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Este at 93 pitches through 6 IP

Thats all I have said recently....Koch is gonna need the entire Winter without picking up a baseball, and he may be right for ST. But the thing is, wasn't he cruisin' right through ST this year? Then, he just drops off? Is this like the 8th Wonder of the World? WTF?

Hawk giving some love to JReed on the air....nice to hear

Nice Cali..i was just thinking of doing something like that. I'll leave it to the graphics gurus

Back-to-back, Jack!!! Maggs makes it 9-0.....damn guys, break it out...they got the magikstik!!

Holy f***ing s***!!!!! WTG Frankie....launched a BOMB off the Rocket...and its 8-0 Sox now folks.

Nice f***ing hit Nolivo!!! Triple off the Rocket...We are looking pretty good right now

actually, Murcie they optioned him to Class A Tampa....YIKES!! He'll be back up after Sep 1 for roster callups. They released Orosco at age 46 And my boy Crede gets his 2nd hit off Rocket

And a quick 1-2-3 at that...

What the heck happened??? Did he think he had a triple??? with his speed??? I'm not being sarcastic... i'm stuck in class what happened??? nevermind... i got it Im guessing that pauly wanted to draw the throw twoards himself....allowing Maggs to score easily.....bad idea. Yeah, decent idea, but PK doesnt have the speed to be drawing throws...the idea was maybe right, but not really necessary

What the heck happened??? Did he think he had a triple??? with his speed??? I'm not being sarcastic... i'm stuck in class what happened??? He was trying to get the throw from the OF to come to second and make them try to get him out while Maggs scores

GOOD job by PK there...blasting the double...then getting between 2nd and 3rd, trying to protect Maggs....3-0 Good guys

5 K's for Rocket...all by our 3-4-5 hitters? Uh, thats bad...

Come on Esty, I got ya down for 6 and 1/3 innings on YNOT...gonna have to be a bit more efficient in the 4th and 5th

Hell yes....Joe Crede hits a HR!!! 2-0 Sox Attaboy Joe

I never knew it was so big...I only use my laptop, and the res is set so low that it looked normal to me. I checked it here at work, and it was huge!! I might make it just a bit bigger, but no problem.

PK was about due for a dinger...been on a downward spiral for a bit. Good job PK

1) Who will win the series (CHW/NYY) (2 points) NYY 2) Will Frank Thomas have an RBI (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 2 4) Which Sox bullpen pitcher will face the most batters (4 points)? Wright 5) How many hits will Joe Crede have in the series (5 points)? 4 6) How many innings will Esteban Loaiza pitch to the nearest third (5 points)? 6.1 7) Who will lead the Sox in batting average for the series (min. 6 ABs) (4 points)? Maggs 8) Which bullpen will give up more earned runs (CHW/NYY) (2 points)? CWS 9) Who will lead the AL Central after the series (2 points)? CWS 10) Will Hideki Matsui hit a homerun (Y/N) (2 points)? N TIEBREAKER: White Sox total number of runners stranded as a team for the series. 19

Sad thing is, I bet there were at least 10 Koch bashers WAITING on his line like rabid dogs....I just don't get it, whats with the attention given squarely to Koch's failure?

Yeah, I don't know whats wrong with your dad....he's so stupid that he thought Grape Nuts was a venerial disease!

Didn't figure it would take very long for someone to get the cheapshot in...Congrats!!!

Hmmm...so, my sig is pretty huge...gotta fix that tonight...nice to see some fire from the Soxnet peeps on an off night

SWEET!!! I woulda never guessed that there would be a thread about my boy Koch, where I defend him, it goes over 11 pages so far, and I'm not the one getting attacked!! Am I making more Soxnet friends, or am I being ignored? I guess either way, its pretty cool with me!

AS most people on these boards know, I am the biggest Koch fan around. I still think that Billy can do great things with this team, but in all honesty, I think it won't happen until 2004. No one in MLB can retrieve 6-8 MPH by resting for 2 weeks. If he is still throwing 93-94 when he comes back for a few games, I still say shut him down, no off-season intensive throwing, and start fresh from Spring Training. The guy is a proven commodity, and once that once-surgically repaired arm is back to normal, the dominant Koch will be back.

Thats right....Koch has been purely professional about it, and knows that he has been a huge disappointment so far. I'm not sure that 15 days coulda really helped that much, I'm for letting him have a shot, and if its still not there, shut him down until Spring next year....his arm has already been through Tommy John surgery once, he may need to give it a break for a bit.