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Viciedo has got to cut down on his 2 strike swing. He looks so lost against RHP. He was killing offspeed pitches earlier in the year, but now he is swinging and missing anything up in the zone.

Jeez AJ

That's not even a homer

Well, this looks like games in the TwinkieDome now

Nice inning by Q. Time to knock DeVries out of the game.

Dunn with 2 big chances with no results so far. Hopefully Gardy leaves the pitcher in another inning to try and get the win.

Youk now 4 for last 37

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 02:34 AM) Absolutely not, what I'm talking about is having the ability to hold a guy like Alexi responsible for his defensive mental lapses the past two games. You take him out sit him on the bench and I can promise he wouldnt do it again. Problem is you take Lexi out his spot in the order is an automatic out. Just be nice to have a guy to come off the bench who can carry a stick. If nothing else to give the guy a mental break every once in a whole. I am very much in favor of the Lirano trade as per all my posts since, just saying the way we have mentally gave teams life by mental errors needs to stop. And Robin needs to send a meAsage but it's hard when you don't have the tools to do such. I'm old school and when a guy plays like Alexi has the past two games he's is taking a seat next to me on the bench Good post about not having suitable bench players

Another nice swing by Beckham.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 02:26 AM) Hard to take a game from anyone when your giving 4 and 5 outs or and extra base very inning. Plain lack of focus and Robin needs to right the ship or hold people accountable. Personally after the last two games I would have pulled Alexi to show him it stops now..... Oh wait we can't we don't have a major league suitable SS replacement. Please don't tell me you're talking about what would have been if Escobar was still here

Sox are just running into a team swinging the bats well. Offense needs to carry us this series.

Gotta get the bullpen up before this gets out of hand. And this is also why you absolutely don't even consider trading Floyd.

Ever since Hawk stressed the #1 rule of baseball is catching the ball, the defense has gone to hell. It's like the Joe Morgan bullpen curse.

The Marlins franchise is screwed. That roster sucks now and they don't have a lot of depth in minors outside of Yelich and Fernandez. With the Nationals making the leap this year, it's hard to picture how the Marlins can climb the ladder in the NL East (especially if the rumors of slashing their payroll are true).

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 12:55 AM) Depends if you think Viciedo should've caught Revere's ball I suppose. And what happened on that? Sorry, I missed the first inning.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 01:54 AM) 2, possibly 1 only. Was it a routine double play ball that he threw away?

If Alexei makes the necessary plays, how many runs do Twins score in the first?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 11:39 PM) If he learns to keep his offspeed stuff down he could be a very solidly above average starter. He should watch hours and hours of tape of Johan Santana. Very similar build/wind-up.

Remember when Michael Young was voted the most underrated player in baseball? A nice 268/298/347 slash line for the DH in a great hitter's park.

This is more impressive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3E0xIfcrlE

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 12:29 AM) Tigers lead didn't last long. Hopefully it's bad Max tonight

Jimmy Butler is far from an above the rim player. He's very crafty around the rim, but he's not an explosive leaper. As for Nate Robinson, at least the Bulls will have fun handshakes during the pre-game.

Tigers off to a fast start vs the Red Sox. Be nice if Boston can win 2 of 3 that series.

Septimo kept up to face some of the tough lefties on the Twins, IMO.

Rangers have available payroll and Profar/Olt/Perez/Grimm....they can get anyone they want