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Hell, put on the hit-and-run with Dye up.

Much better turn by Iguchi.

Have we ever had four straight hitters in our lineup with less power than Cintron, Sweeney, Erstad, and Ozuna?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 9, 2007 -> 12:52 AM) He has to be hurt. I know he had elbow surgery this off-season. This offense has been bad, and Cintron has never been a "quality" bat, but some of the swings from him have been embarrassing. Something can't be right with him. There's no strength in his swing. It's not a stretch to say he's only hit one ball over 200 feet this year.

One of these days, I want to see a hit-and-run with the guys who hit mostly grounders (Erstad, Mackowiak, Cintron, Ozuna).

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?