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QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 31, 2005 -> 05:48 PM) AJ should have been the last man used. Its proper bench management. You don't leave yourself bare at the toughest position to play. If Ozzie would have let Iguchi bat for himself, he could have then used AJP instead of Timo. If something happened to Widger, then we just could have put AJ into the game, losing the DH. That's not something you want to have happen, but it's not the end of the world. Again, lets just be happy that Timo won the game........it would have been a lot worse on here if we lost after all that yesterday.

QUOTE(Winnin Ugly @ May 31, 2005 -> 05:46 PM) Now I agree with you there I wouldnt have taken out Iguchi. As for Buehrle staring the 9th have no problem with he is our stud pitcher was pitching an awesome game give him a chance to finish it.... Buehrle was far from pitching an awesome game. He got great results for 8 innings, but he was playing with fire all game. He left everything up in the zone, and the Angels hit a deep flyball nearly every inning. Considering that the Angels had 3 straight righties leading off the inning, I'm not sure why we didn't just let our closer with a 0 ERA come into the game. I am amazed that more people aren't on here today talking about what Jeff Brantley was saying about the game during the ESPN broadcast yesterday. I've never heard an announcer criticize a manager more during a game than he was yesterday. Way to go Brantley!

QUOTE(Seesox @ May 31, 2005 -> 05:00 PM) I would have to agree with you here.. Ide rather have faced Quinlan in that situation too I'm not saying that Quinlan is a great hitter. I was trying to show that Erstad isn't this phenom that Ozzie and Hawk try to make him out to be. There comes a time where Ozzie just has to say f*** the match-ups, and let our best players decide the game. In my opinion, there was no reason for Hermanson to not start the 9th inning, and no reason in the world for Everett to bat for Iguchi. Iguchi deserves the chance to redeem himself for his errors.....he's been our most consistent hitter. Also, Everett couldn't hit a 30 mph softball consistently right now.

QUOTE(Winnin Ugly @ May 31, 2005 -> 04:33 PM) Erstad is a 290 lifetime hitter with one season over 240 hits hell yeah he scares me alot more than Quilan does... And Quinlan batted .344 last season, with a .390 average against lefties and an OPS of 1.100. All I'm saying is that if we're scared of Darin Erstad, we need to find a manager with some testicular fortitude. It's like how Ozzie always seems like he'd rather have to face Babe Ruth is a big situation than he would Matt Stairs.

I'm pretty sure Hermanson is fine. It seems like Ozzie was scared to bring him in because he was worried about the Angels ph with Erstad, Kennedy, etc.

QUOTE(Winnin Ugly @ May 31, 2005 -> 04:09 PM) If I was Ozzie I would have let Marte in as well. If he would have sent in Hermy the Angels would have Erstad pinch hit.. Which is one of the top hitters in the game Erstad's one of the top hitters in the game? His .268 average and .700 OPS scares you that much?

QUOTE(JDsDirtySox @ May 30, 2005 -> 11:56 PM) I would like to know what you are thinking then... How would you have done it differently? There's not a doubt in my mind that Everett should not have hit for Iguchi. If Ozzie was going to ph for Iguchi based on Shields ability against righties....then he should have let AJP bat. AJP makes pretty consistent contact, while Everett's in an absolutely horrific slump at swinging through hittable fastballs. Did anyone actually think Everett was going to make contact that AB?

QUOTE(Princess Dye @ May 30, 2005 -> 11:16 PM) well that would be quite the loaded accusation... I thought of that when I said that. Oh well, I've been called worse on this site.

If the season ended today, we would be set then. I guess there's no reason to worry about the last 111 games of the season.

That's bad news about Hermanson. He's had some minor health problems so far this year. I would be shocked if he doesn't spend some time on the DL sometime this year. Hopefully he's ok though.....we need him.

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 30, 2005 -> 11:15 PM) I thought that was a bogus rumor? It was formally announced today during the game.

Willie is our best hitter at working the count. We need to get him in the lineup more (by no means am I Willie lover either).

QUOTE(Hanky Panky @ May 30, 2005 -> 11:06 PM) I think that is why Iguchi's defense was not its best today. Iguchi's error in the 9th had nothing to do with the sun/shadows. He tried to rush the flip when he should have just tagged the runner and then thrown to first. Iguchi was way off at 2nd base all day today.

I'm pissed about Ozzie's decisions....but I'm also thrilled we won. I'd much rather win the battle, but not the war. There's plenty of games where Ozzie makes the correct decision (ok, not that often!), and we end up losing.

As the founder of the OMIT TIMO saying, I'm not afraid to admit I hate Timo's guts. However, I'm more of a Sox fan than a Timo hater, so I say this......way to go Timo!!! Great time for him to get a hit.

OMIT TIMO! MERCY. You can't imagine how much I'm laughing right now.

No excuse to ph for Iguchi there. Why isnt AJP getting the chance to hit? I hate our f***ing manager.

f***ING RIDICULOUS. If anything, AJP should have been hitting there. f*** YOU OZZIE!

Ozzie has officially lost his f***ing mind. This is one of the worst managed games I've ever seen.

Everett batting for Iguchi? Ugh

Good bunt, a good throw by Paul there prevented a very close play.

If Pods can't get a bunt down, I lose all hope in this team.

Great AB by Crede. We all hate him, but we have to acknowledge when he does something right. Pods needs to get this bunt down. BTW, Timo is definitely lurking.

Great job Willie! Crede needs to show patience on a likely curve here.

If there was ever a perfect situation for Ozuna, it was here.