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After reading Morneau's comments, I'm sure that they'll just roll over and not try against us.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 09:08 PM) Equation of lefthander with 93mph+ fastball + good offspeed pitch = defeat. Next offseason, Williams needs to find players who destroy lefthanders and platoon them in certain matchups. I've been saying for two months now that Eduardo Perez would have been a great addition. Maybe we can bring back Rowand as our 4th outfielder.

QUOTE(whitesox1976 @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 09:10 PM) We blew a big chance to get within 2 1/2 games. If I was in KW's position the first pitcher I would get rid of is Vasquez. Our bullpen lately has given me a few grey hairs! Vazquez isn't a problem. He still has some breakdowns out there, but he's one of the few guys that seems to be getting better as the season goes on. We have a lot more other problems more serious than Vazquez.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 09:04 PM) It will really be a sad state of affairs if a team that has played this poorly for this long manages to get into the playoffs. We won't be in the picture if we crap the bed this week on the west coast.

We face a lefty this Wednesday....I would definitely like to see Fields DH, and Thome sit on the bench.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:54 PM) Yea, but you can't ask him to go through zeros every time out. Two runs is pretty damn good. Yeah, please don't take it as me saying that he's not doing well. However, it would be nice if he actually just went out and won us a game, instead of losing the momentum as soon as the 6th inning comes around.

I feel worse about our team now than I did prior to this series. Even though we got 3 good starts by our pitchers, our bullpen now only has 2 reliable arms, and our offense against lefty pitchers continues to be useless. QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 09:00 PM) Don't worry, Guillen won't let them give up. He's truly a baseball genius. I mean, 5 relievers in an inning?! That's the kind of insanity that only comes with genius. He just wanted to make sure they all would get some confidence today.

I asked this in the game thread: who's more overrated right now, McCarthy or Anderson?

I know what the stats say, but I've been very disappointed with Thome over the last few months.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) Every last ounce of momentum that AJ gave us a couple games back is completely gone. Isn't that Javy's duty? QUOTE(G&T @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) So a rookie was going to bat for th game? Why not...our lefties looked clueless against C.C.

Terrible loss. Our bullpen is in absolute shambles.

Crede's back looks like it's really messing up his swing.

At least we let C.C. get wild this inning.

Another great game for Thome against a LHP.

QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:52 PM) so we really have 2 arms that i feel good about in this bullpen at the moment. That's not gonna get us far. Cooper's really earning his pay check this year...just like Cora.

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.