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QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) hey at least Jose's ERA isnt going to suffer with that blast Actually, according to Gameday, all 7 of Jose's runs are now earned. His ERA is up to 4.53. Every one of our starters is now above 4.50 in ERA.

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 05:27 PM) Yes you are correct. I'll give you those points. I still think that pods sucking so much this year is still having an adverse effect on gooch because its been much different situations this year than last for him. Plus there's ALOT of pressure when pods continues not to get on first and makes an out. And of course, the fact that Pods is not on base and when he is on base is not a base stealing threat cuts down on the number of fastballs that Iguchi sees compared to last year.

Thankfully, JD keeps it from being an 8 pitch inning.

I've got a really bad feeling about this game...and the first 2 batters have just made it worse.

Well, that didn't take long

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Do you guys think Mackowiak hates seeing himself in CF as much as we do? Seriously he has to feel like he's let down his pitchers out there so many times this year

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 05:02 PM) I can pack the array to kick out profanity every so often, and the occasional homophobic comment, and I could put variables that include every player and manager in baseball and have ozzie insult it randomly. That should pretty much make the simulation pretty accurate. Don't forget the bean balls.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:55 PM) He should be playing for that guy who went AWOL in LF. That's crazy talk! We can't put Podsednik on the bench, Mackowiak needs his rest! Wait a second, something's wrong with that logic...

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:47 PM) Santana getting rocked in detriot. 3 runs = getting rocked? QUOTE(chisox72 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:52 PM) Thats great, because Ozzie's decisions tonight are giving our team the best chance to succee...wait, no, just to suck and drop another game behind them..... Look at the bright side. Carlos Silva is pitching against the Yankees, so after tonight, we'll still have the 3rd best record in the AL!

QUOTE(chisox72 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:42 PM) Of course, Ozzie HAS to play his match-ups...after all, its Cy Hernandez on the mound.... Brian can't hit righties anyhow, look at this past few games.... Brian Anderson must be rested for winterball. At any and all cost. We must DOMINATE winterball. And occasionally a lefty will pitch in Winterball...so Brian Anderson will be ready!

Podsednik, LF Iguchi, 2b Dye, RF Thome, DH Konerko, 1b Pierzynski, C Crede, 3b Satan, CF Cintron, SS Contreras, P (Slight editorial in there) DeJesus, LF Grudzielanek, 2B Teahen, 3B Sweeney, DH Brown, RF Shealy, 1b Back, C Blanco, SS Gathright, CF Hernandez, P

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:28 PM) Guillen is never going to have good english grammar. He could speak Esperanto with a Spanish accent for all I care if he would stop putting Mackowiak in CF.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) It's Mack and Cintron, trust me. Can we try Cintron in CF and Mack at 2b? I'd have more confidence in the unknown than in what we've already seen.

QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:28 PM) Is there any other place to find the lineups before gametime? I fruitlessly checked whitesox.com. If Riefert doesn't post them...sometimes Chicago Radio stations will read them...if not, you can just open MLB's gameday and wait. 1-0 Yankees over Twinkies on an ARod home run. 1-0 Det over LAA. Both in the 2nd.

QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) Does Reifert's blog list the day's lineup before every game? Not every day, he posts them when he can.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:01 PM) You assume that these people are going to destroy things only because the US is there? If we leave it will get WORSE, not better, because they are going to make damn sure to split Iraq in about 4 pieces. THAT is what this is about, not the US presence there. No, I don't assume that people are only destroying things because the U.S. is there. I am assuming instead that people are going to destroy things either way, but if there were absolutely no change in the casualties between us being there and us leaving, it would be advantageous for us to leave, simply based on the savings in blood and treasure. But, there are reasons to think that the presence of the U.S. forces has been a major flashpoint with a number of groups, both Sunni and Shia, and at least reducing that footprint might prove helpful. Secondly, it'd be 3 pieces, not 4. And it's already in the process of happening anyway, the Kurds are practically off doing whatever they want already (including trying and succeeding in starting a war with Turkey), and both the Sunnis and the Shia are and succeeding in ethnically cleansing out their districts by turning the members of other religious sects into refugees. The breakup has already started, having U.S. troops there as both a target and as an inflammatory element simply isn't helping, and certainly isn't helping enough to be worth the entire efforts of the U.S. army at a time when other countries are rattling the saber.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 03:26 PM) Has anything more awful ever been said? Rob Mackowiak started 4 of the 7 games we played against Detroit and Minnesota in CF.

Man, hit like .243 in AA ball this year...That guy was hitting like .320 for a month with the Tigers at the start of 05, seemed like he killed us, then all of a sudden he couldn't hit a thing.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 03:12 PM) maybe if we are losing a game 10-0 we can see Sweeney pitch an inning Well, Mackowiak is in CF today it looks like, so I think today's as good of a chance as any.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 03:13 PM) oh, now I get it. He does well. Better bench him. Today's Lineup, per Reifert Pods, LF; Iguchi, 2B; Dye, RF; PK, DH; AJ, C; Crede, 3B; Gload, 1B; Uribe, SS; BA, CF. Are you sure you're not looking at Thursday's lineup on Riefert's page? QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 03:02 PM) AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Pods-Mack-Dye in the OF. Ozzie is a farking idiot I think Ozzie just hates winning. Seriously, he just wants to lose. Write down a 3 spot for Jose, we've already spotted it to them.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 02:43 PM) Haeger I am torn on. A knuckler out of the pen???, would of rather had Tracey instead of Haeger. If Haeger comes up and struggles, he's sent back to the minors next year until someone finally decides they have room to take a chance on a knuckleballer. If Haeger comes up and succeeds, his trade value goes up considerably...he had a good season in AAA, but a guy throwing a knuckleball won't have the same value as a guy throwing a 96 mph fastball even if they put up identical numbers until the knuckleballer proves he can get big league hitters out. I think he's up to try to build trade value.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 01:32 PM) I think Sweeney won't see much playing time. I am looking forward to seeing him though. I also am looking forward to seeing Stewart play although I don't think the plan is to play any of these guys much. If Logan or Haeger pitch a lot, it means something has gone very wrong. I certainly hope that if they're calling up Ryan Sweeney, they plan on giving him a non-trivial amount of playing time (Hell, if nothing else, I hope we NEVER see Rob Mackowiak in CF again with this guy up). Solely because sitting on the bench and watching a pennant race will not help his development as much as playing in the minor league playoffs, but facing big league pitching in a pennant race may do a lot of good.

QUOTE(maggliopipe @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) I'm a little torn. I'm happy to see these dudes up (and very excited in Sweeney's case- starting his clock already signals that he might very well be in the plans for next season) but I really would have liked them to get some playoff experience in AAA. IIRC, none of them have been on any highly successful teams since entering professional baseball. They're all on a highly successful team in a pennant chase right now.

I think it would be really, really disappointing if we called up Ryan Sweeney and only used him sparingly.