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Fantastic game for Mackowiak. Great decision to play him Ozzie, we can always count on you to help this team get out of a slump.

Remember when we first got Uribe, how he'd drive the ball to all fields?

Good job AJ

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:44 AM) Ozzieball was a myth, no doubt. And HR's are great. But when every memeber of the team has the same horrible swing, it creates some problems. Like when they face future Hall-of-Famer Cy Durbin. Ozzieball = have 3 relievers have career season.

Does Crede ever hit line drives anymore?

FWIW, can we please stop piping fastballs to Sexson on the first pitch? I think AJP took one too many chairshots.

Wow, another fluke play in the mode of Sunday's double play. I like how Terrero got behind the ball. First time I've seen that by a Sox player in ages.

QUOTE(bmags @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:38 AM) how is this possible to be this bad offensively? Did you watch the 2nd half last year? People never realized how bad our offense was, as they'd rather blame the pitching.

We make it seem so hard to ever throw out someone stealing or throw out someone from the outfield. Do other teams get to use 80 foot base lengths?

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:32 AM) The trading deadline for this team is going to be a very huge deal this year. If we're not going to play well this year, I'd just as much hope we're 8 to 10 games out by the deadline. Dye and Buehrle are almost definitely gone after this year, and we could get some good players if we're to trade them in a few months. It's not necessarily that I don't think this team couldn't make a run this year, but the other teams in our division just seem better than us. This offense has carried over from the 2nd half of last year.

Way to protect guys!

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:30 AM) Ichiro's stats are lieing, he has been s*** so far this year. Thankfully we can't afford him, because some team's going to waste a lot of money on him this offseason. QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:30 AM) Have you heard anything as to why they haven't tried to bring Perez in? They talked at the end of ST about signing him back to atleast a minor league deal if nobody else picked him up. Seems very strange. No clue...but I think that ship has sailed for good.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:28 AM) I still think KW is high on Anderson. Young is going to be a nice player. I still don't understand signing Vazquez to an extension when you have him under control for 2 seasons. Especially when its a team's policy not to go more than 3 years with pitchers. KW might be high on Anderson, but it's safe to say Ozzie isn't. With Ozzie's love for Erstad and Pods, I see no way in which Anderson gets significant playing time with the Sox again this year. That's very disappointing considering all the changes that are sure to come after this year.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:27 AM) Yes, but you can't pin it ALL on Vazquez or use it against him when the bullpen blows two leads in the same game. No, I don't blame it all on him. I think you'll agree that Javy lacks the killer instinct to get the team from the 4th to 7th inning with a lead like so many good pitchers will do. Cy Durbin with the usual performance tonight.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:25 AM) I'm coming to realize that resigning Podsednik wasn't the only bad move this winter. This bench was horribly constructed. You can't do a whole lot about Hall getting hurt, but you cannot have Cintron/Ozuna/Mackowiak all on the same team. I would love to have a Casey Blake on this team right now. Here's the problem....Cintron has to be on the team because you don't have a back-up SS. I was really hoping we'd trade Mackowiak and create room for Eduardo Perez. Of course, KW's only good signing this offseason, Toby Hall, was ruined. I don't see how we won't continue to get shut down by the usual LHP in our division.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:21 AM) Vazquez will probably tease everyone with a few more strikeouts tonight. It will be enough for some to continue to be excited about him, but he is just an average at best pitcher. He was below .500 last year on a team that won 90 games and he had the lead in all but 3 or 4 of his starts. A little disturbing that his fastball now sits at 90-91 mph, compared with the 93-94 mph it was a few years ago.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:23 AM) So it was all Vazquez's fault when Jenks blew the save and got the loss in Baltimore? Funny how that works. How many times in those games that the Sox have lead were they up 1-0 after the first, or had the bullpen blow the lead and/or game? Didn't Vazquez tank in the 6th inning of that game, and then the Sox got the lead in the 8th on a Dye blast? That was a game where we had a lead of a few runs, and Vazquez/Cotts just blew up in the usual way.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:22 AM) Fathom, these quality AB's don't give you hope?!? Right now, this team is f***ing brutal. I don't know how we have any chance against LHP.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:21 AM) Vazquez will probably tease everyone with a few more strikeouts tonight. It will be enough for some to continue to be excited about him, but he is just an average at best pitcher. He was below .500 last year on a team that won 90 games and he had the lead in all but 3 or 4 of his starts. Interesting article on Chris Young in Baseball America. He's going to be a special player.

You have to be kidding me....2 pitches, 2 outs for Mackowiak. Why in the f*** is he starting against a lefty? I guess Ozzie wanted to make sure that the red hot Erstad sat 3 out of 4 days.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:18 AM) Three run deficit may as well be ten with this struggling offense, and Washburn -- he of fifteen pitches and disgusting deception -- on the mound. It just amazes me that AJP would call for a first pitch fastball from Javy against Sexson. Javy keeps throwing that 2 seamer which is going into the wheelhouse for righty hitters. He needs to get that fastball up to 93 instead of 90-91 range.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:15 AM) .500 I really wish there was something that gave me confidence we can finish above 4th place.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ May 2, 2007 -> 03:15 AM) How could you give ALL that run support you had, back Javy? It's Javy, he makes every lead seem small.

Javy keeps throwing meatballs. I love the call of throwing him first pitch fastball, especially as it tails right down the cock. f*** this team.

And here comes Hawk's whining about bloopers.