fathom

And Garcia gives back a run already. We have to fight and claw for runs...and then that happens.

Since when did Rios adopt Andruw Jones' hitting philosophy? Really feels like he needs to get moved down in the order, as he's just an albatross in the 3rd spot.

Come on Rios, shut me up!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 12:17 AM) Doesn't Juan lead the league in stolen bases? You a hater? Not at all, we just have a tendency to get CS with 2 outs in an inning.

Frank's actually doing a hell of a job tonight. Providing great insight on players we actually care about.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 12:13 AM) Gordon, you got to hit the ball in the air there. How bout a RBI. Hit the ball hard...tough to get mad at him when he only had one swing with a runner on 3rd.

There you go Juan! Get caught stealing now (cause we know it's coming)!

Wow, 4 defensive miscues by KC, and we can only score one run. Our hitters look like they've never seen a curveball before in their life.

Ugh, Quentin's road struggles continue. Getting great pitches to hit, and cannot do anything with it.

Avoid the DP CQ

Juan and Omar are a great tandem when Pierre reaches. As for Rios, he's just a disaster since the ASB. Way too many unproductive outs.

Nice job Freddy, get us going Juan

Beckham with a real good defensive play to bail out an Alexei blunder.

Looks like our scouting report forgot to tell our hitters that Humber throws an offspeed pitch. He had a 6 K/9 inning rate in the minors. 9 up, 9 down...not the same focus that they had at the plate vs Twins

Before Hawk calls him Cy Humber, can someone send him his mediocre AAA stats this year?

Nice Freddy!

Freddy throwing 86 mph batting practice already. Ozzie has to have a long leash on him tonight due to the DH debacle.

Wow did Rios look bad at the plate there. I hope it was due to the shadows, and not because he's just clueless.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 11:24 PM) Cause it's too early in the game. No manager pulls that crap that early in the game. A starter starts and plays. Late inning pinch hitting is regarded as fine; early inning pinch hitting goes against baseball's unwritten code. But I thought you liked Ozzie cause he doesn't care about baseball's "code"? And BTW, I still think your reasoning is awful. It was the 5th inning for your platoon player. Not like it was the 1st inning for one of your everyday starters.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 10:51 PM) Cubs trying to blow a 5-1 lead in the 8th. Now 5-4. Man, are they brutal. Conrad is so clutch, it's crazy

Wow, I'm used to negativity, but this is extreme. We're still playing the Royals, and don't forget we get to face Humber. Good news is that Twins are winning 7-3.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 09:55 PM) Your guys' beef is with him being on the roster; mine as well. If he starts the game, he plays the game. You don't make lefty-righty pinch hit moves in the fifth f***ing inning. You just DON'T. He should not be on the roster; but him being in the lineup, he must bat in that situation. Why you can't you make moves?

Jackson's already had one incident this season that caused unnecessary stress on his arm. He didn't exacdtly respond well to that.

Good for Ozzie! I'm proud of him.

Sox should DL Garcia if he struggles in game 1 in order to bring up another reliever.