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For everyone complaining about our 1-2 hitters....the Twins guys currently have a 15 and 14 game hitting streak. QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:23 AM) Dropping fast behind the division leader and behind wildcard contenders is not a blessing. Of course it's not, but at least it's happening now instead of August 5th.

QUOTE(Misplaced_Sox @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:22 AM) Thsi swear filtering is really annoying and kinda silly I personally think it's really bringing this board down. However, I respect the mods/admins enough to trust their decisions. QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:22 AM) I see no reason to trade AJ either Sorry, I should have listed him also.

Again, this could be a blessing in disguise. I would love to see KW panic and make a blockbuster move to spark this team. Outside of Thome, Dye, Konerko, Jenks, Contreras, and Crede, there's not a single player that "can't" be traded.

This spiff/fish era couldn't be more annoying.

I'd love to see Buehrle plunk the next guy.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:17 AM) He strikes out looking because he's being incredibly patient, which is another reason his walk total has jumped since last year. You take the good with the bad. Yes, but when you have speed, you're supposed to put the ball in play no matter what. Juan Pierre isn't a good player, but he knows his job is to put the ball in play.

Well....Buehrle sucks.

So Buehrle's new strategy is to walk Kinsler to get to Young?

Kevin Mench would sure look good in LF for the Sox.

2 attempts, 2 successful bunts....Why can some teams make it look so easy? We need a K here against a guy who K's a lot. What a pathetic arm.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) But Everett is better. He would have no place on this team. And our outfield is bad enough without him out there. Teams are simply out-executing us now.

Outside of Thome, this is just ugly.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:04 AM) It's not completely Ozzie's fault. He doesn't acquire stiffs like Widger, Mack, Cintron, et. all. Everett and Blum woulda been better. But I agree he plays the B team too much. Mack and Cintron are superb back-ups. The one thing Ozzie still hasn't learned is that Mack isn't a CF!

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:04 AM) Joe looks a little late on a FB up and in. 45% of our runs have came on the HR. ANyone know what the % was last year? Crede with one of his worst ABs of the season. The players just seem sluggish at the plate.

Wow, that's a very high strike. Dear A.J. Stop trying to pull everything.

Very nice DP! Is it me, or is the infield extremely fast tonight?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 12:51 AM) I actually like it, its a bit of a distraction from the Sox poor play, yet something that could be used as a bit of a rallying point. I posted this before I heard Ozzie's quotes today. Supposedly, he went around to a few Rangers players he's friends with and told them that if they start spiff this series, they're going to get hit. I just hope none of our players get hurt in the impending fight this wknd.

There we go. Man, Thome just destroys sinker ball pitchers.

Pick up the bat speed boys.

Very good range by our defense that inning. It would be nice to get a few early runs and get the momentum going and crowd into the game.

How good is Laird's throwing arm?

QUOTE(TLAK @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 12:34 AM) Our old buddy Hunter Wendelstedt is behind the plate tonight. Could be an interesting evening. This is going to be an ugly series, and I don't necessarily mean the Sox getting their asses kicked by the Rangers.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 12:30 AM) Well it looks like the Twins and Tigers don't feel like losing so we better take care of our own business. Fixed

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 21, 2006 -> 09:52 PM) Ya, I still go with Neal, especially since he owns Righties and lefties. Thorty is pretty darn good too though. Is Thornton a FA after this year? If so, he's making himself a fortune.

I'd like to make a suggestion to our manager....please shut the hell up about the whole Padilla thing! The last thing we need is for Ozzie to make the incident into such a big deal that the Sunday game will be played with warnings handed out before it starts. I don't know about my fellow Sox fans, but I sure don't want to see Garland face this Rangers line-up with the inside pitch being taken away from him.