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QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:29 PM) Josh Mora really getting on Cora... That was actually the proper decision too....finally.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) Gee I wonder why that is. Because we tried to make this like last year, and didn't upgrade at the trade deadline. Meanwhile, we have the worst LF situation in all of baseball. QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) There's no way this game is on Ozzie. Our guys play with so little intensity in these games that it's sickening. Jerry Manuel was fired for the lack of intensity. FWIW, I'm not blaming Ozzie for today's loss. He made his typical dumb decisions, but you have got to score more than 3 runs against the caliber of pitchers we faced today.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:21 PM) And one of those runs shouldn't even have scored. This team makes my head hurt. PK said in the paper he doesn't like to DH, as he gets fatigued from swinging so much in between innings. Since he's a vastly superior defensive player to Gload, we need to keep him on the field.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:19 PM) Yeah. And the fact that he's pitched so badly lately leads us to take him out after the 6th, go to Thornton in the 7th (not the 8th). Whatever. Just aggravating as hell. That Tampa lineup was pathetic today....it shows how much our pitching sucks when they get more than 10 hits and 3 of our 4 pitchers allow a run to them.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:18 PM) Gotta love the pitch calling by AJ/whoever in the 10th. Man on 2nd, no outs, 1-2 count and you throw a changeup to a left handed hitter? Idiotic. He's the most overrated player on our team now...which sucks because he was easily the most underrated guy on the team last year.

QUOTE(G&T @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:16 PM) I wonder if they realize that they can win the division if they actually tried. Why does this game matter...they consistently state that every game isn't the end of the world right now. If Tampa played any defense this series, we would have been swept. I'm so glad we hit Delmon to start the series...we really showed him.

How much more does Pods have to suck before he gets removed from the starting lineup?

The swings these players are taking in walkoff situations is absolutely embarrassing.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:12 PM) this is one of the most embarassing performances of offensive baseball ive seen in some time....These pitchers are all terrible, their stats are not worthy of major league yet they will have shut us out over the last 4.1 on 1 hit and 6 Ks????? This team doesn't deserve this damn division. Our offense has really been quite average it seems in the 2nd half of the year. Only Dye and Crede seem to consistently contribute.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:10 PM) Anderson gets the PH, but not for Pods....hmmmmm.... At least we're not seeing the same mistakes we've seen during the entire 2nd half of the season.

This team has had absolutely no killer instinct to sweep teams this season. The disturbing this is that we've led in a ton of games where we could have gotten the sweep, but the bullpen collapsed.

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) Having to use your closer in three consecutive games against the devil rays... sigh... Um..not really

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) That was bad. you cant just lay it in there ona 3-1 count in a 1 run game. Thornton's been burned a few times this season in that exact same situation.

Far homer by Navarro?

QUOTE(G&T @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 08:10 PM) GREAT CAMERA WORK! What happened?

Just turned the radio on to hear "two run homer the opposite way!" Get the bullpen in now!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 07:58 PM) What is his double play streak. His situational hitting is just awful lately.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 07:53 PM) YES. PK would have picked it out though Gload has more blown picks in 10 games at 1B than PK does in 110.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 07:51 PM) Turning Dp's this year have been painful to watch Yep...it's been one of those things which have been inexplicably awful.

Some amazing managing though again today by Ozzie....I can't wait until the season's over, and we'll hear things like "Vazquez just couldn't clear the hurdle".

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 07:49 PM) DAMN GOTTA TURN THAT DP!!!!!! Would he have been out if Gload caught it? I can't believe the Sox believe Gload is such a good defensive player.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 07:48 PM) What the hell is Ozzie doing? Cant wait till the 3 run homer by a .230 hitter Hollins bombed a homer against Vazquez earlier in the year in a similar situation.

I can't believe Ozzie continues to pitch this loser in the 6th inning of close games. Vazquez's mental breakdowns are one of the most astonishing things I've seen in baseball.

QUOTE(beautox @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 07:37 PM) does Zorbrist have a liscense for that thing? Nice play on Anderson, I presume? Hey offense...this pitcher isn't good. How about we score some runs?

If the Sox don't score here, Vazquez should be allowed one base runner next inning.