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Nice run there. Good to see production from the slumping guys.

Cintron's going to have his work cut out for him hitting the ball in the air. I have a feeling we might see a squeeze.

There we go Juan! It was never in doubt jabroni. QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:18 AM) Yet, players forget how many outs there are fairly frequently..... It's not out of the question he would forget something such as whether or not the force was in play Don't forget that the play was behind him, so maybe he didn't know if it stayed fair.

Juan protecting....from drawing a walk.

Quick question...I didn't even think about this until today, but did Swisher have a better chance of getting AJP out at home on the bunt last night?

There's that double play. Time for Uribe to get us started right.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:14 AM) Did Byrnes hit that ball or was he running? I'm just glad he's not on this team anymore. I think he hit the ball. The worst thing was the Colon blew a 2 run lead the night before because he couldn't retire one particular player.....CHRIS SINGLETON!

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:13 AM) That reminds me of that one game in 2003 when the umps wouldn't delay the game and Maggs had no chance on a flyout against who else, Oakland. That's the game he was referring to.

We need a double play.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:11 AM) Feel free to disagree. Four shutouts doesn't a better pitcher make. Vazquez is excellent. Garland is not. And that'll establish itself by the end of the season even to those who don't believe it already. Your definition of excellent must be quite different than most of ours. Vazquez is one of those guys who looks better on the mound than his results end up being.

And the leadoff single. Vazquez...please use the change when you have 2 strikes.

Is it me, or is Vaz throwing his fastball for strikes like 20 pct of the time tonight? Good thing he has a good change going.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:08 AM) Vazquez is head and shoulders above Jon Garland on their best days. He'll be fine. And this inning wasn't THAT bad at all. Considering both guys are making almost 10 million dollars this season, I'd sincerely hope they're pretty damn good on their best days.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) Bad inning after that leadoff walk. What's the chances Vazquez comes out strong this inning?

Everything for Crede is pulled now.

QUOTE(SnB @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:03 AM) like a fog cloud to magically appear above right field and right field only in the top of an inning That was awful. Good memory by you though.

We need AJP and Crede to avoid the double play. It's crucial to get some more runs off of Saarloser before he's out of this game.

Nice to still have the lead after that inning.

QUOTE(pcullotta @ May 24, 2006 -> 12:58 AM) That is some bulls***. It the ball hits the bat, should be a foul Lets not be hypocrites and argue about THAT call.

Get McCarthy up in the pen. This is awful. 6 base runners have reached in this inning.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ May 24, 2006 -> 12:56 AM) Vazquez is like 2004 Contreras -- total headcase. How long before we hear the excuse that he was tipping his pitches?

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ May 24, 2006 -> 12:54 AM) Why didn't he throw that changeup to Chavez? Why did he throw a 2 strike fastball to Swisher, who looked foolish on the change?

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ May 24, 2006 -> 12:53 AM) Detroit was never close to making that trade -- that's just what Arizona asked for Vazquez. I thought the reports were that the deal was close. It's too bad that trade wasn't made....those two guys have great futures.

Wow...this strike zone sucks. I hope it's not getting to a point where umps are trying to show up Ozzie.

QUOTE(Ndgt10 @ May 24, 2006 -> 12:51 AM) Vazquez...Vazquez... This guy can't hold any type of lead. I can't believe that the Dbacks almost got Granderson AND Zumaya for him.