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Pods with some great, short swings today.

If DJ knows that there's something going on with Contreras (say for example marital issues), he might want to stop mentioning it every 5 minutes.

Congrats Thome! I do like that we've given our hitters the 3-0 green light more this year than last year.

Whew....happy to be out of that inning.

He's not fooling anyone with that forkball. He's slowing up his wind-up on that pitch. I'm very concerned about his stuff. What has caused such a drastic change from last year at this time to now?

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 03:03 AM) That pitch Piazza hit had nothing on it. Yikes. I've seen one good offspeed pitch by Contreras all year. Has he thrown a good forkball today?

Nice try Uribe...ha. There's such a lack of energy out there.

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 03:00 AM) Nice jump by JD there Pods seems better in the outfield so far. A little more confidenct in his movement and jumps.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 02:59 AM) At one time we had ... like 3 aces. No excuses, as one dude said man-up and get it done. If these guys can't hit good pitching, we're in a lot of trouble. We can't afford to lose 10 of 12 games against C.C. and Santana this year.

Throw strikes Jose! He's looks horrible right now.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 02:55 AM) K. I'm tired of seeing Aces I wish we had an ace.

Nasty pitch. We're putting up a staggering few amount of hits against starting pitchers lately.

If these guys are going to bunt it, then get it down. If not, they're just putting themselves in a massive hole against Harden. Just ugly by Erstad. No bloopers for him lately. What's Pods waiting for? Too much sitting around waiting for the homer.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 02:46 AM) The gun is off a few mph, hes throwing 93-94..... For the life of me, i dont know why comcast doesnt fix the TV gun. That's good to hear. He needs his 94 mph fastball, and he desperately needs to find his forkball. He's an above average pitcher when he has that nasty pitch, and a below average pitcher without it.

Ugh Jose....better start throwing faster than 91 mph.

Ugh....I hate Oakland. Contreras can't keep going to 3 balls on these hitters though.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 02:37 AM) He pissed them off in the 2002 playoffs when he hit a 3-run homer off of Botch. When he crossed home plate he yelled "booyah!" If you watch the 2005 game 5 ALCS game where Crede has the go ahead hit, you can see AJ yell "booyah!" when he reaches second. What did you think of Danks yesterday?

AJP also talked a lot of s*** during the Twins/A's series a few years back.

Way to chase ball 4 AJ. The bat speed by these guys so far this year is disturbing.

Everything by Crede is in the air.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 02:20 AM) At least we're making Harden throw a lot of pithes in this inning. Yep, it worked great yesterday as well. QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 02:21 AM) Somebody better tell Dye it's his contract year. He and Thome have been awful. It's the two guys most likely to see drastic downfall from their stats from last year. We have to hope some people improve on their numbers enough to make up for the changes.

Good grief....we've seen that way too often this year already.

Ugh, Thome looks old and has no bat speed.

I'll be shocked if Thome puts a ball in play vs Harden.

Ugh, terrible AB by Erstad. If you're going to bunt, then attempt it. Don't give up a strike if you have no intention of doing it.