Dick Allen

Considering how easy it is to run on Contreras, if anyone reaches he has to be pulled.

Count still in.

The Sox have blown too many opportunities tonight. Usually that comes back to bite you. Hopefully, not tonight.

With Politte warming right now, I would imagine the Count is going to be calling it a night.

Remember when Embree was on the White Sox? God did he suck.

QUOTE(AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 07:28 PM) I'm thinking the samething...he should be tossed... It has to be deemed intentional. It was not intentional.

That the way Pods, take one for the team.

This is exactly the kind of game KW built the bullpen for. Unless the Sox put a couple runs on the board in the top half of this inning, he should go to the pen in the bottom of the eighth.

That should be it for the Count. He's going to face these guys again next week and will have a lot of confidence with the way he pitched tonight.

Iguchi's homer is a fly out at USCF. Of course Rowand's double last night would have been long gone.

There should be double barrelled activity in the White Sox bullpen right now. The Count has been awesome, but can lose it very quickly.

He walks 2 guys in a row, Rowand won't let him walk him and Crede then pops up on the first pitch low and away. Crede needs to get his head cleared.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 06:34 PM) Anyone wanna compliment Jose on his stellar pitching thus far? I did earlier. He's been very sharp. I bet a lot of people thought he'd have a quick meltdown tonight.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 06:32 PM) He's thrown 69 pitches through 4.2 innings...at that rate he should be able to get through 7, or at least through part of the 7th. I don't think pitch count gets him. Its more a mental thing. I agree if he breezes through the sixth, bring him out for the seventh, but after that, if they string together a couple of hits, have someone ready.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 06:31 PM) Good recovery by Pods on that ball. Either he got a bad jump or he was playing way too deep for Womack.

The Count has been sharp, but if I were Ozzie, I'd be really happy with 6 good innings tonight.

2 strikes on Crede. There's about a 90% chance of a k or pop out.

The offense is pathetic.

No to Palmiero. Besides if the Sox picked him up and won something there would be an asterik by it. Anybody who testifies before Congress that he never has done steriods after it was published in a book and then tests positive for steriods 2 months later to taint his accomplishment of 3000 hits, has to be one of the biggest idiots in the world.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) And I'm sure you would have heard a buzz. Good look alike I say. Kenny did say he hurt himself on Lake Michigan Saturday, and if that's a look a like its a pretty darn good one, with huge coincidence. It looked like a huge party, and I'm sure a lot of people would like their picture taken with Kenny. Its most likely just an innocent photo. The pictures above it give it an illusion of something other than that.

Wow

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 07:43 AM) The one thing I'm going to say just to argue with dick is I think messing with the 1-2 is the wrong way to handle things. They've been the catalysts all year and they shouldn't be moved around. If you moved Pods to ninth and made Iguchi the leadoff man, after Iguchi's first at bat, they still would be hitting in the same order they have been.

Here's what I would do. I would move Iguchi to the leadoff spot. Ozzie, himself said Iguchi has hit 30 points lower because of his #2 hole role. With the lack of scoring Pods is doing, its not worth that sacrifice. I would either return Uribe to the #2 hole (he hit well there last year, and probably would stay on the ball longer if he had to move runners along, which in turn would make him very dangerous) and put Pods ninth, or put Pods in the #2 hole and let him bunt and sacrifice Iguchi over (he would probably get a few hits this way) and keep Uribe ninth. Pods steals total is impressive, but his runs total is mediocre, and while it might not be his fault he isn't scoring more, it does show the problem with the smallball philosophy, never mind the fact that Pods really struggled the second half last season, and appears like that could happen again. Pods can steal second and third, but if nobody brings him in, its as worthless as a homerun with nobody on and 2 out in the bottom of the ninth in a 12-1 game. I still think they need another bat. Everett being out shows that this offense really is a house of cards. If they could acquire a guy who is a legitimate #3 hitter,and rotate everyone around, it would add depth as well as potency.

Did Comcast just say "you're watching Cubs baseball"?

Why was Giambi being held on? He wasn't going anywhere, and that would have been a DP