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Great sequence by Linebrink. Please, please let's not see VMart's first homer!

Nice location by Linebrink. Be careful with fastballs to Francisco.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 27, 2008 -> 02:58 AM) Hey! Let's no pinch run for Crede. I can't believe they didn't with the fact that Bettancourt has one of the slowest deliveries in baseball from the stretch.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 27, 2008 -> 01:56 AM) If Ramirez has no idea how to handle a hit and run, why is he being asked to execute one? And why doesn't anyone know that he doesn't know you aren't supposed to try and hit one 15 miles in that situation? This has been a very poorly managed game by Ozzie on the offensive end.

QUOTE (zenryan @ May 27, 2008 -> 02:55 AM) Just looking at Ramirez swing shows you how bad of a hitting coach Walker is. 50 games into the season and Ramirez still has that long, looping swing. His swing has been much better. I think he lost his patience after the botched hit-and-run, and tried to do too much. I'm more concerned about the fact we got the offensive Billy Koch.

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 27, 2008 -> 02:53 AM) if you are gonna have him in motion, why not have wise or pablo running? or at least a contact hitter up at the plate...jesus ozzie Wait til someone goes..."well, you were asking him to do a hit-and-run!" Need to find a way to get this to the 10th for CQ.

KW...please never trade with Beane again. Swisher reminds me of the offensive version of Billy Koch. Both of them are lemons.

If you're going to do that, you need to have Ozuna run for Crede. With Bettancourt's slow delivery, Ozuna should have been running for Crede anyways.

What in the hell was that?

Damn, warning track power again! I thought that was gone.

Lots of room in LF to bloop a single in.

Indians guarding the line creates a single for Crede. Swing hard and try to pull it Swish.

Hopefully Crede can square up a Bettancourt fastball.

Great job by Thornton!

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 27, 2008 -> 02:39 AM) well if we walk sizemore, wedge pinch hits somebody for delucci...who do they even have on their bench besides hafner Shoppach?

Matt Thornton is in. If he throws a first pitch fastball over the plate, Sizemore is going to hit it hard.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 27, 2008 -> 02:36 AM) Dotel is a strikeout pitcher, and that's what the Sox desperately need . There you go! Will let pitch to Sizemore? Will they let Dotel pitch to Sizemore?

Wow, this is awful. Terrible effort by AJP to block the ball.

Well, that was awful. Stupid decision by Dotel, and I have no idea how Ramirez dropped that ball.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 27, 2008 -> 01:31 AM) Konerko. Where you going to play Fields? ?

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 27, 2008 -> 01:30 AM) was it zimmerman who came up the year he was drafted? Might have been...but I think it took a guy like Braun 1 1/2 yrs to be on the big league team.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 27, 2008 -> 02:29 AM) He's hitting .231 with a .286 OBP with 2 homers and fanning 1 out of 3 ABs vs. AAA lefties this year. Who would you rather have in the Sox lineup....PK or Fields?

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 27, 2008 -> 02:28 AM) realistically, if we draft a guy like smoak, alonso or wallace...that is a polished, fast track 1b...how long til we see him in the majors if all goes as expected? 2010? any hope for mid 2009? 2010 would be my guess

Pathetic...nice that these righties know he throws a low and in slider.

Trying to pull that 3-2 slider....he's so much better when he looks the opposite way.