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QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 03:18 AM) Look, I realize how inconsistant relief pitchers can be, but I've never seen anything like this before in my life. Cliff Politte makes Shingo, Koch, Biddle or any other former Sox scrub you can think of look like a legitimate all-star. How does one fall this hard in one year? Maybe we should be asking how was he so good last year with similar velocity, etc.? I know he had great command last season, but the stat about him being the luckiest pitcher last season seems very prophetic.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 03:16 AM) I don't think we have to celebrate Cliff's downfall. I don't want him on this team anymore. He is a broken pitcher. But I don't take pleasure in ridiculing the poor man. He did a lot, and he's tried this year. Forgive me, but I understand that he's done all he can do -- sad though that is -- and am not going to blast him away. It's not like he was a player with a bad attitude in our clubhouse. Great post.

QUOTE(shoota @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 03:13 AM) Politte did look good in the 8th. He had some improved velocity on his fastball (I saw 93 once) with some rise too. From what I saw, there was a very deep fly ball caught at the track (Hernandez had a meat ball to crush) and Uribe made a very good play to get another out. Politte is awful!

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 03:13 AM) I know, but I'd be more relieved then anything really. Thanks, I'll make sure to keep asking you how I should feel regarding a Sox game.

We can only hope we don't see him again. I love what he did for us last year, but he's just pathetic this season.

Great control by Thornton. There's sometimes where you'd want no one else up but Corey Patterson.

And the tying run comes up to plate. I can't believe this s*** this inning. QUOTE(S720 @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 03:07 AM) Once Politte is released, do you guys realize how many teams will compete to pick him up? I know he is not doing well right now, but I got a hunch he will turn it around, perhaps after the Allstar break. Let him be another team's worry.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 02:43 AM) Maybe, just maybe, an outing like this will help him between the ears. MAAAYYYBE. The sooner he's off this team, the better. He has nothing this year.

How f***ing long are you going to keep Politte in? This is absolutely ridiculous. As soon as Tejada had that double, Politte should have been pulled.

Impressive heaters from Cotts.

Ugh...Riske doesn't look very sharp. Not sure why Millar's getting 88mph fastballs he can crush.

QUOTE(S720 @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 01:58 AM) Hindsight is always great, man! I would have typed it here before the fact, but the 20 staples in my abdomen make it hard to move.

Not sure how he got those fastballs passed him, but I'll take it.

That would have been a good time to bring in Cotts/Thornton to face Patterson. It's not like the Orioles have a lot of lefties we need to save them for.

I hated the call by Cora, but Crede still needs to have a better slide. Against a s***ty pitcher like Ortiz, there's no point in giving up outs at the plate w/less than 2 outs.

Vazquez needs to get us back in the dugout w/the 5-3 lead.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) You could see that coming 4 batters earlier. With Ortiz being down in the zone with every pitch, this might be the perfect pitcher for Thome.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 01:06 AM) f*** that. Javy hasn't gotten that call ONCE tonight. f*** you Ponsino I couldn't agree more. Nice to agree with you coming off of my hiatus from the site.

What a cheapie!

Great AB! This would be a great time for Thome to drive one to left center.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 12:59 AM) The Sox are going to score a few runs tonight. Yep, which is why all Vazquez had to do tonight was avoid the big inning.

Huge AB here for Cintron.

Nice hit by Anderson. Something tells me that he doesn't practice that like Mora does.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 12:56 AM) No, I am NOT giving up yet so don't even say it, but if we lose a MLB game to Russ f***ing Ortiz.... We just have to have good ABs against him. He'll walk a lot of guys.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 12:52 AM) This guy is just brutal to watch. The ump is not helping things, but you can just see the frustration in the body language of Vaz, which you never want to see. This is something I was told about Vazquez 3 years ago, and after just seeing that his W-L record is 97-97 in the majors, it makes sense: the guy's not a winning baseball player.