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Good grief....get Uribe back in the lineup.

That a boy Joe!

So, I just heard the dumbest thing ever: on the Cubs broadcast, the announcers quoted Mike Murphy as saying that their game on Sunday was the best managed game he's ever seen. Well, by my calculations, if Cordero hadn't blown that game, the Nationals would have scored the winning runs in the 7th inning when Pinella brought in Howry to face Dmitri Young instead of letting him face a lefty reliever. In very limited ABs this year, Young's been a little better than vs lefties than righties, but his recent seasons have shown he's much, much more dangerous vs RHP. Last year, his OPS was nearly double against RHP, and he has like a 120-40 homer split vs RHP/LHP. I know this isn't about the Sox, but just wanted to show it's not only Hawk I pick on for idiotic comments.

QUOTE(diegotony06 @ May 9, 2007 -> 12:36 AM) I was hoping sunday would have been the spark this offense needed. So far it doesn't look that way. But then again we are facing CY BONSER. Those two wins meant Ozzie would keep trotting out the lineup with Ozuna batting 2nd.

Good idea to throw the 2-0 fastball to Morneau. That might be enough for Boof.

So Iguchi can't hit the fastball or slider now? I hope his bat speed picks up soon.

Stay hot O

Ha, nice uppercut swing by AJP.

Good job Javy

Nice play by Crede!

Javy's fastball is tailing back over the plate a ton right now. That's when guys light him up. Worried if he keeps throwing that fastball....might end up over the baggy.

Iguchi has struggled with his footwork all year on that double play. He needs to get off a better throw than that.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 8, 2007 -> 11:28 PM) Mack has suckedd A lately, especially in runners in scoring position... Thats not to say the rest of the team has done so as well, but he especially. Ozuna is a totally different hitter against RHP. His swing is stupid looking.

Not sure why Ozuna continues to play against RHP. I wonder if Mackowiak is slightly injured?

I'm going to be incredibly pissed off if when he comes back, he shows some of the same issues he's had recovering in the past where he wasn't confident in his jumps/reads. If Pods returns to the lineup, he better be full speed.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:29 PM) That's what I'm thinking... I do not see Gio as anything more than a 4th at best. I didn't think most do....however, I'd much rather be wrong than have Rock be wrong.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 8, 2007 -> 05:27 PM) and? Danks>BMAC and Danks wasnt even supposed to be ready until next year. KW won that trade hands down, especially with Masset. Freddy for Gio and Floyd was very equal, Gio has the chance to be a top of the rotation guy in the next 2 years and Floyd was a reach for the majors this season. That would be amazing, but I'd be thrilled if he's anything more than a 4th/5th starter in the next 4 years.

QUOTE(joeynach @ May 8, 2007 -> 04:38 PM) First of all I believe danks throws 90+ consistently with a better change up. I remember seeing McCarthy mainly around 89 with the occasional 90 perhaps 91. I think Danks doesn't quite have the 12-6 over the top curve his to me looks more like slurve or perhaps tighter breaking ball that IMO breaks further down in the zone. Plus hes LH. McCarthy was kind of a no frills standard Righty, and even his change up was like a meatball coming in belt high. McCarthy's fastball is probably one to two mph faster on a consistent basis than Danks. I do like Danks potential a lot more than McCarthy now, but to say that we got rid of McCarthy due to him being a fly ball pitcher is wrong with Danks previous history allowing the long ball. QUOTE(joeynach @ May 8, 2007 -> 04:30 PM) On the sunday night game last week against the braves, which he lost, the announcers were noting his velocity problems. Basically they were saying that since hes become a guy who throws 87-89 mph now when he tries to dial it up and reach back for a little extra to hit 92 he is leaving the ball up over the plate and its getting hammered. There point was when he was throwing 92-94 consistently and reaching back for 95-97 he could get away with that because hes blowing people away and they couldn't catch up regardless. The new Freddy, the one thats here to stay, is a junkballer now thats cant throw as hard as he used to. I don't think Garcia ever reached 95 mph when he was with the Sox. I can't recall him throwing fastballs past hitters since he joined the team 4 years ago. Nearly every strikeout he had was on an offspeed pitch.

QUOTE(joeynach @ May 8, 2007 -> 04:22 PM) McCarthy thing to me was more of a funtion of the type of pitcher he was, a flyball pitcher, which is very bad in our ballpark. Plus I think his inability to really develop or showcase any type of variation of a pitch or throw a new pitch consistently, led to his falling out of favor. After all Bmac only threw an average 4 seam fastball around 90 mph, a good curveball (but a flyball pitch), and an average change up, thats it. Sorry not gonna get the job done over the long haul. Isn't this the exact type of pitcher that Danks is in terms of stuff?

QUOTE(striker62704 @ May 8, 2007 -> 02:24 PM) Event if Gio and Gavin don't pan out, getting rid of Freddy was addition by subtraction. He might be a .500 pitcher but he's not a #1 like he used to be. So you'd be happy if we traded a starting pitcher that resulted in no major league contributions in return?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 8, 2007 -> 02:07 PM) How about the fact that he is NOT healthy and has a horrid ERA for the NL? He looks healthier right now than he did last year. Heck, I even saw his fastball reach 91 mph on ESPN last week. If he's considered to not be healthy, then Contreras can't be considered healthy either. Garcia's K rate is vastly improved this year, but that might be due to the NL hitters not seeing him before. QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 8, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) The 6 IP, 2 ER outing last night was his best so far. He has been throwing 89-92 pretty consistently this year, when I've watched him. He's picked it up a little more than I thought he would, but his stats should be better with his stuff in the NL. That we have Gonzalez and Floyd is better than waiting 2-3 more years for compensation picks to develop. Also, does anyone think the Freddy would be a disaster these last 2-3 weeks with our offense? He'd be pointing fingers...saying he did enough to get the win....that he's only motivated by big games. At any rate, I wouldn't want to pair Garcia's attitude problems with our anemic offense. It's a bad recipe. The way he has pitched, he would have the same record as Danks but 10X more clubhouse issues. And the Angels would have recorded 5-6 steals against him in one game. I think we all wanted him traded. However, the rationale that some people used around here that we won that trade based solely on the fact that Garcia was too injured to ever start again in the majors has been proven wrong.

The fact Garcia is healthy right now and not giving up 10 runs every start justifies the whining on that awful trade.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 7, 2007 -> 09:09 PM) mental issues = groin injuries make him unable to run? Lack of confidence in his jumps and tentative running in the outfield.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 7, 2007 -> 08:55 PM) Ozzie also just said that if PODS comes back he is batting at the bottom of the order. Why not play sweeney who is a superior defender, and a good bottom of the order hitter instead? I don't think the Sox anticipate Pods being 100 pct healthy again this season. They know he has mental issues dealing with injuries.

Wasn't Clemens facing the Sox in that game with the infamous Foulke blow-up/Giambi bomb?