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7-1 Twins in the 8th today

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 03:15 PM) What's funniest is Dwayne Wise is a much better hitter than BA. He hit a homer today. Screw his past in the big leagues, forget his age. Who cares if nobody claimed him on waivers thus were not willing to pay him slightly more than minimum to play for them. So what you're saying is that if somebody who doesn't get claimed when on waivers makes a big league club and hits .280, the guy with more career ABs should play because of the fact that he has more ABs.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 02:53 PM) I think I am beginning to hate Dan Plesac as well. His antics on the post game were a bit fan like. Plesac said Melton wanted to smash a TV during the game. Isn't that being fan-like on Melton's part as well??

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 03:47 PM) Just start Russell against them tomorrow. His and Masset's sinkers really put the clamps on HR derby. Have Massett go 3, Russell go 3, Vazquez go 2, and Jenks go 1.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 03:14 PM) DeWayne is a 30 year old, minor league, journey man. He hit a nice homer today, but is no way the answer. We aren't looking for an answer- we're looking for just average-solid play in the field and in the batter's box. Sure, Anderson is 10 notches higher than Wise in the field, but at the dish they off-set each other. I don't care how old and how many ABs Wise has had as a major leaguer, the bottom line is, he can't be any worse then Anderson.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) The explosion happened so quick that I don't think there was really anything you could do. It was just like a wham bam...9 runs up on the board type of thing. That whole wham bam idea could have been prevented.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 03:31 PM) when that wind is blowing out...we absolutely have to bust their guys inside...lee, ramirez and edmonds all have classic hriniak approaches at the plate ....thankfully i think vazquez has the capability of getting inside on em...i also wish ozzie knew when to take a starting pitcher out and when to leave him in I agree. While most of the time the pitch that keeps Javy out of trouble is the change-up, tomorrow it might just be the cutter onto the hand's of the righties. If he can't throw that and the wind is blowing out, it'll be another 10-8 game.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 03:38 PM) I love Guillen diminishing Edmonds' HRs in the post game show. Basically said he just had a good day, nothing more; and he rather pitch to him as a .218 hitter than Soriano any day. If he hits a HR, good for him. It was funny because the reporters probably expected Guillen to give a flavorless answer about the Edmonds acquisition being so good for them, and he didn't have any of it. I was just about to post this.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 03:00 PM) And no matter what you believe, the Sox are STILL in 1st place and it STILL only counts as 1 loss. Ridiculous. And no matter what you believe, they had a 6.5 game lead 1.5 weeks ago and now it's down to 3. YAY for: Swinging at balls Taking the first pitch fastball right down the middle Swinging at the first pitch slider in the dirt Swinging for the lake, the pinwheels, downtown, etc. Taking your pitcher out after only 85 pitches Taking your pitcher out after giving up 9 ER

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:57 PM) serious question: who'd you rather have right now, Wood or Jenks as your closer? I'm leaning towards Bobby as he's a bit younger and seems to have more pitches, and doesn't have the injury history that Wood does But Wood has a more devastating fastball IMO And a more devastating slider.

Nice job, Jose. Don't worry, get 'em next time. It's just a loss, no big deal. Nothin' like prayin' that the D-Backs will take care of the Twins tonight because we couldn't get the job done on our own.

BTW, if you would have told me we'd score 7 runs today, I would have told you we would have won 7-5 or 7-4.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:52 PM) If only we can get the tying run to the plate. I'd love to see Crede hit with the bases chucked with the wind blowing out.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:52 PM) A hit to the right center gap. Thats the approach we need when thrown away consistantly. Nice job Dye. Which is why, like Flash, I don't know how Howry is successful. You know where it's goin' and it's not like it has nasty movement or anything like Mariano's. Be ready and poke it to RF.

Dye Q AJP You're all we have, offensively!

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:46 PM) He swung at the first pitch yesterday and recorded an out. I don't care which pitch he decides to hit, just begin doing it with some authority more than twice a week. Yeah, but that pitch was also high and out. Sure, he swings at the first pitch sometimes, but all those times they aren't good pitches. Then, when he gets the 90-94 mph fastball with no movement right down the plate on the first pitch, he takes it there like a moron.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:42 PM) Clutch out by Thome No worries- if we were up 10 runs, he would have hit that one in the lake.

"Hi, yes umm, I'd like the Jim Thome special- the one that comes with the taking of the first strike right there everytime, which eventually turns into fouling off good pitches to hit and then the weak ground out to 2nd."

Thome had that one right there. NICE!!

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 02:35 PM) Watch tomorrow be a 2-1 game. No surprise we score 6 runs the same game we give up 11. We'll lose 3-2. Bank it.

I hate this.

PABLO, OZZIE, PABLO!!

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:31 PM) Hey, I have an idea... How about we support our team instead of bashing it all the time? Cubs fans bash the team enough as it is. Certainly we are better than Cubs fans...aren't we? ALRIGHT WHITE SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:30 PM) They got their loogy up for Thome. PH PABLO, PLEASE!!!!!

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jun 21, 2008 -> 01:29 PM) If the Cubs were in this situation right here, against our best reliever, you'd expect a grand slam. Let's see how easily we end this inning. Alexei line out to CF. Watch.