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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 02:19 AM) Ugh. He hasn't given Ozzie any reason to play him over Wise with the bat lately. He could try doing us all a favor and getting some damned hits! The way it is going, Wise could stick around when TCQ comes back and Fields could go to Charlotte. It wouldn't surprise me at all if KW was looking to get rid of all 3 of those guys.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 02:18 AM) Colon needs to just come out of the bullpen, he won't be successful in the rotation with one f***ing pitch and a mediocre pitch at that And his next two starts would be against Milwaukee and the Cubs...two excellent fastball hitting teams.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 02:18 AM) who gets the next knock first? BA or Beckham? or Castro?

I'm happy BA got thrown out...I don't want him rewarded for a terrible AB.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:15 AM) I know it's early, but Gordo doesn't have the bat speed I thought he would. Just saying, I am not doubt his ability or anything, but I thought it would be better than what we have seen. He hasn't really tried to pull anything yet. He's not swinging and missing, which is very promising.

Not a terrible swing by Beckham there. Hopefully he plays 3b tomorrow and Fields will DH.

Ozzie should let Jose go out to the mound for the 9th, and then pull him.

Wow, so we're going to use Thornton in this game?

Castro's a FA after this year.

I'm thinking Fields will get traded to the Reds for Jared Burton or to the Giants for some minor league arm.

It's not just that Fields is putting up bad numbers. It's the fact that he can't hit a fastball over 90 mph. Our own announcer says on a weekly basis that if you can't hit a fastball, you can't play in the majors. The best thing to do right now is demote Fields and tell him to go to AAA and hit mediocre fastballs.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:00 AM) He had zero of his feel pitches, his timing was terrible and he had no control. Symptoms of a player who came back too soon from an injury. Agreed, and that's why a lot of us (including you, I believe) were asking for them to DL him so he could rehab in the minors. Luckily, Jose was classy enough to accept the demotion and able to get even more starts in the minors.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 01:57 AM) Jose's just a headcase. He had all the stuff he's showing tonight from day one. It's just been the control and pitch selection that's screwed him over in his previous 5 starts. Jose had no forkball before he got demoted. Thus, he was basically a one pitch pitcher to lefties and they were destroying him. It also looks like he's gained a mph on his fastball, which can't hurt.

Alexei destroying the ball in this game. It seems that with Pods not on base, he's swinging a little bit harder. Alexei needs to know it's not a crime to hit a ball hard to left field with Pods on base.

QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 02:34 AM) Really? Sarcasm

So, is Beckham like Anderson and Nix where they're only in the majors for their defense?

QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 02:31 AM) Did thome really feel the need to take himself out of scoring position with Bacon coming up WTF Jeff Cox is bad at his job.

All these hits are making the RISP, as a method of venting, void.

And as T'bolt stated, I'd love to take a chance on Chris Dominguez. Those are the type of guys that even if they are only AAAA players, you can still trade them and get good value.

Be nice for Allen to get it going. His numbers during his call-up to Birmingham last year were sick.

RISP HIT!!! It's amazing in the game of baseball how one pitcher can make hitters look so bad while others can make hitters look amazing.

The funny thing is some people will look at beautox's "projections" and complain tomorrow when we don't come close to getting some of those guys.

So what do the Tigers do with Bonderman now? Put him in long relief? I don't think they can send him back down.

Worst double play combo since Jimenez was at 2nd base. Getz needs to take that himself.

Contreras with some filthy stuff to Inge here. Too bad this umpire has no business being in the majors.