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QUOTE (juddling @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 03:26 PM) you know....in the jurys defense...it's not like there was a videotape or anything....oh wait....never mind!!!!! You probably had a few members of the jury who were R Kelly fans that didnt want to wait until 2030 to get their next album.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 01:17 PM) The worst thing from something like this is that it could wake up a sleeping giant. After this series, I now expect the Tigers, not the Indians or Twins, to become our chief rivals for the division crown. Cabrera hit. Verlander pitched a gem. Rogers killed us, again. Thames hit a 3-run HR. They outpitched and outhit us. We still have a lot of factors giving us an edge. 8-game lead. More home than road games left. Etc. But we'll need to return the favor when they come to our house. In the meantime, the best way to erase this is to kick some NL ass. People act like 8 games in June is impossible to overcome. They are getting their primary setup guys back soon. Meanwhile our team shoots itself in the foot wasting good starting pitching because they figure they can.

The swing for the fence team can get their offense back on track when we get home. Just make sure that its 80+ Windi is blowing out And that pitchers dont adjust to our upper cut lift and pull attack.

I would like to thank the WhiteSox offense for giving hope back to the Tigers. Nothing like working over a teams offense to give cheer to a team down by a bunch.

8 hits so far in 17 innings. Glad the offense was fixed.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 01:41 PM) what a schizo team How schizo is it. We haven't hit all year long. We hit for one week. Obviously we can only hit at the small park on the southside when its 80 degrees and the wind blows out.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 01:36 PM) Wow. A pop up! We are going to have a hard time scoring if we keep the same approach at the plate. He wants you to pop up and pull to the left side. Thats his angle.

Its about time that our offense shows up.

Nice to see our crappy offense screwing up another fine pitching performance.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 12:54 PM) Three struggling pitchers and the Sox are making them look like world beaters. This team is woofully inconsistent offensivelly. The no hit sox will be fine when they get back to the Cell and their home run swings work in the small park.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 06:46 AM) Ya know, I'm a proponent of Walker being shown the door, but in this specific case, let's not make any assumptions just yet. Its entirely possible, maybe even likely, that Quentin has made changes himself without Walker. Just sayin', we don't know. All hitters get into funks. If Carlos' "funk" is a .770 OPS, I'm not overly concerned. Just give him a day off here and there, until he gets back swinging. Lets say that Q changed it himself. Wouldnt someone say, hey Q you have started to struggle since you moved away from the plate. Maybe you should move closer to the plate. His early success was the ability to cover the plate, his hands are quick enough to get around on pitches inside. Now it seems that he can't get solid wood on away pitching. Which is odd, because throughout the minors he was known as a good away hitter who takes a lot of pitches. In fact Kenny himself said that you can tell when Carlos was healthy because he would start to drive the ball to right field with authority. Also it seems he is not taking as many pitches, and is putting earlier pitches into play. These two changes are large enough. His early success was all about working the count to a hitters count, and then using plate coverage to put the ball in play. Over the last week I see a guy pulling off the ball, and swinging early in the count. It doesnt matter who made the change, its time that they rectify it by getting him back to what he was doing with early success. Tinkering with success is stupid.

Can anyone verify this. Up until recently, Quentin was setup right on home plate. About a week or so ago they moved him back a bit from the plate.

This series was a great opportunity to bury the Tigers once and for all. If anything, our lack luster play inspires the enemy instead of breaks their will. We need to win tomorrow, so we can leave town 10 up. Remember these guys get their bullpen back soon.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 10:13 AM) Bothered by this? Write your congressperson. Mention the phrase "Net neutrality". They do this all over the world except here. You want to blame someone, blame the countless number of people downloading gigs of illegal video over bittorrent. The caps are not because of bandwidth issues, its because they are sick and tired of having to dedicate personnel to deal with subpoenas from the RIAA.

The goal for the rest of the month is to put enough distance between the Indians and the Tigers that they think sell. I want to break their will, and have them consider rebuilding for next year. Crushing them now will give us more cushion for the rest of the year.

It would be nice to hit Todd Jones.

Way to earn your keep coaching staff.

Cox sends him to his death.

Konerko of a few years back crushed that. This Konerko isnt a great fastball hitter anymore.

Merry Christmas Dolsi. BAAAAAALK

1st and 3rd no outs. Now time for Konkero, Thome, and Dye to earn their keep.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 07:04 PM) Well that was just freakin dominant. Should of started the inning.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 07:00 PM) bunted in the first inning (drives me nuts, even if AJ did it on his own).....tried to steal third with pudge behind the plate and the 3 hitter up (even if OC did it on his own), stole with alexei twice (worked out once though, still didnt agree with it at the time, though it was nice it worked out) left jose out to die..... all that on top of the inexcusable pitching to cabrera Ozzie has a propensity to get goofy with his chess game when he gets a manager that dabbles in the same craft.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 06:57 PM) Bullpen broken tonight or something???? Manager broken tonight.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 06:55 PM) Contreras... is back... out... This is bad managing tonight. Whats the purpose of leaving him in to get destroyed.