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Good job by Ozzie not letting Garland start the 7th inning. And yes, Cintron shouldn't be out there. He's still injured, and is a major liability. With Cintron, Iguchi, and Hall playing together today, we might have 3 of the worst arms in baseball (along with Damon and Pierre).

QUOTE(juddling @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:24 PM) Cheap??? yeah...but boy do they throw hard!!!!! Do they? I'm still waiting to see a fastball from Aardsma, Sisco, or Masset over 94 mph.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:24 PM) its almost getting to the point, where we need to revamp the whole team. Good thing we're in a position where that can happen after this season....and I'm not being sarcastic.

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:22 PM) The Sox revamped bullpen is worse than last year. I think the offseason can officially be declared a failure. I think it's been declared that for a while. As Dick Allen likes to state on here, this is what you get when you go cheap.

Please don't trade any of our young guys. As much as they're not ready, it's foolish to think this team has the ability to make a major run in this division.

No way in hell I'd let Garland start this inning. He's already over 100 pitches, and we know how well that went last game.

If the Sox go on to lose this game, it will be the 9th game they've lost when leading in the 6th inning or later. That's f***ing pathetic.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:13 PM) Strikes have definitely been an issue this year. Especially with the bullpen. Even when they aren't walking guys they are getting hammered because its 2-0 or 3-1. Who would have ever guessed that would be the case?

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:11 PM) But the baseball genius fixed a bad bullpen. Everyone throws 97. It's amazing how poorly this roster is constructed. At least we lead the league in reserve infielders.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:11 PM) seriously, what percentage of runs in this series got on base due to a walk? I think already 4 walks have scored for garland today, at least 3 for both Jose and Danks It's inexcusable to walk any Twins hitter besides Morneau and Hunter. Throw it down the plate to the other guys, and let them hit it as hard as they want.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:09 PM) A good gm shakes the team up right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! god f***in dammit Nope, a good GM waits another month to see if this team shows any fire. If not, then you become sellers instead of buyers.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 30, 2007 -> 07:06 PM) The offense was nice early in the game now they have gone away completely. They will lose this game because the offense can not stay on the field for more than 10 pitches. Sorry but the offense is why they lost last year and why they will again. They can not takethe other team out of the game by continuing to score. 6 runs is nice but the Twins pen will end the game with 6 shut-out innigns. This what happend in the Oakland series. This happens about twice a year vs the Twins. We'll jump out to a nice lead, they'll pull their pitcher, and then a couple of no name relievers for them will come in and shut us down. Meanwhile, our starting pitchers can't get a big out to save their life. In the past, it was relievers like Rincon, Guerrier, and Perkins who would shut us down. I guess we can add Miller to the list.

Well, this makes 4 straight horrible starts for our starting pitchers. This team has no confidence at all right now.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:49 PM) Man, harping on someone who is 2 for 3 today because he popped out in an at bat? Sorry, a guy with an OPS on the season aroung .600 doesn't get a free pass just cause he has 2 hits in a game. It's pathetic how many pop ups he's hit to the right side of the infield this year, and it's because he's dipping his back shoulder on the swing. It's the main reason that he rarely hits line drives anymore.

There's no one that pops up more to the right side than Joe Crede. He's such a terrible player this year.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:43 PM) I'm not a stat head. I watch the game. Now I don't watch a lot of Twins games, but in the ones I do watch Hunter usually comes through in the clutch, both at the plate and in the field. He also seems to be a spark plug for his team. I wish the Sox had him. Hunter's been more clutch against the Sox than any hitter over the past 4 years or so. Hell, he makes Mike Sweeney seem like he's nothing now.

QUOTE(29thandPoplar @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:35 PM) Well you could put Terrero out there for Erstad. Then who's in left field, Mackowiak?

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:32 PM) Isnt Baker a righty?? nevermind, I paid no attention in bettwen calls that they brought Miller in. Yeah, but they brought in a lefty to retire Thome.

Here's the question I have about our roster right now: with the way things are constructed, don't we basically have to play both Erstad and Thome against every LHP we face? It's not exactly a good thing to have two miserable hitters against LHP in the lineup every game.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:29 PM) Not sure where the hell the rest of team will stand, but I'd sure love to have Hunter right about now. Me too, but it makes no sense to waste a lot of money on an aging player if we're going to have young guys filling the other holes.

Jim Thome = 4 for 28 against LHP with no extra base hits.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:27 PM) At least we can borrow something from the Cubbies??? Wait 'til next year?? You mean "next year", the year that Ozzie/KW are already admitting there's likely to be less talent on the team?

QUOTE(29thandPoplar @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:24 PM) I would bet if there's a marginal strike call against the Sox that Cooper starts yakking and Guillen gets tossed. Which might not be a bad idea as if they are not fired up after that bad inning maybe they need electrotherapy or something. I can't remember the last time Guillen got tossed for balls and strikes.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ May 30, 2007 -> 06:21 PM) Just like the Twins did for 2 months last year...If I remember they did win the AL Central If we have a Liriano to insert into the rotation, then we'll be just fine.

I can recall numerous times in the past where Garland hung a curve to Hunter in a big spot and paid a big price.