM) it's kind of amazing but everywhere but on this board people complain about Ozzie not bunting enough, esecially when facing a good pitcher or when the offense is in a slump. Before everybody throws a fit this is not a comment to any one person just a general observation on the different perspectives of people. Those are probably the same people who let Hawk tell them who's good and who's not good. Bunting in the AL is just stupid, especially given the state of our pitching staff the last few months.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:34 PM) I think you're right about this being one of the 60. Nothing went our way this afternoon. Besides those 3 errors and leadoff walks?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:24 PM) Frankly I don't even want to hear anything about Q. He's not here. No excuses. Step up or step aside. Jphat knows I agree with him that we're just not a WS contender without Quentin. However, I will cringe if I hear Hawk and DJ say that this could easily be the 3rd World Series title for Ozzie if not for the injuries to Maggs, Frank, and now Quentin.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:22 PM) Nick Swisher could be the most over rated player in White Sox history. In the last two games he has looked at strike three ala Scott Podsednik three times. With runners in scoring position in huge situation. To call him a run producer is sickening. Swisher makes it look very hard to get a base hit.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:21 PM) WE BETTER TAKE THE 2ND GAME Watch this be the lineup: Cabrera SS Swisher LF Dye RF Griffey DH Konerko 1B Ramirez 2B Uribe 3B Hall C Owens CF

I HATE BUNTING! It seems like I have to say this once every week with Ozzie at the helm. And please, get AJ out of the f***ing 2nd spot in the lineup, and move Dye to 4th or 5th.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 10:10 PM) run for the hills, this.team.is.dead. Chill the hell out, we lost to the hottest team in baseball and won 2/3 against the 'best' team. Its chaos in the streets for a loss, and a quiet golf clap for a win. haha Hillarious. So we shouldn't even care if we lose all 4 games this week? If we're going to tip our cap whenever it's a bad situation, why even travel to Minnesota in two weeks?

One of the poorest managed games you could imagine. We needed a hit no matter what in the 9th, so why in the hell are you bunting? I said that when Quentin got hurt, Ozzie needed to step it up also now.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 10:07 PM) Because he has trouble putting the ball into play and has no power. Alexei has no power? He's also pretty damn good vs LHP.

Ozzie, please get yourself tossed to stop hurting this team.

NO BUNTING!

Let's hope we don't see the split squad lineup later tonight.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 08:57 PM) Maybe Ryan won't be able to throw strikes, and instead of taking the walks, we'll laydown bunts that will end in doubleplays Oh wait. As long as Pablo isn't around to hit into any game ending 1-2-3 double plays.

And we keep letting lefty hitters beat our righty pitchers in big situations. But hey, at least we let Wassermann face Anderson on Sunday. That .432 career average by lefties off of Ehren is deceiving.

So we pulled Thornton just because Rolen was up? Does Ozzie know that Rolen is a terrible hitter now?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 08:54 PM) He's better than AJ, s*** Jerry is better than AJ. Honestly, that's the 5th time in 15 games he's messed up a bunt situation (AJ).

Gotta laugh at AJP getting pr for by Owens. I guess Ozzie hasn't realized he could have just ph for AJP and have someone bunt. I'm pretty sure that Bouregois is a fantastic bunter.

What happened on the Thome double play? It should be fun watching Griffey flail away against Ryan.

Just brilliant managing by Ozzie...as someone said, you have a bench full of guys who might be able to bunt.

With the awesome lefty relievers the Jays have, I'll throw out this prediction that Thome will K in his next AB.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:36 PM) If only we could have got Fukedome. sighhhhhhhhhhhh It's a tough call, but his superior defense and great start this season is likely more valuable than what Swisher's done this year.