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Use two hands Chris!

There's Howry again with his invisible fastball. Byrnes' bat speed looks awful.

What were the Fox commercials about, in terms of shows, when the Sox were in the WS? Wasn't it Prison Break? No wonder it was the greatest week of my life.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 04:12 AM) YES, good inning and now it's 7-8-9 due up in the 9th against Valverde. I like where this is going. Soto, Theriot, and Ward. If they get someone on for Soriano....throw him nothing but splitters.

Excellent inning by Lyon! He's been superb vs the Cubs this year. I'll take at least a two run lead into the 9th inning with Valverde on the mound every game.

Great job CoJack! Another bad managing move, as Jackson is a contact hitter. Should have walked him to get to Young, who would have a tough time hitting Marmol.

That might be as far as Ojeda can hit the ball.

I really wish he'd let Webb start the 8th, especially to face Ramirez and Floyd.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 03:56 AM) Yeah he's ready for 3 days rest now, but their 6 outs from losing against Webb and one of the best bullpens in the league. It's October, if your worrying about pitch counts and 3 days rest, your making a major error. Lou has managed a horrid game tonight. I agree with you...not having Zambrano bunt earlier was just terrible.

Will Melvin go to Lyon or leave Webb in there?

Holy cow, that might be the most surprising homer I've seen since Pods off of Lidge. You had the guy with the nasty K/9 inning numbers against the guy who K's a ton. BTW, did anyone get worried that it might not have been gone due to the camera angle and Stockton not sounding excited?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 03:53 AM) I'm bewildered as to why Z is out. He's not due up here anytime soon (and he hit the ball hard anyways), he only threw 6 innings and 85 pitches. I also doubt he'd have cramps, it's Phoenix so the humidity is absolutely zero, plus the Cubs don't have the bullpen depth to just do this for the heck of it when their starter is pitching really well. To have him ready for 3 days rest. However, if they were going to pull him early, they should have had a ph for him with the bases loaded.

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 03:49 AM) Cubs bullpen isnt all that great, its alot better than going up against Zambrano whos been on tonight. The Dbacks offense makes any pitcher look on. Zambrano got into a lot of bad counts tonight, but the Dbacks are just too weak to make him pay.

Much better inning for Webb there! Hopefully the Dbacks just swing hard and hope they hit Marmol.

This has the feeling of the inning that the Cubs go ahead. I can't imagine how the Dbacks are going to be able to score against Marmol. Marmol vs Mark Reynolds next inning should be comical.

Chris Young just chase ball 4, and then K? I still am pissed that the ump changed the face of the top of the 6th by calling that 2-1 pitch on Steroidosa a ball.

Good grief, you've got to be kidding me. What a freaking lucky team. Reynolds was playing way too shallow there. No way Theriot was going to try and bunt for the hit.

Ugh, he has nothing on these pitches. Biggest batter of the game here.

Come on ump, that's been a strike all night! Webb is really not sharp right now. Soto is going to be swinging out of his ass on this 2-0.

The Cubs have adjusted to that pitch, and they're putting some good swings on it.

This would be a nice time for a double play. Webb's been getting hit a little harder, and needs to get some ground ball outs instead of strikeouts.

It's reasons like that which makes Zambrano hated. Congrats, you struck out one of the worst hitting pitchers in all of baseball.

Nice play TC!

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 03:08 AM) What a TERRIBLE move to have Z swing away. I know he hit it hard and almost had a single, but you HAVE to bunt there and give yourself a chance to score and tie it without getting another hit. Lou with a rare tactical error. That obviously would have scored the runner. Webb better be careful with that outside sinker to the lefties.

Figures....I told you we were going to hate Mark Reynolds. I can't believe a team made a bad defensive play against the Cubs.