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QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 12:33 AM) he's slow, we all knew he was slow coming in. Given that, he's played some damn good D this season. Couldn't disagree with you more on your assessment of Dye's defense this year. It's been extremely, extremely disappointing.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 12:31 AM) there's absolutely nothing he could do there. Oh, I know. However, in general, he just doesn't seem to get to a lot of flyballs that are blooped to RF or down the line.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 12:29 AM) so you'd rather have guys swing at anything close than take a few very close pitches? YES, without a doubt. Especially in situations with runners on base, you have to protect no matter what. BTW, these aren't close pitches. Most of them have had the entire plate.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 12:28 AM) Rowand covers a s*** load of ground in Center. And Dye looks like a pillar in the outfield.

Tigers lineup with a healthy Ordonez = damn good

SWING THE f***ING BAT! Seriously, how many times are we just going to go down weakly without swinging the bat? It's Nate Robertson, not f***ing Randy Johnson.

Twins are threatening to get a few runs in the first off of KC.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 12:17 AM) Proved your ass wrong! I'm never scared of saying something like that before the AB or a crucial situation, and just hope to be proven wrong.

Good job by Pods there. Nice to see a run scored without it being a homer.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 12:15 AM) One thing I didn't miss the last week were the awful swings Uribe has seemingly every AB. As I was saying.....WELCOME BACK JUAN!!!! Get him in Pods

One thing I didn't miss the last week were the awful swings Uribe has seemingly every AB.

Good defense by our outfielders that inning.

Instead of playing for the 3 run homer like we have been the last 3 games, maybe we should try a hit-and-run just to shake things up.

A serious question: When are we allowed to get worried about the energy level this team has showed lately?

This is just awful now. We have guys taking 2 strike pitches right down the plate, yet number 7 hitters swinging weakly at 2-0 changeups.

SWING THE f***ING BAT!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 12:04 AM) Aaron Rowand is f***ing awesome. Vs lefties and in the clutch.

Dye's back to taking that first pitch fastball right down the plate. He had a stretch of about 2 weeks of just drilling that first pitch fastball.

Rowand is simply awesome against LHP. No doubt in my mind he should be batting 3rd vs LHP. Would have been nice if PK could have got to 3rd base there.

This team is f***ing sleep-walking. That's a bulls*** call by the umpire though. Thomas deserves more respect than that. I guarantee you that Pudge Rodriguez would have got the timeout call.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 11:56 PM) FC for Ivan....inning over. Anyone else thinking "Man, we shoulda picked up Polanco." We had no one we could give up like Urbina. Not only that, Polanco was still owed a lot of money this season.

It's still early to tell, but I'm wondering if our offense is better off with someone like Everett in the order (when he's swinging well) than Frank Thomas. Now, I like Frank as much as anyone, but he's turned into an all-or-nothing player now. I'm not so sure how that approach will work with this cast of players we have.

In absolutely no way is this a sky is falling statement, but if we don't play solid baseball this week, we'll be lucky to have a lead over 5 games over the Twins.

Not to steal southsideirish's thunder, but the pull baseball approach has been disgusting lately. We have now gone 19 innings without scoring a run, and we only have like 5 hits in that time.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jun 26, 2005 -> 09:32 PM) Huh? I count 5. Pods, Harris, Timo, Pierz, plus Everett as a switch hitter who hits well from the left side. I said we only played 3 lefties!