Milkman delivers

Now Dye gets his chance.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:59 PM) Not if Thome has anything to say about that... Anyway, I can live with 6-4 after Cotts gives up the dong. Is it normal for a team to have every single returning pitcher be worse the year after a WS?

Anyone starting to warm up to the idea of Mackowiak replacing Pods in the LF platoon?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:56 PM) With a 5 run lead, I say give him 2 baserunners. Well, if we let him give up 2 runners, then it's going to be a 6-4 game when Cotts gives up a homer to the first guy he sees

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:52 PM) And, interestingly, despite the last few 6th innings, I don't think he should. Especially with a 5 run lead. If he gives up a baserunner or two, pull him. But if nothing else, every out we get out of him saves the bullpen a little more. That's why I said we should pull him with the first runner he allows. And I don't care about his fragile little ego.

At the most, let him give up one hit in the 6th, then pull him. Ozzie will not send a new pitcher out there to start the 6th.

QUOTE(soxunited @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:48 PM) he's a career .252 hitter, who has gone .077 in his past seven games, he shouldn't be doing well against white sox pitching Yet he always does.

Just one more and we can take him out.

QUOTE(soxunited @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:42 PM) It's Greg Zaun Javy, cmon The way you say it, you'd think Zaun was really bad against us. Zaun always kills us. Waa waa waaaaaaaaaaaa

It begins...

QUOTE(soxunited @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:36 PM) Burnett has really, really struggled this season, tomorrow will be fun to watch That's really surprising.

Sounded like DJ thought Dye would catch that ball easily.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:31 PM) This certainly gives us a little bit of leeway with Javy to see if he can go deeper and if he's worked things out as well. Let's hope the time on the bench doesn't hurt him at all. LOL @DJ "Big ol nine legged octopus" I'd expect him to do well into the 6th with this kind of lead. The problem is that he loses it in the 6th when the score is close.

Javy better be able to hold this lead.

QUOTE(soxunited @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) Ooh Ozzie is going to be mad now Did that look intentional to you?

Looked like it hit the foul pole.

Hawk sounds SO excited about Javy not imploding yet.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 01:10 PM) Orton gets Conway heat from me.

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 04:05 PM) The game is still young. Exactly. As I recall, he's had a lot of games where he's looked dominating through the early innings. We'll see.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:56 PM) Podsednik tried in the first. Thome also. Wait, you're comparing bad baserunning to taking the extra base? I want them to take an extra base, but not be dumbasses about it. It's not too much to expect from major leaguers.

And Dye takes the extra base to make me a liar. Way to go!

QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:53 PM) id rather have a man on then 2 outs nobody on Just in general. We pretty much have to hit the ball right through the gap to have any chance for a double.

We just never take that extra base anymore.

For your own good, please don't let Javy build your hopes up just yet. And after reading through the beginning of the thread, I still agree with fathom. Joey Cora does not deserve a spot on this team next year.

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:40 PM) If he had any speed, yes, but Rios seemed to bounce off the wall pretty well and recognize where the ball was immediately. The ball pretty much rolled 1/3 of the way back to the infield. We're just really freaking slow.