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QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 02:47 PM) hmm, I heard that Freels problems were more coke-related than alcohol related. I second this statement

QUOTE(My Dixie Normus @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 07:33 AM) I am not a fan of the Hawk. I have met him on several occasions and my opinion of him is confirmed everytime. He has a huge ego. Quite an ironic statement coming from someone with your screen name.

I watched the game on tape when I got home, and Garland's offspeed pitchers were terrible. Not only were they up in the zone, his curve and change-up were just extremely flat. He doesn't have a good enough fastball to be a one pitch pitcher.

QUOTE(Sam @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 04:12 AM) Imagine how great the Jayhawks will be in 2 years when Chalmers, Rush and Chicago Heights native Julian Wright all stay for their junior year. That is, however, a big if. By the way, did anyone ever catch one of Homewood-Flossmoor's games when Wright played there? Yep, saw quite a few of his games. He was good, but never a big scorer.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 11:51 PM) A simple answer would be, "why risk a starter to injury when the game is in hand?" But, I'm sure you could have gone around the infield and could have made the same, if not better, cases for those starters. So, my answer would be something along the lines of, "why risk a starter to injury that is still bothered by a nagging injury." Which of the two makes more sense to you? The answer lies somewhere between those two. Here's the biggest problem: It's brutally obvious that Pods just is a terrible baseball player when he's not 100 pct. We saw signs of this last year, and he's just been flat out awful so far this year. However, we don't have anyone that we can really place in LF for him to start on a regular basis. It's a tough call for KW and Ozzie....and I think it's a damn shame to mildly negate a red-hot 2/3/4 like we have right now.

This is an unsual type of post for me, but it's very encouraging that this team could EASILY be 8-1.

I think it's safe to say that Thome deserves a standing ovation tomorrow.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 08:17 PM) Anyone who wasnt actaully watching the game should not comment on how Thornton pitched. He looked VERY good. Tony....I didn't see him pitch, and I my comment was in regards to THORNTON being on the mound. Rather, I thought it would be a good situation for Cotts to try and get the final 3 outs of the game. He hasn't had a lot of experience with that. I do like that Ozzie kept Thornton in to face Granderson though. Politte vs Granderson has already backfired once for us.

You know...as a south suburban resident, I've always liked Curtis Granderson.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 08:17 PM) He pitched extremely well. Same could have happened to Cotts. Yeah, but if Ozzie wanted to give Cotts some closing experience, this would have been a perfect situation.

Quick question....why Thornton and not Cotts? I don't get it.

Is Thornton staying in to face Infante?

Status?

QUOTE(heirdog @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 08:05 PM) Anyone worried about an inexperienced bullpen guy like BMac getting overused a la Cotts and Adkins in 2004? They were pretty good all season until they just hit a wall in August. Could that happen to BMac pitching multiple innings every other day? There's one huge difference between McCarthy and the Cotts/Adkins version of 2004. McCarthy is good, and he has the command/stuff to get MLB hitters out consistently.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 08:02 PM) K, now its time for Optomstic Tony. Its amazing that we scored 13 runs, 15 hit outburst in Comerica, and our LF and CF have zero hits. Just imagine when they do start to hit. O ya, and Anderson cant field. :rolly BTW Tony, I've been saying for a week now that I can't wait to see what will happen once we start to get more production from the 9/1 spot. I think it's great that we've found a way to win this week with such liabilities at that position. Also, I think Anderson is a fine fielder. I figured that since he dropped that ball yesterday....maybe I could just get by with the comparison.

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 08:02 PM) ozzie is very walter matthau-esque (coach buttermaker)... nice comparison Eagerly awaiting someone to compare Jon Garland to Tatum O'Neal's character.

It's amazing that even in a 13 run, 15 hit outburst, Pods and Anderson combine for.....zero hits. I feel like this is the Bad News Bears outfield. We have one very good hitter (Kelly Leak = Jermaine Dye), and then we have two other guys who can't hit or field.

I have a feeling that Ozzie is going to use Cotts to try and close this game out.

What's the status?

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 07:40 PM) Jamie Walker k's aj, it hasn't happened yet but it will. Were you thinking about the terrible AB he had last year against Walker during the last week of the season?

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 07:38 PM) Chris, IMO, is better than Farmer. I've never liked Farmer. He seems like he's bitter about a lot of things. I'll give all the announcers credit though....at least they're not Ron Santo. I think I'd rather chop off both of my legs than have him announce for my favorite team.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 07:34 PM) DJ is pretty good. You can tell he works hard, and gets better every year. I think it's a case of Singleton's ability makes DJ looks better. It's like if we brought up Jerry Owens, and he had 2 hits and a steal in his first game. We'd be proclaiming him the next Rickey Henderson....just because we're used to Pods struggles right now.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 07:22 PM) Well we have a first for the season. BA and Scotty reach back to back. Not to be a stat geek, but it happened on Saturday against Sisco.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 07:21 PM) 5-15 posts it will be said. so far he is a one year wonder, he has a 5.0 ERA, we should trade him now, he is a soft tosser, he walks alot of guys, and his contract is a bad one. Here's the only thing I will say about Garland....I would have liked to seen him get traded just cause he had a ton of value this last offseason.

QUOTE(heirdog @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 07:14 PM) Pujols and Rolen Guerrero and Anderson I'd take Thome and PK over Vlad and Anderson.