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QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 19, 2012 -> 03:40 PM) Jake I know you played the game and want to think of it as pure. As adamant as Greg is about it you seem overly adamant about defending Samardzija . All kinds of pitches are used to hit guys on purpose. That way you can say "if I wanted to hit the guy I'd have used a fastball." The intent is not to hurt the batter but to send a message. Mike Huff played the game and he said on the radio this morning that he has no doubt that Samardzija hit him on purpose and said the splitter was used because it is a less lethal way to achieve the desired result.

Sox' worst pitcher going up against Cubs' best. No Paulie. Should be a close one.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 19, 2012 -> 09:13 AM) I believe its KW's job to put a team together that makes the playoffs. If he has bad coaches or a bad manager, that's his responsibility. Not with JR running the team.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 18, 2012 -> 10:33 PM) Actually, I checked the box score, it wasn't the next time Heyward came up. He hit a homer in the 2nd, grounded out on 4 pitches in the 4th, then got hit with the first pitch in the 7th. No idea what type of pitch it was or how it looked. Fastball. Hit him in the back.

f*** the Cubs. Bush league stopping the game for five minutes to celebrate the mediocre career of Wood. Konerko with the big home run, then takes one off the eye. Hope he'll be back very soon. Great job by Reed. But my hat goes off today to Gordon Beckham. Not just for the game winning home run but the way he played the whole game, especially the play at 2B. Let's sweep these bastards!

QUOTE (59th street @ May 18, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) Robin with the best post game "poker face" answer ever. cub apologist p. rogers wanted to know if Humber intended to retaliate and throw at la hair; Robin said NO and stared him down for about 20 seconds. It was fantastic! And that's how to handle it. Ozzie never learned how to handle these situations.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:36 PM) We need to sign Jon Garland so he can get the same treatment. Jon Garland won a World Series ring with the Sox. What has Wood ever won with the Cubs? Just like the Cubs and their fans to celebrate mediocrity.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 17, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) Beckham, Morel and finding a catcher for next season are MUCH bigger problems. Just re-sign AJ.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 17, 2012 -> 06:02 PM) SALE! TANK! SUN! PAULIE! DUNN! RIOS! BECKHAM! CJ WILSON! AJ!!

I'm glad they waited.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 15, 2012 -> 10:05 PM) Get lefties out, he got lit up by a bunch of righties. misused. Next. Then maybe they should DFA Ventura.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 15, 2012 -> 05:02 PM) Hopefully Floyd can outduel Jerome Williams tomorrow night, and then it's Sale vs CJ Wilson Thursday afternoon. Take a split out there, and come home and knock around the Cubs for a few days at Wrigley. Then the Twins and Indians at the Cell. It's time for a 9-2 stretch. I dread the "Crosstown Classic".

Great to see Viciedo have a big game - hopefully a breakout game for him. Nice pitching by Stewart and Reed. Danks was bad - yet again. Santiago is hard to watch. Let's hope they can sweep 'em tomorrow!

Danks sucks. Beckham sucks. Ramirez sucks. Viciedo sucks. That is all.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 14, 2012 -> 11:05 AM) Really? I have a hard time envisioning a LF playing worse. Then you've never seen Dunn "play" LF.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 6, 2012 -> 08:17 AM) You know what we should do? We should project everything based on what happened two days ago and expect nothing else to happen, ever. that is what we should do. QUOTE (iamshack @ May 6, 2012 -> 08:19 AM) That's exactly what I was thinking, too...Because this is the exact roster we will have for the next 7 years. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 6, 2012 -> 08:28 AM) Well we both know Kenny never trades anyone, and he always has the same roster. With caulfields predictions of doom and death, and fathom's worrisome assessment of Robin Ventura through 26 games, and Marty needing to trade everyone and anyone, we should really start to think about the Sox quitting the AL and moving to the Independent league. I'm with you guys. Of course I'm disappointed by the news about Sale's elbow and having to be removed from the rotation, but the panic and doom and gloom around here are ridiculous. Let's see how things develop. Who knows what twists and turns lie ahead?

Yet another brain cramp by Beckham.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2012 -> 04:52 PM) It's cause they completely botched how they've handled Sale. He should have been starting in the minors last year so that he was ready to log starter's innings this year. Maybe he would have developed the tender elbow starting in the minors last year. Maybe the kid is just not physically able to be a starter because of his mechanics. Also, wasn't one of the main reasons the Sox were able to sign Sale after the draft that they promised him that he would be pitching in the major leagues within a year?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:50 PM) Johnny Danks sucks. That is all. He is a mental midget.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 3, 2012 -> 08:08 PM) Who wanted to bench Gordon over Morel? Me. And I still do.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 3, 2012 -> 05:56 PM) Why's that? Beckham's had a small burst of success Very small, like one game two nights ago. He sucked last night.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2012 -> 12:27 PM) Fukudome and Escobar playing, Morel/Viciedo sitting I'd rather it was Beckham sitting instead of Morel.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) It all makes perfect sense don't you know Beckham is currently hitting .153 with an OPS of .434. All last season he batted .230 with a .633 OPS. He's been regressing each year. Does that make perfect sense?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) He was great in his Southtown days. Since he channeled Kotex-Boy he sucks. He sucked even back then. I remember disliking him because he always seemed like he was either trying to stir s*** up or spreading gossip. I think everyone around the Sox felt sorry for him when he got cancer and overlooked a lot of his bulls***.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) Sounds exactly like something he would say, shades of his normal "Tea Party-esque" rants about women, government, immigration, etc. What the hell does that mean? Are you going to start throwing your political bias into this now??? Leave politics out of it. Cowley is just an asshole - period.