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Now it is 6-5 Yuck

Can anyone pitch today? Please?

Buerhle gives up one more HR Is the wind blowing out like Wrigley?

Crooked # on the board but Buerhle better pitch well now The Sox surely seem to be making up to Buehle from last year. Last year the guy had no O support, and now it seems every game he gets a crooked # to defend

Get one starting pitcher and one stud reliever and we will rock and roll all year

Pitching change baby NA NA NA NA NA NA HEY HEY HEY GOODBYE

Alomar doubles HIT PARADE BABY

Crede walks....two balls in the dirt The pitcher must be trying really hard to keep the ball low after getting hit for so many HRs and one missed HR

Anyone else think the team is just removing their frustration at Botch with this hitting Ozzie must have put Botch's ugly mug on the top of USCF for all batters to see while hitting today

Gload doubles

PAULIE GOES DEEP ON A 10 PITCH COUNT

Paulie keeps fouling them off 8 pitches and counting

Rolen goes deep....1-0 Cards

So now we have hit 3 in the first inning off someone we have never faced and has a 1.3 ERA? Ok....

So Willie and ElCaballo keep their streaks going Hopefully Buerhle now settles in .....we need this win to rid ourselves of that dirty Botch feeling

I bet Philadelphia is up there...at least the Bulls won 6 in the last 15 years and Bears won 20 years back Philly has not won a championship since the 70s I believe

Stop crying about Botch. He is our closer and will always be our closer. Deal with it. Signed anthony

This part about the Sox doing something to surprise the fans has me excited....hopefully we will see them get some legit people here to make us contend

I actually agree in principle with Latroy and I am happy he has called out the media Idiots like Jay Moronotti and many others in many cities have no talent or skill at what they do. Trust me, most of us here could write articles on sports. It is not a difficult job. But very few could throw the baseball or do whatever the given athlete does as well as them. Facts are these journalists take it too far in their bashing and their constant whining is pathetic. Just because they have the pen, they lose sight of their moral responsibility to be fair in their reporting. They behave like the mob, where they all keep saying the same thing (many times which is wrong), and then suddenly that becomes the truth. A simple eg: Lord knows how many times Blache has been roasted for saying that he cares about wins and not about sacks. That does not mean he does not want his D to get sacks. Come on.....of course if he got a sack on every play he would be ecstatic...facts are he never had the players that could get him sacks (look at how hard Jerry A tried to get Kearse and Ogunleye afterwards). But the "dumb as rocks" media kept repating this BS until now it is like Blache does not want sacks and does not teach that to his players. Ignorance runs rampant in journalism today. Sadly it is the sign of our times. One would think internet made things better....but this concept of message boards, chats, online info, newspapers etc has driven a lot of people to whine much more than enjoy the sport they seemingly love.

Hawkins planning silent treatment By Dave van Dyck Tribune staff reporter June 7, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT Before we start with a LaTroy Hawkins interview, let's go to the end of the interview. Why? Because, apparently, these are the last words you'll read that originated from the mouth of the Cubs' new closer. So read carefully. "That's it, I'm not talking anymore," Hawkins said Monday. "I've got nothing else to say to the media. That's why I did this [interview]. I'm completely done. Don't hover around my locker. I'm not going to be a guy to talk every day like Joe [borowski]. I'm not talking. I just want to do my job and go home." So there you have it from the Cubs' heir to Borowski's role as closer and regular-guy standup man after games. But Hawkins won't even be around then. "Nope. I'm done talking," he said. He wasn't done, however, before he allowed the media—and Cubs fandom—a glimpse into what he thinks about being a savior. On the difference between pitching in the eighth and ninth innings: "It depends how much emphasis you put on it. I try not to put any. It's not an easy job. You've got to go out there and do it. Getting three outs is not easy at any point in the ballgame, but people put the spotlight more on the ninth. "It doesn't matter what happens in the ninth, as long as you don't give up the lead. I don't care who's sitting on the edge of their seat, I'm not going to apologize for putting you on the edge of your seat like [White Sox closer Billy] Koch did a couple of weeks ago. I'm not going to apologize for that, because I can do what you guys can do, [but] you can't do what I do." So the Koch apology to fans was going above what was necessary? "I think so," Hawkins said. "I don't have to apologize to anyone. That's just me. I don't care if you guys are biting your fingernails or your knuckles until they bleed. That's not my problem, that's [yours]. As long as I get the job done. Koch was getting the job done. I didn't think he had a reason to be apologizing." On being the Twins' closer in 2001 (28 saves) but being a setup man the next season (zero saves): "The last time I closed, the main problem was not throwing enough strikes. I'm at a point now where I can throw enough strikes. I don't worry about the hits. But I can control the walks and things like that." On taking over for Borowski, who has landed on the 15-day disabled list: "I do feel for Joe, because he told me in spring training that something wasn't right.He went out there without his best stuff every time knowing something was wrong. "That shows something about Joe's character right there. You [media] guys didn't give him a break at all, and the man was going out there on pure will. ... Wherever I go, if I'm in a fight, I want Joe with me. He's a helluva dude." Finally, we'll close with manager Dusty Baker's assessment of Hawkins' future boycott: "That's his prerogative. He's a grown man. And you can't tell a man when to be quiet and you can't tell a grown man to talk."

Koch-sucker anthony....maybe you should let it go....this obsession with your loser boy is not worth taking up space on this message board Do you now want to compare your boy with anyone after last night's disaster? You are lucky the admins removed the thread where I called out your gay ass :fyou Botch :fyou Ozzie for having faith in this loser :fyou Koch sucker anthony for being a blind moron

The real sad about this all is this stuff really takes the wind out of the sails of any team Some of the Koch supporters pointed out to Percival's #s in another thread when we were discussing the #s. But my God, I have never seen Percival be this bad. In fact, he is on the DL with an injury issue. Koch has an injury too I believe ..... it is called "nonmajorleaguebaseball-itis"

LOL knightni I guess if I do not laugh at this madness thakns to Botch, I might go insane Thanks for the funny

Ok sorry.... I needed to vent

I would never call a guy out but I have lost it today .... I am so f***ing mad at not just Botch but all those ass kissers of his for standing by the guy It is obvious to anyone the guy has nothing on his pitchers He will singlehandedly ruin this team because now, if Ozzie contineus with his Bulls*** "Botch is my closer" crap, the O will start to try and get 15 runs lead as they now know no lead is safe with that guy closing And guess what, welcome to corpse ball People can blame Manuel all they want but this asshole Botch was the #1 reason for our lost season last year, and I am afraid the two lost games thir trip will haunt us at the end of the year big time