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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 06:01 PM) Did Q actually hit a breaking pitch for a home run? Wow, I haven't seen that in a long time. And it was outside! Changeup.

Tank laser !

Hitters count now . Take another pitch or hit away. No bunt.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 05:19 PM) He was talking about Rios, not Ramirez. My bad must have dys(lexi)a.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 05:11 PM) eh? sub .300 meaning under .300 .

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 04:54 PM) Couple more games til alex is sub-.300 at this rate He's been sub .300 all year.

QUOTE (IamPabloOzuna @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 04:55 PM) Brent Baggins will lead us to Mordor..er..the playoffs! Now just replace the ring with a World Series ring .

Nice play Paulie 3-6 DP.

Runner was so safe it was ridiculous.

Damn thats a rough throw to handle . Right at the waist from a strong arm from that close.

It's ok got the run across. There's going to be more HR's today.

Luvinbridge !

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) I'm at work. Hope you get home soon it's on Fox Sports West.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 04:23 PM) Is this on WGN? I'm watching on the puter. No Comcast.

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 04:20 PM) anyone have a link to the catch? You're not around a TV ?

SEXI !

Nice clusterf***.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 03:11 PM) I'm really not sure what you're trying to say. Inge is a pretty bad player that Leyland loves and plays all the time, similar to what Ozzie has done with certain guys. That's all I'm saying. I'm just saying you play the hand your dealt . You'll never get dealt a winning hand every time so you play with what you got . But there will always be the jokers not in the deck saying you could've played that hand better.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) No, but these three are all really bad at something, not just bad. See what you did there ? Why couldn't you say they all have strengths and weaknesses . Its quite possible that these guys have the players respect and can do a good job despite playing a hunch once in a while or going by the book and not having it work out the way you want it to turn out. They have 25 different people to manage with varying degrees of skill . There will always be situation where you have to use the ones at the end of the bench in a crucial situation. Every decision is not cut and dried. You can't use stats all the time to manage people, especially people from different cultures where the only thing they have in common is baseball . It's impossible to get the the results you want because there's so many things you have no control over. All it takes is for one guy to have a lousy day to screw up an otherwise great day or make you look like a fool.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) Why? Based on what? We have very few assets if our objective is to win playoff series'. Our only assets are long-term, and if you move those you very well may doom this franchise going forward over the course of the next 2-3 years. The only path I see is gambling on Hudson to replace on of your current valuable assets (Danks or Floyd) and adding a much needed BIG bat to improve the overall strength of this team. As much as I hate to say it, [/b]I don't think we have a chance to win with this current offense.[/b] I'm in the camp that says a LH bat is sorely needed. It's not a cure all but its very helpful. But I also think if the pitching holds up the rest of the season we'll be right in the thick of it like we are now after a bad 2 months then one extremely hot streak .Now if we win more seies than we lose and sweep a few more than we get swept in we'll inch our way forward and end up 15-20 games above .500 If we get a bat we can get to 20+ games above and that too might be good enough.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 5, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) Except it really isn't. He'll make some spectacular plays at 3rd, but he also makes some dumb mistakes and will botch routine plays. In other words he's human just like every player and every manager put under a microscope. All most fans do is gripe about players inadequacies . It's all well and good for message board fodder. I'd imagine if a player fielded and batted 1.000 we'd still hear about how he wears his hat wrong or how ugly he is or w/e else the sheep are bleating about that day.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 07:51 PM) Read that wrong. And I'm probably going to disagree with the plus offensive player thing. Do you have to look at stats to know a plus offensive player ? What exactly is a plus offensive play ? He's hitting .278 with some power and decent speed on the bases. That's plus enough for me.

Couldn't even watch my team win on the freakin' 4th of July. That's unamerican . Thank's you commies at ESPN .

OVA !

The dreaded lead off walk.