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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.

Get me Brent Lillibridge.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 10:37 PM) Pods actually nearly got nabbed on his porch by the paper boy earlier this morning. Well, Pods got in there, but then overslid the doormat.

LOL at teams now trying to pick Pods off wherever he's standing.

Nice piece of managing here by Ozzie. Jesus.

Nice piece of managing here by Ozzie. Jesus.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:54 PM) This is bad matchup for Thornton. You know what's a really bad matchup? Ramirez versus a ground ball.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:52 PM) Oh, and I don't feel safe when a grounder is hit either.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:50 PM) Man, our defense is scary. Even with Rios, I honestly never feel safe when a ball is hit to the outfield. At the end of games, Wise and Kotsay should BOTH be in the game. But it's hard to imagine Ozzie ever removing JD for defense.

So . . . Konerko's hurt, right?

Charlie Haeger starting for the Dodgers right now. Missing a few bats, too.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:22 PM) The league is catching up to him now Not so much . . .

Saw it last week in Seattle and again tonight -- new book on Gordo: face-high fastballs.

Pet peeve time: Alexei always, always, always looks over this shoulder when he's rounding third base. That's what the coach is for. Just run.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:15 PM) we have the intelligence level of that beauty pageant contestant girl that said "The Iraq" Classic stuff here.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:13 PM) He threw a glare at Rios and a desperate dive in too. Yeah, no communication between those two after the play. Just a Dye "WTF is your problem, interloper Rios?" look.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:10 PM) It's bad when your team leads the league in errors and has numerous players with absolutely no range. LOL. Not a good combination.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) A DH playing RF thinking he is still a fielder. He had a look on his face that said: "That was your fault, Rios."

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:03 PM) You weren’t. Ozzieball was making the argument that batting average was overrated and that walks and homers counted a good deal more I agreed, and essentially said, “Boy, that sounds like Nick Swisher.” You followed that up with, “Nick Swisher sucks.” Yeah, when you said "Cough," I thought that you meant "Swisher disproved that theory." But I'll keep that as my opinion. (And I won't be changing it.)

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:00 PM) .230 for CQ with RISP, and no homers this year. But a lot of super fast swings, awesome swear words and cool shrugged shoulders.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 08:57 PM) I think you and the point were heading in the right direction, and then you two just missed each other. I think I was agreeing with you. But maybe not.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 08:51 PM) coughNickSwishercough. Yeah, sometimes numbers don't tell the whole story. Cuz Swish sucked. Quite often.

Nix swings like a robot version of a baseball player. Sometimes, the ball goes out of the park.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 08:38 PM) No contending team should lose to a team starting Betancourt and Bloomquist. New law firm: Bettancourt, Bloomquist and Bannister