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Super...just amazing pitch selection this inning. Contreras needs to find his fastball and forkball, because he's medicore right now. Someone might want to wake Ozzie up. Why have 3 lefties in your bullpen if you won't use them when your pitcher is struggling? QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:50 AM) Good job, Fathom. You called this inning. He looked like crap all game....it wasn't that surprising once they stopped hitting into DP.

It's unbelievable Ozzie doesn't have anyone warming up.

Nice play by Uribe....but another horrible pitch call. An 0-2 fastball to a fastball hitter is just stupid.

Jeez....you have him 0-2....that pitch has to be in the dirt. Ozzie....don't be sleeping please.

Might want to get someone up in the pen. He's even down a few mph this inning compared to previous innings.

Tough inning possibly for Contreras here. I hope Ozzie's proactive and gets us someone in the pen.

Best Dye's looked all year at staying back.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:34 AM) So we're the only team in baseball that struggles against LH pitching? Nope, but most teams already have righty guys on the bench that can fill in at the DH role vs LHP.

Ozzie should be trying things like a hit-and-run with our non-power hitters up in order to get some movement out there.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:32 AM) Twins with a big 8th inning. they take the lead Who do we want to win? I'm rooting for the Twins. QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:33 AM) Nixon? A platoon player that can't hit lefties? How would he be any better than what Pods brings to the table? I keep hearing Eduardo Perez's name brought up. If he's so good, why is he currently unemployed? Perez is great vs LHP, something we really miss.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:30 AM) Nixon's declining physically...and injury-prone. He's just as risky as Pods or Thome. And Mackowiak and Ozuna as a leadoff platoon just doesn't quite do it in terms of putting enough pressure on opposing pitchers. If you get Nixon, where is he going to play? He's not a natural LF, and I don't think anyone is quite ready to make Dye a full-time DH. Or we're supposed to know that Thome AND Pods will get injured, so we can acquire Nixon just in case...? Like we had McCarthy as insurance for one of our starters going down? I always get a kick out of people suggesting we shouldn't have signed someone cause they're not great in LF defensively, yet they're fine with the Pods/Ozuna combo.

Very well played by Iguchi. It's a good think Contreras is keeping his fastball down in the zone.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:27 AM) Trot Nixon's been brought up multiple times. He would've been a great one year fit. Also, keeping Eduardo Perez on the roster and just having an Ozuna/Mackowiak platoon out there would've been pretty much equal to giving Pods $3 million. Yep, my thoughts exactly. In the past, Napoli would have had no chance on a 3-2 forkball.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:20 AM) ...and this is why the fake Johan is garbage away from the big A. His HR rate is ugly away from there. He threw such a different style of slider that first game he dominated us. FWIW, my vote for most overrated player on this board is Anthony Reyes. He is brutal.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:16 AM) Oh come on. Pods has been much better than expected. If you're going to fault KW for anything offensively related it HAS to be giving Erstad to Ozzie to overplay. It's amazing that I get singled out for this comment, as it's been all over this board for two weeks now. I know Tony absolutely agrees that KW is at fault for bringing back Pods with his injury history.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:18 AM) Well, the one they brought back was hitting over .300 with a .387 OBP before he got hurt. I don't know why I always take the bait. Who else exactly was Kenny supposed to sign? He's the type of guy who can't stay healthy. How many times can a "speed" player pull a muscle in the leg area before you give up on him?

Dye!!

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:14 AM) As long as he doesn't walk 4-5 hitters per game and elevate his pitch counts, he can still be a very effective pitcher at 91-93 MPH. Johan Santana usually throws in that 92-93 range as well. Santana has the change, Contreras has the forkball, although he doesn't throw the fork nearly as much as he used to. Despite his troubles this year, his IP/H ratio is very respectable. That's the problem, the forkball is non-existent right now. He's probably thrown only a handful of quality forkballs all season.

It's ok Konerko, you said it's good if you strikeout a lot.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:11 AM) God, our offense is absolutely f***ing disgusting right now. Why is Greg Walker still a f***ing paid coach in this league? KW deserves some blame also for not getting a new LF/leadoff man.

Nicely turned double plays the last two innings. Can this offense get anything going?

Ugh....another grounder right back up the middle. I really wish he'd go for the K when he gets 2 strikes.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 01:07 AM) I think fields needs to be the guy who comes up. He is right handed, has some pop in his bat. We have enough left handed options on the team. I agree, he could DH some or give Crede a rest. Either way, we went from having a stuggling offense to having a bad offense with Thome out.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Apr 28, 2007 -> 12:46 AM) It was quite obvious Thome was in much worse shape than anybody was letting on. Bernstein was all over that one.

Cintron's swing has been way too long since the start of Spring Training. Greg Walker's job security went down a lot when Thome did.