southsideirish71

The softball patrol is up now. Lets see if they can hit it over the fence. They sure as hell will give it the old Sunday league try.

Well how did they score a run without hitting it over the fence. I heard that is impossible.

Its interesting watching the young team taking pitches, fouling them off, on a tough pitcher. Then our hitters come up and can't wait to put the first 3 pitches in play.

Thank God we drafted Broadway over that bum Garza.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 08:26 PM) I don't really give a s***, obviously they come for the playoffs. But those cowbells are stupid as hell. Use your hands and mouth like the rest of us. I have a great Idea brooks, "Air Horn" day, we pass out air horns to the first 40,000 in attendence! You must of forgot the thundersticks we had in 05 in the DS.

Are we really ripping on the rays for their attendance. How very cublike of you.

Well our offense looks good when its 85 and the wind blows out from June to August. Maybe we can petition the league to start the playoffs in June.

QUOTE (DonkeyKongerko @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 08:00 PM) Somehow this team has to NOT lead the league in homeruns next year. KW already said that he is going to build this around the home run because of the park. You might see a player change, but the hacker philosopy will always be here until he isnt, or he figures it out.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:56 PM) Some seriously retarded posts in this game thread. Dont let your frustration get in the way of your judgement. The Rays are great at home in the dome, we would have been lucky to get one of these games then take on the road where they are bad and we are good. Did you watch Kazmir pitch. How many runs do you think we should of scored on him with the way he threw the ball today.

Wait a second, a man on base and they didnt swing for the fences. That was a line drive. And to right center. Thats anti-chicago right there.

Who is in charge of our defensive positioning. We are playing BJ Upton away with a 3-1 count.

f***ing pathetic anti-clutch offense. A bunch of pussies who don't want to swing the bat.

Swisher wants the ump to save him. Good luck.

Take the bat off your shoulder.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 06:32 PM) Balfour and Howell have been the MVPs for Tampa this season. We have faced both of them several times. They both used to be in the AL Central. Its not like this is new.

I feel like I am watching the 2000 offense in the playoffs. A million popups and wasted opportunities.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 06:14 PM) The word of the off-season needs to be "balance" Exactly.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 05:52 PM) So we basically need our starting pitchers to give up no more than 1 run per game to have a chance to win. Our offense is built for June to August at the Cell. Cold, no cant hit in the cold. Good pitchers, no cant hit the good pitchers. Home run or bust.

We also need to have the coaches\manager stop the hitters before they get to the plate to re-instruct them on the fact that you can score a run from third without the ball flying over the fence. 2-0 and we see home run cuts with a man on 3rd.

He throws hard, all we need is a line crisp line drive swing. Let the velocity do all the work. You do not need to swing hard.

Well we get Uribe into scoring position. Thats great and all, but we need someone to get a f***ing hit.

Well can our pussy offense muster up more runs, or did they think that its 1955 and we can win every game 1-0 and 2-1.

We get a pitcher who is struggling on the ropes, raise his pitch count. And here he is surviving. No f***ing plan.

This offense needs to wake up. Swing at strikes, let balls go by.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 04:31 PM) WTF is Cabrera doing? Use your glove. Nothing like screwing up and getting their best hitter up.