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BTW, what do we have to do to keep Black Jack in the booth? I mean, I love Hawk and all...but McDowell knows his stuff and isn't just a monotonous voice. Plus he identifies more with my generation of Sox fans.

I'm embarassed about how this team is hitting, and I'm not even a part of the organization.

Well, we are at least getting baserunners today. Now the next step in progression is getting them in to score...

Crede is completely lost at the plate.

61 pitches through 3 for Buehrle

QUIT SWINGING AT THE LOW AND AWAY PITCH PK!! For the 10th time already.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 04:11 PM) Great approach in this series? They couldnt score for s*** against Jose and Garland, and the bullpen for the most part. I'm sorry, I shouldn't say whole series. But they sure as hell did their homework on Jenks. Sit dead red on FB down the pipe first pitch, fight off the rest as best you can, with 2 strikes you sit on a curve...pretty simple.

Again...Buehrle is giving up some hits, but this strike zone is crap, plain and simple.

For being a team that doesn't hit that well, Oakland surely has a great approach against us in this series....I wish our middle of the order could have the same.

Weak, weak, weak.

OK Pods, deliver here.

That was an awesome hit by Molina

In case you missed it, we have 2(TWO) hitters in our normal starting lineup hitting over .250

BA was playing a little wall ball against the CF wall for some reason, guess it was kinda his own version of Hot Potato.

Buehrle is getting hit pretty well, but my god this ump sucks some serious ass as well.

GL getting that big contract after this year MB.

Ah yes...welcome back to Oakland, Buehrle

Konerko K on a pitch down and away? SHOCKED! And you think the book on how to get PK out isn't out for every team?

I can't wait to see all the BA hater/Pods lovers come and say "See, he shouldn't be playing" after Anderson gets out. I'm sure it won't have anything to do with the 1 AB in 7 previous games.

What.the.f***. Um Ozzie, quit talking out of your ass. Better yet, quit talking period. So WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY BA DEFENSIVELY? Him in CF and grindErstad to LF make so much sense it isn't funny. You just keep proving your point to KW there, by letting BA sit and rot away because your hand was forced w.r.t. the roster. This is absolutely absurd.

Lets leave last nights debachle in the Postgame thread. There is plenty of blame tossed around in there, lets keep this thread focused on the game at hand. Ultra-rare Brian Anderson appearance! Tape it on TIVO! Call a friend! He lives!

Ozzie needs Joe Nossek. Now there was a bench strategist and ultimate sign stealer.

Ah, my life is complete. Thanks for the link to my new avatar, it goes with my tagline quite well. Simple fact is, in 1 run games, late(read:8th and 9th inning), you put your best defensive team into the game. You don't think "Well what if I need this guy to hit in the 10th?" BS, grindErstad/BA/Mack should have been the defensive OF from left to right. Does that mean Jenks gets a free pass? Hell no, his pitch selection(partly on AJ) was as predictable as a Konerko AB is right now. If you are a hitter, you go up there sitting on a 90-93 mph fastball right down the cock(like Piazza and Bradley did) first pitch. If you don't get it, you foul off his cutter/slider/fastball until 2 strikes, then sit on the curve that you KNOW is coming. Pretty simple, and sad that us 'armchair generals' as we were called can see it so easily.

Anyone that sits and says there woulda been no difference between Pods and BA on a ball hit to them and a throw home, is only kidding themselves. Pods has no arm, period. Thats a fact, and it was still fairly close at home. Someone with...oh..a major league arm, aka..oh...BA, and its a play that could have been made.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 01:03 AM) The ball hit the wall, then came down and bounced off his head. Do you need glasses? I don't care if it hit the Bay, THEN hit Pods on the head....thats funny as hell to me to see it bounce off his noggin.