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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!

I haven't seen many forkballs by Contreras. Seems to be going with the fastball and sidearm slider.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 12:41 AM) Oh gee, I dunno Hawk. Considering he would instantly become the best hitter on our team I am sure we could find a spot for him. It was funny listening to stats about Podsednik today, and just how below average his numbers are for an AL outfielder. Of course, compared to Timo, he's a stud.

Hawk saying where's Griffey Jr. going to play? Translation = he's not coming here.

Hawk with one of the most classless rants I've ever heard there about Mariotti.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 12:32 AM) That was a solid first inning. Looked like the Red Sox and Yankees last week. They made the pitcher work. Sure they didn't score, but they saw a ton of pitches, and limitted how deep he can go in today's game. Of course now, Lohse will now use 45 pitches to record the next 24 outs as the Twins win 1-0. We have a much better chance at getting to Lohse than we do the Twins bullpen.

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 12:32 AM) That play make me sad in pants. It wasn't a bad play. It was actually smart, as we tried to avoid the PK DP that was just as likely to happen if he hit the ball on the ground. It was just something that happens when a ball is blooped on the infield like that.

Yuck

Also, as someone mentioned earlier: If Pods did get hurt before the ASB, and we knew it was likely that we'd DL him sometime in the 2nd half of the season, why not either A) get Willie playing time in the minors in LF or B) acquire a back-up outfielder? Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel this Twins series is actually very important. If we go out and get swept by them, then we give the Twins a lot of momentum and confidence that they're still in this race.