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QUOTE(TheBlackSox8 @ Apr 23, 2005 -> 02:02 AM) gotta love how the bottom of the lineup is producing....but you gotta hate the middle of the order is doing s***....i guess you'll have that though Exactly what I was talking about earlier in the game. No way you can change the lineup though right now.

QUOTE(valponick @ Apr 23, 2005 -> 02:01 AM) We are up by so many runs I would have liked to see AJ try to make that, the ball might have been to home plate before he rounded third, Hawk was pulling for it too. A.J. is extremely slow, and what Hawk didn't say was that he waited for the ball to get through the outfield before he ran. He would have been out by 30 feet at home.

Wow, A.J. absolutely crushed that ball. That was a very nice adjustment by Rowand at the plate, he actually kept his hands back for the curve.

Garcia has been spotting his fastball very well on the outside corner. He's only thrown a few changeups, but he had the guys fooled when he did.

Wow! Everett bailed out by a terrible throw by Berroa.

Something I've noticed about Pods so far this year is that he definitely has cut down on his swing. Last year, he had a pretty significant uppercut. His homers were up, but his strikeouts increased a lot as well. I always thought that a main reason for this was that the Brewers philosophy was definitely to swing hard in case you hit it.

Wow, great smallball there! Knock in Pods now.

Another steal for Pods! Lets go Iguchi.

Mini I-Rod hit a walkoff homer.

Twins lose!

Podsednik will be trying to steal here. Gotta watch for pitch-out.

Great bunt by Uribe! I'd rather see Podsednik swing away here, but I bet he's bunting also. Crede better get a big lead at 2nd.

I'm probably not the only one who feels our 7-8-9 is much more dangerous than our 4-5-6 right now? The lower guys in our order seem to have a better chance at hitting a liner than our heart of the order.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Apr 23, 2005 -> 01:30 AM) Yeah, Gload is a hack in RF...I'd feel more comfortable with Carl in RF... No offense, but I don't think Carl would catch a single ball in RF tonight w/this wind. Just the thought of him in the outfield makes me cover my eyes.

Hopefully I don't jinx it, but with this wind tonight, I'd much rather have Dye in RF though than Timo or Gload.

QUOTE(valponick @ Apr 23, 2005 -> 01:25 AM) I don't have anything else to say about Dye and Rowand, this is awful. A scary thought is Rowand and Dye having to face Cubs pitchers. I'd be shocked if they hit the ball once during a 6 game series.

Rowand's swing is awfully mechanical right now. Every swing is the same, no matter what type of pitch it is.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 23, 2005 -> 01:23 AM) Is someone else injured for the Twins? They got Morneau back tonight. Only injured guy is Balfour, but he's not a main contributor on the team by any means. Their pen is just fine without him.

How does Dye ever get hits with his swing? I know he has 3 homers this season, but he doesn't get a lot of bat speed it seems as he swings all arms. Also, I remember him hitting the ball a lot more to right field in the past.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 23, 2005 -> 01:20 AM) Ya know, we're playing pretty well, but 10-6 is not bad either. The Twins are only gonna get better, we will too, but the Twins ain't goin' anywhere. Getting Silva back so soon might have saved the Twins season.

Percival looked like s*** last year. I wanted the Cubs to sign him to a big contract this offseason for that very reason. Angels fans must love having K-Rod as their closer now instead of Percival. We got very lucky to miss facing Morneau for 5 games already this season, he's a big power guy.

QUOTE(valponick @ Apr 23, 2005 -> 01:13 AM) Those last two AB's were disgusting, reminded me of past years. No one has mentioned it yet, but Konerko is just as guilty as Lee and Ordonez were in the past of swinging out of his ass with men on base. Konerko has basically become a homer or pop up man.

Someone might want to tell Everett that when the pitcher walks 2 straight batters, including one with the bases loaded, you might not want to bail him out by swinging at the first pitch. Huge opportunity wasted there.

Ugh, terrible AB by Everett. Two straight AB where he has made weak outs on the first pitch with guys in scoring position.

Great AB by Iguchi to not swing at some tough sliders after being down in the count. Drive the ball to RF Carl!