QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 03:29 AM)
The rest of the pitching matchups are exactly favorable for our mighty offense.
They are? Smith dominated us last time we faced him, and Harden has been amazing lately (hopefully his dead arm is legit).
QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 03:15 AM)
Javy's biting the bullet to rest the bullpen here, clearly.
Yeah, hell of a game from him tonight. Literally made only a handful of bad pitches.
QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 03:11 AM)
Thome is going yard next inning.
It's a clutch situation....you must be mistaking him with someone else.
QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 02:59 AM)
Watch Ozzie pinch hit Anderson for Wise here despite all the numbers that say "Don't do that!"
I'd rather see Anderson, just for the threat of the long ball.
This was the best stuff Javy's had all year....it's too bad we're in position to lose when you take that into account along with our offensive start in the 1st.
QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 01:52 AM)
Geez-us...how many line drive outs has that been?.....
CQ in the first, Crede and Swisher in the 4th, Wise in the 5th, AJP in the 6th, and Ramirez in the 7th.
Hopefully Swisher does something positive. Ramirez and Uribe have little chance with Duke, so maybe we can get Ramirez in a situation where he can bunt.
QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 01:43 AM)
Shocker!
Does anybody else get the feeling that Joe uses too heavy a bat and doesn't have the control with it like he should. His swing is just atrocious...almost like he has to muster all this momentum to get the head going.......
I get the feeling his back condition is more serious than they're letting on. Since he's returned from the injury, he's had absolutely no bat speed.