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QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 06:19 PM) way too many mistakes by Jose today He looks awful. He just isn't consistent with all these arm angles. Might I ask, is he another pitcher who's lost his velocity? He's been around 90 mph all game, with a few pitches in the 94 range. Earlier in the year, he was 95 a lot of the time. QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 06:19 PM) Pods weak arm allows the runner to score from 2nd. He had no chance. However, this inning was just another example of how our outfield defense continues to give no support to our pitchers.

Damn...very close pitch there.

Brian has got to bust his ass running back to get that. He could have caught that.

Contreras has to make some good pitches this inning now.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 06:05 PM) Do they keep a stat for caught looking anywhere? You can just go back and look at every play-by-play to tell how many K looking he has. Anyone have that much time on their hands?

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 06:04 PM) maybe high, but it was a good pitch. Wish pods would just swing when he's got 2 strikes, please. He just needs to learn how to foul off tough pitches like that. Someone like Gload does a great job at that.

Pods....YOU HAVE TO PROTECT! Anderson had a great AB though, and missed a homer by a foot.

I like facing the Blue Jays without Russ Adams. He's been a Sox killer over the past few years.

I can't believe Hawk just pointed to Vazquez as someone that Cooper has turned around.

This is just an amazing exhibition of hitting by our 3-4 guys this wknd.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 05:42 PM) the gun is off per usual You sure? They had Burnett at 98 mph during this game. Stay hot Thome!

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 05:32 PM) Count looks ON today. Actually, this is a strange looking Contreras. His velocity is down as of right now, and his forkball looks more like a changeup. With his always changing arm angles, it's hard to predict how he's going to look from one batter to the next.

Games at the Cell also start at :07.

So now we know what Crede does on his days off.

Lets get some runs this inning, and give Vazquez some more runs to work with.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) I don't want to sound like I'm complaining about a hit, but does anyone else think Crede should've been on third? The base running on this team is all screwed up right now. We're being aggressive when we shouldn't be, and we're not being aggressive when we should be.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 08:28 PM) Gosh damn. At-bats like THOSE are why I still hold out a little bit of hope for Javy to turn it around. His pure stuff is nasty, and right there, that was a great job of attacking Cat. Couple of fastballs away, good movement to the corner, and that nasty slider down and in to finish him off. :sigh So much f'n potential... And it's why we should do everything in our power to get rid of Garcia in the offseason. Vazquez has been extremely disappointing this year...but at least you can see that he still has the ability to get hitters out without relying on rockets at the fielders.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) We had a pitcher on the ropes in the first inning and could of put a 3 to 4 spot up, but thanks to some retarded thoughts we only get one. We've had so many instances this season where we had the chance to break the game wide open in the first inning, but we usually find a way to hit into a double play to prevent the huge inning. In previous games, our pitchers usually have no problem giving that run back right away.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 08:23 PM) How does a championship level team or a team not named the Royals or Devil Rays make so many fishing dumb base running mistakes. Who the gosh darn sent Thome and why didnt Joey sent him back when it was going to be caught. Nice coaching and nice running. Joey Cora doesn't deserve a job with the Sox next year.

He's been getting burned on his fastball recently. It hasn't had as much "life" as it did a few months ago. I wonder if he'll start to use his cutter more in the future, and leave the 98 mph heater up in the zone as a strike out pitch.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:36 PM) From what I have heard, with Benson not really being in camp this year, and even him admitting that he didnt fit in well with his teammates last season. This year in camp, there have been 4 or 5 different times when the D has popped Benson, alot more than others. All week, the media was reporting that the Bears defense was out to "get" Benson. Thomas Jones is great friends with many of the Bears defensive players, and many of them are upset that Benson was given the starting role. This injury was bound to happen sooner than later with the defense taking all these shots at him.

One of the best wins of the season. Garland made one dumb pitch the whole game. I appreciate what Gload did in the last week, but it's nice to have our 3-4-5 dynasty back.

Well played

Excellent baseball by Ozzie and Gload.

Dear MLB teams: Stop pitching to David Ortiz