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Fear the mighty Kotsay !

Q with the facial hair blast !

HA that was hilarious !

Most of the Braves success has come at home . They're 3 under on the road.

Danks got it going now.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 06:13 PM) Mets up 4-0, after a rain delay in the bottom third, Verlander out of the game, pitcher Sborz on the mound. Mets are hot in interleague play as are the Sox and the Braves.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 06:10 PM) Well, it's good to see Gordon hit the ball hard to the right side. Nyger Morgan ran one of his shots down the other day just a little less shallow than the one Dayan hit.

Way to go Alexei !

But dont fear the running of the mighty Kotsay !

Fear the mighty Kotsay !

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 06:01 PM) He misplayed it. His first steps were in and he busted it back to make the catch. The line drives straight at you are the hardest to judge.

I'll pick Beckham for the HR just because he needs it most.

Shack I applaud your attitude in here. Nice crooked number inning !

I'll blame the ump for that lol what was he doing out there ?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 02:15 PM) However, when you're calling up a 21 year old, you also take into account his ability to improve on those numbers with time and the necessity of getting him those at bats to give him the chance to do so. See my posts #64 and 65 above ?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) Yep, nowhere in this thread did I mention that walking Dunn in the 9th was a ballsy, but very smart move by Ozzie. I said few not none . I saw your post.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) Rhubarb Wilcox? Hey be careful I'll go all Gregg on you and call you Squert.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 01:56 PM) Thanks.... while his numbers against RHP look terrible compared to those ridiculous LHP numbers, his OPS against righties beats Kotsay's .706 OPS vs RHP Well not really since you have to consider DV was facing minor leaguers and Kotsay major leaguers.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 01:56 PM) Thanks.... while his numbers against RHP look terrible compared to those ridiculous LHP numbers, his OPS against righties beats Kotsay's .706 OPS vs RHP. Also look at post 108 on page 8 of the Viva la Revolucion thread .

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) I don't even want him on the team and my name is Randy ! I hear ya cuz I have the same initials . (RW)

The bad decisions are always remembered and the good ones forgotten; every time a pinch hitter succeeds or fails, every time a relief pitcher gives up runs or gives up nothing, every time a lineup is constructed one way or another, every time there's a defensive change, every stolen base or caught stealing, every hit and run , every suicide squeeze .You ( meaning all of us) question things constantly so when the Sox lose you can feel vindicated and when they win you can quietly wait for your next chance to be right. Just win baby and if you don't we got the reasons why ! Few good decisions have been mentioned here. Didn't Kotsay get a pinch hit ? Wasn't there a successful suicide squeeze? Viciedo's 1st appearance was against a leftie to make the kid have a better chance of a successful debut.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 12:27 PM) Mark Kotsay is batting .205 or something like that....not asking Dayan to do to much if he DH's to hit .205 Kotsay and Jones should not DH......ever You got that right! I mean seriously if Kotsay can keep batting 5th or 3rd why can't DV get some PT at DH ?

Just have to play him. Can't protect him too much or he'll never play . He'll be sent back down once Teahen comes back and sure cant catch lightning in a bottle if the lightning is on the bench. So he'll K a lot but he just might hit a few bombs and drive in some runs.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 11:51 AM) I agree, but one small consolation prize is the availability of Viciedo to pinch hit and guard against a lefty reliever late in the game, assuming the Atlanta starters are not working on complete game shutouts against this paltry lineup. But will they be tough relievers ?

This game thread is almost as long as some complete games threads when we were going bad and the game is still 7 hrs away .