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Very nice instincts by Beckham there. Rios has got to avoid the double play here, as that's been his nemsis the last month.

Very nice AB by Beckham. Come on Ozzie, put a play on.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:23 AM) Cmon...give the guy a break. Half of the tigers' hits were cheap Twins like singles. Imo he is pitching quite well. No walks and lots of hangers on the breaking balls. And half of the outs were on hangers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:22 AM) True. He had one really good slider on the outside half that Peralta tried to pull and looked bad. His next at bat, Jackson threw that same pitch to start the at bat off and Peralta lined it the other way and barely missed a double. Bottom of 5th seems to be very dangerous for Jackson.

Another hanger...wow

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:19 AM) What is considered to be Edwin's best off-speed pitch? He seems to have an effective fastball, but I haven't seen the good off-speed to go with it. It certainly isn't the slider this evening. His slider last year was world-class. This year, the results have been mediocre.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:18 AM) It's all he has other than the fastball, and the fastball is very straight. That hit was on a straight, 95 mph fastball down the middle. Cooper has his work cut out for him with Jackson. Like you said, he's basically a one-pitch pitcher. He could really use a change-up, as everything is hard with him.

That was a good job of Alexei of keeping his composure.

Jeez, another hanger. Stop calling for it AJP!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:14 AM) I just love when CQ hits the ball and the OF doesn't even move. He definitely makes hitting home runs look very easy when he's going well.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:14 AM) With tomorrow marking the two thirds way mark in the season, doesn't it just make sense to get Dayan into the starting line-up every day, whether at 3rd or DH, and maybe just maybe have Kotsay pinch-hit for him sporadically against certain right-handed pitchers? I mean, enough is enough already! Dude, lefties are way better against Galarraga than righties. That .002 difference is HUGE!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:12 AM) Nah. I hope he makes an out every single at-bat that does not involve RISP or losing late in the game. Oh don't worry, you don't even have to root against him to fail with RISP.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:12 AM) Gallaraga actually missed the location, Carlos hit that ball on the outside. You see that a lot though, as pitchers try to aim it cause they know CQ will just let the ball hit him if it's inside.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:11 AM) I saw the catcher setting up inside to Quentin and started laughing. I'm right there with you

Between Quentin and Kotsay, they combined to hit the ball 630 feet. If you divide that in half, Kotsay JUST MISSED another home run.

CQ! I love when the catcher sets up inside when he's facing righties.

Two of the best pure stuff starters in the AL going in tomorrow's White Sox game. Nice eye there PK!

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:04 AM) So has Coop "fixed" Jackson's "problem" yet? Or does he need more time to work it out? Let's just hope he doesn't pay for one of these hangers. He's showing damn good command of his fastball.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:03 AM) And guess what that is? Kotsay's job security?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 12:59 AM) He's thrown a couple decent ones to Cabrera and his best one of the day was on Peralta. Peralta would fit in with our lineup based on how he tried to swing at that slider. Nice call, and great job by Jackson of bailing out PK.

Alexei seems to be playing Peralta too far up the middle. Hopefully Jackson pitches accordingly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 11:57 PM) Thankfully, he's managed to throw decent breaking balls to Cabrera. Both of Cabrera's outs were on MASSIVE hangers. AJP should just stop calling for the slider, it's f***ing horrible.

Our defensive players couldn't be more out of the game if they tried today. Saw the same thing in the 2nd game last night.

Awesome, bad defensive play all around. No way Tigers don't have a big inning here.

Damn, all 5 hits so far on offspeed pitches. Need a DP before Cabrera.