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QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 01:12 AM) Names please? I have no clue who's available. However, I honestly don't think we make the playoffs with our current situation in CF. You look at teams like the Indians and Tigers, and they don't have such a glaring hole on their field....we have two of them right now.

You know things are bad when people are clamoring that a different player should be in the game....the same player who's one of the worst hitters in the majors.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 01:10 AM) Hopefully every person who ran and ran their mouth about Anderson today just saw Mackowiak try to make that play in center. I ran my mouth, and the reason is that I think there needs to be a total change. We need to acquire a new CF. This team isn't good enough to have two total holes in the lineup, and it's easier to find another outfielder than it is a new SS.

Sizemore's a f***ing stud, our center field position is a f***ing joke right now, and Ozzie leaves his starters in way too long.

This is the flatest we've been all season.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 12:33 AM) wow, the indians are on fire. FG has good stuff, and the tribe is getting extremely lucky with hitting good pitches. Freddy has some good offspeed stuff, but the Indians are able to cheat on that pitch because they don't have to protect against a strong fastball.

Garcia just has no chance to keep this lineup down.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 12:23 AM) Uribe just needs to let the ball get a bit deeper. That's something the leg kick timing mechanism would really help.

Good comeback by Garcia.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 12:00 AM) that double looked down and in to Michaels - not a bad pitch. time to click right here That's the disturbing part...it was a high, inside fastball. However, Garcia lacks the velocity to get that past hitters.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 31, 2006 -> 11:59 PM) Or...yeah...the middle of it. We can't get mad at the middle of the order though. They've been amazing all season. It's time to have other players step up.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 31, 2006 -> 11:58 PM) Man, thank God we're scoring so many runs... Wait, what? Yep....thank God we don't need any production from the bottom of the order.

Garcia's fastball is absolutely batting practice now.

87 mph fastballs down the plate go a long way.

You would think they would try and do something different with Uribe. His approach makes it very hard for him to hit the ball hard now.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) Lew Ford, that's hilarious. He might be worse than Mack. How's he worse than Mackowiak? I've always thought he was a tremendous outfielder. I've always said I would gladly take Hunter on this team....but I can't see that working out. If Matthews Jr. is a blah name, then what is Anderson? If we were a mid-level team this season, I'd have no problems with Anderson getting a lot of playing time. However, we're going for a WS title, and Anderson has done nothing that shows he can hit at this level.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2006 -> 10:23 PM) Better make a deal then because Mack full-time in CF will lead to disasters. I couldn't agree more. I like the name, Matthews Jr., that DA is throwing around. He's a GREAT guy, and a pretty solid player. However, I don't know how eager the Rangers are to trade him. I mentioned Lew Ford earlier, as he doesn't have a spot with the Twins anymore. I don't want to see Mackowiak in CF full-time, as he's just as likely to go in a slump at the plate as he is to stay hot.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2006 -> 09:57 PM) Some of the vets need to pick up the pace. It's not all on BA folks. We're going to need more offensive production from guys like Anderson and Uribe when our veteran offensive hitters cool down. QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2006 -> 10:19 PM) Then blame Vazquez for imploding. Other people had chances to get hits too. Trust me, Vazquez deserves his fair share of blame for that game. However, how can others get a hit when Anderson hits into a weak 5-4-3 DP with one out and the bases loaded? There's a huge difference between a game being 5-2, and the game being 7 or 8 to 2. I'm not blaming Anderson for anything overall this season.....all I know is that I'm not seeing any progress being made by him, and I don't think Ozzie and KW are going to sit around and let him work himself out of this horrid slump. If he doesn't get it going, I don't think he's going to be on the roster past June 15th.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2006 -> 09:57 PM) Don't remember any games this year where I thought, damn we just lost because of Anderson. The Friday night game at home vs Toronto. Vazquez ended up imploding in the 5th. However, Anderson had a few chances with the bases loaded earlier in the game to put it out of reach. Instead, he K'd in one AB, and hit into a DP in the other AB. That was his worst game of the season, in my opinion.

Our best chance of winning tonight is if the wind is blowing in. If it's not, I can't envision Freddy holding the Indians under 4 runs in 7 innings.

Iguchi struggled against W'brook last season, so Ozzie's just not playing him against Jake this season. Cintron started in game 2 of this season in the same match-up.

What's the chances this game is played tonight? When I looked earlier in the day, there was a lot of rain in the forecast for Cleveland.

QUOTE(That funky motion @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:12 PM) Me too. I can handle a loss but,these kind of losses kill me. I'd much rather have a talented team that loses most of its games because of lack of execution, compared to a team with lesser talent who simply gets outplayed by the opposition. I can only think of about 5 games this season where we had no chance to win.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ May 31, 2006 -> 08:12 PM) Nevin either aged quickly due to a lack of athleticism or he is one of many guys (Hidalgo, etc) that just sort of lost it the last few years and is open to speculation. WHile Koronka stunk today, he wasn't supposed to be significant going from the Cubs to the Rangers so hopefully the Rangers can grab another starting pitcher from the Cubs. I wonder if it will be an aging name prospect like Williams or Hill or if it will be a lower minors younger arm Nevin is one of those guys who would surprise me if he wasn't on the juice. I saw a handful of minor league games this wknd, and it's comical to see some guys that used to look like monsters, but now look like middle infielders. There was a former major leaguer, who holds quite an impressive record, who looks like he lost 25 pct of his weight in the past few seasons.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 31, 2006 -> 06:58 PM) They wanted to win it all, all along. To be honest I would argue winning in 2006 is LESS vital than it was in 2004-2005 when the Sox were in danger of being completely over shadowed by the potential Cubs "dynasty" coming off of being 5 outs away from the world series. I am not quite sure which prospect you are referring to when you talk about trading away our best one, but for years we have been selling off the cream of our farm system in order to get players. Don't forget the screams when we acquired Freddy Garcia, Carl Everett, Robby Alomar and who we gave up for them. etc. Nothing has changed in the last few years except for the fact that we finally DID win a World Series, Kenny Williams has been going for broke for years now. I agree with you that this season isn't as important to win it all as previous years. However, I honestly think KW and JR are going for the juggular in terms of trying to make Chicago a "Sox town". KW has been going for broke the last 3 or 4 seasons, but JR really is going for it all this season.