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Danks follow-thru is off. He's falling too far off the mound to the 3rd base side.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:55 AM) Castillo next year? No, he's lost about two steps and seems lazy too much. I'd rather go younger at 2nd base and try to develop someone for the next 5 years at that position. QUOTE(G&T @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:58 AM) Pods, but Dye seems to be filling nicely. No, Pods just doesn't swing.

QUOTE(Iguchicago @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:56 AM) You just have to look at every thread on this board and you will find something. You're like the little leader of the bunch. It just gets damn annoying and predictable after every single time. Again, please answer the question about anyone declaring the season over in this thread? I've noticed that about 90 pct of your posts have nothing to do with the game, and just rip on someone saying something negative.

Seriously, does anyone take more strikes and swing at balls than Dye?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:50 AM) Somebody needs to tell Hawk that: 1. All hits count, no matter how hard they are struck. 2. The Twins aren't accidentally getting bloop hits. They just do it to us especially because of our lack of defensive range and lack of strikeouts in our staff. Danks will figure out a way to get through this game with a good outing like he always does, but we are in trouble because our middle relief will be a factor tonight. We better get some crooked numbers on offense here. Hawk must have conveniently forgot what Thome's hit was like in the first inning.

QUOTE(Iguchicago @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:49 AM) I love how the usual pessimistic posters all come out when bad s*** happens, and declare the season over. Do me a favor and quote one post that declared the season is over.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:48 AM) Cintron is f***ing terrible in the field...Terrible. I have no f***ing clue why he's playing today. Besides for looking pathetic against Bonser last time, there's also reports that his surgically repaired arm/shoulder is causing him pain.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:48 AM) Seriously the umps alone have cost Danks a few earned runs this season. It's getting ridiculous. What have the umps done tonight to cost him?

That's what happens when you walk the #8 hitter. It's going to be fun listening to Hawk whine now. Danks has nothing for the second straight game....we need to score a lot today.

We better hope Danks is effectively wild tonight.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:39 AM) I don't mind him at all. He's played well. Hopefully we'll get a FA for CF for next season and Ersty could be in left next year or as a 4th OF. We both know Erstad would never, ever be in our plans as a 4th outfielder. If I had to guess right now, we'll see Rowand in CF and Erstad in LF next year.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:38 AM) What, when Rowand was one of the 3-4 best in the game 2 seasons ago. Brian Anderson was one of the 3-4 best in the game last season. Ya, that would mean superb. In fact I think Erstad has been as good as those two were (or at least very close). See, I never bought into the hype of either of those guys defensively. All three of our recent center fielders are terrible at throwing accurately with anything on the ball, and all of them make too many mistakes for their "billing". Erstad has been fine on defense, but he's nowhere near as good as Hawk, Ozzie, etc. make him out to be.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 30, 2007 -> 12:34 AM) One bad read...big whoops. It sucked and it could have bit the Sox but the guy has played superb in center. I know the Mackowiak experience made everyone appreciate anyone that can catch the ball, but his defense is just incredibly overrated right now. For someone that can't contribute anything with his arm, he's made too many mistakes out there. That's already 6 or 7 he's made this year.

Wow, that ball was clearly fair.

Wow, Danks has no command of his curve right now. Hunter's going to be sitting on the fastball.

Well, a 2 out run for the Twins would just give them so much momentum here.

Haha....nice read by Erstad after Hawk is praising him. What a joke.

Pretty early for Yaz stories.

Damn, he hit that ball hard.

Remember Bonser throwing like 6 straight curves in the dirt to K Cintron last time we played here in two consecutive at-bats?

Why is Cintron playing after Bonser made him look pathetic last time?

QUOTE(WCSox @ May 29, 2007 -> 11:20 PM) I don't understand how the 2006 and 2007 squads are so tremendously different from the '05 team in terms of personnel. Sure, there's been some turnover, but not a tremendous amount. I agree that Ozzie's unconventional style can be problematic at times, but I'll take his kick-in-the-pants style of managing over Jerry Manuel's style of "managing" any day. Especially for this under-achieving squad that needs a flame lit under their collective ass right now. When you replace Carl Everett with Jim Thome, you no longer should be bunting in the 1-2 spots of the lineup. When you have such a powerful 3-4-5 like the Sox have had in 2006 and 2007, you should have high OBP guys at the top of the order and screw the speed factor. However, Ozzie always has to have his slappy guys at the top of the order. I never said I blame Ozzie for this entire mess. It's just like what Dick Allen so accurately described.....no one thinks they had more of an impact on winning than KW and Ozzie.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 29, 2007 -> 11:15 PM) How is it that their bullpen is good year in and year out, when we get told putting together a bullpen is a crapshoot? They develop a few good relivers every couple of years. I can't think of the last guy who contributed to our bullpen that was from within.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 29, 2007 -> 11:08 PM) You look at the Twins line-up and you wonder how they don't lose 90 games every year. Great bullpen and a manager who will get his starting pitcher out of the game sooner, rather than later.

QUOTE(WCSox @ May 29, 2007 -> 10:46 PM) So are you laying the blame on Ozzie for the Sox blowing a 6-game WC lead at the break? What about their below-average pitching last year? Don't you think that may have been more to blame? Do you blame Ozzie for a lineup of veterans who haven't been hitting this year? Or a bullpen that's been sucking big-time for the past month and a half? You said you'd give him a lot of credit for motivating the 2005 team. That's fine....I agree he had the perfect temper for that type of team. However, the 2006 and 2007 team are very different, especially in regards to personnel. I don't think Ozzie's style fits this personnel at all. In sports, when almost every aspect of your team is struggling, then that's when coaches start to get fired.