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QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:32 AM) Tadahito with a nice base hit. He's such a good hitter when he's not taking pitches for Pods or trying to move the runner over.

2 for last 21. Personally, I like it when Pods tries to hit the ball hard instead of just trying to serve it into the outfield.

QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:25 AM) Inning over. f***ing AWFUL! 2 leadoff doubles - 0 runs. Thats bulls*** Where's Rowand44 to tell you it's not our hitters fault....but that Bush is throwing a great game?

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:24 AM) Can we get a runner in please. I mean we cant hit for average, so when we do get a guy in scoring position it would be nice to get a single here and there. We dont need to park one. When the sox come home and there are good crowds its 2000 corpseball offense. Everyone wants to score 5 runs on every swing. Popups, ground outs, and Ks with men in scoring position oh my. But we have the best record in baseball.

BTW, Hawk is totally making an ass out of himself tonight. Hillenbrand had that hbp/foul on a 0-1 pitch. If anything, it would have been just strike two. Instead, he's busy b****ing the entire night that it should have been a strikeout.

Wow, this is f***ing pathetic.

Mr. groundball to the left side. What happened to Rowand's swing from last year?

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:11 AM) Up 15 on Cleveland in the loss column, with 50 some games left. Tough for them to play 16 games better than us in that span. If it gets to 5 games, I'll worry. The only thing that would even make me consider that the Indians could go on a massive run is the fact they play 20 of their last 56 games against Tampa and KC. Thankfully, neither of these teams traded away their big guys. Thus, it won't be like they're playing their AAA teams.

We can't outslug teams at home lately, and it's killing us. It's not like we've been facing a lot of tough pitchers in this stretch at home either.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:07 AM) It would be the biggest choke in the history of sports if that happened. It's not going to happen. Just like how people said there was no way the Red Sox would beat the Yankees after being down 3 games last year? I'm sorry, but there's no guarantees in sports.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:06 AM) His stats are actually very similar vs. righties and lefties. Lefties bat .287 compared to .275 for righties. He walks lefties a lot more. My computer is unbelievably slow right now, but I would guess the OPS against him by lefties is much higher.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:05 AM) Pk has to know they are going to throw him a 1st pitch breaking ball everytime Another terrible AB in a clutch situation for PK.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 01:03 AM) I would MUCH rather they be in the wildcard than Oakland or LAA. I know we've talked about this before, but I'm more concerned with just winning the division right now. The Indians schedule is so easy, while ours is rather difficult, that if the Indians get on a real hot streak, they could make a race out of the AL Central.

QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 12:59 AM) Real sharp inning from El Dque. Let's chip away It's all about facing righties for Duque. He still has good enough stuff to be tough on righties. Lefties get such a good look at his pitches, and he definitely doesn't have the type of control he needs against lefties.

Indians have just scored 5 runs in the 5th to take a 5-4 lead against the Yankees. Nothing like a sweep against the Yankees to boost a team's momentum.

Pods has to stop with his half-assed swings at the plate. He's 2 for his last 20 now.

No one hits more choppers to third than Mr. Rowand. Indians are coming back against the Yankees, with Jeff Leifer having a big hit.

f***, big out right there made by Dye. We're such a slow team after our leadoff hitter.

That ball was crushed. I have a feeling one of the teams tonight is going to end up w/double digit runs.

QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 12:29 AM) Let's see how the offense responds to being in a big hole Hopefully better than it did last night.

Wasn't there only one strike on Shea when he got hit by that pitch/swung?

Even after his last two starts, I still felt this way: I don't want Duque close to starting in a playoff game. That was a f***ing pathetic inning there.

We f***ing suck at home now. Duque doesn't have much of a prayer against a team full of lefties like he's facing tonight. What's the chances he leaves cause of injury tonight?

What's the highest Duque's been clocked on the gun tonight? He looks a lot slower than he did vs the Orioles in his last start.

This has the potential to be a very long night.