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QUOTE(JimH @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:51 AM) Why are you pushing it, why not just talk baseball. Do you really think Anderson wasn't drilled on purpose? His team won big tonight, and the Sox are up 18. The real question I have for him is why is he even following the Sox game after the 3rd inning? Go watch the NBA game, or go get a slurpee.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:42 AM) I would've preferred Montero do it, but oh well ... This is purely a theory, but maybe Ozzie did this in order to get Riske some cred with his new teammates?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:40 AM) What ever happened to the Soxtalk policy of attacking players? I thought the policy was named after the Cardinals current RF?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:39 AM) So why did LaRussa tell Ponson it was "bulls***?" I wrote that before I saw the LaRussa clip. I honestly don't think he meant to do it, but LaRussa knows you can't be doing s*** like that. I give a lot of credit to each manager tonight for their actions.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) Jesus what lunacy. Up 17 runs and we are risking suspensions, WTF! Yeah, how dare we lose the number 5 arm in our bullpen for 5 games or so. After the Rangers situation, you had to know something like this was going to happen. I'm not an advocate for that type of thing, but I think this was the perfect situation.

Welcome to the club Riske! If you're going to do it, that's the perfect scenario.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:26 AM) catch knew it was coming... sidenote: Javier has 97 pitches... Bennett was setting up inside for the fastball. Judging by LaRussa's reaction, if Ponson did mean to hit those guys intentionally, the catcher wasn't in on it.

Lets get Dye out of the game for Mack

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:17 AM) notice how the catcher immediately jumped in front of BA & Pablo after the HBs...complete BS! He did that because he's protecting his pitcher. I truly don't think Ponson was trying to hit him.

Here comes Macho Man Hawk Harrelson. It's so obvious Ponson has no control of his inside fastball.

Lost in the shuffle is that 20 is looming

The last thing I want to see is a fight tonight. If we throw at someone, it better be Montero on the mound.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:06 AM) Timo!!!!!!!!!! When you play on the warning track for every hitter, how does a ball get over your head?

Not sure if anyone noticed this yet, but Tracey threw a shut-out against Delmon Young, Upton, and the Durham Bulls.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:00 AM) Couple of bloops in the 6th. I missed Edmonds double, but could Ozuna have caught it?

Anderson with a terrible jump on that play.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 01:43 AM) Edit: He left his velocity in 2003 I've seen him pitch since he was in high school, and his velocity never shot up when he went to the majors. I highly doubt he was into performance-enhancers.

QUOTE(brijames @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 01:38 AM) What has happened to Mulder. He has been lit up like a christmas tree a lot this year. He lost his velocity, and that makes all of his other pitches so much less effective. Why did he lose his velocity? He's thrown a lot of innings in his career, and maybe some of his health problems he's had are lingering.

AJP! This was a quick explosion.

We're finding the holes right now, and guys aren't trying to do too much.

Bad AB by Ozuna. I'm surprised he wasn't bunting.

Great swing by Anderson there. When he hits it solid, the ball flies off of his bat.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 12:38 AM) for who? KC's top pitching prospect, Howell. We faced him last year....not very impressed.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 12:30 AM) I really hope Cooper has Javy on the Jose Contreras "Find your stuff the 2nd half of the season" path. His fastball seems to be flattening out on him, and he's not throwing it very hard. I thought Bennett had a homer last inning.

Vazquez getting hit hard already, and Anderson continues to show no clue on his throws home.