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They say that MacDougal cleaned up his delivery, but he looks like the same guy to me -- ball moves a ton, and he has no idea where it's going.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:26 PM) I didn't want to create a thread for this, but what's everyone's prediction for this 10 game road trip? Fun.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:25 PM) That's fine with me, just make it. Not wanting to go to the playoffs because you think you'll lose is lame. Why even play the season then? Agreed. With this team, with these injuries, after last year, making the playoffs would be a hell of an accomplishment.

Shut up, Hawk. Shut up, DJ. Cabrera is about 2 for 10 on balls just like that this year. Unreal.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:21 PM) JD with 5 RBI this month. He better step it up in the last two weeks. If he's healthy, I say he has one more streak left in him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) I'd take Clayton over Ramirez or Boone But how about Clayton over Ramirez AND Boone? I mean, 4 arms is better than 2. Maybe not.

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) And now Richard warming. It CAN get worse. Every Yankee hitter should just bunt it right back to him. They'll score 6 or 7 runs right there.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) No kidding...Joba/Mariano at the end of a bullpen is about the best you'll ever see. I guess you've never seen Wasserman and Ramirez.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:09 PM) i'm just speechless. how can they honestly expect to win a division running that garbage out there late in a tie game. I'm just not sure I get the Wasserman thing. He's been terrible. Seriously, even Adam Russell is a better choice against a righty. Actually, come to think of it, Nick Massett would look kinda good right about now -- at least in a situation like that one, where you're trying to steal an inning.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:07 PM) and all of them better than Ramirez. WHIP around 2.50 and batting average near .400. RELEASE HIS ASS! He seems real confident when he comes in -- has a real plan and is totally aggressive. Not too much.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:06 PM) Don't be afraid to dive for the ball, Alexei. He doesn't do that. Too tall or something.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:04 PM) Horacio Ramirez is one of the worst pitchers I've ever seen in a White Sox uniform. Poor man's Juan Agosto.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:04 PM) f*** you kenny Ding. No need to get that 5th starter. We're fine.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:02 PM) I was a believer in letting Carrasco go 4-5 innings as a starter. I think if Ozzie and Cooper had any confidence in Linebrink and Dotel right now, we might have seen that. Nice pitch, Horacio.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 07:57 PM) Why are we playing September call ups in the heart of the pennant race when we are a few weeks from seasons end? You know it's bad when I'd rather see Adam Russell.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 08:19 PM) If Hawk entered a room alone with "Doc" and Gomez, I wonder if he would leave it still married. Married? Sure. Hawk's a swinger.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) Served up a meatball, but got the DP. It's very frustrating to be able to identify Dotel's tendencies, and not be sure that the manager and pitching coach do.

And they cut to the dugout, and only now is Cooper getting on the phone. Goddamnit, know your personnel. Always have a man up when Dotel is going in.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 08:11 PM) Dotel sucks, as usual... Time to get him. Now. Right now. When he gives up one . . .

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) Outside of the cubs, I dont think there is an NL team that could beat an AL team in the world series. One team that I do not think will be in the playoffs is Milwaukee. The Amazing Ned Yost Our Sphincters Are Too Tight Show, now in its second smash year, continues. That, and the complete failure by GM Doug Melvin to improve their bullpen at the deadline, makes them a team living on borrowed time.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 08:13 PM) I love the Nick Swisher is good arguement... the guy is hitting .226 with 120 strikeouts, but is considered good because he is "patient" (which is BS anyway as he is much too patient at bat, letting good pitches go and K'ing way too many times looking) and walks a fair amount of times. He's fake funny, though. Can't put a price on fake funny.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 08:39 PM) First time that I'll agree. It's done. I'm glad we passed on Paul Byrd.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 08:37 PM) club house killer is absolutely right. no doubt there. I liked the approach of our guys in that inning, particularly Dye and Thome. They really looked excited to be playing baseball right there. Cool.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Sep 5, 2008 -> 02:51 PM) Hahaha. I could see us going in a HUGE funk without him. s*** happens. I want to punch a wall. But at least I won't get as pissed if it does happen Watch it. You could fracture your wrist.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 05:11 PM) No kidding. One thing that I'm shocked hasn't become a bigger deal is just how much of an asshole Piniella is being to the media. If Ozzie was acting the way that Lou is, you'd have articles all over the place. Piniella's been like this for 2 years and hasn't been called on it. The guy's a first class grouch and bully, and those media members are completely intimidated. Why doesn't someone ask what a lot of us have wondered: how the hell can you take a guy from the DL and let him throw 120 and 130 pitches just a couple of weeks later? Yost rightly gets criticized for riding Sabathia too hard -- but Lou deserved questions about this a LONG time ago.