Controlled Chaos

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 03:25 PM) Anderson would go into LF in that situation. Uggh....and that would be a mistake.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 03:23 PM) I'm worried about these readings on MMac. Those are really slow. People watchcing the game, do his pitches look particularly slow? I don't know it's pretty cold and s***ty. I think it's hard to judge any of the pitchers in this weather.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 03:23 PM) The new MLB Gameday blows. I like some of the features, but going by what the annoucners are saying the location is off a lot of the time.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 02:49 PM) I like this alot better, get Jon out of there. Last year Oz was too easy on pitchers, the short leash is much better. Actually I thought Ozzie did this a lot last year. Where he made the mistake often is if the sox were down or tied, he'd leave the starter in to try and get thorugh an inning with hopes the offense would turn it on and get them the W in the bottom half. If he could take the guy out with the lead after a succesful batter, he would....to keep him in line for the win.

Does he come in to the thong song??

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 02:45 PM) Aardsma and Sisco are up. I assume the plan is to get Garland through an out or two in the 6th, play situational matchups with Aards/Sisco to close out the inning, then finish with our Mac/Thorton/Jenks trio. Please don't assume that Ozzie will follow logic. It's a gut thing man. Logic is for idiots!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 02:43 PM) The sad thing is, he actually got a pretty good jump. He's just slow. So why did we hand him a job?

JOE CREDE!!

IBB yet game day shows the first pitch right down the pipe! haha

uggh!!!!!!!!

3 up 3 down!! nice Jon!!

see ya!

not sure if gameday is wrong or what....but strikes on gamecenter are called balls and balls are called strikes??

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 01:14 PM) Are these pitching missing or ?? They look close. not watching, but from what Farmer is saying...they are good pitches.

8 balls in a row for Jon.

Alright lets turn it around boys!! Break some bats Big Jon!!

QUOTE(BainesHOF @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 10:04 AM) The new pattern looks fine from the outfield or behind the plate. But as I was moving around the park the pattern does not look the same to the eye if you're down either line. Then it looks bad. Give a rare E to the God of Sod. I was thinking this as well. I think it looks best from home plate or straight away center...but from the sides it looks kind of strange.

Nice move Jerry. The inmates don't run the asylum here.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 08:46 AM) Iran to release the 15 hostages, per speech by Ahmadinejad. I love this part of the speech. He criticized Britain for deploying Leading Seaman Faye Turney, one of the 15 detainees, in the Gulf, pointing out that she is a woman with a child. "How can you justify seeing a mother away from her home, her children? Why don't they respect family values in the West?" he asked of the British government

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Mar 29, 2007 -> 04:10 PM) What is so funny about that muffin video? I thought it was just so stupid. Am I alone? Not alone. Didn't laugh once.

Happy Birthday old man!!!

ah so looks like it's just me and HeGone33. Will the chick in your avatar be accompanying you??

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 29, 2007 -> 08:00 AM) Let's review the 4 big personnel decisions that Oz and company had to make during ST. Weve had discussions on all these individually, but I'm curious what people's perspective is when all the decisions were taken into account... 1. Brian Anderson vs Darin Erstad for CF. Decision made: Anderson makes roster, but as a backup OF. 2. 5th Starter. Decision made: John Danks. 3. Front 3 in the bullpen. Decision made: Masset, Sisco and Aardsma. 4. Dealing with the Hall injury. Decision made: Hall to go the PT route until May, and until then, going with Molina as the backup C (over Wiki). So, taking those 4, how do you feel Ozzie and company did? What percentage score to you give on each? Here are my answers... 1. Brian Anderson deserved the starting job, clearly. Erstad should be the 4th OF. But, at least BA is on the roster, which is something. I'll go 25% on this one, overall bad, but a little consolation. 2. Danks deserved it, and won it. The right decision was made. 100%. 3. Masset's solid enough. Aardsma isn't ideal, I'd rather see Haeger there, but at least its not Floyd. And there is simply zero good reason (that I can see) for Sisco to be there over Logan. Just stupid. So here, I'll have to go 50%. 4. I think this is the right way to handle the situation. And I agree that Molina is a better choice than Wiki. I suspect that if Hall is a no-go in May, we'll trade for someone, and that's a good idea. So I'll give the crew credit on this one. 100%. Average those out and its 68.75%. That's a "D". Anderson and Logan were screwed, but Danks, Aardsma (sort of), Masset and Molina were the right choices. I expect more from the manager than that. I hope Erstad and Sisco prove me wrong, but I doubt it at this point. 1. The wild card here is Pods. He hasn't done anything to deserve the start in left. Brian should be in center and Erstad in left. I realize that leaves us without a lead off guy, but hey the coaches get paid big bucks to fix those kind of problems 25% 2. I agree with you 100% 3. I kinda agree with you as well. I think Haeger and Logon should be there. I'm not sure why we got so hung up on radar gun readings, but an outside 97mph fast ball is still an outside 97mph fastabll. Speed means nothing without accuracy. 25% 4. I agree with you. They might as well see what happens with Hall. It's not like we can get a FA catcher now that we won't be able to get in May. It doesn't hurt to wait and see. 100%

2 run bomb Clark. 3-0!!

Who's going? Who's tailgating? Final Score predictions??