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QUOTE(CYGarland @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:30 AM) Buehrle got away with 1 there He's gotten away with quite a few tonight to Frank.

Big K by Buehrle. And Jim....I'm not sure if he's a Boras client.

BTW...Lidge with another terrible outing. Get on the phone KW!

QUOTE(JimH @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:26 AM) 2-1 I'll take it. One mistake and then a great at bat by Thome. Exactly....I'll take it. The inning started due to Swisher's miscue at 1B. Buehrle has a tough inning here, with 3 guys with massive power.

QUOTE(daa84 @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:23 AM) yep hung that breaker, the one to cintron was down and in and unhittable, that one to thome is the one we gotta jump on...hangers up and over teh plate That's also the reason that Thome's a future HOF, and Cintron is a bencher. Thome was able to lay off some of those pitches, and didn't get down 0-2 in the count. However, Cintron was down in the count 0-2 right away due to bad pitch selection.

Super!! Haren's made two mistakes this inning, and our guys put good swings on it.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:20 AM) He's already on 2nd, and why steal 3rd with 2 outs? I've seen a lot of guys run in that situation this year. All it does is throw the hitter off.

Pods....please don't try to steal with Thome up.

Not going to see many worse ABs than that.

That a boy Pods!!!! Very nice approach by him with two strikes. Finally Haren left one up.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:15 AM) Horrible there. Regardless of what Hawk says, Ozuna shouldn't have given up the first strike swinging away. It's fine though...he's allowed to mess up on offense once every century.

Our hitters try to get too cute when they're bunting for a sacrifice. Pods and Ozuna are much better when they go for a hit w/no one on.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:12 AM) Kendall is setting up away after Haren gets a strike on right handers. Then he nibbles further out trying to get our guys to swing at crap. I'm usually with you complaining about our hitter's approach. However, Haren has some dynamite stuff so far.

A nice break for us. It's time for Ozuna to get the bunt down. Bunt it at Swisher, and make him make the play.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:08 AM) That's because he disguises it really really well. Arm angle and release point look very similar, the hitters need to figure out some tendancies of what this guy throws when in the count ... and fast. Good observation. Right now, our hitters are in-between against Haren. They have to take away either his fastball or splitter. Since they're not going to touch his splitter, they might as well look to rip the heater. Mackowiak's inability to lay off of a 58 footer really hurt in the 2nd.

We need Buehrle to hold the A's down. I'm confident we'll be able to score a few runs tonight.

QUOTE(Sox It To Em @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:06 AM) Haren is looking filthy. You're going to make him look a lot better if you take his fastball, and swing at his offspeed pitch.

SWING THE f***ING BAT!

Dye, Crede, and PK have taken meatballs down the plate. Haren's in quite the groove now.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:02 AM) I know it's not the most popular thing on here but I'd like our guys to start swinging on the first pitch heater. I agree. His splitter is nasty right now.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 25, 2006 -> 01:00 AM) That is why you are mr. pessimism. It's Buehrle on the mound against the A's.....you're always waiting for the shoe to drop.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ May 25, 2006 -> 12:59 AM) I understand. And most of the time I would agree, but the Royals one of the worst teams ever. I know. I was just doing a little role reversal with you being pessimistic about a game, and me being optimistic.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 25, 2006 -> 12:59 AM) Crede messed up Alex there. I've yet to see Cintron make a good throw to 1b.

Cintron = bad on defense. I have a bad feeling that error is going to lead to something more this inning.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 25, 2006 -> 12:57 AM) That's cool. It's a 1 run game... Good thing the game isn't played on paper/standings.