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I haven't heard anything from my minor league sources. It's just based on comments being made in the press. This article makes there seem like there's no chance Danks gets the start. Can we pray for rain? http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines

I was thinking about if Griffey Jr. could fit with this club also last night while watching him win a game in extras. I'll take him.

Yeah, in no way did I mean to insult anyone who's diabetic when I ripped on Santo.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:27 AM) Nice pathetic effort hitters. You should be embarassed. Walker and KW need to be included as well.

Be prepared to be pissed off about how we handle the starting spot on Sunday.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:26 AM) Uribe with a nice step in the bucket there. His front foot moves towards third base, and then he swings. Dont they fix that s*** in high school. What does Walk do again. It's actually how many righties try to hit Rivera and his cutter. It's shocking that Uribe has had the best approach at the plate consistently this year.

QUOTE(Whitewashed in @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:24 AM) Can you share them with us? He kept complaining about how the pink bats, which were being used to support breast cancer charities, were taking away from the spirit of the game and had no business being used. This coming from someone who can't go longer than 2 minutes before promoting some type of Diabetes thing.

Nice to see Sweeney get a hit to end the day. However, there was a 100 pct chance of him breaking his bat against Rivera.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:21 AM) Easy big fella. If you heard his comments on Sunday, you'd see where the hostility is coming from. QUOTE(Whitewashed in @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:22 AM) That makes 2 pitchers in our bullpen with ERA's at 6 or higher. Only 2 with ERA's lower than 3.5, Aardsma and Jenks. Don't worry, KW said he's upgrade the bullpen in the offseason.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:19 AM) Hawk is the Ron Santo of the sox. Nah, Hawk's not nearly as bad as that legless piece of s***.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:18 AM) Hawk is blaming the umps for Sisco sucking. If its a teacup Hawk, then our hitters are less that s***ty. Farnsy would have walked the world if our guys would have stood at the plate and not swing.

If the Sox think the umpiring is so bad, then have Ozzie go out there and get tossed. If not, then quit the complaining and make another pitch.

Ross Gload has a higher OPS than anyone in this Sox's lineup....can we have him back for Sisco?

I wish there was reason for optimism about this offense for the next few years. When Konerko, Thome, and AJP are the only people you know will be here in two years, that's troubling. QUOTE(greg775 @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:11 AM) I can't believe Crede, Dye and Paulie (nice HR in game one though) can't get it going. If they were having regular years we'd be 10 over .500 with our pitching. AJ too. Personally I'd rather have had a better offseason move than Erstad. The Erstad acquisition was good....as a 4th outfielder who could face tough righties. The Toby Hall acquisition was great....he'll make a solid back-up first baseman when he returns.

QUOTE(greg775 @ May 17, 2007 -> 04:06 AM) We've got some horrid baseball players on this team to go with some slumping struggling proven veterans. Yuk. Yep....it's not all about players struggling. Some of these lineups are inexcusable (and it's not Ozzie's fault). KW did very little to help this team offensively this season.

Someone needs to tell Cooper that Sisco's blessed with a great arm....stop trying to make him into a control pitcher. If he can't let it fly without throwing strikes, then send his ass down to the minors.

How fast is Sisco throwing tonight? Looks like he's putting it right there for them to crush.

Mackowiak helps out Farnsy by swinging at ball 4 twice. Farnsy must have thrown about 5 legit strikes that entire inning. Thank heavens Mackowiak is our 5th hitter with all of his power.

Hawk ended the suspense quickly. Erstad swings at a fastball over his head....fantastic leadoff hitter!

So, will Hawk talk about the time Fransworth faced us at the Cell about 6 years ago when he was on the Cubs and was dominating?

This feels like the biggest 3 run lead in history.

Safe to say Sweeney is a better offspeed hitter than fastball hitter at this stage in his career?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 17, 2007 -> 03:28 AM) Talk about a bad read, Sweeney had no clue where that ball was going to land until about 2 seconds before it hit the ground. I guess LF at the Cell has taken over RF at Fenway as the toughest outfield position to play.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 17, 2007 -> 03:24 AM) Erstad probably couldn't have got to that one. He got a good job getting it in at least, and I admire the effort. No offense GP, but this is the type of post that just irritates the hell out of me right now. He didn't catch it...that's fine. Not everything he does have to be complimented though. There was nothing good or bad about that play. Running into the wall isn't always the smartest thing.

QUOTE(greg775 @ May 17, 2007 -> 03:24 AM) Is this Sox team destined to finish .490? Our pitching can only perform as well as it has for so long. When it gets hot out and the ball starts jumping, we're going to suck if the offense doesn't start having better at-bats.