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Does it look like Garland's purposely throwing a few mph slower tonight? He seems to be trying to throw his sinker for more control. QUOTE(greg775 @ Jun 14, 2006 -> 12:26 AM) Kameron is usually off, so we better hit him tonight. Not really

Here's a tough question....do we root for the Yanks or Indians tonight? The Indians are always dangerous, but the Yanks could very well be in the wild card hunt.

Garland kept the ball down for the 2-3 hitters, and got out of the inning. There's a huge echo when the ball's hit tonight. FWIW, it looks like we'll get Ponson, Mulder, and Marquis vs the Cards next week.

Hawk is blaming Uribe for that, but Iguchi did him no favors by waiting back so long on that grounder.

Thru one batter, Garland has nothing on his pitches. It's amazing to compare his sinker to guys like Westbrook and Webb.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 14, 2006 -> 12:10 AM) I'm not going to argue this a thousand ways, but the point is Garland tipped Thomas, in my opinion. Not to get into a huge debate, but are you serious with this?

That was ugly. Thome's so much better when he works the count.

The odds are definitely against a quality performance by Garland. The over/under on Judy references tonight is 200. We need consistent effort by our hitters throughout the night, and not just an inning or two.

Just watched the tape of the game, and I was very impressed with how the Sox took care of this game. They came out of the gates swinging, and you can't neglect the importance of last night's 9th inning. Contreras was fantastic.

I bet no one would guess that AJP and Anderson have the same amount of RBI. It would be great to use this game as a momentum-builder for this coming road trip. Against the offenses we'll be facing, we're going to need it.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 03:24 AM) Seriously, why did it take so long to start BA against a RHP? Cause he's been awful all year?

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 03:16 AM) Most teams would love to have Freddy as their #4. Most teams would also love to have the option of replacing Garland with McCarthy, if needed. Our starting pitching is not as lights-out as it was last season, but it isn't that bad, either. On the other hand, our current bullpen isn't even close to as good as last season's. If KW doesn't deal for a veteran reliever or two, that's going to be the difference between this and last season. Most teams would love to be able to pay more than 40 millions dollars a year for their starting rotation (wow, is that nice to be on the rich side of the payroll argument). The thing that's supposed to seperate us from the pack is our starters. So far, they've underachieved as a group. If they start to perform at an elite level, we'll be fine.

QUOTE(sin city sox fan @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 03:08 AM) Did fathom go back to 7-11????? No, but I went back to the TV I was watching Iguchi's AB at for the Gload AB.

QUOTE(JDsDirtySox @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 03:00 AM) Go Back to 7-11 NOW I saw Iguchi's hit, so the rally continued with me watchin.

I go to 7-11...and come back to this? No matter what, it's nice to see.

This is Exhibit 1 though of why Tracey can't be a MLB reliever yet. His control is way too erratic.

QUOTE(Ndgt10 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 02:19 AM) You have to be careful, otherwise the Pro-Tigerfan crowd will come and personally attack you. Look...I find tigerfan's posts to be annoying. However, the mods have said he can stay.....SO GIVE IT UP!

I thought they mentioned personal milestones for the pitcher. Would it have been Thriller?

I'm too lazy to look this up, but in Pods 5 starts this week vs Tigers/Indians, did he have any hits? Thankfully he had the hit yesterday.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 02:12 AM) There we go. It's working now. I will now sleep better tonight.

I can almost hear the loud noises coming from people free-falling off of the Tracey bandwagon. Hopefully Montero can get an inning in tonight.

I think we all know that Garcia's rotation spot is as secure as that of Buehrle, Contreras, and Vazquez. I really wonder how Garcia is able to get hitters out though.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 02:06 AM) Anyone think there's any chance for a Garcia-Zito trade? That might be the most unrealistic trade ever proposed.

Back to the game....Tracey needs to show some control.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 02:00 AM) I have resorted to watching ECW wrestling now. It's gotten that low. Please don't say anything. I'm taping it right now.