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QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 03:15 AM) I can't believe somebody is ignorant enough to say Konerko's contract was dumb. Unreal. Fields is going yard to leadoff the 9th. It will be 8-4 then.

QUOTE(briguy27 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 03:11 AM) yep dumbest thing. that 12 million hes makin this year is worth it Well, at least you agree it was the dumbest thing. Hey santo....did you get my wedding invitation?

I wonder if Ozzie will let Dye ph next inning? I really hope he does let him hit.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 03:06 AM) For a team with a payroll over $100 million, the Sox sure do have a lot of guys who really are below average. Ha, I've been saying that all year. Where is all of our money going? Sadly, this is the year where injuries have finally caught up to the depth.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 03:06 AM) OPS: 7th inning: .962 8th inning: .833 9th inning: 1.317 within 1 run: 1.128 tie game: 1.144 RISP: 1.074 RISP w/2 outs: 1.167 Kalapse, am I missing anything? Then why can I not think of a single time he came up clutch in the 8th or 9th inning? I have a great memory with that type of stuff, and I really can't think of anything.

BTW, Torre deserves a lot of credit for bringing in Jeter to leadoff the 8th inning. QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 03:04 AM) go for it AJ - I'm glad to see someone with some emotion on this team Yeah, but let's not be the Cubs and argue when the call is blatantly correct.

That first pitch was a perfect strike.

Typical Sox at-bat in the clutch....take the strike down the plate, swing at the balls. Why's AJ acting like a dick now?

Superstar play by Jeter....not!

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:56 AM) All the Thome haters will post how Rowand would have hit a homer there. Ugh. Well...those people are just stupid. I'm still waiting for Thome to do anything clutch this season.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:54 AM) I wouldnt trade anything unless it can help us for a few years. Like with all of this new found pitching in our system, its time to give the Devil Rays a call and see if we can take something off their hands. But I wouldnt trade anyting for bullpen for this year. whats the point. Yeah, KW better not be making trades for guys like David Weathers or Pat Burrell. I've said this elsewhere, but the only three guys I wouldn't consider trading are Danks, Jenks, and Konerko. Clutch Thome

So....how obvious is it that Farnsy used to be on the juice?

Wow, very nice at-bat for Iguchi. It's very strange how much better he looks with someone on base.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:48 AM) He's done it with minor leaguers. Guerrier and Reed. Olivo was having his best season in 2004. Yeah, but we were talking about guys in the majors. You know I was clamoring for him to trade either Cotts or Politte after 2005. Either of those guys could have brought us in great value.

Mackowiak should be the leadoff hitter. Hell, put Thome as the leadoff hitter. It's not like there's guys on base when he's up anyways.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:44 AM) Yeah, I can imagine the season ticket holders reacting well to the trades of Konerko, Iguchi, Crede and Dye coming into this season. The only thing are season ticket holders care about is winning. I'm sure that number will go down drastically next year. This might not be something KW understands, but when you trade a good veteran player, you should get MLB ready talent in return.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:43 AM) just out of curiosity, at this time, are we the worst team in baseball? The Sox and the Reds are the two worst teams I've seen over the last couple of wins. Both teams make winning seem very hard, and losing seems to happen no matter what.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:40 AM) I do think its time that when a guy who has mostly sucked his entire career comes up with a good season to maybe lower the expectations the following season. See Loaisa, Cotts, Politte, now Thornton. That would require the Sox trading someone at peak value. That's a foreign idea to KW.

Thornton's problem is that he has absolutely no offspeed pitch. What exactly does Cooper do to teach these guys anything other than throwing a fastball at less than 100 pct ability? How come we never hear a story about a pitcher developing a new pitch? QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:39 AM) We will be 9.0 GB after this game. This is a blessing, it really is. Even DJ sounds like he's surrendering.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:36 AM) I mentioned his name early and completely forgot he was available. He must have an attitude problem. Watching Thornton pitch really makes me confident that Cooper can teach these pitchers we drafted offspeed pitches.

We'll be hearing about how the wind cost us this game for this entire weekend.

I'd love to know the stat of the on base percentage for the first guy our bullpen members face. It seems like they always let the first guy get on they face.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:33 AM) Thornton = blown save machine. And Abreu is a f***ING SOX KILLER!!!!! Why isn't Logan our lefty specialist?

Good pitch selection. How many inside fastballs can we try to throw to the same batter?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:30 AM) He gave up an infield hit!! Come on....we suck, and Ozzie has minimal say in the matter. I wanted Contreras out mostly due to the easy chance Jeter had to steal. From the times I've seen Cabrera bat, he is much more comfortable batting lefty.