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QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:23 PM) :pray I'd ride him out of town on a rail if I could. Vazquez + $10 million to his old franchise for Willie Harris.

QUOTE (CYGarland @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:23 PM) get Javy the f*** out of there No, he stays in the game and throws as many pitches as he has to to not burn out the bullpen. And then he doesn't pitch again this year, even if that means Richard throws a game this weekend. f*** him.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:22 PM) Javier Vazquez is just a bad pitcher, period. Thank you. I've been saying this for 3 years. He's not even an underachiever. He's just a mediocre guy. Now, this bastard ought to be left out there to throw 6 innings (even if it's 150 pitches), and not pitch again this season.

And now . . . Gardenhire is Casey Stengel.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:16 PM) This was our worst match-up, as Javy is a loser. Even if we get swept, we still can make the playoffs. NO! A LOSER? God, don't tell Kenny Williams that!

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:16 PM) Vazquez getting killed with his off speed crap. May as well stay with heat. I'll say it again -- Vazquez rolls far too many breaking balls to be considered a guy with really good stuff.

You know, reading these boards and writing on them, I've come to the conclusion that we don't really like this White Sox team all that much. I mean, we love them, but we don't really like them. Know what I mean?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:08 PM) Some real nice swings by the Sox so far. Only one hard hit ball....I know 3-1 92 mph fastballs are tough to hit. It's the old scouting report for our guys -- slow stuff on the outer half, hard stuff in. Greg Walker forgot to remind the team, I think.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:08 PM) Maybe that would explain his funk. I'm sure he knows more than we do. But he just don't look right up there at all. He needs to be slid down to 5. As currently constituted, this team will have great trouble winning on the road if Jermaine is not hitting.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:07 PM) Hawk is going to be absolutely psychotic by Thursday. He's already extremely pessimistic about the Sox, you can tell. Yeah, I may need to DVR these games just to track Hawk's meltdown. The authorities may want such a record.

WTF, DJ saying that Jermaine has something on his mind. Huh?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:04 PM) Prediction: there will be a premature "stretch" this inning. Pop to short.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 08:02 PM) Thus far this inning, Farmer has called Casilla "Span" and Mauer "Morneau". That's not too bad. We'll need to worry when he calls Punto "Carew" and Kubel "Killebrew."

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:55 PM) I love the term "oppo" It's pretty cool, I agree.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:55 PM) Then pitch Carrasco...you absolutely can't give up a game in the 3rd inning. I don't disagree. I'm merely answering why not to use Richard for a long stint.

We sorta miss Carlos Quentin sometimes.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:53 PM) Save him for what? If you pitch Broadway, you won't need to worry about a close game. Bottom-line, if Broadway's in the game, it's already over. Have the effective pitchers ready for tomorrow.

AJ better start going oppo.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:50 PM) If Vazquez can't go, you better bring in Richard. I think they're saving Richard for the 6th and 7th in a close game, against Mauer and Morneau. You won't see Ramirez or Boone in this series. That's my guess.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:50 PM) Just like how they can't bunt? They should do a drill where they repeatedly bunt into a rundown. That ought to cover everything.

Surprise, surprise. Javy is running up his pitch count. What a piece of crap this guy is.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:42 PM) This is making me miss Garland. At least he manned up in the big games in 2005, more or less. He had one sort of rough start in the WS, but we came back to get the victory. Garland took a lot of heat early in his career for being soft. But by the time he was 26 (5 years younger than Javy), he was one tough, cool mother.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:40 PM) Just remember this...our dumbass manager adjusted the rotation schedule so he could have Javy pitch here. To start the series, no less. Yeah. No need to pitch Danks up here.

He's opening his shoulder again, and that's putting those pitches up in the zone. I love the shot of Cooper; it's like "What the f*** we can do with this f***ing guy?"

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 07:38 PM) Theres your changeup Hawk. Now shut the f*** up. For once and for all, Javy Vazquez just doesn't have that good of stuff. That pitch just plain sucked. Period.