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QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 06:36 PM) This where I think the Sox tend to fail. They do well taking some other system's talent. But mid-season...it's really hard to take other people's talent without having to give up your own.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) Trust me...Ozzie will have this team ready to play! Ozzie hasn't had this team ready to play since his rant about how Asian players get more help than Hispanic players from teams.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 07:02 PM) Sale is the flavor of the week just as Putz was while he was doing well. Innings catch up to guys like Putz and Garcia who pitched so few of them last year. You say that as though we have any better options than going with the "Flavor of the week" right now. Somewhere between 4/7 and 5/7 of our bullpen is flat out unreliable on any givenn night.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) Now with Mauer, Morneau, Cuddyer, Young, Kubel and Thome, they have six sluggers to match any team, and then Hudson and Span are the table-setters. The 2002-04 and 06 teams didn't have anything resembling that offensive depth. JJ Hardy arguably is their worst offensive player, or Valencia, who has been hitting over .300 for most of the season since his recall. At this rate, I will be shocked if Morneau plays again this season.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) i may be asking this a little late but dont feel like going back to look but why have i heard just steve stone the past 2 innings? something happen to hawk? Hawk is out today with an illness in the family. Hopefully back on Tuesday.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:27 PM) If things go from bad to worse over the next 10 days, I wonder if we'll put Putz on waivers? There's still enough time, esp. with 3 coming against the Twins, for KW to be as angry with this team as he was last year when he sent out the "please for God's sake take Contreras and Thome off my hands here's money" memo to the league.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:23 PM) Somehow I missed that homer he gave up in the 9th and now two more runners on base for the Tigers. Nothing like a stake through the heart Tony Pena would like you to note that there are actually 3 runners on base.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:18 PM) That 22 game hitting streak is terrible isn't it? Juan Pierre does not have a 22 game hitting streak. His hitting streak ended at 16.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:21 PM) Actualt Tony P has had some pretty solid games for us this year They've been way too rare though.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:18 PM) Yawn. Nice try. That's your argument for why Thome wouldn't help this team.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) Again, how is this ozzie's fault that 2 of the players (and 2 top hitters) failed? I don't understand the logic, its baffling. Was Pierre going yard? If Pierre were to single, that pushes Beckham to 3b and either a ground ball to the right or a fly ball might score him. Pierre probably has a 50/50 shot of hitting a ground ball to the right side even if he were to swing away.

Jhonny Peralta says "I have an H in my name and you don't."

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:12 PM) Wasn't that our beloved Thome's forte? Oh wait....it wasn't. No, his forte was the 3 run home run that wins games 4-2. Like...for the Twins today.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:11 PM) Ozzie has to learn Alexei can't always get the job done. I really hate giving up outs. Do you really have that much confidence in Juan Pierre?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:10 PM) He's allowed one earned run in almost two months. Matty snapped out of it lately, but for about June/July, righties put up a WHIP of about 2.5 against him.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:07 PM) but wouldnt it had been a double instead of a triple if its played right? Maybe, but that wouldn't have changed anything.

So Fathom, are you pro or against the sacrifice bunt by Pierre we're about to get?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:05 PM) He cost us 1 run, he earned us one run. It may as well be 8-7 Tigers right now. Now we can take it out on the appropriate FAIL; JJ Putz.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:05 PM) Yeah, how dare I want one of the best lefty relievers in baseball to face a lefty hitter! I think the reality is...we've worked Thornton hard lately and that would have left us with Linebrink or Pena for the 9th. This is where the Jenks implosion kills us.

Andruw Jones is tied 1-1 with the Tigers this inning.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:01 PM) Castro's pitch selection for Jenks and Putz leaves a lot to be desired. Seems to call for way too many fastballs. Putz doesn't have anything else but the fastball right now.

Andruw Jones was 1/3 on the inning.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) I think maybe Rios gets both of those. Don't know, obviously. And I have to think Jenks can't pitch, so Thornton is for the 9th. We don't deserve to win this. I seriously doubt even Gutierrez would have gotten that triple.

For a moment there I heard the organ music and thought "That sounds like something I'd hear played at a funeral".

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 04:59 PM) More pathetic by Putz than Jones. Your'e just getting back as fast as you can on shots like that , got to take your eye off the ball to to that then try to pick it up later. Oh damn now that was pathetic. Yeah, even if Jones had looked good on that triple, I think it's still a triple. That last one...WHEEEEEEEEE!