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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.

Jphat....what's your favorite play of the season so far (I'm doing my best to make this more peaceful).

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:54 AM) Why? As it was mentioned by someone before, Guillen's leash on Garcia "is as big as the one on 'Clifford the big red dog." Trust me, I know. I just made a comment about it also. It's pretty pathetic.

This was another textbook case though of Ozzie leaving a starting pitcher in too long, selfishly, so they can try and get a win. No reason for Garcia to come in this inning after being at the 98 pitch mark.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:51 AM) Freddy up to a nice 1.40 WHIP, 5.13 ERA... Keep working on it, and you'll pass Garland up, Fred!! So he got his ERA over 5? Crap...that happened quicker than I thought it would.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:47 AM) Our team just won the world series, is playing like s*** and despite that is 15 games over .500 what's a more realistic disposition: a. giving the team the benefit of the doubt for the first half based on what you know they are capable of b. acting like chicken little nightly in game threads What does 2005 have to do with the 2006 team? We should all appreciate and love the 2005 team for the rest of our lives.....but the 2006 team has no relation to that WS winner at all. KW made the decision to shake that team up, and now it's up to the 2006 team to make their own legacy. They're very different teams though on the field.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:42 AM) The White Sox will not struggle to make the playoffs at all. Every other contender is as full of holes (or moreso) than we are. We just won two straight series against our biggest division rivals, but thank god we have you here to put a completely negative spin on it I'm happy with the week we just had, but we still have some holes that don't look to be resolved anytime soon. Garcia and Garland are medicore to terrible right now, and they shouldn't have any excuses to be pitching as poorly as they are. I was actually one of the only people after the lone Tigers loss to state that we should be happy with how that series went. I'm not saying we won't make the playoffs....but to think it's a lock is naive.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:42 AM) You are wrong a tremendous amount. I was just stating a fact. Just as you are. If we started keeping track of who's right and who's wrong on here, we'd all be embarrassed. Just as you said there's a difference between cricitizing and whining, there's also a difference between being a fan and being a blind homer.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:39 AM) He's wrong so much. Why change it up? The best thing this site ever did was clean up on the personal attacks.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:38 AM) month after month, year after year, do you ever get tired of being wrong? Shouldn't you be happy because VMart homered? What have I said that's so wrong? I feel like when 40 pct of your starting rotation is throwing the ball like s***, your chances at making the playoffs, in a terrific league, isn't very good.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:37 AM) I am really sick of seeing Belliard play against us. How long until Cleveland starts throwing in the towel and trades their free agents to be? After what happened last year, there's not a chance in hell of that.

Garcia might give up 5 homers vs the Reds next week. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll go on the DL.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:35 AM) Garcia and Garland...just...wow..those guys are f***ing great. And it's the main reason we'll struggle to make the playoffs.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:35 AM) How can ANYONE defend Garcia? I don't need statistics to tell me what I see and don't see. He's had nothing all year, and it's just a matter of time before his ERA jumps over 5. He's getting crushed lately, and I see nothing that makes me think it's going to get any better.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:33 AM) How can you be so awesome in April, so terrible in May, and so aweswome in June. Can't we just flip that around, and it's the same for Podsednik? Anyways, Martinez has always been a streaky hitter, and we're throwing him a lot of fastballs to crush.

Freddy sucks. Thankfully, he only has one more year under contract. He should be throwing 82mph by next season.

Garcia has to make a good pitch, or the Indians are going to score some this inning.

QUOTE(rudylaw @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:29 AM) Let's walk a few more tonight Freddy. Oh and let's make sure they all score too. Hafner owns him...probably better off that he walked him.

QUOTE(Ndgt10 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:28 AM) Has he saved as many of those RBI's with his defense? Nope...not even close.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:26 AM) I wonder if they were Ozzie's instructions. Of course there was a time BA swung at the 1st pitch in a similar situation, and lined out to 3rd, and people were flaming him for not working the count. That might have been before people realized how blessed we are whenever Anderson makes contact. That out you talk about might have been my epiphany for much he sucks. I didn't see the play, but saw the replay on it. If you were to believe what people were saying on here, it was the hardest hit line drive in history. When I saw the replay, I couldn't but help think it was a broken bat liner (not exactly a rocket) to the 3B.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:25 AM) This great OBP you guys keep harping about for Pods currently ranks him 9th out of the 14 normal starting leadoff hitters....thats supposed to be his saving grace? Don't ever bother arguing about Pods with certain people.

Note to Brian.... when you're f***ing terrible at the plate, don't fake a bunt on a first pitch fastball down the plate. I love hitters who are 3-37 with RISP.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:19 AM) Crede needs to avoid the DP Way to swing like a p*ssy.

Crede needs to avoid the DP

QUOTE(shoota @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 01:16 AM) How has Freddy won 7 games? He's found a way to keep teams in more than half of his games to 3 runs or less. The team has also given him solid run support...and he's had good success against the lesser hitting teams we've faced.