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QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:34 PM) If that is really how it plays out and if Kenny knew up front he is done, then that is fine. But then maybe we should have gotten Flash Gordon in the offseason. It is not like spending another few millions would have mattered from a payroll perspective. This bullpen worries me a lot. Just my $0.02. I'm fairly confident in saying that there isn't a person on this site who isn't worried about the bullpen. That being said Damaso is not the answer and none of us know how this pen is going to do over the course of the year after 3 games. Just wait and see and don't make a thread about it everytime we let up a run or ozzie makes a mistake.

QUOTE(rventura23 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) boone stinks, get him out I actually like what I see out of Boone to be honest. Thornton still worries me more then Logan. Boone is going to be solid this year for us.

Cliff looks much better today, his slider is much closer to the plate then it was on sunday. Not saying he's going to get out of this but he looks better.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:29 PM) I knew I would be flamed for this, but what the heck. I am worried about our bullpen. We had one of the best in the game and there was NO NEED to do anything to it. I can understand trading Duque and Viz-can for Vasquez. But WHY trade away someone who was one of our best pitchers in the pen a year ago for Mackowiack? Especially with the question marks around Hermanson (injury), Jenks (too early to know how good he is/can be and he has had injury issues too in the past) and McCarthy (can he consistently pitch in the pen)? Damaso has a bs already too. Dam is done, he's got nothing upstairs.

That was definitely the right call.

Phew. Thank you umps.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:25 PM) It is a one run game, and with Travis Hafner on, he decides to sit McCarthy after one great inning to get Boone freaking Logan???? Yeah I understand the lefty-lefty matchup but come on Ozzie.......this was asking for trouble.....and the game is tied Kenny better find a way to improve this bullpen somewhere at the deadline. Or we are not going anywhere. Why was trading Marte for Mackowiack that important????? Ya, Marte would have came in, plunked Hafner and then let up a double to Martinez. Same f'n thing. I will agree though, I'm not exactly sure why Boone was in when Neal is ready to go but there is no need to make a new thread everytime the manager or someone on the team makes a mistake.

That was an absolute meatball.

Ya, that was predictable.

Ok. I have nothing against Boone but our best reliever is kind of sitting in the pen and left handed.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:19 PM) What's that? Oh shut it jabroni.

Wow. Paul goes right up the middle but because Belliard was on top of the base because of pods, it's a dp.

Clifford warming up.

Think right-center pauly. Don't pull off of it.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:14 PM) Ozzie just made the same mistake that Dusty Baker made last season. Whatever, Thome is hot but let Paul get another runner out there, just keep the f'n ball off the ground.

QUOTE(rventura23 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) pods doesnt have any stolen yet correct? hes hardly been on base That was his first time on base.

Alright JT getting walked. Keep the ball off the ground Paul.

Ozzie ball time for the top. Now slugging ball time.

Alright, just got back from my f***in test. I'm assuming JC settled down? How long did he go and was his control better? Any update on JD yet?

Frusterating 2 outs so far.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 12:34 PM) This is where I wish we had a back-up outfielder who bats righty. The Widge.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 12:32 PM) True. Maybe we shouldn't put up big innings and make the pitchers sit for extended periods. On that night sitting down for that long was hard to do. I'm sure it was hard as f*** to pitch, my f***in back was tightning up on me and I wasn't doing anything.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 12:27 PM) We're facing a superior hitting team who matches up well with our pitchers (even though they dominated them for the most part last year in terrible hitting conditions). Look around baseball.....a lot of starters suck so far. A lot of times the pitching takes a while to catch up to the hitting. Happens at the beginning of almost every season through out the league.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 12:25 PM) It doesn't look fine........ thank the lord this inning is over His stuff is fine. He's just got to get it over, find his rythem. 2-0 isn't horrible considering he was horrendous that inning. Time for someone to get on base and Thome to blast one.

JC just falling behind to much right now, he's got to start throwing first and second pitch strike and he'll be fine. Stuff looks good.