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Rosenthal says KW is confident he can get either Dunn or Fielder.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 09:54 PM) You're right. I'm frustrated today. The Jenks losses were much worse than this. Freddy has been the most consistent pitcher we've had and putting Visquel in the line-up is the reason why we even have a season. All they got on the North Side is Tyler Colvin and a team that's 10 games out. That Castro guy is going to be pretty damn good as well.

Hudson just cannot be available right now. With Garcia such an uncertainty the rest of the season, Hudson easily could be our #4.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 10:50 PM) So far we're 4-4 on this road trip. I know witht he way we were playing going into the All-Star break, it would've been nice to win more games. But I'll still take a 5-5 trip on the road. So if we can't come back today hopefully we can get a win tomorrow. Sox need to go 5-2 vs Seattle/Oakland next week though. It blows we have to face Felix on Monday night.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 10:48 PM) No one actually pulls a player because of a trade any more. They pull them mid-game if necessary. so you're saying if they have a deal for him ready to be announced today, they wouldn't keep him out of tonight's lineup?

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 10:48 PM) Meh... It's just one of those days. We can't will every game. A loss like this doesn't bother me half as much as the 2 games Jenks blew last week. Completely agree, first one of these in a very long time.

No one responded to probably the most interesting story today, and that is Dunn isn't in the Nats lineup tonight.

Rios sure has been awful on defense since the ASB. He needs to take more control out there.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 10:45 PM) farmer's right - it's the bullpen that needs help Everything needs help right now

Holy f***, we suck today...must be nice having lefty power like that.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 09:41 PM) And people want to trade Hudson? lol. I know, I know Let's go Baltimore and Toronto!

That's a home run

I will say it's nice though not having to hear Hawk overreact about a routine ground out hit by Kotsay.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 09:38 PM) Just tuning in on Gameday. I take it Freddy had absolutely nothing today, right? We're lucky A's didn't score 10 runs while he was in there. Pierre made a great play to save him 3 runs. The zone was very small, but he had absolutely nothing.

Crap, 8 in a row retired by Mazzaro.

HBP, and then a single between 1st and 2nd baseman by Kotsay to set up a big inning...that's what we need.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 09:31 PM) This year, and for pena's career, his slider has been far and away his best pitch. As good as his slider was last season... his fastball was equally as terrible. His change is also significantly better than his fastball. That's exactly what I'm saying though. Everyone thinks that Pena doesn't trust his 95-96 mph fastball enough, and never developed it as an out pitch. If he was able to use that more to set up hitters, he could then use his slider to put hitters away.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 09:22 PM) Agreed. And it begs the question. Who did you want to come in? Threets I guess? I wanted Pena in...I just want to see him pitch a little better, and the biggest knock on him is that he hangs too many sliders despite his good fastball.

I don't think I've ever seen Konerko look so clueless against offspeed pitches as I have since the ASB.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 09:20 PM) Agreed. People posting solely out of frustration. He came in and gave up a double, then got a ground out and strikeout. What do people want. I want him to stop hanging so many sliders. Almost all of the damage against him comes on that pitch, it seems.

We should be down a lot more...can't have any 1-2-3 offensive innings. A's bullpen is pretty good, even without Bailey.

Sweet, here comes Pena in to hang more sliders. This one is looking like a loss.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 10:12 PM) Wasn't Freddy's last bad start also a day game? yes, Fla

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 10:12 PM) So -- anyone rethinking Hudson availability? He shouldn't be available in the first place.

PULL HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great, another possible hole on this team.