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Now, here's one of those days -- and performances -- that could reignite that old debate about whether it makes sense to boo your own team . . .

Alex Rios looks . . . awful.

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Aug 23, 2009 -> 02:41 PM) You won't see many non-K ABs worse than that one from Rios. Is it just me, or does his bat look really, really slow?

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 23, 2009 -> 12:39 PM) Lillibridge..NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! If they're going to play Lillibridge, they should put him in for Beckham. Give the guy a day off.

Well, Dye hasn't let Rios's arrival affect him at all. He was slumping before he got here; he's slumping now.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 09:16 PM) playing a 49-72 team with a 5.4 ERA guy on the hill, at home, with by far our best home park pitcher, and we get embarrassed, offensively at least. teams like this don't win divisions, and if by some miracle DET totally folds to allow our .500 play to eek a playoff spot, this heartless group is an easy 1st round exit This has been an issue for several years. For a high character group (and it is), this sure is a low character group.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 09:11 PM) Jeff Cox is like the crazy uncle or the Randy Quaid character from "Vacation." He's not funny anymore...let him do some community relations work with Melton and Skowron, just keep him away from the 3B coaching box. I wouldn't mind replacing Cox, Baines and Walker, but I can't be confident any of those 3 things will happen. How do you feel about the number 0?

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 09:12 PM) i dont think the coaches are necessarily the ones to blame...its clear we need to get rid of some of the basecloggers in this team. No! No! No! They have high OPS numbers! No! No! No! LOL

QUOTE (Wise Master Buehrle @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 09:10 PM) True, but honestly how many times have you heard Hawk say "We had our chances in this game"... It's getting to be mighty disturbing how many innings we start off so well and then peter out almost immediately after it looks like we could finally score. I don't know. It might have been nice to have the guy who's hitting the s*** out of the ball in the game tonight. What's the fella's name? Oh, yeah, Quentin.

Truly anemic swing by Nix.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 07:20 PM) Seriously, he just kills rallies that way. Pisses me off. He's had such a good offensive season otherwise, with some big time clutch hits, but the pickoffs... dammit. He was just standing with his hands on his hips out there, totally unprepared for the play. Awful. Just awful. If he's not embarrassed at how lousy he's been on the bases, he ought to be.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 07:19 PM) I heard the sun rose again today Two things you almost never see: (1) Pods picked off; (2) Dye whiffs on a slider low and away. Good stuff.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:38 PM) I'm gonna start with aging DHs being all over our lineup and then i'm gonna get back to you with more. LOL

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:26 PM) I will say it once again....this team shuts it down too easily. The Royals suck. You could say that for the last 3 or 4 years. It's a symptom of the Dyethomenerko middle of the order. These guys give away late at-bats constantly and have for years. It's become the character of the team. It's why we don't rally. And it's the reason, when people yammer about their statistical productivity, that they're not telling the whole story. These guys are a sleepy, slumpy mass of inertia.

QUOTE (nastymasty21 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:24 PM) shut up hawk wasnt even close "I mean, super-duper stretch!"

Boy, I sure hope that Jermaine isn't all worried about his option being picked up. Grow up.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:19 PM) All is ok, our 3-4-5 is due up! I like these guys less every day.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:17 PM) We aren't going to beat Soria, just like we ain't going to beat Greinke (how's that for being a deb downer?) I think we'll hit Greinke. But I have no idea about Jose.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:17 PM) Am I the only one who likes Pena? I like the IDEA of Pena. And he was awesome for the DBacks in 2007. But he just seems to throw 2 good pitches and 1 bad one. Frustrating guy.

QUOTE (nastymasty21 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:16 PM) people are gonna be al over ramirez tonight on the post game. As they should. His lazy ass cost us tonight So, was it just the pop-up play? And what inning was that? Did it kill off a threat?

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:15 PM) Hell with the way we play down to our competition we could be out of it by this weekend.. since we play the great Baltimore team... so we should be dominated by them as well. And then get back in it next week by inexplicably winning on the road trip. Weird team.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:14 PM) Pena probably wants to avoid his hanging sliders to this hitter. Look, when you're good at something . . .

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 10:09 PM) Complacancy I suppose that's possible, given that he was handed the shortstop job for this year about half way through last year.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 10:42 PM) Lillibridge not for Alexei.. but for Nix. Outstanding. They PH for Nix.

Alexei Ramirez makes me nervous.