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QUOTE(Wedge @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:26 AM) What happens when Sandy plays 3 subs the same game? I could care less about the results of our Spring Training games.

I just had a sickening feeling seeing that Jason Grilli has a better ERA than any of our starters this year.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:24 AM) He should drill himself, and then take turns drilling our own lifeless team. We are our own worst enemy. You know my dream scenario, if we don't make the playoffs, is for Ozzie to quit, Cora not brought back, Pods traded to the Frontier League and Vazquez/Garcia are shown the door. Make Sandy our manager, move McCarthy into the rotation, and add a little speed to this team.

That was intentional by Contreras. He was trying to drill him.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:20 AM) Just sat down and saw this score and was sure it was a mistake. Is Contreras really that bad tonight? Yes, he's thrown way too many pitches over the heart of the plate. Who knows if the 3rd inning would have been different if either Pods or Cintron catch a routine shallow pop fly. We're a terribly coached team.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:15 AM) and Joe JUST misses a HR. UGH It doesn't seem like we're hitting a lot of homers now. Warning track power is definitely a symptom from previous slumps around this time of the year.

And the Red Sox now have the lead.

Credepopsitup.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:12 AM) I'm not trying to defend Jose. He was bad. But the Royals can swing the bats. They've got to be 1 or 2 in runs scored since Andre David became their hitting coach. I just hate that Jose got slapped around without using his best pitch. I think he forgets sometimes how great his forkball is.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:11 AM) And after last weekend's sweep i thought things were really starting to come around for this team, BOY was I wrong. After last nite and tonite's debacle, i'm befuddled as to what to think of this team now. It's my fault...I was actually incredibly optimistic for yesterday's game. It was probably the most confident I've ever been for a Sox game.

PK makes it look easy with the great approach. Any chance AJP doesn't hit into a DP here?

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) You can pretty much throw out any momentum we gained from sweeping the Tigers. This is just brutal. If we lose tonight, we have negative momentum. I don't even want to think what will happen if we lose tomorrow heading into Minnesota.

Lets score 3 runs here, and somehow get the tying run to the plate tonight!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) Last year we beat the crappy teams, and held our own against the good teams. This year we do good against most of the good teams, and then play just over 500 ball against crappy teams. Meanwhile the Twinks and the Tigers beat the living snot out of crappy teams. The more things change, the more this feels like 2001-2004 White Sox baseball.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:05 AM) Ozzie looked like he was trying to win for a few days there. Now, it's back to the mentality that we're simply better than every other team and we don't have to prove it. I made the comment during yesterday's game that it looked like we thought all we had to do is show up, and the game was over. There's been no concentration at the plate, in the field, and on the mound.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:03 AM) Absolutely embarrassing. Someone tell me -- do aces typically surrender 7 runs to the Kansas City Royals? Jose hasn't been an ace since his injury. He's had a few good starts, but he's nowhere near the same pitcher. Will someone please tell me where his 3 mph have gone? Everything is in the 91 mph range.

Has anyone looked up what our record is this year when we play 3 of our subs? I swear, there's something about making it feel like a split-squad game which brings out the worst in our team.

Have a day Grudz. If Contreras keeps this up, we might not have any starters with an ERA under 4.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:00 AM) You probably summed it up better than Simmons possibly could have. They are underachievers, and they seem to be complacent with their production. They make about $30 million too much as a whole. It's a good thing not a lot of people listen to Cooper on the radio with Mike North every Tuesday morning.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 01:00 AM) Gathright is out there today looking like the player Podsednik should be. Bunting for hits and easily stealing bases. Yes, but Gathright is legitimately fast. Pods has lost a step and a half this season.

HAWK'S RIPPING ON PODS!! You rarely ever hear that. And yes, Pods plays way too deep.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 12:58 AM) Our starting pitching is medicore, thats all the material you need Did anyone read the Bill Simmons AL review today about our starting pitchers? It summed it up perfectly...these guys are underachievers.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Gardenhire has Santana lined up to face us twice in the next 2 weeks, doesn't he?

KW...there's still time left to try and get a legit LF off of the waiver wire.

Can we just pull that pathetic player off the field? I can't way until we trade him for a mid-level prospect this offseason.