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QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 24, 2007 -> 12:30 AM) grindy Up to the lefty hitters to provide offense tonight.

Could have been worse....defensive positioning hurt Garland more than anything else that inning. QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ May 24, 2007 -> 12:26 AM) that was terrible terrible alignment Very similar to that Kendall AB a few years ago where we gave him basically the entire right side of the infield. With Konerko holding on the runner with Crosby up, there's no excuse for that positioning.

What in the hell is going on with our positioning? If you're going to keep pitching players away, then why are you shading up the middle?

Great pitch by Garland on the 3-2 pitch. Crosby is a dangerous hitter against Garland in the past.

Holy cow, has anyone seen the OPS for Chone Figgins this year?

Not off to a good start. With a runner on first base, that's too dramatic of a shift. I wonder how long before Hawk blames Sisco for this.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ May 23, 2007 -> 05:11 PM) Let me also add that Jermaine Dye has been as good or better than Magglio Ordonez from 2005 to the present at less than 1/2 the salary. Dye - .286 / .345 (ish) / .556 with 85 HR, 231 RBI and 195 R ($16 million salary) Ordonez - .306 / .366 (ish) / .493 with 42 HR, 190 RBI and 157 R ($39 million salary) Sure, Maggs was hurt much of '05...but that's part of the issue. He is more injury prone now. Not to mention that Dye plays plus D in RF. I'll trade the 20 points of OBP (artificially depressed by Jermaine's cold start) for 60 points of slugging, even if the Cell is more hitter friendly, for $23 million less. Face facts, Jermaine Dye is one of the best free agent signings the Sox have EVER made. (Probably best signings - (1) Carlton Fisk; (2) Jermaine Dye; (3) Tom Seaver) I think this is a great post besides for one statement you make. Dye's first two years with this organization are as memorable as anyone has ever had.

This guy is such bad news http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2880144

Game...set...match...on the Dukes argument http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2880144

Need as many lefties in our lineup tonight as possible. If Uribe is able to play tonight, then put Cintron at 2nd base. Gaudin made our righty hitters look silly last time.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 23, 2007 -> 03:29 AM) Rich Hill throwing BP David Aardsma and Rich Hill both with some interesting stretches over the last two seasons. Both started off also, and then at the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007, they were the best at their position. Now, both seem to have lost velocity and command.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ May 23, 2007 -> 03:26 AM) Has he met him while Dukes has been in the majors though? I havent heard anything about him being a cancer in the devilrays clubhouse. Nothing to do with him this year....I do know that Tampa called up Upton last year simply to get him away from Dukes.

If he has anything, then I'm sure the Angels will sign him.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 23, 2007 -> 02:05 AM) Just go through the lists of news concerning bad activities for each player. http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...MLB&id=1251 http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...MLB&id=4123 Besides for this incident with Young, which doesn't seem to be serious at all, and the one last year, he has been pretty much clean. But Dukes has been involved with plenty of fights, and drug charges. So, did you ever meet Dukes, or did your firend just know him? My friend was around him for every Durham home game....he used to tell me horror stories about him prior to his troubles being reported in the media.

The never ending inning....ends! Nice to see the offense come around.

Super....Jenks has to get up for the 2nd time in three games when we were up either 10-1 or 10-2.

This better be his last game with the big league team. I hate watching him pitch so much. I do laugh at people who think he could actually become a starter....he'd reach his pitch count by the 3rd inning.

Seems like the A's have 10 liners at the infielders today.

Josh Fields with a nice 3-5 night with a double, while Sweeney went 0-5 with 3 strikeouts.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ May 23, 2007 -> 01:50 AM) Again you have read prob 2-3 articles about him and have no idea what kind of person he really is if you get to know him. He might be a scumbag, and if i was able to pick any one person in the MLB it wouldnt be him. But you make a lot of comments about someone that you have no clue about. Its different from Bonds because Bonds is in the media spotlight everyday giving you a little bit more idea to see the kind of person he is. Still someone who judges Bonds just solely what they see on TV is an equally ignorant person. As friends with someone that was around Dukes for 2 years, he's got a worse attitude than people give him credit for.

That should be it for Danks. He battled tonight without his good stuff, and he got some timely double plays.

What happened on the Erstad play?

Ugh....Danks needs to pitch over that error and keep us with a big lead. Even on routine pop ups tonight, the ball is really jumping.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ May 23, 2007 -> 12:52 AM) Bulls pick 9th ?????? Diehard Celtics fan who has been gushing about Oden and Durant for two decades now it seems. QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 23, 2007 -> 12:53 AM) Hello beautiful... Overrated Good grief Danks....keep the ball down and throw more strikes.

Oh, how I hope Portland gets Durant or Oden to go with my favorite backcourt in history.