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Time to pull Isringhausen. He's got nothing.

Anyone have radar readings on Isringhausen? Not a lot of zip on these pitches.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 3, 2008 -> 03:02 AM) Please. Throw one out and over the plate and he could just as easily hit a single. Ball wasn't that far inside. Exactly...have you ever seen him bat. All he does is try to get hit by that pitch. As soon as the catcher sat up inside, I was shaking my head.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ May 3, 2008 -> 04:01 AM) Such a sweet swing when Soriano lines it up. I can't believe they threw him something close to being a fastball.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 3, 2008 -> 04:00 AM) I can't believe what I just saw. That's what you get for throwing an inside fastball to Reed Johnson.

Crap, you could see that coming on the 2-0 pitch.

With a 2 run lead, why would you ever throw Reed Johnson an inside fastball? If you miss by even a few inches, it's going to hit him.

Pat Burrell is awesome...walk off homer against Wilson.

Anyone else notice the hot girl behind Doc Rivers with the huge rack? Yeah, me neither.

Wow, Soriano. Lou should pull him off the field.

So Wainwright just got pulled around the 85 pitch mark so a lefty could face Pie. Now, it will be Reed Johnson up instead. I don't know, I'd take my chances facing Pie.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 3, 2008 -> 03:02 AM) I stand corrected... besides for some players actually having a hot streak early this season to go along with the awesomeness of Quentin, the offense hasn't really changed at all since 2007. I wasn't able to watch the game (I can't wait until I can ditch directv, but from what I've heard, Comcast ain't much better, if that), but how fast was it? Probably around 2:15

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 3, 2008 -> 01:59 AM) besides for the first week or so, this team's offensive approach has not changed a bit from 2007. In the first week, we got shut down by Carmona, shut down by Westbrook, and were getting no hit by Dontrelle into the 5th inning.

Villanueva just gave up back-to-back-back homers.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ May 3, 2008 -> 02:43 AM) Remember in 2005 when Cleveland couldn't hit and then they fired Eddie Murray, and then started hitting. This happens every year: i) team can't hit ii) team fires hitting coach iii) team starts hitting What is taking so long? The Sox had a payroll over 100 million dollars last year, and barely won 70 games. The only person who wasn't brough back was Razor Shines. That's all you need to know.

Ned Yost strikes again, as he's leaving Villanueva in to die. I think 7 of last 8 hitters have reached, and they've blown a 5-4 game.

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 3, 2008 -> 01:30 AM) im certainly not giving up on Konerko, but if people are waiting for konerko to be the paul konerko of 2004-2006...i think they will be sorely disappointed... If his hands are really hurting every time he swings, we should put him on the DL.

At least it was fast.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ May 3, 2008 -> 02:25 AM) Last year? Okay, how about the years before that? And it's too early into the season to start comparing statistics. Paulie has always been a late starter. Plus, as far as I know Kotchman is not as good defensively. And PK is good defensively? His defense has been atrocious this season, and his lack of range offsets his ability to scoop balls in the dirt.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ May 3, 2008 -> 02:25 AM) Last year? Okay, how about the years before that? And it's too early into the season to start comparing statistics. Paulie has always been a late starter. Considering Kotchman's age, I think it's pretty clear that he's blossoming into a big time hitter.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ May 3, 2008 -> 02:22 AM) Kotchman? LOL. Santana would have been nice and a great addition to trade Konerko, but Kotchman is no Konerko. You mean the .340 hitting Kotchman with a .980 OPS. Did you know that PK beat Kotchman by .001 OPS last season?

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ May 3, 2008 -> 02:21 AM) No disrespect to you fathom, seeing as I know how respected you are here, but I really would like to know what makes people throw out assumptions like this. Is it just irritation? I have no idea. The PK being content comment has been made by various people on this site, including people who normally never say anything never about the players.

OC played very well tonight...keep playing like that, and he'll pass up Timo on my hated list.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ May 3, 2008 -> 02:18 AM) Personally I can't stand game threads anymore. I love how Sox fans always b**** about Cubs fans when we're no worse in general. No matter how good OR bad the team is playing, every loss means some is overrated or needs to be traded, benched, sent down or fired. While we're at it, let's send down the whole team to AAA and promote all the AAA players so they can play the season for us and get some experience. Jesus Christ, the b****ing that goes on here daily is astronomical, and it's really sad. I can understand the frustration, but when people are ranting that Paul Konerk is overrated or needs to be traded and all this other crap, it gets ridiculous. Paul Konerko is overrated. Too bad we couldn't get Kotchman, Santana, and someone else for him.

Well, Joe Crede and Ozzie Guillen should get special recognition for that loss. Pitching to Stewart lost us that game...good job Ozzie! At least you can motivate the players.