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QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:50 PM) No...it shouldn't. I thought Ozzie should have gone off on this team about 2 weeks ago...and tried to be PC...because they're "veterans". Well f*** our veterans. I honestly don't care if I never see Dye or Konerko in a Sox uni ever again. This team has no passion. And the worse thing...it fooled us into thinking it had chance so we couldn't peddle some of these ancient parts to contenders. I know a lot of people don't like him...but OC is probably the best player in this team right now along with Lexi. The rest are a bunch of asshats. +1

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:49 PM) Exactly. The mentality is crap. They are intimidated by an tangible object. Ozzie tried to get them in the right frame of mind and motivate them but the only guys responding are Jr. and Thome, and now Buehrle. Not true. Ozzie's the one who told them they needed a lead of more than 3 before they got here. That's not a winner's mentality.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:48 PM) The whole organization has bowed down to the Twins in the Metrodome. I thought they would win 2, but they will not win tomorrow if they keep praising them. Its time to knock someone on their ass, and act like you're the team in first place. Yep. I'm all for knocking down Span on pitch number 1. Then Gomez gets one up and in when he comes up. Let's go.

That wasn't pleasant, but it's about 100 times better than watching Javy and his brand of cowardice last night. That was like a game you expect in your opponent's house, in a pennant race. Now go win tomorrow.

QUOTE (G&T @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 09:21 PM) Keep hackin for that fence guys Well, Walk reminds them to stay on the ball and take those pitches to right. He commands that kind of respect that they listen to him, too.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:39 PM) Brian Anderson will start once the others are dead. And I mean literally dead, not Jermaine Dead. I have no doubt that Jermaine will get it going on, say, Saturday, about 3 days too late.

QUOTE (tommy @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:33 PM) Worst you can do there Jermaine. He's old. He's tired. Something's on his mind. He hasn't been the same since Quentin went down. Pick one. Pick 'em all. But Jermaine sucks.

Awesome. Great approach by Uribe. Not for one minute was he thinking about not trying to pull. D-Wise. No.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:19 PM) Jesus Christ Juan...it's ok to take the ball the other way. Seriously.

QUOTE (Nokona @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) way to be the only one to step up in this series old man When he hit the ball, they showed our dugout. Our guys got up out of their seats and peered to the stands like they were coming out of a cave.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:08 PM) Quiet Joe Cred-E5? Please. Look, he had a bad year with the glove, no question. But two things about Joe: (1) I don't think he's ever been scared; you don't have as many big hits as he had without having -- what's that thing called that we're looking for? -- oh, yeah: balls; and (2) he hit well against Minnesota. Those are 2 things in short supply in the last 24 hours.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:07 PM) That will be a scary sight with him being naked due to his constant boner at watching the Twins. Stay back, DJ!

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:06 PM) He already got the screaming part down earlier. Soon he will begin arm-wrestling D.J.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:05 PM) This team had plenty of heart and moxie until about the time Linebrink went down in late July. Ever since then, it has been a struggle, and our pitching has struggled much more than in the first half. Buehrle just doesn't have it tonight. He's still in the game, but he has no absolutely no command/control. And the Twins can smell blood in the water. They also had Crede, who's one of those guys who has intangibles that winning teams need. Stat guys never get this.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:04 PM) Absolutely Panic move to adjust the rotation last week -- total panic move.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:04 PM) Hawk is going insane. I really think Hawk will be wearing no clothes, screaming out of the booth, by the time it's over.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:02 PM) With how aggressive the Twins are playing, they might steal 6 bases off of Gavin tomorrow. Fortunately, though, we're matching their aggressiveness and intelligence. What a total and complete indictment of this team's heart -- and the "braintrust" that assembled it.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 08:01 PM) This was exactly what I was worried about. We would find a way to NOT score against a struggling pitcher who is throwing f***ing meatballs up there. Well, good luck tomorrow Gavin, we need ya to play meaningful games this weekend. Don't expect much. Gavin, like Mark tonight, went on 3 days rest last week. I wouldn't expect his command to be decent either.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:59 PM) If this goes the way it looks the rest of the season, I just pray that huge changes are made from the top on down. This team has no enthusiasm and just doesn't seem to want to keep playing. I kinda think, if you see those shots of Ozzie, that he knows that his team isn't real interested in competing. He enabled some of that, with his bulls*** about needing to have a big lead before going into the Dome. But I think he knows that, without Quentin, the team lacks pop. And even with Quentin, Ozzie's team lacks heart. I think he's known that for awhile.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:59 PM) Hawk is such a f***ing jinx. STFU, Hawk... Join me in turning off Hawk -- unless you're listening simply to hear a guy go crazy. Which is fun, too.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:57 PM) JD has been f***ing pathetic in September Again, he can't be put on the bench for a day off because Nick Swisher is awful.

QUOTE (letsgoarow @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:57 PM) hawk sounds like soxtalk tongiht Honestly, I've turned Hawk off. He's just a big pain in the ass all the way around.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:55 PM) They should have knocked down Gomez instead of throwing a ball that could be bunted fairly easily. And then Ramirez couldn't get there in time...need to have better coordination there with Konerko and Ramirez. I don't think we have any advance scouts to tell us that sort of thing.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:52 PM) did anyone else see the forearm casilla threw at OC's shin? And Span jumping up and down while leading off second. They've been looking forward to this series for 2 months, and it looks like it. I'd knock a few guys down. Seriously.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 07:48 PM) Yep, one of the dumbest decisions a manager can make is to put his team on a 4 man rotation. Does it ever work? Guys lose their command. Mark has no command.