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Not scoring from 2nd base on a double off the right field fence is another horrible base running play.

QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 03:02 AM) Torre isn't messing around Not to be cruel, but Torre was walking like a "special" person to the mound before.

Here comes Rivera. Unfortunately, we have a lot of lefties to face him, and he's much tougher against them than righties.

Holy cow! That PK play where he didn't score really hurts now.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:54 AM) Someone from the sox needs to have a sit down with the Hawk and tell him to stop the constant complaining about the umps. Its very Santo like. Yep...it's becoming a daily thing. The worst thing is that some people then believe him that every single borderline pitch WAS a strike. If the umpires are being so bad, then Ozzie needs to get off of his ass and stick up for his players. QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:56 AM) On vacation. Only checking in when I need a good laugh. There's been plenty of that of late. This place has made me seem optimistic lately. We miss the power of the blooper.

Does anyone know what happened to jphat?

That's the same pitch he popped up last night. Well done Tad!

Do we have the worst LF combo and worst CF combo in baseball? QUOTE(zenryan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:48 AM) it seems like we are the only team that doesnt touch him up. every other team he faces rips him He's been real good since the ASB.

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:46 AM) They had Villone on the ropes and AJ bails him out by swinging at crap. Cintron...what do you expect, this guy would not make half the rosters in the majors and would be the 25th man on the rest. They should both be fined for swinging at balls out of the strike zone. That's poor. Cintron would be on every single roster in the majors. I'd rather guys swing out of the zone than take called 3rd strikes down the plate.

QUOTE(soxyess @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:44 AM) Yea but last year we had great situational hitting Not in the 2nd half of the season. Don't forget that it also seemed like great situational hitting early in the year because every game was low scoring. Besides our pitchers doing great, our hitters were doing awful. Every run is going to seem more clutch/crucial when the game is 1-0 or 2-1 as compared to 7-5.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:41 AM) Joey Cora holds people when you should send them, and sends people when they should be held. They should just do the opposite of what he says and this team would score a bunch of runs. I think the base running errors have got these guys scared to death of making outs on the bases now.

QUOTE(soxyess @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:40 AM) This is the second time in a week that we have had the bases loaded and no outs and failed to score a run. What a bunch of garbage. This is the very reason this team will NOT make the playoffs. Everyone trying to swing for the fence instead of just getting a hit. Our starting pitchers are the reason this team might not make the playoffs. I think people forget how bad our offense was last season.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:40 AM) It's almost unbelievable that he didn't score. It just baffles me how inept we are in particular crucial areas of the game. It's almost amazing that we have the record that we do this season.

I know it won't matter, but there's no excuse for PK to not score from 2nd on that double off of the fence. Abreu turned around to watch that ball go off the fence. Once he does that, you should be on your way.

QUOTE(zenryan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) where are all the cheerleaders now??? I know its second guessing but I was really thinking that we should have hit Uribe for Cintron. Uribe has a much better chance of getting ahold of one while the best Cintron was going to do was draw a walk. Uribe's hurt.

QUOTE(rafacosta @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) From AJ to Ozuna...0-12! We don't have a f***ing LF...LF for us is no defense and offense.. Is this a surprise? Looking at this lineup tonight, if our middle of the order didn't produce, we weren't scoring.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) great, the twins are winning too They won

Ha...pathetic! Brian Anderson continues to give this offense no real production.

I miss Juan Uribe, I really do.

What are you swinging at? Again, I'm so thrilled we got a back-up catcher that we're not going to play against lefties.

Keep the line moving. AJP has to avoid the roll-over DP here.

I thought that ball was gone. However, this is an example of how Ozzie didn't manage the top of the 7th very well. Garland should have never started that inning, and ARod should have been walked with the open base.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:22 AM) I actually dont know if 20 games over .500 is a typical Sox year. Usually they are hanging 5-10 games below .500, turn it on in August, and then finish 7 games back at the end of the year. For me, prior to last year, a typical Sox year was the Sox running neck and neck with the Twins around now, but then the Twins just seem to win 6 times a week, and Santana doesn't lose a game the rest of the way.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:22 AM) Not enough realism. Not enough really looking at this team and how is has played. Not enough recognition of the fundamental flaws in this team. There's more than enough posts in which the negative aspects of this team are discussed. If you want more realism, then more people would stop saying the season is over.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:20 AM) And many of these comments are not enough...if you know what I mean. Huh?