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The Twins are so much better than us right now, it's not even funny. This west coast trip will more than likely determine if we're even in the race after the week.

QUOTE(ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:49 PM) Why can we never call up anyone who can make any sort of positive immediate impact??? It seems the Twins have 2 or 3 a year who do that Cause we never develop guys who have dominate stuff? The only one with big time stuff we've called up from our minors was Jenks, and he was gift wrapped to us by the Angels.

He'll be gone this offseason, I'm very confident of that. His 4.30 ERA in the International League is awful. Our minor league development continues to be very disappointing.

QUOTE(SoxnGiants @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:48 PM) 1 strike in 8 pitches. Was he drinking before the game? Nope...he just sucks

How do we have a 100 million dollar payroll, yet still have so many s***ty players?

QUOTE(3E8 @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) Who was Ozzie mouthing that to? Umpire

At least Ozzie is acting classy in the dugout. It doesn't take a lip-reader to know what he said.

QUOTE(SoxnGiants @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:46 PM) I see Sean is trying to get himself cut. Don't worry, he'll be traded this offseason.

YOU SUCK OZZIE!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:44 PM) This is hilarious. I'm not even mad anymore. Oh, for the days of Luis Vizcaino. I'm convinced Ozzie took the over in today's game.

Here comes another overrated Sox player...Sean Tracey. A 4.30 ERA in a terrible league of hitting doesn't strike me as someone who should be pitching during a pennant race.

At least McCarthy would fit in with our other starters, as his ERA is nearing 5.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:40 PM) Time for Boone to get raped by the Indians again. Time for Boone to stay in the minors for a few years and stop f***ing our major league team almost every time he gets into the game.

This is pathetic...absolutely pathetic. Ozzie Guillen is just clueless.

Boone has just as much to do with us losing right now as anyone, as his pathetic performance last night made the game closer.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:38 PM) Holy s***. You'd think that with 4 relievers in 1 inning that at least one of them wouldn't be terrible. Who's more overrated by White Sox fans: Brandon McCarthy or Brian Anderson?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) Our whole team is so ridiculously predictable, in good and bad ways. Yep...which mean we'll be lucky to win 2 games on the west coast trip. With the Twins getting Liriano back....we're in a lot of trouble. Bonser would now be like our 2nd best pitcher. QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:36 PM) It just makes up for all the terribly-pitched games that he won. It's basically karma. He still choked in the 6th inning.

QUOTE(ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) Vazquez deserved to win today and in Boston but will get neither thanks to our so very consistent offense...pathetic We have to stop playing Thome against lefties. I can't remember the last time he got a hit against them when he starts. Ozzie's doing his best to put every one of our awful relievers in for this inning.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:33 PM) Despite the dislike for Riske on here, he's been fairly good with us. Hopefully he can get the job done here. He's absolutely terrible in tight games. He's probably one of the least clutch pitchers in all of baseball.

I love how we keep throwing fastballs down the plate when they're ahead in the count. Riske's fastball is awful.

QUOTE(tony72 @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:32 PM) Exactly.. and it always seems like our bad ones come in in the close games or pressure situations when runners are on... Meanwhile, the Twins develop guys like Reyes and Neshek into relievers that they can count on.

QUOTE(G&T @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:30 PM) I'm going to defend Ozzie for the moves today. This team really needed BMac to eat a couple innings today because the load has been too big on Thornton and MacDougal has an injury history so you don't want to push him too hard. Unfortunately this pen blows. Plain and simple, we have 3 relievers we can count on. The rest have been extremely disappointing this season.

QUOTE(brijames @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:29 PM) The Tigers are giving the White Sox the playoffs and they refuse to take it. How bad is it going to be to have to watch the Tigers in the post season while the Sox are golfing. The Angels, if they get hot, could be a threat to win the WC.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:19 PM) And... AGAIN, Vazquez stepped up. WTG, JAVY! He pitched good, but I'm not about to start praising him like he's Cy Young. He still suffered his 6th inning mental breakdown, and with the way our offense was swinging today, we needed him to limit the Indians to 1 run or less.

That's like the third homer VMart has hit against this year because we throw a 3-0 fastball down the freaking plate.