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It's times like this I'm thankful for that righty 4th outfielder we acquired at the deadline.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 02:13 AM) s***ty AB for Cintron. f***ing swinging for the Dan Ryan. The 2-1 would have been a golden chance for a hit-and-run.

Lets get some runs, and then get Thornton/MacDougal/Jenks into this game. Well done Freddy the last 4 innings!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 02:00 AM) Has anyoen else realized that if Brian Anderson was in this game, Freddy Garcia could come out of the game right now and still have the chance to win it with a quality start? Please don't remind us. These umps are out to get us.

Wow...big play! A big laughter came up at my house after that wipe-out.

And here we go. It's not like there's any urgency, as the Yankees don't have a good closer.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:57 AM) Dont worry, Guillen will pull Freddy too, after he has his customary chat before he gives up the lead in the 7th. I'd love to be wrong, but this inning has all the makings of the 2 runners allowed, pull the starter, and a decent start becomes a bad start.

Isn't it amazing to see how the Yankees pulled Wang before this inning? How many hangers can Villone throw this inning?

I'd like to see Thornton start the 7th inning, but we know that won't happen. Man, Dye's had some bad ABs the last few games.

I'm out guys....bring us a win Balta.

Tied! We finally capitalized on a hanging offspeed pitch.

Some pathetic swings on hitters counts. There's been 3 times tonight where one of our hitters could have easily taken one for the team.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:18 AM) I didn't get a chance to see Vaz last start, what did he do differently that was effective? Did he stay away from the curveball, or did he just not flatten out sliders? He relied a lot more on the high fastball.

Isn't a pitcher saying that velocity doesn't matter like a guy who believes a girl that size doesn't matter?

I'm not getting my hopes up for the playoffs until we show in the 2nd half of the season that we can compete with good teams. Garcia is consistently throwing 87 mph tonight. What a joke.

Nice 2-0 swing PK. This game has the feel of a Yankees blowout. We're doing everything possible to give the Yankees this game.

No DP here Paul!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:06 AM) Stop sayign that...Ozzie will start him in CF as a platoon for Anderson, because Anderson can't hit righties. You know it's bad when Balta is so upset and pessimistic. You were always arguing against me last year, now you're sounding like me.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:04 AM) It would be REALLY nice to get someone on for Thome here just to keep Wang from getting comfortable. Thome's been great all year against sinker ballers.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:01 AM) This team is showing a lot of signs of frustration. Lots of bats getting flipped. Quick Ozzie, turn up the music! They've been showing this frustration for over a month now.

Way to pull the pitch off of the plate superstar.

How confident to you feel with Freddy facing the Tigers and Twins in his next 2 starts?

At least Buehrle, Garcia, Vazquez, and Contreras have been consistent in giving up their 5 runs a game recently.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 12:55 AM) We could easily have 5 runs this game but we seem to want to mess up. We're going to need 10 to win this. I'd be so thrilled if Garcia never started another game with the Sox.

BTW...I love the first pitch fastball down the plate to ARod.