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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:44 PM) The problem here is that you assume our pitching will remain at a constant level all season. Given that El Duque has been inconsistent and injured, 2 of our bullpen guys have been inconsistent, we don't know how long we can count on Contreras, and this has thus far been a breakout season for Garland, Cotts, Politte, and a few others, the question remains; can we keep winning with pitching all year. We can if everything continues the way it has. But everyone knew in May that we would need the offense to pick up for this team to really put everyone away. It's showed some signs of doing it for most of June...we just need to not slow down (i.e. the past few games) for long periods any more this season. The problem here is that you assume our hitting will remain at a s***ty level all season. Given that Frank has been inconsistent and injured, Paulie and Crede have been inconsistent, the answer remains: we can start cleaning people's clocks once we start hitting.

This season is proof that some fans will never be satisfied with anything this team ever does during the regular season. We get it. You think the worst all the time of this team and are eternally pessimistic, even when they are about to go 29 over. Wait till the playoffs to say "I told you so" because it ain't happening during the regular season.

OMG WE ARE LOW IN TRIPLES? WHAT THE f*** WAS KENNY THINKING!!!!

I swear to god some of you would be chanting "corpseball" at the 18-spot Texas just put up.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:28 PM) Scoring all your runs on homers and not stringing hits together makes for looks like champs one day, then cant sniff a run for 3 more days. You're right. 15-5 over the last 20, on their way to 16-5 in 21...that's just not good enough. Honestly, I don't know why we don't picket outside of Comiskey until Kenny makes a move. f***, we should've never lost a game all season.

you guys are right, the offense sure is done corpseball

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:18 PM) Getting no hit for 4 innings by an average pitcher is bad. I don't care what you say. An average pitcher gives up about 3 earned every five innings, no matter when he gives them up.

C IS FOR CREDE THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

The way you guys talk sometimes, you'd think we were 10 under and not 28 over. Yes, we are getting no hit through 4. Yes, are offense can't hit in the last 24 hours. Chill out. We are 6-1 against detroit this year going into this game. You can't expect to throughly own a decent team all the time. Detroit's hovering around .500, even without Mags, for a reason. Maroth is a pretty good pitcher. We'll get to them. I like our chances against their bullpen once we get there.

has jabroni changed his avatar yet

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 01:48 PM) Crede makes a nice play on a tough hop. to the 3rd, 1-0 tiggers. I need to stop reading words like "tiggers" so quickly I do triple-takes

f***....didn't see the sticky my bad

sorry if this has been posted already http://www.charlotteknights.com/pressbox/g...ecaps/0629.html DAIGLE GETS INTO THE SWING OF THINGS FORT MILL, S.C. -Making his first start since being called up from Single-A Winston Salem, Leo Daigle's single drove in the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth to deliver the 5-4 Knights victory over the Pawtucket Red Sox. Daigle went 2-for-5 with a homerun and three RBIs. Making the start for Pawtucket, Curt Schilling (0-1, 6.55) pitched five innings, allowing just one run on five hits while walking one and striking out three. Schilling threw 78 pitches and faced 21 Knights batters in the no-decision. Jamie Burke (4-for-5, HR) went a perfect 3-for-3 against Schilling, tallying two singles, a double and a run scored. Jorge Toca (single) and Scott Bikowski (single) were the other two Knights to collect hits against Schilling. All-Star Jeff Bajenaru improved to 3-1after working a scoreless ninth inning. For Pawtucket, Mark Malaska (1-2, 4.75) was credited with the loss after allowing two runs on three hits in just 1/3 of the ninth inning. Dennis Ulacia worked 5 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on six hits in the no-decision. Ulacia gave up all three runs in the first inning and went on to pitch 4 1/3 scoreless innings. With one out in the first, Dave Berg doubled up the middle and scored on the single from Roberto Petagine. The next batter, Kelly Shoppach, made it 3-0 with a homerun over the left field wall. The Knights got on the board in the third when Burke (single) scored on a single from Jorge Toca (2-for-5, RBI). With Dave Sanders working from the mound, two fielding errors and a single added another run for Pawtucket in the seventh. Alejandro Machado, who reached on a fielding error by Daigle and moved to second on a fielding error by Joe Borchard, scored the run on the single from Berg. A solo homerun from Burke, his fourth hit of the night, in the seventh made the score 4-2. Daigle's solo round-tripper in the eighth off Tim Bausher put the Knights within one, and his single in the ninth drove in the game-winning run. Mark Malaska entered to pitch the ninth and dealed the leadoff single to Ross Gload (1-for-5), who moved around to second a sacrifice bunt from Burke. Roosevelt Brown walked and Toca singled to load the bases. With one out, Daigle dropped a single into right field, scoring both Brown and Toca for the 5-4 victory. With tonight's victory, the series is tied at one. Game three is tomorrow at 7:15 p.m. and features Eduardo Villacis (0-2, 10.06) on the mound against Pawtucket's Lenny DiNardo (2-2, 3.73). Notes: Leo Daigle was promoted from Single-A Winston Salem, 5-2, HR, 3 RBI. Jamie Burke was 3-for-3 against Schilling and 4-5 with a sacrifice bunt on the night.

2001-2004 was a very tiring, frustrating time to be a Sox fan. In 2001 I remember being burnt out by the time we were 8-19. In all of those years I remember saying "if we could just get back to .500 I'd believe" and "if we could just get within 5 games we have a shot" God, how pathetic is that line of thinking.

The offense isn't exactly sputtering here....if we score 6 and can't win the game, that's really not the hitters' faults.

who here thinks Detroit's only gonna get two tonight? I'm giving 10-1 odds.

In other words where the f*** is Carlos Castillo

Who IS our long man, btw? Is it Viz/Shingo? Do we really even have a "long man"?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 06:05 PM) Well what's the point of him doing it then, if he's not going to be effective? Despite the inning BMac just had, Cotts would be more effective blindfolded for the next 5. IMHO.

Uh, I wasn't implying that Cotts would be effective for 5 innings or that he was prepared to do it. I would just rather see it than this.

I said "please pull him now" because he looks god-awful out there and has looked god-awful since the Cubs game. I'd rather have Cotts in for the next five than BMac for any of them. I tried to put an optimistic spin on things after his last start, but there's no silver lining in the way he looks. He's just done. At least for the time being. Also, I told you guys Frank's average would come down

ugh. please pull him now.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 05:41 PM) His run support is only 2 runs? Against Johnson that's all we can come up with? I'd worry a lot if that were the case. So baseball games are two innings long now?

Uribe pops out to second

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 05:26 PM) Young grounds out to Iguchi. Inning over. I take it this is as optimistic as Jabroni's tone gets about McCarthy tonight