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Looks like Bobby is in Ozzie's doghouse.

This game was so frustrating for the first 6 innings. And A.J...come on man, SLIDE!

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Aug 7, 2010 -> 08:28 AM) that's fair, all of us have different takes on this team and this season, but also understand for many of us the overwhelming negativity about this season gets boring for a lot of us too. This team played one of their worse offensive games in weeks last night, it happens, until it becomes a trend again I'm not going to freak out about it. I was actually happy that Ozzie saved the pen and didn't try and do anything stupid tonight since they have a long stretch coming up without a day off. A baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. Until that Minnesota pitching staff, especially the bullpen, starts to show signs of trending towards stabilizing I don't see how they run away with this division, it's going to be a close race to the end and nights like last night are going to happen for both the Sox and Twins. Liriano pitched last night against a rookie, granted one who as 2-0, but still a rookie and the Twins lost. Also, Danks numbers ended up being good last night, but honestly, he got away with a few bad pitches that either the Os just missed or completely whiffed on, so it's not like he had his best stuff last night, but baseball being baseball and the Os being bad, it was good enough to keep the Sox in the game. 3 out of 4 would be great, but I could live with 2-2, a 5-3 road trip with 8 games in 7 days is acceptable to me. When you took 3 of 4 from the Tigers, you better take 3 of 4 from a 36 win Orioles team.

Keith Bogans sucks, I'd rather have McGrady.

Twins lose!

MATT LAPORTA! You made up for your stupidity!

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 09:30 PM) Laporta is a tard That would have been a close play at the plate. Instead he cuts it off when he doesn't even get the runner at first out. So stupid.

Ugh Chris Perez...

Gotta hope the Indians walk the Twins off somehow now. I hate Alexi Casilla so much. It always seems like he comes up with huge hits, even though he's a crappy baseball player.

Tie game. Well this sucks.

Not a home run... So second and third, no outs. That was one real close call.

Twins tie it.

Chris Sale and Tony Pena in a tie game? Really? Was that bullpen that tired from yesterday?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 05:09 PM) I don't think it has anything to do with Danks, in particular. I think the market for young stud pitchers, especially lefthanders is so ridiculous that it requires you to have a lot of cheap pieces elsewhere on your roster if you want to keep a guy or a few guys like Danks around. Secondly, I think that most of the time these ginormous contracts for pitchers end up coming back to haunt you. The Peavy contract makes this awfully difficult too. My instinct would be to trade him after this season. If you can get a Nick Markakis-type player back for him, I say why not? Sell high on Danks.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 05:08 PM) You are in the middle.. perhaps approaching the borderline retarded stage thanks to more advanced saber knowing. Those dudes are just on another planet of stupidity however. Oh phew.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) Obviously guys like Tmar, flippedoutpunk, jhonnydanks, etc.. are extremely intelligent people of Baseball knowledge. Guys like qwerty, Kalapse, etc.. are borderline retarded. Am I borderline retarded?

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 09:58 AM) The Dodgers loss to the Padres last night had a familiar ring to it... Octavio Dotel gave up a couple of runs in the 9th... Scotty Pods misplayed a ball resulting in an inside-the-park homerun. God, I miss those days. It's like 2009 all over again...for the Dodgers.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 02:08 PM) Oh yeah, and since the Royals are still in the AL Central, Jose Guillen was DFA'ed. No, the Sox should not pick him up. .236/.305/.369/.674 in his last 352 PAs .242/.277/.335/.613 in his last 174 PAs .175/.224/.299/.523 in his last 107 PAs .073/.093/.122/.215 in his last 43 PAs It is possible to be worse than Kotsay. Another $36 million wasted by Dayton Moore.

Things I don't know 1. Historical stuff - I'm not old enough to tell you how many bases Nellie Fox stole in 1959. 2. Prospects and farm systems - Outside of the Sox and the top guys, I don't know much of anything. Goes for College Baseball as well. Things I do know 1. Sabermetrics - name any advanced stat that you don't understand and I can probably explain it to you. 2. Current state of baseball - I know (or pretend to know) the talent level of pretty much every player in the Majors. 3. I also pretend to know a little bit about pitching mechanics...

QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 02:14 PM) I haven't had madden since '08 but I hear that they will be providing an update so that you can choose to call your own plays or let madden do it. I want to say October 3rd is the date for the update, but don't quote me. I got a quick question regarding Amazon's pre order. I pre-ordered madden and will get it on release date with the 20 dollar video game credit, am I then able to use that credit on another video game I am going to pre order (reach) and then receive another 20 dollar credit? Can't believe it would work that way but if it does that is sick. I think that should work.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 02:10 PM) There was a ton of talk about him being a bust. I think some people were concerned. At least I didn't think he was going to be a bust. You don't become a bust at 21 with only one pro season under your belt.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 02:05 PM) So...you'd apply that description to the D-Backs front office? I liked Josh Byrnes. This DiPoto guy's an idiot though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 01:53 PM) A lot of teams missed out on Kelly Johnson. But if he was a good GM with a good eye for Major League talent, he probably picks him up...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 12:02 PM) The Quotable Ozzie Guillen from The Onion The colorful White Sox manager is in the spotlight for comments about supposed favoritism toward Asian players, but it isn't the first time he's had something to say. * 2006: "I very much love the people and the fans of Chicago, because they pay me very much to play a baseball manager in Chicago, even though I very much hate the people and fans in Chicago" * 2006: "I don't give s*** about the home-field advantages for the World Series. You know what I care about? Where the f*** is the Smash Mouth? Why aren't they here for singing the 'All Star' song? I love that s***" * 2007: "I love Dustin Pedroia. He is very good hitter. And he has a strong back, so he could be climbed up on and I sit on his shoulders and ride around on him like riding a little horse that loves me and eats apples and I have to pitch around because he is a good hitter" * 2008: "I never say one bad thing about those stupid f***ing Cubs fans. Not a single word about those mother-s***ting pieces of f***" * 2008: "If we win the World Series, I will quit baseball and run for mayor mostly on a campaign platform of minimizing the city's budget, while still raising revenues with strategic tax plan for Chicago businesses" * 2009: "Wrigley Field makes me puke. When I eat a little bit of the ivy on the wall it make me puke barf everywhere" * 2010: It's not the fair for Japanese players have the interpreter. I want the interpreter so I can understand what the f*** it is I am talk about" Awesome.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 01:33 PM) Ozzie's Lineup is out LF Kotsay 3B Kotsay CF Kotsay 1B Kotsay RF Kotsay DH Kotsay C Kotsay SS Kotsay 2B Kotsay P Kotsay If the White Sox win this game, Mark Kotsay will earn his one win above replacement.