fathom

Juan Uribe is still a great defensive player. Game winning play in the hole as a SS to win their game tonight.

It's ridiculous how many innings Hillman has had him throw already this season. You could tell last Sunday that this was bound to happen soon.

Swinging at 3 pitches in 3 at bats is the definition of cockiness. I knew we should have taken Smoak. The worst part of this is that it means the other guys at Birmingham also suck, as Beckham was the best of the bunch.

I wonder if Ozzie will make Bacon the scapegoat. I feel sorry for us fans who have spent a lot of money on tickets to see these games at the Cell.

Fire Greg Walker

Our hitters have really bad bat speed right now. Guys like Alexei aren't close to hitting it on the button.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:23 AM) Bonderman will be back to pitch in one of the games of the DH on Monday. First game since June 1, 2008. Predictions? Slayer will go 3-4

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:16 AM) Leadoff double. When is Ozzie gonna learn? When you don't win, you don't give save situations. All managers do stuff like this.

Outhustled...this team just goes through the motions, and makes losing look so easy.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:17 AM) Who finishes last: us or the Royals? KC

Guys, just think....we were this close to trading away all of our pitching prospects for of all things, a pitcher.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:10 AM) Let's make this fun guys. Beckham has shown the worst at-bats of anyone today, if you can even call them at-bats. Disagree, BA has.

seriously, how in the hell can Greg Walker still have a job?

We'll laugh at this in 3 years when Slayer's an all star.

I now know how Beckham got that awesome contact rate. Let's not overreact about Beckham's game tonight.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:06 AM) What do we do if Beckham outs on the first pitch again? Just laugh

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:04 AM) Getz has a 607 OPS right now. That's not going to get it done. He needs to be at 650 at least, because he's not nearly the player defensively that Nix is. At least Ramirez, we know what he's capable of doing. There just seemed to be too many assuming that it would be easy for Chris Getz to go out and hit 280-290 with a 340-360 OBP. I would take 340, but you're right, with the lack of pop, 360 is more like it. And he doesn't have the stolen base ability of a Chone Figgins type either. Getz is a perfect example of be careful what you wish for. People wanted a grinder with decent speed, so we end up getting a below average offensive producer. It's why Alexei should have stayed at 2nd, and you groom Beckham to play SS. If Fields and/or Viciedo can't play 3b, then you fire your scouting.

QUOTE (chisox2334 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 03:03 AM) hey guys its june... what's excuse now from w sox brass of why their not hitting? Hitting balls hard, but right at people (which couldn't be more false)

Wise has an OPS around .400 this year. Just remember, he's going to be facing a LHP tomorrow.

How does that Reds team ever win with Votto out? The lineups for the Braves and Reds this week have been terrible.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:58 AM) im not sure why im this mad....objectively looking at our lineup...only two guys (Thome and Konerko) are above average major league hitters....frankly i was a huge chris getz fan at the start of the season...but if he's not getting on base at a .360 or so clip he's worthless The only reason he was projected to be a starter after last year was caused he showed some pop. He's shown none of that this year, so it's making those projections look way off. Fields not panning out at 3rd base really, really sucks for this franchise.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:50 AM) My initial reaction to this is no. Tear that bullpen apart in a firesale. Don't want to expose Carrasco in a starting spot and lower his trade value. Carrasco isn't going to bring you back much. Dotel and Jenks are the two relievers to look to deal.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:46 AM) Cy Pavano with 70 through 6. f***ing PATHETIC. Blow this s*** up Patience...if we continue to play this bad over the next 2 weeks, the season will be over and then the trade deadline selling will begin.

Who's the next scapegoat?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 02:42 AM) Poreda with 7 Ks in 5.2 IP....unfortunately he's continued to be wild with 5 BB....hopefully his increased BBs this year is due to trying to get a hold of his offspeed stuff, cuz last year he had pretty good control...this year its been less than good His numbers are shockingly similar to what Cotts did.