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QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 03:37 AM) Has a fanbase ever made the HR appear to be as evil as Sox fans do? And it's so nice to see Pods playing well. Good point. With our offensive personnel, playing smallball is usually a bad idea. People that think hitting homers is bad are the same people who think we didn't win in 2004 due to Carlos Lee swinging for the fences, etc.

Better stuff that inning by Jose. Looks like he got two more MPH on that last pitch. Let's make Harden work this inning and make sure it's his last.

QUOTE(bmags @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 03:34 AM) it looks like paulie is being really hard on himself so far this year. I hate to see him press too much and get into a big slump. Hopefully he gets some hits and eases up. He's trying real hard to go the other way right now. He'll be fine....he had some good ABs this wknd.

Contreras needs to get us back in the dugout with the lead. He's battling out there with maybe his "D" stuff.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 03:25 AM) Thome entered the game with an OPS over 1.000 against RHP this year. I have no problem with Thome vs RHP. I just didn't think he could catch up to Harden's heater. I'm thrilled we're being more aggressive on 3-0 counts this year.

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.