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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 05:01 AM) My eyes say you tell lies. Every scout this spring said the same as soxfan1

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:59 AM) I think this team just might perform better with a different manager at the helm. Call me nuts. Gordon Beckham should not be bunting twice in a ballgame. Call you nuts? I bet 90 pct of the people on here agree with you.

Putz's fastball is meat right now. He's nowhere near where he was at a few years ago.

Awesome, I guess we learned last night that Cabrera can't hit inside pitches. Another brilliant decision by AJ.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:52 AM) Do you actually think the Indians have more speed than the Sox? Yes, easily

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:49 AM) Teahan is not a very good player. A waste of $15 million. He looks like he's never played 3rd a day in his life.

That was going to go foul.

This offense is hopeless. If the 2-3-4 can't do it, no one can. 105 million for this?

Rios back to looking like he has no clue at the plate.

Rios has no plate coverage

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:35 AM) It might have been a silly call, but what manager would not have bunted there? I guess maybe somebody would have sent Juan on the first pitch, then bunted if he was successful on the first pitch steal. It's real simple, if you're going to play that way, then bat Beckham 2nd. You don't think Indians fans were relieved to see him bunt there? It was easily their best chance of escaping that inning.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 04:33 AM) I dont like the bunt because I'd rather see run and hit called but why is every assuming there is a 100% chance JP steals 2nd? I couldn't agree more.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 04:32 AM) He may not be a finesse hitter, but is he capable of drilling a game winning single? Stephen Hawking is capable of a game winning single. When you start having to come up with these types scenarios, then you might need to realize it was a silly call.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 04:30 AM) Jones could have picked everybody up and been a hero with a single there. What's with the fly ball? Didn't he used to play in the NL? Have you ever seen Andruw Jones hit? He's not exactly a finesse hitter.

Awful managing....like I said earlier, put Alexei 2nd if you're going to play this way.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:26 AM) Even if you stole the base and than bunted...they'd still have walked Quentin and there is a shot they'd have walked Paulie too to face Andruw Jones. Exactly, and it's a lot easier to win with a sac fly than having to get a hit.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:22 AM) I'm not saying I'd have done this with Beckham up, but I understand the logic in it and I don't think its a terrible move. Now we have 2 guys up (2 of our 3 best bats) and all it takes is a basehit by one of them and we win. Put it this way...if he didn't have Beckham bunt in the 7th, but did in the 9th, I would have been ok with it. I just don't want to see this be a common theme.

Yep, that's why you don't bunt.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:20 AM) I think almost every manager in baseball would bunt there. It's the bottom of the ninth. We need one run. It may not work but we're one f***ing single from a victory right now. And a good manager would walk Quentin here, effectively taking the bat out of the hands of our 2 best hitters. Milwaukee played this same way a few seasons ago, and Fielder/Braun suffered because of it.

If Cleveland was smart, they'd walk Quentin here.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:19 AM) Why wouldn't Ozzie bunt. He did it last time and in this case we need a run and he'll do it right here. It's not going to work with this team. You're taking the bat out of the hands of our best overall hitter. I'm fine bunting if Pierre's on 2nd with no outs.

Well, I would rather see Beckham batting 9th and Alexei 2nd if we're going to play like this.

Great AB by Pierre...the one thing I've always loved about him is he never strikes out. DON'T BUNT HERE!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 04:15 AM) Serioulsy, bring in a guy like Nix who is terrible. Thought C. Perez and his awful splits were warming up, but it's Lewis.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 03:14 AM) Perre is the DH hit for him...Nix or Vizquel PH Nix, and if they bring in Perez, then you bring in Kotsay.