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FILTY! AJP did a great job tonight with pitch selection.

Pedro Santos

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 14, 2011 -> 05:23 AM) Alexei almost air mailed it over Konerkos head. Shades of Jose Valentin

QUOTE (Andrew @ May 14, 2011 -> 05:22 AM) That was completely bulls***. Coco tried to steal Home (not a squeeze; but flat out steal)...."Out of respect". Yeah, right. I don't think the A's respect Thornton, but if you're trying to "steal" a run with 2 outs, it's usually cause you're not confident you can get a hit off that pitcher.

4 runs on a night where you had two hard hit balls is pretty good production.

QUOTE (Andrew @ May 14, 2011 -> 05:17 AM) It's clear that nobody respects Thornton, now. Slow to check runners, unsure of his pitches, and SLOW to the plate. That shouldn't have been close at all for a guy who throws mid-90s. He's a mess. In the scheme of things, 88mph compared to 95mph doesn't make much of a difference. He's always been slow to the plate, so his struggles/lack of confidence had nothing to do with that play. If anything, trying to steal home with 2 outs is a sign of respect from opposition.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 14, 2011 -> 05:16 AM) Had to be the dugout, walking lead, nonswing Probably something they picked up against him last series.

Only a perfect pitch/tag got him.

MERCY!

Does Ozzie have Santos ready?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 14, 2011 -> 05:08 AM) And here goes the Thornton collapse Was Crain's pitch count high?

Wow, get Santos up in the pen. I wonder if Thornton's back is hurting him.

Thornton's fastball a few mph short tonight.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 14, 2011 -> 05:03 AM) Yeah, you hit those sliders. It's easy. It's not like the guy has a era of 0 on the year You just don't swing at them, as he doesn't throw them in the zone. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Wuertz. Has he pitched that much this year? I know he was out when we faced them the first time.

QUOTE (Cali @ May 14, 2011 -> 04:58 AM) I'm with you on the pessimism this year but I laughed that you didn't show up until s*** started going wrong... Sorry, on my own with the baby tonight who finally went to sleep. I can be accused of a lot of things, but only showing up when the going gets tough shouldn't be one of them.

Wish Sox would listen to the scouting report I had of Wuertz for the last 5 years. He'll throw a 3-2 slider about 95% of the time.

I found it enjoyable that Wimpy pointed out Beckham's bad mechanics more than Hawk or Stoney has all season. Wimpy's fantastic!

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 14, 2011 -> 04:50 AM) He wasn't exactly getting hammered...just a bunch of bulls*** hits...Crain could have easily given up the same hits...that one to Suzuki was ridiculous. Dejesus was locked in against him tonight, so Suzuki should have been last batter.

Filthy! No homers here Crain.

Ozzie clearly left him in for one batter too long.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 12, 2011 -> 08:34 PM) A Carter is just not having a good season. Never was a fan, but BA hyped him up due to his participation on Team USA.

The biggest issue is we have our worst hitter getting the most at bats every game.

QUOTE (kane0730 @ May 12, 2011 -> 07:46 PM) I know this would be NEVER happen, but I'd love to see this for 2 weeks: Rios Alexi Dunn PK CQ AJ DV GB MT/BM Perfect, I've been suggesting that for two weeks.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) I can't believe the 180 on Danks. It was a like a week ago he was a bust. Now he should be called up? Man I am going to be able to recognize people on this site by their neck collars from all of the whiplash. After his 0-5 with a K today, I'm sure the bandwagon will see people jump off.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 12, 2011 -> 05:48 PM) An .840 OPS last year in the majors and an .838 OPS in AAA this year (after a terrible start due to his hand) is pretty damn good for an OF. Plus he is young and will continue to get better. I still don't get how he is not a fit for this team. And a cannon for an arm in the outfield