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Maybe it was just hope upon hope, but I was hoping in the 9th inning, he would step up and jack one deep to straight center, where Hunter would look like he would try to rob it, but watch as it goes off his glove. That would've been divine payback. B) Oh well; his single was pretty sweet though.

Well, the whole sports day wasn't a loss. Training camp started in Bourbonnais and Harris, Berrian, & Krenzel are all in the fold as of today! :headbang

Could you imagine someone from the old boards, like Packer/Ninerhater coming over here? He wouldn't last a minute!

And ya know it, doc! How in the hell did it take you so long to get here!

Once again, cwsox puts it all back in perspective. As Sox fans, all of us have become battle-scarred through the years. B)

Kudos to Timo for being clutch again today. He's been the closest guy we've had to Graffanino from last year.

Call it arrogance, blind optimism, whatnot, but the Twins are due for a serious rude awakening at some point in the next month. The season is headed for the stretch run, and they're getting playoff calibur teams now. They didn't dominate us this series, but we did get the necessary wakeup call. The Sox need to bear down and get after the Tigers, Indians, & Royals while the opportunity presents itself. We are far from done this year.

Me too. I think they can do very well.

I truly believe that is the one team Minnesota truly "fears". They walk into Yankee Stadium expecting a loss, & they walk into the Metrodome expecting a loss.

WOW, A "THIS TEAM SUCKS" THREAD. HAVEN'T SEEN ONE LIKE THIS ON HERE YET! rolleyeyes.gif

Yeah, but these type of threads are so damn predictable, it gets sickening after awhile. You can ignore them, but too many pop up.

The only thing that I want to know is after the 7th inning, why did Borchard stay in the game and not Rowand? Unless Ozzie is trying to jump-start Borchard, I want my clutch performers out there. Whether Rowand would've fared better in the 9th is anybody's guess. But for right now, I would've rather seen Rowand stay in instead of Borchard. This loss hurts, but it's the end of July, and not September. Alot can happen in 2 months. The Sox need to regroup and go get Detroit.

Loaiza didn't pitch that badly on Sunday. Except for Crosby's 2 run shot that just cleared the wall, Estaban only gave up 2 runs in 6 innings.

OUT LOUD: Carlton Fisk July 21, 2004 Steve Rosenbloom talks hugs and kisses with the former Sox hero. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think Ozzie's doing a nice job. I think everybody was wondering what kind of job he was going to do, but he played the game hard, he played with a lot of enthusiasm. He had fun playing, and if you play that way, it allows your talent to come out. It's the situation when I was there and how I was treated while I was there. I don't want to get into that. Anybody who knows any of the history of the game knows it would take more than Ozzie asking me to coach before I would. But I'm going to go down and see him and see the guys as a fan of him and Walker and Bainesy. That Garland, he surprises me. He should be a dominating pitcher. I don't know whether he doesn't really know how to get guys out. That's how the game has changed now (pitches being called from the dugout.). I don't know why it turned that way. It starts early. It starts in high school, it's in college, in the minor leagues. Instead of kids learning what it takes to get hitters out, what it takes to keep hitters in the ballpark, they're not allowed to learn. We had to learn that. Now it's taken away from them, so they're sort of playing without a thought process. A lot of pitchers with good fastballs have forgotten that the fastball is the best pitch in the game. One of the reasons the offensive numbers have escalated: Catchers don't have to think on both sides of the ball. They only have to think offensively, because defensively it's basically all dictated for them. Every World Series, you see it all the time. I had some nice offensive moments, and not just that one home run, either. People think that's the only hit I got in my whole life. I thought that was pretty special, to tell you the truth (when that World Series home run popped up in the Oscar-winning "Good Will Hunting" starring and written by Red Sox fans Ben Affleck and Matt Damon). They had mentioned they wanted to use it. I should've gotten an award for Best Supporting Incident in a Major Motion Picture of a Non-Appearing, Non-Speaking, Non-Involvement Role. I caught Seaver's 300th win, and that was just excellent. I like that '83 season and everything that happened that season, with the pitchers and how everybody hit and how we all played together as a team and all depended on each other. I liked the Jack McDowell experience. I'm not sure whether Frank really gets his position on the team. Frank figures that if he hits all those home runs and drives in all those runs, that's all the team needs. A team needs more than that, and if you're the guy doing that, you have to show team leadership skills. I haven't built my greenhouse yet (for his orchids). That's the only disappointing thing. Chicago's a really special town. I'm doing anything I want. That's the nice thing about being retired, to tell you the truth. The special moments now that my kids are grown up, whether it be my girls or my son, when they see me, they hug me and they kiss me, and I do the same to them. I missed a lot of them growing up, so I revel in the time we have now. It's nice when people are making $10 million a year for the last 10 years saying, "I'm not going to play for the money." They don't need to. They're right. When you're like me, when you played 144 games for $11,000, money means a lot of things. Everybody wants to be wanted and appreciated, and a lot of times I didn't feel as if I was, but I worked hard to play as long as I did. I'm pretty satisfied with that. Copyright © 2004, The Chicago Tribune

Did Jose own us on April 9, 2004? Link

Dear Mr. Joe Torre: 9 innings, 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 4 strikeouts. 10-3, 3.86 ERA 27 walks, 105 K's YTD. Yes, you're absolutely right. I wasn't All-Star material. Thanks again. Signed, Mark Buerhle Chicago White Sox

Well the way I see it, Cleveland is re-loading for another run that was supposed to start next year. Detroit has already (or will shortly) match their entire win total from 2003 in the early 2nd half and also has good, young talent, and KC, despite a setback with some of their arms this year, should also be a little better next year. I think KW might see this as a final shot to go for it all. If it comes up empty, then the re-building process will begin. I say enjoy the ride and let the chips fall where they may.

C'mon now, let's not go that far!

It's not as even as much the West Coast, then it is Network Associates Colisieum. The Sox haven't played well there since McGwire and Canseco were slugging bombs out there.

Bad game. Bad broadcast. Bad city. Hope it gets better tomorrow.

Jenny McCarthy will be joining them on Tuesday.

Brian the Whipping Boy is back and he mentioned about the Cubs-Brewers game when Prior went down, he talked to the media and sounded depressed. Sounds like that elbow injury could be more serious than they thought.

Now they're talking to Tom Waddle, former Bears WR, and current host of Full Access.

The SAP is back. Sadly, the commentary is still bad.