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QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 04:58 PM) Here comes a 10 pitch inning. I'd much rather see Price come in than Kazmir. Price is one of the worst pitchers on Tampa's roster. An unknown pitcher with great stuff. I'm pretty sure he'd strikeout 10.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 04:51 PM) Which is why he should never play at SS, where you have to do a lot more creatively than at 2B. No no, he's perfect for SS according to everyone here. Like I said, I would prefer if 2B was held by Alexei, not SS.

For those of us who can't follow, what happened? Anyway, Uribe goes from being great defensively into terrible. Ah, Soxtalk...where being Bi-Polar is the norm.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 04:11 PM) I'm sure his teammates love him for it to. Much more than if he wouldn't have acted like a clown at the plate, and you know, actually did something productive, like drive in some key runs. I'm sure it went over great in the clubhouse. Though you're using sarcasm, you shouldn't. Believe it or not, and I know this is crazy, but there are guys who still like OC in the clubhouse. Hell there are people who even like Javy still.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 04:04 PM) Firing up the team would've been getting a hit with the bases loaded in a 6-3 game. Not acting like Lou Piniella. He defended a teammate.

I actually liked it as well. He defended a teammate and tried to fire up his team.

QUOTE (rventura23 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 03:51 PM) I liked the blackout, it provided a great atmosphere White towels would be interesting, I thought about that during the last game because you couldnt really see the black towels At the game, I noticed the black towels alot. White would be easier for tv though I'd say.

Guerra sounds like a Carl Crawford type player at 2B

I personally am not mad that Ozzie went with Javy. If he won, it would've gave him confidence and none of this would be relevant. He tried to go to Javy, found out it didn't work, so hopefully he shuts him down for now on.

He will work as a reliever until he develops that next pitch. He desperately needs that IMO to be anything more than a reliever.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:59 PM) This game should go over better pitching wise, but we are gonna have to draw a lot of walks on Kazmir and hope he throws many pitches. You can't get down 0-2, but I have faith in a great game from Mark, John and Gavin the next three days. Agreed. Once you get down on Kazmir 0-2, he's very good and closing the door on you. Hopefully our offense is patient.

RIP EM MARK!

Ballgame over.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:37 PM) Sox dont pay all of Javy's contract. Yankees pay some, AZ pay some. But I dont know the exact numbers, im pretty sure that Kalapse knows them haha Wasn't that before he got his extension from the Sox?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:35 PM) If the Sox cant score more than 3 runs does it matter if Richard or Vaz pitched? At least with Richard he can get some confidence and save our bullpen because this was our worst match up. The next 3 games is where we have the edge. I'd say Kazmir vs Buehrle is a worse matchup. Kazmir is a lefty which means Thome is rendered useless along with AJ and probably Griffey. I wonder what Wise looks like against lefties as well. Anyway, I would've started Buehrle again on 3 days rest and leave Javy in there the 2nd game to get blasted. I honestly think whoever wins tomorrow is going to win like 2-1.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:33 PM) The Orioles would be a decent bet. Maybe go after Roberts with Vazquez as one of the main pieces. I'd be happy with Marvelous Melvin Mora.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:29 PM) The problem is with dealing Javy, he only wants to play somewhere close to the East Coast. Anyone know if he has a limited no trade clause or anything? I would trade him to the Pirates or Orioles.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:23 PM) Who is making excuses? All I keep saying is that people who expected Javy to play like a 1 or 2 starter because he gets paid a lot dont know s*** about baseball. Pay checks have no correlation to players ability. Thome gets paid more than Longoria, so he must be better? I have tremendous respect for you SB, but no. The example you gave is terrible too considering Thome got his contract back in like 2002 when his production was beyond excellent. Javy has never ever been a big game pitcher. Javy got his contract even after he choked in New York, but looked pretty good with Arizona.

Probably Jason, Carlos, Joe and Jose.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:13 PM) Why do you guys think the experts all picked the Rays? Don't blame them for being right Kinda true. I mean, I'm rooting hard for the White Sox, but there's a reason why the Rays have the homefield advantage for the round.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 02:44 PM) .860 OPS or away from Safeco though. Oh and Brian, Perez is a FA this off-season, and will get a pretty lucrative deal. If he leaves the Mets, then Vazquez to them is a definite possibility. If Vazquez actually only gave up 4ER over 6 innings here, is that a decent enough outing? At least he's given us a chance to win I guess. 4 runs over 7 is okay. 4 runs over 6 in the playoffs is usually bad. Oh and to say, at least it's game 1...24 out of 28 teams that lose game 1, lost the series for the first round.

I can't support Javy for giving up the lead that quick. I'm not watching as I'm at work, but that's pretty awful on Javy's part. No more defending him. I want him gone.

Why are people asking for Clayton? Bring in Floyd. What the hell is wrong with you people?

Stayed for a good half hour after words. Danks piggybacking on Toby's back was hilarious! Swisher and everyone getting on the mic was great. After the double play and Anderson's catch, the place just erupted. Best moment was Thome's HR. I chanted Thome, and not Paulie.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 1, 2008 -> 05:14 PM) It wasn't nearly a near perfect play, either... Griffey did a really poor job of setting himself up to throw to begin with. He was somewhat flat footed. He didn't get behind the ball well, and caught it on the glove side of his body. He then didn't throw it with a ton of momentum. It worked because it was right on line to the plate. Got a bit lucky when it just carried the mound, and it hit the very front part which allowed it to skip in pretty quickly. Without that, he's probably safe as he kills AJ before AJ can grab it. The best party of the whole play was actually AJ receiving it without f'ing it up and then holding on after getting nailed. I disagree almost completely. Only part I agree on is Griffey didn't put his whole body into the throw.