Dick Allen

Duque has 2 wins since June 8th. If Ozzie insists on keep throwing him out there, playoff ticket refunds will commence Oct. 2.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:32 AM) There's going to be a ton of Ozzie bashing around baseball and the radio today. The decision to start Duque today was worse than Manuel's decision to start Cotts against the Yankees. At least some people thought Cotts had a chance to succeed that game. To be honest with you, I'm glad he started today. They aren't going to beat Santana with any of their starters, so why waste a potential good start, and El Duque showed he should not be on the mound the rest of his life. I doubt even Ozzie could defend him now.

QUOTE(sayitaintso @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:31 AM) Vizcaino saves el duque. Only down by 4. It might as well be 20. They aren't going to get 4 off of Santana.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:29 AM) Huge understatement. He must be the easiest pitcher to steal off of in baseball. It almost guaranteed you will get to second if you run on Contreras. Its a lot harder to get to first off him, however.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) 3.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 103 pitches What a f***ing joke. What makes it a bigger joke is the line-up he was facing.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) The catcher just stole a base, eh? He runs pretty well, El Duque is easy to steal on though.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:24 AM) KW asked for Flash Gordon. That's about as absurd of offering Jon Adkins for Ray Durham.....oh wait, that happened. If he got back a Flash Gordon baseball card he would have made an incredible deal.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) BMac is up. That's just a waste. This game is over, put Sanders and Baj in. Save BMac.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) Maybe the Yankees will take him back. No I'm not kidding. Back in June or July they enquired. KW needed to pull the trigger, even if they gave nothing back.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:20 AM) What happened w/Dye? Lost a ball in the lights.

Its batting practice in Minnesota.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:16 AM) Duque has retired 9 guys, and allowed 7 base runners today. The guy is done. The fact that he is signed through next season is a real problem for the Sox. That's $5 million they could be using on someone who is actually effective.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 11:14 AM) Lead off man on.... Duque's going to reach 90 pitches. They're gonna score this inning, And Morneu homers as I type... HR f*** El DUQUE El Duque is a huge waste of $9 million. But today he has no chance. The Sox will be lucky to get 3 or 4 hits.

Game's over

Hookers for Jenks and Marte and Garland. They have nice hookers in Minneapolis.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:58 PM) Double play depth. The Sox usually play the infield in for those situations.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:53 PM) And wait, if we lose, everyone is going to blame Ozzie for not pinch hitting for Pods. Ozzie should only get credit for wins, not for losses.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:53 PM) They brought in Romero to face Pods. They couldn't have changed pitchers again. Yeah, I forgot Romero just came in. Pods batting there and not taking until the count was full was foolish.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:52 PM) Romero had to pitch to that first batter. That's right.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:49 PM) Question...why did Pods bat there? He has been brutal with bases loaded all season. That was a huge play in this game. The only thing I could think of is if you put Anderson in Nathan comes in to pitch. That is probably a K. At least Pods avoided the DP.Borchard as a switch hitter may have been an option.

QUOTE(S720 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:49 PM) Man, Pods is really bad right now! But he's hitting .360 in September.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:46 PM) I'm feeling a triple for Pods. Pods will be looking for his first hit with the bases loaded in a White Sox uniform.

Jesse Crain.....................................yes

The Sox need to get 2 runs here. Don't blow it.

Hey fathom, with Marte now in, if he blows it, we'll have a lot of people on the Ozzie is a moron bandwagon.