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The demoralizing losses due to the bullpen have carried over to the rest of the team it seems. The offense has been awful this week, and Gavin made some really bad pitches tonight. There's no reason for Teahen or Omar not to be starting at 3b. Morel's overmatched.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) He wins games by himself when he has to. He's f***in absurd. On a much different note, I wanna smack Carlos Boozer upside the head sometimes. In the 2009-2010 NBA Playoff thread, a few of us talked about how awful Boozer was and how he'd kill the Bulls in the playoffs cause of his D. That's before we knew Bulls would sign him.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 07:45 PM) I don't know how you can watch this game and still think Rose isn't MVP. He was completely responsible for the 10-0 run the Bulls put on to end the game. I don't know how you can watch it and think he's not the best player in the world right now.

Great comeback!

Rose should drive every play and just abandon the 3 pointer.

Who is this Bulls team? Not playing defense, not valuing the ball.

Felix told me they traded Gartrell for Chad Kimbrel.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 04:52 AM) And what I really don't understand is bunting (sac) with players like Alexei, who have REPEATEDLY failed in that same situation, year after year. If he bunts on his own, that's one thing, he's successful as often as not in those situations. or bunting in front of Juan Pierre, who can't hit the ball deep enough to score a runner on a sac fly.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 03:45 AM) this. you DONT take the bat out of the hands of one of our best hitters. you just dont. You don't bring in Adam Dunn to have a team that plays small ball. That's just baseball stupid.

With Rios struggling, there's a lot of wasted payroll right now not contributing between him and Peavy. Sadly, seems like KW got suckered into bringing back AJP after his strong contract year finish. He's a zero tool player now.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 04:41 AM) Ozzie may suck but it's ridiculous to think one bunt call cost us this game. You play to tie at home and win on the road or so the dreaded book says. I don't care if Ozzie gets the boot or not, but that's on Beckham, not the manager. Greg, what good does bunting do in front of Dunn? It's not like he's going to go up there trying to slice one to left field to score the run. This is the same guy who didn't have a sac fly for a few years. Ozzie's pathetic attraction with the bunt and small ball has f***ed us in a handful of games now.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 04:38 AM) 1-2-3 again! Another bad loss. Morel for a defense 3b he sucks. At least the 5k there won't go home too sad. Rios, Morel and AJP are easy outs right now.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 04:35 AM) AJ shoulda punched that 0-2 pitch into left for a hit. He needs to change his approach. He's old with no power. He needs to be batting 9th...only problem is so should Morel and Pierre. Another 1-2-3 to end a game. Ozzie continues to manage us out of games...terrible season so far for him.

Rios is freaking awful! He's performing like he did in 2009 with us.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 03:16 AM) With Pierre, you try to have him steal, then try to move him over by hitting to the right side. I just don't understand giving up an out there. If Pierre can't steal 2nd with a righty on the mound, then he needs to be sent to the glue factory. The strategy of bunting Pierre to 2nd late in the game has not worked once since he's been here, IIRC.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 03:14 AM) are u serious wow... Quentin swings at 3-0 from Rodney who always struggle to find the strikezone The fundamentals on this team are f***ing horrible.

Wow Quentin, that's a pathetic 3-0 swing. More great managing that inning leading us to another loss.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 03:08 AM) Nice bunt, Gordon. How bout concentrate and get the job done. How about we not give up an out just to make it easier for opposition to pitch around Dunn even if the bunt is successful?

I HATE YOU OZZIE GUILLEN!

Good start to inning...Beckham better not be bunting!

Nice job by Ohman

Nice to see Ozzie leaving Gray in to die.

Just noticed that Morel has no walks on the season. If we want bad defense and no patience at 3b, just put Viciedo there!

I feel like Dunn is Sosa-esque. When he has the chance to put us up, he strikes out. When he's not the tying run, he has no problem delivering.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 02:51 AM) All-in is a joke. We're having a fairly cruddy homestand all of a sudden. I'm sure if this keeps up, Oz will be the first manager fired this year. Problem is, they'd just give it to somebody on the current staff for the rest of the year and that won't solve anything. Very disappointing beginning. If we lose tonight, we are 7-6. Considering the opposition, s***ty record for a team 'All-In.' I think I'd be less upset if we didn't have that bulls*** slogan. For the record I don't want Oz fired, but I won't be heartbroken when he gets the ax. He's rich enough and will land on his feet and be in baseball the rest of his life and make more money than most of us will ever dream of. Sad start to this season. Greg, this team had a chance to go 10-2 or so in first two weeks and get the city pumped. Instead, the bullpen/defense has s*** the bed, and now there's not much excitement about the team. With the ridiculous road stretch coming up, this team needs to start playing better all around baseball in order to have an exciting summer at the Cell.