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So....how do we explain all these pitchers seeing a drop in velocity?

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:56 AM) Don't congradulate me. This isn't something that I want to see, nor is it something I'm happy about. Sorry, I didn't mean it like that at all. I was just saying that you did a great job pointing out that stat.

QUOTE(spiderman @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:55 AM) When you give Michael Young the chance to beat you after walk somebody, you're asking for it....I guess it was only a matter of time before Bobby Jenks started contributing to this losing streak, after all, everyone else is. And this game is OVER..... Isn't Jenks ERA now like 8 this month? His fastball has been slower for a while now. It's more like 96 mph than the 98-99.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:54 AM) This is why Jenks shouldn't pitch in the 8th. He's a 9th inning guy, not someone that gets 2 inning saves. If he can't get 4 batters out, then he doesn't deserve to be a MLB pitcher. You called it though....congrats!

Uribe being unable to get anything on his throw has come back to haunt us. Hard to get on him, as it's the first time I've seen him fail to make a good throw in that situation.

Ha....we are so freaking bad. We treat Mathews Jr. like he's Babe Ruth, and then don't challenge Kinsler.

Yuck. Jenks can't get his offspeed pitch over the plate without rolling it tonight. This is just a dangerous situation now. No walks!

FWIW, Pods is playing Kinsler near the warning track.

Is it me, or does Jenks not have his good heater tonight?

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:47 AM) I think he's done a very good job this game. His handling of the Pods AB was BAD! He played right into the hands of Buck, and him being able to use Mahay vs our normal 1-2-3 hitters.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:46 AM) if the sox lose, i wonder if ozzie wil go on a rant about how this is pathetic. jeez our pitching has sucked, but when we get get good outings by jose and freddy, we dont do spiff. Less ranting, more strategizing.

Jenks only at 91 mph there?

Ha...they make it look so easy. What a joke.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:43 AM) If they push a run across I seriously might jump out a window. Watch them play small ball pefectly.

HE WAS OUT!

What the hell kind of throw was that?

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:40 AM) WTF is wrong with this team with 2 outs. They haven't been patient at all in these situations. Mench destroys us in these situations.

Good to know we can score without hitting a homer.

Holy cow....stop with the freaking pop-ups.

QUOTE(supernuke @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:37 AM) Need to try and break up the double play. I had no problem with it, but I don't understand why you wait until after PK bats. If you're concerned about breaking up the DP, you better have Mackowiak in then. I can't wait for September call-ups so we can get some speed on the bench.

Time for a blooper.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:36 AM) i remember him facing the sox and throwing gas..2 ip, 3ks, 0er for coredero this yr vs. the sox..not that it means much I don't remember us ever hitting him.

Now you have someone run? That makes no sense at all.

Damn...good swing by PK.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 01:31 AM) Yea, I know. I would use a stat based on ERA in their first inning of work, then in their second, etc., but I don't know of one like that. From my memory, Bobby hasn't done well when going out in the 8th, then having to work again in the 9th. Even if the stat was flawed, kudos for finding the stat.