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QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:52 AM) When was the last time we scored 10 runs. In a week?

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:48 AM) There's something to be said about the team's baseball IQ when your players are taking huge HR cuts with no outs and two men on against a tough sinkerballer They weren't huge though. PK took a nice swing, as he was able to elevate the ball. He's a bad match-up against Wang though, as he knows if he hits the low sinker, it's an automatic double play. Mackowiak had a good approach at the first pitch, he just popped it up. QUOTE(ROC Sox Fan @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:49 AM) That's a fair ball. Even the Yankee announcers admitted it. They were just impressed Ozzie didn't argue. It was foul....tell the Yankees announcers to go back to fellating Clemens. At least during the corpseball era, they'd break out once or twice a week and score 10 runs in a game. These guys are consistently mediocre.

Why did we move Uribe back down in the order? He seemed to be having very good at-bats in the #2 spot.

QUOTE(Grindersrule @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:44 AM) No props for Joe on that play? Which play? QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:45 AM) You're on to something here. They should do one with Pods, but have those little arrows point to different parts of his groin: "Pulled left abductor" -- "Strained right abductor" -- "Hernia" Then flash to: "Groin on 'em on. Groin 'em over. Groin 'em in. Sox." This would be a good ad. Is it me, or is this Pods injury very peculiar? He's going to end up missing about 50 games due to this injury, and that seems like a ton for a strained muscle.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:42 AM) PS: I hated those homerun swings with runners on. Pathetic. I thought the swings were actually fine.

Sometimes you have to laugh that not only are we giving a lot of at-bats to a struggling utility player, but he's also batting 5th in our lineup. I'm shocked we have the record we do with the mediocre lineups we're putting out on the field.

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:40 AM) Lovie + Sox = Nice. Wasn't he recently at a Cubs game?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:38 AM) What kind of package do you think we could've received for Crede this past offseason? Cue ridiculous Angels trade proposal in 3....2....1

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:37 AM) Crede's popup + Wang's sinker = screaming line drive? Please? He usually looks good against him. If the field wasn't wet, that ball might have hopped over ARod's head. So far, Mientkiewicz makes the tough pick, and we don't make the big defensive play.

I hate watching this offense. Can it please rain all three days this weekend?

Nice swings so far this inning. Please avoid the triple play PK.

Good job Pablo! Someone finally noticed that Wang is not throwing a sinker on his first pitch to each batter.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:26 AM) By all means, I can't defend his error-that-wasn't there. I just disagree that his bat has been "s***ty" all season. I agree with this post 100 pct.

QUOTE(vandy125 @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:23 AM) Every mistake Erstad makes right now is magnified for some reason. Didn't he also save at least 2 runs earlier in the game with a nice catch at the wall? When people on this site and the announcer are annointing him as the greatest defensive CF in history, then those were two plays that should have been made.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:21 AM) Erstad never gets bad reads or hits into double plays. How can anybody rip on him? It wasn't a bad hit, it was just right at someone.

First of three predicted double plays tonight.

Mazel tov Gustavo!

QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:15 AM) Damn you're worse than a sportswriter when it comes to overexageration. End the Erstad argument ? Cost us the game ? Worst defensive inning in White Sox history ? You've been around for 100+ years ?? If you asked me before the game who were the 3 best Sox defensive players on the field, I'd say Crede, Uribe, and Erstad. I doubt there will be another game this year when all three of them make a big miscue during the same game. And I think we have no chance against Wang and his sinker, especially with this bogus lineup we have tonight.

QUOTE(chisox72 @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:14 AM) Especially since there has never been an outfielder in a Sox uniform that has misread or gotten a poor jump on the ball. Don't talk about Uribe's error or the fact that Crede looked back to first instead of second on the line out... I did in every post I made about the inning.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:13 AM) Well it makes it easier for you to crucify him. Sometimes, we could all use an editor and right now, you could use an editor, my friend. There were 3 "errors" made by supposedly our three best defensive players.

That's about the 4th miscue I can recall Erstad having in CF this year. At this rate, he'll have about 15 this year, and Hawk will say he's the greatest CF of all time.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:11 AM) Thats why I dont like Uribe's "gold glove" defense. I wish people would stop saying some of our players are Gold Glove winners when they've never won it. QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:11 AM) Slipped or misread by Erstad . Linedrive right at him. Tough play but gotta be made. Ha

Well, that should end every Erstad argument. That was a miserable play. Very likely just cost us the game. This is one of the worst defensive innings in Sox history.

Stick with the forkball. The infield is letting Contreras down this inning.

Let's see if Contreras can pitch over that error. He has better control of his forkball tonight compared to his fastball.