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QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 11:53 PM) ??? Are you talking about BAPIP or what? And, even so, I'm still not buying it. A low BAPIP would probably be due to guys not making good contact off of Politte. I'm just relaying the information about the statistic I've heard from a very smart baseball man. It very well could be BAPIP, I'm not sure. Good contact or not, Politte looked bad in the last 1/4 of our season last year, and his fastball looks even slower now. I'm all for McCarthy being our set-up man.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 11:47 PM) That probably isn't true at all. Politte gave up the least percentage of line drives (of the 2005 bullpen) last season by a large margin. Guys weren't hitting Politte well at all last year. According to statistics based on balls put in play against a pitcher, Politte was the luckiest pitcher.

While this thread is comical, it would be better served if the title of it was changed to read "This team blows"

QUOTE(Whitewashed in '05 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 09:39 PM) True. Politte just shouldn't be our go-to guy in the pen. I didn't have much faith in him in the 2nd half of last season and I certainly don't have any in him now. Here's the last time I'll write this: statistically, he was the luckiest pitcher in baseball last season.

Last year, this team was hungry. Judging by Jenks and Garcia's body, they're definitely not hungry now. I never did understand how little our starters seemed to play in ST. I don't recall seeing AJP play once in the games that I watched. Hopefully, Ozzie will stop with the one-liners in the media, and sit down with KW and his coaches to adjust to the 2006 team.

The problem is that Politte doesn't have enough stuff to K someone like Sweeney now. His velocity has dropped like 6 mph in the last two years.

We need to use McCarthy to help us win games, and not just to get us by the middle innings. He's the best arm we have in the bullpen.

Here's the biggest problem with our bullpen....some of the guys who are supposed to be our prime performers (Politte and Jenks) have not looked good at all this year. If those guys both underperform this year, the Sox have no chance.

It's this simple...our relief core was our biggest concern all Spring Training, and they're 0-2 so far this year in close games.

QUOTE(El Barto @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) f***!! How do they lose two straight to these guys? Their offense isn't significantly worse than ours. The additions of Grudz and Sanders really protects Sweeney.

SWING THE f***ING BAT!

Well, if this stuff doesn't show the players it's not 2005 anymore, I don't know what will.

If you want to trade a starter, get rid of Garcia's ass. McCarthy can be just as valuable of a starter as Garcia and his 60 mph fastball can be.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) fathom knows. As he showed at the end of last year....oh wait. Yep, how dare I predict that the Sox with a 14 game lead wasn't a stone cold lock to coast into the playoffs.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) fathom knows. As he showed at the end of last year....oh wait. It's amazing that you come on here just in time to try and make excuses for everything. You can ask anyone in the chat....we were begging for Politte to stop throwing that offspeed slop on the outside.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 08:43 PM) It was a slider/change down and away. What would you propose he do? Walk him?Grudz got a bloop hit on a good pitch and Sweeney hit a HR on a ball low and away. Exactly, cause we had thrown the same pitch about 5 times to him that AB. It's easy to look for that pitch when Politte has no fastball left.

Cliff Politte....the luckiest pitcher in baseball last season.

Two close games, two blown games by our bullpen. SUPER!

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 08:40 PM) Just been that type of week. Two good pitches. 2 runs. Good pitches? Are you f***ing kidding me. You throw 5 sliders like that in an AB, a great hitter's going to be ready for it. The pitch before, Sweeney fouled off another hanger.

For the record, everyone in chat predicted that if Politte kept throwing that slider, he was going to give up a homer. CONGRATS KENNY, YOU'RE BULLPEN SUCKS!

He's going to wear us out this season.

Yep, great effort by Vazquez.

Politte's coming in. Sweeney vs Politte = scary!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 08:22 PM) Pods has to score on that. That ball bounced right to Brown though. In that situation, the last thing Pods can do is get doubled off if somehow it was caught.

Iguchi with 5 great pitches to hit, and he tries to hit everyone 500 ft. Terrible AB.