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Here's the scouting report on Cotts....fastball

Wow, that is just ugly.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) The very same Luke Hudson who gave up an 11 spot or so to Cleveland in one inning last week? Lets hope it's that Hudson, and not the one who limited us to like 3 hits thru 6 innings a few weeks ago. I have a feeling they'll let Burgos try to close this one out.

Cotts in to give us no chance. He's clearly the worst pitcher on our roster right now, followed by Garcia and Vazquez.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:32 AM) Pierre doesn't walk nor strikeout, whereas Pods tends to draw a walk and take a hanging curve for strike 3. The only reason I mentioned Pierre is because of what Levine says. Pierre makes contact and is a good bunter. That's a lot more than what I can say about Pods.

We're not showing any patience tonight against pitchers who have bad control. This just isn't our night.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:26 AM) According to Bruce Levine, that is what you may see in 2007. I know, that's why I said it. Pierre fits Ozzie ball a lot better than Pods.

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:25 AM) The same reason he walks so much more than he did last year. It would be useful if he learned to protect the plate, and fight off borderline pitches. He can't keep being such an easy out once there's 2 strikes on him.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:24 AM) Why does our leadoff hitter constantly take strike 3. His entire job is to get on base, walking back to the dugout without putting the ball even in play is not how you can do that. I always thought speed/slap hitters were supposed to make a lot of contact. I'll probably get ridiculed for saying this, but I'd rather have Pierre than Pods.

Swinging that weakly at a 2-0 pitch? What the hell is wrong with these guys.

LEARN TO PROTECT THE PLATE!

Good job Riske. Lets give the crowd a thrill tonight.

QUOTE(quickman @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:13 AM) Ok that convinced me Delete this if necessary, but where's JimH?

Riske needs to keep this game a 2 run deficit.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:10 AM) Now I will say this, this would be nowhere near the worst or most painful loss of the year, however this might be the worst game we've played all year. I agree with this. We look awful tonight. If we can get two guys on next inning, maybe we can get the crowd into this game.

Pathetic inning there. We're going to get Gobble next inning, and we know how well our 1-2-3 are vs LHP.

Looking at a broader point of view, isn't it amazing how similar so many of Vazquez's outings are? It's like a bad movie on rerun.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:06 AM) Has Hernandez been this large his entire career? He looks smaller now than he did earlier in the year. Nice uppercut swing Juan.

Twins won Crede has shown no patience tonight.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:04 AM) Yeah that was a total momentum killer. We didn't have the lead, and Gooch was on first. Why send him???? I have no clue. We were smacking the ball around the field against Hernandez. Cora has to realize that not only is Iguchi slow, but Sanders was playing Thome so deep that it didn't take him very long to retrieve the ball.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:03 AM) Tigers win, bad news. But the Red Sox lose, which is more important than the Tigers result, regardless of what people say around here.

Very nice pitch! We need to get the leadoff man on base.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 02:01 AM) It would be nice if even his biggest admirers see that he probably isn't the guy you want on the mound in games that really need to be won. I had a feeling he'd not have his good stuff tonight after battling so hard against the Yankees. Teahen's more dangerous than Sweeney right now.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 01:59 AM) Rank the Sox Killers: Grudz, Sweeney, Emil Brown, Javy Vazquez, Joey Cora, Mark Tehan If we lose this game, my blame goes directly towards Joey Cora (in regards to who had the biggest impact on the outcome).

If we do lose this game though, who's starting the Congratulatory thread for Javy?