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Very nice! Great base running by Blum. For someone that loves to say "stretch" on any ball hit within 10 feet of the track, Hawk was rather quiet on that hit.

I think Sox games would be more enjoyable the rest of the season if the e-mail wasn't working. Every e-mail Hawk reads ends up being his "views" on how great the Sox are.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 05:24 PM) Of all the individual player bashings, I find this kind of attittude, concerning PK, the most perplexing. I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

Whew, thought that was gone. Great job pitching over the leadoff walk.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 05:22 PM) Indians 1-0. COulda been much worse. First 3 men got base hits. Peraltta was an idiot and got thrown out, Hafner K'd with a guy on 3rd, and martinez go out Tigers slapped around Elarton last time they saw him. Indians definitely could have scored more runs that inning.

Close play at first there, but it wasn't as obvious as the unbiased Hawk would make you think.

Indians already leading 1-0.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 05:08 PM) Timo does what three men could not. Just saying it's good we can't make sexual jokes on here now!

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 05:06 PM) He's just not a #3 hitter. Everett used to take swings that would hit liners all over the field. Now, he seems to be swinging out of his ass every AB in trying to hit a 460 ft homer.

Good job Timo!

Did you know that Pods is on pace to become the first batter in MLB history to ever hit at least 12 homers one year, and hit zero the next? He's also on pace to have the most stolen bases in history without a triple.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 05:03 PM) Ed Farmer and John Rooney refer to Santana's slider (or maybe changeup) as a screwball. It would be his change-up.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 05:01 PM) The NESN broadcasters just thought B-Mac's change looked like a screwball. It has great movement on it. If he could master it tailing back on the outside corner, he'll rack up the K's in his career.

There's always fewer new threads after a Sox win because of the White Sox Winner thread. All posts about the game go into that thread. However, there's no post game thread if the Sox lose, so various different threads start up.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 04:58 PM) Our hitters are chasing a lot of s*** up in their eyes today. Blum with an error. Great its a f***ball baseball day. GO TIGERS!

The one thing that Pods bonehead move did was give the Red Sox all the momentum in this game.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 04:55 PM) He's also gotta be one of the most aggressive baserunners you've seen. There's a huge difference between getting picked off because you've already started running towards 2nd to steal compared to getting picked off because you didn't get back to the base in time. Superb base runners should be better than that.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 04:54 PM) Why would you even bother leading off the base so much? He does it all the time. He comes so close to getting picked off on just routine moves over to 1b. However, before we all freak out too much, I don't think that move will be that important in the outcome of this game.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 04:53 PM) Prepare for the 5 Minute breakdown on sportscenter tonight about How Curt Schilling is back and he was able to shutout the White Sox. Who cares, if we don't score runs against him, then he deserves it.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 04:53 PM) completely inexcusible to be picked off there. He's been picked off more this season than any player I've ever seen since I've been watching baseball.

Unbelievable. He's become totally irresponsible on the bases.

Pods can't strike out looking here.

Pretty good AB by Uribe there. It was nice to see him lay off 3 straight splitters in the dirt. I know the results weren't good, but it's still nice to see better focus at the plate.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) Pitching change? Que?

That's Manny being Manny. WE'RE A TRIPLES MACHINE!