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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:39 AM) No, they won't. Sox are the better team and need to start playing there game. Things may work out tonight and this could be the win that gets the momentum back on the Sox side. And it may not be, regardless, Sox are a playoff caliber team and all they need to do is get back to basics and start executing. I have my fears that the staff has just been totally burned out, but hopefully thats not the case. You know I'm a pessimist, but I honestly believe the Indians are the best team in baseball. They have an extremely deep, talented lineup, a great bullpen, and some starting pitchers who have stepped it up big time. If you add confidence and their comeback ability, they're my pick to win the World Series.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:38 AM) Screw that. You take Freddy out now and you not only lose todays game but possibly tomorrow's and wednesdays. Yeah, this game is just about over. You keep Garcia in there, and make him save the pen.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:37 AM) That's what happens when Ozzie wants speed. He probably figured on having Frank here more than just a handful of games too. I said it the other day, but I can't wait for the justification after the season for the emphasis on speed. If you have the previous year's offense with this pitching, you have a World Series contending team. What you have this year is a division contending team.

Why does Garcia keep throwing him fastballs? Garcia ONCE AGAIN lives up to his reputation as a terrible competitor.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:33 AM) I suppose so. But when Podsednik struggles, so does this offense. I guess this offense can stuggle with or with out Podsednik. We've lacked a number 3 hitter all season.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:33 AM) 4 runs in the last 33 innings! White Sox baseball. Feel the excitement! I can't wait for the pennant run when this team stops coasting and turns it on! Thankfully, Ozzie has a plan, and he knows exactly what he has to do in order to motivate his players.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:31 AM) if i were bonds and realized my chances were dwindling...you would have had to kill me to keep me out of the lineup! ease things back? why did he play the first 2 games? it was a day game after a night game so they rested him. alou is not a good manager! Like I said, Bonds told him he couldn't play that game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This offense is as bad as it was during our 7 game losing streak.

AJP will explode if he K's here.

Great to see the Yankees get huge contributions from guys like Small, Chacon, and Wang...and our big 3 look like minor league pitcher sometimes.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:24 AM) back to the subject of giving guys rest on the third game...did anyone notice how stupid alou is of SF for letting bonds rest when they played the third game against the SD the other day? i mean what is he tired? if i were SF fan i would hate that manager. win that game and they wouldve been 4 back at the time. yeah no prob give him the day of WTF? Actually, he said he was extremely tired and didn't even feel like he could be at the park that day.

You know things suck when it's so damn predictable Garcia would give up a run in the first inning, and that the offense wouldn't score the first time through the order.

A crooked number for the Sox now is a 1 with the top and bottom slashes emphasized.

Another awful AB by Everett. For as much subbing as Ozzie has done all year, it boggles my mind he hasn't given Everett a day off.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:20 AM) I am never going to live at school if the Sox blow this lead even if they make the Wild Card. It was much worse around Cubs fans in college during the 2003 playoffs. Things never get as bad as you'll think.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:16 AM) the sharp objects have been taken away from me for 10 days bridges are also off limits No offense, I know you're joking, but some people need to get a grip around here. If anything, the last 50 games or so should show you that this team was never nearly as good as the record suggests. I guarantee you that there will be another Sox team in the next 5 years that is much better than this season's team.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:16 AM) I guess it's Garcia or bust tonite Not the first time "Garcia" and "bust" have been used in the same sentence lately.

QUOTE(SoxPhan7 @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:13 AM) dammit! At least we are making good contact if that counts for anything Nope. The point of the game is to SCORE!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:10 AM) When is the last time anyone on our team hit a home run? Doesn't this happen every year to the Sox? Once the games mean anything, we have warning track power.

The Sox offense is magical....at making a leadoff run seem like such a non issue.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:08 AM) The Indians players are having fun playing, we are playing tight with something up our asses. It's been that way for two months now. I got blasted for saying this, but Indians fans must be having a great time right now.

Sit down your overrated choker.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:07 AM) It's amazing observing the contrast between these two clubs. They're simultaneously aggressive and patient. It's as if they have an understanding of which pitches to hit in certain counts. Rarely do they waste AB's, and even outs are hard hit. Indians came in here determined. We wet ourself thus far. Their best players also have terrific line drive swings.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Sep 20, 2005 -> 01:05 AM) How did Millwood get his ERA under 3 in the AL? He has some amazing numbers with RISP, especially with the bases loaded.

Why can't Hawk just shut the f*** up?