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Ugh...you were usually one of the posters who made me think there was hope! Basically, the problems you mentioned are what happened from 2001-2004. Neal Cotts allowed 1 homer in about 65 innings last year. This year, it's 8 homers in about 49 innings.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) Yeah, Ozzie, that must be it. Did Ozzie really say that?

Javer Vazquez....Mr. 101

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) Because it is all you do anymore. You dont hold any players accountable anymore, its all on Ozzie. Yeah...I don't criticize Vazquez or Garcia or PK (today) or Pods or the pitch calling by AJP. GMAB.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:57 PM) You and I have very different definitions of "Possibly winnable". Not with Nathan sitting there. A 2 run game is a bloop and a blast away from being tied though. If that game is out of reach, then this team might as well forfeit the rest of their games.

Pods now has 80 K this year....the good news is Juan Pierre has 33.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:55 PM) And now Pods is hitting for Anderson, not sure how this is an improvement. Ozzie was worried that Anderson might be tired from playing 8 innings today.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:54 PM) It's not a bad call by Oz at all.(Im sure Fathom will say it is, whats new) However, Cotts is just not helping his cause AT ALL. It is going to start getting hard to find spots for Oz to use him in if this keeps up. Why do I get bashed for saying that Cotts shouldn't be in a game that is still possibly winnable? Riske hasn't pitched much all weekend....why not use him?

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:28 PM) Like always I dont really disagree with Ozzie but these are things that dont really need to be addressed in these tyrades. I could understand him getting frustrated by being accused of cheating by a few people. I guess it's ok for Buehrle to accuse of teams/pitchers of cheating, but it's not ok for other teams to say that about us.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:53 PM) I just thank God for all of our relievers having fluke years at the same time. And now the Twins have something similar going with Reyes, Rincon, Neshek, and Nathan. I particularly liked Hermanson's 89 mph fastball down the plate last year that would routinely be caught at the warning track.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:53 PM) How in the world can the same pitchers be so good last year and so bad this year? It just blows my mind. One or two I understand, but only 1 or 2 putting up the same numbers? Yeesh It seems like I say this once a week now, but the more things change, the more I appreciate how everything fell into place last year.

How hard is it to figure out why someone who throws a straight 92 mph high fastball on every pitch will get hit hard?

Don Cooper has done an amazing job with our returning pitchers this year. I especially like the work he's done with Neal's offspeed pitches. HOW IN THE HELL DID NEAL COTTS ONLY ALLOW 1 HOMER LAST SEASON? Talk about a miracle year.

Good job Ozzie....way to show no urgency again when we're down a few runs. Neal Cotts is the worst pitcher on this team!

QUOTE(soxyess @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) f**kin cheap hit Please stop

13 for last 19 are lefties vs Cotts now.

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:44 PM) The instances where he hustled greatly outnumber the instances where he didn't. Of course, I don't have any real issues with his hustle. However, as someone said about that on this site, considering he's involved in 4 or 5 plays the entire game, he better be hustling.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:43 PM) Sorry, the entire team minus Thome and Mackowiak. When your "speed" hitter is your laziest player running the bases, you have a problem.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:41 PM) It's representative of the entire team's mentality this year. They just don't care as much as they did last year, and they don't show near the amount of effort. At least people no longer say that Ozzie is the great motivator. QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:43 PM) Tell that to Thome, who hustles just about every play. And yet, even he has had a few instances this year where he didn't hustle, and both times it hurt the Sox.

Terrible AB by Cintron. We really need someone who bats righty with some pop off of the bench.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:40 PM) Didn't this guy used to suck in KC? And for about 5 other teams.

Reyes is in, not Nathan.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) No, after seeing the replay, after it was past Castillio, Joe coasted into 1st.... That's pathetic, considering that if there's a play at home on PK, he should have been busting his ass into 2nd base.

Good thing he missed that, as PK might have been a dead duck at home.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:37 PM) Something like that probably...but you're still covering up their recent weakness by lumping it in with their hottest stretch of the year. Really, they had one bad weekend against Toronto. Outside of that weekend, it seems like they're winning every series.