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Holy smokes, that 1-1 pitch was a meatball. He's trying to do too much.

Holy smokes, that 1-0 pitch was a meatball.

Good job Griffey!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:36 PM) He doesn't bat in them often, and when he does, it's almost always against a lefty specialist or a closer. What do you expect his numbers to do in those spots?? To do something productive more than once a season. Not a big deal though, that's about 100th on the list of concerns.

You've got to be kidding me. What a freaking idiot.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:34 PM) He has a 1.037 OPS with runners in scoring position and 1.010 with runners on base compared to .781 with the bases empty. I don't know his innings 7-9 numbers, but those numbers I just mentioned point to "clutch" more than anything, if you believe in such a thing. I've never said he's not a good hitter with RISP. It's all about late inning situations.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:33 PM) Thought for sure OC would boot that one. In a sick way, that would have been awesome.

How has Ozzie not been ejected this weekend?

Boston takes the lead.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:28 PM) His worse set of numbers are between innings 4-6. What's his numbers from 7-9

It sucks to think that all of their runs have been due to bad defensive plays today.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:24 PM) Wouldn't doubt it. Never had an ERA below 4.15 and that includes years where he had ERA's of 13 and 7.50 and never struck guys out at the rate he has. That info was told to me through someone in Tampa's front office.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:24 PM) I don't mind seeing Thome swing on 3-0. Everyone else is going for the fences, it's impossible to start a hitting sequence. That swing was fine, just underneath it.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:23 PM) OH MAN!. TOME SUX.! NO CLUTCH HITS Haha, I love this argument. As I said yesterday, he has one meaningful hit all season past the 6th inning.

This team has shown no heart this weekend.

FWIW, I'm 99 pct sure that Balfour is a huge HGH guy.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:20 PM) Or even worse, he accepts arbitration which means we'll offer $10 million. I have faith in Brian Sabean.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) Yes, this team on paper should be between 5 games under .500 and 15 games over .500, but we're not really a playoff team without Linebrink and a 5th starter. We've survived the loss of Crede well enough, but the 5th starter's spot will get even more pressure-packed as we lose ground on the Twins and each game becomes even more of a "must win." We are better than we expected to be due to CQ, Ramirez, Danks and Floyd, the four players perhaps the least was expected of coming out of ST...well, maybe a lot of Danks fans were still out there, but Floyd had a ton of doubters. Swisher, Cabrera and Konerko have been disappointments. Dye, Thome and AJ have done what they always do. It's something that gets lost in the shuffle, but Konerko has had just an atrocious season. When not even a single post is made that he's out of the lineup, you know it's been a bad season.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) Aren't we leading off in the bottom of the 10th in that game? So it's possible we could win without using any pitcher. No, Orioles are up.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) not sure where we left off in their lineup, but with markakis, huff and roberts, the toughest outs in their lineup i would say we might see thornton if he doesnt pitch tonight... I thought it was Millar, Huff, and Scott. Huff's one of the best hitters in baseball right now.

The thing that sucks about using Carrasco today is that means we'll probably have to use Russell tomorrow in the continuation game.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 09:09 PM) im hopin for somewhere in the 40s, but hopefully we get type A compensation for him...assuming we offer him arb. Watch OC tear his ACL during the last game of the season making it so that we can't.

Awesome OC....only about 30 more games with you.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 09:03 PM) If we hit too many homers and don't try and bunt in some situations, people b****. Than we try and play small ball and the PLAYERS screw up, and it is Ozzie's fault. Gimme a break. You'll never hear me say we need to bunt more. When your bullpen is as bad as ours is, you can't play for the tie.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 08:01 PM) Ha, Ozzie is a retard. I've never seen one manager dominate another manager as much as this weekend.