Harry Chappas

After the strike 2 call to Thome, anything close better be a strike in the 9th.

Why do announcers feel the need to tell us the weather of an away game. I could give a spiff that it was beautiful in Toronto today. McCarthy is on........

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 08:31 PM) OH MY GOD WE HAVE THE RIGHT DEFENSE OUT THERE Who's in left??????? If Anderson replaces Pods he bats later in the lineup, then if he replaces Mack, with a better defensive alignment.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 08:19 PM) Pointing out the weakness of a particular argument isn't "insulting people". Done. Jon Garland is a young proven ML pitcher who if he was not signed would get a $50M+ contract following this season but with all due respect the genius of Sox fans want to run him out of town after every bad outing. At the end of the day he is better than Mark Buerhle but you would think Buerhle walks on water. Oh and Buerhle is my favorite player...

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 08:15 PM) Garland has been crap this year except for one month. Have you been following the Sox this season. That has been pretty obvious. Anyone who argues about how good a pitcher is by arguing his pitching wins really shouldn't waste their time making an argument at all. I am not intelligent enough to discuss matters with you. Therefore stop wasting your oh so precious time.

Why aren't the 95+ MPH guys in there?

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 08:12 PM) Yes, and ALL one can say that is good about Garland this season is that he's been good over the last 6-8 starts. That doesn't make up for 3 months of suckage. He got 11 wins in one month and only 3 in the suckage months, get a clue.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 08:10 PM) April - 7.11 ERA May - 5.40 ERA June - 4.50 ERA So basically, he's had only one good month. Then there's every other year of his major league career which have been dog droppings. And if he'd pitched this season like a #3 starter instead of a #5 starter, we'd be at least 4 games better in the standings, and still contending for the divison. That, I'll give you. Compared to the rest of this stinking rotation, he's looked pretty good since the break. I guess 15 wins a year is crap.

Lay one down here we need a three run lead. Check that, Doc out.....now fishing end it!!!!!

We need to look at more than 8 pitches in an inning here and get to the over worked pen. 3 K's looking is at least 9......

Someone on this staff needs an out pitch.

God this game is so winnable.

Why is it Cintron isn't in there against a tough rightie but Mack is. We need fishing defense tonight and we are sitting our best defender. Why not sit Uribe???? He hasn't really been lights out with the glove. Hudson made him like silly Halladay is going to embarass him. Game over 7-3 Jays......sorry

Let's see the Red Sox lost their Captain and catcher for possibly the rest of the season have a rotation that is getting hit pretty good and needed two miracles to beat Cleveland lost 3 of 4 at home to the A's.. The Twins were just crushed at home by Texas and lost their top pitcher for at least two weeks, Johan has been hit recently, Radke and Silva are shells of themselves and they have a carousel at #5 starter. The Yanks are good but they have holes at the end of their rotation and in their middle bullpen. Toronto is in the midst of a streak that we were in and they have a tough road the rest of the way. Then there are the White Sox. 2 of these teams (assuming Det is a lock which I can not decide on) will make the playoffs. I like the White Sox chances......if they play better and I think they will.

Get the ball and throw it. I am not sure if it will happen tonight but he will find "it" and he will roll the rest of the way. Let's just hope he finds "it" rather soon. I believe the umpiring will be the deciding factor. If he is getting the corners and getting guys to beat the ball into the ground, we'll walk away with a nice victory 6-1. If not we will lose 7-4.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 08:17 PM) I wouldn't count Rogers as useless quite yet. His recent history has this as the norm. He is on the wrong side of 40.

Funny that Anderson isn't in the lineup against a guy he should pound......

I just got back. It was pretty cool. The weather sucked so you couldn't go on the field so that really blew because that was what I wanted to do. Got another picturewith the trophy. Good food ,beer , etc. IT WAS REALLY CROWDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 27, 2006 -> 04:23 PM) Why don't you guys let me help you avoid the aggravation by having you guys hand over all your tix to me. I have two for tomorrow if you can make your way to Beverly. I also have two at Will Call PM me.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 01:15 PM) If someone's watching the game let us know how many times Hawk or DJ say "this is the best we've ever seen Silva" or something like that when we have no runs through 5 "He's got the sinker workin."

I think Ozzie is not having a very good year. It seems every decision he makes is wrong. First off, why are AJ and Pods basically platoon players? There is an off day tomorrow and a win or two would be nice. He was being a smart ass when he said he hoped someone other than Garland could get a win. We are pretty close to that being the case again. Our only lefty in the lineup had two hits. Pablo Ozuna should not play they outfield, EVER. He should have caught the threee run homer. I was 100 feet away, I know. The attempt to get everyone into the lineup is killing any continuity for the hitters to get into a groove. On the flip side I think the lack of using the bullpen is killing the starters and the bullpen due to lack of work. When was the last time McCarthy or Jenks pitched? Every reliever seems to pitch about once every three days. I think guys are losing the feel in the bullpen. Why can't a starter come out after 5 or 6 innings every other team does it. Ozzie Guillen is becoming like Tony LaRussa in one regard, he knows eveything there is to know about baseball and nobody else knows spiff, just ask him.

Soriano and Uribe for A-Rod??????????

I hope McCarthy is warming in bottom of the 5th assuming Vazquez makes it that far.

Pablo Ozuna should not start. Thome should not be removed with one out and a man on first in the 8th. Jenks should pitch to start an inning and go only one inning. We have popped out on teh infield 14 times in the last two games. Gload should play left and leadoff tomorrow. Good Night and God Bless. Go Sox.

QUOTE(SoxFan76 @ Jul 21, 2006 -> 09:40 AM) He's hitting .378 in July. .212 on the season. Rowand is hitting .212 in July. Sorry Sox will go 9-3 in their next 12.

Sorry if for some reason I am optimistic but I am. I really think the Sox will only lose once on this home stand as they miss Liriano, Millwood and that lefty that schooled them. I think Buerhle and Garcia will look good and the the Detroit series well, the pitching did their job. I expect Thome to be heard from and my most hated player Pods to get rolling. I think this is the Anderson we will see for the next 7 years and Rowand will be a memory, he is hitting .212 in July by the way. I believe the bullpen is ready and Vazquez is going to get hot. 12-3 going into Toronto. Christ we have the second best record in the game and have not played to our potential. I am sorry but the Twins and Tigers offense is not good enough. Good Day.