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QUOTE (Real @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 08:22 PM) man welcome to the second half, its like adversity hits someone on the team like danks and spreads like a virus Have you seen Christopher Robbin.

Speaking of someone pissing down his leg. Our catcher might worry about putting together better ABs and stop with the bat slam b**** fest. You know what, swinging at s*** over your head makes it difficult to put the ball in play. Try a new concept, swing at strikes.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 08:09 PM) It's a pitchers job to pitch himself out of jams. It doesn't matter whether he created them or not. The Twins didn’t suddenly get six runs in a vacuum there were circumstances outside of one bad play by Q that contributed to it. We were up 4 runs. There was one out. Then Kubel hits the missed play. Young flys out. 2 outs, man on first. No runs. Then Danks shats down his leg and 6 runs cross the plate. I know our old homer announcer is looking for all sorts of other things to blame. But in reality, lots of pitchers get out of 2 out, man on first situations without giving up the touchdown.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 08:05 PM) He sure had nothing while retiring 5 of the first 6 hitters, including one that should have been an out. Every pitch is up, he has no command of his secondary pitchers and cannot command or control his arsenal. Whether or not he pitched well over his first 5 batters says nothing about the fact that Slowley has to step over puddle of urine on the mound right now. Danks could of minimized the damage.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 08:02 PM) Got to love Hawk acting like that error by Q prevented Danks from getting any of the guys who followed him. Hawk likes to blame anything but the actual players involved. Its the umpires, a random bad play, hell a pigeon fart. Anything but the play. Did the error put more stress on the pitcher. Sure. However giving up all those runs with 2 outs is on him. He pissed down his leg.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 07:57 PM) Are you really going to blame the pitcher when his fielders can't make routine plays? Quentin's fielding mistake sucked. And it did put this inning on edge. But Danks is pissing down his leg now, and not throwing strikes. Eventually you can minimize the damage and get out of it. Giving up run after run and walking people is his fault.

Dear AJ, Throwing a changeup to the right handed hitters is still allowed by MLB rules. Please call them as we go along in the game.

Why the f*** is Pierre playing so back when Nick Punto is up to the plate.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 07:48 PM) I don't miss that 'lil skip-to-my-lou back to the dugout after he struck out. He could dress in drag and do backflips if he can product a .900 OPS for us. The very straight lace .600 OPS and no power does nothing for us.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 07:46 PM) I miss Thome. OPS is overrated. Having a slappy grindy no hitty type DH is all the rage these days.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 07:39 PM) Can you imagine this team with a DH? I just did. Had to change my pants. For a week I would like to see less Kotsay and more Viciedo at DH.

Nice drive by Beckham.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 07:13 PM) Actually, we'd be best off with Vizquel at 2B and Viciedo at 3B, but Ozzie would rather play Beckham in hopes that he remembers how to hit, regardless of who gives us the best chance at winning. Beckham has been hitting the ball lately. I would rather have Beckham and Omar playing defense and Viciedo in as the DH and Kotsay waiting to pinch hit.

Its not McDonald's fault, or CocaCola, or the government. Its the parents and the individual's who choose to eat garbage over a proper diet. People who shove 1100 calorie super-sized meals into their yap with their diet coke of course, and then complain when they lose track of their feet because they can't see them anymore are missing who is to blame. Moderation in a diet is a wonderful thing. Hell some portion control with some common sense and maybe a tad of exercise would do people a lot of good. The worst thing however is that the current generation is preparing the next generation for failure. Happy meals, and sweets, and garbage are quick and easy and in the end people get into habit of just making their kids happy. We need to start from day one and influence our kids food selections. Kids learn from day one from their parents and their eating habits. If you are sitting on the couch shoving twinkies in your mouth guess what the kid wants to do. So if you incorporate fruits, vegetables, and lean meats with the proper portions from day one you should have a better success rate and healthier kids. Sure my kids like a happy meal, but the fact is we may go to a McDonalds once a month if at that.

This is an exhibition game. The intelligent thing would be to award home field based on the overall interleague results. However due to a silly tie and our comiish being reactionary we have an exhibition game being turned into an exhibition game that has some extra meaning for no apparent reason. Anyone projecting anything from any individual results are stretching at best. Its a carnival, that guys get to play in. If this was the twins series and Thornton gave it up, I am sure he would be livid. But the fact that he gave it up in the carnival, oh well.

I would keep the kid where he is. He is starting to put together good ABs. Lets let him concentrate on just playing baseball and not worry about being a table setter for right now. In the future, sure I see him towards the top of the order. But with the slump he has had this year, its not the time to do this now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:33 PM) Wow, Beckham is not very good at those plays. Once again, why is Jones playing these slap hitters so damn deep? I was at the game yesterday and some of the routes Jones takes are awful. His defensive skills this year are a shadow of what he was before.

One thing this kid needs to learn is how to elevate the ball on 2 strikes. Changing the eye level a bit helps. This is a good low ball hitting team we are facing. After the changeup on 2 strikes you throw a face high fastball, then go low with the change again.

That was a stupid steal attempt. 3 and 0 and you run. You are going to get a fastball. Don't understand that at all.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:14 PM) Is Hudson the next Dewon Day with regards to his slider? He hasn't thrown a single good slider today. His change-up is better than advertised. With his velocity up a few ticks, you can sock this up to nerves. Its hard to throw a good slider if you overthrow it. You have to allow your action to take over so the pitch can spin enough to bite. His slider was better last year. I would say however, they need to use that straight change more. You mix up his pretty good moving fastball with that change and he should be okay.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:11 PM) Hudson not looking so hot at all. Good thing our offense decided to be ridiculous today. His stuff looks pretty good. Its his location that is off. That pitch that Guillen jacked was a low inside pitch. Not a bad pitch, just a bad pitch to that guy. With the score 8-1 you have the kid throw strikes.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 6, 2010 -> 02:01 PM) I don't believe that for a second. Is that supposed to be some type of drawing card for a guy who has been with the team for 3 months? I don't think so. They kept Mike Jackson around to get some smaller record, and once he got it they dumped him.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 6, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) Have you already decided where you are going next? Yes I start my new job on the 19th. I have had several standing job offers from a few companies over the years. I was lucky enough just to have to let people know that I would be in the market for a move before I had a few competing offers. I can't stress enough the power of personal networking when you are in your career. It can help you in a pinch. I actually got a small raise moving to this new company as well. I will be working on the consulting side of things now. Which is a different walk of live than what I have been doing for the last 7 years.

Waiting for our CFO to show up from his long weekend so I can tender my resignation. Been here for 7 years, kind of sad to leave. The 25 year old soon to be king demon seed of the owner however reinforces my reason to leave.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 6, 2010 -> 09:56 AM) If Bosh goes to Cleveland, than I dont think Wade is going to want to stay in Miami. Remember also, Florida I believe doesn't have a state income tax. This also adds into total compensation and a differential between offers.