Jordan4life_2007

Two more years of Linebrink after this one, right?

QUOTE (chisoxt @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 11:06 PM) You say that he has had success but then you list all of his failures. Add to those failures... Danny Richar.. Horacio Ramírez, MacDougal (although he was OK when we got him)... Garcia was his best acquisition during the season. MacDougal was a lot better than OK. He was actually one of the best relievers in baseball from the time we acquired him through the rest of that season.

How long before we see the SN "Dyepopsitup"?

Saunders in a groove now. This Angels team is solid. If Kazmir can pitch to his talent level, they're gonna be a tough out.

QUOTE (GasHeGone @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 10:42 PM) We will win this game. Who is with me? Nope.

This is why I pay no attention to what Det and Minn do. None of that matters as we are what we are. A .500 team.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 10:28 PM) Some run correlations from last year: 2008 Batting Average - r = .679 On Base Percentage - r = .834 Slugging - r = .903 OPS - r = .944 Batting average just isn't important when you have OBP, SLG and OPS. I agree with this. Especially when you factor in where he usually hits in the order. And it's a plus to get that kinda power production from a middle infielder. I wish he was just average against RH pitching. As there's obviously more RH pitchers than LH pitchers.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 10:12 PM) Because it needs to be said, again, Nix>>Getz by a large margin. We already have a good player on our hands. Not when you're that bad against RH pitching. I like him in the role he's in now. But he's not an everyday player.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 10:03 PM) Honestly, though, I always saw the Rios acquistion as a move to shore up the team for the 2010 season. So I have no problem putting up with Rios' inconsistency this season because of that. I won't go that far. Rios has been bad as deserves to be criticized. I certainly ain't "putting up" with it. Not that it matters either way. But this wasn't a quick fix move by KW. Barring injury, Rios should be with us for a while. Still a long ways away before anybody can legitimately determine whether this was a bad move or not.

Nice job, Gavin. Only 10 pitches that inning.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 09:57 PM) Nix owns Saunders 3 Hr's in 4 AB's. If only he could hit RH pitching. We'd have a pretty good player on our hands.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 09:54 PM) I really don't understand your position. In my world, Paulie has been a great player and last year didn't deserve the bashing. He came back nicely this year and may in fact finish with 30 HRs. Same for Dye. His track record I'd think makes it easier to not bash him. For me, it's much easier to bash a guy like Rios for making out after out after out and not blaming Oz for "not giving him regular playing time." Pleeeeeze. You didn't say that, but somebody did. I mean if Rios had hit a home run there I'd have applauded his ass. He didn't. He DPed again. LOL. You're awesome, greg.

Gavin at almost 50 pitches already. I hope he can give us at least 6 tonight.

Aybar is one annoying f***er. 13 pitch at-bat.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 09:44 PM) It's weird how it's OK to pounce on some players (Wise) and not OK to pounce on others (Rios). I would never boo Rios from the stands BTW. I don't boo players. But he deserves some venom on here. Rios deserves some criticism because he's been bad. But when you hear stuff like "good job, KW. 60 million bucks down the drain." Or something similar to that. That's pretty silly.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 09:41 PM) Rios is in one of the biggest non pitcher slumps in history. Isn't he like 4 for 52? Yikes. Not even close to being true. But he's no doubt in a funk. And of course all of Soxtalk is ready to pounce.

This Angels offense is sick. I didn't realize how prolific they have been. Pitching is usually their strength with just enough offense.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Sep 10, 2009 -> 04:44 PM) 2008 SL M-Braves, 2008 Sally Augusta, 2007 Sally Columbus, 2006 Sally Lakewood, 2001 INT Louisville. It's as simple as using Google. Winning is good for player development, especially in the playoffs. Do you want a guy to make the major league team having a history of not caring about winning and losing? You totally missed the point. I could've googled it. lol. Point was that without googling it 99% of baseball fans wouldn't have a clue. Because the minor league playoffs simply don't matter. Winning certainly doesn't hurt anything. But it's just not a priority.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 10, 2009 -> 02:58 PM) Now, who’s being over the top, Jordan? I’m well aware of just how much minor league championships matter in the greater scheme of things, I’m simply making the case that it was a bit low on the Red Sox parts to use the 1st game of a playoff series involving twenty year olds kid, as a rehab start for a mid-30’s international superstar pitcher. I realize it's kinda trifling on the Red Sox' part. But you're acting like this is some kind of abomination and that these kids, who most of them have no chance in hell at making the big leagues anyway, will be damaged beyond repair. I guess it's just me. You couldn't pay me to care about this.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 10, 2009 -> 02:50 PM) Any more of this and this thread ends. Let it ride. This s*** is funny. lol.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 10, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) For better or worse, we’ve invested a lot in these kids. It pisses us off to see something like this be forced upon them. The minor leagues are for kids who aren’t ready for the Show quite yet, to have to face a World-Series winning major league pitcher in the 1st game of a 3 game series is ridiculous and unfair. Overreact much? Honestly, unless you're a serious minor league lover, does anyone even know who won the Southern league title last year? How about the Kanny League? Who won it in 2007? 2006? Who won the 2001 International league title? The minor leagues are for player development. Wins and losses are a DISTANT second in order of importance. It's not going to damage these kids for life to have to face a ML caliber pitcher in a playoff series that quite honestly doesn't mean a thing.

The fuse is...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 9, 2009 -> 10:41 PM) Rios can do the walkoff thing again ... in theory. Josh needs to f***ing get on base. These are the A's people!! Not a good opponent. Why do you keep saying this? We're below .500. We don't have the right to look down on any team.

Do people still realistically think we have a chance in hell of catching the Tigers? That ship sailed about two weeks ago.

I think PK was hit on purpose to get to Dye.