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That Teahen fly out should have scored the runner at third.

Just awful managing here in the 9th. Inexcusable to not bunt there.

One step closer to getting swept. Thanks for the memories Ozzie.

Mitch basically called Ozzie an idiot for not pinch running Castro.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 9, 2011 -> 01:40 PM) Ozzie being fired would be the most exciting Sox thing for me since the WS. No exaggeration. Ditto. The similarities with Ditka's reign with the Bears is eerily similar. Maybe he'll trade away half of his prospects in Florida for someone like Pierre, like Ditka did with Ricky in N.O.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 03:29 PM) I told Balta Dunn was having one of the worst seasons of the modern era. And I got hyperbole thrown in my face. No hyperbole is needed to describe the atrocious season he is having. It is epically terrible but somehow people are still trying to downplay it.

Speaking of Dunn, he got an award today from Jayson Stark: Via

QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 02:57 PM) This will really motivate the players tonight They now know that Kenny isn't messing around.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 02:52 PM) Maybe he was trying to decide whether to commit mentally to staying here and wanting reassurance that that's where he'd be wanted? I mean think about it: a lot of us have been in jobs before where you're dogging it and then you get that promotion/raise and all of a sudden you see it in a whole new light? But now I'm just speculating. Or he knew it was a pipe dream that they'd get it done so there was no harm in asking.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 02:25 PM) Okedoke. You're entitled to have your opinion. Did she ever file a police report? Did she ever go ahead and tell any authoritative figure? Did she ever do anything about it? I'm going to guess the answer is no. And I bet it's going to be some typical response "Well, he's my dad" or "Who was I going to tell?" or even better "What could I have done about it?" Unless she was locked away somewhere(which does happen in this cruel world), she has no excuse. This is all a bunch of crap. Unless you are a female that has been through something like that then don't make it sound like it's so easy to turn in your father. There are a million things going through someone's head in that scenario. "Will my father go to prison?" ""Will my family be torn apart?" "Will anyone believe me?" and so on. Don't make it sound like it's the same as turning in a shoplifter that you spotted.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 02:17 PM) Oh ok, so I see Paulie is not going to see too many strikes tonight. I'm surprised he gets anything to hit anymore with the pile of crap he's surrounded by.

Hopefully Craig Biggio is coming to save the day.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 12:44 PM) And yet we have been killing the Yankees over the same time period IIRC. I wouldn't say we've been killing them. *awaits stat nerds to prove me wrong*

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) I'm pretty sure the twins have a worse collective record against the Yankees during the same time period. But the Yankees are way more talented. It's more surprising that we can't even beat them (The Twins) when 80% of their team is injured.

If they truly add no value then get rid of the position and pay for some better scouts.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 12:10 PM) Dunn's awful OPS after the AS Break last year was .803 A 160 point dip in OPS was significant. As was his drop off in singles, doubles, HRs, and RBIs. EDIT: So basically his respectable OPS in the 2nd half was mostly propped up by a nice number of walks. I for one don't want to rely on a ton of walks from our multimillion dollar signing. He needs to hit HRs and knock in runs.

QUOTE (T R U @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:54 AM) The point is no one should have to wait, and if Dunn is just going to strike out what does it matter if you miss it? Which you wouldn't anyways.. Hopefully next time at a game when you sit in your seat with all of your food on your lap as you start to eat, people keep asking you to get up, in 30 second intervals, so that they can get past you....all during an inning.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) '10 and '11 are atrocious, but also a relatively small sample size, in my opinion. I personally don't think 93 games is a small sample size.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:47 AM) If he does this for 4 years sure, worst Sox signing. I still refuse to believe he forgot how to hit after 9 years of production. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) LOL, the contract is barely 15% through, let's see what happens for the next 3.5 years first. An awful 2nd half of 2010 coupled with an even worse 1st half of 2011 points to a trend.

QUOTE (T R U @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:46 AM) What? That cant be true, if you paid for your seat you should be able to come and go as you please.. It is true and it's awesome.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:44 AM) walking down the aisles or making you stand up during an at-bat. You should wait for a break in the game to move from or to your seat. This. I love stadiums that have ushers who monitor this and prevent people from going back to their seat during an AB.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:43 AM) And won't ever be possible. He could never play another game and it still wouldn't be the worst signing ever. I'd say he's the worst Sox free agent signing of all time given the contract, results, and expectations.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:25 AM) You have converted me. I shall post only about firings and sucking. Hey now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) f*** the Sox. NO!!!!! Not you!!! We need some semblance of sanity in these dark times.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 10:53 AM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosen...0,635246.column Where is KW? Good read. Thanks for sharing.