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Juanny, nice one! Get them in, AJ

Wowzers, nice f'ing hit Alexei!

Jesus Christ Gordon, what in god's name are you going to do with that, seriously? Great, now we need the elusive 2 out hit...from Alexei..

How is Beckham missing all of these pitches right down the middle

Ah c'mon CQ, he just went up the ladder on you...you have to make contact there.

Rios is so money, in all facets right now of the game. Lets get that run in!

Leadoff man aboard, keep it going CQ

Dang shoulda finished that inning before the run scored, but still, 1 is not insurmountable.

Rack 'em up!

Every time Mauer makes contact, it is amazingly solid

Oh we're playing right into the hands of this park...pop up city, with no shot at getting it out of the park. Our worst nightmare!

Garcia is throwing some real lollypops up there =/ It might get some of the lighter hitting folks out, but the middle of this lineup can crush that...

Well thats not how its supposed to be done, but thats how we do it! It looked like Juan was off to the races on AJ's contact, but oh well.

There we go Juanny!

Just win, you Sox.

Finally, a LOOGY brought in that actually makes folks contemplate, "Randy Williams isn't such a bad LOOGY afterall..."

Yeah rain forecasted for quite some time to come.

Its in the books! Well done, Dallas Braden. Poor Tampa Bay, they must be starting to think "Why always us??"

And mlb.tv is struggling to let me connect to that game!

All I want, honestly, is for a majority of this roster to play up to their abilities. IF even 75% do, I still feel like we can give Minnesota a challenge for the division. Does that mean we'll win it? Not necessarily, but it will make for a damn fun summer for everyone on this forum.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:53 PM) 1. I'm a White Sox fan and I come here to post in game threads to follow and SUPPORT the team I cheer for. 2. I don't enjoy sitting here and telling you how dumb you are for being upset, I'm upset with this teams performance as well but I don't sit here stating the obvious how Gordon Beckham or Mark Kotsay suck, instead I rather remain optimistic and hope they figure it out soon. There are poster, that no matter if this team is winning or losing, come to game threads to spit in player faces. 3. I realize you're a retired Mod and been here around longer than most us, that's why it is surprising to see the lack of objectivity. Go look back and see what my ratio of good/bad posts are in gamethreads. I'm not as negative as you seem to think I am. Yes, I call Kotsay Flopsay because I feel that it was an awful, awful decision to bring him back. I'm one of the few who actually backed Pierre, despite how dreadful he has started this season. There is no one player, save Scott Podsednik when he was a Sox player, that I've harped on and constantly berated, ever. Not many of the negative posters can claim that on here.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:51 PM) Not to nitpick, as I'm happy with the way Quentin looked. But "keep Teahen hitting"? Huh? .230 is good for us at that position right now...though he is not doing much lately. Nix/Teahen platoon is about all we can do at 3rd isn't it? The backup that needs the most looking at is Castro.

In other news, every Rios AB seems to be successful, and Quentin ripped the ball today. IF we can get Beckham to move down the order and find his swing, and keep Teahen hitting, who knows.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) Guess what pal, we have a team that maybe will finish 3rd in our division this year. Watch all the games you want but they will continue to lose most of their games hence why we will not win this division. Does your diehard fan'ism allow you to understand and comprehend? Who said anything about worrying we're gonna win the division? I am content to see us win games period. Maybe you should check out some other site to hang out at, perhaps the Twins or D-Rays fan sites. If you already know this team has no shot in hell to win the division, then why in god's name are you hanging around in game threads, where...you know, this '3rd place team at best's fans' sit and vent frustration about how we should be doing better but we aren't?? Are you a glutton for punishment? Do you enjoy sitting around and telling us how dumb we are for being upset at this team's performance? Hey, whatever floats your boat. But notice I've been around these parts much longer than most people, I've been through plenty of Sox ups and downs here, if this type of message board commentating makes you sadface IRL, you have some SERIOUSLY bad days ahead of you.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:36 PM) Die hard fans ? Die hard fans are supporters, what some of here are doing are not supporting, you are right now insulting die hard fans out there. Apologies. All posts from now on will be about all the good things in life...sunshine, puppy dogs, the 2005 World Championship, Pods start to the 2010 season. Only the good things. Man, I am so happy its sunny out today where I live, I saw some puppies outside that were soooooooo cute!! I think its time to pop the 2005 World Series DVD in to watch some awesome baseball, and reminisce about our great run, and contemplate what a great 2010 Pods is having.