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QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:40 PM) PFB laying the foundation for Ozzie leaving Vazquez in for his next start. You are tempted to let him pitch the next inning, you want him to pitch the next inning. "You want Vazquez on that wall. You NEED Vazquez on that wall!"

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:27 PM) They have to be cherry picking the calls here. Some dude calls up to give Singleton props and he is a delight to listen too. Good to know that Singleton can disguise his voice so well.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) Okay PFB, they should sweep the Royals. Anything less is a failure. they are horrible. Stop sugar coating it. "I agree with you, and I don't agree with you. This was not an Ozzie loss. This was a performance loss, but they should have been bunting in the 9th."

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) Javy's biggest problem is thatr he can never pitch a meaningless game for the Expos again. You're right again. He was so bad there that they moved the franchise. But not before thinking about contracting it first.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:21 PM) PFB "I cant blame ozzie for not pulling Vazquez, I mean if he is cruising through 5 and just loses it. Its kind of hard to explain. Lets just get them next time" I dont think that Rongey actually is in the studio, I think he just hits play on the same crap he used from Javys last start, because it looks to be the same to me. That's pretty smart radio, if you think about it. And we can thank Javier Vazquez for it. Javier . . . YYYEEEESSS!!!!

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:18 PM) Vazquez is the opposite of what a grinder is. A smoother? QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:19 PM) Reality --> We should start Ronge every five days.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:15 PM) They should sign me to be the 5th starter. lol we already know it's going to be a loss so they can save a lot of money by using me. Hawk: "D.J., William Tell is nasty."

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:15 PM) Chris Rangey sure loves making excuses for Vazquez on the post game show. The guy should grow a spine and disagree with Ozzie once in a while. Yes, The Ronge (I refuse to call him The Ranger because I think it's another lame nickname concocted by Ed Farmer) just "can't figure it out" with Javier. Memo to The Ronge: Javier is dogdung.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) Atleast Danny was decent enough not to tease you for 4 or 5 innings before crapping his pants. With Wright, you usually knew in the first or second inning he was gonna suck. White Sox Fifth Starters: Managing Expectations for 100 Years

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:08 PM) Except Vazquez ERA needs to be coverted from the metric system to the English system of ERA. Classic. There aren't enough numbers to do that calculation. Maybe in base 9.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:06 PM) I just hate that the Yankees made a huge upgrade today, and it sounds like the Twins will do something prior to the deadline. Yep. And it's so frustrating to have to PROP UP a guy who is getting $9 million a year and cost the best prospect in the farm system. You can bet that Guillen and Cooper are slow on the draw because they can't believe they have to do it either. In my mind, the time to figure it out is past. Start McCarthy or risk losing the rest of the team. Seriously.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:04 PM) Javy Vazquez is a more expensive version of the 5th starter by committe. Javier Vazquez is Spanish for Danny Wright.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 03:59 PM) Is there anyway we can get Selig to abolish the 6th inning when Javy starts? He and Jerry are close, right? I've just never seen anything like this. This idea has some real merit. It'd be like having no 13th floor in a high-rise. Just make it inning 5 and inning 5A. QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 03:55 PM) On the TV right now Pitch 1-30 5.55 ERA Pitch 31-45 1.83 Pitch 46-60 1.65 ERA pitch 61.-75 3.50 ERA 76 on 10.12 ERA Can someone make about 1000 copies of this and Tee Pee Ozzies house. Because he and Coop are the only ones completely unaware of how obvious this is. Coop will fix it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 03:57 PM) He'd get about half way there, and then his boat or flight would implode. Almost 2/3 of the way there, actually . . .

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 03:57 PM) If not, could we banish Vazquez to Siberia. Are those underpants clean? No way. Hendry drives a hard bargain.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 27, 2006 -> 02:11 PM) Well if he pitches great in this next start through 5, and Ozzzie and Coop let him go into the 6th and he gets rocked on cue, then I will have another couple of mental midgets for your list. Rack 'em up!!!

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 03:54 PM) My dream is to pick the paper tomorrow and read the headline ... VAZQUEZ DFA You're being too generous -- that would mean he's still White Sox property for about 10 days. I'd prefer to see "Vazquez to Cubs for Jim Hendry's Underpants"

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 03:47 PM) the game was lost when he hit tejada with a 1-2 count. OUCH! That could have been just as big of a loss as it was of a win when Gload hit the slam. Not good baseball once again by the Sox. They could have easily got swept this series. Just giving games away with lousy pitching, half-ass defense and horsebleep managing.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) Well, that sucked. Let the meltdown begin. Jenks...use your curveball once buddy! He seldom has the curveball on a second consecutive day. On the third day, I'm guessing it was just not an option. As always -- and justifiably -- I blame Vazquez.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 02:59 PM) I certainly hope PK goes up to bat trying to pull the ball and hit one 400 feet. Truly at his best in those moments.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 02:48 PM) Who agrees that Vazquez affects the play of the entire team with his crappy pitching? I think it's worse than that. I think you're going to have players wondering about their manager.

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 02:49 PM) All the blame cant fall on Guillen, when almost all of his pitching staff has been horse spiff... especially , Mark, Neal, Javier, and Freddy. You need horses to look like a good manager. Coop will fix it.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) Javy finishes the game with a 5.44 ERA on the season. Spectacular. Jeez, what do you want? It's under 6.00, isn't it?

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 01:04 PM) Mack would've caught that ball easily if he had called off dye. He almost caught it anyway, he was just standing there. He looked good standing there, though.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 01:03 PM) Unless Anderson is injured/sick, there's absolutely no reason for him to not be playing today. Why would you say this? Anderson's only a better outfielder, hitting well and would be facing a lefty today.