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MOST ANNOYING GAME OF THE YEAR!

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Jul 2, 2005 -> 04:02 AM) He's still better than virtually any #4 starter you're going to find. He's having a bad month. The guy's ERA was 3.13 after his first June start. We're really splitting hairs if we're that worried about the back end of our staff considering how well our top 3 are doing and how far in front in the division we are. Contreras has been sharp in like one out of his last 5 starts. His last two starts have been absolutely brutal. If he continues to struggle like he's been, we WILL need to be concerned about finding another starter. The thing with Contreras is that his approach is so different from the attitude of the big 3 starters.

I hate watching these f***ing games in Oakland. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

What does Walker have to do in order to get released from the organization? I'm stunned that he was called up with Marte injured.

What a pathetic pitcher. More than half of his pitches aren't even close to the strike zone.

If Walker comes in and s***s the bed here, there's no one to blame but KW and/or Ozzie. He's been brutal in AAA, and looked like s*** in the majors. HOPEFULLY, he'll prove me wrong....but I don't think Walker deserves to be in the majors.

This is officially the most annoying pitched game we've had all year. If I had gotten home earlier tonight, I was going to type before the game that I didn't like Contreras's chances against a patient hitting team. 7 walks later, I'm thankful we still have a chance to win.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 2, 2005 -> 03:50 AM) isn't cotts doing pretty terrible against lefties this season? Again, i'm not the biggest fan of using a pitcher just for lefties, if he can pitch, let him pitch. I'm fine with letting cliff be setup. Cotts' numbers against lefties have improved, but that's not the whole factor. A lot of lefties are just so much worse against LHP, it doesn't matter who's on the mound. You can negate a lot of the power some lefty hitters have by pitching a lefty.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 2, 2005 -> 03:47 AM) alright, it's obvious contreras has nothing today. he shouldn't go another inning. This is when having someone like cotts who can go 2ish innings comes in huge That's where the Marte injury really hurts us. We need Cotts to be the set-up man against the tough A's lefties. Unless Ozzie has confidence in Walker, we can't be using Cotts for 2 innings in the middle of the game.

This is getting beyond frustrating.

Never in a million years would I have thought that Everett would have a better defensive season than Pods or Dye. Kudos to Carl for his hard work in the outfield.

My advice for the Sox when facing a tough pitcher: If you get runners on base, and the opposing team's catcher sucks, don't be afraid to try a hit-and-run! It's hard to string together 3 hits against Harden in an inning, so we're much better off not waiting for the 3 run homer, and trying to get a cheap run, etc.

MERCY, MERCY, MERCY! What an unbelievable win. I'm just speechless.

Wow, Inge really helped out Shingo there. It's Polanco's turn again to be the hero.

I hate this umpiring crew

Great, Inge has already seen Shingo's pitches tonight. Unless Hermanson is unavailable tonight, this is the worst managing of the year by Ozzie (which is hard to do considering some of the other s*** he's done this year).

What the f*** was Ozzie thinking? This is just ridiculous. You have to put your closer in if you're up 1 in the bottom of the inning. You don't play in case of more extra innings.

Shingo has never been a pitcher who stayed sharped after a lot of pitches in a game/multiple innings.

Wow, that's awful luck right there. I absolutely disagree about not using Hermanson. YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME! Put his ass in there, and get the 3 outs, and worry about tomorrow. We still have Marte, dont we?

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:52 AM) Go for it, I dont say much around here when the Sox lose so go look for something. See, like I said, people have different ways of expressing themselves. Myself, jabroni, others are on these gamethreads nearly every day, no matter what. Go around and look at gamethreads for any sport. There's so many twists and turns in a game, there are always posts that either look like they're straight from a crystal ball.....or from Ron Santo's legs.

I will be pissed if Rowand is not in the game in the bottom of the inning for defensive reasons.

Who's going to be pitching in the bottom of the inning? Is it true that Hermanson is on bereavement leave?

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:48 AM) Eat s*** all you Thomas bashers! (fathom and all your negative buddies) Classy. I would love to go back and tell you to eat s*** for every opinion that you've ever said that was wrong, etc. We're all Sox fans here....some just with different opinions, beliefs, and ways of expressing how they feel different than others.

HAHAHAHA.....You simply have to just laugh at things sometimes. However, it's great when it's something good that happens!!!! Well done Frank!

Does DJ just try and jinx the Sox whenever possible?