southsideirish71

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 09:11 AM) I'd be curious to see Franks hitting chart. Here it is.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) Have you got one for Frank? Franks isnt to bad. Plus he doesnt have enough AB's to make it a blood bath. Now Crede and AJ on the other had. When you look at it you have dueling blood baths. We have way to many pull hitters on our team when you look at these charts. Hence why they have such low BAs.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 08:56 AM) "lately"...?? The hitting chart posted yesterday shows most of his hits this season are directly to the third baseman. The amazing blood bath chart.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 08:49 AM) i dont like the arguement that a players role should be determined by how much money they are paying him. it doesnt matter fi he makes 6 mil., he will make 6 mil if he starts, closes, hits, hands out gatorade in the dugout. put him where he gives you the best chance to win (im not necessarily sayin thats the bullpen btw), and dont let the players money dictate his role on teh team, let his capabilities. I agree, but what we as fans forget is this is a business. And as a business they still want to maximize their investment. Hence why they want to get 5-6 innings from Conteras which should come out to about 120-130 pitches

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 08:25 AM) We have chemistry and that will compensate for lack of offense......especially in the playoffs. Ozzie thinks our pitching staff will keep every team under 4 runs per game in the playoffs so that despite our offense, we'd still have a chance to win. I want to hear plan B. The only knock on Vizquel is his age and of course the master of the ZR and range factor SABR stuff. He plays the game the way we want, he has very soft hands and can provide another good left handed bat in the lineup. He a high OBP line drive hitting guy we need in the lineup. I would rather have him over Gonzales and Lugo. Lugo can hit until the cows come home but we dont need stone hands over roaming SS again. Gonzales sounds like Uribe, strong arm great defense, cant hit the low and away pitch and prone to long streaks.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 07:54 AM) Yes, totally agree. Call it a gut feeling, I see how he is with guys on base, he gets out of his rhythm fairly easily. Granted if he comes in at the top of the 9th, there's no one on. Based on history, I'm not convinced he's at his best in high pressure situations, he does not appear to have the bulldog mentality. Hermanson has that but he's got nowhere near the raw talent of Contreras. I guess that's why soft tossers like Doug Jones and Rod Beck were good closers in their day ... a lot of it is between the ears. We are not going to use Mr. 6 million on the whitesox dime pitcher for a 1 inning relief role. He may go to long relief, but he wont be a stopper. They figure that they can use Marte, Politte and the Beast Jenks. Jenks has the stuff, we will find out if he has what you need between the ears. I have been impressed so far in what I have seen as far as maturity from Bobby. Plus he is throwing a hell of a hot harder than I remember seeing him throw down in Tuscon.

The problem with aaron this year is his approach to the plate. He was up near 300 around the Padre series. He was quoted in the paper about going for more power. He was going to get out in front of the ball so he could center it up more. Ever since he did this his strikeouts have went up and he has been pulling the ball more. His pitch selection to hit is worse also. When he was hitting 3rd he had guys on base a lot more and got more fastballs to hit. Without any protection he will get fed a good deal of sliders in the dirt which he swings at.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 04:21 PM) I'm not worried, any time you get loss # 31 (while losing 5 out of your last 6 at home) in the middle of July, you can hold your head high. With Contreras and Duque, I like our chances against Boston. 30 games over 500 yeah. So we lost 3 out of our last 5 series. The dance of the best record in baseball is here.

QUOTE(Wolverine31 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 04:19 PM) I am not trying to be funny. Thats the funny part.

QUOTE(Cubs Suck23 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 04:12 PM) you can hate Timo all you want but saying if Gload name was Gloadriquez he would be on the ballclub is a racist remark. And we keep going with this. And I guess I should sue Nortre Dame for the racist name of Fightin Irish. Maybe we should lecture all of the people using injuns over the past weekend because of our Native American friends.

QUOTE(DePloderer @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 04:11 PM) You are up late lad.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 04:05 PM) Funny.. I didn't even make a point about a specific player. Maybe it's not just that you sound racist afterall... I see the analysis now. I dont like Timo. I dont think highly of Joe Borchard also. I guess I dont like white guys either.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) You're accusing, ASSuming, that the reason Latin players are here is because Ozzie favors them..and then go as far as saying if you aren't Latin you are screwed.. sorry.. but THAT'S bulls***.. and ignorant.. and sounds like you have an axe to grind with latin players because YOU feel they are not worthy of being on this team. You have every right to your opinion and I have every right to claim it, your comments - not you, sounds rasist to ME.. Sure Timo is here because he has earned it over anyone. The rest of your analysis is very very far off.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:50 PM) Uhh.. OK. How is saying that Ozzie favors his latin players racist. He makes comments the reason Timo is on the team is "he provides a positive influence for our young latin players"

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:48 PM) Racist "sounding". Interpretation is individual. Now this is where I draw the line. Making an accusation like this is a bit more than just saying "Interpretation is invidual".

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:45 PM) No.. because it's ignorant and incredibly racist sounding. How is it racist. Now we are stretching a bit.

QUOTE(Cubs Suck23 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:43 PM) you need to lay off the latin crap dude... Why because Ozzie values his latin players a bit more. I am sure Timo would be playing 1st for the Angels late in games.

Its all about a latin name I guess. Well we have a lefty hitting in AAA at about a .380 clip with an over .1.00 OPS. But he cant play OF so he stays down. If his name was Gloadriguez he is up and playing. We have a midget who masquarades as a 1st baseman because he can pinch hit and provides a dancing partner for our manager. We have Willie who should be anywhere but here, but he is here, because Gload isnt liked. If you are latin and a pitcher you can throw 100 pitches and then start that inning.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:35 PM) Don't expect kenny to overreact because of one series. If he makes a move it'll be because it makes sense for the team not because they lost 1 series and not just to make a move. Acutally 3 out of 5 series. We won the tampa series and the injun series we lost two to the A's and now to the tigers.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:32 PM) Anyone who thinks our pitching alone will get us the WS and playoff wins, needs to look at what teams with good hitting can do to us. We are going to get a good shot of how this will work when we face the Bosox with two cubans.

We have 7 hits in two games. The offense is clicking guys.

Ozzie pulled this s*** the other night. Left in the count about 3 batters too long. I know this is some family friend and all but give it FOCKING Up. He had over a 100 pitches going into that inning. STUPID STUPID STUPID move. Now we have to get 2 back against a dude throwiing BB's.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:27 PM) Wasn't it pretty obvious pierzyski was gonna break his career high in homers? So a guy whos career BA is .288 and who all of a sudden breaks his career homer count midway through the season after batting 40 points lower doesnt sound like someone going for power only.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 20, 2005 -> 03:27 PM) We get crazy farns in the 9th. Hopefully Pauly can turn around one of his heaters. Long Looping Swing Pauly. He will be 0-2 before you can sneeze and then will K on a slider in the dirt.

AJ is a perfect example 2004 BA .272 OBP .313 2003 BA .312 OBP .360 2002 BA .300 OBP.334 He averaged 11 homers This year he is Batting .247 with a .297 OBP. But already in July he has 12 homers a new career high. Now maybe he is just hitting them right at them all the time, or maybe he is just having a down year. Or maybe he signed a lower dollar amount contract and if he puts up say 20 homers he will get more moola after this year in arbitration. They need to move the fences back. This place can take any good hitter and make them a go for homer only hitter.