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When the tough gets going....Hawk blames Mariotti.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:45 AM) Anyone else getting sick of the one game a week this team plays? Who, the Bears? QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:45 AM) not that they ever would've dreamed of doing it, but can you imagine the trade value of Cotts this last off season? I was the number 1 advocate of trading Politte, as there wasn't a chance in hell he'd produce the same way this season. You could have easily gotten Freel for Cotts this offseason.

QUOTE(whitesox1976 @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:44 AM) Losing again to the teams we should be beating. Ozzie has been having a different lineup all year. I can see resting players but the extent he goes to is crazy. Why should we be beating the Indians? They've been significantly better than us during the 2nd half of this season. Their starting pitching is actually improving as the 2nd half goes on.

If you're going to play Pods, it should be vs the Indians. It's about the only team he can still own on the bases.

I'm not saying, I'm just saying...the Indians have a ton of grand slams this year.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:38 AM) Now why with boone logan and his 94-95 mph fastball would anybody put Neal Cotts into a game. I'm happy he put Cotts in tonight.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) Buerhle was as bad as ever tonight. He throws so many meatballs, and everything is up in the zone. Hitters just seem so comfortable with him and Garcia on the mound.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:35 AM) Thank God Ozzie keeps f***ing with the lineup since game 2 of the year so he can keep our guys rested for the playoff run. Any day now he will start to play the everyday guys. Any f***ing day now he will go for it. I can't wait for someone to say we're getting unlucky with injuries. If Neal's not careful, he might find himself as one of those lefty journeymen who spends a lot of time going back and forth from the minors to the majors, and vice versa.

What's astonishing to me is that we have everything in the world to play for, and teams like the Indians, KC, and DRays don't. However, we have absolutely no energy and look like we're playing not to lose. The other teams are so much more care free.

Hopefully Cotts can keep his ERA respectable so he'll have more trade value this offseason.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:31 AM) got that right. I'll be at the games, so bad posters like moi will be off the boards. Why in the world I bought tickets and booked a trip to the Bay in advance I'll never know. But I'm on the hook. To be honest, you're one of my favorite posters who I frequently get into debates with.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:30 AM) I came to the conclusion that Pods definitely is better than Grady Sizemore. I am now a good poster. Careful, you never know who is cherry-picking your posts to then make a definitive statement. If you're lucky, you'll get an LOL!

QUOTE(GOD @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:28 AM) Why is Sweeney pinch hitting with Crede and AJP on the bench? We're not playing for the win...nor should we be at this time.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:27 AM) Uribe and Anderson back to back is a toxic cocktail. The west coast trip will render that fact pointless. We'll be facing scrubs while they set their rotation for the playoffs. I'm eagerly looking forward to next week. It should be fascinating baseball. Hopefully, the good posters will come into the game threads, and the fair-weather fans will stay out.

Sweeney looked a little over-matched against that good fastball.

BTW...my quick calculations show we'll face Bonser, Santana, and Liriano in the final 3 games of the season if everything holds true to what we've heard.

Why isn't Stewart in the game?

92 mph fastball every pitch, here we come!

QUOTE(Allsox @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:12 AM) You have the Indians in your 13 run pool? No, it was 8 runs tonight, and 225 tomorrow.

Hawk with some wishful thinking that Mackowiak just missed that.

I love that we're keeping Haeger in instead of getting guys like Cotts and Riske some work.

We're so well-coached. I'm not blaming Ozzie for that play. However, the lack of intensity and awareness by these players is sickening.

WAKE UP JERMAINE AND JOEY CORA!

It stinks we only have one run against Lee. He has nothing tonight.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:02 AM) Fathom. I think Tejada is wearing down at short-stop. His range is much diminished and he has been erratic at the position. I envision a switch to 3rd base for him. Rollins? You betcha...I'd love to get a guy like that. I love Lugo's offense, but his defense sometimes isn't that good...although this year he really closed the gap on Uribe defensively and is way better offensively. I think in any deal involving a SS we'll deal one of our two prospects (Valido, Lopez) and one of our scrub pitchers. Lopez has no value, and Valido's stock can't get much lower than it is now. Remember that Ozzie wants to upgrade our speed, and there's not a lot of other positions we can do it at. I don't care if Tejada's range has diminished...his bat is good enough to make up for it. QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:02 AM) I wonder why thome didn't homer on that pitch he normally would Cause I can't remember the last time he got a hit against a starting LHP.