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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 02:00 PM) The one good thing about this complete late season meltdown is that Kenny will make more moves to right the ship. Well, he won't have the reality/excuse he's had the last few years, of being hamstrung by contracts of the very guys who've defined this team as plodding and defensively challenged. We'll see if he finally cuts bait with Dye and Thome. Konerko, with the no-trade plus his contract, probably stays.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 12:24 PM) Jose still has the stuff to be a good pitcher, you see it when he throws a high fastball by somebody at 93 or 94 as he does sometimes or when he gets somebody on a good forkball like he did Teixeira there. Just doesn't have the control to do it regularly anymore. If he could figure out the whole getting loose thing, I still think he'd have value as a reliever.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 07:12 PM) Mark has now given up 7 hits in three innings I think he just likes pitching from the stretch.

Alexei = 0 range

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 06:59 PM) am i wrong in thinking beckham needs a breather or is he just struggling and thats it? I'm with you.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 06:49 PM) great approach by nix - c'mon gordon Can't wait until 2010 -- when Ozzie remembers to give Beckham his next day off.

Hey Comcast, since you didn't show Cabrera's hit the first time, how about a f***ing replay?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 06:35 PM) Rios swing is just so ugly. Between him and Dye, you have two guys swinging with no confidence. These guys redefine "race for the bottom."

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 06:35 PM) Rios swing is just so ugly. Between him and Dye, you have two guys swinging with no confidence. Maybe Dye's hatred for Rios is a poisonous well from which they both drink.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 06:33 PM) seems it wouldn't have mattered. Indeed.

Alex Rios is a very, very, very poor man's Torii Hunter.

Carlos did a nice job getting the imaginary runner on 3rd home. Except not really.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 06:28 PM) and JD JD did a nice job advancing the runner. Except not really.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 06:20 PM) none. he thinks he's using his change too much; i think he's falling behind too much early in the count. Love Mark -- gamer, etc. But we have here another 2nd half drop-off. That was the killer in '06, and it's not helping now. So I really have to ask: might it be the time for him to, you know, work out in the off-season?

QUOTE (zenryan @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:56 PM) I wouldnt mind the Tigers winning 6 of 7 so I can be put out of my misery. I'd love to see that just to stick in Kenny Williams's face his idea that this thing would go down to the end, so it was cool not to have a 4th and 5th starter for a month.

QUOTE (SockMe @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:56 PM) haha I was looking at my laptop and I heard Hawk go, Uh Oh, and then out loud I said, "Linebrink" with out knowing who was pitching. Guss it was just that obvious You know, Scott's just working on a few things with his location and such. His arm is fine. He's just tinkering a bit. He's great. No worries.

Gosh, I sure hope that we rush Peavy right back in there. It's really worth it.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) I can't wait until he is off this team. He is this year's Nick Swisher. Never thought that equating those 2 would make sense. But it does.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) "It's up to Scott Linebrink to hold them," Steve Stone. MWAHAHAHAHAH. This team is playing like they know they're done. Good thing we brought in Pena for these types of situations . . . f*** this bunch of f***ing losers.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:51 PM) He is one of the worst players in baseball the second half. Hate his defense; hate his hitting; hate his mental fragility once Rios got here; hate his body language and moping. Bye.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:49 PM) Typical August sox offensive threat. Get men on, pucker up, and swing for the fences. The only way guys can score is if the ball flies over the fence. Thank god in 05 we had such a lead. You're right. It's a loser-choker mentality. I'm not afraid to say it. I think it's accurate. I've watched these s***bags enough to come to that conclusion.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:48 PM) Turning point was the great AB by Dye... Did I mention that I've grown to despise Dye? Yeah, just wanted to mention it again.

I know I'm not crazy, but Rios's swing looks absurdly slow in the last week -- like, slower than it did when he first joined the team. How can that be possible?

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:44 PM) Pathetic execution with men on by our vets. Big swings, people trying to be a hero. Instead of playing within themselves and being selfless. With the exception of 2005, any of us could've posted this every single year since 2003. And it's only gotten worse since 2006. It's a f***ing joke that our "aggressive" general manager has (1) continuously built teams that have this exact, same losing dynamic; and (2) has taken 4 years to get out from under that dynamic, at its worst, since Thome got here. (And, yeah, I'm aware of Thome's OPS.)

I've grown to despise Jermaine Dye. Big f***ing crybaby ("I don't know what to think about us getting Rios.") and can't hit either.