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Michael Ryan is now 2 for his last 31 with that hit. With those numbers, he belongs in our lineup.

Where you at jphat? Trust me, I'm not happy about this or gloating.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 01:12 AM) Minnesota has been one of the absolute worst offenses in the AL this second half. But they score 2. Will we score 2? We'll score 2...but they'll score more than 2.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 01:10 AM) He was awesome against Toronto, awesome against NYY, and has been good against Minny so far. He gave up some runs to a good hitting team in Baltimore and has one of our 2 wins against Boston. He's been great this year. A couple "meltdowns". I've been very happy with Contreras this year. However, he's given up 6 or more runs in 4 of his last 11 games. Thus, he's very capable of having disasterous innings. And just like that, there's 2 runs. He sucks out of the stretch, it's that simple.

QUOTE(Benchwarmerjim @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 01:09 AM) bases loaded the Twins are terrible with the bases loaded you Sox fans should not worry Thanks

Might as well just pitch from the wind-up here.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 01:07 AM) Your kidding right? See, these are the posts that piss me off from you. He hasn't given up a run in like 11 or 12 or 13 innings. He hasn't had a meltdown in forever. Yeah, he hasn't had a meltdown in what, 2 starts? When I talk about Contreras having a meltdown, I refer to him losing his mechanics when he's forced to pitch out of the stretch. He gives up a lot of big innings when he loses his release point out of the stretch.

Get a grounder from Lecroy here, and you have a great shot at the double play.

Contreras meltdown at hand?

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 01:03 AM) WHat was Hawk's Mariotti rant about? I was on the phone and just heard Hawk mention his name. Mariotti had an article calling Ozzie a hypocrite. Hawk went totally off on him, and crossed the line. He even said something along the lines of Mariotti only have his job still cause he has "pictures" of someone.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 01:02 AM) 1st game at home after a roadtrip + Fullhouse + Contreras pitching = NO OFFENSE!!! Any home game lately = no offense!

Contreras is worrying too much about Punto.

BTW, any word on why Iguchi is out of the lineup?

Crede has now failed in his last two ABs to get the runner from 2nd over to 3rd base with no outs. Will Ozzie be a man of his word, and do something about it?

How about a double play?

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 12:58 AM) And he doesn't see pitches. What is that, five pitches in two ABs? From your leadoff man? Yep! I checked, and he's 5 for his last 35.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 12:58 AM) Cause ozzie always looks at numbers, right? Yes, with certain guys like Timo, if he's had success vs the pitcher, he'll play him. I guarantee you that Timo is playing tomorrow.

Well, that was pathetic.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 12:55 AM) Timo just crushed that ball, can't blame him there. Timo can crush the ball all he wants, but he's still like 4 for his last 33. Sad thing is he'll be starting again tomorrow cause he's had success vs Radke in the past.

I refuse to believe that our 9-1 of Crede and Timo couldn't get the job done.

What a worthless piece of s***!

Crede's bat speed is always slow, but it's even slower when he's trying to get the runner over.

Can Crede get the job done here? I'd almost rather he just swing away without trying.

Some excellent swings by Blum lately!

How's this for an idea: Our offense shows up at home!