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Goodness Jermaine. This guy sucks, and you jam yourself on the first pitch.

Pods has been money in the 1st inning.

BTW, Tommy Hanson is the real deal. Best stuff from a young pitcher I've seen in a long time.

This umpire sucks. Colon has absolutely no chance with him behind the plate.

We really needed innings from Colon with this big 5 game series coming up.

Well, this is just a great start. Colon throws away the pickoff attempt, and Francisco gets to 3rd.

Colon already looks like he's not feeling good out there. Really short-arming it, like he did in his last start.

Jason, how did Chris Dominguez look?

Getz/Nix would be a great utility combo. I was proud of Ozzie for putting Nix in RF today. Hopefully we have the PK/Beckham/Alexei/Fields infield for the next few years.

Wow, special defensive game by Mike Fontenot

I said this in chat about Getz: - If you want an explosive offense, he's your utility player - If you want an average offense, he's your #9 hitter - If you want a bad offense, he's a #1/2 hitter

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 7, 2009 -> 02:26 AM) I didn't realize his sample size was so small though. 60-something sporadic PAs this year, before that, 65 PAs last year. He's been up and down in the minors, especially at Tulsa for some reason, but he's never been given that much of a shot in the majors either. True, and he does make decent contact. He just has to stop being so damn pull-happy.

So Nick Masset...yeah, he looks fantastic. 95 mph fastball, 89 mph splitter, big curve

This is nuts..Jayson Nix is batting .203 this season. He's not good, but people are acting like we discovered this amazing player.

Do managers even think about what bunting will do to their next hitter up? Dusty bunted in the bottom of the 10th with Brandon Phillips on deck. The bunt was successful, so the Cubs walk the Reds only decent hitter and got a great match-up of Marshall against Nix (who bats about .100 against LHP). The NL is so awful.

Damn, Edwin Jackson

I doubt Anderson plays tomorrow. Probably be Wise in CF.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 10:44 PM) I ran on to mlb.com for gameday to see Jenks' last pitch. It said it crossed the plate and it wasn't all that close. AJP caught it awkwardly, which made it look worse.

Can we have a Doug Eddings bobblehead doll day? I think that or a statue with him holding his fist incorrectly on the AJP dropped 3rd.

QUOTE (Jbabs34 @ Jun 6, 2009 -> 11:39 PM) haha ok seriously, how much is reinsdorf paying eddings? Clearly our best FA signing since Jermaine.

The sad thing is that probably crossed for a strike. Doug must have some special dinner plans tonight.

Haha, I love Doug!

After seeing Thornton, Jenks looks like Buehrle out there.

Great DP!! Thom with a great point, and something I wanted to post in the 7th (but was afraid of the jinx). Why pr for Garko when he's not even the tying run?

And the tying run to the plate. Where's the 1-2 curve by Jenks there?