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Good grief. How many good pitches can he not deliver on? He's gotten a free pass on here, but he's been brutal lately. Come on Carl!

Come on, no strikeouts!

One great pitch to hit already. Iguchi just seems a little off right now.

Good job Timo. I thought for a second Mateo might throw that ball into right field. I wonder if Ozzie might put the squeeze play on?

Timo has a job to do here. Nothing cute Timo, just get the bunt down!

That guy sucks....send him down!

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:42 AM) Well, I didn't see many pitches 'hung' throughout the game. Just two -- but if that constitutes being 'part of his repetoire', then whatever... And, I wonder how he's got along all these years hanging so many pitches... Just cause you hang a pitch, it doesn't necessarily make it a bad pitch. Duque throws all of those slow curves, which end up dropping into the zone. Technically, those are hangers as they cross the plate.

Good job Cliff! Now, if they bring in Nelson, and Anderson homers against him.....I'll never say another bad word about any Ozzie move for the rest of the season.

Good pitch selection to Dobbs, who was definitely trying to end this game with a homer.

Nice camera angle there. That ball looked like a gapper at best.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:30 AM) The whole season... 100 pitches is a lot when one is just starting an inning. But Orlando was finishing it. He hung a pitch, and got hit. It happens. To me, it's not about Duque hanging a pitch. It has more to do with hitters seeing his delivery for another at-bat. Duque hangs a lot of pitches...it's part of his repetoire.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:30 AM) Is Hermanson in for the 9th? If so, I'm thinking walkoff. I'll probably be wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. I'm thinking it will be Cliff. With the guys Seattle has up, you can be sure they'll be swinging for the fences.

QUOTE(Iguana @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:27 AM) wow...arent we all just a bunch of arm chair managers. Go back and look at the posts prior to the 8th inning. There was not a single poster who wanted Duque to be left in.

Uribe is absolutely worthless. He's at least 2 for his last 26.

Uribe is just flying off of the ball. That 1-1 pitch was a great pitch to hit. We need him to hit a flare.

Blum doing his best Crede impression there. I actually was confident he'd put a good swing on the ball.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:22 AM) Probably with the way the pen pitched in Minny, that prob left a little bit of doubt in Ozzie's mind that they would get the job done. Yeah, I have a feeling you're right. Still, what did Cotts do to piss someone off?

Wow, Dye had a great pitch to hit.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:20 AM) \ I think Hawk knows a little baseball. How do you know our relief corps would have gotten out of the inning. It's easy to second guess, but the game is still tied and we still should win the game. Second guess? There were plenty on here begging for Duque not to start the 8th.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:20 AM) What was the problem leaving Duque in for Bloomquist? He was cruising, and hung a pitch. It happens. Maybe shouldn't have left him in for Ibanez, but I see no reason why he shouldn't pitch to Bloom... Duque is not the type of pitcher to go 8 innings. The more the other team sees him, the more they get used to his delivery. We have a guy in our bullpen who hasn't allowed a run in nearly 20 outings.

QUOTE(ceffa2000 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:19 AM) Usually Ozzie is obsessed with getting his players a win but I don't get that move. He is not a complete game pitcher. Use the bullpen, thats what its there for. Exactly. Ozzie doesn't trust our bullpen. I've been saying it for the last two months now. Cotts/Cliff/Hermanson/Jenks deserve the right to get the last 6 outs of a game for this team to win. We're not the Diamondbacks where we need the starting pitcher to go as many innings as possible.

Good at-bat AJP

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:16 AM) We're still gonna win (knock on wood) and Oz's faith in El Duque may pay off when it counts ... in the playoffs! I heard Hawk say that big picture comment, and that's absolutely ridiculous. You need to make the playoffs before you can start planning the playoffs. If we were to lose this game tonight, a 7 game lead isn't a sure thing.

QUOTE(ceffa2000 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 04:16 AM) Ozzie's end of game management lately has been ridiculous. Wait, lately? . . . . Lets just say it's a good thing there was the warning yesterday about swearing about a player/coach.

I can't believe Torrealba has scored 3 runs against us tonight.