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Hopefully this swagger carries over to the rest of this series and into Wrigley.

Type A, Type A!

Wow, what an ending to the Cubs game! Great play by Evan Longoria and Aybar.

I love this dialogue between Hawk and DJ: Hawk: This guy is short and to the point DJ: ya

Ah Crede!

Swisher! Great to see a 2 out RBI.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 03:16 AM) His swing is all messed up right now. You can see how off-balanced he is. He's jumping out at the pitcher so early on his swing, and it's not compact. This is also leading to the swing being so loopy.

Good job Javy!! Turn this over to the pen now.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox15 @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 02:12 AM) I think Ozzie has a bet with Scioscia about who can use their pens less. I had no idea KRod has 28 saves.

What's Ozzie trying to prove by leaving Javy in the game? I really hope we start to cut down on the innings pitched to keep these guys fresh.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox15 @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 03:04 AM) And so does the guy batting. I was a little annoyed that we called up Wise. But I'm really annoyed he's starting over BA. What is Ozzie's beef with BA? He just missed having a perfect hit and run.

Man, Alexei is fantastic!

Why would you make the opponent have to make a perfect relay when there's no outs?

Wow, Jeff Cox got lucky as hell on that one. And Flash, I couldn't agree with you more. Snell's performance tonight is the worst we've seen all season.

Toby, get loose!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 01:49 AM) I vote for plan N, Hawk is spouting nonsense. On the bright side, we did get to see his wife on tv tonight.

Ozzie needs to get Javy out of there. I would definitely not let him face Laroche this inning.

I've never seen a catcher set up as far outside as AJP is doing. I don't understand why you'd do that, it's just going to add to the nibbling.

Any chance Javy can not allow a run to the top of their order?

I think Snell threw one strike that inning.

Quentin has a very unlevel swing now. It's why he's hitting so many pop ups when he puts the ball in play.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 01:34 AM) The thing that annoys me with Thome is that he makes no attempt ever to hit it to left field or to third base. If he waited back and went opposite field, he could get a hit every time until they took off the shift. He's been worse than usual with the weak grounders to the right side due to having to cheat at the plate. He knows his bat speed has declined, so now he starts his swing earlier. That's also why his eye is so much worse at the plate.

Why in the hell would you just pipe that pitch? Shades of 2006 Javy where he's Mr. Non-Momentum.

PK is 3-24 with RISP and 2 outs.

Got the lead back after the disasterous 2nd inning! Let's get one more.