fathom

f*** it, just walk him and bring in a righty.

I feel like I jinxed them by saying their control had been good so far this year.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:59 AM) This guy scares me...Grudz is just such a solid hitter. Hopefully we're playing no doubles. Pena will score on anything that gets close to the wall.

Wow, he actually got over a few breaking balls. Tough man at the plate.

Whew.....huge break there!

Some of that pinpoint control Boone is known for.

If Logan can't do the job here, we really need to send him and Anderson down.

I wonder if Ozzie considered letting Thome bat for Uribe before.

I'm shocked we didn't try a hit-and-run that inning. Oh well....glad to be tied again.

Ugh....how do you not know that pitch is coming?

Just flip one down the right field line Juan.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:36 AM) If Thornton still has his usual velocity he should be fine. We might need to give him some appeareances to get straightened out, and give him a full innning instead of using him as a LOOGY (which has been the case lately). People have the book on him though. He's not throwing his offspeed stuff at all, so they can sit on the first pitch fastball. A lot of damage has been done on him vs first pitch fastball this year already.

That a boy Crede. He dominates in this park.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:36 AM) The stats may show 6 blown saves but as a whole this pen has pitched pretty darn good. It didn't work out great the past two games but the pen has done very good, especially compared to last year. And everyone should have realized you will have ocassional down games considering the lack of command/experience some of these guys have. But that's part of the problem having such a young bullpen. If Ozzie is going to use them like a lunatic, they need to be more consistent. They've done a good job of throwing strikes this year, but they're not getting the crucial outs.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:33 AM) They've made some good plays, but this defense has left a lot to be desired. It's a credit to this team they have a record above .500.

Not sure of the logic of leaving Vazquez in to start this inning when he pulled Garland in a similar spot on Sunday (except it was 9th inning).

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:32 AM) Between real s***ty defense, a shaky bullpen, and inconsistant offense...thats how a team like KC can beat us even late in the game. and terrible, terrible managing.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:30 AM) Fathom is just blowing off alittle steam. That is incorrect but AJ is below average, maybe alittle average. Nope, I started saying this last year. He really struggles catching the ball, especially on plays at the plate. His throwing arm is real bad, and he gives up a lot of wild pitches.

Some more terrible pitch calling. Brown has got to see slider after slider there. The only pitch he can hit is the outside fastball. Another misplay by Anderson out there.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:27 AM) Thornton just isn't good right now, stop complaining about the entire bullpen people. 6 blown saves in first 19 games is bad. Nearly every single reliever has s*** the bed in a big spot so far.

AJP has to be the worst defensive catcher in baseball.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:25 AM) He was also clocked at 95 a couple times. I think he's having some back problems, but thats just me going with a hunch. All the more reason to let MacDougal start the inning. These guys are going to get burned out by June if Ozzie keeps doing this s***.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:25 AM) Violation of #1 rule? Definitely

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 04:24 AM) Well, that's just tremendous. Placing aside Ozuna's inability to field a ground ball, there's yet another blown lead for our VAUNTED bullpen. It's like Ozzie refuses to take Javy out until he lets one more runner reach. Our bullpen looks good, but the results have been mediocre.

Again, if you have MacDougal warming up, let him start the inning against the #9 hitter before their top of the order gets up. And Mr. Thornton....if you're throwing 93 mph, you might want to develop another pitch.