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Wow....a shocking result from Erstad. He's sure come up clutch the last two games.

Another big AB for Erstad here. He needs to just bloop one into LF.

Great job Uribe!!!! That's the swing he wasn't doing for the last week. Razor did the right thing in taking a chance with the pitcher on deck.

If Uribe K's here, can we just ph Thome?

And how in the hell doesn't PK get to 3rd base there?

Ugh....Detroit and the Twins possibly about to sweep their weekend series.

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:46 PM) Yet we still won't hit him. Would it shock anyone if we got no hit? It would be the capper on this amazing wknd.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:46 PM) Well he's the answer to your question. If Masset isn't starting today. It would be Gavin Floyd. If Masset was no longer in the pen, his replacement would be Gavin Floyd. That's why Masset is here. Yeah, I know. When I said it was sad, it was because even after all the moves last offseason, we still don't have anyone in the minors who we can project to come up and start for us this year or next year.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:44 PM) Floyd looks awful today in AAA. Wouldn't want to see him in AAAA, that's for sure. Take away "today". He sucks Zambrano has about his "D" stuff today.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:42 PM) This is easy. I'll put it on a tee for you: Gavin Floyd What about him? Getting no 2007 MLB ready talent for Garcia was the worst move KW made this whole offseason.

BTW, isn't it amazing how much a well-constructed bench can help your team? The Cubs bench is just phenomenal.

They deserve that run....you can't throw someone out on a pitch out, they deserve to score. Hawk and DJ sound so pissed off. Will someone please tell me why the f*** Masset is in the majors?

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:39 PM) To be fair, he's only bad at calling games and throwing the ball. Otherwise he's very very good. Actually, I'll defend him. His weak spot is his arm. He's good at blocking and catching. He needs to get better at calling. He's terrible at catching the actual ball. I'd say pitch calling is his biggest strength still. I remember when Hawk used to say how great he was at doing it....now, you never hear that.

QUOTE(PlunketChris @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:36 PM) AJ really showed urgency in getting that throw off there.. He's such a bad defensive catcher.

This is pathetic. I bet Masset showed better control than this in the Winter League.

Haha....they steal successfully on a pitch out. I hate this f***ing team.

The more I think about it, the more it pisses me off that we have no one in the minors we could call up to start this game. All we would have had to do is delay calling up Thome one day, and then send the pitcher down after the game.

This umpire has a small strike zone....that's not good for Masset, as well as our group of hitters that aren't patient. QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:33 PM) And here we have Masset's problem...throwing strikes and staying ahead in the count. I thought it was getting out major league hitters?

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:31 PM) Erstad walks on 4 pitches, Gooch and AJ do jack s***. Way to go. How sad is it that Zambrano and Marquis could hit like 4-5 for us? I think it was more telling that yesterday, our 1-2-3 was supposed to be our 9-8-7 coming into this year. I love Theriot's approach at the plate. With Lee and Thome out, he might have been the toughest out on either roster.

QUOTE(Chopper2Hopper @ May 20, 2007 -> 06:29 PM) Do you really expect Thome to be healthy the rest of the year? Even if he is, someone will go down. Sweeney will be back. I'd rather not see Sweeney back again this year. He needs to get so much stronger, and he also has to show he can hit AAA pitching consistently.

Good thing we didn't try to do anything on the bases.

Definitely need to try and get things going on the bases today with some hit-and-runs, etc.

QUOTE(Brian @ May 20, 2007 -> 05:48 PM) The Tigers color commentator things Curtis Granderson is an equal player as GARY Sizemore. Just thought it was funny. He's not there yet, but Granderson is putting up some fantastic numbers. 15/5/7 in terms of doubles/triples/homers. It amazes me how good he is, because he definitely didn't stand out when you played TF South.

Fun fact: John McDonough is a Sox fan.

When the wind is blowing in at Wrigley, Zambrano is usually unstoppable. Our offense doesn't match up well against him today, because we don't take a lot of walks and can't hit a lot of doubles, etc. Just please don't get no hit today.