Harry Chappas

It is pouring here and has been for the last half hour how has the cell gotten no rain. Thorton 7th Dotel 8th Jenks 9th

Wise needed to catch that ball and that DP needed ot be turned. Defense let Carrasco down. Offense needs to put in a better effort. Great job by Carrasco.

Nice job swinging at the chin high fast ball.

Real nice job by OC but what is with the first pitch swinging.

The Carrasco induced ulcer from last evening is feeling better. He saved the staff here and in Texas. They better not dick around with him as a starter until Linebrink decides he wants to pitch again.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 07:24 PM) Leadoff man on in 3 of 4 innings so far. The last inning lead-off man on and 3-0 count and nobody works the count. 3rd inning 2 men on nobody out and 2-0 count and 2 pitches later the inning is over. Make a pitcher work once in a while really

Pissing away golden opportunities.

AJ has had some s*** at-bats I know the average will say otherwise but I think he needs to be out of the 2 hole. That was a sickening end to that inning. This team could be the stupidist team with enough talent to cover it up.

Did Cabrerra simply give that f***ing AB away, that was terrible.

2-0 better do something positive OC

Juan either bunt or hit and run

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 07:02 PM) Way to be a gamer DJ. He clearly doesn't have his stuff, but he is fighting. Maybe AJ's words last night sparked him. I didn't see the second inning but the last inning he looked to have really good stuff. Hope he can give another inning or two.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 07:01 PM) If Carrasco does well tonight, do they look at possibly moving him into Jose's spot? NO he is more valuable I think out of the pen. As a starter I think it would be ugly. Real nice job there, real nice.

Carrasco's ball seems to move all over the place. I thought he had Drew looking and Pedroia's hit was s***.

Cabrerra is terrible at going back on balls.

That AB by Drew was exactly what nobody on the Sox can do. Going to be a long night.......

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 06:50 PM) Do we call Livan's agent? Heh... Maybe he can be the Sox Jim Edmonds? Didn't he sign with someone?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 06:50 PM) Did you guys know Alexei is the best pure baseball player on the Sox? No one else makes in-bat adjustments on our team like him. Was just thinking that.

The Royals series will linger for a while asthey lit up the White SOx and the Twins are handling htem rather easily. Real bad AB by Thome.

I just logged in, what happened on the Contreras play?

Last night was the epitome of why the White Sox can stagnate on offense and what theRed Sox excel at. Working a pitcher. The Sox refuse to let the pitcher work. Every Red Sox at-bat seems to go at least 5 pitches. On an other point I referred to Manny as the Boogyman. He seemed to affect every pitch in my mind and I thought the same of certain pitchers. After the homerun last night there wasn't that feeling, "oh s*** gotta get Ortiz because you don't want to face Manny." I think this affected how pitchers worked to the 9 through 2 guys. Manny had a presence that I am sure glad to miss. As good as Youkilis, Lowell and Bay are, they are not Manny.

Wow this team has the ability to just look like s*** really quick. Why do I get the feeling they may not get a baserunner again tonight.

Thought Zumaya was the closer?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 7, 2008 -> 09:13 PM) His stuff is so overrated. No it's not he just can not make a big pitch in a crucial situation he always gets burned.

Going to be 6 if not 8 to 2 in a second.