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Nice piece of making contact by Cabrera. Ozzie completely over-managed this inning.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:27 AM) So basically, he's prone to some wildness No, I mean he has some wildness for the first few batters he'll face. He usually settles down if he faces more than a few batters.

Cotts scares me in these situations, as he's prone to some wildness when he comes out of the pen. Great job there by McCarthy.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:22 AM) OH well, all these bloopers this ear and a return for last year. Seems like it rarely happened last year. Cmon Bmac. Great point. Remember the Bernie line out to win at Yankee Stadium last year, followed by Cano flying out at the fence in extra innings?

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:21 AM) Why is he changing pitchers because the Yankme's bring in some scrub right handed batter? I hate 'by the book' moves sometimes. Especially since McCarthy is a fly ball pitcher. Thornton would have given us our best chance at a strike out. I don't like our chances in a game where Ozzie has to match wits with Torre.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:20 AM) its frustrating cuz that last pitch woulda been a strike to thome Or maybe Widger should have framed it better? He caught that ball shifting inside, and brought the ball call because of it. QUOTE(Reddy @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:22 AM) This conversation happened a few pages ago. how bout you go read and leave us to bases loaded no outs in the 8th with BMAC coming in. Thanks, nice talking to ya. :headshake

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:16 AM) BUt I thought all he cared about was pitcher's individual stats? No, I know exactly what you mean. I have no problem with him leaving Contreras in. It just seems to go against the way he was handling his streak. The whole Ozuna/Pods situation makes more sense now, with Crede being out.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:13 AM) You got your wish..... but now Ozuna is at third :puke Must mean that Crede's leg tightened up from being hit.

Some very strange managing this last inning by Ozzie. I can't believe he left Contreras in to possibly get the loss.

I'd get Ozuna out of left field before he can do any serious damage. Shockingly, I trust Pods in the outfield more than him.

BTW...Widger is now batting below Brian Anderson.

I can't believe how many weak sliders we've let RJ get away with. Good base running by PK got us that run. Dye's been amazing this year, but he sure is running with concrete boots right now.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 12:41 AM) 4-2 Royals. It's inevitable. I'm much more concerned with the Yankees, and the Wild Card situation.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 12:40 AM) The way Randy is pitching I don't like our chances. 2 more innings, and we'll have a much tougher pitcher to face. I would love to see Ozzie get more aggressive with certain players on our team. If Anderson gets on base with no outs, we should be doing something with Ozuna at the plate.

Guiel always has good at-bats against us. If we don't comeback, it's just another loss in the Widger category.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 12:38 AM) How was Contreras' first pitch difference than Johnson's called strike? I'm telling you....I'm not a fan of coaches getting tossed, but Cooper should have taken one for the team. QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 12:38 AM) Trust me, there is PLENTY more of this to come if the Yankees keep getting these calls. PLENTY. I hate the Yankees more than I hate every single other thing in the world of professional sports. Even more than the Bears! I eagerly anticipate your posts this series then.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 12:37 AM) it's not thome's fault 2 of 3 He hasn't been close to touching a pitch of RJ's. He would have walked on that 3-1 pitch, but that was a lot closer to being a strike than his first AB.

Note to Ozzie....play Cintron instead of Thome if we face Randy Johnson again this season.

Iguchi let RJ get away with a terrible pitch, and then K's. Who has a better chance to hit Randy...Thome or Garland?

Lets carry that momentum over and have better at-bats this inning. Ozuna's best chance of hitting RJ is to bunt one and make him field it.

Either Ozzie or Cooper needs to get tossed.

A quick observation on Widger....he seems unable to put the ball in play unless he pops it up. He had a very short swing last season, but it's incredibly long now.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 12:19 AM) ok come on now, tonight has mostly been a product of bad umpiring... and pablo I'm sorry, but I'm not going to blame an umpire for a first pitch blown call. I must have missed it, but I don't recall a rule saying a pitcher has to throw a get-me-over fastball when it's a 1-0 count with the bases loaded. It's been disturbing this season the way our pitchers have failed after a bad call by the umpire.

Well...that's what we get for having an infielder continue to play in the outfield. The more I see us face the top teams in the league, the more I think we need at the deadline.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 04:38 PM) I don't think there's a chance in hell KW would ship Freddy out of town without consulting Ozzie and getting his OK first. He doesn't need his blessing, but its best for everyone that he gets it, at least concerning Garcia. You're a wise man.