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Boone's afraid to throw his fastball.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 03:11 AM) Well its extra innings, so that means that the only way we can score is via the dong. Or at least that's what the swings will tell you. Long looping power swings are broken out late in games, its a whitesox tradition. If we hold them down, at least we have Quentin up next inning. With AJP coming back to earth, Thome/Konerko/Uribe's struggles are going to be magnified.

I'll just throw this out there, but the sooner we start putting Anderson in RF for defensive reasons late in the game when we're winning, the better we'll be.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 03:01 AM) I don't understand how that impacted the outcome of the game. We got to our closer with a 2 run lead in the 9th which is all you can ask for. Should have had a 3 run lead going into the 9th...that AJP error will probably never happen again in his time with the Sox.

QUOTE (Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 02:58 AM) Still no earned runs yet tonight. There were 2 that inning.

I miss the 98 mph fastball Jenks. This 4 pitch stuff isn't going to cut it all season.

I still can't believe Dye wasn't playing no double for Roberts. Especially considering how he's been pulling every pitch this series, he was way too far off the line.

I guarantee that if Konerko hadn't made that error earlier in the game, he would have tried to double up the runner on Hernandez's grounder.

Where did his fastball go? Can people stop saying he can throw in the high 90s still.

Damn! The Orioles just own Jenks.

Wow, that was awful by Jermaine. Shouldn't he be playing no doubles? The defense tonight is really letting us down.

Keep the fastball on the outside, as Roberts is yanking the inside pitch.

Damn...cheap hit.

Good call by the umpire.

Prepare to be watching tomorrow's game for a long time, as Niemann is known as the Steve Trachsel of the minors.

Interesting stuff about Niemann's sister that I'll discuss during tomorrow's game.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 01:36 AM) I know thats probably not the right way to go about it, and not a very popular strategy, but I love it, and agree with it 100%. The only time I'd disagree with it is if we're playing the Twins or Indians, and Sizemore/Mauer/Morneau are up in big spots and a base isn't open.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 02:34 AM) me either, it really doesn't make sense, boone is fresh and has been lights out this year against left-handed hitters, even though linebrink got the out, he was left out there too long. Ozzie's philosophy seems to be that Linebrink is the 8th inning guy. If he can't get it to Jenks, then we don't deserve it. As long as he keeps the lead for the Sox, I don't see Ozzie changing this.

Bad at bat by Huff....thankfully we threw him offspeed stuff.

I can't believe he's letting Linebrink face Huff.

Where is Boone Logan?????

Ouch....you won't see that again this season. The defense has been brutal tonight.

3 batters here for Linebrink, if it gets to Scott, we should see Boone.

Oh Quentin, that was impressive!

Wow, aced him! As Hawk said, he made the pitch he had to. Just a quick observation, but Dotel is overthrowing his pitches. That's causing his slider to hang in the batting zone more than it normally does. If he took a few mph off of that pitch, he'd be more effective.