Hawk off, radio on.

28 pitch 1st inning for The Duke

Really, what did he have to say?

 

 

Just a generic comment that this is when you go back home and hope to see a new teamate to help you out, and then he said he wasnt talking about sept callups.

Hawk off, radio on.

 

 

Good call.

Hawk off, radio on.

that will soon be happening...i gotta go to work.

Why does El Duque always want to throw a plethora of pitches

 

He is so amused with his extensive arsenal of pitches and arm angles I presume

that will soon be happening...i gotta go to work.

I love Hawk and all but now is a good time to hear some Rooney and Farmer.

Hawk laying into the media once again.

 

For what? I'm stuck at school unable to listen to the game.

 

And unless I missed a certain article, there hasn't been much collapse talk as I invisioned this series. Don't know what he could be complaining about.

Edited August 31, 200520 yr by Flash Tizzle

Why does El Duque always want to throw a plethora of pitches

 

He is so amused with his extensive arsenal of pitches and arm angles I presume

yeah...and he wants to present each pitch at different angles to every hitter, in one at bat...lol

Edited August 31, 200520 yr by TheBlackSox8

Just a generic comment that this is when you go back home and hope to see a new teamate to help you out, and then he said he wasnt talking about sept callups.

Didn't Farmio also say Jake Peavy was available a month ago?

I'll make Pauly my last view...then it's off to work.

bad call... ball 4

that was WEEELLLLL below the knees it looked like

PK draws a walk.

Konerko almost got more pitches to see than the entire top 3 guys did in the first inning.

adios

Guys, I'm going to suggest a contrary view of today's line-up. If the Sox were fighting for their playoff lives, every starter would probably be playing. Of course Ozzie hopes to win this game, but he may also recognize that a 5-5 road trip that included Minnesota and a good-hitting Ranger team is pretty good. All you can hope for is to play .500 on the road. As a former player who has been through the grind of many a season, Ozzie knows what the stretch run is like. Resting his players like this may be an expression of confidence and that he believes the most important thing is to make sure everyone is rested and ready to go come October. Teams like the Indians, Yankees, A's and Angels probably don't have the luxury of resting players because of the tight wild card race. Lack of rest may cause them to stumble a bit down the stretch.

Guys, I'm going to suggest a contrary view of today's line-up.  If the Sox were fighting for their playoff lives, every starter would probably be playing.  Of course Ozzie hopes to win this game, but he may also recognize that a 5-5 road trip that included Minnesota and a good-hitting Ranger team is pretty good.  All you can hope for is to play .500 on the road.  As a former player who has been through the grind of many a season, Ozzie knows what the stretch run is like.  Resting his players like this may be an expression of confidence and that he believes the most important thing is to make sure everyone is rested and ready to go come October.  Teams like the Indians, Yankees, A's and Angels probably don't have the luxury of resting players because of the tight wild card race.  Lack of rest may cause them to stumble a bit down the stretch.

 

 

Manuel was confident every Sunday then.

Rowand taking pitches

But we almost play .500 ay home... or worse

 

I thought we were the Road Warriors.... like Mad Max or something

But we almost play .500 ay home... or worse

 

I thought we were the Road Warriors.... like Mad Max or something

37-27 at home is hardly .500

 

43-23 on the road is f***ing awesome.

Well I meant lately.. we were looking pretty bad for full crowds

Guys, I'm going to suggest a contrary view of today's line-up.  If the Sox were fighting for their playoff lives, every starter would probably be playing.  Of course Ozzie hopes to win this game, but he may also recognize that a 5-5 road trip that included Minnesota and a good-hitting Ranger team is pretty good.  All you can hope for is to play .500 on the road.  As a former player who has been through the grind of many a season, Ozzie knows what the stretch run is like.  Resting his players like this may be an expression of confidence and that he believes the most important thing is to make sure everyone is rested and ready to go come October.  Teams like the Indians, Yankees, A's and Angels probably don't have the luxury of resting players because of the tight wild card race.  Lack of rest may cause them to stumble a bit down the stretch.

 

Ozzie expected more than a .500 road trip. After going 4-1 in the first 5 games of this trip, I guarantee you he would have been disappointed to know they'd possibly lose 4 of the next 5 games. There's no excuse not to win this series against the Rangers, as they have bad pitching to start, and we missed their two best starters.

Blalock is a great defensive thirdbaseman...and not bad with the bat either

Ozzie expected more than a .500 road trip.  After going 4-1 in the first 5 games of this trip, I guarantee you he would have been disappointed to know they'd possibly lose 4 of the next 5 games.  There's no excuse not to win this series against the Rangers, as they have bad pitching to start, and we missed their two best starters.

 

 

Ozzie made comments about how he had a really good feeling about this road trip.