Milkman delivers

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 09:24 AM) He just needs to go after this season. I'd take some prospects for him and free up some money for free agency/re-signing Crede. I'd take anything, as long as it gets rid of him and puts McCarthy into the rotation. If someone would take him and his money (this goes for Vazquez, too), I'd take the most hopeless prospect they have in return.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 01:05 AM) This is why were 8 1/2 games behind Detroit. How many times have we taken the first two games of a series only to lay an egg in the finale? I'm thinking atleast 8 or 9 times. Detroit usually sweeps a team after winning the first two. Our bullpen has fallen apart after pitching so well for a while. We just can't seem to get the starters and 'pen goin' at the same time. We've been told repeatedly that we can't complain about winning a series...even when we can't sweep a team that is quite possibly the worst in baseball in years.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 08:27 AM) Don't let Milkman see this post. Too late. So, now Freddy has shown up his teammates three times on the field this year (that we know of) and now this? It must be fudging sweet to be the manager's nephew. You get to suck and blame it on everyone else. I guess we can't blame Freddy for these comments, as he probably just got finished smoking a doob and eating 6 bags of Doritos. We all know it's hard to bite your tongue under those circumstances.

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:33 PM) Take away the green and thats a very true statement. Well, we're supposed to be one of the best teams in baseball. If we want to go to the postseason, then we'll have to beat up on the bad teams. This will be, what, our 5th loss to KC this year? We're trying to keep up with the likes of the Yankees and Red Sox. This spiffty play against bad teams (especially when we lose to the good teams) won't work.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:32 PM) And the Red Sox and Yankees keep winning. Why can't they play each other 15 times the rest of the year? That Abreu move doesn't scare me in the least. 6th best OBP in baseball? That's weak and will never help them.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:30 PM) Those 2 runs we gave up in the 7th really hurt us. But Garcia had a chance for the win, and that's all that really matters, no?

Joe Crede couldn't hold Ortiz's jock when it comes to clutchness. He's not even close.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:25 PM) Ah, I agree. Podsednik is bad, but not many are willing to admit it. HE'S HAVING A BETTER YEAR THAN LAST YEAR~!!!1 Dye with a single.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:22 PM) Do you mean by us SoxTalk posters? Or by Ozzie and Kenny? A lot of posters, Ozzie, Kenny, the media, Hawk, DJ, etc.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:20 PM) And you know all we'll hear about after the game is Uribe dropping the foul ball. In reality, Pods dropping that liner was 10 times more important in this game. That's true. Pods will get a free pass again for unknown reasons.

How many other managers in baseball do you think would have replaced Pods with Mackowiak by now?

I'm really angry that Pods gets chance after chance after chance.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:14 PM) He got a lot of credit when they won. He should get some blame when they lose. Yeah. I mean, he is the reason we won the WS. He should be the reason we're losing now, right?

Ozzie would've let Hudson give up two more singles before going to the pen.

Redemption?

QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:10 PM) ozzie seems to be one of those managers where if things are going well he's a genious, and if the team starts to slip a little bit its all blamed on him Yeah, it's called "managing," and it's not a special situation for Ozzie. It's how every manager is seen.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 09:07 PM) Imo, this isn't on Garcia. He's kept them in the game and while he's sucked this inning, prior to this most of it was on the defense. Oh and giving up hits to Teahen is not something I can really gripe about considering the guy was the best offensive player in the month of july. Well, if we have to give guys credit for "only" pitching one bad inning and still losing, or winning games where they give up like 6 runs, I'll blame Garcia for giving up too many runs to win.

Must be good to be Ozzie's nephew and/or golf partner.

Two reasons we're currently losing tonight: -Freddy Garcia's subpar pitching -Pods' defense But hey, at least it's something new, and not the same thing that always beats us.

The Tigers have lost once to the Royals, and they've played them over 10 times, I believe.

For some reason, the board isn't letting me quote your post, Gene. But anyway, by contract year, I meant in a sense like last year was Garland's contract year. He wasn't going into free agency, but by pitching so well, he got an extension. By Crede having such an amazing year, he will probably get locked up for a few years in the offseason. Who knows if he'll revert back to his norm, like Beltre or any of the other cases of a guy getting a multi-year deal.

My satellite went out. Crud... HULK HOGAN HULK HOGAN HULK HOGAN

Uribe does that silly little wrist flip catch all the time. And he always looks like he's gonna drop the ball. He really f***ed up today doing it. Seriously, he could NOT have picked a worse day to do it. You just got benched for being lazy on defense, and you do that. He's going to be sitting a while.

Haha, oh man. Welcome back to the bench, Juan. What a terrible time to do something like that.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 08:33 PM) I don't know what it is... or atleast I can't remember. Mr. Perfect's finisher. It was a variation of the fisherman's suplex.